Source code for ligo.skymap.postprocess.cosmology

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"""Cosmology-related utilities.

All functions in this module use the Planck15 cosmological parameters.
"""

import numpy as np
from astropy.cosmology import Planck15 as cosmo, z_at_value
import astropy.units as u

[docs]def dVC_dVL_for_z(z):
r"""Ratio, :math:\mathrm{d}V_C / \mathrm{d}V_L, between the comoving
volume element and a naively Euclidean volume element in luminosity
distance space; given as a function of redshift.

Given the differential comoving volume per unit redshift,
:math:\mathrm{d}V_C / \mathrm{d}z, and the derivative of luminosity
distance in terms of redshift, :math:\mathrm{d}D_L / \mathrm{d}z, this is
expressed as:

.. math::

\frac{\mathrm{d}V_C}{\mathrm{d}V_L} =
\frac{\mathrm{d}V_C}{\mathrm{d}z}
\left(
{D_L}^2 \frac{\mathrm{d}D_L}{\mathrm{d}z}
\right)^{-1}.
"""
Ok0 = cosmo.Ok0
DH = cosmo.hubble_distance
DM_by_DH = (cosmo.comoving_transverse_distance(z) / DH).value
DC_by_DH = (cosmo.comoving_distance(z) / DH).value
zplus1 = z + 1.0
if Ok0 == 0.0:
ret = 1.0
elif Ok0 > 0.0:
ret = np.cosh(np.sqrt(Ok0) * DC_by_DH)
else:  # Ok0 < 0.0 or Ok0 is nan
ret = np.cos(np.sqrt(-Ok0) * DC_by_DH)
ret *= zplus1
ret += DM_by_DH * cosmo.efunc(z)
ret *= np.square(zplus1)
return 1.0 / ret

@np.vectorize
def z_for_DL(DL):
"""Redshift as a function of luminosity distance in Mpc."""
# FIXME: In Astropy 4, z_at_value returns a float,
# but in Astropy 5, returns a quantity with dimensionless redshift units.
# Make sure it is a quantity before we convert it to a float.
# Remove the u.Quantity() call once we drop support for astropy < 5.
return u.Quantity(
z_at_value(cosmo.luminosity_distance, DL * u.Mpc)
).to_value(u.dimensionless_unscaled)

[docs]def dVC_dVL_for_DL(DL):
"""Same as :meth:dVC_dVL_for_z, but as a function of luminosity
distance.
"""
return dVC_dVL_for_z(z_for_DL(DL))