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'Joy is resistance': cross-platform resilience and (re)invention of Black oral culture online by Lu, Jessica H., Steele, Catherine Knight

“…Existing research has affirmed that Black people historically mastered oral communication strategies to resist subjugation and oppression by dominant groups,…”
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Relativistic redshift of the star S0-2 orbiting the Galactic center supermassive black hole by Do, Tuan, Hees, Aurelien, Ghez, Andrea, Martinez, Gregory D, Chu, Devin S, Jia, Siyao, Sakai, Shoko, Lu, Jessica R, Gautam, Abhimat K, O'Neil, Kelly Kosmo, Becklin, Eric E, Morris, Mark R, Matthews, Keith, Nishiyama, Shogo, Campbell, Randy, Chappell, Samantha, Chen, Zhuo, Ciurlo, Anna, Dehghanfar, Arezu, Gallego-Cano, Eulalia, Kerzendorf, Wolfgang E, Lyke, James E, Naoz, Smadar, Saida, Hiromi, Schödel, Rainer, Takahashi, Masaaki, Takamori, Yohsuke, Witzel, Gunther, Wizinowich, Peter

“…General Relativity predicts that a star passing close to a supermassive black hole should exhibit a relativistic redshift. We test this using observations of…”
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Investigating the Binarity of S0-2: Implications for Its Origins and Robustness as a Probe of the Laws of Gravity around a Supermassive Black Hole by Chu, Devin S., Do, Tuan, Hees, Aurelien, Ghez, Andrea, Naoz, Smadar, Witzel, Gunther, Sakai, Shoko, Chappell, Samantha, Gautam, Abhimat K., Lu, Jessica R., Matthews, Keith

“…The star S0-2, which orbits the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in our Galaxy with a period of 16 years, provides the strongest constraint on both the mass of…”
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A Reanalysis of the Isolated Black Hole Candidate OGLE-2011-BLG-0462/MOA-2011-BLG-191 by Lam, Casey Y., Lu, Jessica R.

“…Abstract There are expected to be ∼10 8 isolated black holes (BHs) in the Milky Way. OGLE-2011-BLG-0462/MOA-2011-BLG-191 (OB110462) is the only such BH with a…”
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Stereoselective Metabolism of Bupropion to Active Metabolites in Cellular Fractions of Human Liver and Intestine by Bamfo, Nadia O, Lu, Jessica Bl, Desta, Zeruesenay

“…Striking stereoselective disposition of the antidepressant and smoking cessation aid bupropion (BUP) and its active metabolites observed clinically influence…”
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The Unusual Initial Mass Function of the Arches Cluster by Hosek, Matthew W., Lu, Jessica R., Anderson, Jay, Najarro, Francisco, Ghez, Andrea M., Morris, Mark R., Clarkson, William I., Albers, Saundra M.

“…As a young massive cluster in the central molecular zone, the Arches cluster is a valuable probe of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) in the extreme…”
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MOA-2007-BLG-400 A Super-Jupiter-mass Planet Orbiting a Galactic Bulge K-dwarf Revealed by Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging by Bhattacharya, Aparna, Bennett, David P, Beaulieu, Jean Philippe, Bond, Ian A, Koshimoto, Naoki, Lu, Jessica R, Blackman, Joshua W, Vandorou, Aikaterini, Terry, Sean K, Batista, Virginie, Marquette, Jean Baptiste, Cole, Andrew A, Fukui, Akihiko, Henderson, Calen B, Ranc, Clement

“…We present Keck/NIRC2 adaptive optics imaging of planetary microlensing event MOA-2007-BLG-400 that resolves the lens star system from the source. We find that…”
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A Search for Predicted Astrometric Microlensing Events by Nearby Brown Dwarfs by Luberto, Judah, Martin, Emily C., McGill, Peter, Leauthaud, Alexie, Skemer, Andrew J., Lu, Jessica R.

“…Abstract Gravitational microlensing has the potential to provide direct gravitational masses of single, free-floating brown dwarfs, independent of evolutionary…”
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The Galactic Center: An Improved Astrometric Reference Frame for Stellar Orbits around the Supermassive Black Hole by Sakai, Shoko, Lu, Jessica R., Ghez, Andrea, Jia, Siyao, Do, Tuan, Witzel, Gunther, Gautam, Abhimat K., Hees, Aurelien, Becklin, E., Matthews, K., Hosek, M. W.

“…Precision measurements of the stars in short-period orbits around the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center are now being used to constrain general…”
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A population of luminous accreting black holes with hidden mergers by Koss, Michael J., Blecha, Laura, Bernhard, Phillip, Hung, Chao-Ling, Lu, Jessica R., Trakhtenbrot, Benny, Treister, Ezequiel, Weigel, Anna, Sartori, Lia F., Mushotzky, Richard, Schawinski, Kevin, Ricci, Claudio, Veilleux, Sylvain, Sanders, David B.

“…Major galaxy mergers are thought to play an important part in fuelling the growth of supermassive black holes 1 . However, observational support for this…”
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PopSyCLE: A New Population Synthesis Code for Compact Object Microlensing Events by Lam, Casey Y., Lu, Jessica R., Hosek, Matthew W., Dawson, William A., Golovich, Nathan R.

“…We present a new Milky Way microlensing simulation code, dubbed PopSyCLE (Population Synthesis for Compact object Lensing Events). PopSyCLE is the first…”
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RADIAL TRENDS IN IMF-SENSITIVE ABSORPTION FEATURES IN TWO EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES: EVIDENCE FOR ABUNDANCE-DRIVEN GRADIENTS by McConnell, Nicholas J., Lu, Jessica R., Mann, Andrew W.

“…ABSTRACT Samples of early-type galaxies show a correlation between stellar velocity dispersion and the stellar initial mass function (IMF) as inferred from…”
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Confirmation of Color-dependent Centroid Shift Measured After 1.8 Years with HST by Bhattacharya, Aparna, Bennett, David P., Beaulieu, Jean Philippe, Bond, Ian A., Koshimoto, Naoki, Lu, Jessica R., Blackman, Joshua W., Ranc, Clément, Vandorou, Aikaterini, Terry, Sean K., Marquette, Jean Baptiste, Cole, Andrew A., Fukui, Akihiko

“…Abstract We measured the precise masses of the host and planet in the OGLE-2003-BLG-235 system, when the lens and source were resolving, with 2018 Keck high…”
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Keck and Hubble Observations Show that MOA-2008-BLG-379Lb is a Super-Jupiter Orbiting an M Dwarf by Bennett, David P., Bhattacharya, Aparna, Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, Koshimoto, Naoki, Blackman, Joshua W., Bond, Ian A., Ranc, Clément, Rektsini, Natalia, Terry, Sean K., Vandorou, Aikaterini, Lu, Jessica R., Marquette, Jean Baptiste, Olmschenk, Greg, Suzuki, Daisuke

“…Abstract We present high angular resolution imaging that detects the MOA-2008-BLG-379L exoplanet host star using Keck adaptive optics and the Hubble Space…”
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On the Possibility of Stellar Lenses in the Black Hole Candidate Microlensing Events MACHO-96-BLG-5 and MACHO-98-BLG-6 by Abdurrahman, Fatima N., Stephens, Haynes F., Lu, Jessica R.

“…Abstract Although stellar-mass black holes (BHs) are likely to be abundant in the Milky Way ( N = 10 8 –10 9 ), only 20 have been detected to date, all in…”
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60 Microlensing Events from the Three Years of Zwicky Transient Facility Phase One by Medford, Michael S., Abrams, Natasha S., Lu, Jessica R., Nugent, Peter, Lam, Casey Y.

“…Abstract Microlensing events have historically been discovered throughout the Galactic bulge and plane by surveys designed solely for that purpose. We conduct…”
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Unveiling MOA-2007-BLG-192: An M Dwarf Hosting a Likely Super-Earth by Terry, Sean K., Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, Bennett, David P., Hamdorf, Euan, Bhattacharya, Aparna, Chaudhry, Viveka, Cole, Andrew A., Koshimoto, Naoki, Anderson, Jay, Bachelet, Etienne, Blackman, Joshua W., Bond, Ian A., Lu, Jessica R., Marquette, Jean Baptiste, Ranc, Clément, Rektsini, Natalia E., Sahu, Kailash, Vandorou, Aikaterini

“…Abstract We present an analysis of high-angular-resolution images of the microlensing target MOA-2007-BLG-192 using Keck adaptive optics and the Hubble Space…”
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An Isolated Mass-gap Black Hole or Neutron Star Detected with Astrometric Microlensing by Lam, Casey Y., Lu, Jessica R., Udalski, Andrzej, Bond, Ian, Bennett, David P., Skowron, Jan, Mróz, Przemek, Poleski, Radek, Sumi, Takahiro, Szymański, Michał K., Kozłowski, Szymon, Pietrukowicz, Paweł, Soszyński, Igor, Ulaczyk, Krzysztof, Wyrzykowski, Łukasz, Miyazaki, Shota, Suzuki, Daisuke, Koshimoto, Naoki, Rattenbury, Nicholas J., Hosek, Matthew W., Abe, Fumio, Barry, Richard, Bhattacharya, Aparna, Fukui, Akihiko, Fujii, Hirosane, Hirao, Yuki, Itow, Yoshitaka, Kirikawa, Rintaro, Kondo, Iona, Matsubara, Yutaka, Matsumoto, Sho, Muraki, Yasushi, Olmschenk, Greg, Ranc, Clément, Okamura, Arisa, Satoh, Yuki, Silva, Stela Ishitani, Toda, Taiga, Tristram, Paul J., Vandorou, Aikaterini, Yama, Hibiki, Abrams, Natasha S., Agarwal, Shrihan, Rose, Sam, Terry, Sean K.

“…We present the analysis of five black hole candidates identified from gravitational microlensing surveys. Hubble Space Telescope astrometric data and densely…”
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The Star Formation History of the Milky Way’s Nuclear Star Cluster by Chen, Zhuo, Do, Tuan, Ghez, Andrea M., Hosek, Matthew W., Feldmeier-Krause, Anja, Chu, Devin S., Bentley, Rory O., Lu, Jessica R., Morris, Mark R.

“…Abstract We report the first star formation history study of the Milky Ways nuclear star cluster (NSC), which includes observational constraints from a large…”
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The Impact of Initial–Final Mass Relations on Black Hole Microlensing by Rose, Sam, Lam, Casey Y., Lu, Jessica R., Medford, Michael, Hosek, Matthew W., Abrams, Natasha S., Ramey, Emily, Vasylyev, Sergiy S.

“…Abstract Uncertainty in the initial–final mass relation (IFMR) has long been a problem in understanding the final stages of massive star evolution. One of the…”
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