Gen TSO Documentation

Author

Patricio Cubillos

Published

January 13, 2025

Gen TSO: A general TSO simulator for exoplanets with JWST

Gen TSO is a graphical interface to simulate JWST time-series observations (TSO) of exoplanets. Gen TSO connects together:

Which combined, allow Gen TSO to offers an interactive interface to easily visualize, assess, and compare the JWST characterization capabilities for known exoplanets.

Gen TSO provides:

  • Instant access to system parameters of known exoplanet targets
  • Instant access to previous JWST programs of targets
  • Interactive visualization of target’s field of view with ESASky
  • Perform transit and eclipse S/N simulations for all JWST spectroscopic modes
  • Perform target-acquisition simulations on science or nearby targets
  • Interactive visualization of transit, eclipse, and stellar SEDs spectra, observing modes, and simulated TSO spectra

Gen TSO is a Python3.9+ package available via the PyPI repository:

pip install gen_tso

Then, you can launch the Gen TSO application with this prompt command:

tso

Citing

Please cite this paper if you found Gen TSO useful for your research:
Cubillos (2024): Gen TSO: A General JWST Simulator for Exoplanet Times-series Observations

BibTeX reference:

@ARTICLE{Cubillos2024paspGenTSO,
       author = {{Cubillos}, Patricio E.},
        title = "{Gen TSO: A General JWST Simulator for Exoplanet Times-series Observations}",
      journal = {\pasp},
     keywords = {Exoplanets, Time series analysis, Astronomy databases, 498, 1916, 83, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics},
         year = 2024,
        month = dec,
       volume = {136},
       number = {12},
          eid = {124501},
        pages = {124501},
          doi = {10.1088/1538-3873/ad8fd4},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
       eprint = {2410.04856},
 primaryClass = {astro-ph.EP},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024PASP..136l4501C},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

We welcome your feedback or inquiries, please raise issues on the Github repository or refer them to:
Patricio Cubillos (patricio.cubillos[at]oeaw.ac.at)

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