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Computational Astrophysics: Software & Datasets

The software and data products we produce are designed to solve hard problems in computational astrophysics.

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  1. Astra

    Software
    Analysis framework for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) Milky Way Mapper.
  2. Astrometry.net

    Software
    Maps any astronomical image to sky coordinates (WCS) with no false positives, even without metadata, enabling real-time use across archives.
  3. CAMELS

    Dataset
    CAMELS host more than 2 petabytes of data from 16,960 cosmological simulations.
  4. CANDELS: Mock Lightcones and Theory Friendly Catalogs

    Dataset
    Access theory friendly catalogs and theoretical mock catalogs for the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS).
  5. celerite

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    Enables fast 1D Gaussian Process regression with C++, Python, and Julia, using C++ for speed and Python for features.
  6. DAFT

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    A Python package for creating publication-quality probabilistic graphical models with an intuitive syntax, exportable in formats like PDF, PNG, EPS, and SVG.
  7. Dedalus

    Software
    A Python-based framework for solving and manipulating partial differential equations using sparse spectral methods.
  8. emcee

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    A Python implementation of an affine-invariant MCMC ensemble sampler for efficient Bayesian parameter estimation.
  9. Entity

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    An open-source coordinate-agnostic particle-in-cell (PIC) code written in C++20 specifically targeted to study plasma physics in relativistic astrophysical systems.
  10. EXP

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    The EXP C++ library is an efficient N-body simulation toolkit that implements basis-function methods using hybrid CPU and GPU code alongside Python bindings.
  11. Gala

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    An Astropy-affiliated Python package for Galactic Dynamics, offering fast, user-friendly tools for orbit integration, gravitational modeling, coordinate transformations, and nonlinear dynamics analysis.
  12. George

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    A Python library for fast Gaussian Process regression using hierarchical low-rank approximations for scalable, efficient computation.
  13. jaxoplanet

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    A functional-programming-forward implementation of many features from the exoplanet and starry packages built on top of JAX.
  14. Korg

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    A package for computing stellar spectra from 1D model atmospheres and linelists assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium.
  15. MESA

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    Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA), originally developed over a decade by Bill Paxton with broad astrophysics community involvement, is now maintained by a global team and …
  16. nuance

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    Detects exoplanet transits using linear models and Gaussian processes while modeling correlated stellar noise with JAX-based tinygp.
  17. Pasta

    Software
    Pasta (Platform Agnostic Simulation Tools for Astrophysics) is a task-based, Kokkos-portable(radiation-)magnetohydrodynamics code.
  18. Pyia

    Software
    A Python package for interacting and working with data from the Gaia Mission.
  19. ringdown

    Software
    A Python package for Bayesian analysis of black hole ringdowns in gravitational-wave data, using HMC, NumPyro, and JAX to probe merger remnants.
  20. Robusta-HMF

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    A JAX-based implementation of robust heteroskedastic matrix factorization.
  21. Semi-Analytic Forecasts for the Universe

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    Provides physically motivated predictions for the properties and demographics of galaxies and quasars forming across cosmic time.
  22. smolgp

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    Python/JAX extension for Gaussian Processes using state space models for faster O(n)–O(log n) performance with GPU and parallel acceleration.
  23. Spectracles

    Software
    Spectracles is a Python library for inferring properties of integral field unit spectra as continuous functions of sky position. Build on JAX, spectracles can be used to simultaneously …
  24. STARRY

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    Computes fast, precise astronomical light curves for exoplanets, eclipsing binaries, and other transit and occultation phenomena.
  25. The EXPRES Stellar Signals Project

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    Presents a self-consistent comparison of 22 different methods tested on the same extreme-precision spectroscopic data from the Extreme-precision Spectrograph (EXPRES).
  26. The Extreme Stellar-signals Project

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    An analysis of Sun-as-a-star observations from four different high-resolution, stabilized spectrographs: HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID.
  27. The Joker

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    A custom Monte Carlo sampler for the two-body problem.
  28. wobble

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    Python package for time-series spectroscopy that derives radial velocities in a data-driven way without prior stellar or telluric models.

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