A Maximum Likelihood Method to Improve Faint‐Source Flux and Color Estimates
A Maximum Likelihood Method to Improve Faint‐Source Flux and Color Estimates
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The University of Chicago Press
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Flux estimates for faint sources or transients are systematically biased high because there are far more truly faint sources than bright. Corrections that account for this effect are presented as a function of signal‐to‐noise ratio and the (true) slope of the faint‐source number‐flux relation. The corrections depend on the source being originally i...
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A Maximum Likelihood Method to Improve Faint‐Source Flux and Color Estimates
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_26666042
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_26666042
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0004-6280
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1538-3873
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10.1086/316173
