On surface brightness fluctuations: probabilistic and statistical bases

2008/09/25 by M. Cerviño, M. Cervino, V. Luridiana +1
Chemistry · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Artificial intelligence #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Brightness #Computer science #Galaxy #Geometry #Mathematics #Physics #Population #Probabilistic logic #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Statistical model #Statistical physics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Surface (topology) #Surface brightness #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077515

A&A accepted

arxiv created 2008/09/25 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/08/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Aims. This work aims to provide a theoretical formulation of surface brightness fluctuations (SBF) in the framework of probabilistic population synthesis models that have no deterministic relations between the different stellar components of a population but only relations on average, and to distinguish between the different distributions involved in the definition of SBF.

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