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Table A.1.

Description of the mathematical notations for the variables used in the Bayesian optimisation algorithm, the RSM detection map and Auto-RSM optimisation framework.

Symbol Dimension Comments
Bayesian optimisation

𝒪1 : t t Set of observations of the loss function
t 1 Number of tested sets of parameters
p1 : t np × t Tested sets of parameters
f(p) 1 Loss function evaluated with the set of parameters p
𝒢𝒫(m(p1 : t),K) 1 Gaussian process returning the mean and variance of a Gaussian distribution
over the possible values of f at p
m(p) 1 Mean of the Gaussian distribution of the loss function at p
K 1 Covariance function of the tested set of parameters p1 : t
μ(pt + 1) 1 Mean of the Gaussian posterior distribution at pt + 1
σ(pt + 1) 1 Variance of the Gaussian posterior distribution at pt + 1
1 Set of parameters providing the current known maximum value of the
loss function

RSM map

xia θ × θ × TLa Patch of residuals centred on pixel ia
Fia TLa Realisation of a two-state Markov chain representing the state of
the system for pixel ia
m θ × θ Cropped planetary signal (off-axis PSF)
εs,ia 2θ × θ × TLa Error terms associated with the two regimes
Sia TLa State of the system for every pixel ia
ξs, ia 2 × TLa Probability associated with state s for every pixel ia
ηs, ia 2 × TLa Likelihood of being in each state for every pixel ia
pq, s 2 × 2 Transition probabilities between the regimes
μ 1 Mean of the residuals contained in an annulus a, with width equal to θ
σ 1 Standard deviation of the residuals contained in an annulus a, with width
equal to θ
β 1 Intensity of the planetary signal in the cube of residuals
a 1 Annulus index
La 1 Number of pixels included in the annulus a
T 1 Number of frames in the cube of residuals
ia 1 Index associated with every pixel from every frame in the annulus a
(ranges from 1 to TLa)
θ 1 Angular size of the considered planetary signal ( set to 1λ/D)
δ 1 Multiplicative factor of the noise standard deviation providing the
intensity parameter β

Auto-RSM

i Npix Vectorised science image/annulus before speckle subtraction
m Npix Vectorised planetary signal (off-axis PSF) inside the selected annulus
amax 1 Largest angular separation considered for the detection map computation
Ca, m, c La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Average contrast obtained with the optimal set of parameters
Ma, m, c La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Position of the median contrast aperture within the selected annulus
La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Optimal set of parameters for the reference PSF computation
La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Optimal set of parameters for the reference PSF smoothed via moving average
La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Optimal set of parameters for the computation of the RSM map
La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Optimal set of parameters for the computation of the RSM map
interpolated via RBF
Ya La Set of likelihood time series available (one per couple of ADI sequence
and PSF-subtraction technique) for the computation of the RSM map
La × Ntechnique × Nsequence Likelihood time series
La × T Likelihood time series maximising the RSM performance index at a
given iteration
Za La Selected likelihood time series for the computation of the final detection map
Ta La Annulus-wise thresholds computed with flipped parallactic angles
La Smoothed annulus-wise thresholds computed with flipped parallactic angles

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