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 *                        GPulsar.cpp - Pulsar class                       *
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/**
 * @file GPulsar.cpp
 * @brief Pulsar class implementation
 * @author Juergen Knoedlseder
 */
 
/* __ Includes ___________________________________________________________ */
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
#include <cstdio>            // std::fopen, std::fgets, std::fclose, etc...
#include "GPulsar.hpp"
#include "GFits.hpp"
#include "GGti.hpp"
#include "GEphemerides.hpp"
#include "GFilename.hpp"
 
/* __ Method name definitions ____________________________________________ */
#define G_AT                            "GPulsarEphemeris& GPulsar::at(int&)"
#define G_EPHEMERIS                              "GPulsar::ephemeris(GTime&)"
#define G_LOAD                      "GPulsar::load(GFilename&, std::string&)"
#define G_LOAD_FITS            "GPulsar::load_fits(GFilename&, std::string&)"
#define G_LOAD_INTEGRAL   "GPulsar::load_integral(GFitsTable*, std::string&)"
#define G_LOAD_FERMI         "GPulsar::load_fermi(GFitsTable*, std::string&)"
#define G_LOAD_PSRTIME      "GPulsar::load_psrtime(GFilename&, std::string&)"
#define G_LOAD_PARFILE                    "GPulsar::load_parfile(GFilename&)"
 
/* __ Macros _____________________________________________________________ */
 
/* __ Coding definitions _________________________________________________ */
 
/* __ Debug definitions __________________________________________________ */
 
 
 
/*==========================================================================
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/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Void constructor
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsar::GPulsar(void)
{
    // Initialise class members
    init_members();
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Filename constructor
 *
 * @param[in] filename File name of pulsar ephemerides
 * @param[in] name Pulsar name
 *
 * Constructs a pulsar from an ephemerides file. In case that several pulsars
 * are present in the specified ephemerides file the name of the pulsar that
 * should be constructed is to be specified.
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsar::GPulsar(const GFilename& filename, const std::string& name)
{
    // Initialise class members
    init_members();
 
    // Load pulsar ephemerides
    load(filename, name);
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Copy constructor
 *
 * @param[in] pulsar Pulsar.
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsar::GPulsar(const GPulsar& pulsar)
{
    // Initialise class members
    init_members();
 
    // Copy members
    copy_members(pulsar);
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Destructor
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsar::~GPulsar(void)
{
    // Free members
    free_members();
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/*==========================================================================
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/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Assignment operator
 *
 * @param[in] pulsar Pulsar.
 * @return Pulsar.
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsar& GPulsar::operator=(const GPulsar& pulsar)
{
    // Execute only if object is not identical
    if (this != &pulsar) {
 
        // Free members
        free_members();
 
        // Initialise private members
        init_members();
 
        // Copy members
        copy_members(pulsar);
 
    } // endif: object was not identical
 
    // Return this object
    return *this;
}
 
 
/*==========================================================================
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 =                             Public methods                              =
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/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Clear Pulsar
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::clear(void)
{
    // Free members
    free_members();
 
    // Initialise private members
    init_members();
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Clone Pulsar
 *
 * @return Pointer to deep copy of Pulsar.
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsar* GPulsar::clone(void) const
{
    return new GPulsar(*this);
}
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Return reference to ephemeris
 *
 * @param[in] index Ephemeris index [0,...,size()-1].
 *
 * @exception GException::out_of_range
 *            Ephemeris index is out of range.
 *
 * Returns a reference to the ephemeris with the specified @p index.
 ***************************************************************************/
GPulsarEphemeris& GPulsar::at(const int& index)
{
    // Compile option: raise an exception if index is out of range
    #if defined(G_RANGE_CHECK)
    if (index < 0 || index >= size()) {
        throw GException::out_of_range(G_AT, "Ephemeris index", index, size());
    }
    #endif
 
    // Return reference
    return (m_ephemerides[index]);
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Return reference to ephemeris (const version)
 *
 * @param[in] index Ephemeris index [0,...,size()-1].
 *
 * @exception GException::out_of_range
 *            Ephemeris index is out of range.
 *
 * Returns a const reference to the ephemeris with the specified @p index.
 ***************************************************************************/
const GPulsarEphemeris& GPulsar::at(const int& index) const
{
    // Compile option: raise an exception if index is out of range
    #if defined(G_RANGE_CHECK)
    if (index < 0 || index >= size()) {
        throw GException::out_of_range(G_AT, "Ephemeris index", index, size());
    }
    #endif
 
    // Return reference
    return (m_ephemerides[index]);
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Return pulsar ephemeris
 *
 * param[in] time Time.
 * @return Pulsar ephemeris.
 *
 * @exception GException::invalid_argument
 *            No valid ephemeris found for specified @p time.
 *
 * Returns the pulsar ephemeris as function of time.
 ***************************************************************************/
const GPulsarEphemeris& GPulsar::ephemeris(const GTime& time) const
{
    // Find appropriate ephemerides
    int ifound = -1;
    for (int i = 0; i < size(); ++i) {
        if (time >= m_ephemerides[i].tstart() &&
            time <= m_ephemerides[i].tstop()) {
            ifound = i;
            break;
        }
    }
 
    // Throw an expection if no valid ephemerides were found
    if (ifound == -1) {
        std::string msg = "No valid ephemeris found for MJD "+
                          gammalib::str(time.mjd())+". Please specify "
                          "ephemerides that comprise the time.";
        throw GException::invalid_argument(G_EPHEMERIS, msg);
    }
 
    // Return ephemerides
    return (m_ephemerides[ifound]);
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Return validity intervals of pulsar ephemerides
 *
 * @return Validity intervals of pulsar ephemerides.
 *
 * Returns the validity intervals of pulsar ephemerides as Good Time
 * Intervals.
 ***************************************************************************/
GGti GPulsar::validity(void) const
{
    // Initialise Good Time Intervals
    GGti gti;
 
    // Loop over ephemerides
    for (int i = 0; i < size(); ++i) {
        gti.append(m_ephemerides[i].tstart(), m_ephemerides[i].tstop());
    }
 
    // Return Good Time Intervals
    return gti;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Load Pulsar from ephemerides file
 *
 * @param[in] filename File name of pulsar ephemerides
 * @param[in] name Pulsar name
 *
 * @exception GException::file_error
 *            Could not open specified file as an ASCII file
 *
 * Load a pulsar from an ephemerides file. In case that several pulsars are
 * present in the specified ephemerides file the name of the pulsar that
 * should be constructed is to be specified.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::load(const GFilename& filename, const std::string& name)
{
    // Clear pulsar
    clear();
 
    // If filename is a FITS file then load ephemerides from a FITS file
    if (filename.is_fits()) {
        load_fits(filename, name);
    }
 
    // ... otherwise we expect that file is an ASCII file and we dispatch
    // according to ASCII file content
    else {
 
        // Allocate line buffer
        const int n = 1000;
        char  line[n];
 
        // Open file as ASCII file
        FILE* fptr = std::fopen(filename.url().c_str(), "r");
        if (fptr == NULL) {
            std::string msg = "Pulsar ephemerides file \""+filename.url()+
                              "\" not found or readable. Please specify a "
                              "valid and readable ephemerides file.";
            throw GException::file_error(G_LOAD, msg);
        }
 
        // Read first line in buffer
        if (std::fgets(line, n, fptr) != NULL) {
 
            // Close file as we don't need it anymore
            std::fclose(fptr);
 
            // Split line in elements
            std::vector<std::string> elements = gammalib::split(line, " ");
 
            // If there are many elements in line we deal with a file in
            // psrtime format
            if (elements.size() > 10) {
                load_psrtime(filename, name);
            }
 
            // ... otherwise we deal with a tempo2 par file
            else {
                load_parfile(filename);
            }
 
        } // endif: there was a line in the file
 
        // ... otherwise the file was empty and we simply close it
        else {
            std::fclose(fptr);
        }
    
    } // endelse: handled ASCII files
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Print Pulsar
 *
 * @param[in] chatter Chattiness.
 * @return String containing Pulsar information.
 ***************************************************************************/
std::string GPulsar::print(const GChatter& chatter) const
{
    // Initialise result string
    std::string result;
 
    // Continue only if chatter is not silent
    if (chatter != SILENT) {
 
        // Get ephemerides validity interval
        GGti gti = validity();
 
        // Append header
        result.append("=== GPulsar ===");
 
        // Append information
        result.append("\n"+gammalib::parformat("Pulsar name"));
        result.append(m_name);
        result.append("\n"+gammalib::parformat("Number of ephemerides"));
        result.append(gammalib::str(m_ephemerides.size()));
        if (!is_empty()) {
            result.append("\n"+gammalib::parformat("Validity MJD range"));
            result.append(gammalib::str(gti.tstart().mjd()));
            result.append(" - ");
            result.append(gammalib::str(gti.tstop().mjd()));
            result.append("\n"+gammalib::parformat("Validity UTC range"));
            result.append(gti.tstart().utc());
            result.append(" - ");
            result.append(gti.tstop().utc());
        }
 
        // EXPLICIT: Append ephemerides
        if (chatter >= EXPLICIT) {
            for (int i = 0; i < m_ephemerides.size(); ++i) {
                result.append("\n"+m_ephemerides[i].print());
            }
        }
 
    } // endif: chatter was not silent
 
    // Return result
    return result;
}
 
 
/*==========================================================================
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/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Initialise class members
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::init_members(void)
{
    // Initialise members
    m_name.clear();
    m_ephemerides.clear();
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Copy class members
 *
 * @param[in] pulsar Pulsar.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::copy_members(const GPulsar& pulsar)
{
    // Copy members
    m_name        = pulsar.m_name;
    m_ephemerides = pulsar.m_ephemerides;
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Delete class members
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::free_members(void)
{
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Load Pulsar from ephemerides FITS file
 *
 * @param[in] filename Name of pulsar ephemerides FITS file
 * @param[in] name Pulsar name
 *
 * @exception GException::file_error
 *            FITS file format not recognised
 *
 * Load a pulsar from an ephemerides FITS file. In case that several pulsars
 * are present in the specified ephemerides file the name of the pulsar that
 * should be constructed is to be specified.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::load_fits(const GFilename& filename, const std::string& name)
{
    // Open FITS file
    GFits fits(filename);
 
    // If FITS file is an INTEGRAL file then load ephemerides from INTEGRAL
    // FITS table
    if (fits.contains("GNRL-EPHE-CAT")) {
        const GFitsTable* table = fits.table("GNRL-EPHE-CAT");
        load_integral(table, name);
    }
 
    // ... otherwise if FITS file is a Fermi D4 file then load ephemerides
    // from Fermi D4 table
    else if (fits.contains("SPIN_PARAMETERS")) {
        const GFitsTable* table = fits.table("SPIN_PARAMETERS");
        load_fermi(table, name);
    }
 
    // ... otherwise signal that the FITS file was not recognised
    else {
        std::string msg = "Could not recognised format of FITS file \""+
                          filename.url()+"\". Please specify either an "
                          "INTEGRAL or a D4 Fermi file.";
        throw GException::file_error(G_LOAD_FITS, msg);
    }
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Load Pulsar from INTEGRAL ephemerides FITS table
 *
 * @param[in] table INTEGRAL ephemerides FITS table
 * @param[in] name Pulsar name
 *
 * @exception GException::invalid_argument
 *            Specified pulsar name not found in FITS table
 *
 * Load a pulsar from INTEGRAL ephemerides FITS table. In the INTEGRAL format
 * only a single pulsar will be present in the FITS file, specified by
 * the SOURCEID keyword.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::load_integral(const GFitsTable* table, const std::string& name)
{
    // Get pulsar attributes from FITS table
    m_name     = table->string("SOURCEID");
    double ra  = table->real("RA_OBJ");
    double dec = table->real("DEC_OBJ");
 
    // Check name if provided
    if (!name.empty()) {
        if (name != m_name) {
            std::string msg = "Pulsar \""+m_name+"\" found in ephemerides "
                              "file yet pulsar \""+name+"\" was requested. "
                              "Please check the requested pulsar name.";
            throw GException::invalid_argument(G_LOAD_INTEGRAL, msg);
        }
    }
 
    // Set sky direction
    GSkyDir dir;
    dir.radec_deg(ra, dec);
 
    // Get pointers to table columns
    const GFitsTableCol* col_mjdstart = (*table)["MJDSTART"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_mjdstop  = (*table)["MJDSTOP"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_tref0    = (*table)["TREF0"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_t2peak   = (*table)["T2PEAK"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_f0       = (*table)["F0"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_f1       = (*table)["FDOT0"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_f2       = (*table)["FDOTDOT0"];
 
    // Extract ephemerides
    for (int i = 0; i < col_mjdstart->nrows(); ++i) {
 
        // Set validity interval
        GTime tstart;
        GTime tstop;
        tstart.mjd(col_mjdstart->real(i));
        tstop.mjd(col_mjdstop->real(i));
 
        // Set t0. The interpretation of the FITS table information has been
        // validated by inspecting the code in the INTEGRAL OSA task
        // spi_phase_hist and specifically the file spi_phase_hist.cpp which
        // defines the Ephem::load method that loads an ephemeris from a
        // GNRL-EPHE-CAT extension. The computation of a pulsar phase from
        // ephemeris data is implemented in Evt::phase, confirming that
        // T2PEAK is to be added to TREF0 to define the pulsar reference
        // time. The original code is
        //
        // double deltaT = 86400.0 * ( _orbi - ephem.tref0 ) - ephem.t2peak0;
        //
        // taking into account that tref0 is given in days and t2peak0 is
        // given in seconds. _orbi is the time in days in the above code.
        GTime t0;
        t0.mjd(double(int(col_tref0->real(i))));
        //t0 += col_t2peak->real(i);
 
        // Get frequency and derivatives
        double f0 = col_f0->real(i);
        double f1 = col_f1->real(i);
        double f2 = col_f2->real(i);
 
        // Compute phase of first pulse
        const double c1    = 1.0/2.0;
        const double c2    = 1.0/6.0;
        double       dt    = col_t2peak->real(i);
        double       phase = -((f0 + (f1 * c1 + f2 * dt * c2) * dt) * dt);
        phase -= floor(phase);
 
        // Allocate ephemeris
        GPulsarEphemeris ephemeris;
 
        // Set attributes
        ephemeris.name(m_name);
        ephemeris.dir(dir);
        ephemeris.tstart(tstart);
        ephemeris.tstop(tstop);
        ephemeris.t0(t0);
        ephemeris.phase(phase);
        ephemeris.f0(f0);
        ephemeris.f1(f1);
        ephemeris.f2(f2);
 
        // Push back ephemeris
        m_ephemerides.push_back(ephemeris);
 
    } // endfor: looped over ephemerides
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Load Pulsar from Fermi ephemerides FITS table
 *
 * @param[in] table Fermi ephemerides FITS table
 * @param[in] name Pulsar name
 *
 * @exception GException::invalid_argument
 *            Specified pulsar name not found in FITS table
 *
 * Load a pulsar from Fermi ephemerides FITS table.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::load_fermi(const GFitsTable* table, const std::string& name)
{
    // Get pointers to table columns
    const GFitsTableCol* col_psrname      = (*table)["PSRNAME"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_ra           = (*table)["RA"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_dec          = (*table)["DEC"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_valid_since  = (*table)["VALID_SINCE"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_valid_until  = (*table)["VALID_UNTIL"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_toabary_int  = (*table)["TOABARY_INT"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_toabary_frac = (*table)["TOABARY_FRAC"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_f0           = (*table)["F0"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_f1           = (*table)["F1"];
    const GFitsTableCol* col_f2           = (*table)["F2"];
 
    // Extract ephemerides
    for (int i = 0; i < col_psrname->nrows(); ++i) {
 
        // Skip if pulsar name does not correspond to specified name
        if (col_psrname->string(i) != name) {
            continue;
        }
 
        // Save the pulsar name
        m_name = col_psrname->string(i);
 
        // Set sky direction
        GSkyDir dir;
        dir.radec_deg(col_ra->real(i), col_dec->real(i));
 
        // Set validity interval
        GTime tstart;
        GTime tstop;
        tstart.mjd(col_valid_since->real(i));
        tstop.mjd(col_valid_until->real(i));
 
        // Set t0
        GTime t0;
        //t0.mjd(col_toabary_int->integer(i)+col_toabary_frac->real(i));
        t0.mjd(double(col_toabary_int->integer(i)));
 
        // Get frequency and derivatives
        double f0 = col_f0->real(i);
        double f1 = col_f1->real(i);
        double f2 = col_f2->real(i);
 
        // Compute phase of first pulse
        const double c1    = 1.0/2.0;
        const double c2    = 1.0/6.0;
        double       dt    = col_toabary_frac->real(i) * gammalib::sec_in_day;
        double       phase = -((f0 + (f1 * c1 + f2 * dt * c2) * dt) * dt);
        phase -= floor(phase);
 
        // Allocate ephemeris
        GPulsarEphemeris ephemeris;
 
        // Set attributes
        ephemeris.name(m_name);
        ephemeris.dir(dir);
        ephemeris.tstart(tstart);
        ephemeris.tstop(tstop);
        ephemeris.t0(t0);
        ephemeris.phase(phase);
        ephemeris.f0(f0);
        ephemeris.f1(f1);
        ephemeris.f2(f2);
 
        // Push back ephemeris
        m_ephemerides.push_back(ephemeris);
 
    } // endfor: looped over ephemerides
 
    // Signal if no pulsar was found
    if (m_ephemerides.empty()) {
        if (name.empty()) {
            std::string msg = "No pulsar name was specified. Please specify "
                              "the name of the pulsar for which ephemerides "
                              "should be extracted from the file.";
            throw GException::invalid_argument(G_LOAD_FERMI, msg);
        }
        else {
            std::string msg = "No pulsar \""+name+"\" found in ephemerides "
                              "file. Please check the specified file or the "
                              "requested pulsar name.";
            throw GException::invalid_argument(G_LOAD_FERMI, msg);
        }
    }
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Load Pulsar from ephemerides psrtime file
 *
 * @param[in] filename Name of pulsar ephemerides psrtime file
 * @param[in] name Pulsar name
 *
 * @exception GException::file_error
 *            Could not open ephemerides ASCII file
 * @exception GException::invalid_argument
 *            No pulsar name specified for a file that contains multiple
 *            pulsars
 *
 * Load a pulsar from an ephemerides psrtime file. In case that several
 * pulsars are present in the specified ephemerides file the name of the
 * pulsar that should be constructed is to be specified.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::load_psrtime(const GFilename& filename, const std::string& name)
{
    // Allocate line buffer
    const int n = 1000;
    char  line[n];
 
    // Initialise ephemerides
    GEphemerides ephemerides;
 
    // Open file
    FILE* fptr = std::fopen(filename.url().c_str(), "r");
    if (fptr == NULL) {
        std::string msg = "Pulsar ephemerides file \""+filename.url()+
                          "\" not found or readable. Please specify a "
                          "valid and readable ephemerides file.";
        throw GException::file_error(G_LOAD_PSRTIME, msg);
    }
 
    // Initialise used pulsar name
    std::string psrname;
 
    // Read lines
    while (std::fgets(line, n, fptr) != NULL) {
 
        // Split line in elements
        std::vector<std::string> elements = gammalib::split(line, " ");
 
        // Get pulsar name
        std::string psrb = elements[0];
 
        // Skip if pulsar name does not correspond to specified name
        if (!name.empty()) {
            std::string psrb_alt = "PSR B" + psrb;
            if ((psrb != name) && (psrb_alt != name)) {
                continue;
            }
        }
 
        // ... otherwise if no pulsar name was specified then check
        // that the file only contains a single pulsar name
        else {
            if (!psrname.empty() && (psrb != psrname)) {
                std::string msg = "Pulsar ephemerides file \""+filename.url()+
                                  "\" contains several pulsar but not pulsar "
                                  "name was specified. Please specify for which "
                                  "pulsar you want to load ephemerides.";
                throw GException::invalid_argument(G_LOAD_PSRTIME, msg);
            }
        }
 
        // Save the pulsar name
        psrname = psrb;
        m_name  = "PSR B" + psrb;
 
        // Convert elements in attributes
        double ra_h     = gammalib::todouble(elements[1]);
        double ra_m     = gammalib::todouble(elements[2]);
        double ra_s     = gammalib::todouble(elements[3]);
        double dec_d    = gammalib::todouble(elements[4]);
        double dec_m    = gammalib::todouble(elements[5]);
        double dec_s    = gammalib::todouble(elements[6]);
        double mjdstart = gammalib::todouble(elements[7]);
        double mjdstop  = gammalib::todouble(elements[8]);
        double t0geo    = gammalib::todouble(elements[9]);
        double f0       = gammalib::todouble(gammalib::replace_segment(elements[10],"D","E"));
        double f1       = gammalib::todouble(gammalib::replace_segment(elements[11],"D","E"));
        double f2       = gammalib::todouble(gammalib::replace_segment(elements[12],"D","E"));
 
        // Compute Right Ascension and Declination
        double ra  = (ra_h + ra_m/60.0 + ra_s/3600.0) * 15.0;
        double dec = (dec_d < 0.0) ? -(-dec_d + dec_m/60.0 + dec_s/3600.0)
                                   : (dec_d + dec_m/60.0 + dec_s/3600.0);
 
        // Set sky direction
        GSkyDir dir;
        dir.radec_deg(ra, dec);
 
        // Set validity interval
        GTime tstart;
        GTime tstop;
        tstart.mjd(mjdstart);
        tstop.mjd(mjdstop);
 
        // Compute the barycentric (TDB) epoch of the spin parameters
        double t0nom = double(int(t0geo));
 
        // Set t0 = t0nom
        GTime t0;
        t0.mjd(t0nom, "UTC");
 
        // Set infinite-frequency geocentric UTC arrival time of a pulse
        GTime toa;
        toa.mjd(t0geo, "UTC");
 
        // Compute phase of first pulse according to formulae given in
        // COM-RP-DOL-DRG-065. Note that the phase is negative, see for
        // example Eq. (3) in Yan et al. (2017), ApJ, 845, 119
        double geo2ssb     = ephemerides.geo2ssb(dir, toa);
        double utc2tt      = toa.utc2tt();
        double dt          = (t0geo - t0nom) * gammalib::sec_in_day + geo2ssb + utc2tt;
        const double c1    = 1.0/2.0;
        const double c2    = 1.0/6.0;
        double       phase = ((f0 + (f1 * c1 + f2 * dt * c2) * dt) * dt);
        phase             -= floor(phase);
 
        // Allocate ephemeris
        GPulsarEphemeris ephemeris;
 
        // Set attributes
        ephemeris.name(m_name);
        ephemeris.dir(dir);
        ephemeris.tstart(tstart);
        ephemeris.tstop(tstop);
        ephemeris.timesys("UTC");  // psrtime ephemerides are in UTC
        ephemeris.t0(t0);
        ephemeris.phase(-phase);
        ephemeris.f0(f0);
        ephemeris.f1(f1);
        ephemeris.f2(f2);
 
        // Push back ephemeris
        m_ephemerides.push_back(ephemeris);
 
    } // endwhile: looped over lines
 
    // Close file
    std::fclose(fptr);
 
    // Return
    return;
}
 
 
/***********************************************************************//**
 * @brief Load Pulsar from ephemeris par file
 *
 * @param[in] filename Name of pulsar ephemeris par file
 *
 * @exception GException::file_error
 *            Could not open ephemeris ASCII file
 * @exception GException::invalid_argument
 *            No valid Right Ascension and Declination found
 *
 * Load a pulsar from an ephemeris par file.
 ***************************************************************************/
void GPulsar::load_parfile(const GFilename& filename)
{
    // Allocate line buffer
    const int n = 1000;
    char  line[n];
 
    // Open file
    FILE* fptr = std::fopen(filename.url().c_str(), "r");
    if (fptr == NULL) {
        std::string msg = "Pulsar ephemeris file \""+filename.url()+
                          "\" not found or readable. Please specify a "
                          "valid and readable ephemeris file.";
        throw GException::file_error(G_LOAD_PARFILE, msg);
    }
 
    // Allocate ephemeris
    GPulsarEphemeris ephemeris;
    double           ra  = 9999.0;
    double           dec = 9999.0;
 
    // Read lines
    while (std::fgets(line, n, fptr) != NULL) {
 
        // Split line in elements
        std::vector<std::string> elements = gammalib::split(line, " \t");
 
        // Find index of second non-empty element
        int i = 1;
        for (; i < elements.size(); ++i) {
            if (!elements[i].empty()) {
                break;
            }
        }
        if (i >= elements.size()) {
            continue;
        }
 
        // Extract keywords
        if (elements[0] == "PSRJ") {
            m_name = "PSR " + gammalib::rstrip_chars(elements[i], "\n");
            ephemeris.name(m_name);
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "RAJ") {
            std::vector<std::string> ras = gammalib::split(elements[i], ":");
            double ra_h                  = gammalib::todouble(ras[0]);
            double ra_m                  = gammalib::todouble(ras[1]);
            double ra_s                  = gammalib::todouble(ras[2]);
            ra = (ra_h + ra_m/60.0 + ra_s/3600.0) * 15.0;
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "DECJ") {
            std::vector<std::string> decs = gammalib::split(elements[i], ":");
            double dec_d                  = gammalib::todouble(decs[0]);
            double dec_m                  = gammalib::todouble(decs[1]);
            double dec_s                  = gammalib::todouble(decs[2]);
            dec = (dec_d < 0.0) ? -(-dec_d + dec_m/60.0 + dec_s/3600.0)
                                : (dec_d + dec_m/60.0 + dec_s/3600.0);
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "START") {
            GTime tstart;
            tstart.mjd(gammalib::todouble(elements[i]));
            ephemeris.tstart(tstart);
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "FINISH") {
            GTime tstop;
            tstop.mjd(gammalib::todouble(elements[i]));
            ephemeris.tstop(tstop);
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "PEPOCH") {  // Period epoch
            GTime t0;
            t0.mjd(gammalib::todouble(elements[i]));
            ephemeris.t0(t0);
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "F0") {
            ephemeris.f0(gammalib::todouble(elements[i]));
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "F1") {
            ephemeris.f1(gammalib::todouble(elements[i]));
        }
        else if (elements[0] == "F2") {
            ephemeris.f2(gammalib::todouble(elements[i]));
        }
 
    } // endwhile: looped over lines
 
    // If Right Ascension and Declination is valid then set sky direction
    // and push back ephemeris
    if (ra >= 0.0 && ra <= 360.0 && dec >= -90.0 && dec <= 90.0) {
        GSkyDir dir;
        dir.radec_deg(ra, dec);
        ephemeris.dir(dir);
        m_ephemerides.push_back(ephemeris);
    }
 
    // ... otherwise throw an exception
    else {
        std::string msg = "Right Ascension "+gammalib::str(ra)+
                          " or Declination "+gammalib::str(dec)+" in "
                          "pulsar ephemeris file \""+filename.url()+
                          "\" are invalid. Please verify the ephemeris file.";
        throw GException::invalid_argument(G_LOAD_PARFILE, msg);
    }
 
    // Close file
    std::fclose(fptr);
 
    // Return
    return;
}