Data Analysis in Astronomy

✍ Scribed by Mike Disney (auth.), V. Di Gesù, L. Scarsi, P. Crane, J. H. Friedman, S. Levialdi (eds.)

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Leaves: 520
Series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series 24
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Data Analysis Facilities that Astronomers Want....Pages 3-14
Time Analysis in Astronomy: Tools for Periodicity Searches....Pages 15-27
Cluster Analysis by Mixture Identification....Pages 29-44
Graphical Methods of Exploratory Data Analysis....Pages 45-55
Faint Objects in Crowded Fields: Discrimination and Counting....Pages 57-66
Multivariate Statistics to Analyze Extraterrestrial Particles from the Ocean Floor....Pages 67-74
Statistical Analysis of Pulse Processes....Pages 75-79
Application of Bootstrap Sampling in γ-Ray Astronomy: Time Variability in Pulsed Emission from Crab Pulsar....Pages 81-86
Binary Slice Fit Ellipticity Analysis....Pages 87-91
An Automated Method for Velocity Field Analysis....Pages 93-97
The Star Observation Strategy for Hipparcos....Pages 99-117
Panel Discussion on Data Analysis Trends in X-Ray and γ-Ray Astronomy 30/5/84, 11°°–12°°....Pages 119-134
Panel Discussion on Trends in Optical and Radio Data Analysis....Pages 135-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Introduction to Data Analysis Systems for Astronomy....Pages 157-163
Fips: Objectives and Achievements....Pages 165-181
Midas....Pages 183-190
Space Telescope Science Data Analysis....Pages 191-194
Nrao’S Astronomical Image Processing System (AIPS)....Pages 195-209
Astronet....Pages 211-221
The CDCA Package : Past, Present and Future....Pages 223-225
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Design of a Pattern-Directed System for the Interpretation of Digitized Astronomical Images....Pages 227-234
An Astronomical Data Analyzing Monitor....Pages 235-239
RIAIP — A System for Interacting with Astronomical Images....Pages 241-248
Experience Report of the Transportation of the Software Systems in Connection with the Creation of Mother, the VAX/VMS Version of the Groningen Hermes....Pages 249-255
SAIA: A System for Astronomical Image Analysis....Pages 257-261
A System for Deep Plate Analysis: an Overview....Pages 263-269
The Groningen Image Processing System....Pages 271-302
Panel Discussion: Systems for Data Analysis What they AEE; what they Could be?....Pages 303-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Astronomical Input to Image Processing Astronomical Output from Image Processing....Pages 323-341
Review of Methodologies in Digital Image Processing....Pages 343-361
2-D Photometry....Pages 363-378
Spectrometry....Pages 379-386
Time Dependent Analysis....Pages 387-399
Morphological Analysis of Extended Objects....Pages 401-410
Solar Image Processing with the Clark Lake Radioheliograph....Pages 411-415
Display of Three-Dimensional Data in Radio Astronomy....Pages 417-423
Data Compression Techniques in Image Processing for Astronomy....Pages 425-430
Fast Digital Image Processing Algorithms and Techniques for Object Recognition and Decomposition....Pages 431-438
Automatic Analysis of Crowded Fields....Pages 439-447
Dwarf: The Dwingeloo-Westerbork Astronomical Reduction Facility....Pages 449-455
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
Steps Toward Parallel Processing....Pages 459-477
New Architectures for Image Processing....Pages 479-495
Data Structures and Languages in Support of Parallel Image Processing for Astronomy....Pages 497-507
Morphology and Probability in Image Processing....Pages 509-522
Trend in Parallel Processing Applications....Pages 523-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Panel Discussion on “ how can Computer Science Contribute to the Solution of Problems Posed by Astronomers ?”....Pages 527-538
Back Matter....Pages 539-541

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