From e162c3fd629bd01a056aca3dd38de69b7a2695cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gschwefer Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:59:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add sentence about time gradient templates --- src/ctapipe/reco/impact.py | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/ctapipe/reco/impact.py b/src/ctapipe/reco/impact.py index 728eaa11def..02c8f3ea4f8 100644 --- a/src/ctapipe/reco/impact.py +++ b/src/ctapipe/reco/impact.py @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class ImPACTReconstructor(HillasGeometryReconstructor): templates to perform a maximum likelihood fit for the shower axis, energy and height of maximum. + Besides the image information, there is also the option to use the time gradient of the pixels + across the image as additional information in the fit. This requires an additional set of templates + Because this application is computationally intensive the usual advice to use astropy units for all quantities is ignored (as these slow down some computations), instead units within the class @@ -101,7 +104,8 @@ class ImPACTReconstructor(HillasGeometryReconstructor): """ use_time_gradient = traits.Bool( - default_value=False, help="Use time gradient in ImPACT reconstruction" + default_value=False, + help="Use time gradient in ImPACT reconstruction. Requires an extra set of time gradient templates", ).tag(config=True) root_dir = traits.Unicode(