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Advantages of the Broadening Function (BF) over the Cross-Correlation Function (CCF)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Slavek M. Rucinski
Slavek M. Rucinski*
Affiliation:
David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto, P.O. Box 360, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4C 4Y6

Abstract

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Performance of the cross-correlation function (CCF) is compared with the linear, algebraic equations, least-squares deconvolution directly giving the broadening function (BF). The many disadvantages of the CCF do not outweigh its simplicity so that the BF approach is strongly advocated.

Type
Session 1 Observations of Rotating Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 215: Stellar Rotation , 2004 , pp. 17 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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