Spot modelling of periodic weak-line T Tauri stars observed by CoRoT in NGC 2264
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We present AGNfitter, a publicly available open-source algorithm implementing a fully Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo method to fit the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of active galactic nuclei...
View ArticleMonthly Modulation in Dark Matter Direct-Detection Experiments [Replacement]
The signals in dark matter direct-detection experiments should exhibit modulation signatures due to the Earth's motion with respect to the Galactic dark matter halo. The annual and daily modulations,...
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An analytical solution to the the three-dimensional telegraph equation is presented. This equation has recently received some attention but so far the treatment has been one-dimensional. By using the...
View ArticleThe Cherenkov Telescope Array
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is planned to be the next generation ground based observatory for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. Gamma-rays provide a powerful insight into the...
View ArticleUsing an Artificial Neural Network to Classify Multi-component Emission Line...
We present The Machine, an artificial neural network (ANN) capable of differentiating between the numbers of Gaussian components needed to describe the emission lines of Integral Field Spectroscopic...
View ArticleSignals induced by charge-trapping in EDELWEISS FID detectors: analytical...
The EDELWEISS-III direct dark matter search experiment uses cryogenic HP-Ge detectors Fully covered with Inter-Digitized electrodes (FID). They are operated at low fields ($<1\;\mathrm{V/cm}$), and...
View ArticleHybrid Riemann Solvers for Large Systems of Conservation Laws [Cross-Listing]
In this paper we present a new family of approximate Riemann solvers for the numerical approximation of solutions of hyperbolic conservation laws. They are approximate, also referred to as incomplete,...
View ArticleEfficient implementation of the adaptive scale pixel decomposition algorithm
Context. Most popular algorithms in use to remove the effects of a telescope's point spread function (PSF) in radio astronomy are variants of the CLEAN algorithm. Most of these algorithms model the sky...
View ArticleInstruments on large optical telescopes — A case study [Replacement]
In the distant past, telescopes were known, first and foremost, for the sizes of their apertures. Advances in technology are now enabling astronomers to build extremely powerful instruments to the...
View ArticleUncertainties and biases of source masses derived from fits of integrated...
Fitting spectral distributions of total fluxes or image intensities are two standard methods for estimating the masses of starless cores and protostellar envelopes. These mass estimates, which are the...
View ArticleSensitivity of the space-based CHerenkov from Astrophysical Neutrinos...
Neutrinos with energies in the PeV to EeV range produce upgoing extensive air showers when they interact underground close enough to the surface of the Earth. We study the possibility for detection of...
View ArticleRPC application in muography and specific developments [Replacement]
Muography is an imaging technique for large and dense structures as volcanoes or nuclear reactors using atmospheric muons. We applied this technique to the observation of the Puy de D\^ome, a volcano 2...
View ArticleDeep Herschel PACS point spread functions [Replacement]
The knowledge of the point spread function (PSF) of imaging instruments represents a fundamental requirement for astronomical observations. The Herschel PACS PSFs delivered by the instrument control...
View ArticleSPAMCART: a code for smoothed particle Monte Carlo radiative transfer...
We present a code for generating synthetic SEDs and intensity maps from Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulation snapshots. The code is based on the Lucy (1999) Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer method,...
View ArticleReply to comment by K.A. Duderstadt et al. on "Atmospheric ionization by...
Duderstadt et al. [2016b] comment that the Melott et al. [2016] study of nitrate formation by solar proton events (SPEs) and comparison with the ice core archive is "fundamentally flawed," because it...
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