Data Inversion For a New Spectral Imaging Technique

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Computer Science/Physics, 2009-10

Liaison(s): Dr. Craig DeForest
Advisor(s): Zach Dodds, Richard Haskell
Students(s): Arthur Eigenbrot, Zeke Koziol, Will Scott (PM), Martin van Schaardenburg

The SHAZAM system is able to take very high resolution data of the Sun’s magnetic field through a new technique called Stereoscopic Spectroscopy. This technique combines a unique instrument setup with new reduction algorithms to allow for full integration over all wavelengths and spatial dimensions. This Clinic project produced a data processing pipeline that performs standard data reduction, cross correlation stereoscopy, and newly developed differential stereoscopy on recorded data in order to produce final magnetograms.