Search Results - "Benn, C. R"

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium – I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events by Pastorello, A., Mattila, S., Zampieri, L., Della Valle, M., Smartt, S. J., Valenti, S., Agnoletto, I., Benetti, S., Benn, C. R., Branch, D., Cappellaro, E., Dennefeld, M., Eldridge, J. J., Gal-Yam, A., Harutyunyan, A., Hunter, I., Kjeldsen, H., Lipkin, Y., Mazzali, P. A., Milne, P., Navasardyan, H., Ofek, E. O., Pian, E., Shemmer, O., Spiro, S., Stathakis, R. A., Taubenberger, S., Turatto, M., Yamaoka, H.

“…We present new spectroscopic and photometric data of the Type Ibn supernovae 2006jc, 2000er and 2002ao. We discuss the general properties of this recently…”
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WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet by Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Collier Cameron, A., Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., Gibson, N. P., Hebb, L., Hébrard, G., Joshi, Y. C., McDonald, I., Smalley, B., Smith, A. M. S., Street, R. A., Udry, S., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Wheatley, P. J., Aigrain, S., Alsubai, K., Benn, C. R., Bruce, V. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Evans, A., Fitzsimmons, A., Haswell, C. A., Hellier, C., Hickey, S., Hodgkin, S. T., Horne, K., Hrudková, M., Irwin, J., Kane, S. R., Keenan, F. P., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P., Mayor, M., Moutou, C., Norton, A. J., Osborne, J. P., Parley, N., Pont, F., Queloz, D., Ryans, R., Simpson, E.

“…We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star…”
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A study of the Type II-P supernova 2003gd in M74 by Hendry, M. A., Smartt, S. J., Maund, J. R., Pastorello, A., Zampieri, L., Benetti, S., Turatto, M., Cappellaro, E., Meikle, W. P. S., Kotak, R., Irwin, M. J., Jonker, P. G., Vermaas, L., Peletier, R. F., Van Woerden, H., Exter, K. M., Pollacco, D. L., Leon, S., Verley, S., Benn, C. R., Pignata, G.

“…We present photometric and spectroscopic data of the Type II-P supernova (SN II-P) 2003gd, which was discovered in M74 close to the end of its plateau phase…”
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A deeper search for the progenitor of the Type Ic supernova 2002ap by Crockett, R. M., Smartt, S. J., Eldridge, J. J., Mattila, S., Young, D. R., Pastorello, A., Maund, J. R., Benn, C. R., Skillen, I.

“…Images of the site of the Type Ic supernova (SN) 2002ap taken before explosion were analysed previously by Smartt et al. We have uncovered new unpublished,…”
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Radio spectra and polarization properties of radio-loud broad absorption-line quasars by Montenegro-Montes, F. M., Mack, K.-H., Vigotti, M., Benn, C. R., Carballo, R., González-Serrano, J. I., Holt, J., Jiménez-Luján, F.

“…We present multifrequency observations of a sample of 15 radio-emitting broad absorption-line quasars (BAL QSOs), covering a spectral range between 74 MHz and…”
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SN 2004A: another Type II-P supernova with a red supergiant progenitor by Hendry, M. A., Smartt, S. J., Crockett, R. M., Maund, J. R., Gal-Yam, A., Moon, D.-S., Cenko, S. B., Fox, D. W., Kudritzki, R. P., Benn, C. R., Østensen, R.

“…We present a monitoring study of SN 2004A and probable discovery of a progenitor star in pre-explosion Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images. The photometric and…”
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Faint supernovae and supernova impostors: case studies of SN 2002kg/NGC 2403-V37 and SN 2003gm by Maund, J. R., Smartt, S. J., Kudritzki, R.-P., Pastorello, A., Nelemans, G., Bresolin, F., Patat, F., Gilmore, G. F., Benn, C. R.

“…Photometric and spectroscopic observations of the faint Supernovae (SNe) 2002kg and 2003gm, and their precursors, in NGC 2403 and NGC 5334, respectively, are…”
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Tight constraints on the existence of additional planets around HD 189733 by Hrudková, M., Skillen, I., Benn, C. R., Gibson, N. P., Pollacco, D., Nesvorný, D., Augusteijn, T., Tulloch, S. M., Joshi, Y. C.

“…We report a transit timing study of the transiting exoplanetary system HD 189733. In total, we observed 10 transits in 2006 and 2008 with the 2.6-m Nordic…”
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Use of neural networks for the identification of new z≥ 3.6 QSOs from FIRST–SDSS DR5 by Carballo, R., González-Serrano, J. I., Benn, C. R., Jiménez-Luján, F.

“…We aim to obtain a complete sample of redshift z≥ 3.6 radio quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm survey (FIRST)…”
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Unusual high-redshift radio broad absorption-line quasar 1624+3758 by Benn, C. R., Carballo, R., Holt, J., Vigotti, M., González-Serrano, J. I., Mack, K.-H., Perley, R. A.

“…We present observations of the most radio-luminous broad absorption-line (BAL) quasar known, 1624+3758, at redshift z= 3.377. The quasar has several unusual…”
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WASP-12b: The Hottest Transiting Extrasolar Planet Yet Discovered by Hebb, L, Collier-Cameron, A, Loeillet, B, Pollacco, D, Hébrard, G, Street, R. A, Bouchy, F, Stempels, H. C, Moutou, C, Simpson, E, Udry, S, Joshi, Y. C, West, R. G, Skillen, I, Wilson, D. M, McDonald, I, Gibson, N. P, Aigrain, S, Anderson, D. R, Benn, C. R, Christian, D. J, Enoch, B, Haswell, C. A, Hellier, C, Horne, K, Irwin, J, Lister, T. A, Maxted, P, Mayor, M, Norton, A. J, Parley, N, Pont, F, Queloz, D, Smalley, B, Wheatley, P. J

“…We report on the discovery of WASP-12b, a new transiting extrasolar planet with R pl = 1.79+0.09 -0.09 RJ and M pl = 1.41+0.10 -0.10 M J. The planet and host…”
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Neural-network selection of high-redshift radio quasars, and the luminosity function at z ∼ 4 by Tuccillo, D., González-Serrano, J. I., Benn, C. R.

“…We obtain a sample of 87 radio-loud quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) in the redshift range 3.6 ≤ z ≤ 4.4 by cross-correlating sources in the Faint Images of the…”
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The 1999 Quadrantids and the lunar Na atmosphere by Verani, S., Barbieri, C., Benn, C.R., Cremonese, G., Mendillo, M.

“…Enhancements of the Na emission and temperature from the lunar atmosphere were reported during the Leonid meteor showers of 1995, 1997 and 1998. Here we report…”
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Scientific Impact of Large Telescopes by Benn, C. R., Sánchez, S. F.

“…The scientific impacts of telescopes worldwide have been compared on the basis of their contributions to (a) the 1000 most‐cited astronomy papers published…”
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Decline of the Space Density of Quasars between z = 2 and z = 4 by Vigotti, M, Carballo, R, Benn, C. R, De Zotti, G, Fanti, R, Gonzalez Serrano, J. I, Mack, K.-H, Holt, J

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The redshift distribution of FIRST radio sources at 1 mJy by Magliocchetti, M., Maddox, S. J., Wall, J. V., Benn, C. R., Cotter, G.

“…We present spectra for a sample of radio sources from the FIRST survey, and use them to define the form of the redshift distribution of radio sources at mJy…”
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The ultraviolet-to-radio continuum of the ultraluminous galaxy IRAS F10214 + 4724 by Rowan-Robinson, M., Efstathiou, A., Lawrence, A., Oliver, S., Taylor, A., Broadhurst, T. J., McMahon, R. G., Benn, C. R., Condon, J. J., Lonsdale, C. J., Hacking, P., Conrow, T., Saunders, W. S., Clements, D. L., Ellis, R. S., Robson, I.

“…We present new observations and theoretical models for the continuous ultraviolet-to-radio spectrum of the ultraluminous protogalaxy candidate IRAS F10214 +…”
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Red quasars not so dusty by Benn, C. R., Vigotti, M., Carballo, R., Gonzalez-Serrano, J. I., Sánchez, S. F.

“…Webster et al. claimed that up to 80 per cent of QSOs may be obscured by dust. They inferred the presence of this dust from the remarkably broad range of B−K…”
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The Moon And The Origin Of Life by Benn, C R

“…Earth is unusual in bearing life, and in having a large Moon.A number of authors have suggested a possible connection between the two,e.g., through lunar…”
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High-redshift QSOs in the FIRST survey by Benn, C.R., Vigotti, M., Pedani, M., Holt, J., Mack, K.-H., Curran, R., Sánchez, S.F.

“…In a pilot search for high-redshift radio quasi-stellar objects (QSOs), we have obtained spectra of 55 FIRST sources with very red starlike optical…”
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