Gen TSO Documentation

Author

Patricio Cubillos

Published

November 28, 2024

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 (submitted to PASP, under revision):
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 = {arXiv e-prints},
     keywords = {Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics},
         year = 2024,
        month = oct,
          eid = {arXiv:2410.04856},
        pages = {arXiv:2410.04856},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
       eprint = {2410.04856},
 primaryClass = {astro-ph.EP},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024arXiv241004856C},
      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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