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SunPhot : A Photometric Data Pipeline for Extracting Quasar Light Curves From ILMT Images Sun, Ethen

Abstract

Recent research suggests a correlation between the variability and intrinsic brightness of quasars. This could lead to the use of quasars on the cosmic distance ladder, but this work is currently limited by availability of frequently sampled quasar light curve data. The new 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT)’s nightly imaging could produce high quality light curves for thousands of faint quasars in its field. The Python aperture photometry library SunPhot is intended to directly extract light curves from calibrated ILMT images and a catalogue of targets. SunPhot is in a state of readiness to produce light curves for study once the ILMT completes commissioning. The next steps towards an ILMT quasar survey are discussed.

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SunPhot : A Photometric Data Pipeline for Extracting Quasar Light Curves From ILMT Images
Creator
Sun, Ethen
Date Issued
2023-04
Description
Recent research suggests a correlation between the variability and intrinsic brightness of quasars. This could lead to the use of quasars on the cosmic distance ladder, but this work is currently limited by availability of frequently sampled quasar light curve data. The new 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT)’s nightly imaging could produce high quality light curves for thousands of faint quasars in its field. The Python aperture photometry library SunPhot is intended to directly extract light curves from calibrated ILMT images and a catalogue of targets. SunPhot is in a state of readiness to produce light curves for study once the ILMT completes commissioning. The next steps towards an ILMT quasar survey are discussed.
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Graduating Project
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Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ASTR 449
Date Available
2023-05-24
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0432632
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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84683
Affiliation
Science, Faculty of; Physics and Astronomy, Department of
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Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Undergraduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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