Re: binned Hubble Diagram

From: Robert A. Knop Jr. (robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2003 - 07:09:03 PDT

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    On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 05:20:16PM -0700, Greg Aldering wrote:
    >
    > Ok, I've looked at the binned residual plots further. I think it is
    > best to do more averaging. Bins of 0.1 in z seem appropriate, and if
    > all the low-z guys end up in one bin, that's fine by me. I think we
    > should make the residual plot linear in z anyway, since the current log
    > form emphasizes the part of the Hubble diagram without signal and with
    > 1/4 of the space devoted to SNe whose residuals are dominated by
    > peculiar velocities.

    I've attached the plot you describe (assuming I understand what you mean
    correctly)-- I have to admit to being underwhelmed by it. It's not
    alarming-- it tells us about what we'd expect-- but it's not terribly
    beautiful.

    -Rob





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