Modeling Keplerian Orbits of Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and Planets

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dc.contributor.authorHerweck, Kendra
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-28T18:13:03Z
dc.date.available2021-07-28T18:13:03Z
dc.date.created2020
dc.description2020 Celebration of Student Research and Creativity presentationen_US
dc.description.abstractAny companion object (Star, Brown Dwarf, or Planet) that orbits a star follows a Keplerian Orbit. In our project, we used a mock catalog of companions that was designed to mimic the APOGEE surveys. The goal of our project was to compare the effectiveness of Markov-Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques with more traditional orbital fitting methods for deriving correct companion orbits from radial velocity data. We investigated how well we could recover orbital parameters as a function of parameter space, and in particular, we focused on the trade-offs between computational time and precision.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://youtu.be/Ejw0ABUHEgken_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11216/3836
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNorthern Kentucky Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCelebration of Student Research and Creativity;2020
dc.subjectKepler's lawsen_US
dc.subjectMarkov processesen_US
dc.subjectStars Orbitsen_US
dc.titleModeling Keplerian Orbits of Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and Planetsen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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