Matteo

Matteo

Astronomer, minstrel, Italian, et al.

Pasadena, CA
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Matteo's Library and Tools in Python for NuSTAR Timing cover image
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Matteo's Library and Tools in Python for NuSTAR Timing

Post talking about MaLTPyNT, a former software project. Outdated!

Astrophysical data analysis setup, using Docker cover image
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Astrophysical data analysis setup, using Docker

Highly outdated post on Docker experiments

Medium sized or small black holes? Probably the second, says NuSTAR cover image
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Medium sized or small black holes? Probably the second, says NuSTAR

The spectra of ultraluminous X-ray sources are very Super-Eddington-y

The most luminous accreting pulsar ever cover image
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The most luminous accreting pulsar ever

Pulsations detected from an ultraluminous X-ray source unequivocally identify it as a neutron star

NuSTAR aperiodic timing analysis made simple cover image
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NuSTAR aperiodic timing analysis made simple

Dead time can affect NuSTAR timing analysis. Let us learn how to approach it.

A review on Ultraluminous X-ray sources cover image
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A review on Ultraluminous X-ray sources

I wrote a review on the recent (as of 2016) breakthrough on Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars.

NuSTAR aperiodic timing analysis made precise cover image
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NuSTAR aperiodic timing analysis made precise

Studies on dead time continue, with two papers on dead time statistics and correction

Stingray - Spectral timing made easy cover image
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Stingray - Spectral timing made easy

A great software package for spectral timing

An accreting pulsar in spin equilibrium cover image
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An accreting pulsar in spin equilibrium

Complex timing behavior from M82 X-2

Citizen Computing for pulsar searches cover image
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Citizen Computing for pulsar searches

Fun with pulsars

NuSTAR's clock, 1000 times more precise. cover image
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NuSTAR's clock, 1000 times more precise.

A new clock correction for NuSTAR makes it millisecond-pulsar ready

Applying the Z2n statistics to any pulsed profile cover image
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Applying the Z2n statistics to any pulsed profile

Experiments with the statistics of pulsed profiles

M82 X-2's extreme gluttony revealed cover image
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M82 X-2's extreme gluttony revealed

M82 X-2's orbital decay indicates large mass transfer

HEX-P's sense of ULXs cover image
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HEX-P's sense of ULXs

A new mission concept, HEX-P, will revolutionize the field of ultraluminous X-ray sources.