Assessing the statistical significance of periodogram peaks

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 385, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1279-1285

  Baluev, R V ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC ESTIMATIONS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; FALSE ALARM PROBABILITY; LEAST SQUARE; LOMB-SCARGLE PERIODOGRAM; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PERIODOGRAMS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

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EID: 41649120974     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12689.x     Document Type: Article

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