Optimizing Photometric Light Curve Analysis: Evaluating Scipy's Minimize Function for Eclipse Mapping of Cataclysmic Variables

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Hauptverfasser: Kumar, Anoop, Ayyalasomayajula, Madan Mohan Tito, Panwar, Dheerendra, Vasa, Yeshwanth
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author Kumar, Anoop
Ayyalasomayajula, Madan Mohan Tito
Panwar, Dheerendra
Vasa, Yeshwanth
author_facet Kumar, Anoop
Ayyalasomayajula, Madan Mohan Tito
Panwar, Dheerendra
Vasa, Yeshwanth
contents With a particular focus on Scipy's minimize function the eclipse mapping method is thoroughly researched and implemented utilizing Python and essential libraries. Many optimization techniques are used, including Sequential Least Squares Programming (SLSQP), Nelder-Mead, and Conjugate Gradient (CG). However, for the purpose of examining photometric light curves these methods seek to solve the maximum entropy equation under a chi-squared constraint. Therefore, these techniques are first evaluated on two-dimensional Gaussian data without a chi-squared restriction, and then they are used to map the accretion disc and uncover the Gaussian structure of the Cataclysmic Variable KIC 201325107. Critical analysis is performed on the code structure to find possible faults and design problems. Additionally, the analysis shows how several factors impacting computing time and image quality are included including the variance in Gaussian weighting, disc image resolution, number of data points in the light curve, and degree of constraint.
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spellingShingle Optimizing Photometric Light Curve Analysis: Evaluating Scipy's Minimize Function for Eclipse Mapping of Cataclysmic Variables
Kumar, Anoop
Ayyalasomayajula, Madan Mohan Tito
Panwar, Dheerendra
Vasa, Yeshwanth
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Machine Learning
With a particular focus on Scipy's minimize function the eclipse mapping method is thoroughly researched and implemented utilizing Python and essential libraries. Many optimization techniques are used, including Sequential Least Squares Programming (SLSQP), Nelder-Mead, and Conjugate Gradient (CG). However, for the purpose of examining photometric light curves these methods seek to solve the maximum entropy equation under a chi-squared constraint. Therefore, these techniques are first evaluated on two-dimensional Gaussian data without a chi-squared restriction, and then they are used to map the accretion disc and uncover the Gaussian structure of the Cataclysmic Variable KIC 201325107. Critical analysis is performed on the code structure to find possible faults and design problems. Additionally, the analysis shows how several factors impacting computing time and image quality are included including the variance in Gaussian weighting, disc image resolution, number of data points in the light curve, and degree of constraint.
title Optimizing Photometric Light Curve Analysis: Evaluating Scipy's Minimize Function for Eclipse Mapping of Cataclysmic Variables
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.00071