NMAGIC: Fast Parallel Implementation of a Chi-Squared-Made-to-Measure Algorithm for Modelling Observational Data

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dc.creatorde Lorenzi, Flavio
dc.creatorDebattista, Victor
dc.creatorGerhard, Ortwin
dc.creatorSambhus, Niranjan
dc.date2007-01-19
dc.date2007-03-23
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dc.descriptionWe describe a made-to-measure algorithm for constructing N-particle models of stellar systems from observational data (Chi-Squared-M2M), extending earlier ideas by Syer and Tremaine. The algorithm properly accounts for observational errors, is flexible, and can be applied to various systems and geometries. We implement this algorithm in a parallel code NMAGIC and carry out a sequence of tests to illustrate its power and performance: (i) We reconstruct an isotropic Hernquist model from density moments and projected kinematics and recover the correct differential energy distribution and intrinsic kinematics. (ii) We build a self-consistent oblate three-integral maximum rotator model and compare how the distribution function is recovered from integral field and slit kinematic data. (iii) We create a non-rotating and a figure rotating triaxial stellar particle model, reproduce the projected kinematics of the figure rotating system by a non-rotating system of the same intrinsic shape, and illustrate the signature of pattern rotation in this model. From these tests we comment on the dependence of the results from Chi-Squared-M2M on the initial model, the geometry, and the amount of available data.
dc.description20 pages, 23 figures, accepted for MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701582
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701582
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.376:71-88,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11434.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/175217
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleNMAGIC: Fast Parallel Implementation of a Chi-Squared-Made-to-Measure Algorithm for Modelling Observational Data
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