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DAMEWARE – Data Mining & Exploration Web Application Resource

Astronomy is undergoing through a methodological revolution triggered by an unprecedented wealth of complex and accurate data. DAMEWARE (DAta Mining & Exploration Web Application and REsource) is a...

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Calibration Requirements for Detecting the 21 cm Epoch of Reionization Power...

21 cm Epoch of Reionization observations promise to transform our understanding of galaxy formation, but these observations are impossible without unprecedented levels of instrument calibration. We...

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Superplot: a graphical interface for plotting and analysing MultiNest output...

We present an application, Superplot, for calculating and plotting statistical quantities relevant to parameter inference from a "chain" of samples drawn from a parameter space, produced by e.g....

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Major Substructure in the M31 Outer Halo: Distances and Metallicities along...

We present a renewed look at M31's Giant Stellar Stream along with the nearby structures Stream C and Stream D, exploiting a new algorithm capable of fitting to the red giant branch (RGB) of a...

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Multi-band morpho-Spectral Component Analysis Deblending Tool (MuSCADeT):...

We introduce a new algorithm for colour separation and deblending of multi-band astronomical images called MuSCADeT which is based on Morpho-spectral Component Analysis of multi-band images. The...

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The G\"ottingen Solar Radial Velocity Project: Sub-m/s Doppler precision from...

Radial velocity observations of stars are entering the sub-m/s domain revealing fundamental barriers for Doppler precision experiments. Observations of the Sun as a star can easily overcome the m/s...

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A New Method for Wide-Field Near-IR Imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope

We present a new technique for wide and shallow observations using the near-infrared channel of Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Wide-field near-IR surveys with HST are...

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Superplot: a graphical interface for plotting and analysing MultiNest output...

We present an application, Superplot, for calculating and plotting statistical quantities relevant to parameter inference from a "chain" of samples drawn from a parameter space, produced by e.g....

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A Statistical Framework for the Utilization of Simultaneous Pupil Plane and...

A new generation of telescopes with mirror diameters of 20 m or more, called extremely large telescopes (ELTs) has the potential to provide unprecedented imaging and spectroscopy of exo-planetary...

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A comparison of SPH artificial viscosities and their impact on the Keplerian...

Hydrodynamical simulations of rotating disk play important roles in the field of astrophysical and planetary science. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) has been widely used for such simulations....

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Improving gravitational-wave parameter estimation using Gaussian process...

Folding uncertainty in theoretical models into Bayesian parameter estimation is necessary in order to make reliable inferences. A general means of achieving this is by marginalizing over model...

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Quantum Telescopes: feasibility and constrains [Replacement]

Quantum Telescope is a recent idea aimed at beating the diffraction limit of spaceborne telescopes and possibly also other distant target imaging systems. There is no agreement yet on the best setup of...

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SPAMCART: 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,...

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Precise Pointing and Stabilization Performance for the Balloon-borne Imaging...

Balloon-borne astronomy offers an attractive option for experiments that require precise pointing and attitude stabilization, due to a large reduction in the atmospheric interference observed by...

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Spectral Kurtosis Statistics of Transient Signals

We obtain analytical approximations for the expectation and variance of the Spectral Kurtosis estimator in the case of Gaussian and coherent transient time domain signals mixed with a quasi-stationary...

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New Discoveries from the Arecibo 327 MHz Drift Pulsar Survey Radio Transient...

We present Clusterrank, a new algorithm for identifying dispersed astrophysical pulses. Such pulses are commonly detected from Galactic pulsars and rotating radio transients (RRATs), which are neutron...

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A new method for the inversion of atmospheric parameters of A/Am stars

We present an automated procedure that derives simultaneously the effective temperature $T_{eff}$, the surface gravity logg, the metallicity [Fe/H], and the equatorial projected rotational velocity...

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Relaxed concentrated MLE for robust calibration of radio interferometers

In this paper, we investigate the calibration of radio interferometers in which Jones matrices are considered to model the interaction between the incident electromagnetic field and the antennas of...

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Improving gravitational-wave parameter estimation using Gaussian process...

Folding uncertainty in theoretical models into Bayesian parameter estimation is necessary in order to make reliable inferences. A general means of achieving this is by marginalizing over model...

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Of Genes and Machines: application of a combination of machine learning tools...

We apply a combination of a Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Support Vector Machines (SVM) machine learning algorithm to solve two important problems faced by the astronomical community: star/galaxy...

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