Bayesian estimation of hardness ratios: Modeling and computations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 610-628

  Park, Taeyouno ^a   Kashyap, Vinay L ^b   Siemiginowska, Aneta ^b   Van Dyk, David A ^c   Zezas, Andreas ^b   Heinke, Craig ^d   Wargelin, Bradford J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Stars: flare; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845300804     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507406     Document Type: Article

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