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Simulators, as tools that can clearly bring out the effect of impairment, are invaluable in the design and development process of an assistive device. Simulators are vital in meeting high standards of accessibility. Described is our work on…

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We present an open-source simulation framework for optically detected magnetic resonance, developed in Python. The framework allows users to construct, manipulate, and evolve multipartite quantum systems that consist of spins and electronic…

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We present a Python module for simulating Silicon Photo-Multipliers, Avalanche Photo-Diodes, and Multi-Pixel Photon Counters. This module allows users to perform noise analyses: Dark Count Rate, crosstalk, and afterpulsing. Furthermore, the…

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This paper presents Navigation and Rendering Pipeline for Astronautics (NaRPA) - a novel ray-tracing-based computer graphics engine to model and simulate light transport for space-borne imaging. NaRPA incorporates lighting models with…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Roshan Thomas Eapen , Ramchander Rao Bhaskara , Manoranjan Majji

This paper presents the design, development, and application of a novel space simulation environment for rapidly prototyping and testing flight software for distributed space systems. The environment combines the flexibility, determinism,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Toby Bell , Simone D'Amico

Machine learning, and eventually true artificial intelligence techniques, are extremely important advancements in astrophysics and astronomy. We explore the application of deep learning using neural networks in order to automate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-29 James Bird , Kellan Colburn , Linda Petzold , Philip Lubin

ixpeobssim is a simulation and analysis framework, based on the Python programming language and the associated scientific ecosystem, specifically developed for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Given a source model and the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-23 L. Baldini , N. Bucciantini , N. Di Lalla , S. R. Ehlert , A. Manfreda , M. Negro , N. Omodei , M. Pesce-Rollins , C. Sgrò , S. Silvestri

We give an overview of the SImulation of X-ray TElescopes (SIXTE) software package, a generic, mission-independent Monte Carlo simulation toolkit for X-ray astronomical instrumentation. The package is based on a modular approach for the…

On-orbit proximity operations in space rendezvous, docking and debris removal require precise and robust 6D pose estimation under a wide range of lighting conditions and against highly textured background, i.e., the Earth. This paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-30 Pedro F. Proenca , Yang Gao

JASMINE is a Japanese planned space mission that aims to reveal the formation history of our Galaxy and discover habitable exoEarths. For these objectives, the JASMINE satellite performs high-precision astrometric observations of the…

Scientific discovery via numerical simulations is important in modern astrophysics. This relatively new branch of astrophysics has become possible due to the development of reliable numerical algorithms and the high performance of modern…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 Penny Xuran Qian , Maxwell Xu Cai , Simon Portegies Zwart , Ming Zhu

The preparation of science objectives of the ESA's PLATO space mission will require the implementation of hare-and-hound exercises relying on the massive generation of representative simulated light-curves. We developed a light-curve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 R. Samadi , A. Deru , D. Reese , V. Marchiori , E. Grolleau , J. J. Green , M. Pertenais , Y. Lebreton , S. Deheuvels , B. Mosser , K. Belkacem , A. Borner , A. M. S. Smith

Cosmic microwave background experiments have experienced an exponential increase in complexity, data size and sensitivity. One of the goals of current and future experiments is to characterize the B-mode power spectrum, which would be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-07 P. Fluxá , M. K. Brewer , R. Dünner

ScopeSim is a flexible multipurpose instrument data simulation framework built in Python. It enables both raw and reduced observation data to be simulated for a wide range of telescopes and instruments quickly and efficiently on a personal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Kieran Leschinski , Hugo Buddelmeijer , Oliver Czoske , Miguel Verdugo , Gijs Verdoes-Kleijn , Werner Zeilinger

We present SimSpin, a new, public, software framework for generating integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data cubes from N-body/hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies, which can be compared directly with observational datasets. SimSpin…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-26 K. E. Harborne , C. Power , A. S. G. Robotham

This paper presents GSWorld, a robust, photo-realistic simulator for robotics manipulation that combines 3D Gaussian Splatting with physics engines. Our framework advocates "closing the loop" of developing manipulation policies with…

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Characterization of uncooperative Resident Space Objects (RSO) play a crucial role in On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to assess the geometry and motion properties. To address the challenges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Bala Prenith Reddy Gopu , Timothy Jacob Huber , George M. Nehma , Patrick Quinn , Madhur Tiwari , Matt Ueckermann , David Hinckley , Christopher McKenna

We present Paicos, a new object-oriented Python package for analyzing simulations performed with Arepo. Paicos strives to reduce the learning curve for students and researchers getting started with Arepo simulations. As such, Paicos…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-24 Thomas Berlok , Léna Jlassi , Ewald Puchwein , Troels Haugbølle

To extend the limited scope of autonomy used in prior missions for operation in distant and complex environments, there is a need to further develop and mature autonomy that jointly reasons over multiple subsystems, which we term…

ESA's PLATO mission aims the detection and characterization of terrestrial planets around solar-type stars as well as the study of host star properties. The noise-to-signal ratio (NSR) is the main performance parameter of the PLATO…