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Addendum: Precision in high resolution absorption line modelling, analytic Voigt derivatives, and optimisation methods

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2022-01-12 v1 Computational Physics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

The parent paper to this Addendum describes the optimisation theory on which VPFIT, a non-linear least-squares program for modelling absorption spectra, is based. In that paper, we show that Voigt function derivatives can be calculated analytically using Taylor series expansions and look-up tables, for the specific case of one column density parameter for each absorption component. However, in many situations, modelling requires more complex parameterisation, such as summed column densities over a whole absorption complex, or common pattern relative ion abundances. This Addendum provides those analytic derivatives.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2112.14490,
  title  = {Addendum: Precision in high resolution absorption line modelling, analytic Voigt derivatives, and optimisation methods},
  author = {Chung-Chi Lee and John K. Webb and Robert F. Carswell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.14490},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to MNRAS 23 Dec 2021, accepted 24 Dec 2021

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