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Implementation of robust image artifact removal in SWarp through clipped mean stacking
We implement an algorithm for detecting and removing artifacts from
astronomical images by means of outlier rejection during stacking. Our method
is capable of addressing both small, highly significant artifacts such as
cosmic rays and, by applying a filtering technique to generate single frame
masks, larger area but lower surface brightness features such as secondary
(ghost) images of bright stars. In contrast to the common method of building a
median stack, the clipped or outlier-filtered mean stacked point-spread
function (PSF) is a linear combination of the single frame PSFs as long as the
latter are moderately homogeneous, a property of great importance for weak
lensing shape measurement or model fitting photometry. In addition, it has
superior noise properties, allowing a significant reduction in exposure time
compared to median stacking. We make publicly available a modified version of
SWarp that implements clipped mean stacking and software to generate single
frame masks from the list of outlier pixels.Comment: PASP accepted; software for download at
http://www.usm.uni-muenchen.de/~dgruen
EIT Reconstruction Algorithms: Pitfalls, Challenges and Recent Developments
We review developments, issues and challenges in Electrical Impedance
Tomography (EIT), for the 4th Workshop on Biomedical Applications of EIT,
Manchester 2003. We focus on the necessity for three dimensional data
collection and reconstruction, efficient solution of the forward problem and
present and future reconstruction algorithms. We also suggest common pitfalls
or ``inverse crimes'' to avoid.Comment: A review paper for the 4th Workshop on Biomedical Applications of
EIT, Manchester, UK, 200
Combining the radial basis function Eulerian and Lagrangian schemes with geostatistics for modeling of radionuclide migration through the geosphere
To assess the long-term safety of a radioactive waste disposal system, mathematical models are used to describe groundwater flow, chemistry, and potential radionuclide migration through geological formations. A number of processes need to be considered, when predicting the movement of radionuclides through the geosphere. The most important input data are obtained from field measurements, which are not available for all regions of interest. For example, the hydraulic conductivity as an input parameter varies from place to place. In such cases, geostatistical science offers a variety of spatial estimation procedures. Methods for solving the solute transport equation can also be classified as Eulerian, Lagrangian and mixed. The numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDE) has usually been obtained by finite-difference methods (FDM), finite-element methods (FEM), or finite-volume methods (FVM). Kansa introduced the concept of solving partial differential equations using radial basis functions (RBF) for hyperbolic, parabolic, and elliptic PDEs. The aim of this study was to present a relatively new approach to the modeling of radionuclide migration through the geosphere using radial basis function methods in Eulerian and Lagrangian coordinates. In this study, we determine the average and standard deviation of radionuclide concentration with regard to variable hydraulic conductivity, which was modelled by a geostatistical approach. Radionuclide concentrations will also be calculated in heterogeneous and partly heterogeneous 2D porous media. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Empirical Bayes estimation of software failures
The empirical Bayes estimator is applied to software failures production. The time between failures data registered up to a given time, are used in order to estimate the probability of failure appearance dur- ing the next interval time. This method is similar to the estimation of n-grams in natural language processing. A modi ed expression to the estimator usually used in language and speech processing is introduced in order to follow the failures production curve. Results of simulations comparing well with experimental data are also shown.Sociedad Argentina de Informática e Investigación Operativa (SADIO
The UNAM-KIAS Catalog of Isolated Galaxies
A new catalog of isolated galaxies from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (DR5) is
presented. 1520 isolated galaxies were found in 1.4 steradians of sky. The
selection criteria in this so called UNAM-KIAS catalog was implemented from a
variation on the criteria developed by Karachentseva 1973 including full
redshift information. Through an image processing pipeline that takes advantage
from the high resolution (~ 0.4 ''/pix) and high dynamic range of the SDSS
images, a uniform g band morphological classification for all these galaxies is
presented. We identify 80% (SaSm) spirals (50% later than Sbc types) on one
hand, and a scarce population of early-type E(6.5%) and S0(8%) galaxies
amounting to 14.5% on the other hand. This magnitude-limited catalog is ~ 80%
complete at 16.5, 15.6, 15.0, 14.6 and 14.4 magnitudes in the ugriz bands
respectively. Some representative physical properties including SDSS magnitudes
and color distributions, color-color diagrams, absolute magnitude-color, and
concentration-color diagrams as a function of morphological type are presented.
The UNAM-KIAS Morphological Atlas is also released along with this paper. For
each galaxy of type later than Sa, a mosaic is presented that includes: (1) a
g-band logarithmic image, (2) a g band filtered-enhanced image where a Gaussian
kernel of various sizes was applied and (3) an RGB color image from the SDSS
database. For E/S0/Sa galaxies, in addition to the images in (1), (2) and (3),
plots of r band surface brightness and geometric profiles (ellipticity,
Position Angle PA and A4/B4 coefficients of the Fourier series expansions of
deviations of a pure ellipse) are provided...Comment: 40 pages, 17 figures and 3 table
The UNAM-KIAS Catalog of Isolated Galaxies
A new catalog of isolated galaxies from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (DR5) is
presented. 1520 isolated galaxies were found in 1.4 steradians of sky. The
selection criteria in this so called UNAM-KIAS catalog was implemented from a
variation on the criteria developed by Karachentseva 1973 including full
redshift information. Through an image processing pipeline that takes advantage
from the high resolution (~ 0.4 ''/pix) and high dynamic range of the SDSS
images, a uniform g band morphological classification for all these galaxies is
presented. We identify 80% (SaSm) spirals (50% later than Sbc types) on one
hand, and a scarce population of early-type E(6.5%) and S0(8%) galaxies
amounting to 14.5% on the other hand. This magnitude-limited catalog is ~ 80%
complete at 16.5, 15.6, 15.0, 14.6 and 14.4 magnitudes in the ugriz bands
respectively. Some representative physical properties including SDSS magnitudes
and color distributions, color-color diagrams, absolute magnitude-color, and
concentration-color diagrams as a function of morphological type are presented.
The UNAM-KIAS Morphological Atlas is also released along with this paper. For
each galaxy of type later than Sa, a mosaic is presented that includes: (1) a
g-band logarithmic image, (2) a g band filtered-enhanced image where a Gaussian
kernel of various sizes was applied and (3) an RGB color image from the SDSS
database. For E/S0/Sa galaxies, in addition to the images in (1), (2) and (3),
plots of r band surface brightness and geometric profiles (ellipticity,
Position Angle PA and A4/B4 coefficients of the Fourier series expansions of
deviations of a pure ellipse) are provided...Comment: 40 pages, 17 figures and 3 table
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