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| * Analysis targets, approaches & requirements | * Analysis targets, approaches & requirements | ||
| - | Attending: Shaul, Brandon, Lloyd, Charles, Kris, Jens, Jacques, Belen, | + | Attending: Shaul, Brandon, Lloyd, Charles, Kris, Jens, Jacques, Belen, |
| - | Notes (by Shaul): | + | Notes (by Shaul tweaked by Julian): |
| * Review of baseline configuration that can be used for simulations. Configuration posted on the wiki. | * Review of baseline configuration that can be used for simulations. Configuration posted on the wiki. | ||
| - | * Charles argues that we need to optimize the focal plane, rather than assume a focal plane. Shaul and others argue that this a good goal but | + | * Charles argues that we need to optimize the focal plane, rather than assume a focal plane. Shaul and others argue that this a good goal but appears very ambitious for the time scales for PICO. |
| * Julian describes what maps will be generated. **Current pysm maps will be done by next week.** | * Julian describes what maps will be generated. **Current pysm maps will be done by next week.** | ||
| - | * Path for Brandon/Raphael' | + | * Path for MAD-based maps from Brandon/Chang-Goo: |
| - | * Once they are ready they will need to be integrated to pysm | + | * Baseline |
| - | * Brandon: **by next week will have several flavors of foreground maps**, but validation | + | * Validation |
| - | * By next week Brandon' | + | * Brandon: **by next week could have several flavors of MHD-based foreground |
| + | * PySM integration | ||
| * Charles argues we shouldn' | * Charles argues we shouldn' | ||
| - | * l<100 is driven by resolution of MHD simulation. Let's check with the person who makes the simulations. **Brandon | + | * l<100 is driven by resolution of MHD simulation. **Brandon |
| * Raphael asks about interpolation between bands. Julian says we start by making delta function maps | * Raphael asks about interpolation between bands. Julian says we start by making delta function maps | ||
| * Once we have the maps: who will analyze | * Once we have the maps: who will analyze | ||
| * Mathieu - Question: He has been running on PSM, will he migrate to pysm? Yes. Julian says currently not point sources. Mathieu says this will be needed later. All agree. Mathieu can run analysis at high \ell as well. | * Mathieu - Question: He has been running on PSM, will he migrate to pysm? Yes. Julian says currently not point sources. Mathieu says this will be needed later. All agree. Mathieu can run analysis at high \ell as well. | ||
| * Raphael - He will run foregrounds removal. Raphael has some component separation algorithms as well. May use them. | * Raphael - He will run foregrounds removal. Raphael has some component separation algorithms as well. May use them. | ||
| - | * Belen - Will apply the methods that was used for Planck | + | * Belen - Will apply SEVEM (used for Planck). Also working on neural network method. She wants the components to test whether the methods work. |
| * Josquin - SMICA? | * Josquin - SMICA? | ||
| + | * **Julian to follow up with analysts on detailed map requirements (resolution, | ||
| + | * Extragalactic skies will be coming from Marcelo Alvarez (based on peak-patch method from CITA group) | ||