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The Hyper Suprime-Cam software pipeline by Bosch, James, Armstrong, Robert, Bickerton, Steven, Furusawa, Hisanori, Ikeda, Hiroyuki, Koike, Michitaro, Lupton, Robert, Mineo, Sogo, Price, Paul, Takata, Tadafumi, Tanaka, Masayuki, Yasuda, Naoki, AlSayyad, Yusra, Becker, Andrew C, Coulton, William, Coupon, Jean, Garmilla, Jose, Huang, Song, Krughoff, K Simon, Lang, Dustin, Leauthaud, Alexie, Lim, Kian-Tat, Lust, Nate B, MacArthur, Lauren A, Mandelbaum, Rachel, Miyatake, Hironao, Miyazaki, Satoshi, Murata, Ryoma, More, Surhud, Okura, Yuki, Owen, Russell, Swinbank, John D, Strauss, Michael A, Yamada, Yoshihiko, Yamanoi, Hitomi

“…Abstract In this paper, we describe the optical imaging data processing pipeline developed for the Subaru Telescope’s Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) instrument. The…”
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Light Curve Templates and Galactic Distribution of RR Lyrae Stars from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 by Sesar, Branimir, Ivezić, Željko, Grammer, Skyler H, Morgan, Dylan P, Becker, Andrew C, Jurić, Mario, De Lee, Nathan, Annis, James, Beers, Timothy C, Fan, Xiaohui, Lupton, Robert H, Gunn, James E, Knapp, Gillian R, Jiang, Linhua, Jester, Sebastian, Johnston, David E, Lampeitl, Hubert

“…We present an improved analysis of halo substructure traced by RR Lyrae stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) stripe 82 region. With the addition of…”
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FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING STOCHASTIC VARIABILITY IN THE ERA OF MASSIVE TIME-DOMAIN ASTRONOMICAL DATA SETS by Kelly, Brandon C, Becker, Andrew C, Sobolewska, Malgosia, SIEMIGINOWSKA, ANETA, Uttley, Phil

“…We present the use of continuous-time autoregressive moving average (CARMA) models as a method for estimating the variability features of a light curve, and in…”
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A DESCRIPTION OF QUASAR VARIABILITY MEASURED USING REPEATED SDSS AND POSS IMAGING by MacLeod, Chelsea L, Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, de Vries, Wim, Kochanek, Christopher S, Kelly, Brandon C, Becker, Andrew C, Lupton, Robert H, Hall, Patrick B, Richards, Gordon T, Anderson, Scott F, Schneider, Donald P

“…We provide a quantitative description and statistical interpretation of the optical continuum variability of quasars. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has…”
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The SDSS–2MASS–WISE 10-dimensional stellar colour locus by Davenport, James R. A., Ivezić, Željko, Becker, Andrew C., Ruan, John J., Hunt-Walker, Nicholas M., Covey, Kevin R., Lewis, Alexia R., AlSayyad, Yusra, Anderson, Lauren M.

“…We present the fiducial main-sequence stellar locus traced by 10 photometric colours observed by Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), Two Micron All Sky Survey…”
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MULTI-WAVELENGTH CHARACTERIZATION OF STELLAR FLARES ON LOW-MAss STARS USING SDss AND 2MAss TIME-DOMAIN SURVEYS by Davenport, James R A, Becker, Andrew C, Kowalski, Adam F, Hawley, Suzanne L, Schmidt, Sarah J, Hilton, Eric J, SESAR, BRANIMIR, Cutri, Roc

“…We present the first rates of flares from M dwarf stars in both red optical and near-infrared (NIR) filters. We have studied ~50,000 M dwarfs from the Sloan…”
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CHARACTERIZING THE OPTICAL VARIABILITY OF BRIGHT BLAZARS: VARIABILITY-BASED SELECTION OF FERMI ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI by RUAN, John J, ANDERSON, Scott F, SCOTT STUART, J, MACLEOD, Chelsea L, BECKER, Andrew C, BURNETT, T. H, DAVENPORT, James R. A, IVEZIC, Zeljko, KOCHANEK, Christopher S, PLOTKIN, Richard M, SESAR, Branimir

“…We investigate the use of optical photometric variability to select and identify blazars in large-scale time-domain surveys, in part to aid in the…”
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Ensemble properties of comets in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey by Solontoi, Michael, Ivezić, Željko, Jurić, Mario, Becker, Andrew C., Jones, Lynne, West, Andrew A., Kent, Steve, Lupton, Robert H., Claire, Mark, Knapp, Gillian R., Quinn, Tom, Gunn, James E., Schneider, Donald P.

“…► 31 comets (27 resolved and 4 unresolved) have been observed by the SDSS. ► Colors, sizes, surface brightness profiles, and dust production rates are…”
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VARIABILITY-BASED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS SELECTION USING IMAGE SUBTRACTION IN THE SDSS AND LSST ERA by Choi, Yumi, Gibson, Robert R, Becker, Andrew C, Ivezic, Zeljko, Connolly, Andrew J, MacLeod, Chelsea L, Ruan, John J, Anderson, Scott F

“…With upcoming all-sky surveys such as LSST poised to generate a deep digital movie of the optical sky, variability-based active galactic nucleus (AGN)…”
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THE VERY SHORT PERIOD M DWARF BINARY SDSS J001641–000925 by Davenport, James R A, Becker, Andrew C, West, Andrew A, BOCHANSKI, JOHN J, Hawley, Suzanne L, Holtzman, Jon, Gunning, Heather C, Hilton, Eric J, Munshi, Ferah A, Albright, Meagan

“…We present follow-up observations and analysis of the recently discovered short period low-mass eclipsing binary, SDSS J001641-000925. With an orbital period…”
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MULTI-WAVELENGTH CHARACTERIZATION OF STELLAR FLARES ON LOW-MASS STARS USING SDSS AND 2MASS TIME-DOMAIN SURVEYS by DAVENPORT, James R. A, BECKER, Andrew C, KOWALSKI, Adam F, HAWLEY, Suzanne L, SCHMIDT, Sarah J, HILTON, Eric J, SESAR, Branimir, CUTRI, Roc

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In Pursuit of LSST Science Requirements : A Comparison of Photometry Algorithms by BECKER, Andrew C, SILVESTRI, Nicole M, OWEN, Russell E, IVEZIC, Zeljko, LUPTON, Robert H

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A DESCRIPTION OF QUASAR VARIABILITY MEASURED USING REPEATED SDSS AND POSS IMAGING by MACLEOD, Chelsea L, IVEZIC, Zeljko, ANDERSON, Scott F, SCHNEIDER, Donald P, SESAR, Branimir, DE VRIES, Wim, KOCHANEK, Christopher S, KELLY, Brandon C, BECKER, Andrew C, LUPTON, Robert H, HALL, Patrick B, RICHARDS, Gordon T

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SDSS J14584479+3720215: A BENCHMARK JHKS BLAZAR LIGHT CURVE FROM THE 2MASS CALIBRATION SCANS by Davenport, James R. A., Ruan, John J., Becker, Andrew C., Macleod, Chelsea L., Cutri, Roc M.

“…ABSTRACT Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are well-known to exhibit flux variability across a wide range of wavelength regimes, but the precise origin of the…”
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New Observations and a Possible Detection of Parameter Variations in the Transits of Gliese 436b by Coughlin, Jeffrey L, Stringfellow, Guy S, Becker, Andrew C, López-Morales, Mercedes, Mezzalira, Fabio, Krajci, Tom

“…We present ground-based observations of the transiting Neptune-mass planet Gl 436b obtained with the 3.5 m telescope at Apache Point Observatory and other…”
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2006 SQ372: A Likely Long-Period Comet from the Inner Oort Cloud by Kaib, Nathan A, Becker, Andrew C, Jones, R. Lynne, Puckett, Andrew W, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Dilday, Benjamin, Frieman, Joshua A, Oravetz, Daniel J, Pan, Kaike, Quinn, Thomas, Schneider, Donald P, Watters, Shannon

“…We report the discovery of a minor planet (2006 SQ372) on an orbit with a perihelion of 24 AU and a semimajor axis of 796 AU. Dynamical simulations show that…”
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FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING STOCHASTIC VARIABILITY IN THE ERA OF MASSIVE TIME-DOMAIN ASTRONOMICAL DATA SETS by Kelly, Brandon C., Becker, Andrew C., Sobolewska, Malgosia, Siemiginowska, Aneta, Uttley, Phil

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Photometric Confirmation of MACHO Large Magellanic Cloud Microlensing Events by Bennett, David P, Becker, Andrew C, Tomaney, Austin

“…We present previously unpublished photometry of three Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) microlensing events and show that the new photometry confirms the…”
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VARIABILITY-BASED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS SELECTION USING IMAGE SUBTRACTION IN THE SDSS AND LSST ERA by Choi, Yumi, Gibson, Robert R., Becker, Andrew C., Ivezić, Željko, Connolly, Andrew J., MacLeod, Chelsea L., Ruan, John J., Anderson, Scott F.

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The Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey by Sako, Masao, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew C., Brown, Peter J., Campbell, Heather, Wolf, Rachel, Cinabro, David, D'Andrea, Chris B., Dawson, Kyle S., DeJongh, Fritz, Depoy, Darren L., Dilday, Ben, Doi, Mamoru, Filippenko, Alexei V., Fischer, John A., Foley, Ryan J., Frieman, Joshua A., Galbany, Lluis, Garnavich, Peter M., Goobar, Ariel, Gupta, Ravi R., Hill, Gary J., Hayden, Brian T., Hlozek, Renée, Holtzman, Jon A., Hopp, Ulrich, Jha, Saurabh W., Kessler, Richard, Kollatschny, Wolfram, Leloudas, Giorgos, Marriner, John, Marshall, Jennifer L., Miquel, Ramon, Morokuma, Tomoki, Mosher, Jennifer, Nichol, Robert C., Nordin, Jakob, Olmstead, Matthew D., Östman, Linda, Prieto, Jose L., Richmond, Michael, Romani, Roger W., Sollerman, Jesper, Stritzinger, Max, Schneider, Donald P., Smith, Mathew, Wheeler, J. Craig, Yasuda, Naoki, Zheng, Chen

“…This paper describes the data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey conducted between 2005 and 2007. Light curves, spectra,…”
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