A link to the past: Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo fitting to constrain fundamental parameters of high-redshift galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 748, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pirzkal, N ^a   Rothberg, B ^a,b   Nilsson, Kim K ^c   Finkelstein, S ^d   Koekemoer, Anton ^a   Malhotra, Sangeeta ^e   Rhoads, James ^e  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST ECF   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

galaxies: evolution; galaxies: fundamental parameters; galaxies: high redshift; methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858788123     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/122     Document Type: Article

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