Scintools

SCINTOOLS (SCINtillation TOOLS) is a package for the analysis and simulation of pulsar scintillation data. This code can be used for: processing observed dynamic spectra, computing secondary spectra and ACFs, measuring scintillation arcs, simulating dynamic spectra, and modelling pulsar transverse velocities through scintillation arcs or diffractive timescales.

• This is currently considered a pre-release only
• Comes with absolutely no warranty
• Free software under MIT license
• Limited documentation available here
• Usage examples located in scintools/examples
• Please email Daniel Reardon for further questions relating to usage: [email protected]

Referencing

If your work makes use of Scintools, please cite Reardon et al. (2020) or the Astrophysics Source Code Library record and provide a url link to this github page. If utilising scintools for scintillation timescale, bandwidth, or phase gradient measurements via the autocorrelation function, also cite Reardon et al. (2023) . If you use the ththmod.py module, cite Sprenger et al. (2021) and Baker et al. (2022) . If using the electromagnetic simulation software (Simulation class in scint_sim.py), also cite Coles et al. (2010)

Below is a list of works that use Scintools:

• Reardon et al. (2020): "Precision orbital dynamics from interstellar scintillation arcs for PSR J0437-4715",
• Rickett et al. (2021): "Scintillation Arcs in Pulsar B0450-18",
• Wang et al. (2021): "ASKAP observations of multiple rapid scintillators reveal a degrees-long plasma filament",
• Johnston et al. (2021): "A supernova remnant association for the fast-moving pulsar PSR J0908-4913",
• Abdul Hamid (2021): "A Study of Birefringent Scintillation Towards the Millisecond Pulsar J0437-4715",
• McKee et al. (2021): "Probing the local interstellar medium with scintillometry of the bright pulsar B1133+16",
• Baker et al. (2022): "Interstellar interferometry: precise curvature measurement from pulsar secondary spectra",
• Mall et al. (2022): "Modelling annual scintillation arc variations in PSR J1643-1224 using the Large European Array for Pulsars",
• Chen et al. (2022): "Interstellar Scintillation of PSR J2048-1616",
• Walker et al. (2022): "Orbital dynamics and extreme scattering event properties from long-term scintillation observations of PSR J1603-7202",
• Zhu et al. (2022): "Pulsar Double-lensing Sheds Light on the Origin of Extreme Scattering Events",
• Ding et al. (2023): "The MSPSRπ catalogue: VLBA astrometry of 18 millisecond pulsars",
• Askew et al. (2022): "Analysis of the ionized interstellar medium and orbital dynamics of PSR J1909-3744 using scintillation arcs",
• Reardon et al. (2023) "Determining electron column density fluctuations in a dominant scattering region using pulsar scintillation",
• Wu et al. (2023): "Scintillation Arc from FRB 20220912A",
• Turner et al. (2023): "A Simultaneous Dual-Frequency Scintillation Arc Survey of Six Bright Canonical Pulsars Using the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope",
• Main et al. (2023): "Modelling annual scintillation velocity variations of FRB 20201124A",
• Zhu et al. (2023): "Pulsar Double Lensing Sheds Light on the Origin of Extreme Scattering Events",
• Baker et al. (2023): "High-resolution VLBI astrometry of pulsar scintillation screens with the θ - θ transform",
• Yonghua et al. (2023): "Interstellar scintillation observations for PSR J0835-4510 at 6656 MHz",
• Ocker et al. (2023): "Pulsar Scintillation through Thick and Thin: Bow Shocks, Bubbles, and the Broader Interstellar Medium",