Unbinned maximum-likelihood estimators for low-count data Applications to faint X-ray spectra in the Taurus molecular cloud

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 501-514

  Arzner, K ^a   Gudel M ^a   Briggs, K ^a   Telleschi, A ^a   Schmidt, M ^b   Audard, M ^c   Scelsi, L ^d   Franciosini, E ^d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Stars: formation; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

BINARY CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION LOSS; TAURUS MOLECULAR CLOUDS; X-RAY SPECTRA;

CLOUDS;

EID: 34250357274     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20064927     Document Type: Article

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