Open skies: the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and its impact on US radio astronomy [PDF]
This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries and technical innovations of late 20th century radio astronomy with particular attention to the people and institutions involved.
Kellermann, Kenneth I. +5 more
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Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy [PDF]
This open access book is a biography of Joseph L. Pawsey. It examines not only his life but the birth and growth of the field of radio astronomy and the state of science itself in twentieth century Australia.
Ekers, Ronald D. +2 more
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Research Data in Astronomy: Assessing its Impact and Visibility through a Bibliometric Analysis [PDF]
In the context of the Open Access and Open Science initiatives, Research Data Management becomes relevant and of current interest to researchers, libraries and institutions that contribute to the development of scientific knowledge. Particularly in Astronomy, it is a challenge to convert, standardize, process and arrange large volumes of information ...
Cortes-Rodriguez, Patricio +2 more
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Using Contour Trees in the Analysis and Visualization of Radio Astronomy Data Cubes [PDF]
The current generation of radio and millimeter telescopes, particularly the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), offers enormous advances in observing capabilities. While these advances represent an unprecedented opportunity to facilitate scientific understanding, the increased complexity in the spatial and spectral structure of these ALMA data cubes
Paul Rosen 0001 +7 more
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BatAnalysis: A Comprehensive Python Pipeline for Swift BAT Survey Analysis
The Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) is a coded-aperture gamma-ray instrument with a large field of view that primarily operates in survey mode when it is not triggering on transient events.
Tyler Parsotan +6 more
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Temporal density extrapolation using a dynamic basis approach [PDF]
Density estimation is a versatile technique underlying many data mining tasks and techniques, ranging from exploration and presentation of static data, to probabilistic classification, or identifying changes or irregularities in streaming data.
Sub Algorithmic Data Analysis +4 more
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Identification of Gamma-Ray Point Sources in Fermi-LAT Data with Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithm [PDF]
Gamma rays are the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum, detected with ground-based and space-based detectors in different energy ranges from sources in our galaxy and beyond.
Mehran Soor +2 more
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Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA) : end of survey report and data release 2 [PDF]
The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of low redshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286 deg2 (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r
Loveday, J +284 more
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Astronomy & Astrophysics (CAUCASUS)-VOLUME 2
The second volume of the international scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics (Caucasus) contains the scientific works delivered as scientific reports by their authors at International Scientific Conference Modern Problems of Astrophysics – II ...
(CAUCASUS), Astronomy & Astrophysics
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An Application of Hilbert-Huang Transform on the Non-Stationary Astronomical Time Series: The Superorbital Modulation of SMC X-1 [PDF]
We present the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) analysis on the quasi-periodic modulation of SMC X-1. SMC X-1, consisting of a neutron star and a massive companion, exhibits superorbital modulation with a period varying between ~40 d and ~65 d. We applied
Chin-Ping Hu +4 more
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