Scatterer Module

This module is intended for implementing light scattering models in exoplanetary atmospheres and surfaces, with the goal of reproducing their photometric signatures.

Note

As you may know, pryngles works based on the idea of sampling a surface with several discrete units that we named Spangles. For each Spangle, we define its Scatterer object for photometry modelling purposes

See also

For the science behind the definition and computation of our methods, please refer to the following literature

[1] Russell, H. N. (1916). On the Albedo of Planets and Their Satellites. 10.1086/142244

[2] Sobolev, V. V. (1975). Light Scattering in Planetary Atmospheres.

[3] Yanovitskii, E. G. (1973). Spherical Albedo of a Planetary Atmosphere. 1973SvA….16..687Y

For an explanation of our implementation, please refer to our following paper

[1] Zuluaga, J. I., Sucerquia, M., & Alvarado-Montes, J. A. (2022). The bright side of the light curve: A general photometric model of non-transiting exorings. Astronomy and Computing 40 (2022) 100623. arXiv:2207.08636