Significance Tests for Periodogram Peaks
arXiv:0706.2225 · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.06.015
Abstract
We discuss methods currently in use for determining the significance of peaks in the periodograms of time series. We discuss some general methods for constructing significance tests, false alarm probability functions, and the role played in these by independent random variables and by empirical and theoretical cumulative distribution functions. We also discuss the concept of "independent frequencies" in periodogram analysis. We propose a practical method for estimating the significance of periodogram peaks, applicable to all time series irrespective of the spacing of the data. This method, based on Monte Carlo simulations, produces significance tests that are tailor-made for any given astronomical time series.
22 pages, 11 Encapsulated Postscript figures, AAS LaTeX v5.2 Submitted to ApJ
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