Two More Candidate AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) Binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Anderson, S. F., Becker, A. C., Haggard, D., Prieto, J. L., Knapp, G. R., Sako, M., ...
AM CVn systems are a select group of ultracompact binaries with the shortest orbital periods of any known binary subclass; mass-transfer is likely from a low-mass (partially-)degenerate secondary...
The Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binary ASAS J052821+0338.5 (2008)
Stempels, H. C., Hebb, L., Stassun, K. G., Holtzman, J., Dunstone, N., Glowienka, L., ...
In this paper we present the first results of a detailed spectroscopic and photometric analysis of the V = 11.7m eclipsing binary ASAS J052821+0338.5. With the FIES spectrograph at the Nordic Optical...
Dilday, Benjamin, Kessler, R., Frieman, J. A., Holtzman, J., Marriner, J., Miknaitis, G., ...
We present a measurement of the rate of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first of three seasons of data from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey. For this measurement, we include 17 SNe Ia at redshift...
CLOUDS search for variability in brown dwarf atmospheres (2008)
Goldman, B., Cushing, M. C., Marley, M. S., Artigau, É., Baliyan, K. S., Béjar, V. J. S., ...
Context: L-type ultra-cool dwarfs and brown dwarfs have cloudy atmospheres that could host weather-like phenomena. The detection of photometric or spectral variability would provide insight into...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary (2007)
Frieman, Joshua A., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations (2007)
Sako, Masao, Bassett, B., Becker, A., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., Depoy, D. L., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey has identified a large number of new transient sources in a 300 sq. deg. region along the celestial equator during its first two seasons of a...
A Study of the Type Ia/IIn Supernova 2005gj from X-ray to the Infrared: Paper I (2007)
Prieto, J. L., Garnavich, P. M., Phillips, M. M., DePoy, D. L., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., ...
We present extensive ugrizYHJK photometry and optical spectroscopy of SN 2005gj obtained by the SDSS-II and CSP Supernova Projects, which give excellent coverage during the first 150 days after the...
The Troublesome Broadband Evolution of GRB 061126: Does a Grey Burst Imply Grey Dust? (2007)
Perley, D. A., Bloom, J. S., Butler, N. R., Pollack, L. K., Holtzman, J., Blake, C. H., ...
We report on observations of a gamma-ray burst (GRB 061126) with an extremely bright (R ~ 12 mag at peak) early-time optical afterglow. The optical afterglow is already fading as a power law 22...
A Comparison of SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82 with Stetson's Photometric Standards (2007)
Ivezic, Z., Smith, J. A., Miknaitis, G., Lin, H., Tucker, D., Lupton, R., ...
We compare Stetson's photometric standards with measurements listed in a standard star catalog constructed using repeated SDSS imaging observations. The SDSS catalog includes over 700,000 candidate...
A Comparison of SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82 with Stetson's Photometric Standards (2007)
Ivezic, Z., Smith, J. A., Miknaitis, G., Lin, H., Tucker, D. L., Lupton, R., ...
We compare Stetson's photometric standards with measurements listed in a standard star catalog constructed using repeated SDSS imaging observations. The SDSS catalog includes over 700,000 candidate...
The Peculiar SN 2005hk: Do Some Type Ia Supernovae Explode as Deflagrations? (2006)
Phillips, M. M., Li, W., Frieman, J. A., Blinnikov, S. I., DePoy, D., Prieto, J. L., ...
We present extensive u'g'r'i'BVRIYJHKs photometry and optical spectroscopy of SN 2005hk. These data reveal that SN 2005hk was nearly identical in its observed properties to SN 2002cx, which has been...
Planetary Transits of TRES-1 (2004)
Price, A., Bissinger, R., Laughlin, G., Gary, B., Vanmunster, T., Henden, A., ...
Observations of TRES-1b transits made during the late summer and fall 2004 observing season reveal a statistically significant but low amplitude brightening event during egress.
The On-Orbit Performance of WFPC2 (2004)
Trauger, J., Ballester, G., Burrows, C., Casertano, S., Clarke, J., Crisp, D., ...
This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of the second Wide Field and Planetary Camera and some authors' perspectives of its first six months of operation on orbit.
Asteroid Trails in Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Images: First Results (2004)
Evans, R., Stapelfeldt, K., Peters, D., Trauger, J., Padgett, D., Ballester, G., ...
Careful examination of 28,460 selected Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) long exposures from 1994, 1995 and early 1996 has revealed trails of 96 distinct moving objects.
A Variable Asymmetry in the Circumstellar Disk of HH 30***sup1*** (2004)
Stapelfeldt, K., Watson, A., Krist, J., Burrows, C., Crisp, D., Ballester, G., ...
We report Hubble Space Telescope observations of variability within the reflection nebulosity of HH 30, a compact bipolar nebula which is a nearly edge-on accretion disk system.
The Etched Hourglass Nebula MyCn18: I. Hubble Space Telescope (2004)
Sahai, R., Dayal, A., Watson, A., Trauger, J., Stepelfeldt, K., Burrows, C., ...
The halo of M 31 as seen by SDSS (2003)
Zucker, D. B., Bell, E., Grebel, E. K., Kniazev, A. Y., Martinez-Delgado, D., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) 2.5m telescope observed a stripe approximately 2.5 degrees wide along the major axis of M 31, and the resulting images were processed through the SDSS pipeline. We...
Discovery of GRB 020405 and its Late Red Bump (2002)
Price, P. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Berger, E., Fox, D. W., Bloom, J. S., Djorgovski, S. G., ...
We present the discovery of GRB 020405 made with the Inter-Planetary Network (IPN). With a duration of 60 s, the burst appears to be a typical long duration event. We observed the 75-square acrminute...
Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Bloom, J. S., Price, P. A., Fox, D. W., Frail, D. A., ...
We present ground-based optical observations of GRB 020124 starting 1.6 hours after the burst, as well as subsequent Very Large Array (VLA) and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations. The optical...
GRB 010921: Strong Limits on an Underlying Supernova from HST (2002)
Price, P. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Schmidt, B. P., Galama, T. J., Bloom, J. S., Berger, E., ...
GRB 010921 was the first HETE-2 GRB to be localized via its afterglow emission. The low-redshift of the host galaxy, z=0.451, prompted us to undertake intensive multi-color observations with the...
Detection of a supernova signature associated with GRB 011121 (2002)
Bloom, J. S., Kulkarni, S. R., Price, P. A., Reichart, D., Galama, T. J., Schmidt, B. P., ...
Using observations from an extensive monitoring campaign with the Hubble Space Telescope we present the detection of an intermediate-time flux excess which is redder in color relative to the...
The u'g'r'i'z' Standard Star Network (2002)
Smith, J. A., Tucker, D. L., Kent, S., Richmond, M. W., Fukugita, M., Ichikawa, T., ...
We present the 158 standard stars that define the u'g'r'i'z' photometric system. These stars form the basis for the photometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The defining...
COEDS (Communications Engineering Design System) Workstation Selection Recommendation. (2002)
Holtzman,J., Komp,E., Shanmugan,K., Sargent,G.
This report proposes a set of requirements for the communications engineering design system (COEDS) to be used for the evaluation of contending equipment. These requirements encompass a wide range of...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M., Blanton, M. R., Burles, S., Castander, F. 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...
Population Gradients in Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals (2001)
Harbeck, D., Grebel, E. K., Holtzman, J., Guhathakurta, P., Brandner, W., Geisler, D., ...
We present a systematic and homogeneous analysis of population gradients for the Local Group dwarf spheroidals (dSphs) Carina, Sculptor, Sextans, Tucana, Andromeda I-III, V, and VI. For all of the...
Constraining the Power Spectrum using Clusters (1996)
Borgani, S., Moscardini, L., Plionis, M., Gorski, K. M., Holtzman, J., Klypin, A., ...
(Shortened Abstract). We analyze a redshift sample of Abell/ACO clusters and compare them with numerical simulations based on the truncated Zel'dovich approximation (TZA), for a list of eleven dark...
J. S. Gallagher, J. R. Mould, E. De Feijter, J. Holtzman, A. Watson, J. Trauger, ...
Using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained a deep color-magnitude diagram in V- and I-band equivalents for more than 2000 stars in a patch of the outer...
Cystic fibrosis heterozygote screening in 5,161 pregnant women.
Witt, D. R., Schaefer, C., Hallam, P., Wi, S., Blumberg, B., Fishbach, A., ...
A screening program for cystic fibrosis (CF) heterozygotes was conducted in a large HMO prenatal population, to evaluate the level of interest among eligible patients, the effectiveness of...