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... In the past month, I?ve noticed relatively frequent paper appearance in arxiv/astro-ph whose title includes Bayesian or Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) . ... astro-ph:0708.2340v1] Bayesian Galaxy Shape Measurement for Weak Lensing Surveys -I. Methodology and a Fast Fitting Algorithm by L. Miller et. al. [astro-ph:0708.1871v1] Dark energy and cosmic curvature: Monte-Carlo Markov Chain approach by Y. Gong et. al. in addition to the previous posting in this slog, [ArXiv] Bayesian Star Formation Study. ...

... Astrophysics Group . Bayesian inference in seismic inversion . ... This year (2014) Shell has funded a Research Studentship in the University of Cambridge to investigate how Bayesian inference and machine-learing methods developed in the Cavendish Astrophysics Group may be used to in probabilistic seismic inversion problems.б  In particular, the project will focus on the use of nested sampling methods, embodied in the MultiNest software package, to estimate the ...

... А.М. Белобородов (Колумбийский университет, США) . ... Рабочий язык конференции - русский. ... Е.М.Чуразов, д.ф .- м.н . А.А. Вихлинин, проф. д.ф .- м.н . М.Р.Гильфанов, д.ф .- м.н . М.Н.Павлинский, д.ф .- м.н . М.Г.Ревнивцев, д.ф .- м.н . С.Ю.Сазонов. д.ф .- м.н . М.Н.Павлинский (председатель), к.ф .- м.н . А.В.Мещеряков (зам. председателя), Н.Л.Александрович, к.ф .- м.н . В.А.Арефьев, к.ф .- м.н . Р.А.Буренин, П.Болдин, Н.П.Васильева, к.ф .- м.н . А.А.Воеводкин, В.Воробьев, А.Е.Елкин, ...

The FITS "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard defines keywords and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate systems in a FITS image header. ... I: "Representations of world coordinates in FITS" , Greisen, E.W. & Calabretta, M.R. (2002), Astronomy & Astrophysics , 395 , 1061-1075. ... This diagram illustrating Bonne's projection with conformal latitude +35 was produced by WCSLIB , a C implementation of the coordinate transformations defined in the FITS WCS papers. ...

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... This paper describes IRSA's new generation query support in which the Informix server has domain-specific embedded query support, e.g., datablades modules with astronomical functionality. The first IRSA Astronomical datablade developed supports coordinate conversions. ... Coordinate conversion is a complicated process. ... The embedded astronomical query which combines a data searching engine with coordinate conversion capability is an efficient tool for the astronomical community. ...

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... SELECT coordinates, (coordinates <-> '5.0,5.0'::point) AS dist FROM spots ORDER BY dist ASC LIMIT 10; coordinates | ... CREATE INDEX spots_idx ON spots USING gist (coordinates,to_tsvector('french',address)); =# SELECT id, address, (coordinates <->'(2.29470491409302,48.858263472125)'::point) AS dist FROM spots WHERE to_tsvector('french',address) @@ to_tsquery('french','mars') ORDER BY coordinates <-> '(2.29470491409302,48.858263472125)'::point LIMIT 10; 8.4.2 166.089 ms 5dev+knngist-0.6 2.758 ms . ...

... Space Astrophysics Detectors . and Detector Technologies: Proceedings . ... Space Astrophysics . ... Proceedings . June 26, 2000 . ... Far-IR Photon Counting Detectors . ... Download pdf format) . ... HEMT Technology for Astrophysics Applications . ... Hot-electron direct detectors: Feasibility of NEP " 10 -20 W Hz at 3wesubmillimeter waves . ... Fabrication Technology for Single Electron Transistors and Submillimeter Detectors - Carl Stahle . Download pdf format) Copyright | ...

Kholtygin A.F., Shneiwais A.B. Stochastic Data in Astronomy: Fourier Analasis of Strongly Unevaen Time Series . Astrophysics, 48 , 87-100 ( 2005 ) . A detail analysis of the CLEAN algorithm for strongly uneven time series is given. ... The results of our analysis are used for searАhing the harmonic components in line profile variations in the spectra of O8III star lambda Ori A obtained in 2001 with 1 m telescope of the Special Astrophisical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science. ...