Unbinned maximum-likelihood estimators for low-count data - Applications to faint X-ray spectra in the Taurus molecular cloud

K. Arzner; M. Güdel; K. Briggs; A. Telleschi; M. Schmidt; M. Audard; L. Scelsi; E. Franciosini

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The XMM-Newton extended survey of the Taurus molecular cloud

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Issue		A&A Volume 468, Number 2, June III 2007 The XMM-Newton extended survey of the Taurus molecular cloud


Page(s)		501 - 514
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064927
Published online		12 September 2006

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