Icarus: Stellar binary light curve synthesis tool
Abstract
Icarus is a stellar binary light curve synthesis tool that generates a star, given some basic binary parameters, by solving the gravitational potential equation, creating a discretized stellar grid, and populating the stellar grid with physical parameters, including temperature and surface gravity. Icarus also evaluates the outcoming flux from the star given an observer's point of view (i.e., orbital phase and orbital orientation).
- Publication:
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016ascl.soft11018B
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- Software