English
Related papers

Related papers: A new method based on Markov chains for deriving S…

200 papers

We present a powerful new algorithm that combines both spatial information (event locations and the point spread function) and spectral information (photon energies) to separate photons from overlapping sources. We use Bayesian statistical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-06 David E. Jones , Vinay L. Kashyap , David A. van Dyk

We propose a new approach for estimating the finite dimensional transition matrix of a Markov chain using a large number of independent sample paths observed at random times. The sample paths may be observed as few as two times, and the…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-05-20 Daphne Aurouet , Valentin Patilea

A technique is described for the detection and measurement of close binary systems whose images are unresolved. The method is based on analysis of the moment of inertia tensor of the image, from which the product of the binary flux ratio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Paul Hickson

This paper presents a Bayesian method for identification of jump Markov linear system parameters. A primary motivation is to provide accurate quantification of parameter uncertainty without relying on asymptotic in data-length arguments. To…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-02-11 Mark P. Balenzuela , Adrian G. Wills , Christopher Renton , Brett Ninness

A spectroscopic technique employing an iodine absorption cell (I_2) to superimpose a reference spectrum onto a stellar spectrum is currently the most widely adopted approach to obtain precision radial velocities of solar-type stars. It has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Maciej Konacki

Resolved kinematical information, such as from molecular gas in star forming regions, is obtained from spectral line observations. However, these observations often contain multiple line-of-sight components, making estimates harder to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-15 Vlas Sokolov , Jaime E. Pineda , Johannes Buchner , Paola Caselli

Wide binary stars are important for testing alternative models of gravitation in the weak-field regime and understanding the statistical outcomes of dynamical interactions in the general Galactic field. The Gaia mission's collection of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-28 Valeri V. Makarov

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods asymptotically sample from complex probability distributions. The pseudo-marginal MCMC framework only requires an unbiased estimator of the unnormalized probability distribution function to construct…

Computation · Statistics 2016-05-25 Iain Murray , Matthew M. Graham

In this paper a new double-domain spectral method to compute binary black hole excision initial data is presented. The method solves a system of elliptic partial differential equations in the exterior of two excised spheres. At the surface…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Marcus Ansorg

We selected three double-lined spectroscopic binary systems which have extreme mass ratios, if measured using the Wilson method. We analysed medium resolution spectroscopic observations and space-based photometry and find that all these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-16 Mikhail Kovalev , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

We present the main-sequence binary (MSMS) Catalog derived from Gaia Data Release 3 BP/RP (XP) spectra. Leveraging the vast sample of low-resolution Gaia XP spectra, we develop a forward modeling approach that maps stellar mass and…

Young, intermediate-mass stars are experiencing renewed interest as targets for direct-imaging planet searches. However, these types of stars are part of multiple systems more often than not. Close stellar companions affect the formation…

We present multi-epoch spectroscopic observations of the massive binary system WR21a, which include the January 2011 periastron passage. Our spectra reveal multiple SB2 lines and facilitate an accurate determination of the orbit and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 F. Tramper , H. Sana , N. E. Fitzsimons , A. de Koter , L. Kaper , L. Mahy , A. Moffat

A trade-off between speed and information controls our understanding of astronomical objects. Fast-to-acquire photometric observations provide global properties, while costly and time-consuming spectroscopic measurements enable a better…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-11 Lars Doorenbos , Stefano Cavuoti , Giuseppe Longo , Massimo Brescia , Raphael Sznitman , Pablo Márquez-Neila

Over the past 30 years, numerous large-scale photometric astronomical surveys have been conducted, including SDSS, Pan-STARRS, Gaia,2MASS, WISE, and others. These surveys provide extensive photometric measurements that can be used to infer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-03 Mateusz Kapusta

We present the detection of false positive double-lined spectroscopic binaries candidates (SB2) using medium-resolution survey (MRS) spectra from the one time-domain field of LAMOST data release 10 (DR10). The secondary component in all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Mikhail Kovalev , Olivier R. Hainaut , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

We describe an analytical method for computing the orbital parameters of a planet from the periodogram of a radial velocity signal. The method is very efficient and provides a good approximation of the orbital parameters. The accuracy is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-01 J. -B. Delisle , D. Ségransan , N. Buchschacher , F. Alesina

Two trace formulas for the spectra of arbitrary Hermitian matrices are derived by transforming the given Hermitian matrix $H$ to a unitary analogue. In the first type the unitary matrix is $e^{i(\lambda\II - H)}$ where $\lambda$ is the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Sven Gnutzmann , Uzy Smilansky

In this article, a novel analytical approach is presented for the analysis of electromagnetic (EM) scattering from radially inhomogeneous spherical structures (RISSs) based on the duality principle. According to the spherical symmetry,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 Mohammad Kiani , Ali Abdolali , Mahdi Safari

Here we present speckle observations of 16 low-separation ($s<30$ AU) high probability candidate binaries from the catalog by Medan et al., where secondaries typically lack astrometric solutions in Gaia. From these speckle observations, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-05 Ilija Medan , Sébastien Lépine , Zachary Hartman , Keivan G. Stassun