Do , T., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M. R., Lu, J. R., Matthews, K., Yelda, S., ...
We report on the structure of the nuclear star cluster in the innermost 0.16 pc of the Galaxy as measured by the number density profile of late-type giants. Using laser guide star adaptive optics in...
MacKenzie, C.D., Smith, B.O., Meister, A., Blume, A., Zhao, X., Lu, J.R., ...
Ranaspumin-2 (Rsn-2) is a monomeric, 11 kDa surfactant protein identified as one of the major foam nest components of the túngara frog (Engystomops pustulosus), with an amino acid sequence...
Do, T., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M. R., Yelda, S., Meyer, L., Lu, J. R., ...
We present the results of near-infrared (NIR; 2 and 3 μ) monitoring of Sgr A*-IR with 1 minute time sampling using the natural and laser guide star adaptive optics system at the Keck II telescope....
A Disk of Young Stars at the Galactic Center as Determined by Individual Stellar Orbits (2009)
Lu, J. R., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Morris, M. R., Becklin, E. E., Matthews, K.
We present new proper motions from the 10 m Keck telescopes for a puzzling population of massive, young stars located within 3".5 (0.14 pc) of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Our...
Latherin: a surfactant protein of horse sweat and saliva (2009)
McDonald, R.E., Fleming, R.I., Beeley, J.G., Bovell, D.L., Lu, J.R., Zhao, X., ...
Horses are unusual in producing protein-rich sweat for thermoregulation, a major component of which is latherin, a highly surface-active, non-glycosylated protein. The amino acid sequence of...
Ghez, A. M., Salim, S., Weinberg, N. N., Lu, J. R., Do, T., Dunn, J. K., ...
We report new precision measurements of the properties of our Galaxy's supermassive black hole. Based on astrometric (1995-2007) and radial velocity (RV; 2000-2007) measurements from the W. M. Keck...
Orbits and origins of the young stars in the central parsec of the galaxy (2008)
Lu, J. R., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M., Hornstein, S. D., Matthews, K.
We present new proper motions from the 10 m Keck telescopes for a puzzling population of massive, young stars located within a parsec of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. Our proper...
A Disk of Young Stars at the Galactic Center as Determined by Individual Stellar Orbits (2008)
Lu, J. R., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Morris, M. R., Becklin, E. E., Matthews, K.
We present new proper motions from the 10 m Keck telescopes for a puzzling population of massive, young stars located within 3.5" (0.14 pc) of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. Our...
Ghez, A. M., Salim, S., Weinberg, N. N., Lu, J. R., Do, T., Dunn, J. K., ...
We report new precision measurements of the properties of our Galaxy's supermassive black hole. Based on astrometric (1995-2007) and radial velocity (2000-2007) measurements from the W. M. Keck...
An X-ray, infrared, and submillimeter flare of Sagittarius A (2008)
Marrone, D. P., Baganoff, F. K., Morris, M. R., Moran, J. M., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., ...
Energetic flares are observed in the Galactic supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* from radio to X-ray wavelengths. On a few occasions, simultaneous flares have been detected in IR and X-ray...
The proper motion of the Arches cluster with Keck laser-guide star adaptive optics (2008)
Stolte, A., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M., Lu, J. R., Brandner, W., Matthews, K.
We present the first measurement of the proper motion of the young, compact Arches cluster near the Galactic center from near-infrared adaptive optics (AO) data taken with the recently commissioned...
The proper motion of the arches cluster with Keck laser-guide star adaptive optics (2008)
Stolte, A., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M., Lu, J. R., Brandner, W., Matthews, K.
We present the first measurement of the proper motion of the young, compact Arches cluster near the Galactic center from near-infrared adaptive optics (AO) data taken with the recently commissioned...
Testing for periodicities in near-IR light curves of Sgr A (2008)
Do, T., Ghez, A. M., Morris, M. R., Yelda, S., Lu, J. R., Hornstein, S. D., ...
We present the results of near-infrared (2 μm) monitoring of Sgr A*-IR with 1 minute time sampling using laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system at the Keck II telescope. Sgr A*-IR was...
An X-ray, IR, and Submillimeter Flare of Sagittarius A* (2007)
Marrone, D. P., Baganoff, F. K., Morris, M. R., Moran, J. M., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., ...
Energetic flares are observed in the Galactic supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* from radio to X-ray wavelengths. On a few occasions, simultaneous flares have been detected in IR and X-ray...
A Constant Spectral Index for Sagittarius A* During Infrared/X-ray Intensity Variations (2007)
Hornstein, S. D., Matthews, K., Ghez, A. M., Lu, J. R., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., ...
We report the first time-series of broadband infrared (IR) color measurements of Sgr A*, the variable emission source associated with the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. Using the...
Photometric Stellar Variability in the Galactic Center (2007)
Rafelski, M., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Lu, J. R., Morris, M.
We report the results of a diffraction-limited, photometric variability study of the central 5"x5" of the Galaxy conducted over the past 10 years using speckle imaging techniques on the W. M. Keck I...
Galactic Center Youth: Orbits and Origins of the Young Stars in the Central Parsec (2006)
Lu, J. R., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Morris, M., Matthews, K., Thompson, D. J., ...
We present new proper motions for the massive, young stars at the Galactic Center, based on 10 years of diffraction limited data from the Keck telescopes. Our proper motion measurements now have...
Infrared/X-ray intensity variations and the color of Sgr A* (2006)
Hornstein, S. D., Matthews, K., Ghez, A. M., Lu, J. R., Morris, M., Becklin, E., ...
We report the frst time-series measurements of Sgr A*-IR's broadband infrared color. Using the newly commissioned laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system on the Keck II telescope, we imaged...
IRS 16SW - A New Comoving Group of Young Stars in the Central Parsec of the Milky Way (2005)
Lu, J. R., Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E.
One of the most perplexing problems associated with the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy is the origin of the young stars in its close vicinity. Using proper motion measurements...
A Remarkable Low-Mass X-ray Binary within 0.1 pc of the Galactic Center (2005)
Muno, M. P., Lu, J. R., Baganoff, F. K., Brandt, W. N., Garmire, G. P., Ghez, A. M., ...
Recent X-ray and radio observations have identified a transient low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) located only 0.1 pc in projection from the Galactic center, CXOGC J174540.0-290031. In this paper, we...
Surface induced unfolding of human lactoferrin (2005)
Lu, J R, Perumal, S, Zhao, Xiubo, Miano, F, Enea, V, Heenan, R K, ...
Cross, G. H., Reeves, A., Brand, S., Swann, M. J., Peel, L. L., Freeman, N. J., ...
A method for analysing thin films using a dual-waveguide interferometric technique is described. Alternate dual polarization addressing of the interferometer sensor using a ferroelectric liquid...
Interfacial nano-structuring of designed peptides regulated by solution pH (2004)
Lu, J R, Perumal, S, Hopkinson, I, Webster, J R P, Penfold, J, Hwang, W, ...
Stellar Orbits Around the Galactic Center Black Hole (2003)
Ghez, A. M., Salim, S., Hornstein, S. D., Tanner, A., Lu, J. R., Morris, M., ...
We present new proper motion measurements and simultaneous orbital solutions for three newly identified (S0-16, S0-19, and S0-20) and four previously known (S0-1, S0-2, S0-4, and S0-5) stars at the...
Adsorption of beta-hairpin peptides on the surface of water: a neutron reflection study (2003)
Lu, J R, Perumal, S, Powers, E, Kelly, J, Webster, J R P, Penfold, J
Interfacial structure of phosphorylcholine incorporated biocompatible polymer films (2003)
Tang, Y, Su, T J, Armstrong, J, Lu, J R, Lewis, A L, Vick, T A, ...
Reduced protein adsorption on the surface of a chemically grafted phospholipid monolayer (2001)
Lu, J R, Murphy, E F, Su, T J, Lewis, A L, Stratford, P W, Satija, S K
Li, Z X, Lu, J R, Thomas, R K, Weller, A, Penfold, J, Webster, J R P, ...
Su, T J, Green, R J, Wang, Y, Murphy, E F, Lu, J R, Ivkov, R, ...
Structure of surfactant monolayers at the air/water interface studied by neutron reflection (2000)
in Industrial Uses of Neutrons, Ed B Gabrys
The structure and composition of mixed surfactant micelles of SDS/C12E6 and C12E6/C16TAB (1999)
Penfold, J, Staples, E, Thompson, L, Tucker, I, Hines, J, Thomas, R K, ...
Li, ZX, Lu, J R, Fragneto, G, Thomas, R K, Penfold, J, Binks, BP, ...
Cooke, D J, Blondel, J A K, Lu, J R, Thomas, R K, Wang, Y L, Han, B X, ...
Mixing in cationic surfactant films studied by small-angle neutron scattering (1998)
Eastoe, J, Bumajdad, A, Heenan, R K, Lu, J R, Steytler, D C, Egelhaaf, S
Neutron and x-ray reflection from proteins at interfaces (1998)
in Physical Chemistry of Biological Interfaces, Ed Baskin (in press 1998)
Microemulsions with didodecyldimethylammonium bromide studied by neutron contrast variation (1997)
Eastoe, J, Hetherington, K J, Dalton, J S, Sharpe, D, Lu, J R, Heenan, R K
Lu, J R, Su, T J, Li, Z X, Thomas, R K, Staples, E, Tucker, I, ...
The influence of sorbitol on the adsorption of surfactants at the air-liquid interface (1996)
Staples, E, Thompson, L, Tucker, I, Penfold, J, Thomas, R K, Lu, J R
The adsorption of mixed nonionic/cationic surfactants at the air-water interface (1996)
Penfold, J, Staples, E, Cummins, P, Tucker, I, Thomas, R K, Simister, E A, ...
Neutron reflection study of a double-chained sugar surfactant (1996)
Cooke, D J, Lu, J R, Lee, E M, Thomas, R K, Pitt, A R, Simister, E A, ...
The solution and adsorption behaviour of the mixed surfactant system SDS/C12E6 (1995)
Penfold, J, Staples, E, Thompson, L, Tucker, I, Hines, J, Thomas, R K, ...
The librational ground state of monodeuterated methane adsorbed on graphite (1995)
Inaba, A, Skarbek, J, Lu, J R, Thomas, R K, Carlile, C J, Sivia, D S
in Surfactant Adsorption and Surface Solubilization, Ed Sharma, ACS Symposium Series 615 342 (1995)
The study of surfactant adsorption by specular neutron reflection (1994)
Penfold, J, Thomas, R K, Lu, J R, Staples, E, Tucker, I, Thompson, L
Lu, J R, Li, Z X, Thomas, R K, Staples, E, Thompson, L, Tucker, I, ...
Applications of neutron reflectometry in surface science (1994)
Thomas, R K, Lu, J R, Penfold, J
in Surface Layers - Structure Property Relations, Eds M A J Somers, E J Mittermeijer, J Schoonman, Materials Science Forum 154 153 (1994)
The organisation of peo monolayers at the air-water interface (1993)
Henderson, J A, Richards, R W, Penfold, J, Thomas, R K, Lu, J R
The structure of the surface of ethanol/water mixtures (1993)
Li, Z X, Lu, J R, Styrkas, D A, Thomas, R K, Rennie, A R, Penfold, J
Penfold, J, Thomas, R K, Lee, E M, Simister, E A, Lu, J R, Rennie, A R
Proc of Workshop on Amphiphillic Membranes, Julich, Germany, Springer Verlag 66 (1992)
Lu, J R, Thomas, R K, Aveyard, R, Binks, BP, Cooper, P, Fletcher, PDI, ...