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1. Data Preparation for Gauss Hermite kinematics

This notebook shows how to prepare input kinematic data files from Gauss-Hermite files from the CALIFA and ATLAS-3D surveys.

Run this notebook from the directory docs/tutorial_notebooks.

CALIFA

Example galaxy: NGC 6278. A Schwarzschild model for this galaxy can be found in Zhu et al. (2018).

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import os
import dynamite as dyn
from dynamite.data_prep.generate_kin_input import create_kin_input

in_dir = 'NGC6278_input/'

# we provide the CALIFA stellar kinematic file for NGC 6278 here:
in_file = 'NGC6278_input/NGC6278.V1200.rscube_INDOUSv2_SN20_stellar_kin.fits'

# the output will be placed here:
out_dir = 'NGC6278_input/dynamite_input/'

# convert file to ECSV, fit the kinematic PA, write aperture.dat and bins.dat files
create_kin_input('NGC6278', in_file, out_dir, expr='', fit_PA=True, kin_input='CALIFA')

# add the PSF to the header of the kinematic file
gh = dyn.kinematics.GaussHermite()
gh.add_psf_to_datafile(sigma=[1.06],
                       weight=[1.0],
                       datafile=f'{out_dir}/gauss_hermite_kins.ecsv')

Galaxy: NGC6278
NGC6278_input/NGC6278.V1200.rscube_INDOUSv2_SN20_stellar_kin.fits
  Kin PA: 126.0  +/-   1.2  (3*sigma error)
Velocity Offset: -12.33

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The pixel size is 1.0
PA: 126.0
Total bins: 152
Pixel grid dimension is  58.0 52.0
Vels plot: 197.20913252580198, 65.0832933754251, 218.18955410204666

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The directory NGC6278_input/dynamite_input should now contain the following files,

  • mge.ecsv (this file was already present)

  • gauss_hermite_kins.ecsv

  • aperture.dat

  • bins.dat

together with some diagnostic plots. This is ready to input into DYNAMITE.

ATLAS 3D

Example galaxy: NGC 4570. Schwarzschild models for this galaxy can be found in Thater et al. (2019).

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from dynamite.data_prep.generate_kin_input import read_atlas3d

## input directory
in_dir = 'NGC4570_input/'

# for ATLAS3D we need two input files: original cube and kinematics cube
# the following ATLAS-3D data products are provided in this repository
in_files =[in_dir+'MS_NGC4570_r1_C2D.fits',
           in_dir+'NGC4570_4moments_ATLAS3d.fits']

# where to place the output
out_dir = 'NGC4570_input/dynamite_input/'

if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
    os.makedirs(out_dir)

read_atlas3d(in_files)
create_kin_input('NGC4570', in_files, out_dir, expr='', fit_PA=True, kin_input='ATLAS3D', ngh=6)

# add the PSF to the header of the kinematic file
gh = dyn.kinematics.GaussHermite()
gh.add_psf_to_datafile(sigma=[1.5],
                       weight=[1.0],
                       datafile=f'{out_dir}/gauss_hermite_kins.ecsv')

Galaxy: NGC4570
['NGC4570_input/MS_NGC4570_r1_C2D.fits', 'NGC4570_input/NGC4570_4moments_ATLAS3d.fits']
  Kin PA: 158.0  +/-   1.8  (3*sigma error)
Velocity Offset: -4.51

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The pixel size is 0.7999992370605469
PA: 158.0
Total bins: 1517
Pixel grid dimension is  45.0 56.0
Vels plot: 160.14156677246095, 84.57122650146485, 168.83672607421877

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The directory NGC4570_input/dynamite_input should now contain the following files,

  • gauss_hermite_kins.ecsv

  • aperture.dat

  • bins.dat

together with some diagnositc plots. Alongside an MGE, this would be ready to input into DYNAMITE.

Preparing other Gauss Hermite data files

To prepare DYNAMITE input from other surveys, or from your own fits, we recommend looking at the functions defined in dynamite/data_prep/generate_kin_input.py and adjusting them to your needs.

The file aperture.dat contains the spatial extent in arcseconds, the angle (in degrees) 90 - position_angle, and size of the grid in pixels:

#counter_rotation_boxed_aperturefile_version_2
      min_x   min_y
      max_x   max_y
      90.-position_angle
      npix_x  n_pix_y

while the file bins.dat encodes the spatial (e.g. Voronoi) binning: specifically, it has one header line with the total number of pixels in the grid, followed by the bin ID of each pixel in the grid.

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