Introduced a new arguement --skymap-only-ifos in pycbc_live

bin/pycbc_live

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class LiveEventManager(object):
     def __init__(self, args, bank):
         self.low_frequency_cutoff = args.low_frequency_cutoff
         self.bank = bank
+        self.skymap_only_ifos = [] if args.skymap_only_ifos is None else list(set(args.skymap_only_ifos))
 
         # Figure out what we are supposed to process within the pool of MPI processes
         self.comm = mpi.COMM_WORLD
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ class LiveEventManager(object):
                 ifo,
                 triggers,
                 pvalue_info,
-                recalculate_ifar=recalculate_ifar
+                recalculate_ifar=recalculate_ifar and ifo not in self.skymap_only_ifos
             )
 
         # the SNR time series sample rate can vary slightly due to
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ class LiveEventManager(object):
         # reload_buffer time. These args are documented here:
         # https://ligo-gracedb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#ligo.gracedb.rest.GraceDb
         # Because we do not change any of the request session values when running the
-        # code, it should remain thread safe. 
+        # code, it should remain thread safe.
         gdbargs = {'reload_certificate': True, 'reload_buffer': 300}
         if self.gracedb_server:
             gdbargs['service_url'] = self.gracedb_server
@@ -464,7 +465,8 @@ class LiveEventManager(object):
 
         logging.info('computing followup data for coinc')
         coinc_ifos = coinc_results['foreground/type'].split('-')
-        followup_ifos = list(set(ifos) - set(coinc_ifos))
+        followup_ifos = set(ifos) - set(coinc_ifos)
+        followup_ifos = list(followup_ifos | set(self.skymap_only_ifos))
 
         double_ifar = coinc_results['foreground/ifar']
         if double_ifar < args.ifar_double_followup_threshold:
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ class LiveEventManager(object):
         ifar = coinc_results['foreground/ifar']
         upload_checks = self.enable_gracedb_upload and self.ifar_upload_threshold < ifar
         optimize_snr_checks = self.run_snr_optimization and self.ifar_upload_threshold < ifar
-        
+
         # Keep track of the last few coincs uploaded in order to
         # prevent singles being uploaded as well for coinc events
         self.last_few_coincs_uploaded.append(event.merger_time)
@@ -550,6 +552,7 @@ class LiveEventManager(object):
             logging.info(f'Found {ifo} single with ifar {sifar}')
 
             followup_ifos = [i for i in active if i is not ifo]
+            followup_ifos = list(set(followup_ifos) | set(self.skymap_only_ifos))
             # Don't recompute ifar considering other ifos
             sld = self.compute_followup_data(
                 [ifo],
@@ -917,6 +920,8 @@ parser.add_argument('--enable-embright-has-massgap', action='store_true', defaul
 parser.add_argument('--embright-massgap-max', type=float, default=5.0, metavar='SOLAR MASSES',
                     help='Upper limit of the mass gap, used for estimating '
                          'HasMassGap probability.')
+parser.add_argument('--skymap-only-ifos', nargs='+',
+                    help="Detectors that only contribute in sky localization")
 
 scheme.insert_processing_option_group(parser)
 LiveSingle.insert_args(parser)
@@ -959,6 +964,7 @@ ifos = set(args.channel_name.keys())
 logging.info('Analyzing data from detectors %s', ppdets(ifos))
 
 evnt = LiveEventManager(args, bank)
+logging.info('Detectors that only aid in the sky localization %s', ppdets(evnt.skymap_only_ifos))
 
 # include MPI rank and functional description into proctitle
 task_name = 'root' if evnt.rank == 0 else 'filtering'
@@ -1036,7 +1042,8 @@ with ctx:
 
     # Create double coincident background estimator for every combo
     if args.enable_background_estimation and evnt.rank == 0:
-        ifo_combos = itertools.combinations(ifos, 2)
+        trigg_ifos = [ifo for ifo in ifos if ifo not in evnt.skymap_only_ifos]
+        ifo_combos = itertools.combinations(trigg_ifos, 2)
         estimators = []
         for combo in ifo_combos:
             logging.info('Will calculate %s background', ppdets(combo, "-"))
@@ -1105,10 +1112,11 @@ with ctx:
             )
 
             if status is True:
-                evnt.live_detectors.add(ifo)
-                if evnt.rank > 0:
-                    logging.info('Filtering %s', ifo)
-                    results[ifo] = mf.process_data(data_reader[ifo])
+                if ifo not in evnt.skymap_only_ifos:
+                    evnt.live_detectors.add(ifo)
+                    if evnt.rank > 0:
+                        logging.info('Filtering %s', ifo)
+                        results[ifo] = mf.process_data(data_reader[ifo])
             else:
                 logging.info('Insufficient data for %s analysis', ifo)
 

bin/pycbc_optimize_snr

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--include-candidate-in-optimizer', action='store_true',
                     help='Include parameters of the candidate event in the '
                     'initialised array for the optimizer. Only relevant for '
                     '--optimizer pso or differential_evolution')
-parser.add_argument('--seed', type=int,
+parser.add_argument('--seed', type=int, default=42,
                     help='Seed to supply to the random generation of initial '
                     'array to pass to the optimizer. Only relevant for '
                     '--optimizer pso or differential_evolution')

pycbc/io/live.py

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ def __init__(self, coinc_ifos, ifos, coinc_results, **kwargs):
             snr_ifos = sld.keys()  # Ifos with SNR time series calculated
             self.snr_series = {ifo: sld[ifo]['snr_series'] for ifo in snr_ifos}
             # Extra ifos have SNR time series but not sngl inspiral triggers
-            extra_ifos = list(set(snr_ifos) - set(self.et_ifos))
 
             for ifo in snr_ifos:
                 # Ifos used for sky loc must have a PSD
@@ -101,14 +100,11 @@ def __init__(self, coinc_ifos, ifos, coinc_results, **kwargs):
         else:
             self.snr_series = None
             snr_ifos = self.et_ifos
-            extra_ifos = []
 
         # Set up the bare structure of the xml document
         outdoc = ligolw.Document()
         outdoc.appendChild(ligolw.LIGO_LW())
 
-        # FIXME is it safe (in terms of downstream operations) to let
-        # `program_name` default to the actual script name?
         proc_id = create_process_table(outdoc, program_name='pycbc',
                                        detectors=snr_ifos).process_id
 
@@ -191,16 +187,6 @@ def __init__(self, coinc_ifos, ifos, coinc_results, **kwargs):
                         self.et_ifos]) \
             + self.time_offset
 
-        # For extra detectors used only for sky loc, respect BAYESTAR's
-        # assumptions and checks
-        bayestar_check_fields = ('mass1 mass2 mtotal mchirp eta spin1x '
-                                 'spin1y spin1z spin2x spin2y spin2z').split()
-        for sngl in sngl_inspiral_table:
-            if sngl.ifo in extra_ifos:
-                for bcf in bayestar_check_fields:
-                    setattr(sngl, bcf, getattr(sngl_populated, bcf))
-                sngl.end = lal.LIGOTimeGPS(self.merger_time)
-
         outdoc.childNodes[0].appendChild(coinc_event_map_table)
         outdoc.childNodes[0].appendChild(sngl_inspiral_table)