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DAmodel: Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling of DA White Dwarfs for Spectrophotometric Calibration
Benjamin M. Boyd, Gautham Narayan, Kaisey S. Mandel, Matthew Grayling, Abhijit Saha, Tim Axelrod, Thomas Matheson, Edward W. Olszewski, Annalisa Calamida, Aaron Do, Ralph C. Bohlin, Jay B. Holberg, Ivan Hubeny, Susana Deustua, Armin Rest, Christopher W. Stubbs, Aidan Berres, Mai Li, John W. Mackenty, Elena Sabbi
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We use hierarchical Bayesian modelling to calibrate a network of 32 all-sky faint DA white dwarf (DA WD) spectrophotometric standards (16.5 < V < 19.5) alongside three CALSPEC standards, from 912 \r{A} to 32 μm. The framework is the first of its kind to jointly infer photometric zeropoints and WD parameters (surface gravity logg, effective temperature T_(eff), extinction A_V, dust relation parameter R_V) by simultaneously modelling both photometric and spectroscopic data. We model panchromatic Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (HST/WFC3) UVIS and IR photometry, HST/STIS UV spectroscopy and ground-based optical spectroscopy to sub-percent precision. Photometric residuals for the sample are the lowest yet yielding <0.004 mag RMS on average from the UV to the NIR, achieved by jointly inferring time-dependent changes in system sensitivity and WFC3/IR count-rate nonlinearity. Our GPU-accelerated implementation enables efficient sampling via Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, critical for exploring the high-dimensional posterior space. The hierarchical nature of the model enables population analysis of intrinsic WD and dust parameters. Inferred spectral energy distributions from this model will be essential for calibrating the James Webb Space Telescope as well as next-generation surveys, including Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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