Slicing cluster mass functions with a Bayesian razor

DOI10.1002/ASNA.201011409MaRDI QIDQ3018310zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors C. D. Sealfon

Publication date 21 July 2011

Published in Astronomische Nachrichten: A Journal on all Fields of Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1906

zbMATH Keywords

cosmology: theorygalaxies: clusters: generalmethods: statistical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Statistical astronomy (85A35) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

Abstract: We apply a Bayesian "razor" to forecast Bayes factors between different parameterizations of the galaxy cluster mass function. To demonstrate this approach, we calculate the minimum size N-body simulation needed for strong evidence favoring a two-parameter mass function over one-parameter mass functions and visa versa, as a function of the minimum cluster mass.

Recommendations

• Simulation-aided inference in cosmology
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1790500
• Dynamics of gravitational clustering
• A preferential attachment model for the stellar initial mass function
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1241795

This page was built for publication: Slicing cluster mass functions with a Bayesian razor

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3018310)