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The relation of the Allan- and Delta-variance to the continuous wavelet transform

Astrophysics 2011-05-23 v1

Abstract

This paper is understood as a supplement to the paper by [Stutzki et al, 1998], where we have shown the usefulness of the Allan-variance and its higher dimensional generalization, the Delta-variance, for the characterization of molecular cloud structures. In this study we present the connection between the Allan- and Delta-variance and a more popular structure analysis tool: the wavelet transform. We show that the Allan- and Delta-variances are the variances of wavelet transform coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9904190,
  title  = {The relation of the Allan- and Delta-variance to the continuous wavelet transform},
  author = {M. Zielinsky and J. Stutzki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9904190},
  year   = {2011}
}

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9 pages, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics