Research Catalog

Title

Statistical challenges in modern astronomy IV : proceedings of a conference held at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, 12-15 June 2006 / edited by G. Jogesh Babu, and Eric D. Feigelson.

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Babu, Gutti Jogesh, 1949-
• Feigelson, Eric D.

Description

xvi, 448 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 371

Uniform Title

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 371.

Alternative Title

• Statistical challenges in modern astronomy 4
• Statistical challenges in astronomy.

Subject

• Statistical astronomy > Congresses
• Statistical astronomy

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Earlier conference has title: Statistical challenges in astronomy.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Spatial Statistics of Cosmic Microwave Background Maps / I. Szapudi -- Setting the Statistical Significance of Detections of Non-Gaussianity in the WMAP Data / L. Cayon -- Validation of Statistical Models for Spatial Point Patterns / A. Baddeley -- Discussion on Baddeley Paper / J.M. Loh -- Turning AGN Microlensing from a Curiosity into a Tool / C.S. Kochanek, X. Dai, C. Morgan, N. Morgan, S. Poindexter and G. Chartas -- Statistical Challenges of Weak Gravitational Lensing / G. Bernstein -- The Small-N Problem in High Energy Physics / G. Cowan -- Bayesian Methods in Particle Physics: From Small-N to Large / H.B. Prosper -- Discussion on Cowan and Prosper Papers / M. Woodroofe and B. Sen -- How To Win with Non-Gaussian Data: Poisson Goodness-of-Fit / A. Connors and D.A. van Dyk -- Analyzing Data from Astronomical Surveys: Issues and Directions / T.J. Loredo -- Discussion on Loredo Paper / W. Jang -- Photometric Calibration -- An Intriguing Statistical Problem for the LSST / T. Axelrod -- Discussion on Axelrod Paper / J.K. Ghosh -- The Characterization, Subtraction, and Addition of Astronomical Images / R. Lupton -- Discussion on Lupton Paper / R. Willett and J. Silva -- The Virtual Observatory: Core Capabilities and Support for Statistical Analyses in Astronomy / R.J. Hanisch -- Bayesian Model Selection and Extrasolar Planet Detection / E.B. Ford and P.C. Gregory -- Discussion on Ford and Gregory Paper / J.K. Ghosh -- Statistics of Optical Colors of KBOs and Centaurs / W. Romanishin and S.C. Tegler -- Discussion on Romanishin and Tegler Paper / Z. Zhu -- Current Challenges in Bayesian Model Choice / M.A. Clyde, J.O. Berger, F. Bullard, E.B. Ford, W.H. Jefferys, R. Luo, R. Paulo and T. Loredo -- Discussion on Clyde et al. Paper / W.H. Jefferys -- Multiscale Analysis of Photon-Limited Astronomical Images / R. Willett -- Discussion on Willett Paper / J.D. Scargle -- Nonparametric Estimation of Dark Matter Distributions / X. Wang, M. Woodroofe, J. Pal, M. Walker and M. Mateo -- Discussion on Wang et al. Paper / E.D. Feigelson -- The Shape of Things to Come? / M.A. Hendry -- The Promise and Challenge of Multidimensional Visualization / A. Inselberg -- On Detecting Periodicity in Astronomical Point Processes / P. Bickel, B. Kleijn and J. Rice -- Discussion on Bickel, Kleijn and Rice Paper / J.D. Scargle -- Periodicities in Variable Stars: A Few Issues / C. Koen -- Periodicity in Gravitational Waves / G. Woan -- Discussion on Koen and Woan Papers / N. Meinhausen and J. Rice -- A Particle Physicist's Perspective on Astrostatistics / L. Lyons -- A Statistician's Perspective on Astrostatistics / J. Berger -- An Astronomer's Perspective on Astrostatistics / O. Lahav -- Interactive Data Visualization and Pattern Discovery with Mirage / T.K. Ho -- A Brief Introduction to R for Astronomers / D.R. Hunter -- Applications of Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm to Solar Astrophysical Data / S. Adamakis, T.J. Morton Jones and R.W. Walsh -- Membership in the Open Cluster M67: Working from Proper Motions via the EM Algorithm / A. Uribe, R.-S. Barrera-Rojas and E. Brieva -- Likelihood Source Matching Applied to the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South / C.N. Cardamone, C.M. Urry, S. Virani and E. Gawiser -- Recovering the Star Formation Rate in the Solar Neighborhood / M. Cignoni, S. Degl'Innocenti, P.G.P. Moroni and S.N. Shore -- Spectral and Spatial Bayesian Segmentation of Hyperspectral Astronomical Data Cube / M. Petremand, Ch. Collet and F. Flitti -- Dependence of Microlensing on Source Size and Lens Mass / A.B. Congdon and C.R. Keeton -- A Maximum Likelihood Method for Identifying the Components of Eclipsing Binary Stars / J. Devor and D. Charbonneau -- Gas Mass Fraction from XMM-Newton and Chandra High Redshift Clusters and Its Use as a Cosmological Test / L. Ferramacho and A. Blanchard -- The Quasar Luminosity Function as a Non-Homogeneous Poisson Process / A. Hugeback, M.A. Coram and S. Jester -- Multisource Data Fusion and Super-Resolution from Astronomical Images / A. Jalobeanu -- Likelihood Simulation for Bounding Non-Gaussianity in the CMB / K. Jennings, A. Treaster and L. Cayon -- Unbinned MLE for Low-Count Spectra / K. Arzner, M. Gudel, K. Briggs, A. Telleschi, M. Schmidt, M. Audard, L. Scelsi and E. Franciosini -- Nonparametric Multivariate Analysis of SDSS Quasars by Convex Hull Peeling / H. Lee -- Event Analysis for GLAST -- A Detailed Statistical Analysis / R.D. Morris and J. Cohen-Tanugi -- Bayesian Parameter Estimation for X-ray Observations / A. Ptak -- Revealing the Star Formation History of SDSS Ellipticals: A PCA Approach / B. Rogers, I. Ferreras, O. Lahav, M. Bemardi, S. Kaviraj and S.K. Yi -- Bayesian Analysis of RR Lyrae Distances and Kinematics / T.R. Jefferys, W.H. Jefferys, T.G. Barnes III and A. Dambis -- Inverting Color-Magnitude Diagrams to Access Precise Star Cluster Parameters: A Bayesian Approach / W.H. Jefferys, T. von Hippel, J. Scott, N. Stein, D.E. Winget, S. DeGennaro, A. Dam, E. Jeffery and D.A. van Dyk -- Fitting Narrow Spectral Lines in High-Energy Astrophysics using Incompatible Gibbs Samplers / T. Park, D.A. van Dyk and A. Siemiginowska -- Modeling Astronomical Time Series with Stochastic Differential Equations / R. Vio, P. Andreani, H. Madsen, R. Mannella and P. Rebusco -- Steep Functions in Astronomy: The RQSO z-Cutoff Debate / J.V. Wall -- Separating Physical Components from Galaxy Spectra by Subspace Methods / C.-W. Yip, A. Szalay and A. Connolly -- Reconstruction of the Galaxy Cluster Mass Distribution / Z. Zhu and L. Williams -- TIRAVEL -- Template Independent RAdial VELocity measurement / S. Zucker and T. Mazeh.

ISBN

• 9781583812402
• 1583812407

LCCN

2007926282

OCLC

• ocn184846039
• 184846039
• SCSB-1457687

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library