2 papers
astro-ph.IM2021
Exoplanet Detection in Starshade Images
Mengya, Hu, Anthony Harness +2
A starshade suppresses starlight by a factor of 1E11 in the image plane of a telescope, which is crucial for directly imaging Earth-like exoplanets. The state of the art in high co…
astro-ph.IM2020
Bernoulli generalized likelihood ratio test for signal detection from photon counting images
Mengya Hu, He Sun, Anthony Harness +1
Because exoplanets are extremely dim, an Electron Multiplying Charged Coupled Device (EMCCD) operating in photon counting (PC) mode is necessary to reduce the detector noise level…