PowerPoint Presentation - Isolated Neutron Stars, solid crust

Using the Principal Component¹s space

For every observed LC we can compute the PC¹s!

Does it make sense to try a fit?

If so, from the nearest lc in the PC¹s space we obtain a ³good² trial lc

From PCA we get the matrix Cij

zi = Cij yj

yj= observed intensity at phase gj