BETOCX

(BayEsian Tools for Observational

Cosmology using X-Ray of Galaxy Clusters)

BETOCX (BayEsian Tools for Observational Cosmology using X-Ray of Galaxy Clusters) is aimed to help the theoretical physicist community investigate cosmological models using X-ray gas mass fraction (f_gas) of galaxy clusters as observational data.

BETOCX is a freeware and open source tool written in the Mathematica language. The Mathematica notebooks of BETOCX contain documentation, source code and practical examples with textual and graphical outputs.

Each BETOCS notebook contains :

definitions of the theoretical cosmological model;
reading of the observational X-ray gas mass fraction of galaxy clusters;
chi^2 definition;
Bayesian tools library;
calculation of the Bayesian PDF;
global maximization of PDF;
PDF visualization in 3 dimensions (if available);
PDF visualization and analysis in 2 dimensions;
PDF visualization in 1 dimension with (independent and dependent) parameter estimation.

Download

BETOCX v1.20 with 10 independent parameters (eta is fixed at 0.214) for LambdaCDM. Uses the 42 Chandra galaxy clusters dataset (Allen et al, arXiv:0706.0033v1). Part of the ref. [1] analyses. Developed and calculated by R. Colistete Jr. and R. Giostri. Mathematica 5 version (ZIP file with 4.1 MB).
X-Ray Gass Mass Fraction of Galaxy Clusters data file (1 KB) for the 42 X-ray fgas dataset (Allen et al, arXiv:0706.0033v1).

How to cite BETOCX

If you use BETOCX in your article, thesis, etc, please cite the BETOCX project :

"R. Colistete Jr. and R. Giostri, BayEsian Tools for Observational Cosmology using X-Ray of Galaxy Clusters (BETOCX), available on the Internet site http://www.RobertoColistete.net/BETOCX, (2007)"

or in TeX format :

"\bibitem{betocx} R. Colistete Jr. and R. Giostri, \textit{\textbf{B}ay\textbf{E}sian \textbf{T}ools for \textbf{O}bservational \textbf{C}osmology using \textbf{X}-Ray of Galaxy Clusters (\textbf{BETOCX})}, available on the Internet site http://www.RobertoColistete.net/BETOCX, (2007)".

You can also cite some of our articles (they are listed below among other articles) which detail the use of BETOCX applied to some cosmological models (LambdaCDM, Chaplygin Gas Model, etc).

I would be very grateful if you send us a email telling that you have used BETOCX in your work, with your opinion, suggestion of new features, etc. This feedback is important for future releases of BETOCX.

Pratical uses of BETOCX : articles, etc

R. Giostri and R. Colistete Jr., "Chaplygin gas model using 42 X-ray of galaxy clusters and 182 SNe Ia : not black or white", to be sent for publication.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to members of the Gravitation and Cosmology Group (Grupo de Cosmologia e Gravitação - GCG) of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES), as I have learned a lot of observational cosmology from them since 2002;
I would like to thank the support from the Physics Department (Departamento de Física) and Post-Graduation in Physics (Pós-Graduação em Física) of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES);
Thanks to the financial support from PRONEX 2006 (FAPES/CNPq).

About BETOCX

BETOCX version 1.20 for Mathematica v4/5.

Copyright © 2007 Roberto Colistete Jr & Ramón Giostri.

BETOCX is a freeware and open source software. It is supplied as is and comes with no warranty. The authors accept no liability for any data that may be lost using this program.

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