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alm2map_spin*


This routine produces the maps of arbitrary spin s and -s given their alm coefficients. A (complex) map S of spin s is a linear combination of the spin weighted harmonics sYlm
\begin{displaymath}
{_s}S(p) = \sum_{lm} {_s}a_{lm}\ \ {_s}Y_{lm}(p)
\end{displaymath} (1)

for $l \ge \vert m\vert, l \ge \vert s\vert$, and is such that sS* = -sS.
alm2map_spin* expects the alm coefficients to be provided as
htmlcommentmark>57 |s|a+lm $\textstyle \myequal$ - ( |s|alm + (-1)s -|s|alm )/2 (2)
|s|a-lm $\textstyle \myequal$ - ( |s|alm - (-1)s -|s|alm )/(2i) (3)

for $m\ge 0$, knowing that, just as for spin 0 maps, the coefficients for m<0 are given by
|s|a+l-m $\textstyle \myequal$ (-1)m |s|a+*lm, (4)
|s|a-l-m $\textstyle \myequal$ (-1)m |s|a-*lm. (5)

The two (real) maps produced by alm2map_spin* are  defined respectively as
|s|S+ $\textstyle \myequal$ (|s|S + -|s|S)/2 (6)
|s|S- $\textstyle \myequal$ (|s|S - -|s|S)/(2i). (7)

With these definitions, 2a+, 2a-, 2S+ and 2S- match HEALPix polarization aE, aB, Q and U respectively. However, for s=0, $\ _{0}a^+_{lm} = -a^T_{lm}$, $\ _{0}a^-_{lm} = 0$, $\ {_0}S^+ = T$, $\ {_0}S^- = 0.$


Location in HEALPix directory tree: src/f90/mod/alm_tools.f90


FORMAT

call alm2map_spin*( nsmax, nlmax, nmmax, spin, alm, map )


ARGUMENTS

name & dimensionality kind in/out description
       
nsmax I4B IN the Nside value of the map to synthesize.
nlmax I4B IN the maximum l value used for the alm.
nmmax I4B IN the maximum m value used for the alm.
spin I4B IN spin s of the maps to be generated (only its absolute value is relevant).
alm(1:2, 0:nlmax, 0:nmmax) SPC/ DPC IN The |s|a+lm and |s|a-lm values to make the map from.
map(0:12*nsmax**2-1, 1:2) SP/ DP OUT |s|S+ and |s|S- output maps


EXAMPLE:

use healpix_types
use pix_tools, only : nside2npix
use alm_tools, only : alm2map_spin
integer(I4B) :: nside, lmax, mmax, npix, spin
real(SP), dimension(:,:), allocatable :: map
complex(SPC), dimension(:,:,:), allocatable :: alm
...
nside=256 ; lmax=512 ; mmax=lmax ; spin=4
npix=nside2npix(nside)
allocate(alm(1:2,0:lmax,0:mmax))
allocate(map(0:npix-1,1:2))
...
call alm2map_spin(nside, lmax, mmax, spin, alm, map)

Make spin-4 maps from the alm passed in alm. The maps have Nside of 256, and are constructed from alm values up to 512 in l and m.


MODULES & ROUTINES

This section lists the modules and routines used by alm2map_spin*.

ring_synthesis
Performs FFT over m for synthesis of the rings.
compute_lam_mm, get_pixel_layout,
gen_lamfac_der, gen_mfac, gen_mfac_spin, do_lam_lm_spin,
gen_recfac, gen_recfac_spin, init_rescale, l_min_ylm
Ancillary routines used for Ylm recursion
misc_utils
module, containing:
assert_alloc
routine to print error message, when an array can not be allocated properly


RELATED ROUTINES

This section lists the routines related to alm2map_spin*


alm2map
routine generating maps of temperature and polarisation from their alm
alm2map_der
routine generating maps of temperature and polarisation, and their spatial derivatives, from their alm
map2alm_spin
routine performing the inverse transform of alm2map.
create_alm
routine to generate randomly distributed alm coefficients according to a given power spectrum

Eric Hivon 2010-06-18
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