| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 47, 2013
Hot Planets and Cool Stars
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| Article Number | 05003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Radial Velocity | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134705003 | |
| Published online | 25 April 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134705003
Signals embedded in the radial velocity noise*
1 University of Hertfordshire, Centre for Astrophysics Research, Science and Technology Research Institute, College Lane, AL10 9AB Hatfield, UK
2 University of Turku, Tuorla Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Väisäläntie 20, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland
a e-mail: mikko.tuomi@utu.fi
Bayesian data analysis techniques, together with suitable statistical models, can be used to obtain much more information from noisy data than the traditional frequentist methods. For instance, when searching for periodic signals in noisy data, the Bayesian techniques can be used to define exact detection criteria for low-amplitude signals – the most interesting signals that might correspond to habitable planets. We present an overview of Bayesian techniques and present detailed analyses of the HARPS-TERRA velocities of HD 40307, a nearby star observed to host a candidate habitable planet, to demonstrate in practice the applicability of Bayes' rule to astronomical data
Readers are referred to an extended version of this article available at: arxiv.org/abs/1301.3438
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