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pyuvsim
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- Assessment tools
- Nogithub.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The package is presented as a community simulation environment for radio interferometry research, designed to scale across many CPUs and support varied use cases.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Authoring tools
- Yesgithub.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Beam models
- Primary beams can use UVBeam or AnalyticBeam objects, and multiple beam models can be assigned across an array.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Data export
- Yesgithub.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktopgithub.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- The project documents installation using pip or directly from its GitHub repository.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Inputs
- Simulations use observation times, frequencies, array configuration, source positions and brightnesses, and direction-dependent primary beam responses.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The package can be installed with pip, and simulator and optional features are enabled through install extras such as sim, all, healpix, casa, and moon.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Instrument modeling
- It supports fully polarized instrument responses, full-sky fields of view, exact antenna positions, and varied beam models across an array.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integration
- pyuvsim represents array and observation configuration with UVData objects and sources with Source objects from the pyuvdata and pyradiosky ecosystem.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Intended science use
- Its primary goal is simulation accuracy at the precision needed for 21 cm cosmology science.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Lesson library
- Nogithub.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- License
- GitHub identifies the public pyuvsim repository as BSD-3-Clause licensed.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Maintainers
- The documentation lists the RASG Managers as maintainers and names contributors affiliated with Arizona State University, the University of Washington, UC Berkeley, and Brown University.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Optional capabilities
- Optional dependencies enable HEALPix catalogs or beams, CASA measurement set writing, plotting, and simulations of telescopes on the Moon.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- Simulation output can be written in formats supported by pyuvdata, including uvfits, MIRIAD, and uvh5.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Parallel computing
- The simulator is intended to run on Linux clusters and supports MPI; the docs describe testing with Open MPI and MPICH on Linux and macOS, and MS-MPI on Windows.pyuvsim.readthedocs.io · read 9 Oct 2026
