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: dreardon@swin.edu.au
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 some works that have used 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, Y. 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",
- 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",
- 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. (2024): "Pulsar Scintillation through Thick and Thin: Bow Shocks, Bubbles, and the Broader Interstellar Medium",
- Wu et al. (2024): "Scintillation Arc from FRB 20220912A",
- Turner et al. (2024): "A Simultaneous Dual-Frequency Scintillation Arc Survey of Six Bright Canonical Pulsars Using the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope",
- Wang, Z. et al. (2024): "Probing the Interstellar Medium from Scintillation of the Swooshing Pulsar B0919+06",
- Jang et al. (2024): "Timing and scintillation studies of PSR J1439−5501",
- Baoda et al. (2024): "Timing and Scintillation Studies of Pulsars in Globular Cluster M3 (NGC 5272) with FAST",
- Turner et al. (2024): "The Pulsar Science Collaboratory: Multiepoch Scintillation Studies of Pulsars",
- Wang, R. et al. (2025): "Is the Gum Nebula an important interstellar scattering disk of background pulsars?",
- Wang, Y. et al. (2025): "The Discovery of a 41 s Radio Pulsar PSR J0311+1402 with ASKAP",
- Wang, Z. et al. (2025): "Frequency-dependent Emission of the Millisecond Pulsar B1937+21 with the Parkes Ultrawideband Receiver",
- Reardon et al. (2025): "Bow shock and Local Bubble plasma unveiled by the scintillating millisecond pulsar J0437‒4715",