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Cosmology

approximation relating the projected angular correlation of sources on the sky to their three-dimensional clustering, valid for small angles.

In cosmology, Limber approximation refers to approximation relating the projected angular correlation of sources on the sky to their three-dimensional clustering, valid for small angles. This meaning comes from Limber (1953) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

  1. Limber, D. N. (1953). The Analysis of Counts of the Extragalactic Nebulae in Terms of a Fluctuating Density Field. The Astrophysical Journal, 117, 134. https://doi.org/10.1086/145672

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