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Tools for Transit and Radial Velocity Modelling and Analysis

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An overview over analysis or modelling tools related to the radial velocity and transit methods for exoplanet detection and characterization is given, with over 40 software tools presented. Tools that cover related subjects, such as physical exoplanet modelling, stellar activity, limb darkening, or stellar parameter estimates, are included as well. All presented tools have been verified to be publicly available, although inoperative software repositories were not uncommon. This issue needs to be addressed, with some of the existing solutions for long-term storage to be considered.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been supported by the Spanish Spanish Secretary of State for R&D&i (MINECO) under the grant ESP2015-65712-C5-4-R. The author thanks everyone who responded to a call to suggest tools for inclusion. Without this feedback, this hopefully rather complete overview would have been impossible!

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Deeg, H.J. (2017). Tools for Transit and Radial Velocity Modelling and Analysis. In: Deeg, H., Belmonte, J. (eds) Handbook of Exoplanets . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30648-3_13-1

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