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The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. VIII. An Independent Determination of the Hubble Constant Based on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch by Freedman, Wendy L., Madore, Barry F., Hatt, Dylan, Hoyt, Taylor J., Jang, In Sung, Beaton, Rachael L., Burns, Christopher R., Lee, Myung Gyoon, Monson, Andrew J., Neeley, Jillian R., Phillips, M. M., Rich, Jeffrey A., Seibert, Mark

“…Abstract We present a new and independent determination of the local value of the Hubble constant based on a calibration of the tip of the red giant branch…”
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The Exploration of Local VolumE Satellites (ELVES) Survey: A Nearly Volume-limited Sample of Nearby Dwarf Satellite Systems by Carlsten, Scott G., Greene, Jenny E., Beaton, Rachael L., Danieli, Shany, Greco, Johnny P.

“…Abstract We present the final sample of the Exploration of Local VolumE Satellites (ELVES) survey, a survey of the dwarf satellites of a nearly volume-limited…”
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Wide-field Survey of Dwarf Satellite Systems around 10 Hosts in the Local Volume by Carlsten, Scott G., Greco, Johnny P., Beaton, Rachael L., Greene, Jenny E.

“…We present the results of an extensive search for dwarf satellite galaxies around 10 primary host galaxies in the Local Volume (LV, D < 12 Mpc) using archival…”
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Structures of Dwarf Satellites of Milky Way-like Galaxies: Morphology, Scaling Relations, and Intrinsic Shapes by Carlsten, Scott G., Greene, Jenny E., Greco, Johnny P., Beaton, Rachael L., Kado-Fong, Erin

“…Abstract The structure of a dwarf galaxy is an important probe of the effects of stellar feedback and environment. Using an unprecedented sample of 223…”
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Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch by Freedman, Wendy L., Madore, Barry F., Hoyt, Taylor, Jang, In Sung, Beaton, Rachael, Lee, Myung Gyoon, Monson, Andrew, Neeley, Jill, Rich, Jeffrey

“…The tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) method provides one of the most accurate and precise means of measuring the distances to nearby galaxies. Here we…”
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ELVES II: Globular Clusters and Nuclear Star Clusters of Dwarf Galaxies: the Importance of Environment by Carlsten, Scott G., Greene, Jenny E., Beaton, Rachael L., Greco, Johnny P.

“…Abstract We present the properties of the globular clusters (GCs) and nuclear star clusters (NSCs) of low-mass (10 5.5 < M ⋆ < 10 8.5 M ⊙ ) early-type…”
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Kinematics and Metallicity of the Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Andromeda XVIII by Kvasova, Kateryna A., Kirby, Evan N., Beaton, Rachael L.

“…Abstract Andromeda XVIII is an isolated dwarf galaxy 579 kpc away from the nearest large galaxy, M31. It is a candidate “backsplash galaxy” that might have…”
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Using Surface Brightness Fluctuations to Study Nearby Satellite Galaxy Systems: Calibration and Methodology by Carlsten, Scott G., Beaton, Rachael L., Greco, Johnny P., Greene, Jenny E.

“…We explore the use of ground-based surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) measurements to constrain distances to nearby dwarf galaxies. Using archival CFHT…”
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THE M31 VELOCITY VECTOR. II. RADIAL ORBIT TOWARD THE MILKY WAY AND IMPLIED LOCAL GROUP MASS by VAN DER MAREL, Roeland P, FARDAL, Mark, BESLA, Gurtina, BEATON, Rachael L, TONY SOHN, Sangmo, ANDERSON, Jay, BROWN, Tom, GUHATHAKURTA, Puragra

“…We determine the velocity vector of M31 with respect to the Milky Way and use this to constrain the mass of the Local Group, based on Hubble Space Telescope…”
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Standard Galactic field RR Lyrae II: a Gaia DR2 calibration of the period–Wesenheit–metallicity relation by Neeley, Jillian R, Marengo, Massimo, Freedman, Wendy L, Madore, Barry F, Beaton, Rachael L, Hatt, Dylan, Hoyt, Taylor, Monson, Andrew J, Rich, Jeffrey A, Sarajedini, Ata, Seibert, Mark, Scowcroft, Victoria

“…ABSTRACT RR Lyrae stars have long been popular standard candles, but significant advances in methodology and technology have been made in recent years to…”
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Radial Distributions of Dwarf Satellite Systems in the Local Volume by Carlsten, Scott G., Greene, Jenny E., Peter, Annika H. G., Greco, Johnny P., Beaton, Rachael L.

“…The radial spatial distribution of low-mass satellites around a Milky Way (MW)-like host is an important benchmark for simulations of small-scale structure…”
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Elemental Abundances in M31: Individual and Coadded Spectroscopic [Fe/H] and [α/Fe] throughout the M31 Halo with SPLASH by Wojno, J. Leigh, Gilbert, Karoline M., Kirby, Evan N., Escala, Ivanna, Guhathakurta, Puragra, Beaton, Rachael L., Kalirai, Jason, Chiba, Masashi, Majewski, Steven R.

“…Abstract We present spectroscopic chemical abundances of red giant branch stars in Andromeda (M31), using medium-resolution ( R ∼ 6000) spectra obtained via…”
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THE CARNEGIE-CHICAGO HUBBLE PROGRAM. I. AN INDEPENDENT APPROACH TO THE EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE SCALE USING ONLY POPULATION II DISTANCE INDICATORS by Beaton, Rachael L., Freedman, Wendy L., Madore, Barry F., Bono, Giuseppe, Carlson, Erika K., Clementini, Gisella, Durbin, Meredith J., Garofalo, Alessia, Hatt, Dylan, Jang, In Sung, Kollmeier, Juna A., Lee, Myung Gyoon, Monson, Andrew J., Rich, Jeffrey A., Scowcroft, Victoria, Seibert, Mark, Sturch, Laura, Yang, Soung-Chul

“…ABSTRACT We present an overview of the Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program, an ongoing program to obtain a 3% measurement of the Hubble constant ( H 0 ) using…”
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Discovery and Early Evolution of ASASSN-19bt, the First TDE Detected by TESS by Holoien, Thomas W.-S., Vallely, Patrick J., Auchettl, Katie, Stanek, K. Z., Kochanek, Christopher S., French, K. Decker, Prieto, Jose L., Shappee, Benjamin J., Brown, Jonathan S., Fausnaugh, Michael M., Dong, Subo, Thompson, Todd A., Bose, Subhash, Neustadt, Jack M. M., Cacella, P., Brimacombe, J., Kendurkar, Malhar R., Beaton, Rachael L., Boutsia, Konstantina, Chomiuk, Laura, Connor, Thomas, Morrell, Nidia, Newman, Andrew B., Rudie, Gwen C., Shishkovksy, Laura, Strader, Jay

“…We present the discovery and early evolution of ASASSN-19bt, a tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)…”
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TESS Stellar Rotation up to 80 Days in the Southern Continuous Viewing Zone by Claytor, Zachary R., van Saders, Jennifer L., Cao, Lyra, Pinsonneault, Marc H., Teske, Johanna, Beaton, Rachael L.

“…Abstract The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission delivers time-series photometry for millions of stars across the sky, offering a probe into…”
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The chemical characterization of halo substructure in the Milky Way based on APOGEE by Horta, Danny, Schiavon, Ricardo P, Mackereth, J Ted, Weinberg, David H, Hasselquist, Sten, Feuillet, Diane, O’Connell, Robert W, Anguiano, Borja, Allende-Prieto, Carlos, Beaton, Rachael L, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Cunha, Katia, Geisler, Doug, García-Hernández, D A, Holtzman, Jon, Jönsson, Henrik, Lane, Richard R, Majewski, Steve R, Mészáros, Szabolcs, Minniti, Dante, Nitschelm, Christian, Shetrone, Matthew, Smith, Verne V, Zasowski, Gail

“…ABSTRACT Galactic haloes in a Λ-CDM universe are predicted to host today a swarm of debris resulting from cannibalized dwarf galaxies. The chemodynamical…”
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Identifying Sagittarius Stream Stars by Their APOGEE Chemical Abundance Signatures by Hasselquist, Sten, Carlin, Jeffrey L., Holtzman, Jon A., Shetrone, Matthew, Hayes, Christian R., Cunha, Katia, Smith, Verne, Beaton, Rachael L., Sobeck, Jennifer, Allende Prieto, Carlos, Majewski, Steven R., Anguiano, Borja, Bizyaev, Dmitry, García-Hernández, D. A., Lane, Richard R., Pan, Kaike, Nidever, David L., Fernández-Trincado, José. G., Wilson, John C., Zamora, Olga

“…The SDSS-IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey provides precise chemical abundances of 18 chemical elements for ∼176,000…”
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The Carnegie–Chicago Hubble Program. III. The Distance to NGC 1365 via the Tip of the Red Giant Branch by Jang, In Sung, Hatt, Dylan, Beaton, Rachael L., Lee, Myung Gyoon, Freedman, Wendy L., Madore, Barry F., Hoyt, Taylor J., Monson, Andrew J., Rich, Jeffrey A., Scowcroft, Victoria, Seibert, Mark

“…Abstract The Carnegie–Chicago Hubble Program (CCHP) seeks to anchor the distance scale of Type Ia supernovae via the Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) method…”
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The Luminosity Profile and Structural Parameters of the Andromeda Galaxy by Courteau, Stéphane, Widrow, Lawrence M, McDonald, Michael, Guhathakurta, Puragra, Gilbert, Karoline M, Zhu, Yucong, Beaton, Rachael Lynn, Majewski, Steven R

“…We have constructed an extended composite luminosity profile for the Andromeda galaxy, M31, and have decomposed it into three basic luminous structural…”
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Old-Aged Primary Distance Indicators by Beaton, Rachael L., Bono, Giuseppe, Braga, Vittorio Francesco, Dall’Ora, Massimo, Fiorentino, Giuliana, Jang, In Sung, Martínez-Vázquez, Clara E., Matsunaga, Noriyuki, Monelli, Matteo, Neeley, Jillian R., Salaris, Maurizio

“…Old-aged stellar distance indicators are present in all Galactic structures (halo, bulge, disk) and in galaxies of all Hubble types and, thus, are immensely…”
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