RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) · 2003 · 25 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsGamma-ray AstronomyObservational AstronomyComputational AstrophysicsData ReductionGamma-ray Data AnalysisHigh-energy Astrophysical SourcesHigh-energy AstrophysicsSpace-based Gamma-ray ObservatoriesBackground RejectionBackground Rejection AlgorithmsData Reduction PipelinesEvent SelectionGamma-ray Event ReconstructionImage Processing Algorithms
With the new MAGIC 17m diameter Cherenkov telescope currently becoming\noperational on the island of La Palma, it is expected to see a\ncomparatively large number of new sources. Therefore, an analysis\nsoftware ("MARS") which is able to analyse data without being adapted to\nthe respective sources has been developed.\n\nMARS is a ROOT-based collection of C++ classes which is driven by a\ncentral event loop. It comprises a general base package for analysis of\nevent-based experiments, add-ons like background rejection algorithms,\nand tools specifically developed for for Cherenkov telescope data\nanalysis, like enhanced image cleaning algorithms. All algorithms are\ndesigned to be independent of a given setup. Due to its modular concept,\nextensions to the packages are easily possible.