A re-examination of mass-luminosity relations from binary-star data

Details A re-examination of mass-luminosity relations from binary-star data A re-examination of mass-luminosity relations from binary-star data

Feb 1988

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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (ISSN 0035-872X), vol. 82, Feb. 1988, p. 1-12. Research supported by the Uni

Statistics

Computation

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Binary Stars, Computational Astrophysics, Mass To Light Ratios, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Error Analysis, Goodness Of Fit, Least Squares Method, Main Sequence Stars, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Robustness (Mathematics)

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The empirical stellar mass-luminosity relationship has been investigated with the help of a recent careful compilation of binary-star data which includes estimates of errors in mass and luminosity measurements. Several different statistical methods of fitting straight-line relationships to logarithmic plots of the data have been used. One of these, standard least-squares, is well known. For comparison, the generalized least-squares method, which takes into account the instrumental errors on both abscissa and ordinate, and a robust nonparametric method due to Theil (1950) have been applied. Parameters of the best-fit lines produced by the three methods agree within the calculated statistical errors. Goddness-of-fit has been assessed using the Chi-squared test. The data can be fitted in a statistically satisfactory manner by three straight-line segments which indicate a flattening of the slope of the empirical mass-luminosity relation at the extremes of the mass range, in agreement with the conclusions of previous investigations. An alternative sinusoidal fit of slightly lower accuracy is also given for the region of interest. The result is compared with recent theoretical predictions.

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