iactsim documentation

Release 0.20.2.dev41+g61ef1eda4

Welcome to the documentation of iactsim.

iactsim is a CUDA-accelerated Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) Python simulation framework designed to accelerate computationally intensive tasks (like ray-tracing and pixels response) and provide a flexible and developer-friendly collection of tools for IACT performance studies. These tools are intended to facilitate and accelerate instrument design studies and data analysis.

Contents:

• Install
  • Prerequisites
  • Environment setup
  • Install via PyPI
  • Custom Compiler Flags
  • Install from source
  • Runtime configuration
• Overview
  • Package Structure
  • Key features
  • Usage examples
• User Manual
  • Basics of iactsim
• Reference Manual
  • Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
  • optics
  • electronics
  • io
  • visualization
  • utils
  • models
  • iactxx