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Sergey Karpov, Ph.D.

  • Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology
Astronomical data processing pipelines
Astronomical instrumentation
High temporal resolution astrophysics
Time-domain sky surveys
Transient detection algorithms

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My primary research interests are high temporal resolution astrophysics, time-domain sky surveys, astronomical data processing pipelines and transient detection algorithms. I am currently working on the development of automated data analysis pipelines for various time domain sky surveys, and participating in the development of transient detection and characterization infrastructure for upcoming Vera C. Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time
(LSST).

As the precise measurements of faint object fluxes require a thorough understanding of detectors used, I am also interested in the characterization of astronomical detectors of various types, from normal and electron-multiplying CCDs to CMOSes and various photon-counting instruments, and my current activities include the establishment of astronomical detector characterization laboratory at Institute of Physics, CAS, and laboratory testing of various cameras for astronomical applications.

I am also supporting the operation and data archive of FRAM telescopes of the Institute of Physics, installed in Chile, Argentina and on La Palma (Spain) and used for both atmospheric characterization of the sites of Pierre Auger and CTA observatories, and for performing various astrophysical tasks.
 
I work at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Equipment

Laboratory for testing and development of optical sensors for astronomy

FRAM robotic telescopes

Publications

2022
1. O. V. Maryeva, S. V. Karpov, A. Y. Kniazev, V. V. Gvaramadze: How long can LBVs sleep? A long-term photometric vaiability and spectral study of the Galactic candidate luminous blue variable MN 112, MNRAS 513 (2022) 5752-5765
2021
2. A. Moller, J. Peloton, E. Ishida et al.,: Fink, a new generation of broker for the LSST community, MNRAS 501 (2021) 3272–3288
2021
3. J. Ebr, S. Karpov, J. Eliasek, et al: A New Method for Aerosol Measurement using Wide-field Photometry, Astronomical Journal, 162 (2021) 6
2020
4. H. Y. Park, S. Karpov, A. Nomerotski, D. Tsybychev: Tree rings in Large Synoptic Survey Telescope production sensors: its dependence on radius, wavelength, back bias voltage, J. of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, Systems, 6 (2020) 011005
2020
5. S. Karpov, A. Bajat, A. Christov, M. Prouza, G. Beskin: Evaluation of scientific CMOS sensors for sky survey applications, Proc. SPIE 11454, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IX, 114540G (2020)
2018
6. Karpov S.V., Beskin G.M., Biryukov A.V., et al: Photometric calibration of a wide-field sky survey data from Mini-MegaTORTORA, Astronomische Nachrichten 339 (2018) 375-381
2018
7. Zhang, B.-B., Zhang, B., Castro-Tirado, A. J. et al.: Transition from Fireball to Poynting-flux-dominated Outflow in Three-Episode GRB 160625B, Nature Astronomy 2 (2018) 69–75
2017
8. Beskin, G., Karpov, S., Plokhotnichenko, V. et al.: Discovery of the Sub-second Linearly Polarized Spikes of Synchrotron Origin in the UV Ceti Giant Optical Flare, PASA 34 (2017) e010
2015
9. Biryukov, A., Beskin, G., Karpov, S. et al.: The first light of Mini-MegaTORTORA wide-field monitoring system, Baltic Astronomy 24 (2015) 100-108
2008
10. Racusin J.L, Karpov S.V., Sokolowski M. et al.: Broadband observations of the naked-eye γ-ray burst GRB080319B, Nature 455 (2008) 183-188

Projects

FINK alert broker for ZTF and LSST (https://fink-broker.org/)
FRAM telescopes (https://pc048b.fzu.cz/archive/)

Areas of expertise

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology
Astronomy
High energy and particle astrophysics - X-rays, cosmic rays, gamma rays, neutrinos
Instrumentation - telescopes, detectors and techniques

Secondment
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Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ondřejov, Czech Republic

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