L. M. Lubin

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

45

Co-Authors

Serendipitous Discovery of an Overdensity of Lyα Emitters at z ~ 4.8 in the CL1604 Supercluster Field (2009)

Lemaux, B. C., Lubin, L. M., Sawicki, M., Martin, C., Lagattuta, D. J., Gal, R. R., ...

We present results of a spectroscopic search for Lyα emitters (LAEs) in the Cl1604 supercluster field using the extensive spectroscopic Keck/DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph database taken as...

The Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large-Scale Environments (ORELSE) Survey. I. The Survey Design and First Results on CL 0023+0423 at z = 0.84 and RX J1821.6+6827 at z = 0.82 (2009)

Lubin, L. M., Gal, R. R., Lemaux, B. C., Kocevski, D. D., Squires, G. K.

We present the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large-Scale Environments (ORELSE) Survey, a systematic search for structure on scales greater than 10 h^(–1)_70 Mpc around 20 well-known...

The Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) Survey : I. The Survey Design and First Results on Cl 0023+0423 at z = 0.84 and RX J1821.6+6827 at z = 0.82 (2008)

Lubin, L. M., Gal, R. R., Lemaux, B. C., Kocevski, D. D., Squires, G. K.

We present the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey, a systematic search for structure on scales greater than 10 Mpc around 20 well-known clusters at 0.6 < z...

The Complex Structure of the Cl 1604 Supercluster at z ~ 0.9 (2008)

Gal, R. R., Lemaux, B. C., Lubin, L. M., Kocevski, D., Squires, G. K.

The Cl 1604 supercluster at z = 0.9 is one of a small handful of such structures discovered in the high-redshift universe and is the first target observed as part of the Observations of Redshift...

RXJ1648.7+6109: Witnessing the Formation of a Massive Group/Poor Cluster and its Brightest Galaxy (2008)

Jeltema, T. E., Mulchaey, J. S., Lubin, L. M.

Using deep Chandra and optical spectroscopic observations, we investigate an intriguing, young massive group, RXJ1648.7+6109, at z=0.376, and we combine these observations with previous measurements...

The Complex Structure of the Cl 1604 Supercluster at z~0.9 (2008)

Gal, R. R., Lemaux, B. C., Lubin, L. M., Kocevski, D., Squires, G. K.

The Cl1604 supercluster at z=0.9 is one of a small handful of such structures discovered in the high redshift universe, and is the first target observed as part of the Observations of Redshift...

The Gravitational Lens-Galaxy Group Connection. II. Groups Associated with B2319+051 and B1600+434 (2007)

Auger, M. W., Fassnacht, C. D., Abrahamse, A. L., Lubin, L. M., Squires, G. K.

We report on the results of a spectroscopic survey of the environments of the gravitational lens systems CLASS B1600+434 (z_l = 0.41, z_s = 1.59) and CLASS B2319+051 (z_l = 0.62). The B1600+434...

X-ray Properties of Intermediate-Redshift Groups of Galaxies (2006)

Jeltema, T. E., Mulchaey, J. S., Lubin, L. M., Rosati, P., Bohringer, H.

We have undertaken a multiwavelength project to study the relatively unknown properties of groups and poor clusters of galaxies at intermediate redshifts. In this paper, we describe the XMM-Newton...

Three Gravitational Lenses for the Price of One: Enhanced Strong Lensing through Galaxy Clustering (2006)

Fassnacht, C. D., McKean, J. P., Koopmans, L. V. E., Treu, T., Blandford, R. D., Auger, M. W., ...

We report the serendipitous discovery of two strong gravitational lens candidates (ACS J160919+6532 and ACS J160910+6532) in deep images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble...

The Gravitational Lens -- Galaxy Group Connection. II. Groups Associated with B2319+051 and B1600+434 (2006)

Auger, M. W., Fassnacht, C. D., Abrahamse, A. L., Lubin, L. M., Squires, G. K.

We report on the results of a spectroscopic survey of the environments of the gravitational lens systems CLASS B1600+434 (z_l = 0.41, z_s = 1.59) and CLASS B2319+051 (z_l = 0.62). The B1600+434...

Mass Along the Line of Sight to the Gravitational Lens B1608+656: Galaxy Groups and Implications for H_0 (2005)

Fassnacht, C. D., Gal, R. R., Lubin, L. M., McKean, J. P., Squires, G. K., Readhead, A. C. S.

We report the discovery of four groups of galaxies along the line of sight to the B1608+656 gravitational lens system. One group is at the redshift of the primary lensing galaxy (z = 0.631) and...

Pushing the Boundaries of the Cl 1604 Supercluster at z~0.9 (2004)

Gal, R. R., Lubin, L. M., Squires, G. K.

The Cl 1604 supercluster at z~0.9 is known to contain at least four distinct member clusters, separated in both projection and redshift. In this paper we present deep, multicolor wide-field imaging...

Weak Lensing Detection of Cl 1604+4304 at z = 0.90 (2004)

Margoniner, V. E., Lubin, L. M., Wittman, D. M., Squires, G. K.

We present a weak lensing analysis of the high-redshift cluster Cl 1604+4304. At z=0.90, this is the highest-redshift cluster yet detected with weak lensing. It is also one of a sample of...

Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Cl 1604 Supercluster at z~0.9 (2004)

Gal, R. R., Lubin, L. M.

We present spectroscopic confirmation of the Cl 1604 supercluster at z~0.9. Originally detected as two individual clusters, Cl 1604+4304 at z = 0.90 and Cl 1604+4321 at z = 0.92, which are closely...

Keck spectroscopy of CLASS gravitational lenses (2004)

McKean, J. P, Koopmans, L. V. E., Browne, I. W. A., Fassnacht, C. D., Blandford, R. D., Lubin, L. M., ...

We present the optical spectra of four newly discovered gravitational lenses from the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey (CLASS). These observations were carried out using the Low Resolution Imaging...

The Age of the Oldest Stars in the Local Galactic Disk From Hipparcos Parallaxes of G and K Subgiants (2003)

Sandage, A., Lubin, L. M., VandenBerg, D. A.

We review the history of the discovery of field subgiant stars and their importance in the age dating of the Galactic disk. We use the cataloged data from the Hipparcos satellite in this latter...

The Gravitational Lens -- Galaxy Group Connection: I. Discovery of a Group Coincident with CLASS B0712+472 (2001)

Fassnacht, C. D., Lubin, L. M.

Previous observations of the environments of the lensing galaxies in gravitational lens systems suggest that many of the lensing galaxies are associated with small groups of galaxies. As a result, we...

A Probabilistic Quantification of Galaxy Cluster Membership (2000)

Brunner, R. J., Lubin, L. M.

Clusters of galaxies are important laboratories for understanding both galaxy evolution and constraining cosmological quantities. Any analysis of clusters, however, is best done when one can reliably...

CFHT Optical PDCS Survey II: Evolution in the Space Density of Clusters of Galaxies (2000)

Holden, B. P., Adami, C., Nichol, R. C., Castander, F. J., Lubin, L. M., Romer, A. K., ...

We present the first dynamical study of the optically selected Palomar Distant Cluster Survey (PDCS). We show that eleven out of twelve PDCS clusters we observed are real over-densities of galaxies....

A Definitive Optical Detection of a Supercluster at z = 0.91 (2000)

Lubin, L. M., Brunner, R., Metzger, M. R., Postman, M., Oke, J. B.

We present the results from a multi-band optical imaging program which has definitively confirmed the existence of a supercluster at z = 0.91. Two massive clusters of galaxies, CL1604+4304 at z =...

A Keck Survey of Gravitational Lens Systems: I. Spectroscopy of SBS 0909+532, HST 1411+5211, and CLASS B2319+051 (1999)

Lubin, L. M., Fassnacht, C. D., Readhead, A. C. S., Blandford, R. D., Kundic, T.

We present new results from a continuing Keck program to study gravitational lens systems. We have obtained redshifts for three lens systems, SBS 0909+532, HST 1411+5211, and CLASS B2319+051. For all...

Spectroscopic Observations of Optically Selected Clusters of Galaxies from the Palomar Distant Cluster Survey (1999)

Holden, B. P., Nichol, R. C., Romer, A. K., Metevier, A., Postman, M., Ulmer, M. P, ...

We have conducted a redshift survey of sixteen cluster candidates from the Palomar Distant Cluster Survey (PDCS) to determine both the density of PDCS clusters and the accuracy of the estimated...

Photometric Redshifts: A New Tool for Studying High-Redshift Clusters (1999)

Lubin, L. M., Brunner, R. J.

We present the first results of our application of photometric redshifts to the study of galaxy populations in high-redshift clusters. For this survey, we are examining a sample of galaxy clusters at...

The afterglow, the redshift, and the extreme energetics of the gamma-ray burst 990123 (1999)

Kulkarni, S. R., Djorgovski, S. G., Odewahn, S. C., Bloom, J. S., Gal, R. R., Koresko, C. D., ...

Afterglow, or long-lived emission, has now been detected from about a dozen well-positioned gamma-ray bursts. Distance determinations made by measuring optical emission lines from the host galaxy, or...

A Group-Group Merger at a Redshift of z = 0.84? (1998)

Lubin, L. M., Postman, M., Oke, J. B.

We present a dynamical study of the CL0023+0423 system at a redshift of z = 0.84. This system consists of two components separated in velocity space by 2900 km/s and on the plane of the sky by 0.23...

A Study of Nine High-Redshift Clusters of Galaxies : III. HST Morphology of Clusters 0023+0423 and 1604+4304 (1998)

Lubin, L. M., Postman, M., Oke, J. B., Ratnatunga, K. U., Gunn, J. E., Hoessel, J. G., ...

We present a detailed morphological analysis of the galaxy populations in the first two clusters to be completed in an extensive observational study of nine high-redshift clusters of galaxies (Oke,...

The Palomar Distant Cluster Survey: I. The Cluster Catalog (1995)

Postman, M., Lubin, L. M., Gunn, J. E., Oke, J. B., Hoessel, J. G., Schneider, D. P., ...

We present an optical/near IR selected catalog of 79 clusters distributed over an area of 5.1~square~degrees. The catalog was constructed from images obtained with the 4-Shooter CCD mosaic camera on...

Is a data set distributed as a power law? A test, with application to gamma-ray burst brightnesses (1994)

Lubin, L.M.

We present a method to determine whether an observed sample of data is drawn from a parent distribution that is pure power law. The method starts from a class of statistics which have zero...