Linhua Jiang

Image processing and computing in structural biology (2009)

Jiang, Linhua

With the help of modern techniques of imaging processing and computing, image data obtained by electron cryo-microscopy of biomolecules can be reconstructed to three-dimensional biological models at...

Light Curve Templates and Galactic Distribution of RR Lyrae Stars from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 (2009)

Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Grammer, Skyler H., Morgan, Dylan P., Becker, Andrew C., Juric, Mario, ...

We present an improved analysis of halo substructure traced by RR Lyrae stars in the SDSS stripe 82 region. With the addition of SDSS-II data, a revised selection method based on new ugriz light...

Cosmic Evolution of Star Formation in Type-1 Quasar Hosts Since z = 1 (2009)

Shi, Yong, Rieke, George H., Ogle , Patrick, Jiang, Linhua, Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.

We present Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph observations of a complete sample of 57 Sloan Digital Sky Survey type-1 quasars at z ~ 1. Aromatic features at 6.2 and/or 7.7 μm are detected in about half...

Cosmic Evolution of Star Formation In SDSS Quasar Hosts Since z=1 (2009)

Shi, Yong, Rieke, George H., Ogle, Patrick, Jiang, Linhua, Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.

We present Spitzer IRS observations of a complete sample of 57 SDSS type-1 quasars at z~1. Aromatic features at 6.2 and/or 7.7 um are detected in about half of the sample and show profiles similar to...

A Survey of z ~ 6 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Deep Stripe. II. Discovery of Six Quasars at z AB>21 (2009)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Bian, Fuyan, Annis, James, Chiu, Kuenley, Jester, Sebastian, ...

We present the discovery of six new quasars at z ~ 6 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) southern survey, a deep imaging survey obtained by repeatedly scanning a stripe along the...

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...

A Survey of z~6 Quasars in the SDSS Deep Stripe. II. Discovery of Six Quasars at z_{AB}>21 (2009)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Bian, Fuyan, Annis, James, Chiu, Kuenley, Jester, Sebastian, ...

We present the discovery of six new quasars at z~6 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) southern survey, a deep imaging survey obtained by repeatedly scanning a stripe along the...

High-Redshift SDSS Quasars with Weak Emission Lines (2009)

Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M., Fan, Xiaohui, Brandt, W. N., Shemmer, Ohad, Strauss, Michael A., Anderson, Scott F., ...

We identify a sample of 74 high-redshift quasars (z>3) with weak emission lines from the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and present infrared, optical, and radio observations of a...

A Catalog of Broad Absorption Line Quasars in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (2008)

Gibson, Robert R., Jiang, Linhua, Brandt, W. N., Hall, Patrick B., Shen, Yue, Wu, Jianfeng, ...

We present a catalog of 5039 broad absorption line (BAL) quasars (QSOs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) QSO catalog that have absorption troughs covering a continuous...

A Sample of Quasars with Strong Nitrogen Emission Lines from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Vestergaard, M.

We report on 293 quasars with strong NIV] lambda 1486 or NIII] lambda 1750 emission lines (rest-frame equivalent width > 3 \AA) at 1.7 < z < 4.0 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)...

Four faint T dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Surveys (UKIDSS) Southern Stripe (2008)

Chiu, Kuenley, Liu, Michael C., Jiang, Linhua, Allers, Katelyn N., Stark, Daniel P., Bunker, Andrew, ...

We present the optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of four faint T dwarfs newly discovered from the UKIDSS first data release. The sample, drawn from an imaged area of ∼136...

Thermal emission from warm dust in the most distant quasars (2008)

Wang, Ran, Carilli, Chris L., Wagg, Jeff, Bertoldi, Frank, Walter, Fabian, Menten, Karl M., ...

We report new continuum observations of 14 z~6 quasars at 250 GHz and 14 quasars at 1.4 GHz. We summarize all recent millimeter and radio observations of the sample of the 33 quasars known with...

Sharc-II 350 mm observations of thermal emission from warm dust in z >= 5 Quasars (2008)

Wang, Ran, Wagg, Jeff, Carilli, Chris L., Benford, Dominic J., Dowell, C. Darren, Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present observations of four z >= 5 SDSS quasars at 350 mum with the SHARC-II bolometer camera on the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. These are among the deepest observations that have been...

A survey of z ~ 6 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Deep Stripe. I. a Flux-Limited Sample at zAB < 21 (2008)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Annis, James, Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Chiu, Kuenley, ...

We present the discovery of five quasars at z ~ 6 selected from 260 deg2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) southern survey, a deep imaging survey obtained by repeatedly scanning a stripe along...

Preprint typeset using LATEX style emulateapj v. 9/08/03 MODELING THE DUST PROPERTIES OF Z ∼ 6 QUASARS WITH ART 2 — ALL-WAVELENGTH RADIATIVE TRANSFER WITH ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT TREE (2008)

Yuexing Li, Philip F. Hopkins, Lars Hernquist, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Thomas J. Cox, Volker Springel, ...

The detection of large quantities of dust in z ∼ 6 quasars by infrared and radio surveys presents puzzles for the formation and evolution of dust in these early systems. Previously (Li et al....

Four faint T dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Surveys (UKIDSS) Southern Stripe (2008)

Chiu, Kuenley, Liu, Michael C., Jiang, Linhua, Allers, Katelyn N., Stark, Daniel P., Bunker, Andrew, ...

We present the optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of four faint T dwarfs newly discovered from the UKIDSS first data release. The sample, drawn from an imaged area of ∼136 deg2...

SHARC-II 350 micron Observations of Thermal Emission from Warm Dust in z>=5 Quasars (2007)

Wang, Ran, Wagg, Jeff, Carilli, Chris L., Benford, Dominic J., Dowell, C. Darren, Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present observations of four z>= SDSS quasars at 350 micron with the SHARC-II bolometer camera on the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. These are among the deepest observations that have been...

Four Faint T Dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Southern Stripe (2007)

Chiu, Kuenley, Liu, Michael C., Jiang, Linhua, Allers, Katelyn N., Stark, Daniel P., Bunker, Andrew, ...

We present the optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of four faint T dwarfs newly discovered from the UKIDSS first data release. The sample, drawn from an imaged area of ~136 square...

A Survey of z~6 Quasars in the SDSS Deep Stripe: I. a Flux-Limited Sample at z_{AB} (2007)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Annis, James, Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Chiu, Kuenley, ...

We present the discovery of five quasars at z~6 selected from 260 deg^2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) southern survey, a deep imaging survey obtained by repeatedly scanning a stripe along...

Black hole masses and enrichment of z ~ 6 SDSS quasars (2007)

Kurk, Jaron D., Walter, Fabian, Fan, Xiaohui, Jiang, Linhua, Riechers, Dominik A., Rix, Hans-Walter, ...

We present sensitive near-infrared spectroscopic observations for a sample of five z ~ 6 quasars. These are amongst the most distant, currently known quasars in the universe. The spectra have been...

Gemini Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous z~6 Quasars: Chemical Abundances, Black Hole Masses, and MgII Absorption (2007)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Vestergaard, Marianne, Kurk, Jaron D., Walter, Fabian, Kelly, Brandon C., ...

We present Gemini near-infrared spectroscopic observations of six luminous quasars at z=5.8$\sim$6.3. Five of them were observed using Gemini-South/GNIRS, which provides a simultaneous wavelength...

Modeling the Dust Properties of z ~ 6 Quasars with ART^2 -- All-wavelength Radiative Transfer with Adaptive Refinement Tree (2007)

Li, Yuexing, Hopkins, Philip F., Hernquist, Lars, Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Cox, Thomas J., Springel, Volker, ...

The detection of large quantities of dust in z ~ 6 quasars by infrared and radio surveys presents puzzles for the formation and evolution of dust in these early systems. Previously (Li et al. 2007),...

Millimeter and Radio Observations of z~6 Quasars (2007)

Wang, Ran, Carilli, Chris, Beelen, Alexandre, Bertoldi, Frank, Fan, Xiaohui, Walter, Fabian, ...

We present millimeter and radio observations of 13 SDSS quasars at reshifts z~6. We observed eleven of them with the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer Array (MAMBO-2) at the IRAM 30m-telescope at 250...

Millimeter and radio observations of z~6 quasars (2007)

Wang, Ran, Carilli, Chris, Beelen, Alexandre, Bertoldi, Frank, Fan, Xiaohui, Walter, Fabian, ...

We present millimeter and radio observations of 13 SDSS quasars at reshifts z~6. We observed eleven of them with the Max-Planck Millimeter Bolometer Array (MAMBO-2) at the IRAM 30m-telescope at 250...

Brown dwarfs and high-redshift quasars in the UKIDSS? Unlikely neighbors in the infrared (2007)

Chiu, Kuenley, Bunker, Andrew J., Glazebrook, Karl, Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Fan, Xiaohui, ...

Over the ~ 5 years of its full operations, the SDSS rapidly broke high redshift quasar and brown dwarf discovery barriers by exploiting the advantages of the near-infrared/optical z filter, combined...

The Radio-Loud Fraction of Quasars is a Strong Function of Redshift and Optical Luminosity (2006)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Ivezic, Zeljko, Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., Strauss, Michael A., ...

Using a sample of optically-selected quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we have determined the radio-loud fraction (RLF) of quasars as a function of redshift and optical luminosity. The...

Probing the Evolution of IR Properties of z~6 Quasars: Spitzer Observations (2006)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Hines, Dean C., Shi, Yong, Vestergaard, Marianne, Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present Spitzer observations of thirteen z~6 quasars using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). All the quasars except SDSS J000552.34-000655.8...

Probing the evolution of infrared properties of z ~ 6 quasars: Spitzer observations (2006)

Jiang, Linhua, Fan, Xiaohui, Hines, Dean C., Shi, Yong, Vestergaard, Marianne, Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present Spitzer observations of 13 z~6 quasars using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). All the quasars except SDSS J000552.34-000655.8 (SDSS...

A Survey of z>5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Discovery of Seven Additional Quasars (2005)

Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., ...

We present the discovery of seven quasars at z>5.7, selected from ~2000 deg^2 of multicolor imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The new quasars have redshifts z from 5.79 to 6.13....

Spectral Energy Distributions and Age Estimates of 172 Globular Clusters in M31 (2002)

Jiang, Linhua, Ma, Jun, Zhou, Xu, Chen, Jiansheng, Wu, Hong, Jiang, Zhaoji

In this paper we present CCD multicolor photometry for 172 globular clusters (GCs), taken from the Bologna catalog (Battistini et al. 1987), in the nearby spiral galaxy M31. The observations were...

Multicolor photometry of 145 of the HII regions in M33 (2002)

Jiang, Linhua, Ma, Jun, Zhou, Xu, Chen, Jiansheng, Wu, Hong, Jiang, Zhaoji, ...

This paper is the first in a series presenting CCD multicolor photometry for 145 HII regions, selected from 369 candidate regions from Boulesteix et al. (1974), in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. The...

Unit-cell determination from randomly oriented electron-diffraction patterns

Jiang, Linhua, Georgieva, Dilyana, Zandbergen, Henny W., Abrahams, Jan Pieter

An algorithm is described that calculates the most likely primitive unit cell given a set of randomly oriented electron-diffraction patterns with unknown angular relationships.