On computing upper limits to source intensities

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 719, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 900-914

  Kashyap, Vinay L ^a   Van Dyk, David A ^b   Connors, Alanna ^c   Freeman, Peter E ^d   Siemiginowska, Aneta ^a   Xu, Jin ^b   Zezas, Andreas ^e  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EUREKA SCIENTIFIC   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Methods: Data analysis; Methods: Statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049294240     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/900     Document Type: Article

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