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A new test of uniformity for object orientations in astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2015

V. Pelgrims
V. Pelgrims*
Affiliation:
IFPA, AGO Dept., University of Liège, Allée du 6 Août, 17, B4000 Liège, Belgium email: pelgrims@astro.ulg.ac.be
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Abstract

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We briefly present a new coordinate-invariant statistical test dedicated to the study of the orientations of transverse quantities of non-uniformly distributed sources on the celestial sphere. These quantities can be projected spin-axes or polarization vectors of astronomical sources.

Keywords

method: statisticsmethod: data analysispolarizationquasars: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Symposium S306: Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology , May 2014 , pp. 276 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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