Analysis of extremely low signal-to-noise ratio data from INTEGRAL/PICsIT

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 557-576

  Lubinski P ^a,b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Instrumentation: detectors; Methods: Data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STARS; X RAY CAMERAS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; CONTINUUM EMISSIONS; COUNT RATES; DATA SETS; DETECTOR PLANES; DIFFUSE EMISSIONS; DISTRIBUTED DATUM; ENERGY BANDS; ENERGY DEPENDENTS; EXPOSURE-TIME; EXTRACTION METHODS; GALACTIC PLANES; GAMMA RAYS: OBSERVATIONS; HIGH PRECISION; INSTRUMENTATION: DETECTORS; INTEGRAL SATELLITES; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; METHODS: DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS: STATISTICAL; NARROW ENERGY BANDS; ON TIME; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SHORT PERIODS; SIMULATED DATUM; STANDARD SOFTWARES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 62749173633     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810897     Document Type: Article

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