Sherpa Publications

The publication titles are linked to the article entry in the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System.

Citing Sherpa in a Publication

If you are writing a paper and would like to cite Sherpa, we recommend the following:

\bibitem[Freeman et al.(2001)]{2001SPIE.4477...76F} Freeman, P., Doe, S., 
\& Siemiginowska, A.\ 2001, \procspie, 4477, 76

The specific version of CIAO and CALDB (if applicable) used for the analysis should be mentioned as well.

A reference for the Python interface to Sherpa is also available:

\bibitem[Doe et al.(2007)]{2007ASPC..376..543D} Doe, S., et al.\ 2007, 
ADASS XVI, 376, 543

Further guidelines are available from the Acknowledgment of Use of Chandra Resources.

General

Systemization and Use of Atomic Data for Astrophysical Modeling

Brickhouse, Nancy S.

1999, ADASS VIII, ASPC, 172, 25

Extending and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Sherpa Modeling and Fitting Tool with S-Lang

Burke, D. J.; Siemiginowska, A.; Doe, S.; Nguyen, D.

2005, ADASS XIV, ASPC, 347, 105

The ASC Fitting Environment

Doe, S.; Conroy, M.; McDowell, J.

1996, ADASS V, ASPC, 101, 155

Extending Sherpa Data Analysis with S-Lang

Doe, S.; Freeman, P.; Smith, R.; Burke, D.; Siemiginowska, A.

2004, ADASS XIII, ASPC, 314, 404

Fitting and Modeling of AXAF Data with the ASC Fitting Application

Doe, S.; Ljungberg, M.; Siemiginowska, A.; Joye, W.

1998, ADASS VII, ASPC, 145, 157

Sherpa: Goals and Design for Chandra and Beyond

Doe, S., et al.

2006, ADASS XV, ASPC, 351, 77

Developing Sherpa with Python

Doe, S., et al.

2007, ADASS XVI, ASPC, 376, 543

Fitting and Modeling in the ASC Data Analysis Environment

Doe, S.; Siemiginowska, A.; Joye, W.; McDowell, J.

1997, ADASS VI, ASPC, 125, 492

Sherpa: a mission-independent data analysis application

Freeman, Peter; Doe, Stephen; Siemiginowska, Aneta

Proc. SPIE Vol. 4477

New Elements of Sherpa, CIAO's Modeling and Fitting Tool

Freeman, P. E.; Doe, S.; Siemiginowska, A.

2001, ADASS X, ASPC, 238, 483

Optimizing Functions Using ASCFIT

Grumm, David

1999, ADASS VIII, ASPC, 172, 365

CIAO 4 Preview: Sherpa and ChIPS Demo

Refsdal, B., et al.

2007, ADASS XVI, ASPC, 376, 711

AXAF Data Analysis Challenges

Siemiginowska, A.; Elvis, M.; Connors, A.; Freeman, P.; Kashyap, V.; Feigelson, E.

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy II, 1997 (PS)

Statistics

General

Statistical Challenges in Astronomy (amazon.com)

Feigelson, Eric D.; Babu, G. Jogesh

Springer-Verlag, 2003

Parameter Estimation and Model Comparison

Energy Spectra of X-ray Clusters of Galaxies

Avni, Y.

1976, ApJ, 210, 642

Parameter Estimation in Astronomy through Application of the Likelihood Ratio

Cash, W.

1979, ApJ, 228, 939

Generation of Confidence Intervals for Model Parameters in X-ray Astronomy

Cash, W.

1976, A&A, 52, 307

Parameter Estimation in X-ray Astronomy

Lampton, M.; Margon, B.; Bowyer, S.

1976, ApJ, 208, 177

Analyzing Gamma-ray Burst Spectral Data

Loredo, Thomas J.; Epstein, Richard I.

1989, ApJ, 336, 896

Chi-squared and C Statistic Minimization for Low Count per Bin Data

Nousek, John A.; Shue, David R.

1989, ApJ, 342, 1207

Statistics, Handle with Care: Detecting Multiple Model Components with the Likelihood Ratio Test

Protassov, Rostislav; van Dyk, David A.; Connors, Alanna; Kashyap, Vinay L.; Siemiginowska, Aneta

2002, ApJ, 571, 545

Parameter Estimation in X-ray Astronomy using Maximum Likelihood

Wachter, K.; Leach, R.; Kellogg, E.

1979, ApJ, 230, 274

X-ray Spectra and Detectors

The Formal Underpinnings of the Response Functions used in X-Ray Spectral Analysis

Davis, John E.

2001, ApJ, 548, 1010

The Analysis of X-ray Spectra

Gorenstein, P.; Gursky, H.; Garmire, G.

1968, ApJ, 153, 885

The Direct Deconvolution of X-ray Spectra

Kahn, S. M.; Blissett, R. J.

1980, ApJ, 238, 417