PSM release 1.7.1

About this version

This version corrects a few minor bugs in some of the PSM tools. The SZ section has been completed in the user manual. The biggest change is in the templates used to simulate free-free, spinning dust and synchrotron, which have been revised to remove aliasing bumps due to undersampling at very high ell. Now the generation of small scales seems to be working fine.

Some of the loose ends of v1.7.0-beta remain:

The documentation is still uncomplete
Models have been unevenly tested
Only one model of galactic emission is maintained (in two versions, prediction and simulation)
Polarised SZ effect not fully operational
The contamination of clusters of galaxies with radio and infrared sources is not fully implemented.

Download version 1.7.1

PSM_v1_7_1.tar.gz

Known bugs and issues

The following table give a staus report of known bugs and issues that should be fixed when the version 1.7.1 is used. Download the corresponding patches (single program files) and replace the corresponding original code in the 1.7.1 distribution.

Help us maintain the PSM: Report bugs

Date Bug or issue Solution Download patch

19 September 2011 Small scales are not generated for spinning dust if SPINDUST_EMISSION_LAW is dl98_composition. Use SPINDUST_EMISSION_LAW = dl98, or use next releases.
20 September 2011 For some cases of LMAX and NSIDE, lensing with ilens ('CMB_LENSING = ilens') does not work. Will be fixed in next releases. Use 'CMB_LENSING = cl' or 'CMB_LENSING = none'
28 September 2011 The PSM run fails if the parameter 'OBS_TASK' is not set in the configuration file (no valid default value). Always define 'OBS_TASK' ('new', 'update' or 'none').
29 September 2011 There is a memory leak in band integration, that causes the PSM eventually to fill the available memory for large scale simulations. Replace the "sky_in_bands.pro" file in "Soft/observation/skyobs/". sky_in_bands.pro v1.26
08 May 2012 Bug in WMAP sources (excessive flux due to units error for sources not detected in K band) Replace the "psm_wmap_sources.pro" file in "Soft/skymodel/ps/". psm_wmap_sources.pro v1.16

Date	Bug or issue	Solution	Download patch
19 September 2011	Small scales are not generated for spinning dust if SPINDUST_EMISSION_LAW is dl98_composition.	Use SPINDUST_EMISSION_LAW = dl98, or use next releases.
20 September 2011	For some cases of LMAX and NSIDE, lensing with ilens ('CMB_LENSING = ilens') does not work.	Will be fixed in next releases. Use 'CMB_LENSING = cl' or 'CMB_LENSING = none'
28 September 2011	The PSM run fails if the parameter 'OBS_TASK' is not set in the configuration file (no valid default value).	Always define 'OBS_TASK' ('new', 'update' or 'none').
29 September 2011	There is a memory leak in band integration, that causes the PSM eventually to fill the available memory for large scale simulations.	Replace the "sky_in_bands.pro" file in "Soft/observation/skyobs/".	sky_in_bands.pro v1.26
08 May 2012	Bug in WMAP sources (excessive flux due to units error for sources not detected in K band)	Replace the "psm_wmap_sources.pro" file in "Soft/skymodel/ps/".	psm_wmap_sources.pro v1.16