# RickerWavelet1DKernel¶

class astropy.convolution.RickerWavelet1DKernel(width, **kwargs)[source]

1D Ricker wavelet filter kernel (sometimes known as a “Mexican Hat” kernel).

The Ricker wavelet, or inverted Gaussian-Laplace filter, is a bandpass filter. It smooths the data and removes slowly varying or constant structures (e.g. Background). It is useful for peak or multi-scale detection.

This kernel is derived from a normalized Gaussian function, by computing the second derivative. This results in an amplitude at the kernels center of 1. / (sqrt(2 * pi) * width ** 3). The normalization is the same as for scipy.ndimage.gaussian_laplace, except for a minus sign.

Note

See https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/9445 for discussions related to renaming of this kernel.

Parameters
widthnumber

Width of the filter kernel, defined as the standard deviation of the Gaussian function from which it is derived.

x_sizeodd int, optional

Size in x direction of the kernel array. Default = 8 * width.

modestr, optional
One of the following discretization modes:
• ‘center’ (default)

Discretize model by taking the value at the center of the bin.

• ‘linear_interp’

Discretize model by linearly interpolating between the values at the corners of the bin.

• ‘oversample’

Discretize model by taking the average on an oversampled grid.

• ‘integrate’

Discretize model by integrating the model over the bin.

factornumber, optional

Factor of oversampling. Default factor = 10.

Examples

Kernel response:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from astropy.convolution import RickerWavelet1DKernel
ricker_1d_kernel = RickerWavelet1DKernel(10)
plt.plot(ricker_1d_kernel, drawstyle='steps')
plt.xlabel('x [pixels]')
plt.ylabel('value')
plt.show()


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