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Sonification of Astronomical Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Wanda L. Diaz-Merced
Affiliation:
Glasgow University, Scotland, UK. email: wanda@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Robert M. Candey
Affiliation:
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt. Maryland, USA
Nancy Brickhouse
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
Matthew Schneps
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
John C. Mannone
Affiliation:
Shirohisa Ikeda Project Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Stephen Brewster
Affiliation:
Glasgow University, Scotland, UK. email: wanda@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Katrien Kolenberg
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

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This document presents Java-based software called xSonify that uses a sonification technique (the adaptation of sound to convey information) to promote discovery in astronomical data. The prototype is designed to analyze two-dimensional data, such as time-series data. We demonstrate the utility of the sonification technique with examples applied to X-ray astronomy and solar data. We have identified frequencies in the Chandra X-Ray observations of EX Hya, a cataclysmic variable of the intermediate polar type. In another example we study the impact of a major solar flare, with its associated coronal mass ejection (CME), on the solar wind plasma (in particular the solar wind between the Sun and the Earth), and the Earth's magnetosphere.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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