Physics – Data Analysis – Statistics and Probability
Scientific paper
2000-06-19
Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
45 pages, TeX, requires epsf.tex. Includes 9 Encapsulated PostScript figures. Tentatively accepted by The Annals of Statistics
Scientific paper
Motivated by the study of an important data set for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe, this work considers the estimation of the reduced second moment function, or K-function, of a stationary point process observed over a large number of segments of possibly varying lengths. Theory and simulation are used to compare the behavior of isotropic and rigid motion correction estimators and some modifications of these estimators. These results generally support the use of modified versions of the rigid motion correction. When applied to a catalog of astronomical objects known as absorbers, the proposed methods confirm results from earlier analyses of the absorber catalog showing clear evidence of clustering up to 50 Mpc and marginal evidence for clustering of matter on spatial scales beyond 100 Mpc, which is beyond the distance at which clustering of matter is now generally accepted to exist.
Loh Ji Meng
Quashnock Jean M.
Stein Michael L.
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