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In this work we deal with the problem of simultaneous multifrequency detection of extragalactic point sources in maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background. We apply a linear filtering technique that uses spatial information and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 L. F. Lanz , D. Herranz , J. L. Sanz , J. González-Nuevo , M. López-Caniego

A commonly used measure to summarize the nature of a photon spectrum is the so-called Hardness Ratio, which compares the number of counts observed in different passbands. The hardness ratio is especially useful to distinguish between and…

We consider the sound ranging, or source localization, problem --- find the unknown source-point from known moments when the spherical wave of linearly, with time, increasing radius reaches known sensor-points --- in some non-proper metric…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Sergij V. Goncharov

We propose a scenario that involves a stationary observer who detects a point like source of light moving with constant velocity at a constant altitude, using a telescope and a frequency-meter. We derive a formula for the angular velocity…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-04 Bernhard Rothenstein , Ioan Damian

In this work we derive analytic expressions and numerical recipes for finding the effective observed position of sources close enough on sky that their Point Spread Functions (PSF), modelled as Gaussian profiles, overlap. In particularly we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Zephyr Penoyre

Uncertainty in the wide-angle Point Spread Function (PSF) at large angles (tens of arcseconds and beyond) is one of the dominant sources of error in a number of important quantities in observational astronomy. Examples include the stellar…

A tool for representation of the one-dimensional astrometric signal of Gaia is described and investigated in terms of fit discrepancy and astrometric performance with respect to number of parameters required. The proposed basis function is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-12 Dr Mario Gai , Rossella Cancelliere , Deborah Busonero

The accuracy in position and flux density of 19 large radio continuum source catalogues has been determined using SPECFIND, a new tool recently made available through the CDS. The ~67000 radio continuum spectra with three or more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Vollmer , E. Davoust , P. Dubois , F. Genova , F. Ochsenbein , W. van Driel

Dense aperture arrays provide key benefits in modern astrophysical research. They are flexible, employing cheap receivers, while relying on the ever more sophisticated compute back-end to deal with the complexities of signal processing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 A. Shulevski , T. M. O. Franzen , W. L. Williams , T. Vernstrom , B. K. Gehlot , M. Kuiack , R. A. M. J. Wijers

We present a unified framework to derive fundamental stellar parameters by combining all available observational and theoretical information for a star. The algorithm relies on the method of Bayesian inference, which for the first time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Ralph Schönrich , Maria Bergemann

Large-scale and deep sky survey missions are rapidly collecting a large amount of stellar spectra, which necessitate the estimation of atmospheric parameters directly from spectra and makes it feasible to statistically investigate latent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-13 Xiangru Li , Q. M. Jonathan Wu , Ali Luo , Yongheng Zhao , Yu Lu , Fang Zuo , Tan Yang , Yongjun Wang

We provide a detailed description of the Herschel-SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) Spectral Feature Finder (FF). The FF is an automated process designed to extract significant spectral features from SPIRE FTS data products.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-24 R. Hopwood , I. Valtchanov , Locke D. Spencer , J. P. Scott , C. S. Benson , N. Marchili , N. Hladczuk , E. T. Polehampton , N. Lu , G. Makiwa , D. A. Naylor , B. G. Gom , G. Noble , M. J. Griffin

The detection and flux estimation of point sources in cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps is a very important task in order to clean the maps and also to obtain relevant astrophysical information. In this paper we propose a maximum a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 F. Argueso , E. Salerno , D. Herranz , J. L. Sanz , E. E. Kuruoglu , K. Kayabol

Context. Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star forming galaxies (SFGs) are the primary sources of extragalactic radio sky. But it is difficult to distinguish the radio emission produced by AGNs from that by SFGs, especially when the radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-17 Xu-Liang Fan , Jie Li

Modern radio telescopes will daily generate data sets on the scale of exabytes for systems like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Massive data sets are a source of unknown and rare astrophysical phenomena that lead to discoveries.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-08 Steven Ndung'u , Trienko Grobler , Stefan J. Wijnholds , Dimka Karastoyanova , George Azzopardi

The slope of the source-count distribution of fast radio burst (FRB) fluences, $\alpha$, has been estimated using a variety of methods. Hampering all attempts have been the low number of detected FRBs, and the difficulty of defining a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 C. W. James , R. D. Ekers , J. -P. Macquart , K. W. Bannister , R. M. Shannon

Blur in X-ray radiographs not only reduces the sharpness of image edges but also reduces the overall contrast. The effective blur in a radiograph is the combined effect of blur from multiple sources such as the detector panel, X-ray source…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-08 K. Aditya Mohan , Robert M. Panas , Jefferson A. Cuadra

The localization of multiple signal sources using sensor arrays has been a long-standing research challenge. While numerous solutions have been developed, signal space methods like MUSIC and ESPRIT have gained widespread popularity. As…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Mehdi Haghshenas , Aamir Mahmood , Mikael Gidlund

Highly multiplexed, fiber-fed spectroscopy is enabling surveys of millions of stars and galaxies. The performance of these surveys depends on accurately positioning fibers in the focal plane to capture target light. We describe a technique…

Aims: We developed a new method of estimating the stellar parameters Teff, log g, [M/H], and elemental abundances. This method was implemented in a new code, SP_Ace (Stellar Parameters And Chemical abundances Estimator). This is a highly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 C. Boeche , E. K. Grebel