Bibcode
Betancort-Rijo, J. E.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 237, March 15, 1989, p. 431-445. Research supported by SERC.
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1989
Citations
5
Refereed citations
5
Description
Statistical techniques are devised to assess the likelihood of a Poisson
sample of points in two and three dimensions, containing specific
filamentary structures. For that purpose, Otto et al.'s (1986)
expression for the probability density of clumps in a Poissonian
distribution of points is generalized for any value of the density
contrast. A way of counting filaments differing from that of Otto et al.
is proposed, because at low density contrast the filaments counted by
Otto et al. are distributed in a clumpy fashion, each clump of filaments
corresponding to a distinct observed filament.