Microlensing model fitting with MulensModel [IMA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01003


We introduce MulensModel, a software package for gravitational microlensing calculations. The package provides a framework for calculating microlensing model magnification curves and goodness-of-fit statistics for microlensing events with single and binary lenses as well as a variety of higher-order effects: extended sources with limb-darkening, annual microlensing parallax, and satellite microlensing parallax. The software could also be used for analysis of the planned microlensing survey by the NASA flag-ship WFIRST satellite. MulensModel is available at https://github.com/rpoleski/MulensModel/.

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R. Radoslaw Poleski and J. Jennifer Yee
Tue, 6 Mar 2018
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Comments: Submitted to Astronomy and Computing. This software can be used in WFIRST Microlensing Data Analysis Challenge – see http://microlensing-source.org/data-challenge/