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"""
Physics tests for PhaseSpace — unique physical behavior.
Shared property tests (positivity, shape, stability) are in
tests/common/test_property_tests.py and are NOT duplicated here.
"""
import numpy as np
import pytest
from beta_spectrum.components.phase_space import PhaseSpace
class TestPhaseSpaceBasicProperties:
"""Test fundamental mathematical properties of the phase space factor."""
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_threshold_vanishes(self):
"""At threshold (W=1), momentum p = sqrt(1-1) = 0 → spectrum must be 0.
This is a hard physical constraint. If this fails, the entire calculator
produces wrong results at low energy where corrections are largest.
"""
ps = PhaseSpace(W0=3.0)
result = ps(np.array([1.0]))
assert result[0] == 0.0, "Phase space must be exactly zero at W=1 (threshold)"
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_endpoint_vanishes(self):
"""At W=W₀, the neutrino energy vanishes → spectrum ∝ (W₀−W)² = 0."""
ps = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0)
result = ps(np.array([4.9999]))
assert result[0] < 1e-4, "Phase space must approach zero near endpoint"
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_endpoint_exact_zero(self):
"""Exactly at W=W₀ the spectrum is zero."""
ps = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0)
result = ps(np.array([5.0]))
assert result[0] == 0.0
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_positive_in_physical_range(self):
"""Phase space must be strictly positive for all physical energies (1 < W < W₀)."""
ps = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0)
W_test = np.linspace(1.1, 4.9, 10)
result = ps(W_test)
assert np.all(result > 0), "Phase space must be positive in the physical region"
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_midpoint_significant(self):
"""At W ≈ (1+W₀)/2, spectrum should have a significant non-zero value."""
ps = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0)
result = ps(np.array([3.0]))
assert result[0] > 1.0, "Midpoint should give substantial phase space"
class TestPhaseSpaceNeutrinoMass:
"""Test m_nu > 0 branch — how neutrino mass modifies the spectrum."""
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_massive_neutrino_suppresses_endpoint(self):
"""A non-zero m_nu suppresses the spectrum near endpoint more than m_nu=0.
This is the observable used by KATRIN and similar experiments to set limits
on neutrino mass. The effect is tiny but must be captured correctly.
"""
ps_zero = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0, m_nu=0.0)
ps_massive = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0, m_nu=0.1) # larger mass for visibility
W_near_endpoint = np.array([4.8]) # W₀−W = 0.2 > m_nu=0.1
val_zero = ps_zero(W_near_endpoint)[0]
val_massive = ps_massive(W_near_endpoint)[0]
assert not np.isnan(val_massive), "Should produce finite value"
assert (
val_massive < val_zero
), "Massive neutrino must suppress spectrum near endpoint"
@pytest.mark.physics
def test_massive_neutrino_below_threshold(self):
"""With m_nu > 0, below the effective threshold (W₀−W < m_nu), the spectrum should be 0.
This is the correct physical behavior — the spectrum doesn't exist below the kinematic threshold.
"""
ps = PhaseSpace(W0=5.0, m_nu=0.1)
W_above = np.array([4.85]) # W₀ − W = 0.15 > 0.1 — still above threshold
result_above = ps(W_above)
assert not np.isnan(result_above[0]), "Above threshold should be finite"
W_deep_below = np.array([4.95]) # W₀ − W = 0.05 < m_nu=0.1 — below threshold
result_below = ps(W_deep_below)
assert result_below[0] == 0.0, "Below kinematic threshold, spectrum should be 0"