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Statistical “Z” parallaxes
Author(s) -
Jaschek C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113070118
Subject(s) - stars , physics , component (thermodynamics) , astrophysics , space (punctuation) , statistical analysis , distribution (mathematics) , population , symmetry (geometry) , stellar population , astronomy , statistical physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , statistics , geometry , computer science , star formation , quantum mechanics , demography , sociology , operating system
A new method for deriving statistical parallaxes is proposed. The method uses the symmetry in the distribution of the Z ‐component of the stellar space velocity vectors. It should be suited to derive the statistical parallaxes of stars of population II, for which the usual method fails.