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We developed a Python based framework for astronomical image processing and analysis. Astronomical image loading, normalizing, stacking, and filtering processes represent visible range images from grayscale. Besides, the blending process…

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The flux of cosmic rays in the heliosphere is subjected to variations that are related to the Sun's magnetic activity. To study this effect, updated time series of multichannel observations are needed. Here we present a web application that…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-10-13 David Pelosi , Nicola Tomassetti , Matteo Duranti

Most major scientific results produced by ground-based gamma-ray telescopes in the last 30 years have been obtained by expert members of the collaborations operating these instruments. This is due to the proprietary data and software…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-01 C. Nigro , T. Hassan , L. Olivera-Nieto

The observation of cosmic gamma-rays from the ground is based upon the detection of gamma-ray initiated air showers. At energies between approximately $10^{11}$ eV and $10^{13}$ eV, the imaging air Cherenkov technique is a particularly…

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We outline scientific objectives for monitoring X-ray sources and transients with wide-angle, coded mask cameras. It is now possible to instantaneously view half of the sky over long time intervals, gaining access to events of extraordinary…

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Materials with bespoke properties have long been identified by computational searches, and their experimental realisation is now coming within reach through autonomous laboratories. Scattering experiments are central to verifying the atomic…

In this work, we identify elements of effective machine learning datasets in astronomy and present suggestions for their design and creation. Machine learning has become an increasingly important tool for analyzing and understanding the…

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We give a gentle introduction to solar imaging data, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of data-driven approaches for solar eruptions. The various solar phenomenon prediction problems that might benefit from statistical methods…

Applications · Statistics 2024-07-03 Yang Chen , Ward Manchester , Meng Jin , Alexei Pevtsov

The convergence between astronomy and data sonification represents a significant advancement in the approach and analysis of cosmic information. By surpassing the visual exclusivity in data analysis in astronomy, innovative projects have…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 Natasha Bertaina Lucero , Johanna Casado , Beatriz García , Gonzalo Cayo

Axionlike particles (ALPs) are a common prediction of theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics that could explain the entirety of the cold dark matter. These particles could be detected through their mixing with photons in…

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In this review I briefly describe the latest advances in studies of aperiodic variability of accreting X-ray binaries and outline the model which currently describe the majority of observational appearances of variability of accreting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 M. Revnivtsev

Some issues of inverting asteroseismic frequency data are discussed, including the use of model calibration and linearized inversion. An illustrative inversion of artificial data for solar-type stars, using least-squares fitting of a small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. J. Thompson , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard

Space-based astronomy of hard X-rays and gamma rays covers more than seven orders of magnitude in photon energy, from 10 keV to several hundred GeV. Detecting cosmic photons in this energy range is a challenge, due to the relatively low…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Vincent Tatischeff , Philippe Laurent

This document defines the high level metadata necessary to describe the physical parameter space of observed or simulated astronomical data sets, such as 2D-images, data cubes, X-ray event lists, IFU data, etc.. The Characterisation data…

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We present a state-of-the-art report on visualization in astrophysics. We survey representative papers from both astrophysics and visualization and provide a taxonomy of existing approaches based on data analysis tasks. The approaches are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Fangfei Lan , Michael Young , Lauren Anderson , Anders Ynnerman , Alexander Bock , Michelle A. Borkin , Angus G. Forbes , Juna A. Kollmeier , Bei Wang

As observational datasets become larger and more complex, so too are the questions being asked of these data. Data simulations, i.e., synthetic data with properties (pixelization, noise, PSF, artifacts, etc.) akin to real data, are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-25 Molly S. Peeples , Bjorn Emonts , Mark Kyprianou , Matthew T. Penny , Gregory F. Snyder , Christopher C. Stark , Michael Troxel , Neil T. Zimmerman , John ZuHone

X-ray imaging technology has been used for decades in clinical tasks to reveal the internal condition of different organs, and in recent years, it has become more common in other areas such as industry, security, and geography. The recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Mehdi Rafiei , Jenni Raitoharju , Alexandros Iosifidis

We describe the latest release of AtomDB, version 2.0.2, a database of atomic data and a plasma modeling code with a focus on X-ray astronomy. This release includes several major updates to the fundamental atomic structure and process data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 A. R. Foster , L. Ji , R. K. Smith , N. S. Brickhouse

Cosmology contributes a good deal to the investigation of variation of fundamental physical constants. High resolution data is available and allows for detailed analysis over cosmological distances and a multitude of methods were developed.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. Wendt , D. Reimers , P. Molaro

A practical guide is presented to some of the main data analysis concepts and techniques employed contemporarily in the asteroseismic study of stars exhibiting solar-like oscillations. The subjects of digital signal processing and spectral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Tiago L. Campante