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Sonification of astronomical data
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Abstract
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| This document presents JAVA-based software called XSONIFY that uses a sonification technique (the adaptation of sound to convey information) to promote discovery in astronomical data. The prototype is designed to analyze two-dimensional data, such as time-series data. We demonstrate the utility of the sonification technique with examples applied to X-ray astronomy and solar data. We have identified frequencies in the CHANDRA X-Ray observations of EX Hya, a cataclysmic variable of the intermediate polar type. In another example we study the impact of a major solar flare, with its associated coronal mass ejection (CME), on the solar wind plasma (in particular the solar wind between the Sun and the Earth), and the Earth's magnetosphere. |
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English
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
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285th Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union, SEP 19-23, 2011, St Catherine Coll, St Catherine Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND
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Publication
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Cambridge
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Cambridge univ press
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2012
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ISBN
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978-1-107-01985-0
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DOI
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10.1017/S1743921312000440
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285
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000309323400035
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