Tracer

class pfsspy.tracing.Tracer

Bases: abc.ABC

Abstract base class for a streamline tracer.

Methods Summary

cartesian_to_coordinate()	Convert cartesian coordinate outputted by a tracer to a FieldLine object.
coords_to_xyz(seeds, output)	Given a set of astropy sky coordinates, transoform them to cartesian x, y, z coordinates.
trace(seeds, output)	param seeds Coordinaes of the magnetic field seed points.
validate_seeds(seeds)	Check that seeds has the right shape and is the correct type.

Methods Documentation

static cartesian_to_coordinate()

Convert cartesian coordinate outputted by a tracer to a FieldLine object.

static coords_to_xyz(seeds, output)

Given a set of astropy sky coordinates, transoform them to cartesian x, y, z coordinates.

Parameters

• seeds (astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord) –

• output (pfsspy.Output) –

abstract trace(seeds, output)

Parameters

• seeds (astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord) – Coordinaes of the magnetic field seed points.

• output (pfsspy.Output) – pfss output.

Returns

streamlines – Traced field lines.

Return type

FieldLines

static validate_seeds(seeds)

Check that seeds has the right shape and is the correct type.