The stellar correlation function from SDSS A statistical search for wide binary stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 509, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Longhitano, M ^a   Binggeli, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Binaries; General Binaries; Statistics; Stellar content Stars; Visual Galaxy

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; STARS; SURVEYS;

BINARY NUMBER; BINARY STAR; BINARY SYSTEMS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; FREE MODEL; GALACTIC POLES; GENERAL - BINARIES; HOMOGENEOUS SAMPLES; LATE-TYPE; LEAST-SQUARE FITTING; LOCAL DENSITY; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; POWER LAW INDEX; POWER-LAW; PROPER MOTION; RECTANGULAR REGIONS; SEMIMAJOR AXIS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; SPECTRAL CLASS; SPECTRAL TYPES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STELLAR CONTENT; STELLAR CONTENT - STARS; TWO-POINT CORRELATION FUNCTION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 76349089760     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913109     Document Type: Article

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