Mary Elizabeth Kaiser

A Vigorous Explorer Program (2009)

Elvis, Martin, Beasley, Matthew, Brissenden, Roger, Chakrabarti, Supriya, Cherry, Michael, Devlin, Mark, ...

Explorers have made breakthroughs in many fields of astrophysics. The science from both these missions contributed to three Nobel Prizes - Giacconi (2002), Mather, and Smoot (2006). Explorers have:...

Photometric Calibrations for 21st Century Science (2009)

Kent, Stephen, Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Deustua, Susana E., Smith, J. Allyn, Adelman, Saul, Allam, Sahar, ...

The answers to fundamental science questions in astrophysics, ranging from the history of the expansion of the universe to the sizes of nearby stars, hinge on our ability to make precise measurements...

Project Lyman (2008)

McCandliss, Stephan R., Kruk, Jeffrey W., Blair, William P., Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Feldman, Paul D., Meurer, Gerhardt R., ...

We explore the design of a space mission, Project Lyman, which has the goal of quantifying the ionization history of the universe from the present epoch to a redshift of z ~ 3. Observations from WMAP...

Kailash C. Sahu (2007)

Kailash C. Sahu, Richard Shaw, Mary Elizabeth Kaiser, Stefi A. Baum, Henry C, ...

The cluster RXJ 1347.5-1145, the most luminous cluster in the X-ray wavelengths, was imaged with the newly installed Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on-board HST. Its relatively high...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY OF 14 LOW-REDSHIFT QUASARS (2007)

Ganguly, Rajib, Brotherton, Michael S., Arav, Nahum, Heap, Sara R., Wisotzki, Lutz, Aldcroft, Thomas L., ...

We present low-resolution ultraviolet spectra of 14 low-redshift (zem ≤ 0:8) quasars observed with the Hubble Space Telescope STIS as part of a Snapshot project to understand the relationship...

Hubble Space Telescope Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Fourteen Low-Redshift Quasars (2006)

Ganguly, Rajib, Brotherton, Michael S., Arav, Nahum, Heap, Sara R., Wisotzki, Lutz, L. Aldcroft, Thomas, ...

We present low-resolution ultraviolet spectra of 14 low redshift (z em < 0.8) quasars observed with HST/STIS as part of a Snap project to understand the relationship between quasar outflows and...

Intrinsic Absorption in the Spectrum of NGC 7469: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS Observations (2005)

Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Lee, Julia C., Quijano, Jessica Kim, Brotherton, Michael, Canizares, Claude R., ...

We present simultaneous X-ray, far-ultraviolet, and near-ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 obtained with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer,...

Quasars and the Big Blue Bump (2004)

Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, Michael S., Green, Richard F., Kriss, Gerard A., Scott, Jennifer, Quijano, Jessica Kim, ...

We investigate the ultraviolet-to-optical spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 17 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using quasi-simultaneous spectrophotometry spanning 900-9000 Angstrom (rest frame)....

Iron Line Spectroscopy of NGC4593 with XMM-Newton: Where is the Black Hole Accretion Disk? (2004)

Reynolds, Christopher S., Brenneman, Laura W., Wilms, Joern, Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth

We present an analysis of the 2-10keV XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn spectrum of the Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC4593. Apart from the presence of two narrow emission lines corresponding to the Kalpha lines of cold and...

Intrinsic Absorption in the Spectrum of Mrk 279: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS Observations (2004)

Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Lee, Julia C., Arav, Nahum, Ogle, Patrick, Roraback, Kenneth, ...

We present a study of the intrinsic X-ray and far-ultraviolet absorption in the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy Markarian 279 using simultaneous observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Space...

The Hubble Deep Field South Flanking Fields (2002)

Lucas, Ray A., Baum, Stefi A., Brown, Thomas M., Casertano, Stefano, Conselice, Chris, De Mello, Duilia, ...

As part of the Hubble Deep Field South program, a set of shorter 2-orbit observations were obtained of the area adjacent to the deep fields. The WFPC2 flanking fields cover a contiguous solid angle...

The Ionized Gas and Nuclear Environment in NGC 3783 II. Averaged HST/STIS and FUSE Spectra (2002)

Gabel, Jack R., Crenshaw, D. Michael, Kraemer, Steven B., Brandt, W. N., George, Ian M., Hamann, Frederick W., ...

We present observations of the intrinsic absorption in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783 obtained with the STIS/HST and FUSE. We have coadded multiple STIS and FUSE observations to obtain a high S/N...

The Nuclear dynamics of M32. I. Data and stellar kinematics (2001)

Joseph, Charles, Merritt, David, Olling, Rob, Valluri, Monica, Bender, Ralf, Bower, Gary, ...

Archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0005530 v2 28 May 2000 AND Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 273

The nuclear dynamics of M32. I. Data and stellar kinematics (2001)

Joseph, Charles, Merritt, David, Olling, Rob, Valluri, Monica, Bender, Ralf, Bower, Gary, ...

Archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0005530 v2 28 May 2000 AND Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 273

A complete sample of radio sources in the North Ecliptic Cap, selected at 38 MHz -- III. further imaging observations and the photometric properties of the sample (1999)

Lacy, Mark, Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Hill, Gary J., Rawlings, Steve, Leyshon, Gareth

Further imaging observations of a sample of radio sources in the North Ecliptic Cap are presented and a number of new identifications are made. Using redshifts from spectroscopic data presented in a...

Imaging and spectroscopy of arcs around the most luminous X-ray cluster RX J1347.5-1145 (1997)

Sahu, Kailash C., Shaw, Richard A., Kaiser, Mary Elizabeth, Baum, Stefi A., Ferguson, Henry C., Hayes, Jeffrey J. E., ...

The cluster RX J1347.5-1145, the most luminous cluster in the X-ray wavelengths, was imaged with the newly installed Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on-board HST. Its relatively high...