LALInspiralAmplitude.c File Reference

Given an inspiral template structure containing the binary distance and a set of mass parameters, that module provides functions to compute the related amplitude. More...

Prototypes
int	XLALInspiralRestrictedAmplitude (InspiralTemplate *params)

Detailed Description

Given an inspiral template structure containing the binary distance and a set of mass parameters, that module provides functions to compute the related amplitude.

Author

Cokelaer T.

Description

The inspiral template structure can stored (1) the distance of the binary (2) a set of binary masses such as the two masses or the total mass and eta and (3) an amplitude which is arbitrary fixed to unity when templates are computed.

However we might need to have a template with the physical amplitude (for instance to deal with injections). The function XLALInspiralRestrictedAmplitude takes an InspiralTemplate structure as input/output to return the restricted Newtonian amplitude by using the following formula.

\begin{equation} A = \frac{4c}{d \eta} M^{-5./3.} \end{equation}

where \(d\) is in Mpc and \(M\) in solar mass. The result is stored in the signalAmplitude variable of the inspiral template structure.

Uses

When appropriate this function calls:\ XLALInspiralParameterCalc

Definition in file LALInspiralAmplitude.c.

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Function Documentation

XLALInspiralRestrictedAmplitude()

int XLALInspiralRestrictedAmplitude

(

InspiralTemplate *

params

)

Definition at line 57 of file LALInspiralAmplitude.c.