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NuSTAR aperiodic timing analysis made precise

Studies on dead time continue, with two papers on dead time statistics and correction

NuSTAR aperiodic timing analysis made precise

In this series of papers we describe a technique called Fourier Amplitude Difference (FAD) correction, that fully corrects the dead time distortion of a power density spectrum, and the correct statistics for maximum-likelihood fitting of cospectra.

Bachetti & Huppenkothen 2018

Huppenkothen & Bachetti 2018