Citing PyCS3 in a publication

If you want to acknowledge PyCS3 in a publication, we suggest you to cite both the original PyCS paper and the new version of the software presented in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) :

• Tewes et al. 2013

  • COSMOGRAIL XI: Techniques for time delay measurement in presence of microlensing, A&A 553 A120.

  • This paper describes the original curve-shifting algorithms of PyCS.

• Millon et al. 2020b

  • PyCS3: A Python toolbox for time-delay measurements in lensed quasars, JOSS 5 53 2654.

  • This paper briefly describes the functionality of the package

If you make use of the automated time-delay measurement pipeline, please also cite :

• Millon et al. 2020a

  • COSMOGRAIL XIX: Time delays in 18 strongly lensed quasars from 15 years of optical monitoring.

  • This paper presents the automated version of PyCS3 and apply this technique on large monitoring data set.

Note

Please use the URL http://www.cosmograil.org when indicating a website for PyCS3. While the hosting of the code might change, we will try hard to keep this URL valid for the years to come.