Representation of the dedispersion meansure in terms of dimensions and units Implemented using the boost units library. The DedispersionMeasureType will be a boost::units::quantity with the base unit parsec/cm^3. Note you must specify the units when initialising the variable.
#include "cheetah/data/DedispersionMeasure.h"
DedispersionMeasureType<float> dm_float(1.6 * parsecs_per_cube_cm);
DedispersionMeasureType<double> dm_dble(1.0 * parsec_per_cube_cm);
#ifndef SKA_CHEETAH_DATA_DEDISPERSIONMEASURE_H
#define SKA_CHEETAH_DATA_DEDISPERSIONMEASURE_H
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wall"
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-parameter"
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
#include <boost/units/quantity.hpp>
#include <boost/units/conversion.hpp>
#include <boost/units/systems/cgs/length.hpp>
#include <boost/units/io.hpp>
#include <boost/units/derived_dimension.hpp>
#include <boost/units/physical_dimensions/length.hpp>
#include <boost/units/base_units/astronomical/parsec.hpp>
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
namespace cheetah {
namespace data {
typedef boost::units::derived_dimension<boost::units::astronomical::parsec_base_unit, 1, boost::units::length_base_dimension, -3>::type DedispersionMeasureDimensionType;
typedef boost::units::unit<DedispersionMeasureDimensionType, boost::units::cgs::system> DedispersionMeasureUnit;
BOOST_UNITS_STATIC_CONSTANT(parsecs_per_cube_cm, DedispersionMeasureUnit);
BOOST_UNITS_STATIC_CONSTANT(parsec_per_cube_cm, DedispersionMeasureUnit);
template<typename T>
using DedispersionMeasureType = boost::units::quantity<DedispersionMeasureUnit, T>;
}
}
}
#endif // SKA_CHEETAH_DATA_DEDISPERSIONMEASURE_H