PINT vs. TEMPO(2) par file changes

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Joe Swiggum edited this page May 4, 2022 · 4 revisions

The changes between PINT and TEMPO/TEMPO2 par files:

PINT line	TEMPO line	TEMPO2 line
Head	Empty	`MODE 1`
`CHI2`	No Change	No Change
`SWM`	No Change	No Change
`A1DOT`	name: `XDOT`	name: `XDOT`
`STIGMA`	name: `VARSIGMA`	name: `VARSIGMA`
`NHARMS`	type: `int`	type: `int`
`ECL`	No Change	value: `IERS2003`
`EFAC`	name: `T2EFAC`	name: `T2EFAC`
`EQUAD`	name: `T2EQUAD`	name: `T2EQUAD`
`T2CMETHOD`	No Change	Comment out
`KIN` (DDK only)	`180d - KIN`	No change
`KOM` (DDK only)	`90d - KOM`	No change
`DMDATA`	type: `int`	type: `int`

Currently implemented in as model.as_parfile(format="tempo") etc. Or:

convert_parfile src/pint/data/examples/NGC6440E.par -f tempo2 -o test.par