Statistics of the Galaxy Distribution

by Vicent J. Martinez, Enn Saar

Overview

Over the last decade, statisticians have developed new statistical tools in the field of spatial point processes. At the same time, observational efforts have yielded a huge amount of new cosmological data to analyze. Although the main tools in astronomy for comparing theoretical results with observation are statistical, in recent years, cosmologis

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040203262
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/20/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	456
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Martinez, Vicent J.; Saar, Enn

Table of Contents

The Clumpy Universe. The Standard Model of the Universe. Cosmological Point Processes. Fractal Properties of the Galaxy Distribution. Statistical and Geometrical Models. Formation of Structure. Random Fields in Cosmology. Fourier Analysis of Clustering. Cosmography. Structure Statistics. Appendices. References.

Editorial Reviews

Describes the latest observational results on the distribution of galaxies and the applications of spatial statistics in cosmology. The astronomer authors provide detailed derivations of the basic statistical methods used to study the spatial distribution of galaxies and of the cosmological physics needed to formulate the statistical models. Separate chapters deal with point processes, fractal methods, geometrical models, and Fourier analysis. The book concludes with methods of reconstructing the density field in the nearby universe, and statistical tools that have been developed to highlight morphological features of the galaxy distribution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)