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A new maximum likelihood method for luminosity calibrations

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dc.creator Luri Carrascoso, Xavier
dc.creator Mennessier, M. O.
dc.creator Torra Roca, Jorge
dc.creator Figueras Siñol, Francesca
dc.date 2009-08-26T07:32:26Z
dc.date 2009-08-26T07:32:26Z
dc.date 1996
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:18:46Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:18:46Z
dc.identifier 0365-0138
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/9197
dc.identifier 108176
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/8204
dc.description A new statistical parallax method using the Maximum Likelihood principle is presented, allowing the simultaneous determination of a luminosity calibration, kinematic characteristics and spatial distribution of a given sample. This method has been developed for the exploitation of the Hipparcos data and presents several improvements with respect to the previous ones: the effects of the selection of the sample, the observational errors, the galactic rotation and the interstellar absorption are taken into account as an intrinsic part of the formulation (as opposed to external corrections). Furthermore, the method is able to identify and characterize physically distinct groups in inhomogeneous samples, thus avoiding biases due to unidentified components. Moreover, the implementation used by the authors is based on the extensive use of numerical methods, so avoiding the need for simplification of the equations and thus the bias they could introduce. Several examples of application using simulated samples are presented, to be followed by applications to real samples in forthcoming articles.
dc.format 11 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher EDP Sciences
dc.relation Reproducció del document publicat a http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996165
dc.relation Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 1996, vol. 117, núm. 2, p. 405-415.
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996165
dc.rights (c) The European Southern Observatory, 1996
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)
dc.subject Estels
dc.subject Galàxies
dc.subject Cinemàtica
dc.subject Mètodes estadístics
dc.subject Statistical methods
dc.subject Stars: fundamental parameters
dc.subject Stars: kinematics
dc.subject Galaxy: stellar content
dc.title A new maximum likelihood method for luminosity calibrations
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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