Meredith L. Rawls edited Physical parameters.tex  over 9 years ago

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To characterize the binary, we compute two sets of ELC models. The first set is done before any constraints from Section \ref{atm} are known. We use the full folded light curve together with all radial velocity points and employ ELC's ``fast analytic mode.'' This first set of models uses the equations in \citet{gim06} and treats the two stars as perfect spheres, which is a reasonable assumption for a well-detached binary. We use the parameters from these prelimiary models to guide the spectral disentangling process described in Section \ref{atm}.  The second set of ELC models uses constraints from atmosphere modeling, and breaks the light curves into ``chunks'' to search for stellar activity. One ``chunk'' is a portion of the light curve that includes one primary and one secondary eclipse and has length of order one orbital period. period (about 171 days for KIC 9246715).  This allows us to search for stellar activity on the timescale of the orbital period. IN PROGRESS  % Write more here