Rebecca Bernstein

The Synoptic All-Sky Infrared (SASIR) Survey (2009)

Bloom, Joshua S., Prochaska, J. Xavier, Lee, William, González, J. Jesús, Ramírez-Ruiz, Enrico, Bolte, Michael, ...

We are proposing to conduct a multicolor, synoptic infrared (IR) imaging survey of the Northern sky with a new, dedicated 6.5-meter telescope at San Pedro M\'artir (SPM) Observatory. This initiative...

A New Era in Extragalactic Background Light Measurements: The Cosmic History of Accretion, Nucleosynthesis and Reionization (2009)

Cooray, Asantha, Amblard, Alexandre, Beichman, Charles, Benford, Dominic, Bernstein, Rebecca, Bock, James, ...

(Brief Summary) What is the total radiative content of the Universe since the epoch of recombination? The extragalactic background light (EBL) spectrum captures the redshifted energy released from...

The Michigan/MIKE Fiber System Survey of Stellar Radial Velocities in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies: Acquisition and Reduction of Data (2007)

Walker, Matthew G., Mateo, Mario, Olszewski, Edward W., Bernstein, Rebecca, Sen, Bodhisattva, Woodroofe, Michael

We introduce a stellar velocity survey of dwarf spheroidal galaxies, undertaken using the Michigan/MIKE Fiber System (MMFS) at the Magellan/Clay 6.5 m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. As of...

Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars XI: The Tidal Tails of the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal and the Discovery of Magellanic Cloud Stars in the Carina Foreground (2006)

Munoz, Ricardo R., Majewski, Steven R., Zaggia, Simone, Kunkel, William E., Frinchaboy, Peter M., Nidever, David L., ...

A new large-area Washington M,T_2+DDO51 filter survey of more than 10 deg^2 around the Carina dSph galaxy reveals a spectroscopically confirmed power law radial density "break" population of Carina...