%0 Journal Article %T Linear Statistics of Point Processes via Orthogonal Polynomials %A E. Ryckman %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/s10955-008-9564-5 %X For arbitrary $\beta > 0$, we use the orthogonal polynomials techniques developed by R. Killip and I. Nenciu to study certain linear statistics associated with the circular and Jacobi $\beta$ ensembles. We identify the distribution of these statistics then prove a joint central limit theorem. In the circular case, similar statements have been proved using different methods by a number of authors. In the Jacobi case these results are new. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3516v2