R/lambdaGrid.R

In increasechief/chromastar: Pedagogical Stellar Atmposhere and Spectrum Modelling of Stars

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#Create the wavelngth grid that sample the overall spectral energy distribution
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lambdaGrid <- function(numLams, lamSetup) {
  logLambda <- 0.0

  #Space Lambda logarithmically
  logLam1 <- log10(lamSetup[1])
  logLam2 <- log10(lamSetup[2])
  delta <- (logLam2 - logLam1) / numLams

  logLambda <- logLam1 + (1:numLams * delta)
  lambdaScale <- 10**logLambda

  lambdaScale
}