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Assessing the statistical significance of periodogram peaks

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Baluev, R. V.·2008·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12689.x
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The least-squares (or Lomb–Scargle) periodogram is a powerful tool that is routinely used in many branches of astronomy to search for periodicities in observational data. The problem of assessing the statistical significance of candidate periodicities for a number of periodograms is considered. Based on results in extreme value theory, improved analytic estimations of false alarm probabilities are given. These include an upper limit to the false alarm probability (or a lower limit to the significance). The estimations are tested numerically in order to establish regions of their practical applicability.

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Authors
Baluev, R. V.
Venue
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2008-04
Volume
385
Issue
3
Pages
1279-1285
ISSN
  • 0035-8711 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2966
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12689.x
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384
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en
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Baluev, R. V. (2008). Assessing the statistical significance of periodogram peaks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12689.x

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