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We propose a new method for Point Spread Function (PSF) correction in weak gravitational lensing shear analysis using an artificial image with the same ellipticity as the lensed image. This avoids the systematic error associated with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Yuki Okura , Toshifumi Futamase

The Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST) presents significant potential for high-precision astrometry. In this study, we show that the point spread function (PSF) modeled by the discrete PSF with Multi-Gaussian function can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-15 Jialu Nie , Peng Wei , Zihuang Cao , Yibo Yan , Chao Liu , Hao Tian , Xin Zhang , Haijun Tian

A long-standing challenge in multiple-particle-tracking is the accurate and precise 3D localization of individual particles at close proximity. One established approach for snapshot 3D imaging is point-spread-function (PSF) engineering, in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-01 Elias Nehme , Boris Ferdman , Lucien E. Weiss , Tal Naor , Daniel Freedman , Tomer Michaeli , Yoav Shechtman

We present the implementation and use of algorithms for matching point-spread functions (PSFs) within the Pan-STARRS Image Processing Pipeline (IPP). PSF-matching is an essential part of the IPP for the detection of supernovae and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Paul A. Price , Eugene A. Magnier

Optical astronomical images are strongly affected by the point spread function (PSF) of the optical system and the atmosphere (seeing) which blurs the observed image. The amount of blurring depends both on the observed band, and on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-31 Hong Wang , Sreevarsha Sreejith , Yuewei Lin , Nesar Ramachandra , Anže Slosar , Shinjae Yoo

This paper explores a novel connection between two areas: shape analysis of surfaces and unbalanced optimal transport. Specifically, we characterize the square root normal field (SRNF) shape distance as the pullback of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-22 Martin Bauer , Emmanuel Hartman , Eric Klassen

We examined the anisotropic point spread function (PSF) of Suprime-Cam data utilizing dense star field data. We decomposed the PSF ellipticities into three components, the optical aberration, atmospheric turbulence, and chip-misalignment in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Takashi Hamana , Satoshi Miyazaki , Yuki Okura , Tomohiro Okamura , Toshifumi Futamase

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

Accurate knowledge of the telescope's point spread function (PSF) is essential for the weak gravitational lensing measurements that hold great promise for cosmological constraints. For space telescopes, the PSF may vary with time due to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhaoming Ma , Gary Bernstein , Alan Weinstein , Michael Sholl

One of the problems often encountered in X-ray mirror manufacturing is setting proper manufacturing tolerances to guarantee an angular resolution - often expressed in terms of Point Spread Function (PSF) - as needed by the specific science…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-17 D. Spiga , L. Raimondi

In a previous work we have demonstrated a novel numerical model for the point spread function (PSF) of an optical system that can efficiently model both experimental measurements and lens design simulations of the PSF. The novelty lies in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-25 Matthias Lehmann , Christian Wittpahl , Hatem Ben Zakour , Alexander Braun

Cosmic shear requires high precision measurement of galaxy shapes in the presence of the observational Point Spread Function (PSF) that smears out the image. The PSF must therefore be known for each galaxy to a high accuracy. However, for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 E. S. Cypriano , A. Amara , L. M. Voigt , S. L. Bridle , F. B. Abdalla , A. Refregier , M. Seiffert , J. Rhodes

Training autonomous vehicles requires lots of driving sequences in all situations\cite{zhao2016}. Typically a simulation environment (software-in-the-loop, SiL) accompanies real-world test drives to systematically vary environmental…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-01-09 Christian Wittpahl , Hatem Ben Zakour , Matthias Lehmann , Alexander Braun

Modern Giant Segmented Mirror Telescopes (GSMTs) like the Extremely Large Telescope, which is currently under construction, depend heavily on Adaptive Optics (AO) systems to correct for atmospheric distortions. However, a residual blur…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Roland Wagner , Jenny Niebsch , Ronny Ramlau

Weak gravitational lensing requires precise measurements of galaxy shapes and therefore an accurate knowledge of the PSF model. The latter can be a source of systematics that affect the shear two-point correlation function. A key stake of…

Many machine learning problems can be seen as approximating a \textit{target} distribution using a \textit{particle} distribution by minimizing their statistical discrepancy. Wasserstein Gradient Flow can move particles along a path that…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-06-07 Song Liu , Jiahao Yu , Jack Simons , Mingxuan Yi , Mark Beaumont

The control of systematic effects when measuring galaxy shapes is one of the main challenges for cosmic shear analyses. In this context, we study the fundamental limitations on shear accuracy due to the measurement of the Point Spread…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Paulin-Henriksson , A. Amara , L. Voigt , A. Refregier , S. L. Bridle

In this work we derive analytic expressions and numerical recipes for finding the effective observed position of sources close enough on sky that their Point Spread Functions (PSF), modelled as Gaussian profiles, overlap. In particularly we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Zephyr Penoyre

Accurate modelling of the effective point spread function (ePSF) is essential for high-precision photometry and astrometry, particularly in undersampled imaging regimes. In this work, we build on a well-established ePSF modelling framework…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Emma Godden , Katherine M. Blundell

Here we describe a simple, efficient, and most importantly fully operational point-spread-function(PSF)-reconstruction approach for laser-assisted ground layer adaptive optics (GLAO) in the frame of the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Thierry Fusco , R. Bacon , S. Kamann , S. Conseil , Benoit Neichel , Carlos Correia , Olivier Beltramo-Martin , Joel Vernet , Johann Kolb , Pierre-Yves Madec