pyrex.custom.arianna.antenna.LPDA.setup_antenna

LPDA.setup_antenna(center_frequency=350000000.0, bandwidth=600000000.0, temperature=300, resistance=50, z_axis=(0, 0, 1), x_axis=(1, 0, 0), efficiency=1, noisy=True, unique_noise_waveforms=10, response_data=None, response_freqs=None, **kwargs)

Setup the antenna by passing along its init arguments.

Any arguments passed to this method are directly passed to the __init__ methods of the antenna’s class.

Parameters

response_datatuple of array_like

Tuple containing the response data for the antenna along the theta and phi polarization directions. The first and second elements should contain 3-D arrays of the antenna response model in the theta and phi polarizations, respectively, as a function of frequency (axis 0), zenith (axis 1), and azimuth (axis 2). The remaining elements should be the values of the frequency, zenith, and azimuth axes, respectively.

center_frequencyfloat, optional

Frequency (Hz) at the center of the antenna’s frequency range.

bandwidthfloat, optional

Bandwidth (Hz) of the antenna.

temperaturefloat, optional

The noise temperature (K) of the antenna. Used in combination with resistance to calculate the RMS voltage of the antenna noise.

resistancefloat, optional

The noise resistance (ohm) of the antenna. Used in combination with temperature to calculate the RMS voltage of the antenna noise.

z_axisarray_like, optional

Vector direction of the z-axis of the antenna.

x_axisarray_like, optional

Vector direction of the x-axis of the antenna.

efficiencyfloat, optional

Antenna efficiency applied to incoming signal values.

noisyboolean, optional

Whether or not the antenna should add noise to incoming signals.

unique_noise_waveformsint, optional

The number of expected noise waveforms needed for each received signal to have its own noise.