Bayes versus the virial theorem: inferring the potential of a galaxy from a kinematical snapshot
We present a new framework for estimating a galaxy's gravitational potential, φ, from its stellar kinematics by adopting a fully non-parametric model for the galaxy's unknown actionspace distribution function, f ( J). Having an expression for the joint likelihood of φ and f, the likelihood...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2014
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