rbiswas4 / midway_snfiles

INPUT FILES FOR SNANA simulations of LSST on MIDWAY

These are input files used on midway to produce LSST simulations for the WFD and DDF fields for 10 years on midway. The contents, usage and evolution of these files is explained below.

CONTENTS

These files are in the data directory and have the following:

1. SIMGEN_MASTER_LSST_DDF_Y10.INPUT : Master input file for LSST_DDF
2. SIMGEN_MASTER_LSST_WFD_Y10.INPUT : Master input file for LSST_WFD
3. SIMGEN_SALT2_POPCHAR.INPUT : Input file describing Ia (SALT Model) population

Usage in SNANA

To use these files, a user should change the GENVERSION on the SIMGEN_MASTER_LSST_DDF_Y10.INPUT and SIMGEN_MASTER_LSST_WFD_Y10.INPUT. The minimal change required is to change USERNAME_ to a name that identifies a user.

To run the simulations on midway : run

nohup sim_SNmix.pl SIMGEN_MASTER_LSST_WFD_Y10.INPUT > ${USER}_WFD.log 2>&1 & 
nohup sim_SNmix.pl SIMGEN_MASTER_LSST_DDF_Y10.INPUT > ${USER}_WFD.log 2>&1 & 

PROVENANCE

These files are being maintained from the SRD simulations by Renee Hlozek and Dan Scolnic, and the explanations collected in their document README_BaselineSimulation. For evolution of these files, please see CHANGELOG.md

Using the build scripts

The build scripts should work on python 2.7 and python 3.6+. If you would like to install python 3.6 and don't have it you can use:

bash install/install_python.sh

• Install the package using

bash install install/install_all.sh

Getting Started in creating build scripts

• Install the code:

python setup.py develop

put code you need as part of the package in build_snana_inputs and add approriately to the __init__ module. The preferred way is to add an __all__ to the module file, listing the classes to be imported. and then haveing a from .filename import * in the __init__.py file.

• The directory of data files (templates for SNANA) can be obtained after importing the package at build_snana_input.data
• scripts using these should be in a scripts directory.
• Please remember to change the version file build_snana_input/version.py by incrementing the version number