CLEAN is an iterative deconvolution method for radio and hard-X-ray solar imaging. In a specific step of its pipeline, CLEAN requires the convolution between an idealized version of the instrumental point-spread function (PSF), and a map collecting point sources located at positions from where most of the flaring radiation is emitted. This step has highly heuristic motivations and the shape of the idealized PSF, which depends on the user's choice, impacts the shape of the reconstruction. This study introduces a user-independent release of CLEAN for image reconstruction from observations recorded by the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter. Specifically, we show here that this unbiased release of CLEAN outperforms the standard version of the algorithm, with reconstructions in line with the ones offered by other imaging methods developed in the STIX framework.

Unbiased CLEAN for STIX in Solar Orbiter / Perracchione, E; Camattari, F; Volpara, A; Massa, P; Massone, Am; Piana, M. - In: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES. - ISSN 0067-0049. - 268:2(2023), pp. 1-10. [10.3847/1538-4365/acf669]

Unbiased CLEAN for STIX in Solar Orbiter

Perracchione, E;
2023

Abstract

CLEAN is an iterative deconvolution method for radio and hard-X-ray solar imaging. In a specific step of its pipeline, CLEAN requires the convolution between an idealized version of the instrumental point-spread function (PSF), and a map collecting point sources located at positions from where most of the flaring radiation is emitted. This step has highly heuristic motivations and the shape of the idealized PSF, which depends on the user's choice, impacts the shape of the reconstruction. This study introduces a user-independent release of CLEAN for image reconstruction from observations recorded by the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter. Specifically, we show here that this unbiased release of CLEAN outperforms the standard version of the algorithm, with reconstructions in line with the ones offered by other imaging methods developed in the STIX framework.
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