The effects of intrinsic spectral curvature and flux limits on the measured evolutionary behavior of BL Lacertæ objects

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dc.contributor.advisorFossati, Giovannien_US
dc.creatorMeyer, Eileen T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:31:26Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:31:26Zen_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractThe effects of modeling the intrinsic curvature of the spectral energy distributions of BL Lacertae objects in the soft x-ray on the V/V M evolutionary statistic were studied. It was found that the power law approximations in the soft x-ray could cause a significant bias in V/V M towards values supporting either negative or positive evolution for BL Lacs. The effects of such a bias on the Sedentary Survey, a large sample of 150 BL Lacertae objects, were found to be negligible on average though individual effects were appreciable. The luminosity function and parametric values of evolution for pure luminosity and pure density evolution were computed for the Sedentary Sample.en_US
dc.format.extent73 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2008 MEYERen_US
dc.identifier.citationMeyer, Eileen T.. "The effects of intrinsic spectral curvature and flux limits on the measured evolutionary behavior of BL Lacertæ objects." (2008) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103561">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103561</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digital304508638en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103561en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectAstronomyen_US
dc.subjectAstrophysicsen_US
dc.subjectPure sciencesen_US
dc.titleThe effects of intrinsic spectral curvature and flux limits on the measured evolutionary behavior of BL Lacertæ objectsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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