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spin_examples.py
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy
import pycbc.coordinates as co
from pycbc import distributions

# We can choose any bounds between 0 and pi for this distribution but in
# units of pi so we use between 0 and 1
theta_low = 0.
theta_high = 1.

# Units of pi for the bounds of the azimuthal angle which goes from 0 to 2 pi
phi_low = 0.
phi_high = 2.

# Create a distribution object from distributions.py. Here we are using the
# Uniform Solid Angle function which takes
# theta = polar_bounds(theta_lower_bound to a theta_upper_bound), and then
# phi = azimuthal_ bound(phi_lower_bound to a phi_upper_bound).
uniform_solid_angle_distribution = distributions.UniformSolidAngle(
                                          polar_bounds=(theta_low,theta_high),
                                          azimuthal_bounds=(phi_low,phi_high))

# Now we can take a random variable sample from that distribution. In this
# case we want 50000 samples.
solid_angle_samples = uniform_solid_angle_distribution.rvs(size=500000)

# Make spins with unit length for coordinate transformation below.
spin_mag = numpy.ndarray(shape=(500000), dtype=float)

for i in range(0,500000):
    spin_mag[i] = 1.

# Use the pycbc.coordinates as co spherical_to_cartesian function to convert
# from spherical polar coordinates to cartesian coordinates
spinx, spiny, spinz = co.spherical_to_cartesian(spin_mag,
                                                solid_angle_samples['phi'],
                                                solid_angle_samples['theta'])

# Choose 50 bins for the histograms.
n_bins = 50

plt.figure(figsize=(10,10))
plt.subplot(2, 2, 1)
plt.hist(spinx, bins = n_bins)
plt.title('Spin x samples')

plt.subplot(2, 2, 2)
plt.hist(spiny, bins = n_bins)
plt.title('Spin y samples')

plt.subplot(2, 2, 3)
plt.hist(spinz, bins = n_bins)
plt.title('Spin z samples')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
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