BlobFinder

Package to find point sources in sky maps. The signal-to-noise ratio of sources is optimized with respect to the background using a matched filter, following the work of ACT 1007.5256.

Installation

A setup.py is provided for the installation. Just run:

python setup.py install

Make sure you have correct permissions (otherwise just add --user). You can also directly use the code by updating manually your PYTHONPATH. Just add in your bashrc:

BlobFinderPATH=/path/to/the/package
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$BlobFinderPATH

Example

The package contains an example using basic functionalities:

python test/test.py -setup_instrument setup_instrument.ini --plot

TODO list

• Add polarisation
• Add curve-sky (input)

License

GNU License (see the LICENSE file for details) covers all files in the BlobFinder repository unless stated otherwise. Some routines have been taken from this repo.