High-resolution optical integral field units (IFUs) are rapidly expanding our knowledge of extragalactic emission nebulae in galaxies and galaxy clusters. By studying the spectra of these objects -- which include classic HII regions, supernova remnants, planetary nebulae, and cluster filaments -- we are able to constrain their kinematics (velocity and velocity dispersion). In conjunction with additional tools, such as the BPT diagram, we can further classify emission regions based on strong emission-line flux ratios. LUCI is a simple-to-use python module intended to facilitate the rapid analysis of IFU spectra. LUCI does this by integrating well-developed pre-existing python tools such as astropy and scipy with new machine learning tools for spectral analysis (Rhea et al. 2020). Furthermore, LUCI provides several easy-to-use tools to access and fit SITELLE data cubes.
@article{arxiv.2108.12428,
title = {LUCI: A Python package for SITELLE spectral analysis},
author = {Carter Lee Rhea and Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo and Laurie Rousseau-Nepton and Benjamin Vigneron and Louis-Simon Guité},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.12428},
year = {2021}
}
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Submitted to RNAAS Extensive documentation can be found at https://crhea93.github.io/LUCI/index.html