Butterpy: Stellar butterfly diagram and rotational light curve simulator
Abstract
Butterpy simulates star spot emergence, evolution, decay, and stellar rotational light curves. It tests the recovery of stellar rotation periods using different frequency analysis techniques. Butterpy can simulate light curves of stars with variable activity level, rotation period, spot lifetime, magnetic cycle duration and overlap, spot emergence latitudes, and latitudinal differential rotation shear.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- June 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023ascl.soft06030C
- Keywords:
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- Software;
- NASA