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On the use of <i>C</i>-stat in testing models for X-ray spectra

J. S. KaastraDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Universiteit Utrecht, PO Box 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
2017en
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Context. It has been shown that for the analysis of X-ray spectra the C-statistic, contrary to the χ2-statistic, provides unbiased estimates of the model parameters and their uncertainty ranges.

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