Welcome to the GSFC Exoplanet Modeling and Analysis Center (EMAC)

EMAC serves as a catalog, repository and integration platform for modeling and analysis resources focused on the study of exoplanet characteristics and environments. EMAC is a key project of the GSFC Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration (SEEC).

If you've used EMAC in any part of your research, please cite our RNAAS paper either in your methods section or in the "Software used" portion of any manuscripts; see the FAQ for more information.

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If you make use of tools linked or hosted on EMAC: please use the following statement in your publication acknowledgements: “This research made use of the NASA Exoplanet Modeling and Analysis Center (EMAC), which is funded by the NASA Planetary Science Division's Internal Scientist Funding Model.”

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The P.I. is Avi Mandell, and the Deputy P.I. is Eric Lopez; more information on EMAC staffing and organization can be found on Our Team page.

EMAC has launched a new community-supported curator program, and we need your help! Check out our curator page to learn how exoplanet experts like yourself can support EMAC's mission, and help us spread the word about this new initiative!
Toy Coronagraph: Quantifying the Impact of Exozodiacal Dust on Exoplanet Detection
Lin, Yu-Chia
EMAC: 2504-004 EMAC 2504-004 2504-004
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Toy Coronagraph is a Python package designed to quantify the impact of exozodiacal dust on exoplanet detection. It takes circularly symmetric disk images and point spread functions, and exoplanet orbital parameters to generate key metrics like contrast curves, signal-to-noise ratios, and dynamic visualizations of exoplanet motion under the dust background. The package also provides tools for generating vortex coronagraph PSFs and includes example disk images. Toy Coronagraph empowers researchers to understand exozodiacal dust, develop mitigation strategies, and optimize future telescope designs and mission time, ultimately advancing the search for potentially habitable worlds.

Code Language(s): Python

Last updated: Apr. 8, 2025

Version: 1.6.1

Subcategories:
Data Visualization Tools
Direct Imaging Instr. Models
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