The white dwarf luminosity function - I. Statistical errors and alternatives

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1654-1666

  Geijo, Enrique M ^a   Torres, Santiago ^a,b   Isern, Jordi ^b,c   García Berro, Enrique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxy: stellar content; Methods: statistical; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GALAXIES: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; MASS FUNCTIONS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STAR: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ERRORS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 33745581305     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10354.x     Document Type: Article

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