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We investigate biases induced by the conversion between the observed image shape to shear distortion in current weak lensing analysis methods. Such overall calibration biases cannot be detected by the standard tests such as E/B…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Christopher M. Hirata , Uros Seljak

This work addresses a procedure to estimate fundamental stellar parameters such as T eff , logg, [Fe/H], and v sin i using a dimensionality reduction technique called Principal Component Analysis (PCA), applied to a large database of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-18 W. Farah , M. Gebran , F. Paletou , R. Blomme

Maximising the information that can be extracted from weak lensing measurements is a key goal for upcoming surveys such as LSST and Euclid. This is typically achieved through statistics that are complementary to the cosmic shear two-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-11 Christopher T. Davies , Marius Cautun , Benjamin Giblin , Baojiu Li , Joachim Harnois-Déraps , Yan-Chuan Cai

We present a new technique for monitoring microlensing activity even in highly crowded fields, and use this technique to place limits on low-mass MACHOs in the haloes of M31 and the Galaxy. Unlike present Galactic microlensing surveys, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Austin B. Tomaney , Arlin P. S. Crotts

Context: in astronomy, observing large fractions of the sky within a reasonable amount of time implies using large field-of-view (fov) optical instruments that typically have a spatially varying Point Spread Function (PSF). Depending on the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-20 F. M. Ngolè Mboula , J. -L. Starck

Principal component analysis (PCA) plays an important role in the analysis of cryo-EM images for various tasks such as classification, denoising, compression, and ab-initio modeling. We introduce a fast method for estimating a compressed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Nicholas F. Marshall , Oscar Mickelin , Yunpeng Shi , Amit Singer

Accessing the point-spread function (PSF) of a complex optical system is important for a variety of imaging applications. However, placing an invasive point source is often impractical, and estimating it blindly with multiple frames is slow…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-23 Tengfei Wu , Jonathan Dong , Sylvain Gigan

Localization microscopy enables imaging with resolutions that surpass the conventional optical diffraction limit. Notably, the MINFLUX method achieves super-resolution by shaping the excitation point-spread function (PSF) to minimize the…

Single Particle Tracking (SPT) is a powerful class of tools for analyzing the dynamics of individual biological macromolecules moving inside living cells. The acquired data is typically in the form of a sequence of camera images that are…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2020-01-23 Ye Lin , Sean B. Andersson

The next generation of space-based telescopes used for weak lensing surveys will require exquisite point spread function (PSF) determination. Previously negligible effects may become important in the reconstruction of the PSF, in part…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 T. Kuntzer , F. Courbin , G. Meylan

An index-guiding photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with an array of air holes surrounding the silica core region has special characteristics compared to conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs). Using the effective index method and the Gaussian…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Kliros , J. Konstantinidis , C. Thraskias

One of the most important issues in the image processing is the approximation of the image that has been lost due to the blurring process. These types of matters are divided into non-blind and blind problems. The second type of problem is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Reza Parvaz

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association's (NEMA) NU 4-2008 standard specifies methodology for evaluating the performance of small-animal PET scanners. The standard's goal is to enable comparison of different PET scanners over a…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 Patrick Hallen , David Schug , Volkmar Schulz

The Point Spread Function (PSF) is a key figure of merit for specifying the angular resolution of optical systems and, as the demand for higher and higher angular resolution increases, the problem of surface finishing must be taken…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-04 K. Tayabaly , D. Spiga , G. Sironi , R. Canestrari , M. Lavagna , G. Pareschi

The point-spread function (PSF) is a fundamental property of any astronomical instrument. In interferometers, differing array configurations combined with their $uv$ coverage, and various weighting schemes can produce an irregular but…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-20 Jack F. Radcliffe , R. J. Beswick , A. P. Thomson , A. Njeri , T. W. B. Muxlow

Neglecting the second order corrections in weak lensing measurements can lead to a few percent uncertainties on cosmic shears, and becomes more important for cluster lensing mass reconstructions. Existing methods which claim to measure the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jun Zhang

High-fidelity simulated astronomical images are an important tool in developing and measuring the performance of image-processing algorithms, particularly for high precision measurements of cosmic shear -- correlated distortions of images…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-25 Claire-Alice Hébert , Joshua E. Meyers , My H. Do , Patricia R. Burchat , the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

The weak gravitational lensing is a powerful tool in modern cosmology. To accurately measure the weak lensing signal, one has to control the systematic bias to a small level. One of the most difficult problems is how to correct the smearing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Q. Y. Liu , X. Z. Er , Z. H. Fan , D. Z. Liu , G. L. Li , C. L. Wei , Z. Ban , X. B. Li , D. Yue

In gamma ray astronomy muon events have a distinct feature of casting ring-like images on the sensor plane, thus forming a well known signal class for Cherenkov telescopes. These ring-like images can then be used to deduce the optical point…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Laurits Tani

We develop an accurate and computationally efficient emulator to model the gravitational lensing magnification probability distribution function (PDF), enabling robust cosmological inference of point sources such as supernovae and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Tunç Türker , Valerio Marra , Tiago Castro , Miguel Quartin , Stefano Borgani