Published February 1978 | Version v1
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Are quasar redshifts randomly distributed

Creators

  • 1. Arizona Univ., Tucson (USA)
  • 2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, Calif. (USA). Ames Research Center

Description

A statistical analysis of possible clumping (not periodicity) of emission line redshifts of QSO's shows the available data to be compatible with random fluctuations of a smooth, non-clumped distribution. This result is demonstrated with Monte Carlo simulations as well as with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. It is in complete disagreement with the analysis by Varshni, which is shown to be incorrect. (Auth.)

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/bf00645019;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysics and Space Science
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
2
Series
Astrophys. Space Sci.
Journal Page Range
265-278
ISSN
0004-640X

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
9393711
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EMISSION SPECTRA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUASARS; RED SHIFT; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; MATHEMATICS; SPECTRA

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