HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Optical Data (2009)
West, Andrew A., Garcia-Appadoo, Diego A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Disney, Mike J., Rockosi, Constance M., Ivezic, Zeljko, ...
We present the optical data for 195 HI-selected galaxies that fall within both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Parkes Equatorial Survey (ES). The photometric quantities have been...
HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II: The Colors of Gas-Rich Galaxies (2009)
West, Andrew A., Garcia-Appadoo, Diego A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Disney, Mike J., Rockosi, Constance R., Ivezic, Zeljko
We utilize color information for an HI-selected sample of 195 galaxies to explore the star formation histories and physical conditions that produce the observed colors. We show that the HI selection...
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...
Carollo, Daniela, Beers, Timothy C., Chiba, Masashi, Norris, John E., Freeman, Ken C., Lee, Young Sun, ...
The structure and kinematics of the recognized stellar components of the Milky Way are explored, based on well-determined atmospheric parameters and kinematic quantities for 32360 "calibration stars"...
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample (2009)
Percival, Will J., Reid, Beth A., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Bahcall, Neta A., Budavari, Tamas, Frieman, Joshua A., ...
The spectroscopic Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) galaxy sample represents the final set of galaxies observed using the original SDSS target selection criteria. We analyse the...
Reid, Beth A., Percival, Will J., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Verde, Licia, Spergel, David N., Skibba, Ramin A., ...
We present the power spectrum of the reconstructed halo density field derived from a sample of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Seventh Data Release (DR7). The halo...
A Sample of Candidate Radio Stars in FIRST and SDSS (2009)
Kimball, Amy E., Knapp, Gillian R., Ivezic, Zeljko, West, Andrew A., Bochanski, John J., Plotkin, Richard M., ...
We conduct a search for radio stars by combining radio and optical data from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm survey (FIRST) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The faint limit of...
An, Deokkeun, Pinsonneault, Marc H., Masseron, Thomas, Delahaye, Franck, Johnson, Jennifer A., Terndrup, Donald M., ...
We perform an extensive test of theoretical stellar models for main-sequence stars in ugriz, using cluster fiducial sequences obtained in the previous paper of this series. We generate a set of...
Educating the Next Generation of Leading Scientists: Turning Ideas into Action (2009)
Wood-Vasey, Michael, Schulte-Ladbeck, Regina, Blair, William, Borne, Kirk, Clampin, Mark, Gatley, Ian, ...
The core of scientific research is turning new ideas into reality. From the school science fair to the search for the secrets of dark energy, high-quality research consists of scientific...
Probing Quiescent Massive Black Holes: Insights from Tidal Disruption Events (2009)
Gezari, Suvi, Strubbe, Linda, Bloom, Joshua S., Grindlay, J. E., Soderberg, Alicia, Elvis, Martin, ...
Tidal disruption events provide a unique probe of quiescent black holes in the nuclei of distant galaxies. The next generation of synoptic surveys will yield a large sample of flares from the tidal...
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, ...
Yip, Ching-Wa, Connolly, Andrew, Berk, Daniel Vanden, Scranton, Ryan, Krughoff, Simon, Szalay, Alex, ...
Under the unified model for active galactic nuclei (AGNs), narrow-line (Type 2) AGNs are, in fact, broad-line (Type 1) AGNs but each with a heavily obscured accretion disk. We would therefore expect...
Photometric constraints on white dwarfs and the identification of extreme objects (2008)
Mortlock, Daniel J., Peiris, Hiranya V., Ivezic, Zeljko
It is possible to reliably identify white dwarfs (WDs) without recourse to spectra, instead using photometric and astrometric measurements to distinguish them from Main Sequence stars and quasars....
Our Nearest 15 Million Neighbors: The Field Low-Mass Stellar Luminosity and Mass Functions (2008)
Bochanski, John J., Hawley, Suzanne L., Reid, I. Neill, Covey, Kevin R., West, Andrew A., Golimowski, David A., ...
We report on a new measurement of the luminosity function (LF) and mass function (MF) of field low-mass dwarfs using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry. The final catalog is composed of ~15...
Candidate Disk Wide Binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Juric, Mario
Using SDSS Data Release 6, we construct two independent samples of candidate stellar wide binaries selected as i) pairs of unresolved sources with angular separation in the range 3'' - 16'', ii)...
An, Deokkeun, Johnson, Jennifer A., Clem, James L., Yanny, Brian, Rockosi, Constance M., Morrison, Heather L., ...
We present photometry for globular and open cluster stars observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In order to exploit over 100 million stellar objects with r < 22.5 mag observed by SDSS,...
The Distribution of Basaltic Asteroids in the Main Belt (2008)
Moskovitz, Nicholas A., Jedicke, Robert, Gaidos, Eric, Willman, Mark, Nesvorny, David, Fevig, Ronald, ...
We present the observational results of a survey designed to target and detect asteroids whose colors are similar to those of Vesta family members and thus may be considered as candidates for having...
The Size Distributions of Asteroid Families in the SDSS Moving Object Catalog 4 (2008)
Parker, Alex H., Ivezic, Zeljko, Juric, Mario, Lupton, Robert H., Sekora, Michael D., Kowalski, Adam F.
Asteroid families, traditionally defined as clusters of objects in orbital parameter space, often have distinctive optical colors. We show that the separation of family members from background...
AGN Dusty Tori: I. Handling of Clumpy Media (2008)
Nenkova, Maia, Sirocky, Matthew M., Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
According to unified schemes of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), the central engine is surrounded by dusty, optically thick clouds in a toroidal structure. We have recently developed a formalism that...
AGN Dusty Tori: II. Observational Implications of Clumpiness (2008)
Nenkova, Maia, Sirocky, Matthew M., Nikutta, Robert, Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
From extensive radiative transfer calculations we find that clumpy torus models with \No \about 5--15 dusty clouds along radial equatorial rays successfully explain AGN infrared observations. The...
Two more candidate AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) Binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Anderson, Scott, Becker, Andrew, Haggard, Daryl, Prieto, Jose Luis, Knapp, Gillian, Sako, Masao, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0802.2240 v1 Feb 15 2008
An Improved Photometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data (2008)
Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Barentine, J.C., Blanton, Michael R., Brewington, Howard J., ...
We present an algorithm to photometrically calibrate wide field optical imaging surveys, that simultaneously solves for the calibration parameters and relative stellar fluxes using overlapping...
Exploring the Variable Sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert, Juric, Mario, Gunn, James, Knapp, Gillian, ...
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: II. Stellar Metallicity (2008)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...
Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F and G type main sequence stars (0.2
The Environment of Galaxies at Low Redshift (2008)
Cowan, Nicolas B., Ivezic, Zeljko
We compare environmental effects in two analogous samples of galaxies, one from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the other from a semi-analytic model (SAM) based on the Millennium Simulation...
The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...
The sixth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2008)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Allende Prieto, Carlos, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The milky way tomography with SDSS. II. Stellar metallicity (2008)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...
Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F- and G-type main-sequence stars (0.2
The accretion origin of the Milky Way's stellar halo (2008)
Bell, Eric F., Zucker, Daniel B., Belokurov, Vasily, Sharma, Sanjib, Johnston, Kathryn V., Bullock, James S., ...
We have used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 to explore the overall structure and substructure of the stellar halo of the Milky Way using ~4 million color-selected...
The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...
In Pursuit of LSST Science Requirements: A Comparison of Photometry Algorithms (2007)
Becker, Andrew C., Silvestri, Nicole M., Owen, Russell E., Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H.
We have developed an end-to-end photometric data processing pipeline to compare current photometric algorithms commonly used on ground-based imaging data. This testbed is exceedingly adaptable, and...
Exploring the variable sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert, Juric, Mario, Gunn, James, Knapp, Gillian, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0704.0655 v1 Apr 4 2007
Covey, Kevin R., Ivezic, Zeljko, Schlegel, David J., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Lupton, Robert H., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) are rich resources for studying stellar astrophysics and the structure and formation history of the Galaxy. As new surveys...
The accretion origin of the Milky Way's stellar halo (2007)
Bell, Eric F., Zucker, Daniel B., Belokurov, Vasily, Sharma, Sanjib, Johnston, Kathryn V., Bullock, James S., ...
We have used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 to explore the overall structure and substructure of the stellar halo of the Milky Way using about 4 million color-selected...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog IV. Fifth Data Release (2007)
Schneider, Donald P., Hall, Patrick B., Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Anderson, Scott F., ...
We present the fourth edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog contains 77,429 objects; this is an increase of over 30,000 entries since the previous edition. The...
Exploring the Variable Sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Juric, Mario, Gunn, James E., Knapp, Gillian R., ...
We quantify the variability of faint unresolved optical sources using a catalog based on multiple SDSS imaging observations. The catalog covers SDSS Stripe 82, and contains 58 million photometric...
SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82: the Dawn of Industrial 1% Optical Photometry (2007)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Smith, J. Allyn, Miknaitis, Gajus, Lin, Huan, Tucker, Douglas
We describe a standard star catalog constructed using multiple SDSS photometric observations (at least four per band, with a median of ten) in the $ugriz$ system. The catalog includes 1.01 million...
The fifth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
Exploring the variable sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Juric, Mario, Gunn, James E., Knapp, Gillian R., ...
We quantify the variability of faint unresolved optical sources using a catalog based on multiple SDSS imaging observations. The catalog covers SDSS stripe 82, which lies along the celestial equator...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. IV. Fifth Data Release (2007)
Schneider, Donald P., Hall, Patrick B., Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., Anderson, Scott F., ...
We present the fourth edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog contains 77,429 objects; this is an increase of over 30,000 entries since the previous edition. The...
Ivezic, Zeljko, Allyn Smith, J., Miknaitis, Gajus, Lin, Huan, Tucker, Douglas, Lupton, Robert H., ...
We describe a standard star catalog constructed using multiple SDSS photometric observations (at least four per band, with a median of 10) in the ugriz system. The catalog includes 1.01 million...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel, Strauss, Michael, Weinberg, David, Blanton, Michael, Frieman, Joshua, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0608632 v2 Oct 30 2006
Chandra Multiwavelength Project X-ray Point Source Catalog (2006)
Kim, Minsun, Kim, Dong-Woo, Wilkes, Belinda J., Green, Paul J., Kim, Eunhyeuk, Anderson, Craig S., ...
We present the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) X-ray point source catalog with ~6,800 X-ray sources detected in 149 Chandra observations covering \~10 deg^2. The full ChaMP catalog sample is...
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...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Monitor Telescope Pipeline (2006)
Tucker, Douglas, Kent, Stephen, Richmond, Michael, Annis, James, Smith, James, Allam, S., ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0608575 v1 Aug 26 2006
Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Voges, Wolfgang, Plotkin, Richard M., Syphers, David, Haggard, Daryl, ...
We describe further results of a program aimed to yield ~10^4 fully characterized optical identifications of ROSAT X-ray sources. Our program employs X-ray data from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS),...
Martinez-Delgado, David, Penarrubia, Jorge, Juric, Mario, Alfaro, Emilio J., Ivezic, Zeljko
The recently discovered Virgo stellar over-density, which expands over \~1000deg^2 perpendicularly to the Galactic disk plane (7< Z
The SDSS Quasar Survey: Quasar Luminosity Function from Data Release Three (2006)
Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Jester, Sebastian, Schneider, Donald P., ...
We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define the most uniform...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar survey: Quasar luminosity function from data release 3 (2006)
Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Jester, Sebastian, Schneider, Donald P., ...
We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define the most uniform...
The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
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 fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
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...
Eisenstein, Daniel, Zehavi, Idit, Hogg, David, Scoccimarro, Roman, Blanton, Michael, Nichol, Robert, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0501171 v1 10 Jan 2005
Eisenstein, Daniel, Zehavi, Idit, Hogg, David, Scoccimarro, Roman, Blanton, Michael, Nichol, Robert, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0501171 v1 10 Jan 2005
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: I. Stellar Number Density Distribution (2005)
Juric, Mario, Ivezic, Zeljko, Brooks, Alyson, Lupton, Robert H., Schlegel, David, Finkbeiner, Douglas, ...
Abridged: We estimate the distances to ~48 million stars detected by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and map their 3D number density distribution in 100 < D < 20 kpc range over 6,500 deg^2 of sky. The...
Near infrared and the inner regions of protoplanetary disks (2005)
Vinkovic, Dejan, Ivezic, Zeljko, Jurkic, Tomislav, Elitzur, Moshe
We examine the ``puffed-up inner disk'' model (Dullemond, Dominik & Natta 2001), proposed for explaining the near-IR excess radiation from Herbig Ae/Be stars. Detailed model computations show that...
The UV, Optical, and IR Properties of SDSS Sources Detected by GALEX (2005)
Agueros, Marcel A., Ivezic, Zeljko, Covey, Kevin R., Obric, Mirela, Hao, Lei, Walkowicz, Lucianne M., ...
We discuss the UV, optical, and IR properties of the SDSS sources detected by GALEX as part of its All-sky Imaging Survey Early Release Observations. Virtually all of the GALEX sources in the overlap...
The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg2,...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
Eisenstein, Daniel J., Zehavi, Idit, Hogg, David W., Scoccimarro, Roman, Blanton, Michael R., Nichol, Robert C., ...
Abstract not available.
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
Eisenstein, Daniel J., Zehavi, Idit, Hogg, David W., Scoccimarro, Roman, Blanton, Michael R., Nichol, Robert C., ...
Abstract not available.
The V1647 Orionis (IRAS 05436-0007) protostar and its environment (2004)
McGehee, Peregrine, Smith, Allyn, Henden, Arne, Richmond, Michael, Knapp, Gillian, Finkbeiner, Douglas, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0408308 v1 17 Aug 2004 AND LA-UR-04-5511
The V1647 Orionis (IRAS 05436-0007) protostar and its environment (2004)
McGehee, Peregrine, Smith, Allyn, Henden, Arne, Richmond, Michael, Knapp, Gillian, Finkbeiner, Douglas, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0408308 v1 17 Aug 2004 AND LA-UR-04-5511
The V1647 Ori (IRAS 05436-0007) Protostar and its environment (2004)
McGehee, Peregrine, Smith, Allyn, Henden, Arne, Richmond, Michael, Knapp, Gillian, Finkbeiner, Douglas, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0408308 v1 Aug 17 2004
Optically identified BL Lacertae objects from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Collinge, Matthew J., Strauss, Michael A., Hall, Patrick B., Ivezic, Zeljko, Munn, Jeffrey A., Schlegel, David J., ...
We present a sample of 386 BL Lacertae (BL Lac) candidates identified from 2860 deg^2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic database. The candidates are primarily selected to have...
NYU-VAGC: a galaxy catalog based on new public surveys (2004)
Blanton, Michael R., Schlegel, David J., Strauss, Michael A., Brinkmann, J., Finkbeiner, Douglas, Fukugita, Masataka, ...
Here we present the New York University Value-Added Galaxy Catalog (NYU-VAGC), a catalog of local galaxies (mostly below a redshift of about 0.3) based on a set of publicly-released surveys...
Efficient Photometric Selection of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: 100,000 z (2004)
Richards, Gordon T., Nichol, Robert C., Gray, Alexander G., Brunner, Robert J., Lupton, Robert H., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, ...
We present a catalog of 100,563 unresolved, UV-excess (UVX) quasar candidates to g=21 from 2099 deg^2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release One (DR1) imaging data. Existing spectra of...
The V1647 Ori (IRAS 05436-0007) Protostar and its Environment (2004)
McGehee, Peregrine M., Smith, J. Allyn, Henden, Arne A., Richmond, Michael W., Knapp, Gillian R., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., ...
We present Sloan Digital Sky Survey and United States Naval Observatory observations of the V1647 Ori protostar and surrounding field near NGC 2068. V1647 Ori, the likely driving source for HH 23,...
Distributions of Galaxy Spectral Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Yip, Ching-Wa, Connolly, Andrew, Szalay, Alex, Budavari, Tamas, SubbaRao, Mark, Frieman, Joshua, ...
We perform an objective classification of 170,000 galaxy spectra in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) using the Karhunen-Lo\`eve (KL) transform. With about one-sixth of the total set of galaxy...
Candidate Type II Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: II. From Radio to X-Rays (2004)
Zakamska, Nadia L., Strauss, Michael A., Heckman, Timothy M., Ivezic, Zeljko, Krolik, Julian H.
Type II quasars are luminous AGNs whose central engines and broad-line regions are obscured by intervening material; such objects only recently have been discovered in appreciable numbers. We study...
Andromeda IX: A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31 (2004)
Zucker, Daniel B., Kniazev, Alexei Y., Bell, Eric F., Martinez-Delgado, David, Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, ...
We report the discovery of a new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31, Andromeda IX, based on resolved stellar photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using both SDSS and public archival...
West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M., Raymond, Sean N., ...
We present a spectroscopic analysis of nearly 8000 late-type dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using the Halpha emission line as an activity indicator, we investigate the fraction of active...
A Strategy for Finding Near Earth Objects with the SDSS Telescope (2004)
Raymond, Sean N., Fraser, Oliver J., Garg, Arti, Hawley, Suzanne L., Jedicke, Robert, Miknaitis, Gajus, ...
We present a detailed observational strategy for finding Near Earth Objects (NEOs) with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) telescope. We investigate strategies in normal, unbinned mode as well as...
A New Giant Stellar Structure in the Outer Halo of M31 (2004)
Zucker, Daniel B., Kniazev, Alexei Y., Bell, Eric F., Martinez-Delgado, David, Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has revealed an overdensity of luminous red giant stars ~ 3 degrees (40 projected kpc) to the northeast of M31, which we have called Andromeda NE. The line-of-sight...
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital sky survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital sky survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt, Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg2 of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...
Andromeda IX: A new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31 (2004)
Zucker, Daniel B., Kniazev, Alexei Y., Bell, Eric F., Martínez-Delgado, David, Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, ...
We report the discovery of a new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31, Andromeda IX, based on resolved stellar photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using both SDSS and public archival...
A new giant stellar structure in the outer halo of M31 (2004)
Zucker, Daniel B., Kniazev, Alexei Y., Bell, Eric F., Martínez-Delgado, David, Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has revealed an overdensity of luminous red giant stars ~3deg; (40 projected kpc) to the northeast of M31, which we have called Andromeda NE. The line-of-sight...
Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) mosaic camera and telescope have obtained five-band optical-wavelength imaging near the Galactic plane outside of the nominal survey boundaries. These additional...
A Ly alpha-only active galactic nucleus from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Hall, Patrick B., Hoversten, E. A., Tremonti, Christy A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., Schneider, Donald P., Strauss, Michael A., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has discovered a z = 2.4917 radio-loud active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a luminous, variable, low-polarization UV continuum, H I two-photon emission, and a moderately...
The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg(2) of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...
Quantifying the bimodal color-magnitude distribution of galaxies (2004)
Baldry, Ivan K., Glazebrook, Karl, Brinkmann, Jon, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Nichol, Robert C., ...
We analyze the bivariate distribution, in color versus absolute magnitude (u-r vs. Mr), of a low-redshift sample of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2400 deg2, 0.004 < z < 0.08,...
Knapp, Gillian R., Leggett, Sandy K., Fan, Xiaohui, Marley, Mark S., Geballe, Thomas R., Golimowski, David A., ...
We present new JHK photometry on the MKO-NIR system and JHK spectroscopy for a large sample of L and T dwarfs. Photometry has been obtained for 71 dwarfs, and spectroscopy for 56. The sample...
A Ly alpha-only active galactic nucleus from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Hall, Patrick B., Hoversten, E. A., Tremonti, Christy A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., Schneider, Donald P., Strauss, Michael A., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has discovered a z = 2.4917 radio-loud active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a luminous, variable, low-polarization UV continuum, H I two-photon emission, and a moderately...
The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg(2) of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...
Quantifying the bimodal color-magnitude distribution of galaxies (2004)
Baldry, Ivan K., Glazebrook, Karl, Brinkmann, Jon, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Nichol, Robert C., ...
We analyze the bivariate distribution, in color versus absolute magnitude (u-r vs. Mr), of a low-redshift sample of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2400 deg2, 0.004 < z < 0.08,...
Knapp, Gillian R., Leggett, Sandy K., Fan, Xiaohui, Marley, Mark S., Geballe, Thomas R., Golimowski, David A., ...
We present new JHK photometry on the MKO-NIR system and JHK spectroscopy for a large sample of L and T dwarfs. Photometry has been obtained for 71 dwarfs, and spectroscopy for 56. The sample...
Fukugita, Masataka, Yasuda, Naoki, Brinkmann, Jon, Gunn, James E., Ivezic, Zeljko, Knapp, Gillian R., ...
We study the spatial variation of galaxy number counts using five band photometric images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The spatial variation of this sample of 46 million galaxies collected from...
Sirko, Edwin, Goodman, Jeremy, Knapp, Gillian R., Brinkmann, Jon, Ivezic, Zeljko, Knerr, Edwin J., ...
We isolate samples of 733 bright (g < 18) and 437 faint (g > 18) high-Galactic latitude blue horizontal branch stars with photometry and spectroscopy in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)....
Sirko, Edwin, Goodman, Jeremy, Knapp, Gillian R., Brinkmann, Jon, Ivezic, Zeljko, Knerr, Edwin J., ...
We carry out a maximum-likelihood kinematic analysis of a sample of 1170 blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey presented in Sirko et al. (2003) (Paper I). Monte Carlo...
Anderson, Scott, Voges, Wolfgang, Margon, Bruce, Trumper, Joachim, Agueros, Marcel, Boller, Thomas, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0305093 v2 Aug 16 2003
The Selection of RR Lyrae Stars Using Single-epoch Data (2003)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Vivas, A. Katherina, Lupton, Robert H., Zinn, Robert
We utilize a complete sample of RR Lyrae stars discovered by the QUEST survey using light curves to design selection criteria based on SDSS colors. Thanks to the sensitivity of the u-g color to...
Sagittarius Tidal Debris 90 kpc from the Galactic Center (2003)
Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Grebel, Eva K., Hennessy, Greg, Ivezic, Zeljko, Martinez-Delgado, David, ...
A new overdensity of A-colored stars in distant parts of the Milky Way's stellar halo, at a dereddened SDSS magnitude of g_0 = 20.3, is presented. Identification of associated variable RR Lyrae...
Disks and Halos in Pre-Main-Sequence Stars (2003)
Vinkovic, Dejan, Ivezic, Zeljko, Miroshnichenko, Anatoly S., Elitzur, Moshe
We study the IR emission from flared disks with and without additional optically thin halos. Flux calculations of a flared disk in vacuum can be considered a special case of the more general family...
Elitzur, Moshe, Nenkova, Maia, Ivezic, Zeljko
Unified schemes of active galactic nuclei (AGN) require an obscuring dusty torus around the central source, giving rise to type 1 line spectrum for pole-on viewing and type 2 characteristics in...
Red and Reddened Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Richards, Gordon T., Hall, Patrick B., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Strauss, Michael A., Schneider, Donald P., Weinstein, Michael A., ...
We investigate the continuum and emission line properties of 4576 SDSS quasars as a function of their optical/UV SEDs. The optical/UV color distribution of our sample is roughly Gaussian, but with a...
The Host Galaxies of AGN (2003)
Kauffmann, Guinevere, Heckman, Timothy M., Tremonti, Christy, Brinchmann, Jarle, Charlot, Stephane, White, Simon D. M., ...
We examine the properties of the host galaxies of 22,623 narrow-line AGN with 0.02
Hdelta-Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: The Catalog (2003)
Goto, Tomotsugu, Nichol, Robert C., Miller, Christopher J., Bernardi, Mariangela, Hopkins, Andrew, Tremonti, Christy, ...
[Abridged] We present here a new and homogeneous sample of 3340 galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) based solely on the observed strength of their Hdelta absorption line. These...
Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Schneider, Donald P., Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Haiman, Zoltan, ...
We present the discovery of three new quasars at z>6 in 1300 deg^2 of SDSS imaging data, J114816.64+525150.3 (z=6.43), J104845.05+463718.3 (z=6.23) and J163033.90+401209.6 (z=6.05). The first two...
A Low Latitude Halo Stream around the Milky Way (2003)
Yanny, Brian, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Grebel, Eva K., Kent, Steve, Odenkirchen, Michael, Rockosi, Connie M., ...
We present evidence for a ring of stars in the plane of the Milky Way, extending at least from l = 180 deg to l = 227 deg with turnoff magnitude $g \sim 19.5$; the ring could encircle the Galaxy. We...
Selection of Metal-poor Giant Stars Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric System (2003)
Helmi, Amina, Ivezic, Zeljko, Prada, Francisco, Pentericci, Laura, Rockosi, Constance M., Schneider, Donald P., ...
Kauffmann, Guinevere, Heckman, Timothy M., White, Simon D. M., Charlot, Stéphane, Tremonti, Christy, Brinchmann, Jarle, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: the cosmic spectrum and star formation history (2003)
Glazebrook, Karl, Baldry, Ivan K., Blanton, Michael R., Brinkmann, Jon, Connolly, Andrew J., Csabai, Istvan, ...
We present a determination of the "cosmic optical spectrum" of the universe, i.e., the ensemble emission from galaxies, as determined from the red-selected Sloan Digital Sky Survey main galaxy...
The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: the cosmic spectrum and star formation history (2003)
Glazebrook, Karl, Baldry, Ivan K., Blanton, Michael R., Brinkmann, Jon, Connolly, Andrew J., Csabai, Istvan, ...
We present a determination of the "cosmic optical spectrum" of the universe, i.e., the ensemble emission from galaxies, as determined from the red-selected Sloan Digital Sky Survey main galaxy...
The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Cosmic Spectrum and Star-Formation History (2002)
Glazebrook, Karl, Baldry, Ivan K., Blanton, Michael R., Brinkmann, Jon, Connolly, Andrew, Csabai, Istvan, ...
We present a determination of the `Cosmic Optical Spectrum' of the Universe, i.e. the ensemble emission from galaxies, as determined from the red-selected Sloan Digital Sky Survey main galaxy sample...
Average spectra of massive galaxies in the SDSS (2002)
Eisenstein, Daniel J., Hogg, David W., Fukugita, Masataka, Nakamura, Osamu, Bernardi, Mariangela, Finkbeiner, Douglas P., ...
We combine Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra of 22,000 luminous, red, bulge-dominated galaxies to get high S/N average spectra in the rest-frame optical and ultraviolet (2600A to 7000A). The average...
Astrometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002)
Pier, Jeffrey R., Munn, Jeffrey A., Hindsley, Robert B., Hennessy, G. S., Kent, Stephen M., Lupton, Robert H., ...
The astrometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey is described. For point sources brighter than r ~ 20 the astrometric accuracy is 45 milliarcseconds (mas) rms per coordinate when reduced...
Willman, Beth, Dalcanton, Julianne, Ivezic, Zeljko, Schneider, Donald P., York, Donald G.
In this paper, we limit the stellar content of 13 high-velocity clouds (HVCs; including 1 compact HVC) using the detection limits of a new survey for resolved Milky Way satellite galaxies in the...
The Structure of Winds in AGB Stars (2002)
Elitzur, Moshe, Ivezic, Zeljko, Vinkovic, Dejan
Most dusty winds are described by a set of similarity functions of a single independent variable that can be chosen as the overall optical depth at visual. The self-similarity implies general scaling...
An IR view of mass loss in Long Period Variables (2002)
Marengo, Massimo, Karovska, Margarita, Ivezic, Zeljko
We have investigated the mass loss processes in Long Period Variables, by combining radiative transfer modeling with mid-IR imaging and spectroscopic observations. We find a correlation between...
Kauffmann, Guinevere, Heckman, Timothy M., White, Simon D. M., Charlot, Stephane, Tremonti, Christy, Brinchmann, Jarle, ...
We develop a new method to constrain the star formation histories, dust attenuation and stellar masses of galaxies. It is based on two stellar absorption line indices, the 4000 Angstrom break...
Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Quasar Sample (2002)
Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Strauss, Michael A., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Schneider, Donald P., ...
We describe the algorithm for selecting quasar candidates for optical spectroscopy in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Quasar candidates are selected via their non-stellar colors in "ugriz" broad-band...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. I. Early data release (2002)
Schneider, Donald P., Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Strauss, Michael A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., ...
We present the first edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 3814 objects ( 3000 discovered by the SDSS) in the initial SDSS public data release...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chirs, Lupton, Rpbert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott, Castander, Francsico 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...
Ivezic, Zeljko, Menou, Kristen, Knapp, Gillian R., Strauss, Michael A., Lupton, Robert H., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., ...
We discuss the optical and radio properties of similar to30,000 FIRST (radio, 20 cm, sensitive to 1 mJy) sources positionally associated within 1."5 with a Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) (optical,...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early Data Release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott, Castander, Francisco J., ...
A Matched-Filter Analysis of the Tidal Tails of the Globular Cluster Palomar 5 (2002)
Rockosi, Constance M., Odenkirchen, Michael, Grebel, Eva K., Dehnen, Walter, Cudworth, Kyle M., Gunn, James E., ...
Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Rockosi, Connie, Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, Brinkmann, Jon, ...
Unusual Broad Absorption Line Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002)
Hall, Patrick B., Anderson, Scott F., Strauss, Michael A., York, Donald G., Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, ...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco 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 ≈ 106 galaxies,...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco 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 ≈ 106 galaxies,...
The Cut & Enhance method : selecting clusters of galaxies from the SDSS commissioning data (2001)
Goto, Tomotsugu, Sekiguchi, Maki, Nichol, Robert C., Bahcall, Neta A., Kim, Rita S. J., Annis, James, ...
We describe an automated method, the Cut & Enhance method (CE) for detecting clusters of galaxies in multi-color optical imaging surveys. This method uses simple color cuts, combined with a density...
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)...
The Ghost of Sagittarius and Lumps in the Halo of the Milky Way (2001)
Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Rockosi, Constance M., Grebel, Eva K., Rix, Hans-Walter, Brinkmann, Jon, ...
We identify new structures in the halo of the Milky Way Galaxy from positions, colors and magnitudes of five million stars detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most of these stars are within...
The Angular Clustering of Galaxy Pairs (2001)
Infante, Leopoldo, Strauss, Michael A., Bahcall, Neta A., Knapp, Gillian R., Lupton, Robert H., Kim, Rita S. J., ...
We identify close pairs of galaxies from 278 deg^2 of Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning imaging data. The pairs are drawn from a sample of 330,041 galaxies with 18 < r^* < 20. We determine the...
An SDSS Survey For Resolved Milky Way Satellite Galaxies I: Detection Limits (2001)
Willman, Beth, Dalcanton, Julianne, Ivezic, Zeljko, Jackson, Tom, Lupton, Robert, Brinkmann, Jon, ...
We present the detection limits of a new survey for resolved low surface brightness satellite galaxies to the Milky Way, based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our survey exploits SDSS's major...
Eisenstein, Daniel, Annis, James, Gunn, James, Szalay, Alexander, Connolly, Andrew, Nichol, Robert, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:astro-ph/0108153 v1 9 Aug 2001
Schneider, Donald P., Knapp, Gillian R., Hawley, Suzanne L., Covey, Kevin R., Fan, Xiaohui, Ramsey, Lawrence W., ...
Low dispersion optical spectra have been obtained with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope of 22 very red objects found in early imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The objects are assigned...
Kim, Rita S. J., Kepner, Jeremy V., Postman, Marc, Strauss, Michael A., Bahcall, Neta A., Gunn, James E., ...
We present a comparison of three cluster finding algorithms from imaging data using Monte Carlo simulations of clusters embedded in a 25 deg^2 region of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data:...
Evidence for Reionization at z ~ 6: Detection of a Gunn-Peterson Trough in a z=6.28 Quasar (2001)
Becker, Robert H., Fan, Xiaohui, White, Richard L., Strauss, Michael A., Narayanan, Vijay K., Lupton, Robert H., ...
We present moderate resolution Keck spectroscopy of quasars at z=5.82, 5.99 and 6.28, discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We find that the Ly Alpha absorption in the spectra of these...
Fan, Xiaohui, Narayanan, Vijay K., Lupton, Robert H., Strauss, Michael A., Knapp, Gillian R., Becker, Robert H., ...
We present the results from a survey of i-dropout objects selected from ~1550 deg^2 of multicolor imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, to search for luminous quasars at z>5.8. Objects with...
Galaxy Mass and Luminosity Scaling Laws Determined by Weak Gravitational Lensing (2001)
McKay, Timothy A., Sheldon, Erin Scott, Racusin, Judith, Fischer, Philippe, Seljak, Uros, Stebbins, Albert, ...
We present new measurements of scaling laws relating the luminosity of galaxies to the amplitude and shape of their dark matter halos. Early imaging and spectroscopic data from the Sloan Digital Sky...
Color Separation of Galaxy Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data (2001)
Strateva, Iskra, Ivezic, Zeljko, Knapp, Gillian R., Narayanan, Vijay K., Strauss, Michael A.
We study the optical colors of 147,920 galaxies brighter than g* = 21, observed in five bands by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) over ~100 sq. deg. of high Galactic latitude sky along the...
Dusty winds: I. Self-similar solutions (2001)
Elitzur, Moshe, Ivezic, Zeljko
We address the dusty wind problem, from the point where dust formation has been completed and outward. Given grain properties, both radiative transfer and hydrodynamics components of the problem are...
Galaxy Number Counts from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data (2001)
Yasuda, Naoki, Fukugita, Masataka, Narayanan, Vijay K., Lupton, Robert H., Strateva, Iskra, Strauss, Michael A., ...
We present bright galaxy number counts in five broad bands ($u', g', r', i', z'$) from imaging data taken during the commissioning phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The counts are derived...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Multicolor Observations of GRB010222 (2001)
Lee, Brian C., Tucker, Douglas L., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Yanny, Brian, Reichart, Daniel E., Adelman, Jennifer, ...
The discovery of an optical counterpart to GRB010222 (detected by BeppoSAX; Piro 2001) was announced 4.4 hrs after the burst by Henden (2001a). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's 0.5m photometric...
Weak Lensing Measurements of 42 SDSS/RASS Galaxy Clusters (2001)
Sheldon, Erin Scott, Annis, James, Bohringer, Hans, Fischer, Philippe, Frieman, Joshua A., Joffre, Michael, ...
We present a lensing study of 42 galaxy clusters imaged in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data. Cluster candidates are selected optically from SDSS imaging data and confirmed for this...
Broad Absorption Line Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with VLA-FIRST Radio Detections (2001)
Menou, Kristen, Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Ivezic, Zeljko, Kim, Rita S. J., Knapp, Gillian R., Richards, Gordon T., ...
We present 13 Broad Absorption Line (BAL) quasars, including 12 new objects, which were identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and matched within 2'' to sources in the FIRST radio survey...
The SDSS Imaging Pipelines (2001)
Lupton, Robert, Gunn, James E., Ivezic, Zeljko, Knapp, Gillian R., Kent, Stephen, Yasuda, Naoki
We summarise the properties of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) project, discuss our software infrastructure, and outline the architecture of the SDSS image processing pipelines. We then discuss...
Discovery of a Close Pair of z = 4.25 Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2000)
Schneider, Donald P., Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Richards, Gordon T., Knapp, G. R., ...
We report the discovery of a pair of z = 4.25 quasars with a separation of 33 arcseconds. The brighter of the two objects was identified as a high-redshift quasar candidate from Sloan Digital Sky...
Infrared Classification of Galactic Objects (2000)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
Unbiased analysis shows that IRAS data reliably differentiate between the early and late stages of stellar evolution because objects at these stages clearly segregate in infrared color-color...
Ivezic, Zeljko, Nenkova, Maia, Elitzur, Moshe
DUSTY solves the problem of radiation transport in a dusty environment. The code can handle both spherical and planar geometries. The user specifies the properties of the radiation source and dusty...
Link between Mass-loss and Variability Type for AGB Stars? (1998)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Knapp, Gillian R.
We find that AGB stars separate in the 25-12 vs. 12-K color-color diagram according to their chemistry (O, S vs. C) and variability type (Miras vs. SRb/Lb). While discrimination according to the...
Spectroscopy of Quasar Candidates from SDSS Commissioning Data (1998)
Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Annis, James, Gunn, James E., Hennessy, Gregory S., Ivezic, Zeljko, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has obtained images in five broad-band colors for several hundred square degrees. We present color-color diagrams for stellar objects, and demonstrate that quasars are...
Optically Identified BL Lacertae Objects From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (1998)
Collinge, Matthew J., Strauss, Michael A., Hall, Patrick B., Ivezic, Zeljko, Munn, Jeffrey A., Schlegel, David J., ...
We present a sample of 386 BL Lacertae candidates identified from 2860 deg(exp 2) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic database. The candidates are primarily selected to have...
Self-similarity and scaling behavior of IR emission from radiatively heated dust: I. Theory (1996)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
Dust infrared emission possesses scaling properties. Overall luminosity is never an input parameter of the radiative transfer problem, spectral shape is the only relevant property of the heating...
On Protostellar Disks in Herbig Ae/Be Stars (1996)
Miroshnichenko, Anatoly, Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
The spectral shape of IR emission from Herbig Ae/Be stars has been invoked as evidence for accretion disks around high-mass protostars. Instead, we present here models based on spherical envelopes...
IR Emission from dusty winds --- Scaling and self-similarity properties (1996)
Elitzur, Moshe, Ivezic, Zeljko
Infrared emission from radiatively heated dust possesses general scaling properties. The spectral shape is independent of overall luminosity when the inner boundary of the dusty region is controlled...
Dust Emission from IRC+10216 (1995)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
Infrared emission from the dust shell around IRC+10216 is analysed in detail, employing a self-consistent model for radiatively driven winds around late-type stars that couples the equations of...
Infrared Imaging of Late-Type Stars (1995)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
Infrared imaging properties of dusty winds around late-type stars are investigated in detail, employing a self-consistent model that couples the equations of motion and radiative transfer. Because of...
INFRARED EMISSION AND DYNAMICS OF OUTFLOWS IN LATE-TYPE STARS (1995)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Elitzur, Moshe
The dynamical structure and infrared emission of winds around late-type stars are studied in a self-consistent model that couples the equations of motion and radiative transfer. Both the dynamics and...