PhoSim - Publications

The following is a list of known publications with PhoSim related results. PhoSim was first publicly released and supported in 2017. Email us if you have another publication that uses PhoSim

(33) "Weak Lensing Analysis of Abell 2390 using Short Exposures", Dutta, A., Peterson, J. R., Rose, T., Cianfaglio, M., Bonafede, A., Li, G., Sembroski, G. 2024, ApJ Accepted.
(32) "Self-consistent Atmosphere Representation and Interaction in Photon Monte Carlo Simulations," Peterson, J. R., Sembroski, G., Dutta, A., Remocaldo, C. 2024, ApJ 964, 124.
(31) "Star Photometry for DECam Legacy Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey Images Based on Convolutional Neural Networks", Yang, Z., Liu, M., Yuan, H. et al. 2023, ApJ 166, 210
(30) Detection, Instance Segmentation, and Classification for Astronomical Surveys with Deep Learning (DeepDISC): Detectron2 Implementation and Demonstration with Hyper Suprime-Cam Data", Merz, G. M., Li, Y., Burke, C. J. et al. 2023, MNRAS 526, 1.
(29) "Euclid preparation. XXV. The Euclid Morphology Challenge -- Towards model-fitting photometry for billions of galaxies", Euclid Collaboration, Merlin, C., Castellano, M., Bretonniere, H. et al. 2023, A&A 671, 101.
(28) “Wide-wide linear astigmatism free-three mirror system (LAF-TMS) enabling wide field-of-view and spectral bandwidth detection”, Kim, C., Kim, D., Han, J., Chang, S., Park, W., Kim, D., Lee, J. H., Peterson, J. R., Lee, D., Pak, S. 2023, SPIE 12530.
(27) "Euclid preparation XXVI: The Euclid Morphology Challenge. Towards structural parameters for billions of galaxies", Euclid Collaboration, Bretonniere, H., Kuchner, U., Huertas-Company, M. et al. 2023, 671, 102.
(26) "The Point Spread Reconstruction-- II The Smooth PCA", Nie, L., Li G., Peterson J. R., Cui W. 2021, MNRAS 503, 4436.
(25) "Constraining the Point Spread Function using Galaxy Images", Nie, L., Li G., Fan Z., Peterson, J. R. 2021, MNRAS 508, 3785.
(24) "Sensor Distortion Effects in Photon Monte Carlo Simulations", Peterson, J. R., O'Connor, P., Nomerotski, A., Magnier, E., Jernigan, J. G., Cheng, J., Cui, W., Peng, E., Rasmussen, A., Sembroski, G. 2020, ApJ 889, 2.
(23) "The LSST DESC data challenge 1: generation and analysis of synthetic images for next-generation surveys", Sanchez, J. et al. 2020, MNRAS 497, 1, 210.
(22) "Deblending and Classifying Astronomical Sources with Mask R-CNN Deep Learning", Burke et al., 2019, MNRAS 490, 3592.
(21) "PhoSim-NIRCam: photon-by-photon image simulations of the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera", Burke et al. 2019, SPIE JATIS 5(3), 038002.
(20) "Deformation of Optics for Photon Monte Carlo Simulations", Peterson et al. 2019, ApJ 873, 98.
(19) "Monitoring the LSST System Performance During Construction”, Xin, B et al. 2018, SPIE 10705.
(18) "Searching for Subsecond Stellar Variability with Wide-field Star Trails and Deep Learning", Thomas & Kahn 2018, ApJ 868, 38.
(17) "A Study of the Point-Spread Function in SDSS Images", Xin et al., 2018, AJ 156, 222.
(16) "Wavelength-dependent PSFs and their Impact on Weak Lensing Measurements", Carlsten et al. 2018, MNRAS 479, 149.
(15) "The Point Spread Function Reconstruction by using Moffatlets", Li et al. 2016, RAA 16, 9
(14) "An Integrated Modeling Framework for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope", Angeli et al. 2016, SPIE 9911
(13) "LSST Active Optics System Software Architecture", Thomas et al. 2016, SPIE 9906
(12) "Masked Areas in Shear Peak Statistics", Bard et al. 2016, ApJ 819, 158
(11) "The Brighter-Fatter and other sensor effects in CCD simulations for precision astronomy", Walter 2015, JINST 10, 5015
(10) "A study of astrometric distortions due to "tree rings" in CCD Sensors using the LSST Photon Simulator", Beamer et al. 2015, JINST 10, 5027
(9) "Simulation of Astronomical Images from Optical Survey Telescopes Using a Comprehensive Photon Monte Carlo Approach", Peterson et al. 2015, ApJS 218, 14.
(8) "Curvature Wavefront Sensing for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope", Xin et al. 2015, App Opt 54, 9045
(7) "Chromatic CCD Effects on Weak Lensing Measurements", Meyers & Burchat 2015, JINST 10
(6) "PhoSim: a code to simulate telescopes one photon at a time", Peterson 2014, JINST 9, 4010
(5) "The Third Gravitational Lensing Accuracy Testing (GREAT3) Challenge Handbook", Mandelbaum et al. 2014, ApJS 212, 5.
(4) "The effective number density of galaxies for weak lensing measurements in the LSST project", Chang et al. 2013, MNRAS 434, 2121.
(3) "Effect of Measurement Errors on Predicted Cosmological Constraints from Shear Peak Statistics with Large Synoptic Survey Telescope", Bard et al. 2013, ApJ 774, 39.
(2) "Spurious shear in weak lensing with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope", Chang et al. 2013, MNRAS 428, 2695
(1) "Atmospheric point spread function interpolation for weak lensing in short exposure imaging data", Chang et al. 2012, MNRAS 427, 2572