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The program package SME (Spectroscopy Made Easy), designed to perform an analysis of stellar spectra using spectral fitting techniques, was updated due to adding new functions (isotopic and hyperfine splittins) in VALD and including grids…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 N. Piskunov , T. Ryabchikova , Yu. Pakhomov , T. Sitnova , S. Alexeeva , L. Mashonkina , T. Nordlander

To enhance the efficiency, scalability, and cross-survey applicability of stellar parameter inference in large spectroscopic datasets, we present a modular, parallelized Python framework with automated error estimation, built on the LAMOST…

The in-flight calibration and performance of the Solar Disk Imager (SDI), which is a pivotal instrument of the Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST) onboard the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) mission, suggested a much lower…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-03 Hui Liu , Hui Li , Sizhong Zou , Kaifan Ji , Zhenyu Jin , Jiahui Shan , Jingwei Li , Guanglu Shi , Yu Huang , Li Feng , Jianchao Xue , Qiao Li , Dechao Song , Ying Li

We present new advances in the spectral extraction of point-like sources adapted to the Infrared Spectrograph onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. For the first time, we created a super-sampled point spread function of the low-resolution…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 V. Lebouteiller , J. Bernard-Salas , G. C. Sloan , D. J. Barry

We describe the InfraRed Data Reduction (IRDR) software package, a small ANSI C library of fast image processing routines for automated pipeline reduction of infrared (dithered) observations. We developed the software to satisfy certain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chris N. Sabbey , Richard G. McMahon , James R. Lewis , Mike J. Irwin

The characterization of exoplanet requires reliable determination of the fundamental parameters of their host stars. Spectral fitting plays an important role in this process. For the majority of stellar parameters matching synthetic spectra…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 Ansgar Wehrhahn , Nikolai Piskunov , Tanja Ryabchikova

A novel variant of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) is introduced and experimentally demonstrated. Other than most previously demonstrated variants of SPIDER, our method is based on a…

The preparation of a space-mission that carries out any kind of imaging to detect high-precision low-amplitude variability of its targets requires a robust model for the expected performance of its instruments. This model cannot be derived…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-27 P. Marcos-Arenal , W. Zima , J. De Ridder , R. Huygen , C. Aerts

The fitting of spectral lines is a common step in the analysis of line observations and simulations. However, the observational noise, the presence of multiple velocity components, and potentially large data sets make it a non-trivial task.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-08 Mika Juvela , Devika Tharakkal

The currently operating space missions, as well as those that will be launched in the near future, (will) deliver high-quality data for millions of stellar objects. Since the majority of stellar astrophysical applications still (at least…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Andrew Tkachenko

DBSP_DRP is a python package that provides fully automated data reduction of data taken by the Double Spectrograph (DBSP) at the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (Oke & Gunn, 1982). The underlying data reduction functionality…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-29 Milan Sharma Mandigo-Stoba , Christoffer Fremling , Mansi M. Kasliwal

With ever increasing data rates produced by modern radio telescopes like LOFAR and future telescopes like the SKA, many data processing steps are overwhelmed by the amount of data that needs to be handled using limited compute resources.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 Sarod Yatawatta

SPICA is a mid to far infra-red space mission to explore the processes that form galaxies, stars and planets. SPICA/SAFARI is the far infrared spectrometer that provides near-background limited observations between 34 and 230 micrometers.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Russell F. Shipman , Bart Vandenbussche , Edgar Castillo-Dominguez , Alvaro Labiano , Willem Jellema , Angiola Orlando

Context. As increasingly more spectroscopic data are being delivered by medium- and high-resolving power multi-object spectrographs, more automatic stellar parameter determination softwares are being developed. The quality of the spectra…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-04 Helene Posbic , David Katz , Elisabetta Caffau , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Ana Gomez , Luca Sbordone , Frederic Arenou

The development of sensitive large format imaging arrays for the infrared promises to provide revolutionary capabilities for space astronomy. For example, the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on SIRTF will use four 256 x 256 arrays to provide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. J. Fixsen , S. H. Moseley , R. G. Arendt

Nowadays, analyzing and reducing the ever larger astronomical datasets is becoming a crucial challenge, especially for long cumulated observation times. The INTEGRAL/SPI X-gamma-ray spectrometer is an instrument for which it is essential to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-27 L. Bouchet , P. Amestoy , A. Buttari , F. -H. Rouet , M. Chauvin

Stellar spectroscopic surveys may bring useful statistical information on the links between Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) and interstellar environment. DIB databases can also be used as a complementary tool for locating interstellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Lucky Puspitarini , Rosine Lallement , Hui-Chen Chen

Accurately determining resonance frequencies and quality factors (Q) is crucial in accelerator physics and radiofrequency engineering, as these factors have direct impacts on system design, operational stability, and research results. The…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Kerem Semiz

In this paper we describe the FIT\textit{spec} code, a data mining tool for the automatic fitting of synthetic stellar spectra. The program uses a database of 27\,000 {\sc cmfgen} models of stellar atmospheres arranged in a six-dimensional…

This project presents the development and implementation of a compact spectrometer, named SPECTRUMMATE, tailored for small telescopes. Small telescopes offer several advantages: they are cost-effective, occupy less space, and are simpler to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Hien Phan-Thanh , Nguyen Nguyen-Duc , Thuy Le-Quang , Tobias C. Hinse , Quang Nguyen-Luong