ellc: A fast, flexible light curve model for detached eclipsing binary stars and transiting exoplanets

2016/03/31 by P. F. L. Maxted
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Binary number #Binary star #Binary system #Exoplanet #Light curve #Planet #Planetary system #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.IM #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628579

published as A&A 591, A111 (2016) · Accepted for publication in A&A. Source code available from pypi.python.org/pypi/ellc. Definition of "third-light" changed from version ellc-1.0.0 to ellc-1.1.0 - this preprint describes the definition used in the later version

openalex publication_date 2016/05/10 · arxiv created 2016/05/12 · arxiv updated 2016/06/22 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Very high quality light curves are now available for thousands of detached eclipsing binary stars and transiting exoplanet systems as a result of surveys for transiting exoplanets and other large-scale photometric surveys.

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