765368A / 765368S
Time Series Analysis in Astronomy
an intermediate & advanced course (6 credits)
at the Astronomy Division, University of Oulu
The course period September 29 – November 28, 2011
Lectures, and exercise and practical sessions take place on Monday at 14-16 and Thursday at 12-14 in TÄ 219
The course is lectured in English
Teacher: Vitaly Neustroev, FY 272, ph. 5531930, vitaly.neustroev [at] oulu.fi
Assistent: Alexandra Veledina , TÄ 202, ph. 5531939, alexandra.veledina [at] oulu.fi
Course content:
- Time Series Analysis: Methods for evenly sampled data
- Time Series Analysis: Methods for unevenly sampled data
- Timing methods in Optical and X-ray Astronomy
- Timing features in Optical and X-ray Astronomy
Theoretical and practical considerations will be supplemented with the home exercises which constitute the important part of the course.
Literature:
- Fourier Analysis of Time Series: An Introduction (2nd edition – 2000) – P. Bloomfield: ISBN: 978-0-471-88948-9
- Fourier techniques in X-ray timing (1988) – M. van der Klis: can be downloaded from here
- Fourier Analysis with Unequally-Spaced Data (1975) – T. J. Deeming: can be downloaded from here
- Astronomical Time Series Analysis: Lecture Notes – Jaan Pelt: can be downloaded from here
Schedule
- Lecture 1: September 29: Introduction (Time Series, Light Curves, Time, Frequency, Phase, Ephemeris)
- Lecture : October 3: ??
- Lecture : October 6: ??
- Lecture : October 10: ??
- Lecture : October 13: ??
- Problem Session: October 17: 14:15 – 16.15
- Lecture : October 24: Periodogram & Power Spectrum (Statistics of Power Spectra, Signal detection optimization)
- Problem Session: October 27: 14:15 – 16.15
- Practical Session: October 31: 14:15 – 16.15
- Lecture : November 3: Spectral Analysis with Unevenly-Spaced Data (Fourier Analysis, Lomb-Scargle periodogram)
- Practical Session: November 7: 14:15 – 16.15
- Lecture : November 10: Non-parametric Frequency Analysis Methods (String Length Methods, Phase Dispersion Minimization, etc)