Spectral energy distribution fitting with markov chain Monte Carlo: Methodology and application to z = 3.1 Lyα-emitting galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 737, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Acquaviva, Viviana ^a   Gawiser, Eric ^a   Guaita, Lucia ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

galaxies: fundamental parameters; galaxies: statistics; methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052051574     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/47     Document Type: Article

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