Analysis of energy spectra with low photon counts via Bayesian posterior simulation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 548, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 224-243

  Van Dyk, David A ^a   Connors, Alanna ^b,d   Kashyap, Vinay L ^c   Siemiginowska, Aneta ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d EUREKA SCIENTIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035835532     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318656     Document Type: Article

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