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Classification of Multiwavelength Transients with Machine Learning
With the advent of powerful telescopes such as the Square Kilometer Array and
the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, we are entering an era of multiwavelength
transient astronomy that will lead to a dramatic increase in data volume.
Machine learning techniques are well suited to address this data challenge and
rapidly classify newly detected transients. We present a multiwavelength
classification algorithm consisting of three steps: (1) interpolation and
augmentation of the data using Gaussian processes; (2) feature extraction using
wavelets; and (3) classification with random forests. Augmentation provides
improved performance at test time by balancing the classes and adding diversity
into the training set. In the first application of machine learning to the
classification of real radio transient data, we apply our technique to the
Green Bank Interferometer and other radio light curves. We find we are able to
accurately classify most of the 11 classes of radio variables and transients
after just eight hours of observations, achieving an overall test accuracy of
78 percent. We fully investigate the impact of the small sample size of 82
publicly available light curves and use data augmentation techniques to
mitigate the effect. We also show that on a significantly larger simulated
representative training set that the algorithm achieves an overall accuracy of
97 percent, illustrating that the method is likely to provide excellent
performance on future surveys. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of
simultaneous multiwavelength observations by showing how incorporating just one
optical data point into the analysis improves the accuracy of the worst
performing class by 19 percent.Comment: 16 pages, 12 figure
Discovery of a new Transient X-ray Pulsar in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud have
revealed a previously unknown transient X-ray pulsar with a pulse period of
95s. Provisionally designated XTE SMC95, the pulsar was detected in three
Proportional Counter Array observations during an outburst spanning 4 weeks in
March/April 1999. The pulse profile is double peaked reaching a pulse fraction
\~0.8. The source is proposed as a Be/neutron star system on the basis of its
pulsations, transient nature and characteristically hard X-ray spectrum. The
2-10 keV X-ray luminosity implied by our observations is > 2x10^37 erg/s which
is consistent with that of normal outbursts seen in Galactic systems. This
discovery adds to the emerging picture of the SMC as containing an extremely
dense population of transient high mass X-ray binaries.Comment: Accepted by A&A. 7 pages, 6 figure
Програмний модуль проектування розміщення аероіонізаційних систем
The recently synthesized ThFeAsN iron-pnictide superconductor exhibits a
of 30 K, the highest of the 1111-type series in absence of chemical
doping. To understand how pressure affects its electronic properties, we
carried out microscopic investigations up to 3 GPa via magnetization, nuclear
magnetic resonance, and muon-spin rotation experiments. The temperature
dependence of the As Knight shift, the spin-lattice relaxation rates,
and the magnetic penetration depth suggest a multi-band -wave gap
symmetry in the dirty limit, while the gap-to- ratio
hints at a strong-coupling scenario. Pressure
modulates the geometrical parameters, thus reducing , as well as ,
the temperature where magnetic-relaxation rates are maximized, both at the same
rate of approximately -1.1 K/GPa. This decrease of with pressure is
consistent with band-structure calculations, which relate it to the deformation
of the Fe 3 orbitals.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Quality Function Deployment and operational design decisions – A healthcare infrastructure development case study
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Quality Function Deployment (QFD) can enhance a healthcare organisation’s strategic operational alignment, by synchronising the infrastructure design with the service intention. In this empirical paper, a case study of a £15 million infrastructure development has been used as the unique context to assess and test the experimental findings. QFD was utilised in order to capture and transform the requirements of decision-makers, providers, patients and local communities’ into both service and building design for Project K, a healthcare infrastructure, in the UK. QFD was implemented after the public consultation. The large amount of qualitative data collected from the public consultation was analysed using thematic analysis, which was used as the main QFD inputs. A series of eight facilitated workshops enabled a cross-functional team of 10 high-ranking managers to optimise the future infrastructure features. Two full iterations of the QFD results are presented. Using QFD generated effectiveness and efficiency by creating an information exchange platform and providing the stakeholders with a framework to optimise the decision-making. This paper makes a practical contribution by empirically testing the QFD modelling and providing evidence of its implementation within the complex, dynamic and evolving nature of the healthcare built environment sector. Moreover, from an academic perspective, this study makes a contribution by responding to the call inviting scholars to grow and advance the embryonic and undeveloped research of QFD application in the construction industry (Cudney and Gillis, 2016; Dikmen et al., 2005 and John et al., 2014)
Discovery of 800 Hz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in 4U 1608-52
We present results of Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer observations of the low-mass X-ray binary and atoll source 4U 1608-52 made over 9 days during the decline of an X-ray intensity outburst in 1996 March. A fast-timing analysis shows a strong and narrow quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) peak at frequencies between 850 and 890 Hz on March 3 and 6, as well as a broad peak around 690 Hz on March 9. Observations on March 12 show no significant signal. On March 3, the X-ray spectrum of the QPO is quite hard; its strength increases steadily from 5% at ~2 keV to ~20% at ~12 keV. The QPO frequency varies between 850 and 890 Hz on that day, and the peak widens and its rms decreases with centroid frequency in a way very similar to the well-known horizontal branch oscillations (HBO) in Z sources. We apply the HBO beat frequency model to atoll sources and suggest that, whereas the model could produce QPOs at the observed frequencies, the lack of correlation we observe between QPO properties and X-ray count rate is hard to reconcile with this model
Rms-flux relation of Cyg X-1 with RXTE: dipping and nondipping cases
The rms (root mean square) variability is the parameter for understanding the
emission temporal properties of X-ray binaries (XRBs) and active galactic
nuclei (AGN).
The rms-flux relation with Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) data for the
dips and nondip of black hole Cyg X-1 has been investigated in this paper. Our
results show that there exist the linear rms-flux relations in the frequency
range 0.1-10 Hz for the dipping light curve. Moreover, this linear relation
still remains during the nondip regime, but with the steeper slope than that of
the dipping case in the low energy band. For the high energy band, the slopes
of the dipping and nondipping cases are hardly constant within errors. The
explanations of the results have been made by means of the ``Propagating
Perturbation'' model of Lyubarskii (1997).Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, Accepted for publication in Astrophysics &
Space Scienc
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