High-pass Filter Periodogram: An Improved Power Spectral Density Estimator for Unevenly Sampled Data
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| author | Albentosa-Ruiz, Ezequiel Marchili, Nicola |
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| contents | Accurate time series analysis is essential for studying variable astronomical sources, where detecting periodicities and characterizing power spectral density (PSD) are crucial. The Lomb-Scargle periodogram, commonly used in astronomy for analyzing unevenly sampled time series data, often suffers from noise introduced by irregular sampling. This paper presents a new high-pass filter (HPF) periodogram, a novel implementation designed to mitigate this sampling-induced noise. By applying a frequency-dependent high-pass filter before computing the periodogram, the HPF method enhances the precision of PSD estimates and periodicity detection across a wide range of signal characteristics. Simulations and comparisons with the Lomb-Scargle periodogram demonstrate that the HPF periodogram improves accuracy and reliability under challenging sampling conditions, making it a valuable complementary tool for more robust time series analysis in astronomy and other fields dealing with unevenly sampled data. |
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| spellingShingle | High-pass Filter Periodogram: An Improved Power Spectral Density Estimator for Unevenly Sampled Data Albentosa-Ruiz, Ezequiel Marchili, Nicola Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Accurate time series analysis is essential for studying variable astronomical sources, where detecting periodicities and characterizing power spectral density (PSD) are crucial. The Lomb-Scargle periodogram, commonly used in astronomy for analyzing unevenly sampled time series data, often suffers from noise introduced by irregular sampling. This paper presents a new high-pass filter (HPF) periodogram, a novel implementation designed to mitigate this sampling-induced noise. By applying a frequency-dependent high-pass filter before computing the periodogram, the HPF method enhances the precision of PSD estimates and periodicity detection across a wide range of signal characteristics. Simulations and comparisons with the Lomb-Scargle periodogram demonstrate that the HPF periodogram improves accuracy and reliability under challenging sampling conditions, making it a valuable complementary tool for more robust time series analysis in astronomy and other fields dealing with unevenly sampled data. |
| title | High-pass Filter Periodogram: An Improved Power Spectral Density Estimator for Unevenly Sampled Data |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02656 |