Modeling Globular Cluster Counts with Bayesian Latent Models

Rafael S. de Souza; Ana L. Chies-Santos

doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ae1973

Modeling Globular Cluster Counts with Bayesian Latent Models

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Abstract

We present a Bayesian latent model to describe the scaling relation between globular cluster populations and their host galaxies, updating the framework proposed in R. S. de Souza et al. Globular cluster counts are drawn from a negative-binomial (NB) process linked to host stellar mass, augmented with a newly introduced Gaussian observation layer that enables efficient propagation of measurement errors. The revised formulation preserves the underlying NB process while improving computational tractability. The code snippets, implemented in Nimble and PyMC are released under the MIT license at this repository ✎.

Original language	English
Number of pages	3
Journal	Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
Volume	9
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1973
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2025

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Astrostatistics techniques
Globular star clusters

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