X-Sifter: detecting transients in X-ray data using the optimal Poisson matched filter

Maayane T. Soumagnac, Eran O. Ofek, Shachar S. Israeli +2

We present X-sifter, a software package designed for near-optimal detection of sources in X-ray images and other forms of photon images in the Poisson-noise regime. The code is bas…