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Astronomy Journal Club - "Transit Least Squares: Not Just Another Pretty Transit-finding Algorithm"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Astronomy Department
Date
Apr 22, 2019   12:00 - 1:00 pm  
Speaker
Samantha Thrush
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Originating Calendar
Astronomy Journal Club
Abstract:

The box least squares (BLS) algorithm has thus far been adequate at identifying transiting exoplanets, but can it truly be improved?  Enter the Transit Least Squares (TLS) algorithm!  In this talk, I will discuss why TLS will be an improvement over BLS, how it works, and what this will mean for exoplanet science.

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