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maria goes NIFTy: Gaussian Process-Based Reconstruction and Denoising of Simulated (Sub-)Millimetre Single-Dish Telescope Data
by Jonas Würzinger, Joshiwa van Marrewijk, Thomas W. Morris, Richard Fuchs, Tony Mroczkowski, Lukas Heinrich
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Jonas Würzinger |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01600v1 (pdf) |
| Code repository: | https://github.com/jwuerzinger/CMB_denoising/tree/main |
| Date submitted: | Sept. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m. |
| Submitted by: | Jonas Würzinger |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | The 2nd European AI for Fundamental Physics Conference (EuCAIFCon2025) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Computational |
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.
Current status:
In refereeing