transit-least-squares - Detect exoplanet transits in light curves with TLS
Detects exoplanet transits in light curves using the Transit Least Squares algorithm based on the transitleastsquares Python package.
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Updated: 2026-09-18Capabilities
What this skill does
- Search for exoplanet transit signals
- Refine candidate transit period grid
- Compute phase-folded light curves
- Mask detected planet transits
- Calculate Signal Detection Efficiency
- Extract best-fit transit model
Inputs
- Light curve time array
- Light curve flux array
- Flux uncertainty array
- Period search range parameters
Outputs
- Best-fit transit period and T0
- Transit depth and SNR metrics
- Signal Detection Efficiency score
- Phase-folded light curve data
- Transit model light curve
Requirements
- Python environment
- transitleastsquares package
- lightkurve package
- numpy package
- matplotlib package