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Intensive reverberation mapping monitoring programs combine ground-based photometric observations from different telescopes, requiring intercalibration of lightcurves to reduce systematic instrumental differences. We present a new iterative…

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Time series forecasting plays a crucial role in decision-making across various domains, but it presents significant challenges. Recent studies have explored image-driven approaches using computer vision models to address these challenges,…

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2LS ("tools") is a verification tool for C programs, built upon the CPROVER framework. It allows one to verify user-specified assertions, memory safety properties (e.g. buffer overflows), numerical overflows, division by zero, memory leaks,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Daniel Kroening , Viktor Malík , Peter Schrammel , Tomáš Vojnar

We present here the first release of the open-source python package ExoTETHyS, which aims to provide a stand-alone set of tools for modeling spectro-photometric observations of the transiting exoplanets. In particular, we describe: (1) a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Giuseppe Morello , Antonio Claret , Marine Martin-Lagarde , Christophe Cossou , Angelos Tsiaras , Pierre-Olivier Lagage

Modern Astrophysics is based on multi-wavelength data organized into large and heterogeneous catalogues. Hence, the need for efficient, reliable and scalable catalogue cross-matching methods plays a crucial role in the era of the petabyte…

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In this article we report the release of a new program for batch processing and visualization of powder diffraction data. The program, which is free-of-charge for non-commercial use and can be obtained with its detailed documentation from…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-12-05 Taha Sochi

Strong variations of any kind and causes within a stellar light curve may prohibit the detection of transits, particularly of faint or shallow transits caused by small planets passing in front of the stellar disk. The success of future…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-29 Sascha Grziwa , Martin Pätzold

A key science goal of large sky surveys such as those conducted by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and precursors to the Square Kilometre Array is the identification of variable and transient objects. One approach is the statistical analysis…

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Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Paweł Weichbroth , Jakub Buczkowski

A key goal of radio and $\gamma-$ray observations of active galactic nuclei is to characterize their time variability in order to elucidate physical processes responsible for the radiation. I describe algorithms for relevant time series…

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Magnetic activity in stars manifests as dark spots on their surfaces that modulate the brightness observed by telescopes. These light curves contain important information on stellar rotation. However, the accurate estimation of rotation…

Time-domain surveys have advanced astronomical research by revealing diverse variable phenomena, from stellar flares to transient events. The scale and complexity of survey data, along with the demand for rapid classification, present…

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SimOutUtils is a suite of MATLAB/Octave functions for studying and analyzing time series-like output from stochastic simulation models. More specifically, SimOutUtils allows modelers to study and visualize simulation output dynamics,…

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We describe a new software package for simulating channelised, high-time resolution data streams from radio telescopes. The software simulates data from the telescope and observing system taking into account the observation strategy,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-09 Rui Luo , George Hobbs , Suk Yee Yong , Andrew Zic , Lawrence Toomey , Shi Dai , Alex Dunning , Di Li , Tommy Marshman , Chen Wang , Pei Wang , Shuangqiang Wang , Songbo Zhang

Static analysis approximates the results of a program by examining only its syntax. For example, control-flow analysis (CFA) determines which syntactic lambdas (for functional languages) or (for object-oriented) methods may be invoked at…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2021-07-28 Davis Ross Silverman , Yihao Sun , Kristopher Micinski , Thomas Gilray

This paper introduces a new open-source software program called VoroTop, which uses Voronoi topology to analyze local structure in atomic systems. Strengths of this approach include its abilities to analyze high-temperature systems and to…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-13 Emanuel A. Lazar

Many astrophysical phenomena are time-varying, in the sense that their brightness change over time. In the case of periodic stars, previous approaches assumed that changes in period, amplitude, and phase are well described by either…

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Software visualization helps to comprehend the system by providing a vivid illustration. The developers, as well as the analysts, can have a glance over the total system to understand the basic changes over time from a high-level point of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-16 Fazle Rabbi , Nishat Tasnim Niloy , Nadia Nahar , Md. Nurul Ahad Tawhid

Visualizing changes over time is fundamental to learning from the past and anticipating the future. However, temporal semantics can be complicated, and existing visualization tools often struggle to accurately represent these complexities.…

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