Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Core of the Coma Cluster (2009)
M. P. Ulmer, G. M. Bernstein, D. R. Martin, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Pendleton, J. A. Tyson
We present the results of a search for low surface brightness galaxies (hereafter LSBs) in the Coma cluster. Bernstein et al. report on deep CCD observations in R of a 7: 0 5 7: 0 5 region in the...
Improved Constraints on the Gravitational Lens Q0957+561. I. Weak Lensing (2009)
Nakajima, R., Bernstein, G. M., Fadely, R., Keeton, C. R., Schrabback, T.
Attempts to constrain the Hubble constant using the strong gravitational lens system Q0957+561 are limited by systematic uncertainties in the mass model, since the time delay is known very precisely....
We present the theoretical and analytical bases of optimal techniques to measure weak gravitational shear from images of galaxies. We rst characterize the geometric space of shears and ellipticity,...
M. P. Ulmer, G. M. Bernstein, D. R. Martin, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Pendleton, J. A. Tyson
We present the results of a search for low surface brightness galaxies (hereafter LSBs) in the Coma cluster. Bernstein et al. report on deep CCD observations in R of a 7: 0
B. A. Mcleod, G. M. Bernstein, M. J. Rieke, D. W. Weedman
The gravitational lens MG0414+0534: a link between red galaxies
D. R. Smith, G. M. Bernstein, P. Fischer, M. Jarvis
We detect the weak gravitational lensing distortion of 450,000 background galaxies (20! R! 23) by 790 foreground galaxies (R! 18) selected from the Las Campanas Redshift Survey(LCRS). This is the...
D. Wittman, J. A. Tyson, G. M. Bernstein, R. W. Lee, I. P. Dell'antonio, P. Fischer, ...
The Big Throughput Camera (BTC) recently celebrated its first anniversary as a user instrument on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO), where it collects more...
B. A. Mcleod, G. M. Bernstein, M. J. Rieke, E. V. Tollestrup, G. G. Fazio
We present new counts of field galaxies from more than 20 square arcminutes to a limiting magnitude of K=20 and from 2 square arcminutes to K=21.5. At the faintest magnitudes the counts are slightly...
R. L. Allen, G. M. Bernstein, R. Malhotra
v1.1 10/17/00, submitted to ApJ Letters The population of the Kuiper Belt within 50 AU of the Sun has likely been severely depleted by gravitational perturbations from the giant planets, particularly...
G. M. Bernstein, R. C. Nichol, J. A. Tyson, M. P. Ulmer, D. Wittman
We determine the luminosity function (LF) of galaxies in the core of the Coma cluster for MR \Gamma11:4 (assuming H 0 = 75 km s \Gamma1
An Integral Field Spectrograph for SNAP Supernova Identification (2006)
Ealet, A., Prieto, E., Bonissent, A., Malina, R., Bernstein, G.M., Basa, S., ...
A well-adapted spectrograph concept has been developed for the SNAP (SuperNova/Acceleration Probe) experiment. The goal is to ensure proper identification of Type Ia supernovae and to standardize the...
Wide-field surveys from the SNAP mission (2005)
Kim, A.G., Akerlof, C.W., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Barrelet, E., ...
Dark Energy Constraints from Weak Lensing Cross-Correlation Cosmography (2003)
We present a method to implement the idea of Jain & Taylor to constrain cosmological parameters with weak gravitational lensing. Photometric redshift information on foreground galaxies is used to...
The Size Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Bodies (2003)
Bernstein, G. M., Trilling, D. E., Allen, R. L., Brown, M. E., Holman, M., Malhotra, R.
[Condensed] We search 0.02 deg^2 for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with m
Overview of the SuperNova/Acceleration probe (SNAP) (2003)
Ealet, A., Prieto, E., Bonissent, A., Malina, R., Bernstein, G.M., Basa, S., ...
Overview of the SuperNova/Acceleration probe (SNAP) (2003)
Ealet, A., Prieto, E., Bonissent, A., Malina, R., Bernstein, G.M., Basa, S., ...
G. M. Bernstein, D. E. Trilling, R. L. Allen, M. E. Brown, M. Holman, R. Malhotra
We search 0.02 deg 2 of the invariable plane for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) 25 AU or more distant using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. With 22 ks per...
An integral field spectrograph for SNAP supernova studies (2002)
Ealet, Anne, Prieto, E., Bonissent, A., Malina, R., Basa, S., LeFevre, O., ...
Overview of the SuperNova/Acceleration probe (SNAP) (2002)
Aldering, Gregory L., Akerlof, C.W., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Barrelet, E., Bebek, C., ...
Shape Alignments of Satellite Galaxies (2002)
We test a sample of satellites of isolated primary galaxies, extracted from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), for any tendency to be aligned along (or against) the primary-to-satellite radius...
Overview of the SuperNova/Acceleration probe (SNAP) (2002)
Aldering, G., Akerlof, C.W., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Barrelet, E., Bebek, C., ...
Wide-field surveys from the SNAP mission (2002)
Kim, A.G., Akerlof, C.W., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Barrelet, E., ...
Overview of the SuperNova/Acceleration probe (SNAP) (2002)
Aldering, G., Akerlof, C.W., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Barrelet, E., Bebek, C., ...
Wide-field surveys from the SNAP mission (2002)
Kim, A.G., Akerlof, C.W., Aldering, G., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Barrelet, E., ...
Shapes and Shears, Stars and Smears: Optimal Measurements for Weak Lensing (2001)
We present the theoretical and analytical bases of optimal techniques to measure weak gravitational shear from images of galaxies. We first characterize the geometric space of shears and ellipticity,...
Weak Lensing Determination of the Mass in Galaxy Halos (2000)
Smith, D. R., Bernstein, G. M., Fischer, P., Jarvis, R. M.
We detect the weak gravitational lensing distortion of 450,000 background galaxies (20
Bathymetric Hazard Survey Test. (1998)
Erskine, F. T., Bernstein, G. M., Brylow, S. M., Newbold, W. T., Gauss, R. C.
NRL is developing a long range active acoustics technique for estimating seamount heights and mapping undersea topography over an entire ocean basin region. A concept demonstration, the BHST, was...
The gravitational lens MG0414+0534: a link between red galaxies and dust (1998)
McLeod, B. A., Bernstein, G. M., Rieke, M. J., Weedman, D. W.
We present near infrared observations of the red gravitational lens system MG0414+0534. Our images are of sufficient quality to allow photometry of all four QSO images and the lens galaxy. The...
The Quadruple Gravitational Lens PG1115+080: Time Delays and Models (1996)
Schechter, P. L., Bailyn, C. D., Barr, R., Barvainis, R., Becker, C. M., Bernstein, G. M., ...
Optical photometry is presented for the quadruple gravitational lens PG1115+080. A preliminary reduction of data taken from November 1995 to June 1996 gives component ``C'' leading component ``B'' by...
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Core of the Coma Cluster (1996)
Ulmer, M. P., Bernstein, G. M., Martin, D. R., Nichol, R. C., Pendleton, J. L., Tyson, J. A.
We present the results of a search for low surface brightness galaxies (hereafter LSBs) in the Coma cluster. Bernstein et al. report on deep CCD observations in R of a 7.5 by 7.5 arcminute region in...
The Luminosity Function of the Coma Cluster Core for -25 (1995)
Bernstein, G. M., Nichol, R. C., Tyson, J. A., Ulmer, M. P., Wittman, D.
We determine the luminosity function (LF) of galaxies in the core of the Coma cluster for M_R