THE ANALYSIS OF INDEXED ASTRONOMICAL TIME-SERIES .2. THE O-C (OBSERVED-CALCULATED) TECHNIQUE RECONSIDERED

被引:63
作者
LOMBARD, F [1 ]
KOEN, C [1 ]
机构
[1] S AFRICAN ASTRON OBSERV,CAPE TOWN 7935,SOUTH AFRICA
关键词
METHODS-DATA ANALYSIS; STARS-INDIVIDUAL-RYSGR; STARS-OSCILLATIONS;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/263.2.309
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Circumstances under which application of the O - C technique leads to spurious conclusions are described. For data in which measurements of many individual cycle lengths are available, use of the CUSUM method is a good alternative. The contentions of the paper are illustrated by application to observations of RY Sgr: in contrast to several previous authors, it is concluded that the mean pulsation period of the star is not changing.
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页码:309 / 313
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