=============================== 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 <https://scintools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html>_
• Usage examples located in scintools/examples
• Please email Daniel Reardon for further questions relating to usage: dreardon@swin.edu.au

=============================== Referencing

If your work makes use of Scintools, please cite Reardon et al. (2020) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200912757R> or the Astrophysics Source Code Library record <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ascl.soft11019R> 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) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230316338R> . If you use the ththmod.py module, cite Sprenger et al. (2021) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.500.1114S> and Baker et al. (2022) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022MNRAS.510.4573B>_ . If using the electromagnetic simulation software (Simulation class in scint_sim.py), also cite Coles et al. (2010) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...717.1206C>_

Below is a list of works that use Scintools\:

• Reardon et al. (2020): "Precision orbital dynamics from interstellar scintillation arcs for PSR J0437-4715", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020arXiv200912757R>_
• Rickett et al. (2021): "Scintillation Arcs in Pulsar B0450-18", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...907...49R>_
• Wang et al. (2021): "ASKAP observations of multiple rapid scintillators reveal a degrees-long plasma filament", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.tmp..186W>_
• Johnston et al. (2021): "A supernova remnant association for the fast-moving pulsar PSR J0908-4913", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.507L..41J>_
• Abdul Hamid (2021): "A Study of Birefringent Scintillation Towards the Millisecond Pulsar J0437-4715", <http://hdl.handle.net/10292/14786>_
• McKee et al. (2021): "Probing the local interstellar medium with scintillometry of the bright pulsar B1133+16", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv211211980M>_
• Baker et al. (2022): "Interstellar interferometry: precise curvature measurement from pulsar secondary spectra", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022MNRAS.510.4573B>_
• Mall et al. (2022): "Modelling annual scintillation arc variations in PSR J1643-1224 using the Large European Array for Pulsars", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv220104245M>_
• Chen et al. (2022): "Interstellar Scintillation of PSR J2048-1616", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ...927...14C>_
• Walker et al. (2022): "Orbital dynamics and extreme scattering event properties from long-term scintillation observations of PSR J1603-7202", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv220411077W>_
• Zhu et al. (2022): "Pulsar Double-lensing Sheds Light on the Origin of Extreme Scattering Events", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv220806884Z>_
• Ding et al. (2023): "The MSPSRπ catalogue: VLBA astrometry of 18 millisecond pulsars", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.519.4982D>_
• Askew et al. (2022): "Analysis of the ionized interstellar medium and orbital dynamics of PSR J1909-3744 using scintillation arcs", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv221013703A>_
• Reardon et al. (2023) "Determining electron column density fluctuations in a dominant scattering region using pulsar scintillation", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230316338R>_
• Wu et al. (2023): "Scintillation Arc from FRB 20220912A", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230414697W>_
• Turner et al. (2023): "A Simultaneous Dual-Frequency Scintillation Arc Survey of Six Bright Canonical Pulsars Using the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230105306T>_
• Main et al. (2023): "Modelling annual scintillation velocity variations of FRB 20201124A", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.522L..36M>_
• Zhu et al. (2023): "Pulsar Double Lensing Sheds Light on the Origin of Extreme Scattering Events", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...950..109Z>_
• Baker et al. (2023): "High-resolution VLBI astrometry of pulsar scintillation screens with the θ - θ transform", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.525..211B>_
• Yonghua et al. (2023): "Interstellar scintillation observations for PSR J0835-4510 at 6656 MHz", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.526.1246X>_
• Ocker et al. (2023): "Pulsar Scintillation through Thick and Thin: Bow Shocks, Bubbles, and the Broader Interstellar Medium", <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230913809O>_