A new test of uniformity for object orientations in astronomy

[en] We briefly present a new coordinate-invariant statistical test dedicated to the study of the orientations of transverse quantities of non-uniformly distributed sources on the celestial sphere. These quantities can be projected spin-axes or polarization vectors of astronomical sources.

Disciplines :

Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

Author, co-author :

Pelgrims, Vincent ; Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

Language :

English

Title :

A new test of uniformity for object orientations in astronomy

Publication date :

01 July 2015

Event name :

Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology

Event organizer :

International Astronomical Union

Event place :

Lisbon, Portugal

Event date :

mai 2014

Audience :

International

Main work title :

Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology

Editor :

Heavens, A. F.

Starck, J.-L.

Krone-Martins, A.

Collection name :

Proccedings IAU Symposium No, 306, 2014

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