Bayesian analysis of resolved stellar spectra: Application to MMT/Hectochelle observations of the Draco dwarf spheroidal

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 448, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2717-2732

  Walker, Matthew G ^a,b   Olszewski, Edward W ^c   Mateo, Mario ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual: Draco; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Local Group; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; GIANT STARS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM ERRORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: DRACO; LINE OF SIGHT; LOCAL GROUPS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; SPECTRA'S; STELLAR SPECTRA; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC;

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS;

EID: 85015660175     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv099     Document Type: Article

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