Maximum likelihood estimation of scale height of the galactic disc
- Author(s)
- Lajos G. Balazs, Z. Berend, Josef Hron, Franz Kerschbaum
- Abstract
The application of the Maximum Likelihood procedure is outlined for estimating the scale height and scale lengths of the exponential disc of the Galaxy. Based on a GCVS-IRAS and a DENIS sample we estimated the scale height of Mira variables. The calculation resulted in 260 pc for the 300^d < P < 400^d period and 590 pc for the P < 300^d period GCVS-IRAS Miras and 510 pc for those selected photometrically from the DENIS data.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Pages
- 113
- Publication date
- 07-1998
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/maximum-likelihood-estimation-of-scale-height-of-the-galactic-disc(16d6b595-c2c1-4233-8e62-10cd804f571a).html