User’s Guide

Structure and philosphy

ngEHTforecast is a library of functions for forecasting the science capabilities and array performance of ngEHT. These have been organized into two packages:

• fisher – Objects and methods for Fisher-matrix based precision estimates.

• data – Objects and methods for creating and processing simulated data.

In addition there four additional top-level directories:

• docs – Documentation (e.g., what you are reading now).

• examples – Example Python scripts that make use of ngEHTforecast functionality.

• tutorials – Tutorials introducing specific tools and how to use them.

• validation – Python scripts presenting validation experiments.

Packages

Individual package documentation organized by area.

• Fisher
  • Base Class
  • Station Gain Mitigation
  • Models
  • Model Combinations
• Data
  • Processing
  • Generation Interfaces