exohammer 0.1.0

TTV and RV MCMC generator

exohammer

The Exoplanet MCMC Hammer

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A python library designed to provide utility for performing bayesian analysis on n-body planetary systems with any combination of TTV and RV measurements.

Installation

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Once you clone/fork/download/etc this repo on your local machine, you can install the library by following these steps:

• cd into the directory
• run pip install .

Usage

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• Define RV and TTV nested lists in the following form:

  • TTV: TTV = [[epoch_b, epoch_c], [TT_b,TT_c], [error_b, error_c]]
    • ...and so on for each additional planet
  • RV: RV = [[BJD], [mean_velocity], [velocity_error]]

• Define your orbital elements (mass, period, eccentricity, inclination, longitude of ascending node, argument of periastron, mean anomaly) in dictionary form.

  • each key-value pair should be of the form "element_b" : [value]
  • regarding each value:
    • [value] denotes a fixed element
    • [minimum, maximum] denotes a flat prior with hard bounds
    • [mu, sigma, 0] denotes a gaussian prior

• Pass your orbital elements into a PlanetarySystem instance along with the number of planets you are fitting to the included data.

• Pass your TTVs, RVs, and orbital elements into a Data instance along with the mass of the host star in units of m_sun

• Pass your PlanetarySystem and Data instances into an MCMCRun instance and advance the chain iteratively using the MCMCRun.explore_iteratively() method

Toy Example:

import exohammer as exo
import emcee
# Define TTV Parameters

epoch_b = [0, 1, 3, 4]
tt_b = [24500.10, 245010.32, 245029.97, 245041.26]
error_b = [0.02, 0.03, 0.028, 0.012]
## repeat for all planets, then combine as below
ttv = [[epoch_b, epoch_c], [TT_b, TT_c], [error_b, error_c]]

# Define RV Parameters

rv_bjd = [2456138.960111, 2456202.74719, 2456880.986613],
rv_mnvel = [2.26, -4.6378, -6.48],
rv_err = [3.21964406967163, 4.39822244644165, 4.03610754013062]
## combine as below
rv = [rv_bjd, rv_mnvel, rv_err]

# Define orbital elements

orbital_elements = {'mass_b' : [.000001], # m_sun, fixed value
                    'period_b' : [13.849 - .05, 13.849 + .05], # Days, flat prior  
                    'eccentricity_b' : [0.00, 0.04, 0.01], # gaussian prior
                    'inclination_b' : [89.5, 90.5], # Degrees
                    'longnode_b' : [-45.0, 45.0], # Degrees
                    'argument_b' : [0.0, 360.0], # Degrees
                    'mean_anomaly_b' : [0.0, 360.0], # Degrees

                    'mass_c'         : [.000001], # fixed value
                    'period_c'       : [16.0 - .05, 16.0 + .05], # flat prior           
                    'eccentricity_c' : [0.00, 0.04, 0], # gaussian prior
                    'inclination_c'  : [89.5, 90.5],
                    'longnode_c'     : [0.0],
                    'argument_c'     : [0.0, 360.0],
                    'mean_anomaly_c' : [0.0, 360.0]}

# Pass orbital elements into planetary system instance
kepler_xx = exo.planetary_system.PlanetarySystem(nplanets_ttvs=2, 
                                                 nplanets_rvs=2, 
                                                 orbital_elements=orbital_elements, 
                                                 theta=None)
                                                
data = exo.data.Data(mstar, [epoch, measured, error], rv)

# Pass TTVs and RVs into a `Data` instance
mstar = 1.2 # m_sun
data = exo.data.Data(mstar, ttv, rv)

# Instantiate MCMCRun instance and perform fit
run = exo.mcmc_run.MCMCRun(kepler_xx, data)

run.explore_iteratively(total_iterations=100000000, #The total number of steps to advance your chains
                        checkpoints=10000, #At this number of steps, the run will save your run for incremental evaluation
                        burnin_factor=.2, #Percentage of the run to discard as burn in.
                        thinning_factor=.0001, #Percentage of the run to thin the entire run by
	                    moves=[(emcee.moves.DEMove(live_dangerously=True), 0.9), (emcee.moves.DESnookerMove(live_dangerously=True), 0.1),], #See https://emcee.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorials/moves/
	                    verbose=False, #Show progress bar
                        tune=True, #Passes to emcee.EnsembleSampler.sample. 'True' recommended
                        silent=True, #Whether to display plots directly in the IDE
                        )

Additional Utilities

To review the success of the run

run.plot_rvs()    # plots the RVs of the posterior planetary system 
                  # and compares it to the input data
run.plot_ttvs()   # plots the TTVs of the posterior planetary system 
                  # and compares it to the input data
run.autocorr()     # determines the autocorrelation of each parameter
run.plot_corner()  # plots the parameters in a corner plot
run.plot_chains()  # plots the path of each parameter

Storing

# Storing
store = exo.store.StoreRun(run)
store.store_csvs() #stores Data instance (serialized) and most other attributes as csv files
store.serialize() #stores entire run in serialized format (very large)
store.restore() #reloades the serialized and stored output of store.serialize()

# Note that the save directory and naming is automatic, determined by initialization of MCMCRun. 
# Work to give saving/naming flexibility is ongoing. 

Every checkpoint steps of an explore_iteratively() MCMC run, store_csvs() is executed.

Note that the save directory and naming is automatic, determined by initialization of MCMCRun. Work to give saving/naming flexibility is ongoing.

These methods are automatically executed every checkpoint steps of an explore_iteratively MCMC run.

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Please see the code/docstrings for further information. Bugs, recommendations, and questions can be directed to me directly ([e-mail]).

Citations

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TTVFast

This code relies extensively on TTVFast (https://github.com/mindriot101/ttvfast-python) for modeling planetary systems. If you use this code, please cite:

Deck, Agol, Holman, & Nesvorny (2014), ApJ, 787, 132, arXiv:1403.1895.

-Katherine Deck, Eric Agol, Matt Holman, & David Nesvorny

Emcee

This code also relies heavily on Emcee (https://github.com/dfm/emcee) for ensemble sampling.

Please cite Foreman-Mackey, Hogg, Lang & Goodman (2012) (https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.3665) if you find this code useful in your research. The BibTeX entry for the paper is::

@article{emcee,
   author = {{Foreman-Mackey}, D. and {Hogg}, D.~W. and {Lang}, D. and {Goodman}, J.},
    title = {emcee: The MCMC Hammer},
  journal = {PASP},
     year = 2013,
   volume = 125,
    pages = {306-312},
   eprint = {1202.3665},
      doi = {10.1086/670067}
}

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