Non-parametric reconstruction of distribution functions from observed galactic discs

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 419-434

  Pichon, C ^a,b,c   Thiebaut E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: general; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Methods: data analysis; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; GALACTIC DISKS; GALAXIES GENERAL; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; MAJOR AXIS; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRICS; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 1542736963     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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