Studies in astronomical time series analysis. V. Bayesian blocks, a new method to analyze structure in photon counting data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 504, Issue 1 PART I, 1998, Pages 405-418

  Scargle, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: data analysis; Methods: numerical; Methods: Statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243629161     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306064     Document Type: Article

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