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Sub-Saharan Northern African climate at the end of the twenty-first century: forcing factors and climate change processes by Patricola, C. M., Cook, K. H.

“…A regional climate model, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, is forced with increased atmospheric CO 2 and anomalous SSTs and lateral boundary…”
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Scattered-Light Echoes from the Historical Galactic Supernovae Cassiopeia A and Tycho (SN 1572) by Rest, A, Welch, D. L, Suntzeff, N. B, Oaster, L, Lanning, H, Olsen, K, Smith, R. C, Becker, A. C, Bergmann, M, Challis, P, Clocchiatti, A, Cook, K. H, Damke, G, Garg, A, Huber, M. E, Matheson, T, Minniti, D, Prieto, J. L, Wood-Vasey, W. M

“…We report the discovery of an extensive system of scattered-light echo arclets associated with the recent supernovae in the local neighborhood of the Milky…”
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Mid-twenty-first century climate change in the Central United States. Part II: Climate change processes by Patricola, C. M., Cook, K. H.

“…Ensemble regional model simulations over the central US with 30-km resolution are analyzed to investigate the physical processes of projected precipitation…”
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Testing LMC Microlensing Scenarios: The Discrimination Power of the SuperMACHO Microlensing Survey by Rest, A, Stubbs, C, Becker, A. C, Miknaitis, G. A, Miceli, A, Covarrubias, R, Hawley, S. L, Smith, R. C, Suntzeff, N. B, Olsen, K, Prieto, J. L, Hiriart, R, Welch, D. L, Cook, K. H, Nikolaev, S, Huber, M, Prochtor, G, Clocchiatti, A, Minniti, D, Garg, A, Challis, P, Keller, S. C, Schmidt, B. P

“…Characterizing the nature and spatial distribution of the lensing objects that produce the previously measured microlensing optical depth toward the Large…”
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One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations by Cassan, A., Kubas, D., Beaulieu, J.-P., Dominik, M., Horne, K., Greenhill, J., Wambsganss, J., Menzies, J., Williams, A., Jørgensen, U. G., Udalski, A., Bennett, D. P., Albrow, M. D., Batista, V., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Cole, A., Coutures, Ch, Cook, K. H., Dieters, S., Prester, D. Dominis, Donatowicz, J., Fouqué, P., Hill, K., Kains, N., Kane, S., Marquette, J.-B., Martin, R., Pollard, K. R., Sahu, K. C., Vinter, C., Warren, D., Watson, B., Zub, M., Sumi, T., Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Poleski, R., Soszynski, I., Ulaczyk, K., Pietrzyński, G., Wyrzykowski, Ł.

“…A statistical analysis of microlensing data from 2002–07 reveals that stars in the Milky Way are orbited by planets as a rule, rather than an exception…”
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Atmosphere/vegetation feedbacks: A mechanism for abrupt climate change over northern Africa by Patricola, C. M., Cook, K. H.

“…Modeling studies and paleoclimate data of the mid‐Holocene provide strong evidence of abrupt climate change over northern Africa. Regional climate model…”
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South American climate during the Last Glacial Maximum: Delayed onset of the South American monsoon by Cook, K. H., Vizy, E. K.

“…The climate of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) over South America is simulated using a regional climate model with 60‐km resolution, providing a simulation that…”
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Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova Using Light Echoes in the Large Magellanic Cloud by Rest, A, Matheson, T, Blondin, S, Bergmann, M, Welch, D. L, Suntzeff, N. B, Smith, R. C, Olsen, K, Prieto, J. L, Garg, A, Challis, P, Stubbs, C, Hicken, M, Modjaz, M, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Zenteno, A, Damke, G, Newman, A, Huber, M, Cook, K. H, Nikolaev, S, Becker, A. C, Miceli, A, Covarrubias, R, Morelli, L, Pignata, G, Clocchiatti, A, Minniti, D, Foley, R. J

“…We report the successful identification of the type of the supernova (SN) responsible for the supernova remnant SNR 0509-675 in the Large Magellanic Cloud…”
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The MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 Years of Large Magellanic Cloud Observations by Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Alves, D. R, Axelrod, T. S, Becker, A. C, Bennett, D. P, Cook, K. H, Dalal, N, Drake, A. J, Freeman, K. C, Geha, M, Griest, K, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Minniti, D, Nelson, C. A, Peterson, B. A, Popowski, P, Pratt, M. R, Quinn, P. J, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Tomaney, A. B, Vandehei, T, Welch, D

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Microlensing Optical Depth toward the Galactic Bulge Using Clump Giants from the MACHO Survey by Popowski, P, Griest, K, Thomas, C. L, Cook, K. H, Bennett, D. P, Becker, A. C, Alves, D. R, Minniti, D, Drake, A. J, Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Axelrod, T. S, Freeman, K. C, Geha, M, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Nelson, C. A, Peterson, B. A, Quinn, P. J, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Vandehei, T, Welch, D

“…Using 7 yr of MACHO survey data, we present a new determination of the optical depth to microlensing toward the Galactic bulge. We select the sample of 62…”
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Geometry of the Large Magellanic Cloud Disk: Results from MACHO and the Two Micron All Sky Survey by Nikolaev, S, Drake, A. J, Keller, S. C, Cook, K. H, Dalal, N, Griest, K, Welch, D. L, Kanbur, S. M

“…We present a detailed study of the viewing angles and geometry of the inner LMC (rho ~ 4 super([j0])) based on a sample of more than 2000 MACHO Cepheids with…”
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Pushing the Boundaries of Conventional Core-collapse Supernovae: The Extremely Energetic Supernova SN 2003ma by Rest, A, Foley, R. J, Gezari, S, Narayan, G, Draine, B, Olsen, K, Huber, M. E, Matheson, T, Garg, A, Welch, D. L, Becker, A. C, Challis, P, Clocchiatti, A, Cook, K. H, Damke, G, Meixner, M, Miknaitis, G, Minniti, D, Morelli, L, Nikolaev, S, Pignata, G, Prieto, J. L, Smith, R. C, Stubbs, C, Suntzeff, N. B, Walker, A. R, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Zenteno, A, Wyrzykowski, L, Udalski, A, Szymański, M. K, Kubiak, M, Pietrzyński, G, Soszyński, I, Szewczyk, O, Ulaczyk, K, Poleski, R

“…We report the discovery of a supernova (SN) with the highest apparent energy output to date and conclude that it represents an extreme example of the Type IIn…”
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Dynamics of the West African Monsoon under Mid-Holocene Precessional Forcing: Regional Climate Model Simulations by Patricola, C. M., Cook, K. H.

“…The African Humid Period (AHP), about 14 800 yr ago [14.8–5.5 ka (ka ≡ 1000 yr ago)], was a time of increased humidity over Africa. Paleoclimate evidence…”
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MACHO Project Limits on Black Hole Dark Matter in the 1-30 M Range by Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Alves, D. R, Axelrod, T. S, Becker, A. C, Bennett, D. P, Cook, K. H, Dalal, N, Drake, A. J, Freeman, K. C, Geha, M, Griest, K, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Minniti, D, Nelson, C. A, Peterson, B. A, Popowski, P, Pratt, M. R, Quinn, P. J, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Tomaney, A. B, Vandehei, T, Welch, D. L

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Direct detection of a microlens in the Milky Way by Nelson, C. A, Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Alves, D. R, Axelrod, T. S, Becker, A. C, Bennett, D. P, Cook, K. H, Drake, A. J, Freeman, K. C, Geha, M, Griest, K, Keller, S. C, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Minniti, D, Peterson, B. A, Popowski, P, Pratt, M. R, Quinn, P. J, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Tomaney, A. B, Vandehei, T, Welch, D

“…The nature of dark matter remains mysterious, with luminous material accounting for at most ∼25 per cent of the baryons in the Universe. We accordingly…”
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Gravitational Microlensing Events Due to Stellar-Mass Black Holes by Bennett, D. P, Becker, A. C, Quinn, J. L, Tomaney, A. B, Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Alves, D. R, Axelrod, T. S, Calitz, J. J, Cook, K. H, Drake, A. J, Fragile, P. C, Freeman, K. C, Geha, M, Griest, K, Johnson, B. R, Keller, S. C, Laws, C, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Minniti, D, Nelson, C. A, Peterson, B. A, Popowski, P, Pratt, M. R, Quinn, P. J, Rhie, S. H, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Vandehei, T, Welch, D

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The MACHO Project Large Magellanic Cloud Microlensing Results from the First Two Years and the Nature of the Galactic Dark Halo by Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Alves, D, Axelrod, T. S, Becker, A. C, Bennett, D. P, Cook, K. H, Freeman, K. C, Griest, K, Guern, J, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Peterson, B. A, Pratt, M. R, Quinn, P. J, Rodgers, A. W, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Welch, D. L

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The MACHO Project: Microlensing Optical Depth toward the Galactic Bulge from Difference Image Analysis by Alcock, C, Allsman, R. A, Alves, D. R, Axelrod, T. S, Becker, A. C, Bennett, D. P, Cook, K. H, Drake, A. J, Freeman, K. C, Geha, M, Griest, K, Lehner, M. J, Marshall, S. L, Minniti, D, Nelson, C. A, Peterson, B. A, Popowski, P, Pratt, M. R, Quinn, P. J, Stubbs, C. W, Sutherland, W, Tomaney, A. B, Vandehei, T, Welch, D. L

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The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: The Multi-Telescope Robotic Observatory by Lehner, M. J., Wen, C.-Y., Wang, J.-H., Marshall, S. L., Schwamb, M. E., Zhang, Z.-W., Bianco, F. B., Giammarco, J., Porrata, R., Alcock, C., Axelrod, T., Byun, Y.-I., Chen, W. P., Cook, K. H., Dave, R., King, S.-K., Lee, T., Lin, H.-C., Wang, S.-Y., Rice, J. A., de Pater, I.

“…The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) operates four fully automatic telescopes to search for occultations of stars by Kuiper Belt Objects. It is a…”
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First Results from the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) by Zhang, Z.-W, Bianco, F. B, Lehner, M. J, Coehlo, N. K, Wang, J.-H, Mondal, S, Alcock, C, Axelrod, T, Byun, Y.-I, Chen, W. P, Cook, K. H, Dave, R, de Pater, I, Porrata, R, Kim, D.-W, King, S.-K, Lee, T, Lin, H.-C, Lissauer, J. J, Marshall, S. L, Protopapas, P, Rice, J. A, Schwamb, M. E, Wang, S.-Y, Wen, C.-Y

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