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    Area of Science:

    • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    • Signal Processing
    • Computational Mathematics

    Background:

    • Ill-posed inverse problems on the sphere are common in astrophysics.
    • Existing methods struggle with noise and incomplete data.
    • Sparse regularization offers a promising approach to enhance data analysis.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate sparse regularization techniques for solving inverse problems on the sphere.
    • To improve the fidelity of data reconstruction for astronomical observations.
    • To apply these techniques to real-world data, such as Planck observations.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing sparse regularization in both axisymmetric and directional wavelet spaces.
    • Solving inverse problems in analysis and synthesis settings with various sampling schemes.
    • Investigating the impact of solution-space restriction and l1 norm weighting.

    Main Results:

    • Identified the most effective approach based on sampling scheme, problem setting, and regularization weighting.
    • Demonstrated that efficient sampling schemes improve reconstruction fidelity and sparsity.
    • Successfully applied the technique to denoise Planck 353-GHz observations.

    Conclusions:

    • Sparse regularization in wavelet space is effective for solving inverse problems on the sphere.
    • The developed techniques improve the extraction of Galactic dust emission structure.
    • This work aids in the study of Galactic magnetism by enhancing astronomical data analysis.