Single parameter galaxy classification: The principal curve through the multi-dimensional space of galaxy properties

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 755, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Taghizadeh Popp, M ^a   Heinis, S ^a,b   Szalay, A S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

galaxies: fundamental parameters; galaxies: general; galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; galaxies: statistics; methods: data analysis; methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864653397     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/143     Document Type: Review

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