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Presearch data conditioning in the kepler science operations center pipeline
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Girouard, Forrest Twicken, Joseph D. Jenkins, Jon M. Chandrasekaran, Hema Gunter, Jay P. Klaus, Todd C. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | We describe the Presearch Data Conditioning (PDC) software component and its context in the Kepler Science Operations Center (SOC) pipeline. The primary tasks of this component are to correct systematic and other errors, remove excess flux due to aperture crowding, and condition the raw flux light curves for over 160,000 long cadence (~thirty minute) and 512 short cadence (~one minute) targets across the focal plane array. Long cadence corrected flux light curves are subjected to a transiting planet search in a subsequent pipeline module. We discuss the science algorithms for long and short cadence PDC: identification and correction of unexplained (i.e., unrelated to known anomalies) discontinuities; systematic error correction; and excess flux removal. We discuss the propagation of uncertainties from raw to corrected flux. Finally, we present examples of raw and corrected flux time series for flight data to illustrate PDC performance. Corrected flux light curves produced by PDC are exported to the Multi-mission Archive at Space Telescope [Science Institute] (MAST) and will be made available to the general public in accordance with the NASA/Kepler data release policy. |
| File Size | 583746 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100039183 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6f23z06s |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-06-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Charge Coupled Devices Algorithms Policies Systematic Errors Time Series Analysis Pipelines Modules Data Processing Kepler Mission Light Curve Data Flow Analysis Focal Plane Devices Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |