Year: 2021
Type: preprint
Abstract: We present $\texttt{XookSuut}$, a Python implementation of the $\texttt{DiskFit}$ algorithm, optimized to perform robust Bayesian inference on parameters describing models of circular and noncircular rotation in galaxies. $\texttt{XookSuut}$~surges as a Bayesian alternative for kinematic modeling of 2D velocity maps; it implements efficient sampling methods, specifically Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and Nested Sampling (NS), to obtain the posteriors and marginalized distributions of kinematic models including circular motions, axisymmetric radial flows, bisymmetric flows, and harmonic decomposition of the LoS~velocity. In this way, kinematic models are obtained by pure sampling methods, rather than standard minimization techniques based on the $χ^2$. All together, $\texttt{XookSuut}$~represents a sophisticated tool for deriving rotational curves and to explore the error distribution and covariance between parameters.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institution: Academia Sinica
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1529142065, G5916017174
OpenAlex ID: W3207601307