Journal•ISSN: 2213-1337
Astronomy and Computing
Elsevier BV
About: Astronomy and Computing is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Computer science & Python (programming language). It has an ISSN identifier of 2213-1337. Over the lifetime, 499 publications have been published receiving 9204 citations.
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Harvard University1, Columbia University2, Massachusetts Institute of Technology3, Heidelberg University4, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies5, California Institute of Technology6, University of Cambridge7, Space Telescope Science Institute8, University of Maryland, College Park9, University of California, Riverside10
TL;DR: The full public release of all data from the Illustris simulation project is presented, including the flagship Illustris-1 run, and a comprehensive, web-based API which allows programmatic access to search and data processing tasks is released.
465 citations
TL;DR: A relational database storing a large number of properties of haloes and galaxies and their merger trees, including stellar masses, star formation rates, metallicities, photometric measurements and mock gri images is made available for general use.
409 citations
California Institute of Technology1, University College London2, University of Pennsylvania3, Carnegie Mellon University4, Princeton University5, Stanford University6, University of Manchester7, University of Bonn8, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe9, Ohio State University10, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory11
TL;DR: The performance of GALSIM meets the stringent requirements of high precision image analysis applications such as weak gravitational lensing, fo r current datasets and for the Stage IV dark energy surveys of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, ESA's Euclid mission, and NASA’s WFIRST-AFTAmission.
321 citations
TL;DR: A new web application for calculating the dark matter halo mass function (HMF) is presented—the frontend HMFcalc and the engine hmf, designed to be flexible, efficient and easy to use.
272 citations