A Bayesian approach to calibrating period-luminosity relations of RR Lyrae stars in the mid-infrared

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-87

  Klein, Christopher R ^a   Richards, Joseph W ^a   Butler, Nathaniel R ^b   Bloom, Joshua S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance scale; RR Lyrae; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866281865     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-012-1035-4     Document Type: Article

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