The data center for the Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) onboard Solar Orbiter
Hualin Xiao, Shane Maloney, S\"am Krucker, Ewan Dickson, Paolo Massa,, Erica Lastufka, Andrea Francesco Battaglia, Laszlo Etesi, Nicky Hochmuth,, Frederic Schuller, Daniel F. Ryan, Olivier Limousin, Hannah Collier,, Alexander Warmuth, and Michele Piana

TL;DR
The paper describes the development and operation of the STIX Data Center, a fully automated platform that processes, manages, and distributes solar X-ray data from the STIX instrument onboard Solar Orbiter, supporting scientific research.
Contribution
It introduces the design and implementation of a comprehensive data platform and processing pipelines for STIX, enabling automated data analysis and user access for the scientific community.
Findings
The data center has been operational for over two years.
It successfully automates data processing with minimal human intervention.
The platform supports efficient data access and analysis for researchers.
Abstract
The Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter observes solar X-ray emission in the range of 4 – 150 keV and produces spectra and images of solar flares over a wide range of flare magnitudes. During nominal operation, STIX continuously generates data. A constant data flow requires fully automated data-processing pipelines to process and analyze the data, and a data platform to manage, visualize, and distribute the data products to the scientific community. The STIX Data Center has been built to fulfill these needs. In this paper, we outline its main components to help the community better understand the tools and data it provides. The STIX Data Center is operated at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and consists of automated processing pipelines and a data platform. The pipelines process STIX telemetry…
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TopicsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems · Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
