Heidi Jo Newberg

Discovery of a New, Polar-Orbiting Debris Stream in the Milky Way Stellar Halo (2009)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Willett, Benjamin A.

We show that there is a low metallicity tidal stream that runs along l=143 deg. in the South Galactic Cap, about 34 kpc from the Sun, discovered from SEGUE stellar velocities. Since the most...

The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2009)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Allende Prieto, Carlos, An, Deokkeun, ...

This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as SDSS-II. It includes...

Tracing Sagittarius Structure with SDSS and SEGUE Imaging and Spectroscopy (2009)

Yanny, Brian, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Johnson, Jennifer A., Lee, Young Sun, Beers, Timothy C., Bizyaev, Dmitry, ...

We show that the Sagittarius dwarf tidal stream can be traced with very red K/M-giant stars selected from SDSS photometry. A subset of these stars are spectroscopically confirmed with SEGUE and SDSS...

SEGUE: A Spectroscopic Survey of 240,000 stars with g=14-20 (2009)

Rockosi, Constance, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Knapp, Gillian R.

The SEGUE survey obtained 240,000 moderate resolution (R = 1800) spectra from 3900 - 9000 Angstroms of fainter Milky Way stars (14.0 < g < 20.3) of a wide variety of spectral types, both main...

An Orbit Fit for the Grillmair Dionatos Cold Stellar Stream (2009)

Willett, Benjamin A., Newberg, Heidi Jo, Zhang, Haotong, Yanny, Brian, Beers, Timothy C.

We use velocity and metallicity information from SDSS and SEGUE stellar spectroscopy to fit an orbit to the narrow $63^\circ$ stellar stream of Grillmair and Dionatos. The stars in the stream have a...

Effect of Night Laboratories on Learning Objectives for a Non-Major Astronomy Class (2008)

Jacobi, Ian C., Newberg, Heidi Jo, Broder, Darren, Finn, Rose A., Milano, Anthony J., Newberg, Lee A., ...

We tested the effectiveness on learning of hands-on, night-time laboratories that challenged student misconceptions in a non-major introductory astronomy class at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. We...

Maximum Likelihood Fitting of Tidal Streams With Application to the Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Tails (2008)

Cole, Nathan, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Magdon-Ismail, Malik, Desell, Travis, Dawsey, Kristopher, Hayashi, Warren, ...

We present a maximum likelihood method for determining the spatial properties of tidal debris and of the Galactic spheroid. With this method we characterize Sagittarius debris using stars with the...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Allende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Submitted to Ap. J. Suppl. Catalog of Four-Color Photometry of Stars, Galaxies, and QSOs using SDSS Filters (2008)

Heidi Jo Newberg, Gordon T. Richards, Michael Richmond, Xiaohui Fan

We present a catalog containing the measurements of 2262 sources, including 334 extended sources, 1915 point sources, and 13 known QSOs, in ve SDSS passbands. Of these objects, over 1600 are measured...

The Ghost of Sagittarius and Lumps in the Halo of the Milky Way (2008)

Heidi Jo Newberg, Connie Rockosi, Eva K. Grebel, Jon Brinkmann, Istvan Csabai, Greg Hennessy, ...

We identify new structures in the halo of the Milky Way Galaxy from positions, colors and magnitudes of five million stars detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most of these stars are within...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Improved cosmological constraints from new, old, and combined supernova data sets (2008)

Kowalski, M., Rubin, D., Aldering, G., Agostinho, R. J., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., ...

We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new data set of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe, and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Improved cosmological constraints from new, old, and combined supernova data sets (2008)

Kowalski, M., Rubin, D., Aldering, G., Agostinho, R. J., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., ...

We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new data set of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe, and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This...

Submitted to Ap. J. Suppl. Catalog of Four-Color Photometry of Stars, Galaxies, and QSOs using SDSS Filters (2007)

Heidi Jo Newberg, Michael Richmond, Xiaohui Fan

We present a catalog containing the measurements of 2262 sources, including 334 extended sources, 1915 point sources, and 13 known QSOs, in five SDSS passbands. Of these objects, over 1600 are...

The Overdensity in Virgo, Sagittarius Debris, and the Asymmetric Spheroid (2007)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Cole, Nate, Beers, Timothy C., Fiorentin, Paola Re, Schneider, Donald P., ...

We investigate the relationship between several previously identified Galactic halo stellar structures in the direction of Virgo using imaging and spectroscopic observations of F turnoff stars and...

The overdensity in Virgo, Sagittarius Debris, and the asymmetric spheroid (2007)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Cole, Nate, Beers, Timothy C., Re Fiorentin, Paola, Schneider, Donald P., ...

We investigate the relationship between several previously identified Galactic halo stellar structures in the direction of Virgo using imaging and spectroscopic observations of F turnoff stars and...

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 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...

Transformation from SDSS Photometric System to Johnson-Morgan-Cousins System in HK Survey (2006)

Zhao, Chongshan, Newberg, Heidi Jo

We calculate the transformation from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric system to the Johnson-Morgan-Cousins System in the HK Survey. This research was done in late 2001, so the SDSS...

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...

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...

New Models for a Triaxial Milky Way Spheroid and Effect on the Microlensing Optical Depth to the Large Magellanic Cloud (2005)

Savage, Christopher, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Freese, Katherine, Gondolo, Paolo

We obtain models for a triaxial Milky Way spheroid based on data by Newberg and Yanny. The best fits to the data occur for a spheroid center that is shifted by 3kpc from the Galactic Center. We...

The Metallicity Distribution Function of the Halo of the Milky Way (2005)

Beers, Timothy C., Christlieb, Norbert, Norris, John E., Bessell, Michael S., Wilhelm, Ronald, Prieto, Carlos Allende, ...

We report on the distribution of metallicities, [Fe/H], for very metal-poor stars in the halo of the Galaxy. Although the primary information on the nature of the Metallicity Distribution Function...

The Milky Way's stellar halo - lumpy or triaxial? (2005)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian

We present minimum chi-squared fits of power law and Hernquist density profiles to F-turnoff stars in eight 2.5 deg wide stripes of SDSS data: five in the North Galactic Cap and three in the South...

The Halo of the Milky Way (2005)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian

We show that the star counts in the spheroid of the Milky Way are not symmetric about the l=0, l=180 deg. plane. The minimum counts are found towards l=155 deg. The Galactic longitude of maximum star...

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,...

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...

The Effects of the Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream on Dark Matter Detectors (2003)

Freese, Katherine, Gondolo, Paolo, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Lewis, Matthew

The Sagittarius dwarf tidal stream may be showering dark matter onto the solar neighborhood, which can change the results and interpretation of WIMP direct detection experiments. Stars in the stream...

Detectability of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles in the Sagittarius Dwarf Tidal Stream (2003)

Freese, Katherine, Gondolo, Paolo, Newberg, Heidi Jo

Tidal streams of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) may be showering dark matter onto the solar system and contributing approx (0.3--23)% of the local density of our Galactic Halo. If the...

Sagittarius Tidal Debris 90 kpc from the Galactic Center (2003)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Grebel, Eva K., Hennessy, Greg, Ivezic, Zeljko, Martinez-Delgado, David, ...

A new overdensity of A-colored stars in distant parts of the Milky Way's stellar halo, at a dereddened SDSS magnitude of g_0 = 20.3, is presented. Identification of associated variable RR Lyrae...

A Large, Uniform Sample of X-ray Emitting AGN: Selection Approach and an Initial Catalog from the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (2003)

Anderson, Scott F., Voges, Wolfgang, Margon, Bruce, Trümper, Joachim, Agüeros, Marcel A., Boller, Thomas, ...

Many open questions in X-ray astronomy are limited by the relatively small number of objects in uniform optically-identified samples, especially when rare subclasses are considered, or subsets...

SDSS Catalog of Stars in the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (2003)

Rave, Heather A., Zhao, Chongshan, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Schneider, Donald P., Brinkmann, J., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has scanned the entire region containing the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy to 23rd magnitude in g*. We present a catalog of stars found in a 453 square arcminute,...

The Extended Tidal Tails of Palomar 5: Tracers of the Galactic Potential (2003)

Odenkirchen, Michael, Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, Dehnen, Walter, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Rockosi, Constance M., ...

We detected extended, curved stellar tidal tails emanating from the sparse, disrupting halo globular cluster Pal 5, which cover 10 degrees on the sky. These streams allow us to infer the orbit of Pal...

A Low Latitude Halo Stream around the Milky Way (2003)

Yanny, Brian, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Grebel, Eva K., Kent, Steve, Odenkirchen, Michael, Rockosi, Connie M., ...

We present evidence for a ring of stars in the plane of the Milky Way, extending at least from l = 180 deg to l = 227 deg with turnoff magnitude $g \sim 19.5$; the ring could encircle the Galaxy. We...

Sagittarius tidal debris 90 kiloparsecs from the galactic center (2003)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Grebel, Eva K., Hennessy, Greg, Ivezic, Z., Martinez-Delgado, David, ...

A new overdensity of A-colored stars in distant parts of the Milky Way's stellar halo, at a dereddened Sloan Digital Sky Survey magnitude of g0=20.3, is presented. Identification of associated...

The extended tails of palomar 5: A 10° arc of globular cluster tidal debris (2003)

Odenkirchen, Michael, Grebel, Eva K., Dehnen, Walter, Rix, Hans-Walter, Yanny, Brian, Newberg, Heidi Jo, ...

Using wide-field photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we recently showed that the Galactic globular cluster Palomar 5 is in the process of being tidally disrupted. Its tidal...

The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...

The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...

Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Quasar Sample (2002)

Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Strauss, Michael A., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Schneider, Donald P., ...

We describe the algorithm for selecting quasar candidates for optical spectroscopy in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Quasar candidates are selected via their non-stellar colors in "ugriz" broad-band...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. I. Early data release (2002)

Schneider, Donald P., Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Strauss, Michael A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., ...

We present the first edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 3814 objects ( 3000 discovered by the SDSS) in the initial SDSS public data release...

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...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)

Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco 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 ≈ 106 galaxies,...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)

Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco 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 ≈ 106 galaxies,...

The Ghost of Sagittarius and Lumps in the Halo of the Milky Way (2001)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Rockosi, Constance M., Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, Brinkmann, Jon, ...

We identify new structures in the halo of the Milky Way Galaxy from positions, colors and magnitudes of five million stars detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most of these stars are within...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog I. Early Data Release (2001)

Schneider, Donald P., Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Strauss, Michael A., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, ...

We present the first edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 3814 objects (3000 discovered by the SDSS) in the initial SDSS public data release that...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Multicolor Observations of GRB010222 (2001)

Lee, Brian C., Tucker, Douglas L., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Yanny, Brian, Reichart, Daniel E., Adelman, Jennifer, ...

The discovery of an optical counterpart to GRB010222 (detected by BeppoSAX; Piro 2001) was announced 4.4 hrs after the burst by Henden (2001a). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's 0.5m photometric...

An Absence of Gaps in the Main Sequence Population of Field Stars (1998)

Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian

Using high precision parallaxes from the Hipparcos catalog, we construct H-R diagrams for two samples of bright stars. The first is a magnitude-limited sample that is over 90% complete and uses...

Measurements of the cosmological parameters omega and lambda from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35 (1997)

Perlmutter, Saul, Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, Ariel, Groom, Donald E., Hook, Isobel, ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

Implications for the Hubble constant from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35 (1997)

Kim, Alex G., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, Donald E., Hook, Isobel, Kim, Min Kook, ...

The Supernova Cosmology Project has discovered over 28 supernovae (SNs) at 0.35 < z < 0.65 in an ongoing program that uses Type Ia SNs (SN Ia's) as high-redshift distance indicators. Here we...

Measurements of the cosmological parameters omega and lambda from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35 (1997)

Perlmutter, Saul, Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Goobar, Ariel, Groom, Donald E., Hook, Isobel, ...

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...

Implications for the Hubble constant from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35 (1997)

Kim, Alex G., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, Donald E., Hook, Isobel, Kim, Min Kook, ...

The Supernova Cosmology Project has discovered over 28 supernovae (SNs) at 0.35 < z < 0.65 in an ongoing program that uses Type Ia SNs (SN Ia's) as high-redshift distance indicators. Here we...