Maximum likelihood estimation of scale height of the galactic disc

Autor(en)

Lajos G. Balazs, Z. Berend, Josef Hron, Franz Kerschbaum

Abstrakt

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(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Externe Organisation(en)

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Seiten

113

Publikationsdatum

07-1998

ÖFOS 2012

103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/maximum-likelihood-estimation-of-scale-height-of-the-galactic-disc(16d6b595-c2c1-4233-8e62-10cd804f571a).html