Published July 7, 2026 | Version v0.6.2
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STIX Ground Analysis Software (STIX-GSW)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) / Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley
  • 2. Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW)
  • 3. Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno, Università della Svizzera italiana (IRSOL/USI)
  • 4. Ateleris GmbH
  • 5. Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) / ETH Zürich
  • 6. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London
  • 7. Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley
  • 8. Dipartimento di Matematica (DIMA/MIDA), Università degli Studi di Genova
  • 9. Dipartimento di Matematica (DIMA/MIDA), Università degli Studi di Genova / INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino
  • 10. DISMA, Politecnico di Torino
  • 11. Department of Computer Science, University of Geneva
  • 12. Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
  • 13. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Astronomy & Astrophysics Section
  • 14. Royal Observatory of Belgium
  • 15. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • 16. Physical Research Laboratory, India

Description

The STIX Ground Analysis Software (STIX-GSW) is the IDL-based analysis package for the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX), a hard X-ray instrument onboard ESA's Solar Orbiter mission. STIX observes solar flares and energetic particle events in the 4–150 keV energy range, providing imaging spectroscopy of high-energy solar phenomena.

STIX-GSW provides the scientific community with tools to access, process, and analyse STIX observational data. Core capabilities include: spectral analysis and integration with OSPEX; X-ray image reconstruction using visibility-based algorithms (CLEAN, MEM, EM, uv-smooth); aspect and pointing correction; livetime and detector response corrections; and conversion of telemetry data to calibrated science products. The software is distributed as part of SolarSoftware (SSW).

A Python companion package, stixpy, is maintained separately at https://github.com/TCDSolar/stixpy.

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Related works

Is new version of
10.5281/zenodo.6815762 (DOI)

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/i4Ds/STIX-GSW