Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old and Combined Supernova Datasets (2008)
Kowalski, M., Rubin, D., Aldering, G., Agostinho, R. J., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., ...
We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new dataset of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary (2007)
Frieman, Joshua A., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using...
A Comparison of SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82 with Stetson's Photometric Standards (2007)
Ivezic, Z., Smith, J. A., Miknaitis, G., Lin, H., Tucker, D., Lupton, R., ...
We compare Stetson's photometric standards with measurements listed in a standard star catalog constructed using repeated SDSS imaging observations. The SDSS catalog includes over 700,000 candidate...
SDSS spectroscopic survey of stars (2007)
Ivezic, Z., Schlegel, D., Uomoto, A., Bond, N., Beers, T., Prieto, C. Allende, ...
In addition to optical photometry of unprecedented quality, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is also producing a massive spectroscopic database. We discuss determination of stellar parameters,...
A Comparison of SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82 with Stetson's Photometric Standards (2007)
Ivezic, Z., Smith, J. A., Miknaitis, G., Lin, H., Tucker, D. L., Lupton, R., ...
We compare Stetson's photometric standards with measurements listed in a standard star catalog constructed using repeated SDSS imaging observations. The SDSS catalog includes over 700,000 candidate...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Supernova / Acceleration Probe: A Satellite Experiment to Study the Nature of the Dark Energy (2006)
Aldering, G., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., Astier, P., Baltay, C., ...
The Supernova / Acceleration Probe (SNAP) is a proposed space-based experiment designed to study the dark energy and alternative explanations of the acceleration of the Universe's expansion by...
Cosmological Constraints from the SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, M, Eisenstein, D, Strauss, M, Weinberg, D, Blanton, M, Frieman, J, ...
We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Monitor Telescope Pipeline (2006)
Tucker, D. L., Kent, S., Richmond, M. W., Annis, J., Smith, J. A., Allam, S. S., ...
The photometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a multi-step process which involves data from three different telescopes: the 1.0-m telescope at the US Naval Observatory (USNO),...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Peculiar SN 1999aa (2006)
Garavini, G., Folatelli, G., Goobar, A., Nobili, S., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present an extensive new time-series of spectroscopic data of the peculiar SN 1999aa in NGC 2595. Our data set includes 25 optical spectra between -11 and +58 days with respect to B-band maximum...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Unusual Type Ia SN 1999ac (2006)
Garavini, G., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Balland, C., ...
We present optical spectra of the peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 1999ac. The data extend from -15 to +42 days with respect to B-band maximum and reveal an event that is unusual in several...
SDSS spectroscopic survey of stars (2006)
Ivezic, Z., Schlegel, D., Uomoto, A., Bond, N., Beers, T., Allende Prieto, C., ...
In addition to optical photometry of unprecedented quality, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is also producing a massive spectroscopic database. We discuss determination of stellar parameters,...
Supernova Acceleration Probe: Studying Dark Energy with Type Ia Supernovae (2005)
Albert, J., Aldering, G., Allam, S., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., ...
The Supernova Acceleration Probe (SNAP) will use Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as distance indicators to measure the effect of dark energy on the expansion history of the Universe. (SNAP's weak-lensing...
Albert, J., Aldering, G., Allam, S., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., ...
SNAP is a candidate for the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) that seeks to place constraints on the dark energy using two distinct methods. The first, Type Ia SN, is discussed in a companion white...
Seeing the Nature of the Accelerating Physics: It's a SNAP (2005)
Aldering, G., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., Astier, P., Baltay, C., ...
For true insight into the nature of dark energy, measurements of the precision and accuracy of the Supernova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) are required. Precursor or scaled-down experiments are...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Unusual Type Ia SN 1999ac (2005)
Garavini, G., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Balland, C., ...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Unusual Type Ia SN 1999ac (2005)
Aldering, G., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Balland, C., ...
We present optical spectra of the peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 1999ac. The data extend from -15 to +42 days with respect to B-band maximum and reveal an event that is unusual in several...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog III. Third Data Release (2005)
Schneider, D. P., Hall, P. B., Richards, G. T., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Anderson, S. F., Fan, X., ...
We present the third edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 46,420 objects in the SDSS Third Data Release that have luminosities larger than M_i =...
Eisenstein, D. J., Zehavi, I., Hogg, D. W., Scoccimarro, R., Blanton, M. R., Nichol, R. C., ...
We present the large-scale correlation function measured from a spectroscopic sample of 46,748 luminous red galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The survey region covers 0.72 h^{-3} Gpc^3 over...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Peculiar SN 1999aa (2005)
Garavini, G., Folatelli, G., Goobar, A., Nobili, S., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present an extensive new time-series of spectroscopic data of the peculiar SN 1999aa in NGC 2595. Our data set includes 25 optical spectra between -11 and +58 days with respect to B-band maximum...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Unusual Type Ia SN 1999ac (2005)
Garavini, G., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Balland, C., ...
We present optical spectra of the peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 1999ac. The data extend from -15 to +42 days with respect to B-band maximum and reveal an event that is unusual in several...
Supernova Acceleration Probe: Studying Dark Energy with Type Ia Supernovae (2005)
Albert, J., Aldering, G., Allam, S., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., ...
The Supernova Acceleration Probe (SNAP) will use Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as distance indicators to measure the effect of dark energy on the expansion history of the Universe. (SNAP's weak-lensing...
Albert, J., Aldering, G., Allam, S., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., ...
SNAP is a candidate for the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) that seeks to place constraints on the dark energy using two distinct methods. The first, Type Ia SN, is discussed in a companion white...
Seeing the Nature of the Accelerating Physics: It's a SNAP (2005)
Aldering, G., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., Astier, P., Baltay, C., ...
For true insight into the nature of dark energy, measurements of the precision and accuracy of the Supernova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) are required. Precursor or scaled-down experiments are...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Peculiar SN 1999aa (2005)
Garavini, G., Folatelli, G., Goobar, A., Nobili, S., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present an extensive new time-series of spectroscopic data of the peculiar SN 1999aa in NGC 2595. Our data set includes 25 optical spectra between -11 and +58 days with respect to B-band maximum...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Unusual Type Ia SN 1999ac (2005)
Garavini, G., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Balland, C., ...
We present optical spectra of the peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 1999ac. The data extend from -15 to +42 days with respect to B-band maximum and reveal an event that is unusual in several...
Supernova Acceleration Probe: Studying Dark Energy with Type Ia Supernovae (2005)
Albert, J., Aldering, G., Allam, S., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., ...
The Supernova Acceleration Probe (SNAP) will use Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as distance indicators to measure the effect of dark energy on the expansion history of the Universe. (SNAP's weak-lensing...
Albert, J., Aldering, G., Allam, S., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., ...
SNAP is a candidate for the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) that seeks to place constraints on the dark energy using two distinct methods. The first, Type Ia SN, is discussed in a companion white...
Seeing the Nature of the Accelerating Physics: It's a SNAP (2005)
Aldering, G., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., Astier, P., Baltay, C., ...
For true insight into the nature of dark energy, measurements of the precision and accuracy of the Supernova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) are required. Precursor or scaled-down experiments are...
Spectroscopic observations and analysis of the unusual type Ia SN 1999ac (2005)
Garavini, G., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., Amanullah, R., Astier, P., Balland, C., ...
We present optical spectra of the peculiar Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 1999ac. The data extend from -15 to +42 days with respect to B-band maximum and reveal an event that is unusual in several...
SDSS Data Management and Photometric Quality Assessment (2004)
Ivezic, Z., Lupton, R. H., Schlegel, D., Boroski, B., Adelman-McCarthy, J., Yanny, B., ...
We summarize the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data acquisition and processing steps, and describe runQA, a pipeline designed for automated data quality assessment. In particular, we show how the position...
The Linear Theory Power Spectrum from the Lyman-alpha Forest in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
McDonald, P., Seljak, U., Cen, R., Shih, D., Weinberg, D. H., Burles, S., ...
We analyze the SDSS Ly-alpha forest P_F(k,z) measurement to determine the linear theory power spectrum. Our analysis is based on fully hydrodynamic simulations, extended using hydro-PM simulations....
Seljak, U., Makarov, A., McDonald, P., Anderson, S., Bahcall, N., Brinkmann, J., ...
We combine the constraints from the recent Ly-alpha forest and bias analysis of the SDSS with previous constraints from SDSS galaxy clustering, the latest supernovae, and WMAP . Combining WMAP and...
Supernova / Acceleration Probe: A Satellite Experiment to Study the Nature of the Dark Energy (2004)
Aldering, SNAP Collaboration: G., Althouse, W., Amanullah, R., Annis, J., Astier, P., Baltay, C., ...
The Supernova / Acceleration Probe (SNAP) is a proposed space-based experiment designed to study the dark energy and alternative explanations of the acceleration of the Universe's expansion by...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~;0.1 (2004)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2004)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J. N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Spectroscopic Observations and Analysis of the Peculiar SN 1999aa (2004)
Garavini, G., Folatelli, G., Goobar, A., Nobili, S., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present an extensive new time-series of spectroscopic data of the peculiar SN 1999aa in NGC 2595. Our data set includes 25 optical spectra between -11 and +58 days with respect to B-band maximum...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2004)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2004)
Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...
PRIME: A deep near-infrared survey project (2004)
Omont, A., Team, The Prime, Zheng, W., Ford, H. C., Kruk, J. W., Tsvetanov, Z. I., ...
Spectroscopic observations and analysis of the peculiar SN 1999aa (2003)
Garavini, G., Folatelli, G., Goobar, A., Nobili, S., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...
We present an extensive new time series of spectroscopic data of the peculiar SN 1999aa in NGC 2595. Our data set includes 25 optical spectra between -11 and +58 days with respect to B-band maximum...
Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP (2003)
Tegmark, M., Strauss, M., Blanton, M., Abazajian, K., Dodelson, S., Sandvik, H., ...
We measure cosmological parameters using the three-dimensional power spectrum P(k) from over 200,000 galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in combination with WMAP and other data. Our...
The 3D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS (2003)
Tegmark, M, Blanton, M, Strauss, M, Hoyle, F, Schlegel, D, Scoccimarro, R, ...
We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using a sample of 205,443 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, covering 2417 square degrees with mean redshift z~0.1. We employ a...
An Initial Survey of White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Harris, H. C., Liebert, J., Kleinman, S. J., Nitta, A., Anderson, S. F., Knapp, G. R., ...
An initial assessment is made of white dwarf and hot subdwarf stars observed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In a small area of sky (190 square degrees), observed much like the full survey will be,...
A low-latitude halo stream around the Milky Way (2003)
Yanny, B., Newberg, H.J., Grebel, E.K., Kent, S., Odenkirchen, M., Rockosi, C.M., ...
The u'g'r'i'z' Standard Star Network (2002)
Smith, J. A., Tucker, D. L., Kent, S., Richmond, M. W., Fukugita, M., Ichikawa, T., ...
We present the 158 standard stars that define the u'g'r'i'z' photometric system. These stars form the basis for the photometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The defining...
Galaxy clustering in early Sloan Digital Sky Survey redshift data (2002)
Zehavi, I., Blanton, M. R., Frieman, J. A., Weinberg, D. H., Mo, H. J., Strauss, M. A., ...
We present the first measurements of clustering in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) galaxy redshift survey. Our sample consists of 29,300 galaxies with redshifts 5700 km s(-1) less than or equal...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M., Blanton, M. R., Burles, S., Castander, F. J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...
LOTIS, Super-LOTIS, SDSS and Tautenburg Observations of GRB 010921 (2001)
Park, H. S., Williams, G. G., Hartmann, D. H., Lamb, D. Q., Lee, B. C., Tucker, D. L., ...
We present multi-instrument optical observations of the High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE-2)/Interplanetary Network (IPN) error box of GRB 010921. This event was the first gamma ray burst (GRB)...
SDSS J124602.54+011318.8: A Highly Luminous Optical Transient at z=0.385 (2001)
Berk, D. E. Vanden, Lee, B. C., Wilhite, B. C., Beacom, J. F., Lamb, D. Q., Annis, J., ...
We report the discovery of a highly luminous optical transient (OT), SDSS J124602.54+011318.8, associated with a galaxy at a redshift of 0.385. In this paper we consider the possibility that the OT...
A New Very Cool White Dwarf Discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2001)
Harris, H. C., Hansen, B. M. S., Liebert, J., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Anderson, S. F., Knapp, G. R., ...
Early data taken during commissioning of the SDSS have resulted in the discovery of a very cool white dwarf. It appears to have stronger collision induced absorption from molecular hydrogen than any...
Yanny, B., Newberg, H. J., Kent, S., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Pier, J. R., Richards, G. T., ...
A sample of 4208 objects with magnitude 15 < g* < 22 and colors of main sequence A stars has been selected from 370 square degrees of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning observations. The...
A Serial Communication Interface for Data Acquisition Instrumentation in a Wind Tunnel (1999)
The Low Speed Wind Tunnel (LSWT) at the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory (AMRL) has used a proprietary Bidirectional Parallel Interface (BPI) bus for data collection from instrumentation...
A serial communication interface for data acquisition instrumentation in a wind tunnel (1998)
The Low Speed Wind Tunnel (LSWT) at the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory (AMRL) has used a proprietary Bidirectional Parallel Interface (BPI) bus for data collection from instrumentation...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric Camera (1998)
J. E. Gunn, M. Carr, C. Rockosi, M. Sekiguchi, K. Berry, B. Elms, ...
We have constructed a large format mosaic CCD camera for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The camera consists of two arrays, a photometric array which uses 30 2048Theta2048 SITe/Tektronix CCDs (24...
Component Composition in Business and System Modelling (1997)
Kent, S, Lano, K, Bicarregui, J, Hamie, A, Howse, J
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