Method

NumCosmoXcorSSCSijset_area

Declaration [src]

void
nc_xcor_ssc_sij_set_area (
  NcXcorSSCSij* ssc_sij,
  gdouble area
)

Description [src]

Selects the crude finite-area estimator, $S_{ij} = S^{\rm fullsky}{ij} / f{\rm sky}$ with $f_{\rm sky} = \Omega / 4\pi$: the full-sky matrix simply rescaled by the sky fraction area subtends. This is not a mask deconvolution, and it knows nothing about the shape of the footprint; use nc_xcor_ssc_sij_set_mask_cl() when the shape matters.

It is kept because it is what an analysis quoting only a survey area uses, and because it costs a single multipole rather than the whole $\ell$ range a mask needs.

Setting a positive area discards any mask spectrum, the two being mutually exclusive; passing 0.0 restores the plain full-sky matrix.

Parameters

area

Type: gdouble

The survey area in square degrees, or 0.0 to disable.