Exorings

Code Repository for Exoring Transit Calculations

Quick start

• Download the package:

  Using git:

  $ git clone http://github.com/facom/exorings.git
  

  Or download it as a zip file from this url.

• Run a test:

  $ python exorings.py
  

  This test will tell you which python packages are required to use the exorings code.

• Calculate basic ring transit properties:

  $ python exorings-basic.py fi=1.5 fe=2.35 theta=30.0 ir=80.0
  

  Output include: transit depth (in ppm), total transit duration (in hours), duration of full transit (in hours), observed radius (pobs), observed asterodensity (rhoobs).

References

When using exorings code for research purposes please cite the following paper:

Zuluaga, J.I., Kipping, D., Sucerquia, M., Alvarado, J. A. "A novel method for identifying exoplanetary rings", Submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2015.

================================================== Jorge I. Zuluaga (C) 2015