renamed config option for detector white noise for clarity. #86

deepcmbsim/camb_power_spectrum.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_noise(self):
             provides noise for the TT power spectrum and the polarization power spectra;
             shape is (2, max_l_use)
         """
-        if self.UserParams['noise_type'] == 'white':
+        if self.UserParams['noise_type'] == 'detector-white':
             t_noise = noise.detector_white_noise(self.UserParams['noise_uKarcmin'], self.UserParams['beamfwhm_arcmin'], self.max_l_use,
                                                  TT=True)
             eb_noise = noise.detector_white_noise(self.UserParams['noise_uKarcmin'], self.UserParams['beamfwhm_arcmin'], self.max_l_use,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def get_noise(self):
         elif self.UserParams['noise_type'] is None:
             return np.zeros((2, self.max_l_use))
         else:
-            print("only detector white noise is currently implemented, via `noise_type = 'white'` in `user_config.yaml`")
+            print("only detector white noise is currently implemented, via `noise_type = 'detector-white'` in `user_config.yaml`")
             return np.zeros((2, self.max_l_use))
 
     def get_cls(self, save_to_dict=None, user_params=True):

deepcmbsim/settings/user_config.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ verbose: 1
 normalize_cls: False #raw_cl – return Cl rather than l*(l+1)*Cl/2π (Cl alone is not conventional)
 TT_units: muK #return uK**2 units for the TT, EE, BB, TE Cls
 outfile_dir: "outfiles"
-noise_type: "white"
+noise_type: "detector-white"    # only option for now; adds detector white noise to the output; see noise.detector_white_noise for more details.
 noise_uKarcmin: 5  # noise level in uK*arcmin
 beamfwhm_arcmin: 3  # size of beam in arcmin
 extra_l: 300