KERNEL data analysis reference documentation

The goal of this series of pages is to gather in one place the documentation that will help new users grasp how to use kernel-phase and the kernel-phase data analysis pipeline (XARA) for their observation projects.

This is the index page of the documentation.

Download the latest version of XARA on github.com!

XARA is a python package. The recommended installation procedure is after download, to use the following command:

python setup.py install --user

It is also recommended to add the ~/.local/bin/ directory to the user path:

export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH

Direct links to documentation pages:

• Kernel-phase data analysis overview
• Description of the XARA data structures
• Kernel model creation
• XARA fits file exchange system
• PHARO data analysis example
• How to handle field rotation
• covariance and contrast detection limits
• Wavefront sensing example

Not part of the documentation but contains information that may be useful.

• JWST data analysis notebook
• Recentering algorithms (for Jens)

The XARA software and this documentation are developments carried out in the context of the KERNEL project. KERNEL has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement CoG - 683029). For more information about the KERNEL project, visit: http://frantzmartinache.eu/index.php/category/kernel/