PBjam: A Python Package for Automating Asteroseismology of Solar-like Oscillators
Asteroseismology is an exceptional tool for studying stars using the
properties of observed modes of oscillation. So far the process
of performing an asteroseismic analysis of a star has remained
somewhat esoteric and inaccessible to nonexperts. In this
software paper we describe PBjam, an open-source Python package
for analyzing the frequency spectra of solar-like oscillators in
a simple but principled and automated way. The aim of PBjam is
to provide a set of easy-to-use tools to extract information
about the radial and quadropole oscillations in stars that
oscillate like the Sun, which may then be used to infer bulk
properties such as stellar mass, radius, age, or even structure.
Asteroseismology and its data analysis methods are becoming
increasingly important as space-based photometric observatories
are producing a wealth of new data, allowing asteroseismology to
be applied in a wide range of contexts such as exoplanet,
stellar structure and evolution, and Galactic population
studies. * Release 1.0.0 Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.4300079.