diff --git a/docs/source/_toc.yml b/docs/source/_toc.yml index 0d2599f0..77e88812 100644 --- a/docs/source/_toc.yml +++ b/docs/source/_toc.yml @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ chapters: - file: citation - file: license - file: modules + - file: glossary diff --git a/docs/source/glossary.rst b/docs/source/glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dccb45e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Glossary +======== + +arcsec +------ + Arcsecond, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/3600 of a degree. Used here to denote coordinates in the lens plane, deflection angles, the core radius, the scale radius, the Einstein radius of the lens, and the softening parameter. + + +arcsec^2 +-------- + Square arcseconds, used to denote the gravitational lensing potential at given coordinates and also used in the calculation of the radius in the lensing potential and convergence formulas. + + +Msun +---- + Solar mass, used here to denote the total mass of the lens. + + +Mpc +--- + Megaparsec, a unit of distance used in astronomy, used to denote distances related to the angular diameter distance in the cosmology calculations. + + +Msun/Mpc^2 +---------- + Solar masses per square megaparsec, used to denote the surface mass density at given coordinates and the critical surface density. + + +Msun/Mpc^3 +---------- + Solar masses per cubic megaparsec, used here to denote the central mass density in the central convergence calculation. + + +seconds +------- + Time unit, used here to denote the gravitational time delay. + + +radians +------- + A unit of angular measure used to denote the orientation of the lens on the sky and the position angle of the lens. + +meters +------ + A unit of length in the metric system, used here to denote the position vector in the lens plane in the EPL model. + + +arcsec/pixel +------------ + Arcseconds per pixel, used to denote the pixel scale of the source image in the lens plane, indicating the angular size each pixel represents. + + +flux +---- + A unit of brightness, used here to denote the intensity values within the pixelated source image and the intensity at the effective radius (Ie) of the Sersic source. + + +unitless +-------- + Indicates a dimensionless quantity, used here for redshifts, the axis ratio of the lens, the power-law slope parameter of the lens model, shear components, the redshift of the lens, the concentration parameter, and the convergence of the lens.