Some statistical aspects of estimating the local red clump absolute magnitude

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 241-248

  Koen, Chris ^a   Lombard, Fred ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

GIANT STARS;

FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; HIPPARCOS; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; LEAST TRIMMED SQUARES; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; RED CLUMP STARS; STANDARD ERRORS; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0142054952     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06656.x     Document Type: Article

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