Skymapping with OSSE via the Mean Field Annealing Pixon Technique
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
We present progress toward using scanned OSSE observations for mapping and sky survey work. To this end, we have developed a technique for detecting pointlike sources of unknown number and location, given that they appear in a background which is relatively featureless or which can be modeled. The technique, based on the newly developed concept and mean field annealing, is described, with sample reconstructions of data from the OSSE Virgo Survey. The results demonstrate the capability of reconstructing source information without any a priori information about the number and/or location of pointlike sources in the field-of-view.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9703042,
title = {Skymapping with OSSE via the Mean Field Annealing Pixon Technique},
author = {D. D. Dixon and T. O. Tumer and A. D. Zych and L. X. Cheng and W. N. Johnson and J. D. Kurfess and R. K. Pina and R. C. Puetter and W. R. Purcell and Wm. A. Wheaton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9703042},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
15 pages, 4 Postscript figs, AASTeX, uses psfig and epsf. To appear in the Astrophysical Journal, vol. 484