A hierarchical model for the ages of Galactic halo white dwarfs
A hierarchical model for the ages of Galactic halo white dwarfs
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银晕白矮星年龄的分层模型
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stx765
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Stenning, David
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作者:
Si, Shijing;van Dyk, David A.;von Hippel, Ted;Robinson, Elliot;Webster, Aaron;Stenning, David
In astrophysics, we often aim to estimate one or more parameters for each member object in a population and study the distribution of the fitted parameters across the population. In this paper, we develop novel methods that allow us to take advantage of existing software designed for such case-by-case analyses to simultaneously fit parameters of both the individual objects and the parameters that quantify their distribution across the population. Our methods are based on Bayesian hierarchical modelling that is known to produce parameter estimators for the individual objects that are on average closer to their true values than estimators based on case-by-case analyses. We verify this in the context of estimating ages of Galactic halo white dwarfs (WDs) via a series of simulation studies. Finally, we deploy our new techniques on optical and near-infrared photometry of 10 candidate halo WDs to obtain estimates of their ages along with an estimate of the mean age of Galactic halo WDs ofGyr. Although this sample is small, our technique lays the ground work for large-scale studies using data from theGaiamission.
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DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/722/1/222
发表时间:
2010
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
S. Barnes
通讯作者:
S. Barnes
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
H. Shariff;S. Dhawan;X. Jiao;B. Leibundgut;R. Trotta;D. V. Dyk
通讯作者:
H. Shariff;S. Dhawan;X. Jiao;B. Leibundgut;R. Trotta;D. V. Dyk
DOI:
10.1214/08-aoas219
发表时间:
2009
期刊:
The Annals of Applied Statistics
影响因子:
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作者:
D. V. Dyk;S. DeGennaro;N. Stein;W. Jefferys;T. Hippel
通讯作者:
T. Hippel
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/696/1/12
发表时间:
2009-04
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
S. DeGennaro;T. von Hippel;W. Jefferys;N. Stein;D. V. van Dyk;E. Jeffery
通讯作者:
S. DeGennaro;T. von Hippel;W. Jefferys;N. Stein;D. V. van Dyk;E. Jeffery
DOI:
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发表时间:
1999
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影响因子:
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作者:
M. Romaniello;M. Salaris;S. Cassisi;Nino Panagia Eso;Garching;Germany Liverpool John Moores University;Liverpool;Uk;Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania;Teramo;Italy;Mpa;Germany;STScI;Baltimore;Usa
通讯作者:
Usa