MASER: A Science Ready Toolbox for Low Frequency Radio Astronomy

Authors

  • Baptiste Cecconi LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon; Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Université d’Orléans, Nançay
  • Alan Loh LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon
  • Pierre Le Sidaner DIO, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Paris
  • Renaud Savalle DIO, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Paris
  • Xavier Bonnin LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon
  • Quynh Nhu Nguyen LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon
  • Sonny Lion LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon
  • Albert Shih DIO, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Paris
  • Stéphane Aicardi DIO, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Paris
  • Philippe Zarka LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon; Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Université d’Orléans, Nançay
  • Corentin Louis LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon; IRAP, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, CNES, Toulouse
  • Andrée Coffre Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Université d’Orléans, Nançay
  • Laurent Lamy LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon; Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Université d’Orléans, Nançay
  • Laurent Denis Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Université d’Orléans, Nançay
  • Jean-Mathias Grießmeier LPC2E, CNRS, Université d’Orléans, Orléans
  • Jeremy Faden Dep. Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Chris Piker Dep. Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Nicolas André IRAP, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, CNES, Toulouse
  • Vincent Génot IRAP, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, CNES, Toulouse
  • Stéphane Erard LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, PSL, Meudon
  • Joseph N. Mafi IGPP, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • Todd A. King IGPP, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  • Jim Sky Radio Sky Publishing
  • Markus Demleitner Heidelberg Universität, Heidelberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-012

Keywords:

Radio astronomy, Tools, Interoperability

Abstract

MASER (Measurements, Analysis, and Simulation of Emission in the Radio range) is a comprehensive infrastructure dedicated to time-dependent low frequency radio astronomy (up to about 50 MHz). The main radio sources observed in this spectral range are the Sun, the magnetized planets (Earth, Jupiter, Saturn), and our Galaxy, which are observed either from ground or space. Ground observatories can capture high resolution data streams with a high sensitivity. Conversely, space-borne instruments can observe below the ionospheric cut-off (at about 10 MHz) and can be placed closer to the studied object. Several tools have been developed in the last decade for sharing space physics data. Data visualization tools developed by various institutes are available to share, display and analyse space physics time series and spectrograms. The MASER team has selected a sub-set of those tools and applied them to low frequency radio astronomy. MASER also includes a Python software library for reading raw data from agency archives.

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Published

2020-03-18

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Vol. 19 (2020)

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