The ExoTETHyS Package: Tools for Exoplanetary Transits around Host Stars

Abstract

We present here the first release of the open-source python package ExoTETHyS (stable:  https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/169268509 , development version:  https://github.com/ucl-exoplanets/ExoTETHyS/ ), which aims to provide a stand-alone set of tools for modeling spectrophotometric observations of transiting exoplanets. In particular, we describe: (1) a new calculator of stellar limb-darkening coefficients that outperforms the existing software by one order of magnitude in terms of light-curve model accuracy, i.e., down to <10 parts per million, and (2) an exact transit light-curve generator based on the entire stellar intensity profile rather than limb-darkening coefficients. New tools will be added in later releases to model various effects in exoplanetary transits and eclipsing binaries. ExoTETHyS is a reference package for high-precision exoplanet atmospheric spectroscopy with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope and Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey missions.