ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer
ixpeobssim is a simulation and analysis framework specifically developed for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Given a source model and the response functions of the telescopes, it is designed to produce realistic simulated observations, in the form of event lists in FITS format, contai...
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| author | Luca Baldini Niccolò Bucciantini Niccolò Di Lalla Steven Ehlert Alberto Manfreda Michela Negro Nicola Omodei Melissa Pesce-Rollins Carmelo Sgrò Stefano Silvestri |
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| description | ixpeobssim is a simulation and analysis framework specifically developed for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Given a source model and the response functions of the telescopes, it is designed to produce realistic simulated observations, in the form of event lists in FITS format, containing a strict superset of the information included in the publicly released IXPE data products. The core simulation capabilities are complemented by a full suite of post-processing applications which support the spatial, spectral, and temporal models needed for analysis of typical polarized X-ray sources, allowing for the implementation of complex, polarization-aware analysis pipelines, and facilitating the interoperation with the standard visualization and analysis tools traditionally in use by the X-ray community. Although much of the framework is specific to IXPE, the modular nature of the underlying implementation makes it potentially straightforward to adapt it to different missions with polarization capabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fbb224e5f344fa2922d6ad1822ec0802022-12-22T04:30:07ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102022-07-0119101194ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorerLuca Baldini0Niccolò Bucciantini1Niccolò Di Lalla2Steven Ehlert3Alberto Manfreda4Michela Negro5Nicola Omodei6Melissa Pesce-Rollins7Carmelo Sgrò8Stefano Silvestri9Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Fisica Enrico Fermi, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Corresponding author at: Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Fisica Enrico Fermi, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125, Firenze, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica & Astronomia, Univesità degli Studi di Firenze, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019, Sesto F.no, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto F.no, ItalyW.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USANASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USAIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, ItalyUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA; Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAW.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USAIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, ItalyUniversità di Pisa, Dipartimento di Fisica Enrico Fermi, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italyixpeobssim is a simulation and analysis framework specifically developed for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Given a source model and the response functions of the telescopes, it is designed to produce realistic simulated observations, in the form of event lists in FITS format, containing a strict superset of the information included in the publicly released IXPE data products. The core simulation capabilities are complemented by a full suite of post-processing applications which support the spatial, spectral, and temporal models needed for analysis of typical polarized X-ray sources, allowing for the implementation of complex, polarization-aware analysis pipelines, and facilitating the interoperation with the standard visualization and analysis tools traditionally in use by the X-ray community. Although much of the framework is specific to IXPE, the modular nature of the underlying implementation makes it potentially straightforward to adapt it to different missions with polarization capabilities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711022001169X-ray polarimetry |
| spellingShingle | Luca Baldini Niccolò Bucciantini Niccolò Di Lalla Steven Ehlert Alberto Manfreda Michela Negro Nicola Omodei Melissa Pesce-Rollins Carmelo Sgrò Stefano Silvestri ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer SoftwareX X-ray polarimetry |
| title | ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer |
| title_full | ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer |
| title_fullStr | ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer |
| title_full_unstemmed | ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer |
| title_short | ixpeobssim: A simulation and analysis framework for the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer |
| title_sort | ixpeobssim a simulation and analysis framework for the imaging x ray polarimetry explorer |
| topic | X-ray polarimetry |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711022001169 |
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