ligo.skymap 2.1.0

Description:

ligo.skymap 2.1.0

The ligo.skymap package provides tools for reading, writing, generating, and
visualizing gravitational-wave probability maps from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA.
Some of the key features of this package are:

Command line tool bayestar-localize-coincs and
bayestar-localize-lvalert: BAYESTAR, providing rapid, coherent, Bayesian,
3D position reconstruction for compact binary coalescence events
Command line tool ligo-skymap-from-samples: Create 3D sky maps from
posterior sample chains using kernel density estimation
Command line tool ligo-skymap-plot: An everyday tool for plotting
HEALPix maps
Module ligo.skymap.plot: Astronomical mapmaking tools for
perfectionists and figure connoisseurs

To get started, see the installation instructions or the full
documentation.



This illustration of the position of GW170817, prepared using ligo.skymap,
illustrates the main features of this package: rapid localization of compact
binaries with BAYESTAR [1], three-dimensional density estimation
[2] [3], cross-matching with
galaxy catalogs, and visualization of gravitational-wave sky maps.
Reproduced from [4].




[1]
Singer, L. P., & Price, L. R. 2016, Phys. Rev. D, 93, 024013.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.024013


[2]
Singer, L. P., Chen, H.-Y., Holz, D. E., et al. 2016, Astropys. J. Lett.,
829, L15. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L15


[3]
Singer, L. P., Chen, H.-Y., Holz, D. E., et al. 2016, Astropys. J. Supp.,
226, 10. https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/226/1/10


[4]
Kasliwal, M. M., Nakar, E., Singer, L. P. et al. 2019, Science, 358, 1559.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9455

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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