# Thompson 2020: The statistical reliability of 267-GHz JCMT observations of Venus: no significant evidence for phosphine absorption

> M. A. Thompson, 2020. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The critique of the JCMT detection.

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# The statistical reliability of 267-GHz JCMT observations of Venus: no significant evidence for phosphine absorption

M. A. Thompson, 2020. _Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 501(1), L18–L22_.

Re-analyses the JCMT spectrum with low-order and multiple higher-order polynomial baselines and a non-parametric bootstrap; neither method recovers a significant line, and polynomial fitting produces false positives.

**Phosphine in the clouds of Venus** Articledoi: **[10.1093/mnrasl/slaa187](https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa187)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The critique of the JCMT detection.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Bootstrap tests of the JCMT data with several baseline methods recover no significant line.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/evidence/EVD0CQY1WXW6228/bootstrap-tests-of-the-jcmt-data-with-several-baseline)

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[Polynomial fitting of the JCMT spectrum produces false positives.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/evidence/EVD0CQY1Y4Y7ZSH/polynomial-fitting-of-the-jcmt-spectrum-produces-false)

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[Phosphine in the clouds of Venus](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine)

The mystery article

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[Is there a real absorption line at 266.94 GHz in the Venus spectra?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/venus-phosphine/questions/QST0CQY1TFR14XV/is-there-a-real-absorption-line-at-266-94-ghz-in-the-venus)

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## Cite it

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Thompson, M. A. (2020). The statistical reliability of 267-GHz JCMT observations of Venus: no significant evidence for phosphine absorption. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 501(1), L18–L22. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa187
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa187)

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