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We present the Python Tree Tensor Network package (pyTTN) for the evaluation of dynamical properties of closed and open quantum systems that makes use of Tree Tensor Network (TTN), or equivalently the multi-layer multiconfiguration…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Lachlan P Lindoy , Daniel Rodrigo-Albert , Yannic Rath , Ivan Rungger

A simple transit model is described along with tests of this model against published results for 4 exoplanet systems (Kepler-1, 2, 8, and 77). Data from the Kepler mission are used. The Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is applied to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Yi Ji , Timothy Banks , Edwin Budding , Michael Rhodes

This is a companion Focus Demonstration article to the PyMUSE python package, demonstrating its usage and utilities for VLT/MUSE data analysis, that include a wide range of options for spectra extractions, the creation of different types of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-20 Ismael Pessa , Nicolas Tejos , Cristobal Moya

We present TransitFit, a package designed to fit exoplanetary transit light-curves. TransitFit offers multi-epoch, multi-wavelength fitting of multi-telescope transit data. TransitFit allows per-telescope detrending to be performed…

The Universal Transit Modeller (UTM) is a light-curve simulator for all kinds of transiting or eclipsing configurations between arbitrary numbers of several types of objects, which may be stars, planets, planetary moons, and planetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hans J. Deeg

Transit spectroscopy is a powerful tool to decode the chemical composition of the atmospheres of extrasolar planets. In this paper we focus on unsupervised techniques for analyzing spectral data from transiting exoplanets. We demonstrate…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-11 Konstantin T. Matchev , Katia Matcheva , Alexander Roman

Spectral line observations are an indispensable tool to remotely probe the physical and chemical conditions throughout the universe. Modelling their behaviour is a computational challenge that requires dedicated software. In this paper, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-06 Thomas Ceulemans , Frederik De Ceuster , Leen Decin , Jeremy Yates

The detection of transiting exoplanets in time-series photometry requires the removal or modeling of instrumental and stellar noise. While instrumental systematics can be reduced using methods such as pixel level decorrelation, removing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Michael Hippke , Trevor J. David , Gijs D. Mulders , René Heller

Photometry with the transit method has arguably been the most successful exoplanet discovery method to date. A short overview about the rise of that method to its present status is given. The method's strength is the rich set of parameters…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-13 Hans J. Deeg , Roi Alonso

We present astroplan - an open source, open development, Astropy affiliated package for ground-based observation planning and scheduling in Python. astroplan is designed to provide efficient access to common observational quantities such as…

In the era of photometry with space-based telescopes, such as CHEOPS (CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite), JWST (James Webb Space Telescope), PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars), and ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-22 Sz. Kálmán , Sz. Csizmadia , L. M. Bernabó , R. Szabó , Gy. M. Szabó

This thesis focuses on the detection of extrasolar planets via the transit method, and more specifically addresses issues relevant to the preparation of upcoming space missions such as CoRoT, Kepler, Eddington, aiming to detect terrestrial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Suzanne Aigrain

We derive efficient, closed form, differentiable, and numerically stable solutions for the flux measured from a spherical planet or moon seen in reflected light, either in or out of occultation. Our expressions apply to the computation of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-15 Rodrigo Luger , Eric Agol , Fran Bartolić , Daniel Foreman-Mackey

xBIT is a tool for performing parameter scans in beyond the Standard Model theories. It's written in Python and fully open source. The main purpose of xBIT is to provide an easy to use tool to help phenomenologists with their daily task:…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-11 Florian Staub

The open-source PyNX toolkit [Favre-Nicolin et al (2011) arXiv:1010.2641, Mandula et al (2016)] has been extended to provide tools for coherent X-ray imaging data analysis and simulation. All calculations can be executed on graphical…

PyLlama is a handy Python toolkit to compute the electromagnetic reflection and transmission properties of arbitrary multilayered linear media, including the case of anisotropy. Relying on a $4 \times 4$-matrix formalism, PyLlama implements…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-24 Mélanie M. Bay , Silvia Vignolini , Kevin Vynck

The deep learning language of choice these days is Python; measured by factors such as available libraries and technical support, it is hard to beat. At the same time, software written in lower-level programming languages like C++ retain…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Thamme Gowda , Roman Grundkiewicz , Elijah Rippeth , Matt Post , Marcin Junczys-Dowmunt

Distributed, large-scale quantum computing will need architectures that combine matter-based qubits with photonic links, but today's software stacks target either gate-based chips or linear-optical devices in isolation. We introduce Optyx,…

Single molecule F\"orster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is a powerful experimental technique for studying the properties of individual biological molecules in solution. However, as adoption of smFRET techniques becomes more widespread,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2014-12-22 Rebecca R. Murphy , Sophie E. Jackson , David Klenerman

Research in extrasolar-planet science is data-driven. With the advent of radial-velocity instruments like HARPS and HARPS-N, and transit space missions like Kepler, our ability to discover and characterise extrasolar planets is no longer…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-28 Rodrigo F. Díaz