GitHub - ekta1224/BayesToolsSatDynamics: Tools for combining high precision astrometric measurements of satellite galaxies and cosmological simulations to infer the mass of the MW or M31. See E. Patel, G. Besla, and K. Mandel (2017), MNRAS, 468, 3428 and E. Patel, G.Besla, K. Mandel, T. Sohn (2018), submitted to ApJ.

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Tools for combining high precision astrometric measurements of satellite galaxies and cosmological simulations to infer the mass of the MW or M31. See E. Patel, G. Besla, and K. Mandel (2017), MNRAS, 468, 3428 and E. Patel, G.Besla, K. Mandel, T. Sohn (2018), submitted to ApJ.

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Code to combine the high precision measurements of satellite properties with a cosmological simulation to estimate the mass of its host galaxy's halo.


Authors: 
- Ekta Patel (University of Arizona)
- Gurtina Besla (University of Arizona)
- Kaisey Mandel (Harvard University)


Dependencies:
- numpy
- matplotlib
- scipy
- IPython
- Illustris simulation (optional; see http://www.illustris-project.org/)

Citation:
Please include the following citation if you make use of this code: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.468.3428P