Issue |
A&A
Volume 652, August 2021
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Article Number | A156 | |
Number of page(s) | 14 | |
Section | Numerical methods and codes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039171 | |
Published online | 27 August 2021 |
ELISa: A new tool for fast modelling of eclipsing binaries
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Pavol Jozef afárik, Park Angelinum 9, 041 54 Koice, Slovakia
e-mail: miroslav.fedurco@student.upjs.sk
Received:
12
August
2020
Accepted:
22
May
2021
Context. We present a new, fast, and easy to use tool for modelling light and radial velocity curves of close eclipsing binaries with built-in methods for solving an inverse problem.
Aims. The main goal of ELISa (Eclipsing binary Learning and Interactive System) is to provide an acceptable compromise between computational speed and precision during the fitting of light curves and radial velocities of eclipsing binaries. The package is entirely written in the Python programming language in a modular fashion, making it easy to install, modify, and run on various operating systems.
Methods. ELISa implements Roche geometry and the triangulation process to model a surface of the eclipsing binary components, where the surface parameters of each surface element are treated separately. Surface symmetries and approximations based on the similarity between surface geometries were used to reduce the runtime during light curve calculation significantly. ELISa implements the least square trust region reflective algorithm and Markov-chain Monte Carlo optimisation methods to provide the built-in capability to determine parameters of the binary system from photometric observations and radial velocities.
Results. The precision and speed of the light curve generator were evaluated using various benchmarks. We conclude that ELISa maintains an acceptable level of accuracy to analyse data from ground-based and space-based observations, and it provides a significant reduction in computational time compared to the current widely used tools for modelling eclipsing binaries.
Key words: methods: numerical / methods: data analysis / eclipses / binaries: eclipsing / binaries: close
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