Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-02-03
Astrophys.J.644:678-686,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
25 pages, 8 figures, submitted to ApJ; To appear in The Astrophysical Journal 2006, 644, 678 (June 20th)
Scientific paper
10.1086/503759
We introduce an information-theoretic measure, the Renyi information, to describe the galaxy distribution in space. We discuss properties of the information measure, and demonstrate its relationship with the probability distribution function and multifractal descriptions. Using the First Look Survey galaxy samples observed by the Infrared Array Camera onboard Spitzer Space Telescope, we present measurements of the Renyi information, as well as the counts-in-cells distribution and multifractal properties of galaxies in mid-infrared wavelengths. Guided by multiplicative cascade simulation based on a binomial model, we verify our measurements, and discuss the spatial selection effects on measuring information of the spatial structures. We derive structure scan functions at scales where selection effects are small for the Spitzer samples. We discuss the results, and the potential of applying the Renyi information to measuring other spatial structures.
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