Estimation of stellar parameters using Monte Carlo Markov Chains

2008/03/18 by M. Bazot, Bazot, M., Sébastien Bourguignon +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0803.2529

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Abstract

We apply Monte Carlo Markov Chain methods to the stellar parameter estimation problem. This technique is useful when dealing with non-linear models and allows to derive realistic error bars on the inferred parameters. We give the first results obtained for alpha Cen A.

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