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...