Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in High Energy Astrophysics via the Partially Collapsed Gibbs Samplers with MH updates

Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in High Energy Astrophysics via the Partially Collapsed Gibbs Samplers with MH updates

Apr 4, 2011, 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
David van Dyk, University of California, Irvine & Imperial College London
The analysis of high-energy spectra and images in astronomy relies on prelaunch and space-based analysis of the operating characteristics of the photon detectors used for space-based data collection. This involves the observation and analysis of known sources along with sophisticated computer models of the telescopes. The resulting calibration products include point-spread functions, exposure...