LEDDB: LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Diagnostic Database

O. Martinez-Rubi, V. K. Veligatla, A. G. de Bruyn, P. Lampropoulos, A. R. Offringa, Vibor Jelic, S. Yatawatta, Léon V.E. Koopmans, S. Zaroubi

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Abstract

One of the key science projects of the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) is the detection of the cosmological signal coming from the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Here we present the LOFAR EoR Diagnostic Database (LEDDB) that is used in the storage, management, processing and analysis of the LOFAR EoR observations. It stores referencing information of the observations and diagnostic parameters extracted from their calibration. This stored data is used to ease the pipeline processing, monitor the performance of the telescope and visualize the diagnostic parameters which facilitates the analysis of the several contamination effects on the signals. It is implemented with PostgreSQL and accessed through the psycopg2 python module. We have developed a very flexible query engine, which is used by a web user interface to access the database, and a very extensive set of tools for the visualization of the diagnostic parameters through all their multiple dimensions.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages4
JournalarXiv preprint
Volume1302.4462
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
  • Computer Science - Databases

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