ExoTiC-LD: thirty seconds to stellar limb-darkeningcoefficients

Stellar limb darkening is the observed variation in brightness of a star between its centre and edge (or limb) when viewed in the plane of the sky. Stellar brightness is maximal at the centre and then decreases radially and monotonically towards the limb -- hence the term "limb darkening". This effect is crucial for finding and characterising planets beyond our Solar System, known as exoplanets, as these planets are often studied when crossing in front of their host stars. As such, limb darkening is directly linked to the exoplanet signals. Limb darkening is typically modelled by one of various functional forms, as outlined in Claret (2000) and Sing (2010), and the coefficients of these functions is what ExoTiC-LD is designed to compute. A wide variety of functional forms are supported, including those benchmarked by Espinoza & Jord\'an (2016) as well as reparameterisations suggested by Kipping (2013).

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The Journal of Open Source Software
Published
2024-08-09
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https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06816
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34
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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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ExoTiC-LD: thirty seconds to stellar limb-darkeningcoefficients

David Grant, Hannah R. Wakeford
34 citations
The Journal of Open Source Software
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
11.27
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ExoTiC-LD: thirty seconds to stellar limb-darkeningcoefficients

David Grant, Hannah R. Wakeford
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34 citations

Abstract

Stellar limb darkening is the observed variation in brightness of a star between its centre and edge (or limb) when viewed in the plane of the sky. Stellar brightness is maximal at the centre and then decreases radially and monotonically towards the limb -- hence the term "limb darkening". This effect is crucial for finding and characterising planets beyond our Solar System, known as exoplanets, as these planets are often studied when crossing in front of their host stars. As such, limb darkening is directly linked to the exoplanet signals. Limb darkening is typically modelled by one of various functional forms, as outlined in Claret (2000) and Sing (2010), and the coefficients of these functions is what ExoTiC-LD is designed to compute. A wide variety of functional forms are supported, including those benchmarked by Espinoza & Jord\'an (2016) as well as reparameterisations suggested by Kipping (2013).

The Journal of Open Source SoftwareVol. 9(100)
University of Bristol (GB)
Government of the United Kingdom, UK Research and Innovation, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Science and Technology Facilities Council
Climate action
Openalex Percentile: Top 1%
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
11.27
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