Moment Analysis Applied to LMC Star Clusters
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
Statistical moment-based ellipse fitting was performed on observations of Large Magellanic Cloud clusters, confirming that trends are evident in their position angles and ellipticities, as had been reported in the literature. Artificial cluster images with known parameters were generated, and subjected to the same analysis techniques, revealing apparent trends caused by stochastic processes. Caution should therefore be exercised in the interpretation of observational trends in young LMC clusters.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9409081,
title = {Moment Analysis Applied to LMC Star Clusters},
author = {Timothy Banks and R. J. Dodd and D. J. Sullivan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9409081},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
7 pages. LaTeX 2.09 with mn.sty V1.0. mn.sty is available from CTAN sites, such as ftp.shsu.edu. Accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MU375). Figures not available electronically