A Bayesian test for periodic signals in red noise

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Vaughan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Galaxies; General; Methods; Seyfert; Statistical; X rays

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MODEL CHECKING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POWER SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; BAYESIAN TEST; BROAD POWER SPECTRUM; GENERAL; METHOD; PERIODIC SIGNAL; QUASIPERIODIC OSCILLATIONS; RED NOISE; SEYFERTS; SPECTRA'S;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77949413850     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15868.x     Document Type: Article

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