Fluctuation Effects on Directional Data
- 16 June 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 34 (24), 1530-1533
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.34.1530
Abstract
The problem addressed is that of determining best values and confidence limits for the amplitude and phase of an unknown harmonic amplitude vector, given a single set of directions measured on a circle. The previously known solution, for the limiting case of small fluctuation, is inapplicable to the great majority of cosmic-ray anisotropy measurements. Solutions are given that are thought to be valid for all cases likely to occur in practice.Keywords
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