... Described in detail are its enhanced functions of Poisson noise only case handling and subpixelization technique; improved algorithms for maximization in­ cluding the preconditioned conjugate method, accurate Newton method, the accurate one­dimensional search, and the model updating technique. ... Poisson noise only case handling. ... By default, in the case of Poisson noise only (poisson=yes) the accurate Newton method is used, otherwise (poisson=no) the preconditioned conjugate method is used. ...

... The main purpose of this task is the correction for attitude drifts using the dispersion coordinate system. The dispersion coordinates are defined based on the position and on the orientation of the RGA, and have two components: the dispersion angle BETA and the cross dispersion angle XDSP . ... This is called reference attitude and basically means that this is the on-axis sky position to which the telescope points after the attitude drift correction was performed. ...

... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... Each such choice is known as a frame of reference . Some possible frames are -- the interior of the airliner, . ...

... The models provided are: . abs - absorption of x-rays by neutral gas with solar abundances. parameter 1 = . ... parameter 2 = . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the flux density at 1 keV in units of keV cm -2 s -1 keV -1 . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the normalization of the gaussian in units of keV cm -2 s -1 . ... absorption ( params )* model ( params ) . ... A single value for the normalization (i.e., fixed normalization) will force the program to use that value. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Analysis of (radio) spectra . I describe an approach to fitting and comparison of radio spectra based on Bayesian analysis and realised using a new implementation of the nested sampling algorithm. ... I this paper I cover the theoretical background, the algorithms used and the implementation details of the computer code. I also briefly illustrate the method with some previously published data for three near-by galaxies. ... Paper I: Method . ...

Next: Results Up: High Resolution Measurements from Previous: Introduction . The first step in PSA is to Fourier transform the image and calculate the square modulus of the FT to generate the power spectrum, . ... Specifically, one excludes the very lowest frequencies where the large scale nonuniformities in the image have the greatest effect, and one limits the fit to a frequency range where the SNR is sufficiently high. ...

... The first EGRET catalog ([ Fichtel et al. 1994b ]) used the galactic diffuse gamma radiation model of Bertsch et al. (1993b). ... For the results presented by Bertsch et al. (1993b), the HI and W radio data were deconvolved by integrating the radio data over a velocity interval determined by the endpoints of each distance interval ( ). ... The Galactic radius limit used in the model has been increased to 30 kpc. ... The CR electron spectrum of Fichtel et al. (1991) was used by Bertsch et al. ...

Next: Displaying Spectral Cubes Up: Image Analysis Previous: Polarimetric Analysis Tasks . The task imdiff can be used to compare two images. ... You can use the self-explanatory task shifty for large integral pixel shifts. ... It may be that you would like the image to be written out with histogram equalisation applied, rather than it just being computed but not saved by the display task. ... Next: Displaying Spectral Cubes Up: Image Analysis Previous: Polarimetric Analysis Tasks Miriad manager . ...

... 22.Reference Frames . ... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... How do observations differ in the two frames--the airliner cabin and the Earth? ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... A Wavelet Parallel Code for Structure Detection A. Pagliaro Istituto di Astronomia dell'Universit‘a di Catania U. Becciani, V.Antonuccio and M.Gambera Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania Abstract. We describe a parallel code for 3­D structure detection and morphological analysis. The method is based on a multiscale technique, the wavelet transform and on segmentation analysis. ... Segmentation analysis. ...

There are many ordinary/partial differential equations/systems describing various phenomena in physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, sociology, etc. ... Prerequisites: 1 semester "Advanced Calculus", 1 semester "Linear Algebra". Optional: 2 semester "Advanced Calculus", 2 semester "Linear Algebra", 1 semester "Functions of Complex Variables", elements of the functional analysis and the ordinary differential equations theory. ... Laplace transform for linear differential equations . ...

... the radiative transfer equation (RTE) for the randomly-irregular magnetized plasma has been derived on the base of general grounds of the multiple scattering theory . ... Solutions of several absolute tasks of the scattering theory have been obtained (on the optical depth of the ionospheric plasma layer, on the value of radio wave anomalous attenuation, on anomalous refraction, on the backscattered signal intensity for the source being placed within a plasma layer). ...

... There are a lot of computer codes simulating this scattering and freely available in the Internet (see e.g. links on our JPDOC page ). ... The code and input file are available in the directory . ... A slightly modified code of Barber Hill with a C-shell and input files is available in the directory . ... The code, input and test output files are available in the directory . ... See also readme file. file. ... The code, input file and their description (a TeX file) are available in the directory . ...

... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

Up: DATA ANALYSIS Previous: More Analyz Stuff . In this section we describe some useful routines for quick-look on-line analysis of your data. For a complete description of the routines, and for a description of analyzing HI spectra, look at the Spectral Line Appendices. ... cd a9999 [or whatever your project number is . ... corinfo = List the current set-up parameters. ... That is, if you want to look at the second data dump of scan number 57401, you `just' type ``corget 57401.00002". ...

... We have calculated the binary coalescence rate with time using the ``Scenario Machine'' code, which allows us to simulate evolution of large ensembles of binary stars in an artificial galaxy using a Monte Carlo method (see Lipunov 1992, Lipunov et al 1994, 1995 and references therein). ... The source evolution in a galaxy with given star formation rate is thus calculated as , where is the redshift at the turn-on of star formation, which is the second important parameter of the model. ...

... The SDSS 2.5-m primary mirror is supported in a manner similar to the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-m telescope primary. ... The axial support is provided by 48 air pistons. The pistons have the same diameter thereby applying equal forces with the same air pressure. ... Each group supports a 120њ sector of the mirror. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of actuators (green circles) These actuators apply forces (10*cos2 N) to correct astigmatism. ...

The Arcetri Spectral Code (Landi and Landini 2002) allows to evaluate the spectrum of continuum and line radiation emitted by hot and optically thin plasmas in the spectral range 1-2000 Angstrom. The Code is composed by a large database of atomic data and transition probabilities for calculating spectral line emissivities and a suite of fortran programs able to evaluate free-free, free-bound and two-photon continuum radiation. ... Landi, E., Landini, M., 2002, A , 384, 1124 . ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 An improved analytical technique for accurate calculation of satellite motion perturbations due to the Moon/Sun/planets S. M. Kudryavtsev Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia An improved analytical technique for accurate calculation of satellite orbit perturbations caused by attraction of the third body (the Moon, the Sun, plan­ ets) is presented. ... As the perturbing bodies we considered the Moon, the Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. ...

... X-Ray Structural Analysis . ... The course introduces the basic principles of diffraction analysis of crystal atomic structure and the basic concepts of state-of-the-art atomic crystallography. ... X-ray crystal diffraction. тАЬGeometricalтАЭ theory of diffraction by three-dimensional scattering center grating. ... Systematic X-ray reflection extinction related to Bravais lattice type, screw axis, glide-reflection planes. €аFourier synthesis as a method of crystal atomic structure analysis. ...