Tool for the Planet Systems Imager to simulate the universe, generate planet spectra, evaulate instrument performance, and determine how well PSI can do science.
Features of psisim:
- Create various exoplanet populations using EXOSIMS (e.g., known RV planets, simulated planets following Kepler occurence rates),
- Simulate reflected and thermal emission spectra of gas giants and terrestrial planets using PICASO,
- Simulate planet fluxes based on evolutionary cooling models,
- Estimate polarized fluxes of exoplanets,
- Estimate performance of the AO system as a function of star brightness and ability to correct atmospheric turbulence,
- Handle detector noise, thermal emission, sky transmission, and
- Object oriented so easy to implement multiple sites and instruments.
First, install EXOSIMS and PICASO following the documentation for the respective packages.
Then pull this respository:
> git clone https://github.com/planetarysystemsimager/psisim.git
Move into that directory and run the setup.py script to install. Use the develop keyword to stay up to date with new changes:
> python setup.py develop