The Kepler end-to-end model: creating high-fidelity simulations to test Kepler ground processing

Stephen T. Bryson; Jon M. Jenkins; Dan J. Peters; Peter P. Tenenbaum; Todd C. Klaus; Jay P. Gunter; Miles T. Cote; Douglas A. Caldwell

doi:10.1117/12.857560

4 August 2010 The Kepler end-to-end model: creating high-fidelity simulations to test Kepler ground processing

Stephen T. Bryson, Jon M. Jenkins, Dan J. Peters, Peter P. Tenenbaum, Todd C. Klaus, Jay P. Gunter, Miles T. Cote, Douglas A. Caldwell

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Proceedings Volume 7738, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy IV; 773808 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857560
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Kepler mission is designed to detect the transit of Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars by observing 100,000 stellar targets. Developing and testing the Kepler ground-segment processing system, in particular the data analysis pipeline, requires high-fidelity simulated data. This simulated data is provided by the Kepler Endto- End Model (ETEM). ETEM simulates the astrophysics of planetary transits and other phenomena, properties of the Kepler spacecraft and the format of the downlinked data. Major challenges addressed by ETEM include the rapid production of large amounts of simulated data, extensibility and maintainability.

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Stephen T. Bryson, Jon M. Jenkins, Dan J. Peters, Peter P. Tenenbaum, Todd C. Klaus, Jay P. Gunter, Miles T. Cote, and Douglas A. Caldwell "The Kepler end-to-end model: creating high-fidelity simulations to test Kepler ground processing", Proc. SPIE 7738, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy IV, 773808 (4 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857560

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