Source code for lenstronomy.Util.constants

__author__ = 'sibirrer'


"""
this class contains physical constants and conversion factors between units
"""
import numpy as np

__all__ = ('G c M_sun M_earth AU Mpc day_s arcsec '
           'a_ES F_ES delay_arcsec2days'.split())

G = 6.67384*10**(-11)  # Gravitational constant [m^3 kg^-1 s^-2]
c = 299792458  # [m/s]

M_sun = 1.9891 * 10**30  # solar mass in [kg]
M_earth = 5.9972 * 10**24  # Earth mass in [kg]
AU = 1.495978707 * 10**11  # Distance Earth Sun (Astronomical unit) in [m]

Mpc = 3.08567758 * 10**22  # Mpc in [m]
day_s = 24 * 3600  # day in second
arcsec = 2 * np.pi / 360 / 3600  # arc second in radian

# derived quantities

a_ES = G * M_sun / AU**2  # Earth-Sun acceleration
F_ES = G * M_sun * M_earth / AU**2


[docs]def delay_arcsec2days(delay_arcsec, D_dt): """ given a delay in arcsec^2 and a Delay distance, the delay is computed in days :param delay_arcsec: gravitational delay in units of arcsec^2 (e.g. Fermat potential) :param D_dt: Time delay distance (in units of Mpc) :return: time-delay in units of days """ return D_dt * Mpc / c * delay_arcsec / day_s * arcsec**2