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Substructure in Rich Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Rachel Webster ,
Michael Fitchett ,
Paul Hewett  and
Matthew Colless
Rachel Webster
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto
Michael Fitchett
Affiliation:
CITA, University of Toronto
Paul Hewett
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Matthew Colless
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Durham University

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We have developed a new statistical method based on maximum likelihood to test for the existence of two subclumps in data of arbitrary dimensionality (Fitchett 1987). The statistic, which is called the Lee function, can be calibrated using Monte Carlo simulations under various null hypotheses.

Type
Appendix 1: Poster Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 130: Large Scale Structures of the Universe , 1988 , pp. 537
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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