Johnston, David E., Sheldon, Erin S., Wechsler, Risa H., Rozo, Eduardo, Koester, Benjamin P., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We interpret and model the statistical weak lensing measurements around 130,000 groups and clusters of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey presented by Sheldon et al. 2007 (Paper I). We present...
Cross-correlation Weak Lensing of SDSS Galaxy Clusters I: Measurements (2007)
Sheldon, Erin S., Johnston, David E., Scranton, Ryan, Koester, Ben P., McKay, Timothy A., Oyaizu, Hiroaki, ...
This is the first in a series of papers on the weak lensing effect caused by clusters of galaxies in Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The photometrically selected cluster sample, known as MaxBCG, includes...
Cross-correlation Weak Lensing of SDSS Galaxy Clusters III: Mass-to-light Ratios (2007)
Sheldon, Erin S., Johnston, David E., Masjedi, Morad, McKay, Timothy A., Blanton, Michael R., Scranton, Ryan, ...
We present measurements of the excess mass-to-light ratio measured aroundMaxBCG galaxy clusters observed in the SDSS. This red sequence cluster sample includes objects from small groups with masses...
Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Strauss, Michael A., Kochanek, Christopher S., Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., ...
We present cosmological results from the statistics of lensed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Lens Search. By taking proper account of the selection function, we compute the...
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Becker, Robert H., Shin, Min-Su, Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., ...
We report the first results of our systematic search for strongly lensed quasars using the spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Among 46,420 quasars from the...
The fifth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...
SDSSJ102111.02+491330.4: A Newly Discovered Gravitationally Lensed Quasar (2005)
Pindor, Bart, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, ...
We report follow-up observations of two gravitational lens candidates identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) dataset. We have confirmed that SDSS J102111.02+491330.4 is a previously...
Johnston, David E., Sheldon, Erin S., Tasitsiomi, Argyro, Frieman, Joshua A., Wechsler, Risa, McKay, Timothy A.
We present a new non-parametric method for determining mean 3D density and mass profiles from weak lensing measurements around stacked samples of galaxies or clusters, that is, from measurement of...
SDSS J0246-0825: A New Gravitationally Lensed Quasar from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Inada, Naohisa, Burles, Scott, Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Schechter, Paul L., Eisenstein, Daniel J., ...
We report the discovery of a new two-image gravitationally lensed quasar, SDSS J024634.11-082536.2 (SDSS J0246-0825). This object was selected as a lensed quasar candidate from the Sloan Digital Sky...
Hennawi, Joseph F., Strauss, Michael A., Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Richards, Gordon T., Pindor, Bartosz, ...
We present a sample of 218 new quasar pairs with proper transverse separations R_prop < 1 Mpc/h over the redshift range 0.5 < z < 3.0, discovered from an extensive follow up campaign to find...
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Keeton, Charles R., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Castander, Francisco J., Chiu, Kuenley, ...
We report the discovery of a fifth image in the large separation lensed quasar system SDSS J1004+4112. A faint point source located 0.2'' from the center of the brightest galaxy in the lensing...
We discuss the galaxy-galaxy-mass three-point correlation function and show how to measure it with weak gravitational lensing. The method entails choosing a large of pairs of foreground lens galaxies...
The third data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg2,...
Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Hennawi, Joseph F., Richards, Gordon T., Johnston, David E., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We report the discovery of two doubly imaged quasars, SDSS J100128.61+502756.9 and SDSS J120629.65+433217.6, at redshifts of 1.838 and 1.789, and with image separations of 2.86" and 2.90",...
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Keeton, Charles R., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Castander, Francisco J., Chiu, Kuenley, ...
We report on the discovery of a fifth lensed image in the large separation lensed quasar system SDSS J1004 + 4112. A faint point source located 0.''2 from the center of the brightest galaxy in the...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Hennawi, Joseph F., Richards, Gordon T., Johnston, David E., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We report the discovery of two doubly-imaged quasars, SDSS J100128.61+502756.9 and SDSS J120629.65+433217.6, at redshifts of 1.838 and 1.789 and with image separations of 2.86'' and 2.90'',...
Microlensing of the Broad Emission Line Region in the Quadruple Lens SDSS J1004+4112 (2004)
Richards, Gordon T., Keeton, Charles R., Pindor, Bartosz, Hennawi, Joseph F., Hall, Patrick B., Turner, Edwin L., ...
We present seven epochs of spectroscopy on the quadruply imaged quasar SDSS J1004+4112, spanning observed-frame time delays from 1 to 322 days. The spectra reveal differences in the emission lines...
A catalog of compact groups of galaxies in the SDSS commissioning data (2004)
Lee, Brian C., Allam, Sahar S., Tucker, Douglas L., Annis, James, Johnston, David E., Scranton, Ryan, ...
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital sky survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...
A catalog of compact groups of galaxies in the SDSS commissioning data (2004)
Lee, Brian C., Allam, Sahar S., Tucker, Douglas L., Annis, James, Johnston, David E., Scranton, Ryan, ...
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital sky survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Keeton, Charles R., Pindor, Bartosz, Hennawi, Joseph F., Gregg, Michael D., ...
We study the recently discovered gravitational lens SDSS J1004+4112, the first quasar lensed by a cluster of galaxies. It consists of four images with a maximum separation of 14.62". The system was...
The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt, Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg2 of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...
A catalog of compact groups of galaxies in the SDSS commissioning data (2004)
Lee, Brian C., Allam, Sahar S., Tucker, Douglas L., Annis, James, Johnston, David E., Scranton, Ryan, ...
Compact groups (CGs) of galaxies-relatively poor groups of galaxies in which the typical separations between members is of the order of a galaxy diameter-offer an exceptional laboratory for the study...
Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) mosaic camera and telescope have obtained five-band optical-wavelength imaging near the Galactic plane outside of the nominal survey boundaries. These additional...
SDSS J115517.35+634622.0: A Newly Discovered Gravitationally Lensed Quasar (2003)
Pindor, Bart, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Inada, Naohisa, Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Brinkmann, Jon, ...
We report the discovery of SDSSJ115517.35+634622.0, a previously unknown gravitationally lensed quasar. The lens system exhibits two images of a $z = 2.89$ quasar, with an image separation of...
A catalog of compact groups of galaxies in the RSDSS commissioning data (2003)
Lee, Brian C., Allam, Sahar S., Tucker, Douglas L., Annis, James, Blanton, Michael R., Johnston, David E., ...
Compact groups (CGs) of galaxies -- relatively poor groups of galaxies in which the typical separations between members is of the order of a galaxy diameter -- offer an exceptional laboratory for the...
SDSS J1335+0118: A New Two-Image Gravitational Lens (2003)
Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Castander, Francisco J., Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Ichikawa, Shin-Ichi, ...
We report the discovery of the two-image gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1335+0118. The object was selected as a lens candidate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The imaging and spectroscopic...
SDSS J0903+5028: A New Gravitational Lens (2003)
Johnston, David E., Richards, Gordon T., Frieman, Joshua A., Keeton, Charles R., Strauss, Michael A., Becker, Robert H., ...
We report the discovery of a new gravitationally lensed quasar from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, SDSS J090334.92+502819.2. This object was targeted for SDSS spectroscopy as a Luminous Red Galaxy...
Inada, Naohisa, Becker, Robert H., Burles, Scott, Castander, Francisco J., Eisenstein, Daniel, Hall, Patrick B., ...
We report the discovery of a new gravitationally lensed quasar from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, SDSS J092455.87+021924.9 (SDSS J0924+0219). This object was selected from among known SDSS quasars by...
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
A gravitationally lensed quasar with quadruple images separated by 14.62arcseconds (2003)
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Pindor, Bartosz, Hennawi, Joseph F., Chiu, Kuenley, Zheng, Wei, ...
Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for the study of the distribution of dark matter in the Universe. The cold-dark-matter model of the formation of large-scale structures (that is, clusters of...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chirs, Lupton, Rpbert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott, Castander, Francsico J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...