NAME:
sampledSurfacemassLOS
PURPOSE:
sample a distance along the line of sight
INPUT:
l - Galactic longitude (in rad)
n= number of distances to sample
maxd= maximum distance to consider (for the rejection sampling)
target= if True, sample from the ‘target’ surface mass density, rather than the actual surface mass density (default=True)
OUTPUT:
list of samples
HISTORY:
2011-03-24 - Written - Bovy (NYU)
