... Alanna Connors (Eureka Sci), Pavlos Protopapas (IIC/CfA) . 18 Sep 2007 . ... Abstract: . ... Group . ... Spinning Stellar Black Holes . ... Our group has been pioneering the use of X-ray continuum fitting to measure black hole spins, and has published results on four black hole X-ray binary systems. ... 05 Feb 2008 . ... Lee, H. / Connors, A. / Protopapas, P. / McDowell, J., / Izem, R. / Blondin, S. / Lee, H. / Zezas, A., & Lee, H. / Liu, J.C. / van Dyk, D. / Rice, J. Fall/Winter 2007-2008 . ...

... Next: Cheating Poisson: A Up: Statistical Analysis Previous: Spatial Models and . ... The spatial distribution of stars in the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822 has been studied, using recent positions and deep photometry for about 15,000 stars in the galaxy. Based on photometrical data, OB stars and red stars could be studied separately. Spatial statistical tools have been applied to the analysis of the spatial structure. ... Figure: Model selection by the aid of CAIC . ...

... The test statistic used for detection is a special case of a function of random variables. ... Important examples of the test statistics are signal variances . ... Usually, the test statistics S in TSA measure a ratio of two variances. ... Since models depend on frequency (or time lag l ), so do the variances and and test statistics S . The statistics we recommend for use in the frequency domain are the ones introduced by Scargle and the Analysis of Variance (AOV) statistics. ...

We present ultraviolet, optical, near-infrared, Spitzer mid-infrared, and radio images of 14 radio-selected objects in M33. ... We have detected the majority of cluster candidates in M33 at all wavelengths. ... These results suggest that 11 of the 14 radio-selected objects are optically visible young star clusters with a surrounding H II region, that 2 are background objects, possibly active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and that 1 is a Wolf-Rayet star with a surrounding H II region. ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... The Hб  I Column Density Distribution Function at z =0: the Connection to Damped Ly Statistics . ... We present a measurement of the Hб  I column density distribution function [ ] at the present epoch for column densities . These high column densities compare to those measured in damped Ly lines seen in absorption against background quasars. ... The Column Density Distribution Function . ...

... The distribution of redshifts among the DXRBS FSRQs identified so far (Figure 3) is quite similar to that of the 1 Jy and S4 samples. ... A more thorough comparison will have to await completion of our survey and the convolution of the redshift distribution with the WGACAT sky coverage. As has already been mentioned by Hook et al. (1996), selecting flat-spectrum sources is an efficient way of finding high-redshift, radio-loud quasars. ...

... Chapter 14. ... Data consist of numbers, of course. ... In the following sections, you will repeatedly encounter the following paradigm: § apply some formula to the data to compute a statistic § compute where the value of that statistic falls in a probability distribution that is computed on the basis of some null hypothesis § if it falls in a very unlikely spot, way out on a tail of the distribution , conclude that the null hypothesis is false for your ... 609 610 Chapter 14. ...

... Let be a random deviate which follows a Poissonian probability distribution about the expectation value . Although the Poisson distribution itself is only defined for integer , one can find the following continuous `envelope function' to the Poisson values: . ... where is the gamma function . ... The expectation value of is . ... Equation 5 is used both in the present program and in boxdetect to estimate the null-hypothesis probability distribution of the weighted sum of Poissonian images. ...

Neptunes in the Noise: Improved Precision in Exoplanet Transit Detection AimИe Hall , Simon Hodgkin , Gabor Kovacs and Don Pollacco 1 1 1 1 2 Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge 2 Department of Physics, University of Warwick Figure 2 (right): Distribution of radii of all known exoplanets (grey), with those from Kepler (green) and SuperWASP (blue) also shown. We present early results from a new analysis of raw data taken with the SuperWASP telescope[1]. ...

... According to the most popular cosmological paradigm, the greater part of the galaxy mass is accumulated in the dark matter halo. ... The polar ring galaxies (PRGs) reveal external rings or disks of gas, dust and stars rotating in a plane roughly perpendicular to the disk of the central galaxy. ... The shape of the dark halo in the model was chosen so as to achieve the best fit to the observed rotation of both galaxies themselves and their polar rings. ... The SPRC-7 galaxy. ...

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... In brief: the frequency-dependent radiative transfer equation is solved for a dust under assumption of spherically-symmetric geometry for its distribution taking into account particle size distribution and quantum heating effects for the very small dust particles. ... Table: Model parameters for IRAS04296+3429. ... parameter . ... hot dust shell) . ... The best fit to the spectral energy distribution of IRAS04296 is shown by heavy solid line (see Table2 for details concerning parameters of the model...

Andrea Zoia CEA/Saclay DEN/DANS/DM2S/SERMA/LTSD Residence time and collision number statistics : a Feynman-Kac approach International Conference Random Processes, Conformal Field Theory and Integrable Systems September 19 - 23, 2011 Poncelet Laboratory, Moscow, Russia Outline Introduction Stochastic transport : random flights Collision number statistics and diffusion limit Exponential flights and residence ...

Next: A Gravitational Wave Map Previous: Critical Frequencies and Gravitational . In this section we consider the GWB spectrum as such, that is, we study how dimensionless strain metric amplitude h is dependent on frequency. For a sample of N independent binaries emitting GW at a given frequency the net result is . ... are, respectively, effective distance to the sample and effective mass of the binaries (in solar units) producing the GW radiation at the frequency . ...

... arXiv.org . ... Here we present and analyse the properties of an updated sample of 37 ULP Cepheids observed in galaxies within a very large metallicity range of 12+log(O/H) from ~7.2 to 9.2 dex. ... The Origin of Color Gradients in Early-Type Systems and Their Compactness at High-z . ... Multiwavelength Observations of Markarian 421 in 2005 - 2006 . ... In addition to this, the well-sampled spectral energy distribution of Markarian 421 (1101+384) is presented for three different activity levels. ...

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... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... AIA 304 ? ... bottom) images (colour table reversed) of a coronal hole region at the South Pole taken on 14 May 2010. ... In the present work we derive a Differential Emission Measure (DEM) distribution from a region dominated by spicules. ... This distribution is then used to study the thermal properties of the emission contributing to the 171 ? ... From our off-limb DEM we found that the radiance in the AIA 171 ? ...

Next: The Evolution of Stars Up: NICMOS Science Previous: A Coronagraphic Search for . ... The NICMOS Parallel program . ... The Stellar Population . ... NICMOS Camera 3 is being used in parallel mode to observe galactic fields at both high and low galactic latitudes. ... Most of the fields are at high galactic latitude; as Figure 1 shows, only 8 pointings are within |b| = 10 o , i.e. the galactic disk. Figure 1: NICMOS parallel fields distribution in galactic latitude. ... Figure 6 ). ...

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