<reponame>njcuk9999/neil-thesis-template
% Must have the following in root tex file to make this work
%
% %Make Glossary
% \makeglossary
% \newglossarytype[nlg]{notation}{not}{ntn}
% \newcommand{\notationname}{List of Symbols}
% \makenotation
% \makeindex
% \linespread{1.6}


%\notation{{name=},{sort=}{description=}}
% name is the text shown as key
% sort is the text sorted by (otherwise uses name)
% description is the text shown to explain name

\notation{{name=$\alpha$,$\delta$},{sort=ad},{description={Right Ascension and declination on the sky, measured in degrees}}}
\notation{{name=\micron},{sort=micron},{description=10$^{-6}$ m}}
\notation{{name=\Msun},{sort=msun},{description=Solar Mass (1.989 $\times$10$^{30}$ kg)}}
\notation{{name=\Rsun},{sort=rsun},{description=Solar Radius (6.963 $\times$10$^{8}$ m)}}
\notation{{name=$M_{jup}$},{sort=mjup},{description=Jupiter Mass (1.898 $\times$10$^{27}$ kg)}}
\notation{{name=$R_{jup}$},{sort=rjup},{description=Jupiter Radius (6.991 $\times$10$^{7}$ m)}}
\notation{{name=\Teff},{sort=teff},{description=A objects effective surface temperature in Kelvin, K}}
\notation{{name=\logg},{sort=logg},{description=A objects surface gravity, where g is measured in cgs units}}
\notation{{name=\EBV},{sort=ebv},{description=Colour Excess}}
\notation{{name=\Av},{sort=av},{description=Visual Extinction}}
\notation{{name=\Alam},{sort=alam},{description=Extinction at wavelength, $\lambda$}}
\notation{{name=pc},{sort=pc},{description=parsec (3.086 $\times$10$^{16}$ m)}}
\notation{{name=AU},{sort=au},{description=Astronomical Unit (1.496 $\times$10$^{11}$ m)}}
\notation{{name=\AA},{sort=aa},{description=Angstrom (1.0 $\times$10$^{-10}$ m)}}
\notation{{name=$h$},{sort=h},{description=Planck Constant (6.62606896(33) $\times$10$^{-34}$ m$^{2}$ kg s$^{-1}$)}}
\notation{{name=$\lambda$},{sort=lam},{description=Wavelength}}
\notation{{name={\em c}},{sort=c},{description=Speed of Light (3.0 x 10$^{8}$ m s$^{-1}$)}}
\notation{{name=$H_0$},{sort=h0},{description=Hubble constant (72 km s$^{-1}$Mpc$^{-1}$)}}
\notation{{name=$k_B$},{sort=kb},{description=Boltzmann constant (1.3806504(24) $\times$10$^{-23}$ J K$^{-1}$)}}
\notation{{name=Mpc},{sort=mpc},{description=10$^6$ pc}}
\notation{{name=Myr},{sort=myr},{description=10$^6$ yr}}
\notation{{name=Gyr},{sort=gyr},{description=10$^9$ yr}}
\notation{{name=$\sigma$},{sort=sigma},{description=The uncertainty on a measurement (unless otherwise stated)}}
\notation{{name=$\beta$},{sort=beta},{description=The binary fraction}}
\notation{{name=$H_X$},{sort=Hx},{description={The reduced proper motion using photometric band X (\ie $X=V$, $X=J$)}}}
\notation{{name=$M_X$},{sort=Mx},{description={The absolute magnitude (apparent magnitude at 10 pc) in photometric band X (\ie $X=V$, $X=J$)}}}
\notation{{name={$\mu$,$\mu_{\alpha}$,$\mu_{\delta}$}},{sort=mu},{description={The total proper motion and the proper motion components in $\alpha$ and $\delta$, masured in \arcsec yr$^{-1}$}}}
\notation{{name={$J$,$H$,$K_S$}},{sort=JHK},{description={2MASS photometric bands (centred at 1.25, 1.65 and 2.16\micron)}}}
\notation{{name={$g$,$r$,$i$,$z$}},{sort=gri},{description={SDSS photometric bands (centred at 0.46, 0.62, 0.66 and 0.89\micron)}}}
\notation{{name={$V$}},{sort=v},{description={V band taken from the SDSS transformation}}}
\notation{{name={$V_J$}},{sort=v},{description={Johnson V magnitude derived from $B_T$ and $V_T$}}}
\notation{{name={$V_T$, $B_T$}},{sort=v},{description={V band taken from the Tycho-2 catalogue.}}}
\notation{{name={$W1$,$W2$}},{sort=w1w2},{description={WISE photometric bands (centred at 3.4 and 4.6\micron)}}}
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