Welcome to litebird_sim’s documentation!

Contents:

• Installing the framework
  • Hacking litebird_sim
• Tutorial
  • A «Hello world» example
  • Interacting with the IMO
  • Creating a coverage map
• Simulations
  • Provenance model
  • Parameter files
  • Interface with the instrument database
  • System abstractions
  • Generation of reports
  • Logging
  • API reference
• Detectors, channels, and instruments
  • Reading from the IMO
  • Detectors in parameter files
  • API reference
• Observations
  • Serial applications
  • Parallel applications
  • Other notable functionalities
  • API reference
• Data layout
  • TOD as two-dimensional arrays
  • Splitting the TOD matrix
  • Choosing the blocks shape
  • Possible advantages of less general choices
  • Beyond TOD
• Synthetic sky maps
  • Available emission models
  • Monte Carlo simulations
  • API reference
• Scanning strategy
  • The spacecraft’s motion
  • Computing the spacecraft’s orientation
  • How the boresight is specified
  • Interpretation of pointings
  • Custom scanning strategies
  • Observing point sources in the sky
  • Bibliography
  • API reference
• The Instrument Model Database (IMO)
  • Local/remote access to the IMO
  • How objects are stored
  • IMO and reports
  • API reference
• Creating reports with litebird_sim
  • Including tables
  • Converting the report to other formats
  • A few stylistical tips
• Using MPI
  • Enabling/disabling MPI
  • API reference
• Integrating existing codes
  • What kind of codes can be integrated
  • How to integrate codes
  • A practical example
  • Checklist

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page