KROME 1.3.1

• Python package created as a Research Associate at UAE University. The package contains modules that calculate magnetic activity indices from spectroscopic data of M dwarfs.
• It accepts file types of .s taken from the spectropolarimeter NARVAL & ESPADONS and ADP.fits/s1d_A.fits from the spectrographs HARPS,HARPS-N,SOPHIE. and ELODIE.

Installation

• The package can be downloaded using pip as pip install krome

Usage

• Follow the Tutorial which explains each activity index method in detail.

Code Dependencies

• numpy
• matplotlib
• pandas
• tqdm
• astropy
• PyAstronomy
• specutils
• uncertainties

Citing

• If you use this software in your research, please cite the article "A Study of the Magnetic Activity and Variability of GJ 436" in the MNRAS journal using the following BibTex entry:

@ARTICLE{2023MNRAS.518.3147K,
       author = {{Kumar}, M. and {Fares}, R.},
        title = "{A study of the magnetic activity and variability of GJ 436}",
      journal = {\mnras},
     keywords = {stars: activity, stars: chromospheres, stars: individual: GJ 436, planetary systems, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},
         year = 2023,
        month = jan,
       volume = {518},
       number = {2},
        pages = {3147-3163},
          doi = {10.1093/mnras/stac276610.48550/arXiv.2209.11258},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
       eprint = {2209.11258},
 primaryClass = {astro-ph.SR},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.518.3147K},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}