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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006, 2008 John T. Whelan
 * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Reinhard Prix
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/*---------- INCLUDES ----------*/
#define __USE_ISOC99 1
#include <math.h>
 
#include <lal/SinCosLUT.h>
#include <lal/DetectorStates.h>
#include <lal/LISAspecifics.h>
#include <lal/UserInputParse.h>
 
/*---------- local DEFINES ----------*/
#define TRUE (1==1)
#define FALSE (1==0)
 
/*----- Macros ----- */
#define SQUARE(x) ((x) * (x))
 
/*----- SWITCHES -----*/
 
/*---------- internal types ----------*/
 
/*---------- empty initializers ---------- */
 
/*---------- Global variables ----------*/
 
/*---------- internal prototypes ----------*/
int XLALFillDetectorTensor( DetectorState *detState, const LALDetector *detector );     /* no need to export this ... */
 
/*==================== FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ====================*/
 
/// \addtogroup DetectorStates_h
/// @{
 
/**
 * Function to compute the LWL detector-tensor for the given \a detector in
 * SSB-fixed cartesian coordinates at time tgps.
 * The coordinates used are: EQUATORIAL for Earth-based detectors, but ECLIPTIC for LISA.
 * RETURN: 0 = OK, -1 = ERROR
 */
int
XLALFillDetectorTensor( DetectorState *detState,        /**< [out,in]: detector state: fill in detector-tensor */
                        const LALDetector *detector     /**< [in]: which detector */
                      )
{
 
  if ( !detState || !detector ) {
    xlalErrno = XLAL_EINVAL;
    return -1;
  }
 
  const CHAR *prefix = detector->frDetector.prefix;
 
  /* we need to distinguish two cases: space-borne (i.e. LISA) and Earth-based detectors */
  if ( XLALisLISAdetector( detector ) ) { /* LISA */
    if ( XLALprecomputeLISAarms( detState ) != 0 ) {
      XLALPrintError( "\nXLALprecomputeLISAarms() failed !\n\n" );
      xlalErrno = XLAL_EINVAL;
      return -1;
    }
 
    if ( XLALgetLISADetectorTensorLWL( &( detState->detT ), detState->detArms, prefix[1] ) != 0 ) {
      XLALPrintError( "\nXLALgetLISADetectorTensorLWL() failed !\n\n" );
      xlalErrno = XLAL_EINVAL;
      return -1;
    }
 
  } /* if LISA */
  else {
    REAL4 sinG, cosG, sinGcosG, sinGsinG, cosGcosG;
    SymmTensor3 *detT = &( detState->detT );
 
    XLAL_CHECK( XLALSinCosLUT( &sinG, &cosG, detState->earthState.gmstRad ) == XLAL_SUCCESS, XLAL_EFUNC );
    sinGsinG = sinG * sinG;
    sinGcosG = sinG * cosG;
    cosGcosG = cosG * cosG;
 
    /*
    printf("GMST = %fdeg; cosG = %f, sinG= %f\n",
           LAL_180_PI * atan2(sinG,cosG), cosG, sinG);
    */
 
    detT->d11 = detector->response[0][0] * cosGcosG
                - 2 * detector->response[0][1] * sinGcosG
                + detector->response[1][1] * sinGsinG;
    detT->d22 = detector->response[0][0] * sinGsinG
                + 2 * detector->response[0][1] * sinGcosG
                + detector->response[1][1] * cosGcosG;
    detT->d12 = ( detector->response[0][0] - detector->response[1][1] )
                * sinGcosG
                + detector->response[0][1] * ( cosGcosG - sinGsinG );
    detT->d13 = detector->response[0][2] * cosG
                - detector->response[1][2] * sinG;
    detT->d23 = detector->response[0][2] * sinG
                + detector->response[1][2] * cosG;
    detT->d33 = detector->response[2][2];
 
    /*
    printf("d = (%f %f %f\n",detT->d11,detT->d12,detT->d13);
    printf("     %f %f %f\n",detT->d12,detT->d22,detT->d23);
    printf("     %f %f %f)\n",detT->d13,detT->d23,detT->d33);
 
    printf("d*= (%f %f %f\n",detector->response[0][0],
           detector->response[0][1],detector->response[0][2]);
    printf("     %f %f %f\n",detector->response[1][0],
           detector->response[1][1],detector->response[1][2]);
    printf("     %f %f %f)\n",detector->response[2][0],
           detector->response[2][1],detector->response[2][2]);
    */
 
  } /* if Earth-based */
 
  return 0;
 
} /* XLALFillDetectorTensor() */
 
/**
 * Compute the "squared-tensor" v x v for given vector v,
 * the result is returned in a "detectorTensor" struct
 */
int
XLALTensorSquareVector3( SymmTensor3 *vxv, REAL4 v[3] )
{
  if ( !vxv ) {
    return -1;
  }
 
  vxv->d11 = v[0] * v[0];
  vxv->d12 = v[0] * v[1];
  vxv->d13 = v[0] * v[2];
 
  vxv->d22 = v[1] * v[1];
  vxv->d23 = v[1] * v[2];
 
  vxv->d33 = v[2] * v[2];
 
  return 0;
 
} /* XLALTensorSquareVector3() */
 
/**
 * Compute the symmetrized tensor product T = v x w + w x v
 */
int
XLALSymmetricTensorProduct3( SymmTensor3 *vxw, REAL4 v[3], REAL4 w[3] )
{
  if ( !vxw ) {
    return -1;
  }
 
  vxw->d11 = 2.0f * v[0] * w[0];
  vxw->d12 = v[0] * w[1] + w[0] * v[1];
  vxw->d13 = v[0] * w[2] + w[0] * v[2];
 
  vxw->d22 = 2.0f * v[1] * w[1];
  vxw->d23 = v[1] * w[2] + w[1] * v[2];
 
  vxw->d33 = 2.0f * v[2] * w[2];
 
  return 0;
 
} /* XLALSymmTensorProduct() */
 
/**
 * Convenience function for adding two SymmTensor3s: aT + bT
 * NOTE: it *is* safe to have sum point to the same tensor-struct as either aT or bT.
 */
int
XLALAddSymmTensor3s( SymmTensor3 *sum, const SymmTensor3 *aT, const SymmTensor3 *bT )
{
  if ( !sum || !aT || !bT ) {
    return -1;
  }
 
  sum->d11 = aT->d11  + bT->d11;
  sum->d12 = aT->d12  + bT->d12;
  sum->d13 = aT->d13  + bT->d13;
 
  sum->d22 = aT->d22  + bT->d22;
  sum->d23 = aT->d23  + bT->d23;
 
  sum->d33 = aT->d33  + bT->d33;
 
  return 0;
 
} /* XLALAddSymmTensor3s() */
 
/**
 * Convenience function for subtracting two SymmTensor3s: aT - bT
 * NOTE: it *is* safe to have diff point to the same tensor-struct as either aT or bT.
 */
int
XLALSubtractSymmTensor3s( SymmTensor3 *diff, const SymmTensor3 *aT, const SymmTensor3 *bT )
{
  if ( !diff || !aT || !bT ) {
    return -1;
  }
 
  diff->d11 = aT->d11  - bT->d11;
  diff->d12 = aT->d12  - bT->d12;
  diff->d13 = aT->d13  - bT->d13;
 
  diff->d22 = aT->d22  - bT->d22;
  diff->d23 = aT->d23  - bT->d23;
 
  diff->d33 = aT->d33  - bT->d33;
 
  return 0;
 
} /* XLALSubtractSymmTensor3s() */
 
/**
 * Convenience function for multiplying a SymmTensor3 by a scalar factor.
 * NOTE: it *is* safe to have aT and mult point to the same tensor-struct
 */
int
XLALScaleSymmTensor3( SymmTensor3 *mult, const SymmTensor3 *aT, REAL4 factor )
{
  if ( !mult || !aT ) {
    return -1;
  }
 
  mult->d11 = factor * aT->d11;
  mult->d12 = factor * aT->d12;
  mult->d13 = factor * aT->d13;
 
  mult->d22 = factor * aT->d22;
  mult->d23 = factor * aT->d23;
 
  mult->d33 = factor * aT->d33;
 
  return 0;
 
} /* XLALScaleSymmTensor3() */
 
/**
 * Contract two symmetric tensors over both indices T1 : T2
 */
REAL4
XLALContractSymmTensor3s( const SymmTensor3 *T1, const SymmTensor3 *T2 )
{
  REAL4 ret;
 
  if ( !T1 || !T2 ) {
    XLALREAL4FailNaN();
  }
 
  ret = T1->d11 * T2->d11
        + T1->d22 * T2->d22
        + T1->d33 * T2->d33
        + 2.0f * ( T1->d12 * T2->d12
                   + T1->d13 * T2->d13
                   + T1->d23 * T2->d23 );
 
  return ret;
 
} /* XLALContractSymmTensor3s() */
 
/** Get rid of a DetectorStateSeries */
void
XLALDestroyDetectorStateSeries( DetectorStateSeries *detStates )
{
  if ( !detStates ) {
    return;
  }
 
  if ( detStates->data ) {
    LALFree( detStates->data );
  }
  LALFree( detStates );
 
  return;
 
} /* XLALDestroyDetectorStateSeries() */
 
/**
 * Helper function to get rid of a multi-IFO DetectorStateSeries
 * Note, this is "NULL-robust" in the sense that it will not crash
 * on NULL-entries anywhere in this struct, so it can be used
 * for failure-cleanup even on incomplete structs.
 */
void
XLALDestroyMultiDetectorStateSeries( MultiDetectorStateSeries *mdetStates )
{
  UINT4 X, numDet;
 
  if ( !mdetStates ) {
    return;
  }
 
  numDet = mdetStates->length;
  if ( mdetStates->data ) {
    for ( X = 0; X < numDet ; X ++ ) {
      XLALDestroyDetectorStateSeries( mdetStates->data[X] );
    }
 
    LALFree( mdetStates->data );
  }
 
  LALFree( mdetStates );
 
  return;
 
} /* XLALDestroyMultiDetectorStateSeries() */
 
/** Create a DetectorStateSeries with length entries */
DetectorStateSeries *
XLALCreateDetectorStateSeries( UINT4 length )           /**< number of entries */
{
  DetectorStateSeries *ret = NULL;
 
  if ( ( ret = LALCalloc( 1, sizeof( DetectorStateSeries ) ) ) == NULL ) {
    XLALPrintError( "%s: failed to LALCalloc(1, %zu)\n", __func__, sizeof( DetectorStateSeries ) );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_ENOMEM );
  }
 
  if ( ( ret->data = LALCalloc( length, sizeof( DetectorState ) ) ) == NULL ) {
    XLALFree( ret );
    XLALPrintError( "%s: failed to LALCalloc(%d, %zu)\n", __func__, length, sizeof( DetectorState ) );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_ENOMEM );
  }
 
  ret->length = length;
 
  return ret;
 
} /* XLALCreateDetectorStateSeries() */
 
 
/**
 * Get the 'detector state' (ie detector-tensor, position, velocity, etc) for the given
 * vector of timestamps, shifted by a common time-shift \a tOffset.
 *
 * This function just calls XLALBarycenterEarth() and XLALBarycenter() for the
 * given vector of timestamps (shifted by tOffset) and returns the positions,
 * velocities and LMSTs of the detector, stored in a DetectorStateSeries.
 * There is also an entry containing the EarthState at each timestamp, which
 * can be used as input for subsequent calls to XLALBarycenter().
 *
 * \a tOffset allows one to easily use the midpoints of SFT-timestamps, for example.
 *
 */
DetectorStateSeries *
XLALGetDetectorStates( const LIGOTimeGPSVector *timestamps,     /**< array of GPS timestamps t_i */
                       const LALDetector *detector,            /**< detector info */
                       const EphemerisData *edat,              /**< ephemeris file data */
                       REAL8 tOffset                           /**< compute detector states at timestamps SHIFTED by tOffset */
                     )
{
  /* check input consistency */
  if ( !timestamps || !detector || !edat ) {
    XLALPrintError( "%s: invalid NULL input, timestamps=%p, detector=%p, edat=%p\n", __func__, timestamps, detector, edat );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EINVAL );
  }
 
  /* prepare return vector */
  UINT4 numSteps = timestamps->length;
  DetectorStateSeries *ret = NULL;
  if ( ( ret = XLALCreateDetectorStateSeries( numSteps ) ) == NULL ) {
    XLALPrintError( "%s: XLALCreateDetectorStateSeries(%d) failed.\n", __func__, numSteps );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EFUNC );
  }
 
  /* enter detector-info into the head of the state-vector */
  ret->detector = ( *detector );
 
  /* set 'time-span' associated with each timestamp */
  ret->deltaT = timestamps->deltaT;
 
  /* set SSB coordinate system used: EQUATORIAL for Earth-based, ECLIPTIC for LISA */
  if ( XLALisLISAdetector( detector ) ) { /* LISA */
    ret->system = COORDINATESYSTEM_ECLIPTIC;
  } else { /* Earth-based */
    ret->system = COORDINATESYSTEM_EQUATORIAL;
  }
 
  /* now fill all the vector-entries corresponding to different timestamps */
  UINT4 i;
  for ( i = 0; i < numSteps; i++ ) {
    BarycenterInput baryinput;
    EmissionTime emit;
    DetectorState *state = &( ret->data[i] );
    EarthState *earth = &( state->earthState );
    LIGOTimeGPS tgps;
 
    /* shift timestamp by tOffset */
    tgps = timestamps->data[i];
    XLALGPSAdd( &tgps, tOffset );
 
    /*----- first get earth-state */
    if ( XLALBarycenterEarth( earth, &tgps, edat ) != XLAL_SUCCESS ) {
      XLALDestroyDetectorStateSeries( ret );
      XLALPrintError( "%s: XLALBarycenterEarth() failed with xlalErrno=%d\n", __func__, xlalErrno );
      XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EFAILED );
    }
 
    /*----- then get detector-specific info */
    baryinput.tgps = tgps;
    baryinput.site = ( *detector );
    baryinput.site.location[0] /= LAL_C_SI;
    baryinput.site.location[1] /= LAL_C_SI;
    baryinput.site.location[2] /= LAL_C_SI;
    baryinput.alpha = baryinput.delta = 0;    /* irrelevant */
    baryinput.dInv = 0;
 
    if ( XLALBarycenter( &emit, &baryinput, earth ) != XLAL_SUCCESS ) {
      XLALDestroyDetectorStateSeries( ret );
      XLALPrintError( "%s: XLALBarycenterEarth() failed with xlalErrno=%d\n", __func__, xlalErrno );
      XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EFAILED );
    }
 
    /*----- extract the output-data from this */
    UINT4 j;
    for ( j = 0; j < 3; j++ ) { /* copy detector's position and velocity */
      state->rDetector[j] = emit.rDetector[j];
      state->vDetector[j] = emit.vDetector[j];
    } /* for j < 3 */
 
    /* local mean sidereal time = GMST + longitude */
    state->LMST = earth->gmstRad + detector->frDetector.vertexLongitudeRadians;
    state->LMST = fmod( state->LMST, LAL_TWOPI );     /* normalize */
 
    /* insert timestamp */
    state->tGPS = tgps;
 
    /* compute the detector-tensor at this time-stamp in SSB-fixed Cartesian coordinates
     * [EQUATORIAL for Earth-based, ECLIPTIC for LISA]
     */
    if ( XLALFillDetectorTensor( state, detector ) != 0 ) {
      XLALDestroyDetectorStateSeries( ret );
      XLALPrintError( "%s: XLALFillDetectorTensor() failed ... errno = %d\n\n", __func__, xlalErrno );
      XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EFUNC );
    }
 
  } /* for i < numSteps */
 
  /* return result */
  return ret;
 
} /* XLALGetDetectorStates() */
 
 
/**
 * Get the detector-time series for the given MultiLIGOTimeGPSVector.
 * NOTE: contrary to the deprecated XLALGetMultiDetectorStatesFromMultiSFTs() interface, this
 * function computes detector-states at the given timestamps shifted by tOffset
 *
 */
MultiDetectorStateSeries *
XLALGetMultiDetectorStates( const MultiLIGOTimeGPSVector *multiTS, /**< [in] multi-IFO timestamps */
                            const MultiLALDetector *multiIFO,      /**< [in] multi-IFO array holding detector info */
                            const EphemerisData *edat,             /**< [in] ephemeris data */
                            REAL8 tOffset                          /**< [in] shift all timestamps by this amount */
                          )
{
  /* check input consistency */
  if ( !multiIFO || !multiTS || !edat ) {
    XLALPrintError( "%s: invalid NULL input (multiIFO=%p, multiTS=%p or edat=%p)\n", __func__, multiIFO, multiTS, edat );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EINVAL );
  }
 
  UINT4 numDetectors;
  numDetectors = multiIFO->length;
  if ( numDetectors != multiTS->length ) {
    XLALPrintError( "%s: inconsistent number of IFOs in 'multiIFO' (%d) and 'multiTS' (%d)\n", __func__, multiIFO->length, multiTS->length );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EINVAL );
  }
 
  /* prepare return-structure */
  MultiDetectorStateSeries *ret = NULL;
  if ( ( ret = LALCalloc( 1, sizeof( *ret ) ) ) == NULL ) {
    XLALPrintError( "%s: LALCalloc ( 1, %zu ) failed\n", __func__, sizeof( *ret ) );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_ENOMEM );
  }
  if ( ( ret->data = LALCalloc( numDetectors, sizeof( *( ret->data ) ) ) ) == NULL ) {
    XLALFree( ret );
    XLALPrintError( "%s: LALCalloc ( %d, %zu ) failed\n", __func__, numDetectors, sizeof( *( ret->data ) ) );
    XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_ENOMEM );
  }
  ret->length = numDetectors;
 
  REAL8 deltaT = multiTS->data[0]->deltaT;
 
  /* loop over detectors */
  UINT4 X;
  for ( X = 0; X < numDetectors; X ++ ) {
    LIGOTimeGPSVector *tsX = multiTS->data[X];
    const LALDetector *detX = &( multiIFO->sites[X] );
 
    if ( !tsX || !detX ) {
      XLALPrintError( "%s: invalid NULL data-vector tsX[%d] = %p, detX[%d] = %p\n", __func__, X, tsX, X, detX );
      XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EINVAL );
    }
    if ( multiTS->data[X]->deltaT != deltaT ) {
      XLALPrintError( "%s: inconsistent time-base multi-timeseries deltaT[%d]=%f  !=  deltaT[0] = %f\n", __func__, X, multiTS->data[X]->deltaT, deltaT );
      XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EINVAL );
    }
 
    /* fill in the detector-state series for this detector */
    if ( ( ret->data[X] = XLALGetDetectorStates( tsX, detX, edat, tOffset ) ) == NULL ) {
      XLALPrintError( "%s: XLALGetDetectorStates() failed.\n", __func__ );
      XLAL_ERROR_NULL( XLAL_EFUNC );
    }
 
  } /* for X < numDetectors */
 
  return ret;
 
} /* XLALGetMultiDetectorStates() */
 
/**
 * Get the 'detector state' (ie detector-tensor, position, velocity, etc) for the given
 * multi-vector of SFTs, shifted by a common time-shift \a tOffset.
 *
 * \a tOffset allows one to easily use the midpoints of SFT-timestamps, for example.
 *
 */
MultiDetectorStateSeries *
XLALGetMultiDetectorStatesFromMultiSFTs(
  const MultiSFTVector *multiSFTs,              /**< [in] multi-IFO SFTs */
  const EphemerisData *edat,                    /**< [in] ephemeris data */
  REAL8 tOffset                                 /**< [in] shift all timestamps by this amount */
)
{
 
  // Check input
  XLAL_CHECK_NULL( multiSFTs != NULL, XLAL_EFAULT );
  XLAL_CHECK_NULL( edat != NULL, XLAL_EFAULT );
 
  // XLALGetMultiDetectorStates() wants detector-array and timestamps-vectors directly,
  // instead of a multi-SFT vector. We therefore need to extract this info from the
  // multi-SFT vector first
  MultiLALDetector multiIFO;
  XLAL_CHECK_NULL( XLALMultiLALDetectorFromMultiSFTs( &multiIFO, multiSFTs ) == XLAL_SUCCESS, XLAL_EFUNC );
  MultiLIGOTimeGPSVector *multiTS;
  XLAL_CHECK_NULL( ( multiTS = XLALExtractMultiTimestampsFromSFTs( multiSFTs ) ) != NULL, XLAL_EFUNC );
 
  // call XLALGetMultiDetectorStates()
  MultiDetectorStateSeries *ret = NULL;
  XLAL_CHECK_NULL( ( ret = XLALGetMultiDetectorStates( multiTS, &multiIFO, edat, tOffset ) ) != NULL, XLAL_EFUNC );
 
  // free temporary mem
  XLALDestroyMultiTimestamps( multiTS );
 
  return ret;
 
} /* XLALGetMultiDetectorStatesFromMultiSFTs() */
 
/**
 * Parse string-vectors (typically input by user) of N detector noise-floors \f$ \sqrt{S_X} \f$
 * for detectors \f$ X=1\ldots N \f$ , where here we assume equal number of SFTs per detector
 * such that \f$ S^{-1} = \frac{1}{N}\sum_{X=0}^{N-1} S_X^{-1} \f$ .
 *
 * \note input of length(sqrtSX)=1 < numDetectors is valid: use that single number for all detectors,
 *  otherwise we enforce length(sqrtSX) == numDetectors.
 *
 * returns result in MultiNoiseFloor struct 'multiNoiseFloor'.
 */
int
XLALParseMultiNoiseFloor( MultiNoiseFloor *multiNoiseFloor,     /**< [out] parsed multi-IFO noise floor info */
                          const LALStringVector *sqrtSX,       /**< [in] string-list of \f$ \sqrt{S_X} \f$ for detectors \f$ X \f$ */
                          UINT4 numDetectors                   /**< [in] number of detectors. NOTE: length[sqrtSX] must be EITHER =numDetectors OR =1 */
                        )
{
  XLAL_CHECK( multiNoiseFloor != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( sqrtSX != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( ( numDetectors > 0 ) && ( numDetectors <= PULSAR_MAX_DETECTORS ), XLAL_EINVAL );
  UINT4 numSqrtSX = sqrtSX->length;
  XLAL_CHECK( ( numSqrtSX == numDetectors ) || ( numSqrtSX == 1 ), XLAL_EINVAL );
 
  /* initialize empty return struct */
  multiNoiseFloor->length = numDetectors;
 
  /* parse input strings and fill multiNoiseFloor */
  for ( UINT4 X = 0; X < numDetectors; X ++ ) {
    UINT4 X0 = X % numSqrtSX;         // always = 0 if (numSqrtSX == 1), otherwise = X if (numSqrtSX==numDetectors)
    const char *sqrtSnStr = sqrtSX->data[X0];
    REAL8 sqrtSn;
    XLAL_CHECK( XLALParseStringValueAsREAL8( &sqrtSn, sqrtSnStr ) == XLAL_SUCCESS, XLAL_EFUNC );
    XLAL_CHECK( sqrtSn >= 0, XLAL_EDOM );
    multiNoiseFloor->sqrtSn[X] = sqrtSn;
  } /* for X < numDetectors */
 
  return XLAL_SUCCESS;
 
} /* XLALParseMultiNoiseFloor() */
 
 
/**
 * Parse string-vectors (typically input by user) of N detector noise-floors \f$ \sqrt{S_X} \f$
 * for detectors \f$ X=1\ldots N \f$ , where here we assume equal number of SFTs per detector
 * such that \f$ S^{-1} = \frac{1}{N}\sum_{X=0}^{N-1} S_X^{-1} \f$ .
 *
 * The detectors corresponding to each noise-floor may be a subset of the input string-vectors,
 * e.g. if parsing noise-floors for a segment where SFTs from some detectors are missing.
 * The vector \p
 */
int
XLALParseMultiNoiseFloorMapped( MultiNoiseFloor *multiNoiseFloor,                       /**< [out] parsed multi-IFO noise floor info */
                                const LALStringVector *multiNoiseFloorDetNames,        /**< [in] detector names for entries in \p multiNoiseFloor */
                                const LALStringVector *sqrtSX,                         /**< [in] string-list of \f$ \sqrt{S_X} \f$ for detectors \f$ X \f$ */
                                const LALStringVector *sqrtSXDetNames                  /**< [in] detector names for entries in \p sqrtSX */
                              )
{
  XLAL_CHECK( multiNoiseFloor != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( multiNoiseFloorDetNames != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( sqrtSX != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( sqrtSXDetNames != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( multiNoiseFloorDetNames->length <= sqrtSXDetNames->length, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( sqrtSX->length == sqrtSXDetNames->length, XLAL_EINVAL );
 
  /* parse input strings */
  REAL8 sqrtSn[PULSAR_MAX_DETECTORS];
  for ( UINT4 Y = 0; Y < sqrtSX->length; Y ++ ) {
    XLAL_CHECK( XLALParseStringValueAsREAL8( &sqrtSn[Y], sqrtSX->data[Y] ) == XLAL_SUCCESS, XLAL_EFUNC );
    XLAL_CHECK( sqrtSn[Y] >= 0, XLAL_EDOM );
  }
 
  /* initialize empty return struct */
  multiNoiseFloor->length = multiNoiseFloorDetNames->length;
 
  /* fill multiNoiseFloor with correctly mapped values */
  for ( UINT4 X = 0; X < multiNoiseFloor->length; X ++ ) {
    const INT4 Y = XLALFindStringInVector( multiNoiseFloorDetNames->data[X], sqrtSXDetNames );
    if ( Y < 0 ) {
      char *sqrtSXDet = XLALConcatStringVector( sqrtSXDetNames, "," );
      XLAL_PRINT_ERROR( "Noise-floor detector '%s' not found in list of sqrtSX detectors '%s'", multiNoiseFloorDetNames->data[X], sqrtSXDet );
      XLALFree( sqrtSXDet );
      XLAL_ERROR( XLAL_EINVAL );
    }
    multiNoiseFloor->sqrtSn[X] = sqrtSn[Y];
  }
 
  return XLAL_SUCCESS;
 
} /* XLALParseMultiNoiseFloorMapped() */
 
 
/**
 * Parse string-vectors (typically input by user) of N detector-names
 * for detectors \f$ X=1\ldots N \f$ , returns a MultiLALDetector struct
 *
 */
int
XLALParseMultiLALDetector( MultiLALDetector *detInfo,         /**< [out] parsed detector-info struct */
                           const LALStringVector *detNames   /**< [in] list of detector names */
                         )
{
  XLAL_CHECK( detInfo != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( detNames != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  UINT4 numDet = detNames->length;
  XLAL_CHECK( ( numDet > 0 ) && ( numDet <= PULSAR_MAX_DETECTORS ), XLAL_EINVAL );
 
  detInfo->length = numDet;
 
  /* parse input strings and fill detInfo */
  for ( UINT4 X = 0; X < numDet; X ++ ) {
    const LALDetector *ifo;
    /* first parse detector name */
    XLAL_CHECK( ( ifo = XLALGetSiteInfo( detNames->data[X] ) ) != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL, "Failed to parse detector-name '%s'\n", detNames->data[X] );
    detInfo->sites[X] = ( *ifo );     // struct copy
 
  } /* for X < numDet */
 
  return XLAL_SUCCESS;
 
} /* XLALParseMultiLALDetector() */
 
 
/**
 * Extract multi detector-info from a given multi SFTCatalog view
*/
int
XLALMultiLALDetectorFromMultiSFTCatalogView( MultiLALDetector *multiIFO,                //!< [out] list of detectors found in catalog
    const MultiSFTCatalogView *multiView      //!< [in] multi-IFO view of SFT catalog
                                           )
{
  // check input consistency
  XLAL_CHECK( multiIFO != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( multiView != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  UINT4 numIFOs = multiView->length;
  XLAL_CHECK( ( numIFOs > 0 ) && ( numIFOs <= PULSAR_MAX_DETECTORS ), XLAL_EINVAL );
 
 
 
  multiIFO->length = numIFOs;
  for ( UINT4 X = 0; X < numIFOs; X ++ ) {
    const LALDetector *site;
    XLAL_CHECK( ( site = XLALGetSiteInfo( multiView->data[X].data->header.name ) ) != NULL, XLAL_EFUNC );
    multiIFO->sites[X] = ( *site );    // struct-copy
  } /* for X < numIFOs */
 
  return XLAL_SUCCESS;
 
} /* XLALMultiLALDetectorFromMultiSFTCatalogView() */
 
 
/**
 * Extract multi detector-info from a given multi SFTCatalog view
 */
int
XLALMultiLALDetectorFromMultiSFTs( MultiLALDetector *multiIFO,  //!< [out] list of detectors found in catalog
                                   const MultiSFTVector *multiSFTs     //!< [in] multi-IFO SFT vector
                                 )
{
  // check input consistency
  XLAL_CHECK( multiIFO != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( multiSFTs != NULL, XLAL_EINVAL );
  XLAL_CHECK( multiSFTs->length > 0, XLAL_EINVAL );
 
  UINT4 numIFOs = multiSFTs->length;
 
  multiIFO->length = numIFOs;
  for ( UINT4 X = 0; X < numIFOs; X ++ ) {
    const LALDetector *site;
    XLAL_CHECK( ( site = XLALGetSiteInfo( multiSFTs->data[X]->data[0].name ) ) != NULL, XLAL_EFUNC );
    multiIFO->sites[X] = ( *site );    // struct-copy
  } /* for X < numIFOs */
 
  return XLAL_SUCCESS;
 
} /* XLALMultiLALDetectorFromMultiSFTVector() */
 
/// @}