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Apertif (APERture Tile In Focus) is one of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) pathfinder facilities. The Apertif project is an upgrade to the 50-year-old Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) using phased-array feed technology. The new…

We present a data reduction pipeline written in Python for data obtained with the near-infrared cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph, WINERED, which yields a 0.91$-$1.35 $\mu$m spectrum with the resolving power of $R_{\text{max}} \equiv…

Transient radio phenomena and pulsars are one of six LOFAR Key Science Projects (KSPs). As part of the Transients KSP, the Pulsar Working Group (PWG) has been developing the LOFAR Pulsar Data Pipelines to both study known pulsars as well as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 A. Alexov , J. W. T. Hessels , J. D. Mol , B. Stappers , J. van Leeuwen

The Herschel Space Observatory was the fourth cornerstone mission in the European Space Agency (ESA) science programme with excellent broad band imaging capabilities in the sub-mm and far-infrared part of the spectrum. Although the…

We describe the validation of the HERA Phase I software pipeline by a series of modular tests, building up to an end-to-end simulation. The philosophy of this approach is to validate the software and algorithms used in the Phase I upper…

We describe a versatile pipeline for processing the data collected by the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board Indian Multi-wavelength astronomical satellite AstroSat.The UVIT instrument carries out simultaneous astronomical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 S. K. Ghosh , S. N. Tandon , S. K. Singh , D. S. Shelat , P. Tahlani , A. K. Singh , T. P. Srinivasan , P. Joseph , A. Devaraj , K. George , R. Mohan , J. Postma , C. S. Stalin

We propose a novel method to reconstruct the spatio-temporal amplitude and phase of the electric field of ultrashort laser pulses using spatially-resolved spectral interferometry. This method is based on a fiber-optic coupler interferometer…

Optical spectrum analysis is the cornerstone of spectroscopic sensing, optical network performance monitoring, and hyperspectral imaging. While conventional high-performance spectrometers used to perform such analysis are often large…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-03-19 Derek M. Kita , Brando Miranda , David Favela , David Bono , Jerome Michon , Hongtao Lin , Tian Gu , Juejun Hu

We describe the model for the mapping from sky brightness to the digital output of the Dark Energy Camera, and the algorithms adopted by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) for inverting this model to obtain photometric measures of celestial…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 G. M. Bernstein , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Desai , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , M. D. Johnson , H. Lin , F. Menanteau , E. Morganson , E. Neilsen , K. Paech , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , B. Yanny

Bolometric experiments searching for rare events usually require an extremely low radioactive background to prevent spurious signals from mimicking those of interest, spoiling the sensitivity of the apparatus. In such contexts, radioactive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-28 P. Carniti , L. Cassina , A. Giachero , C. Gotti , G. Pessina

We present a setup for complete characterization of femtosecond pulses generated by seeded free-electron lasers (FEL's) in the extreme-ultraviolet spectral region. Two delayed and spectrally shifted replicas are produced and used for…

We describe a spin-resolved electron spectrometer capable of uniquely efficient and high energy resolution measurements. Spin analysis is obtained through polarimetry based on low-energy exchange scattering from a ferromagnetic thin-film…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-21 C. Jozwiak , J. Graf , G. Lebedev , N. Andresen , A. K. Schmid , A. V. Fedorov , F. El Gabaly , W. Wan , A. Lanzara , Z. Hussain

KMOS is a multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrometer with 24 deployable pick-off arms. Data processing is inevitably complex. We discuss specific issues and requirements that must be addressed in the data reduction pipeline, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Richard Davies , Alex Agudo Berbel , Erich Wiezorrek , Thomas Ott , Natascha Foerster Schreiber

We describe a flagging and calibration pipeline intended for making quick look images from GMRT data. The package identifies and flags corrupted visibilities, computes calibration solutions and interpolates these onto the target source.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-20 Jayanti Prasad , Jayaram Chengalur

The multiple scattering of coherent light is a problem of both fundamental and applied importance. In optics, phase conjugation allows spatial focussing and imaging through a multiply scattering medium; however, temporal control is…

We present a final description of the data-processing pipeline for the Planck, Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), implemented for the 2018 data release. Several improvements have been made with respect to the previous release, especially in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 Planck Collaboration , Y. Akrami , F. Argüeso , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , L. P. L. Colombo , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , E. Di Valentino , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , S. Donzelli , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , D. Molinari , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , G. Patanchon , L. Patrizii , M. Peel , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , B. Racine , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , D. S. Seljebotn , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. D. Spencer , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , F. Vansyngel , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , R. Watson , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Fully automated astronomical data calibration and imaging pipelines are difficult to develop without a good prototyping method which permits to bridge the time between observatory commissioning and the moment when the special features and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Dirk Petry

The concept of a recently proposed small-scale interferometric optical imaging device, an instrument known as the Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-optical Reconnaissance (SPIDER), is of great interest for its possible…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Luke Pratley , Jason D. McEwen

We present the data reduction pipeline, MEAD, for Arizona Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (ALES), the first thermal infrared integral field spectrograph designed for high-contrast imaging. ALES is an upgrade of LMIRCam, the $1-5\,\mu$m…

The Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-Optical Reconnaissance (SPIDER) is an optical interferometric imaging device that aims to offer an alternative to the large space telescope designs of today with reduced size, weight and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-17 Matthijs Mars , Marta M. Betcke , Jason D. McEwen