1112.2787 (Petr Škoda)
Petr Škoda
The proper scientific analysis of a large amount of stellar spectra requires
certain capabilities of the analysing tool (e.g. precise semi-automatic fitting
for normalisation of the continuum or line-list assisted measurement of
spectral lines) as well as flexible list-driven datafile handling.
While most astronomical legacy packages comprise powerful analysing and data
management features allowing rapid processing of quite complex data, current VO
tools are lacking support of even basic capabilities commonly used in stellar
spectroscopy.
Especially the high resolution optical spectroscopy of stars with rapid line
profile variations or of those with complicated emission profiles benefits from
a number of specific methods unsupported in todays Virtual Observatory (VO)
tools and even lacking definition in VO spectral protocols.
In our contribution we identify these techniques, describe their possible
implementations and finally give a short overview of several VO-compatible
tools emphasising their deficiencies and comparing with the capabilities of
common legacy packages.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2787
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