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How solar panels work, in theory and in practice by Krisciunas, Kevin

“…We present an analysis of the functionality of an array of monocrystalline silicon solar panels over a 22 month period. For simple geometrical reasons, one…”
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The Carnegie Supernova Project: Absolute Calibration and the Hubble Constant by Burns, Christopher R., Parent, Emilie, Phillips, M. M., Stritzinger, Maximilian, Krisciunas, Kevin, Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Hsiao, Eric Y., Contreras, Carlos, Anais, Jorge, Boldt, Luis, Busta, Luis, Campillay, Abdo, Castellón, Sergio, Folatelli, Gastón, Freedman, Wendy L., González, Consuelo, Hamuy, Mario, Heoflich, Peter, Krzeminski, Wojtek, Madore, Barry F., Morrell, Nidia, Persson, S. E., Roth, Miguel, Salgado, Francisco, Serón, Jacqueline, Torres, Simón

“…We present an analysis of the final data release of the Carnegie Supernova Project I, focusing on the absolute calibration of the luminosity-decline rate…”
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Type II Supernova Spectral Diversity. I. Observations, Sample Characterization, and Spectral Line Evolution by Gutiérrez, Claudia P., Anderson, Joseph P., Hamuy, Mario, Morrell, Nidia, González-Gaitan, Santiago, Stritzinger, Maximilian D., Phillips, Mark M., Galbany, Lluis, Folatelli, Gastón, Dessart, Luc, Contreras, Carlos, Valle, Massimo Della, Freedman, Wendy L., Hsiao, Eric Y., Krisciunas, Kevin, Madore, Barry F., Maza, José, Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Prieto, Jose Luis, González, Luis, Cappellaro, Enrico, Navarrete, Mauricio, Pizzella, Alessandro, Ruiz, Maria T., Smith, R. Chris, Turatto, Massimo

“…Abstract We present 888 visual-wavelength spectra of 122 nearby type II supernovae (SNe II) obtained between 1986 and 2009, and ranging between 3 and 363 days…”
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SN 2012fr: Ultraviolet, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves of a Type Ia Supernova Observed within a Day of Explosion by Contreras, Carlos, Phillips, M. M., Burns, Christopher R., Piro, Anthony L., Shappee, B. J., Stritzinger, Maximilian D., Baltay, C., Brown, Peter J., Conseil, Emmanuel, Klotz, Alain, Nugent, Peter E., Turpin, Damien, Parker, Stu, Rabinowitz, D., Hsiao, Eric Y., Morrell, Nidia, Campillay, Abdo, Castellón, Sergio, Corco, Carlos, González, Consuelo, Krisciunas, Kevin, Serón, Jacqueline, Tucker, Brad E., Walker, E. S., Baron, E., Cain, C., Childress, Michael J., Folatelli, Gastón, Freedman, Wendy L., Hamuy, Mario, Hoeflich, P., Persson, S. E., Scalzo, Richard, Schmidt, Brian, Suntzeff, Nicholas B.

“…Abstract We present detailed ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared light curves of the Type Ia supernova (SN) 2012fr, which exploded in the Fornax cluster…”
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Using 1991T/1999aa-like Type Ia Supernovae as Standardizable Candles by Yang, Jiawen, Wang, Lifan, Suntzeff, Nicholas, Hu, Lei, Aldoroty, Lauren, Brown, Peter J., Krisciunas, Kevin, Arcavi, Iair, Burke, Jamison, Galbany, Lluís, Hiramatsu, Daichi, Hosseinzadeh, Griffin, Howell, D. Andrew, McCully, Curtis, Pellegrino, Craig, Valenti, Stefano

“…Abstract We present the photometry of 16 91T/99aa-like Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) observed by the Las Cumbres Observatory. We also use an additional set of 21…”
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Extrapolation of Type Ia Supernova Spectra into the Near-infrared Using Principal Component Analysis by Burrow, Anthony, Baron, E., Burns, Christopher R., Hsiao, Eric Y., Lu, Jing, Ashall, Chris, Brown, Peter J., DerKacy, James M., Folatelli, G., Galbany, Lluís, Hoeflich, P., Krisciunas, Kevin, Morrell, N., Phillips, M. M., Shappee, Benjamin J., Stritzinger, Maximilian D., Suntzeff, Nicholas B.

“…Abstract We present a method of extrapolating the spectroscopic behavior of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the near-infrared (NIR) wavelength regime up to 2.30…”
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Carnegie Supernova Project. II. Near-infrared Spectral Diversity and Template of Type Ia Supernovae by Lu, Jing, Hsiao, Eric Y., Phillips, Mark M., Burns, Christopher R., Ashall, Chris, Morrell, Nidia, Ng, Lawrence, Kumar, Sahana, Shahbandeh, Melissa, Hoeflich, Peter, Baron, E., Uddin, Syed, Stritzinger, Maximilian D., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Baltay, Charles, Davis, Scott, Diamond, Tiara R., Folatelli, Gaston, Förster, Francisco, Gagné, Jonathan, Galbany, Lluís, Gall, Christa, González-Gaitán, Santiago, Holmbo, Simon, Kirshner, Robert P., Krisciunas, Kevin, Marion, G. H., Perlmutter, Saul, Pessi, Priscila J., Piro, Anthony L., Rabinowitz, David, Ryder, Stuart D., Sand, David J.

“…Abstract We present the largest and most homogeneous collection of near-infrared (NIR) spectra of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia): 339 spectra of 98 individual SNe…”
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Carnegie Supernova Project I and II: Measurements of H 0 Using Cepheid, Tip of the Red Giant Branch, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distance Calibration to Type Ia Supernovae by Uddin, Syed A., Burns, Christopher R., Phillips, M M., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Freedman, Wendy L., Brown, Peter J., Morrell, Nidia, Hamuy, Mario, Krisciunas, Kevin, Wang, Lifan, Hsiao, Eric Y., Goobar, Ariel, Perlmutter, Saul, Lu, Jing, Stritzinger, Maximilian, Anderson, Joseph P., Ashall, Chris, Hoeflich, Peter, Shappee, Benjamin J., Persson, S. E., Piro, Anthony L., Baron, E, Contreras, Carlos, Galbany, Lluís, Kumar, Sahana, Shahbandeh, Melissa, Davis, Scott, Anais, Jorge, Busta, Luis, Campillay, Abdo, Castellón, Sergio, Corco, Carlos, Diamond, Tiara, Gall, Christa, Gonzalez, Consuelo, Holmbo, Simon, Roth, Miguel, Serón, Jacqueline, Taddia, Francesco, Torres, Simón, Baltay, Charles, Folatelli, Gastón, Hadjiyska, Ellie, Kasliwal, Mansi, Nugent, Peter E., Rabinowitz, David, Ryder, Stuart D.

“…Abstract We present an analysis of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Carnegie Supernova Project I and II and extend the Hubble diagram from optical to…”
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1991T-like Supernovae by Phillips, M. M., Ashall, C., Brown, Peter J., Galbany, L., Tucker, M. A., Burns, Christopher R., Contreras, Carlos, Hoeflich, P., Hsiao, E. Y., Kumar, S., Morrell, Nidia, Uddin, Syed A., Baron, E., Freedman, Wendy L., Krisciunas, Kevin, Persson, S. E., Piro, Anthony L., Shappee, B. J., Stritzinger, Maximilian, Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Chakraborty, Sudeshna, Kirshner, R. P., Lu, J., Marion, G. H., Polin, Abigail, Shahbandeh, M.

“…Abstract Understanding the nature of the luminous 1991T-like supernovae (SNe) is of great importance to SN cosmology as they are likely to have been more…”
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Optical and Near-Infrared Observations of the Highly Reddened, Rapidly Expanding Type Ia Supernova SN 2006X in M100 by Wang, Xiaofeng, Li, Weidong, Filippenko, Alexei V, Krisciunas, Kevin, Suntzeff, Nicholas B, Li, Junzheng, Zhang, Tianmeng, Deng, Jingsong, Foley, Ryan J, Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Li, Tipei, Lou, YuQing, Qiu, Yulei, Shang, Rencheng, Silverman, Jeffrey M, Zhang, Shuangnan, Zhang, Youhong

“…We present extensive optical (UBVRI), near-infrared (JK) light curves and optical spectroscopy of the Type Ia supernova SN 2006X in the nearby galaxy NGC 4321…”
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PERSISTENT C II ABSORPTION IN THE NORMAL TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA 2002fk by Cartier, Regis, HAMUY, MARIO, Pignata, Giuliano, ster, Francisco, Zelaya, Paula, FOLATELLI, GASTON, Phillips, Mark M, Morrell, Nidia, Krisciunas, Kevin, SUNTZEFF, NICHOLAS B

“…We present well-sampled UBVRIJHK photometry of SN 2002fk starting 12 days before maximum light through 122 days after peak brightness, along with a series of…”
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Evidence for Distinct Components of the Galactic Stellar Halo from 838 RR Lyrae Stars Discovered in the LONEOS-I Survey by Miceli, Antonino, Rest, Armin, Stubbs, Christopher W, Hawley, Suzanne L, Cook, Kem H, Magnier, Eugene A, Krisciunas, Kevin, Bowell, Edward, Koehn, Bruce

“…We present 838 ab-type RR Lyrae stars from the Lowell Observatory Near Earth Objects Survey Phase I (LONEOS-I). These objects cover 1430 deg super(2) and span…”
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An asymptotic-giant-branch star in the progenitor system of a type Ia supernova by Hamuy, Mario, Phillips, M. M, Suntzeff, Nicholas B, Maza, José, González, L. E, Roth, Miguel, Krisciunas, Kevin, Morrell, Nidia, Green, E. M, Persson, S. E, McCarthy, P. J

“…Stars that explode as supernovae come in two main classes. A type Ia supernova is recognized by the absence of hydrogen and the presence of elements such as…”
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The luminosity of SN 1999by in NGC 2841 and the nature of peculiar type Ia supernovae by GARNAVICH, Peter M, BONANOS, Alceste Z, BOTHUN, Gregory D, FREEDMAN, Wendy L, KRISCIUNAS, Kevin, JHA, Saurabh, KIRSHNER, Robert P, SCHLEGEL, Eric M, CHALLIS, Peter, MACRI, Lucas M, HATANO, Kazuhito, BRANCH, David

“…We present UBVRIJHK photometry and optical spectroscopy of the so-called peculiar Type Ia supernova 1999by in NGC 2841. The observations began 1 week before…”
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Stardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1 by Belton, Michael J.S., Meech, Karen J., Chesley, Steven, Pittichová, Jana, Carcich, Brian, Drahus, Michal, Harris, Alan, Gillam, Stephen, Veverka, Joseph, Mastrodemos, Nicholas, Owen, William, A’Hearn, Michael F., Bagnulo, S., Bai, J., Barrera, L., Bastien, Fabienne, Bauer, James M., Bedient, J., Bhatt, B.C., Boehnhardt, Hermann, Brosch, N., Buie, Marc, Candia, Pablo, Chen, W.-P., Chiang, P., Choi, Young-Jun, Cochran, A., Crockett, Christopher J., Duddy, S., Farnham, Tony, Fernández, Yan R., Gutiérrez, Pedro, Hainaut, Olivier R., Hampton, Donald, Herrmann, Kimberly A., Hsieh, Henry, Kadooka, M.A., Kaluna, H., Keane, J., Kim, M.-J., Klaasen, Kenneth, Kleyna, J., Krisciunas, Kevin, Lara, Luisa M., Lauer, Tod R., Li, Jian-Yang, Licandro, Javier, Lisse, Carey M., Lowry, Stephen C., McFadden, Lucy, Moskovitz, N., Mueller, Beatrice, Polishook, D., Raja, N.S., Riesen, T., Sahu, D.K., Samarasinha, Nalin, Sarid, G., Sekiguchi, Tomohiko, Sonnett, S., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Taylor, Brian W., Thomas, Peter, Tozzi, Gian Paolo, Vasundhara, R., Vincent, J.-B., Wasserman, Lawrence H., Webster-Schultz, Bryant, Yang, B., Zenn, T., Zhao, H.

“…► Changes in a comets spin rate are followed through two perihelion passages. ► Chages in spin rate and rotational phase are used to estimate the torques that…”
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Demonstrating the elliptical orbit of Mars using naked eye data by Krisciunas, Kevin

“…The discovery of Kepler's three laws of planetary motion served as a significant motivation to Newton to find the gravitational force law and explain why…”
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Uniformity of (V–Near-Infrared) Color Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae and Implications for Host Galaxy Extinction Determination by Krisciunas, Kevin, Hastings, N. C, Loomis, Karen, McMillan, Russet, Rest, Armin, Riess, Adam G, Stubbs, Christopher

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SPECTROSCOPY OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE BY THE CARNEGIE SUPERNOVA PROJECT by Folatelli, Gastón, Morrell, Nidia, Phillips, Mark M., Hsiao, Eric, Campillay, Abdo, Contreras, Carlos, Castellón, Sergio, Hamuy, Mario, Krzeminski, Wojtek, Roth, Miguel, Stritzinger, Maximilian, Burns, Christopher R., Freedman, Wendy L., Madore, Barry F., Murphy, David, Persson, S. E., Prieto, José L., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Krisciunas, Kevin, Anderson, Joseph P., Förster, Francisco, Maza, José, Pignata, Giuliano, Andrea Rojas, P., Boldt, Luis, Salgado, Francisco, Wyatt, Pamela, Olivares E., Felipe, Gal-Yam, Avishay, Sako, Masao

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CHARACTERIZING THE V -BAND LIGHT-CURVES OF HYDROGEN-RICH TYPE II SUPERNOVAE by Anderson, Joseph P, Gonzalez-Gaitan, Santiago, HAMUY, MARIO, Gutierrez, Claudia P, Stritzinger, Maximilian D, Olivares E, Felipe, Phillips, Mark M, Schulze, Steve, ANTEZANA, ROBERTO, Bolt, Luis

“…We present an analysis of the diversity of V-band light-curves of hydrogen-rich type II supernovae. Analyzing a sample of 116 supernovae, several magnitude…”
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Determining the eccentricity of the Moon’s orbit without a telescope by Krisciunas, Kevin

“…Prior to the invention of the telescope many astronomers worked out models of the motion of the Moon to predict the position of the Moon in the sky. These…”
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