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The Use of Principal Components Analysis in Analysing Variable Star Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S. M. Kanbur ,
D. Iono ,
N. A. Tanvir  and
M. A. Hendry
S. M. Kanbur
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
D. Iono
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
N. A. Tanvir
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Central Hertfordshire, UK
M. A. Hendry
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK

Abstract

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We describe the technique of Principal Components Analysis (PCA) as applied to the analysis of variable star data. It is shown that PCA is an efficient way of describing light curve structure.

Type
Part 1. Large Scale Surveys: Present and Future
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 176: The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research , 2000 , pp. 56 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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