LcTools II: The QuickFind Method for Finding Signals and Associated TTVs in Light Curves from NASA Space Missions
Abstract
This paper describes the new QuickFind method in LcTools for finding signals and associated TTVs (Transit Timing Variations) in light curves from NASA space missions. QuickFind is adept at finding medium to large sized signals (generally those with S/N ratios above 15) extremely fast, significantly reducing overall processing time for a light curve as compared to the BLS detection method. For example, on the lead author's computer, QuickFind was able to detect both KOI signals for star 10937029 in a 14 quarter Kepler light curve spanning 1,459 days in roughly 2 seconds whereas BLS took about 155 seconds to find both signals making QuickFind in this example about 77 times faster than BLS. This paper focuses on the user interfaces, data processing algorithm, and performance tests for the QuickFind method in LcTools.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2103.10285
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2103.10285
- Bibcode:
- 2021arXiv210310285S
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 22 pages, 28 figures, arXiv-only submission