We’re happy to announce a new paper from our research lab. The paper applies the NifTY reconstruction algorithm to new types of telescope data. From our group Jonas Würzinger and Richard Fuchs were involed. The project was a part of our ODSL efforts. Check it out: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01600
Abstract#
(Sub-)millimetre single-dish telescopes feature faster mapping speeds and access larger spatial scales than their interferometric counterparts. However, atmospheric fluctuations tend to dominate their signals and complicate recovery of the astronomical sky. Here we develop a framework for Gaussian process-based sky reconstruction and separation of the atmospheric emission from the astronomical signal based on Numerical Information Field Theory (\texttt{NIFTy}). To validate this novel approach, we use the \textit{maria} software to generate synthetic time-ordered observational data mimicking the MUSTANG-2 bolometric array. This approach leads to significantly improved sky reconstructions versus traditional methods.