Turning Back the Clock: Inferring the History of the Eight O'clock Arc (2009)
Finkelstein, Steven L., Papovich, Casey, Rudnick, Gregory, Egami, Eiichi, Floc'h, Emeric Le, Rieke, Marcia J., ...
We present the results from an optical and near-infrared spectroscopic study of the ultraviolet-luminous z = 2.73 galaxy, the 8 o'clock arc. Due to gravitational lensing, this galaxy is magnified by...
The infrared luminosity functions of rich clusters (2009)
Bai, Lei, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Christlein, Daniel, Zabludoff, Ann I.
The IR Luminosity Functions of Rich Clusters (2008)
Bai, Lei, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Christlein, Daniel, Zabludoff, Ann I.
We present MIPS observations of the cluster A3266. About 100 spectroscopic cluster members have been detected at 24 micron. The IR luminosity function in A3266 is very similar to that in the Coma...
NICMOS Imaging of Damped Ly- Absorbers at z = 2 (2007)
Varsha P. Kulkarni, John M. Hill, Glenn Schneider, Ray J. Weymann, Marcia J. Rieke, ...
Abstract. We report results from deep NICMOS imaging of the elds of two damped Lyman- (DLA) quasar absorbers at z DLA = 1:89 and z DLA = 1:86. The images were obtained in the broad lter F160W and the...
PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS AND MORPHOLOGIES OF GALAXIES IN THE NICMOS (2007)
Parallel Fields, Michael R. Corbin, William D. Vacca, Earl Oïneil, Rodger I. Thompson, Marcia J. Rieke, ...
We present positions, magnitudes, sizes, and morphological classiÐcations for 111 galaxies discovered in the Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS camera 1 and camera 2 parallel Ðelds. We combine the...
Susan R. Stolovy, Michael G. Burton, Edwin F. Erickson, Michael J. Kaufman, Antonio Chrysostomou, Erick T. Young, ...
structures in both continuum and shocked molecular hydrogen line emission. Numerous H 2-emitting clumps surrounding the BN/KL region have been resolved for the first time, several of which exhibit...
Michael R. Corbin, Earl Oïneil, Rodger I. Thompson, Marcia J. Rieke, Glenn Schneider
We present a photometric analysis of all high Galactic latitude ( o b o [ 20¡) broadband parallel images taken by the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer instrument of the Hubble...
Varsha P. Kulkarni, John M. Hill, Glenn Schneider, Ray J. Weymann, J. Storrie-lombardi, ...
We have carried out a high-resolution imaging search for the galaxy associated with the damped Lya absorber (DLA) at z \ 1.859 toward the z \ 2.48 quasar QSO 1244]3443, using the Hubble Space...
Search for IR Emission from Intracluster Dust in A2029 (2007)
Bai, Lei, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J.
We have searched for IR emission from the intracluster dust (ICD) in the galaxy cluster A2029. Weak signals of enhanced extended emission in the cluster are detected at both 24 and 70 micron....
IR observations of MS 1054-03: Star Formation and its Evolution in Rich Galaxy Clusters (2007)
Bai, Lei, Marcillac, Delphine, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Tran, Kim-Vy H., Hinz, Joannah L., ...
We study the infrared (IR) properties of galaxies in the cluster MS 1054-03 at z=0.83 by combining MIPS 24 micron data with spectra of more than 400 galaxies and a very deep K-band selected catalog....
Near-infrared and star-forming properties of local luminous infrared galaxies (2006)
Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Colina, Luis, Pérez-González, Pablo G., Ryder, Stuart D.
22 pages, 4 figures.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606186
The James Webb Space Telescope (2006)
Gardner, Jonathan P., Mather, John C., Clampin, Mark, Doyon, Rene, Greenhouse, Matthew A., Hammel, Heidi B., ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large (6.6m), cold (50K), infrared-optimized space observatory that will be launched early in the next decade. The observatory will have four instruments: a...
Warm Dust and Spatially Variable PAH Emission in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 1705 (2006)
Cannon, John M., Smith, John-David T., Walter, Fabian, Bendo, George J., Calzetti, Daniela, Dale, Daniel A., ...
We present Spitzer observations of the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 1705 obtained as part of SINGS. The galaxy morphology is very different shortward and longward of ~5 microns: short-wavelength...
Science with the James Webb space telescope (2006)
Gardner, Jonathan P., Mather, John C., Clampin, Mark, Doyon, Rene, Greenhouse, Matthew A., Hammel, Heidi B., ...
The scientific capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) fall into four themes. The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization theme seeks to identify the first luminous sources...
Cannon, John M., Smith, John-David T., Walter, Fabian, Bendo, George J., Calzetti, Daniela, Dale, Daniel A., ...
We present Spitzer observations of the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 1705 obtained as part of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey. The galaxy morphology is very different shortward and...
Infrared Luminosity Function of the Coma Cluster (2005)
Bai, Lei, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Hinz, Joannah L., Kelly, Douglas M., Blaylock, Myra
Using mid-IR and optical data, we deduce the total infrared (IR) luminosities of galaxies in the Coma cluster and present their infrared luminosity function (LF). The shape of the overall Coma IR LF...
The NICMOS Ultra Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry (2005)
Thompson, Rodger I., Illingworth, Garth, Bouwens, Rychard, Dickinson, Mark, Eisenstein, Daniel, Fan, Xiaohui, ...
This paper describes the observations and data reduction techniques for the version 2.0 images and catalog of the NICMOS Ultra Deep Field Treasury program. All sources discussed in this paper are...
Towards an understanding of the rapid decline of the cosmic star formation rate (2005)
Bell, Eric F., Papovich, Casey, Wolf, Christian, Floc'h, Emeric Le, Caldwell, John A. R., Barden, Marco, ...
We present a first analysis of deep 24 micron observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope of a sample of nearly 1500 galaxies in a thin redshift slice, 0.65
Le Floc'h, Emeric, Papovich, Casey, Dole, Hervé, Bell, Eric F., Lagache, Guilaine, Rieke, George H., ...
We analyze a sample of ~2600 Spitzer MIPS 24 mum sources brighter than ~80 muJy and located in the Chandra Deep Field-South to characterize the evolution of the comoving infrared (IR) energy density...
Galaxies at z~7-8: z-dropouts in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004)
Bouwens, Rychard J., Thompson, Rodger I., Illingworth, Garth D., Franx, Marijn, Van Dokkum, Pieter, Fan, Xaiohui, ...
We have detected likely z~7-8 galaxies in the 144"x144" NICMOS observations of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Objects are required to be >3 sigma detections in both NICMOS bands, J and H. The selection...
Obscured star formation in the central region of the dwarf galaxy NGC5253 (2004)
Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Takagi, Toshinobu, Baker, Andrew J., Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Imanishi, Masatoshi, ...
We present HST/NICMOS observations (1.1-2.2micron) and 1.9-4.1micron spectroscopy of the central region of the dwarf galaxy NGC5253. The HST/NICMOS observations reveal the presence of a nuclear...
Obscured star formation in the central region of the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 (2004)
Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Takagi, Toshinobu, Baker, Andrew J., Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Imanishi, Masatoshi, ...
A Medium-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectral Library of Late Type Stars: I (2003)
Ivanov, Valentin D., Rieke, Marcia J., Engelbracht, Charles W., Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, George H., Luhman, Kevin L.
We present an empirical infrared spectral library of medium resolution (R~2000-3000) H (1.6 micron) and K (2.2 micron) band spectra of 218 red stars, spanning a range of [Fe/H] from ~-2.2 to ~+0.3....
Evolution in the Colors of Lyman-Break Galaxies from Z~4 to Z~3 (2003)
Papovich, Casey, Dickinson, Mark, Ferguson, Henry C., Giavalisco, Mauro, Lotz, Jennifer, Madau, Piero, ...
The integrated colors of distant galaxies provide a means for interpreting the properties of their stellar content. Here, we use rest-frame UV-to-optical colors to constrain the spectral-energy...
The [FeII]1.644micron emission in M82 and NGC253: Is it a measure of the supernova rate? (2002)
Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J., Kelly, Douglas M.
We present HST/NICMOS [FeII]1.644micron, Pa-alpha (1.87micron) and continuum images of the starburst galaxies M82 and NGC253 at an unprecedented spatial resolution. In both galaxies we detect [FeII]...
Jensen, Joseph B., Tonry, John L., Barris, Brian J., Thompson, Rodger I., Liu, Michael C., Rieke, Marcia J., ...
To empirically calibrate the IR surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) distance scale and probe the properties of unresolved stellar populations, we measured fluctuations in 65 galaxies using NICMOS on...
Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Imaging of the Core of M87 (2002)
Corbin, Michael R., O'Neil, Earl, Rieke, Marcia J.
We present broad-band 1.1, 1.6 and 2.2 micron images and a 2.37 micron narrow-band image of the inner 19" of the nearby radio galaxy M87, obtained with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object...
Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, George H., Rieke, Marcia J.
We have used HST/NICMOS H-band narrow-band Pa-alpha (at rest 1.87micron) images to identify star clusters and HII regions respectively in a sample of 8 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs). These...
NICMOS Imaging of the Cores of M 31 and M 32 (2001)
Corbin, Michael R., O'Neil, Earl, Rieke, Marcia J.
We present 1.1, 1.6, and 2.2 micron images of the cores of the Local Group galaxies M 31 and M 32 obtained with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) instrument of the...
A Search for the Damped Ly-alpha Absorber at z=1.86 toward QSO 1244+3443 with NICMOS (2000)
Kulkarni, Varsha P., Hill, John M., Schneider, Glenn, Weymann, Ray J., Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Rieke, Marcia J., ...
We have carried out a high-resolution imaging search for the galaxy associated with the damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) absorber at z=1.859 toward the z_{em}=2.48 quasar QSO 1244+3443, using the HST and the...
The Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Hubble Constant (2000)
Jensen, Joseph B., Tonry, John L., Thompson, Rodger I., Ajhar, Edward A., Lauer, Tod R., Rieke, Marcia J., ...
We measured infrared surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) distances to an isotropically-distributed sample of 16 distant galaxies with redshifts reaching 10,000 km/s using the near-IR camera and...
Testing the AGN-Starburst Connection in Seyfert Galaxies (2000)
Ivanov, Valentin D., Rieke, George H., Groppi, Christopher E., Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, Marcia J., Engelbracht, C. W.
We use the CO band at 2.3 micron to constrain the populations of young stars in the central regions of Seyfert galaxies. We report new CO band spectroscopy of 46 Seyfert galaxies. In most cases, the...
A Color Analysis of the NICMOS Parallel Image Archive (2000)
Corbin, Michael R., O'Neil, Earl, Thompson, Rodger I., Rieke, Marcia J., Schneider, Glenn
We present a photometric analysis of all high Galactic lattitude (|b| > 20d) broad-band parallel images taken by the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) instrument during its...
The Initial Mass Function of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in Young Clusters (2000)
Luhman, K. L., Rieke, G. H., Young, Erick T., Cotera, Angela S., Chen, H., Rieke, Marcia J., ...
We have obtained images of the Trapezium Cluster (140" x 140"; 0.3 pc x 0.3 pc) with the Hubble Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). Combining these data with...
Kulkarni, Varsha P., Hill, John M., Schneider, Glenn, Weymann, Ray J., Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Rieke, Marcia J., ...
We report results of a high-resolution imaging search (in rest frame H-$\alpha$ and optical continuum) for the galaxy associated with the damped Lyman-$\alpha$ (DLA) absorber at $z=1.892$ toward the...
Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, Marcia J., Rieke, George H., Shields, Joseph C.
We present $J$-band ($1.15-1.35 \mu$m) spectroscopy of a sample of nine galaxies showing some degree of LINER activity (classical LINERs, weak-[O {\sc i}] LINERs and transition objects), together...
An Infrared Determination of the Reddening and Distance to Dwingeloo 1 (1999)
Ivanov, Valentin D., Alonso-Herrero, Almudena, Rieke, Marcia J., McCarthy, Don
We present for the first time infrared observations of the nearby highly obscured galaxy Dwingeloo 1 (Dw1), including deep H-band imaging covering a total of 4.9x4.9 arcmin, together with J and Ks...
K. L. Luhman, G. H. Rieke, Erick T. Young, Angela S. Cotera, H. Chen, Marcia J. Rieke, ...
We have obtained images of the Trapezium Cluster
Rodger I. Thompson, Garth Illingworth, Rychard Bouwens, Mark Dickinson, Daniel Eisenstein, Xiaohui Fan, ...
This paper describes the observations and data reduction techniques for the version 2.0 images and catalog of the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Ultra Deep Field (NICMOS UDF)...
Varsha P. Kulkarni, John M. Hill, Glenn Schneider, Ray J. Weymann, J. Storrie-lombardi, ...
We report results of a high-resolution imaging search for the galaxy associated with the damped Lya (DLA) absorber at z \ 1.892 toward the z \ 2.543 quasar LBQS 1210]1731, using the Hubble Space...
Workshop on the Central Parsecs of the Galaxy (1998)
Cotera, Angela, Duschl, Wolfgang J, Falcke, Heino, Melia, F, Rieke, Marcia J
Thompson, Rodger I., Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Weymann, Ray J., Rieke, Marcia J., Schneider, Glenn, Stobie, Elizabeth, ...
This paper contains a catlog of sources observed in a portion of the Hubble Deep Field by the NICMOS instrument. Methods of observation and data analysis are discussed. The catalog has two parts. The...
Raghvendra Sahai, Dean C. Hines, Joel H. Kastner, David A. Weintraub, John T. Trauger, Marcia J. Rieke, ...
High-resolution near-infrared (1.65–2.1 mm) images and 2 mm polarimetric images of the inner 19�.5 # 19�.3 region of the bipolar protoplanetary nebula CRL 2688, taken with the newly installed...
M51 Stripped To Its Bones (1993)
Rix, Hans-Walter, Rieke, Marcia J.
We present optical and IR surface photometry of M51 (NGC~5194) at B~V~R~I~J~K and CO$(2.3\mu )$. These data are used to establish whether K-band ($2.2\mu$) images of spiral galaxies provide reliable...