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Modeling microlensing events with MulensModel

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We introduce MulensModel , a software package for gravitational microlensing modeling. The package provides a framework for calculating microlensing model magnification curves and goodness-of-fit statistics for microlensing events with single and binary lenses as well as a variety of higher-order effects: extended sources with limb-darkening, annual microlensing parallax , satellite microlensing parallax, and binary lens orbital motion . The software could also be used for analysis of the planned microlensing survey by the NASA flag-ship WFIRST satellite. MulensModel is available at https://github.com/rpoleski/MulensModel/ .

Source: Astronomy and Computing

DOI: 10.1016/j.ascom.2018.11.001

Authors: R. Poleski, J.C. Yee

Institutions: The Ohio State University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Language: English

Topic: Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,260

Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology