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Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis by Drout, M. R., Piro, A. L., Shappee, B. J., Kilpatrick, C. D., Simon, J. D., Contreras, C., Coulter, D. A., Foley, R. J., Siebert, M. R., Morrell, N., Boutsia, K., Di Mille, F., Holoien, T. W.-S., Kasen, D., Kollmeier, J. A., Madore, B. F., Monson, A. J., Murguia-Berthier, A., Pan, Y.-C., Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Rest, A., Adams, C., Alatalo, K., Bañados, E., Baughman, J., Beers, T. C., Bernstein, R. A., Bitsakis, T., Campillay, A., Hansen, T. T., Higgs, C. R., Ji, A. P., Maravelias, G., Marshall, J. L., Bidin, C. Moni, Prieto, J. L., Rasmussen, K. C., Rojas-Bravo, C., Strom, A. L., Ulloa, N., Vargas-González, J., Wan, Z., Whitten, D. D.

“…On 17 August 2017, gravitational waves (GWs) were detected from a binary neutron star merger, GW170817, along with a coincident short gamma-ray burst, GRB…”
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Early spectra of the gravitational wave source GW170817: Evolution of a neutron star merger by Shappee, B. J., Simon, J. D., Drout, M. R., Piro, A. L., Morrell, N., Prieto, J. L., Kasen, D., Holoien, T. W.-S., Kollmeier, J. A., Kelson, D. D., Coulter, D. A., Foley, R. J., Kilpatrick, C. D., Siebert, M. R., Madore, B. F., Murguia-Berthier, A., Pan, Y.-C., Prochaska, J. X., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Rest, A., Adams, C., Alatalo, K., Bañados, E., Baughman, J., Bernstein, R. A., Bitsakis, T., Boutsia, K., Bravo, J. R., Di Mille, F., Higgs, C. R., Ji, A. P., Maravelias, G., Marshall, J. L., Placco, V. M., Prieto, G., Wan, Z.

“…On 17 August 2017, Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) was discovered as the optical counterpart of the binary neutron star gravitational wave event…”
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Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey by Shipp, N., Drlica-Wagner, A., Balbinot, E., Ferguson, P., Erkal, D., Li, T. S., Bechtol, K., Belokurov, V., Buncher, B., Carollo, D., Kind, M. Carrasco, Kuehn, K., Marshall, J. L., Pace, A. B., Rykoff, E. S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Strigari, L., Vivas, A. K., Yanny, B., Zenteno, A., Abbott, T. M. C., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Avila, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Crocce, M., Cunha, C. E., D'Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N., Davis, C., Vicente, J. De, Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Johnson, M. D., Krause, E., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Lin, H., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Martini, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Nichol, R. C., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Smith, M., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D. L., Walker, A. R., Wechsler, R. H.

“…We perform a search for stellar streams around the Milky Way using the first 3 yr of multiband optical imaging data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We use…”
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Milky Way Satellite Census. I. The Observational Selection Function for Milky Way Satellites in DES Y3 and Pan-STARRS DR1 by Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Mau, S., McNanna, M., Nadler, E. O., Pace, A. B., Li, T. S., Pieres, A., Rozo, E., Simon, J. D., Walker, A. R., Wechsler, R. H., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Eifler, T. F., Everett, S., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Maia, M. A. G., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Palmese, A., Plazas, A. A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G.

“…We report the results of a systematic search for ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxies using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and Pan-STARRS1 (PS1)…”
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Milky Way Satellite Census. II. Galaxy-Halo Connection Constraints Including the Impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud by Nadler, E. O., Wechsler, R. H., Bechtol, K., Mao, Y.-Y., Green, G., Drlica-Wagner, A., McNanna, M., Mau, S., Pace, A. B., Simon, J. D., Kravtsov, A., Dodelson, S., Li, T. S., Riley, A. H., Wang, M. Y., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Hinton, S. R., Honscheid, K., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Maia, M. A. G., Marshall, J. L., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Palmese, A., Paz-Chinchón, F., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Serrano, S., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Varga, T. N., Walker, A. R.

“…The population of Milky Way (MW) satellites contains the faintest known galaxies and thus provides essential insight into galaxy formation and dark matter…”
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Farthest Neighbor: The Distant Milky Way Satellite Eridanus II by Li, T. S., Simon, J. D., Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Wang, M. Y., García-Bellido, J., Frieman, J., Marshall, J. L., James, D. J., Strigari, L., Pace, A. B., Balbinot, E., Zhang, Y., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Eifler, T. F., Flaugher, B., Goldstein, D. A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Lin, H., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D. L., Walker, A. R., Wechsler, R. H., Wester, W., Yanny, B.

“…Abstract We present Magellan /IMACS spectroscopy of the recently discovered Milky Way satellite Eridanus II (Eri II). We identify 28 member stars in Eri II,…”
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Cosmology constraints from shear peak statistics in Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data by Kacprzak, T, Kirk, D, Friedrich, O, Amara, A, Refregier, A, Marian, L, Dietrich, J P, Suchyta, E, Aleksic, J, Bacon, D, Becker, M R, Bonnett, C, Bridle, S L, Chang, C, Eifler, T F, Hartley, W G, Huff, E M, Krause, E, MacCrann, N, Melchior, P, Nicola, A, Samuroff, S, Sheldon, E, Troxel, M A, Weller, J, Zuntz, J, Abbott, T M C, Abdalla, F B, Armstrong, R, Benoit-Levy, A, Bernstein, G M, Bernstein, R A, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero, Kind, M Carrasco, Carretero, J, Castander, F J, Crocce, M, D'Andrea, C B, da Costa, L N, Desai, S, Diehl, H T, Evrard, A E, Neto, A Fausti, Flaugher, B, Fosalba, P, Frieman, J, Gerdes, D W, et. al

“…Shear peak statistics has gained a lot of attention recently as a practical alternative to the two-point statistics for constraining cosmological parameters…”
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The Splashback Feature around DES Galaxy Clusters: Galaxy Density and Weak Lensing Profiles by Chang, C., Baxter, E., Jain, B., Sánchez, C., Adhikari, S., Varga, T. N., Fang, Y., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E. S., Kravtsov, A., Gruen, D., Hartley, W., Huff, E. M., Jarvis, M., Kim, A. G., Prat, J., MacCrann, N., McClintock, T., Palmese, A., Rapetti, D., Rollins, R. P., Samuroff, S., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M. A., Wechsler, R. H., Zhang, Y., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T. M. C., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bechtol, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G. M., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., D'Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, Davis, C., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T. F., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Krause, E., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Lima, M., March, M., Marshall, J. L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Mohr, J. J., Nord, B., Ogando, R. L. C., Plazas, A. A., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R. C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Weller, J.

“…Splashback refers to the process of matter that is accreting onto a dark matter halo reaching its first orbital apocenter and turning around in its orbit. The…”
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Three new VHS–DES quasars at 6.7 < z < 6.9 and emission line properties at z > 6.5 by Reed, S L, Banerji, M, Becker, G D, Hewett, P C, Martini, P, McMahon, R G, Pons, E, Rauch, M, Abbott, T M C, Allam, S, Annis, J, Avila, S, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Buckley-Geer, E, Carnero Rosell, A, Carrasco Kind, M, Carretero, J, Castander, F J, Cunha, C E, D’Andrea, C B, da Costa, L N, De Vicente, J, Desai, S, Diehl, H T, Doel, P, Evrard, A E, Flaugher, B, Frieman, J, García-Bellido, J, Gaztanaga, E, Gruen, D, Gschwend, J, Gutierrez, G, Hollowood, D L, Honscheid, K, Hoyle, B, James, D J, Kuehn, K, Lahav, O, Lima, M, Maia, M A G, Marshall, J L, Miquel, R, Ogando, R L C, Plazas, A A, Roodman, A, Sanchez, E, Scarpine, V, Schubnell, M, Serrano, S, Sevilla-Noarbe, I, Smith, M, Smith, R C, Sobreira, F, Suchyta, E, Swanson, M E C, Tarle, G, Thomas, D, Tucker, D L, Vikram, V

“…We report the results from a search for z > 6.5 quasars using the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 data set combined with the VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS) and…”
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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Detection of Intracluster Light at Redshift ∼ 0.25 by Zhang, Y., Yanny, B., Palmese, A., Gruen, D., To, C., Rykoff, E. S., Leung, Y., Collins, C., Hilton, M., Abbott, T. M. C., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D'Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, Vicente, J. De, Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Hoyle, B., James, D. J., Jeltema, T., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Li, T. S., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., Melchior, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Mohr, J. J., Ogando, R. L. C., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Serrano, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Wester, W.

“…Using data collected by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), we report the detection of intracluster light (ICL) with ∼300 galaxy clusters in the redshift range of…”
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Nearest Neighbor: The Low-mass Milky Way Satellite Tucana III by Simon, J. D., Li, T. S., Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Marshall, J. L., James, D. J., Wang, M. Y., Strigari, L., Balbinot, E., Kuehn, K., Walker, A. R., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Doel, P., Fernandez, E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Goldstein, D. A., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Kuropatkin, N., Maia, M. A. G., Martini, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Rykoff, E. S., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Whiteway, L., Yanny, B.

“…Abstract We present Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy of the recently discovered Milky Way satellite Tucana III (Tuc III). We identify 26 member stars in Tuc III…”
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The First Tidally Disrupted Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy?: A Spectroscopic Analysis of the Tucana III Stream by Li, T. S., Simon, J. D., Kuehn, K., Pace, A. B., Erkal, D., Bechtol, K., Yanny, B., Drlica-Wagner, A., Marshall, J. L., Lidman, C., Balbinot, E., Carollo, D., Jenkins, S., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., Shipp, N., Stringer, K. M., Vivas, A. K., Walker, A. R., Wechsler, R. H., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, Davis, C., Vicente, J. De, Doel, P., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Krause, E., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Plazas, A. A., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Smith, R. C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Tucker, D. L.

“…Abstract We present a spectroscopic study of the tidal tails and core of the Milky Way satellite Tucana III, collectively referred to as the Tucana III stream,…”
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Quasar Accretion Disk Sizes from Continuum Reverberation Mapping from the Dark Energy Survey by Mudd, D., Martini, P., Zu, Y., Kochanek, C., Peterson, B. M., Kessler, R., Davis, T. M., Hoormann, J. K., King, A., Lidman, C., Sommer, N. E., Tucker, B. E., Asorey, J., Hinton, S., Glazebrook, K., Kuehn, K., Lewis, G., Macaulay, E., Moeller, A., O'Neill, C., Zhang, B., Abbott, T. M. C., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Banerji, M., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carollo, D., Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D'Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, Davis, C., Desai, S., Doel, P., Fosalba, P., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hartley, W. G., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuhlmann, S., Kuropatkin, N., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., Marshall, J. L., McMahon, R. G., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Sanchez, E., Schindler, R., Schubnell, M., Smith, M., Smith, R. C., Soares-Santos, M., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D. L., Walker, A. R.

“…We present accretion disk size measurements for 15 luminous quasars at 0.7 ≤ z ≤ 1.9 derived from griz light curves from the Dark Energy Survey. We measure the…”
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Photometric redshift analysis in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data by Sánchez, C., Carrasco Kind, M., Lin, H., Miquel, R., Abdalla, F. B., Amara, A., Banerji, M., Bonnett, C., Brunner, R., Capozzi, D., Carnero, A., Castander, F. J., da Costa, L. A. N., Cunha, C., Fausti, A., Gerdes, D., Greisel, N., Gschwend, J., Hartley, W., Jouvel, S., Lahav, O., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., Martí, P., Ogando, R. L. C., Ostrovski, F., Pellegrini, P., Rau, M. M., Sadeh, I., Seitz, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sypniewski, A., de Vicente, J., Abbot, T., Allam, S. S., Atlee, D., Bernstein, G., Bernstein, J. P., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D., Childress, M. J., Davis, T., DePoy, D. L., Dey, A., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Estrada, J., Evrard, A., Fernández, E., Finley, D., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Glazebrook, K., Honscheid, K., Kim, A., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lidman, C., Makler, M., Marshall, J. L., Nichol, R. C., Roodman, A., Sánchez, E., Santiago, B. X., Sako, M., Scalzo, R., Smith, R. C., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thomas, D., Tucker, D. L., Uddin, S. A., Valdés, F., Walker, A., Yuan, F., Zuntz, J.

“…We present results from a study of the photometric redshift performance of the Dark Energy Survey (DES), using the early data from a Science Verification…”
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Constraints on the richness–mass relation and the optical-SZE positional offset distribution for SZE-selected clusters by Saro, A., Bocquet, S., Rozo, E., Benson, B. A., Mohr, J., Rykoff, E. S., Soares-Santos, M., Bleem, L., Dodelson, S., Melchior, P., Sobreira, F., Upadhyay, V., Weller, J., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Armstrong, R., Banerji, M., Bauer, A. H., Bayliss, M., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Brodwin, M., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Carlstrom, J. E., Capasso, R., Capozzi, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Chiu, I., Covarrubias, R., Crawford, T. M., Crocce, M., D'Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N., DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., de Haan, T., Diehl, H. T., Dietrich, J. P., Doel, P., Cunha, C. E, Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Fausti Neto, A., Flaugher, B., Fosalba, P., Frieman, J., Gangkofner, C., Gaztanaga, E., Gerdes, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gupta, N., Hennig, C., Holzapfel, W. L., Honscheid, K., Jain, B., James, D., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T. S., Lin, H., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., Martini, Paul, McDonald, M., Miller, C.J., Miquel, R., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Reichardt, C. L., Romer, A. K., Roodman, A., Sako, M., Sanchez, E., Schubnell, M., Sevilla, I., Smith, R. C., Stalder, B., Stark, A. A., Strazzullo, V., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, D., Tucker, D., Vikram, V., von der Linden, A., Walker, A. R., Wechsler, R. H., Wester, W., Zenteno, A., Ziegler, K. E.

“…We cross-match galaxy cluster candidates selected via their Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect (SZE) signatures in 129.1 deg2 of the South Pole Telescope 2500d SPT-SZ…”
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The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT): A Small Robotic Telescope for Large‐Area Synoptic Surveys by Pepper, Joshua, Pogge, Richard W., DePoy, D. L., Marshall, J. L., Stanek, K. Z., Stutz, Amelia M., Poindexter, Shawn, Siverd, Robert, O’Brien, Thomas P., Trueblood, Mark, Trueblood, Patricia

“…The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) project is a survey for planetary transits of bright stars. It consists of a small‐aperture, wide‐field…”
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Galaxy clustering, photometric redshifts and diagnosis of systematics in the DES Science Verification data by Crocce, M., Carretero, J., Bauer, A. H., Ross, A. J., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Giannantonio, T., Sobreira, F., Sanchez, J., Gaztanaga, E., Kind, M. Carrasco, Sánchez, C., Bonnett, C., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brunner, R. J., Rosell, A. Carnero, Cawthon, R., Fosalba, P., Hartley, W., Kim, E. J., Leistedt, B., Miquel, R., Peiris, H. V., Percival, W. J., Rosenfeld, R., Rykoff, E. S., Sánchez, E., Abbott, T., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Banerji, M., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Capozzi, D., Castander, F. J., Cunha, C. E., D'Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Eifler, T. F., Evrard, A. E., Neto, A. Fausti, Fernandez, E., Finley, D. A., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Lahav, O., Li, T. S., Lima, M., Maia, M. A. G., March, M., Marshall, J. L., Martini, P., Melchior, P., Miller, C. J., Neilsen, E., Nichol, R. C., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Sako, M., Santiago, B., Schubnell, M., Smith, R. C., Soares-Santos, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Thaler, J., Thomas, D., Vikram, V., Walker, A. R., Wechsler, R. H., Weller, J., Zuntz, J.

“…We study the clustering of galaxies detected at i < 22.5 in the Science Verification observations of the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Two-point correlation…”
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Blinding multiprobe cosmological experiments by Muir, J, Bernstein, G M, Huterer, D, Elsner, F, Krause, E, Roodman, A, Allam, S, Annis, J, Avila, S, Bechtol, K, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Buckley-Geer, E, Burke, D L, Carnero Rosell, A, Carrasco Kind, M, Carretero, J, Cawthon, R, Costanzi, M, da Costa, L N, De Vicente, J, Desai, S, Dietrich, J P, Doel, P, Eifler, T F, Everett, S, Fosalba, P, Frieman, J, García-Bellido, J, Gerdes, D W, Gruen, D, Gruendl, R A, Gschwend, J, Hartley, W G, Hollowood, D L, James, D J, Jarvis, M, Kuehn, K, Kuropatkin, N, Lahav, O, March, M, Marshall, J L, Melchior, P, Menanteau, F, Miquel, R, Ogando, R L C, Palmese, A, Paz-Chinchón, F, Plazas, A A, Romer, A K, Sanchez, E, Scarpine, V, Schubnell, M, Serrano, S, Sevilla-Noarbe, I, Smith, M, Suchyta, E, Tarle, G, Thomas, D, Troxel, M A, Walker, A R, Weller, J, Wester, W, Zuntz, J

“…ABSTRACT The goal of blinding is to hide an experiment’s critical results – here the inferred cosmological parameters – until all decisions affecting its…”
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Timing the r-process Enrichment of the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II by Simon, Joshua D., Brown, Thomas M., Mutlu-Pakdil, Burçin, Ji, Alexander P., Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Avila, Roberto J., Martínez-Vázquez, Clara E., Li, Ting S., Balbinot, Eduardo, Bechtol, Keith, Frebel, Anna, Geha, Marla, Hansen, Terese T., James, David J., Pace, Andrew B., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Doel, P., Everett, S., Ferrero, I., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gatti, M., Gerdes, D. W., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gschwend, J., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., Kuehn, K., Kuropatkin, N., Marshall, J. L., Mena-Fernández, J., Miquel, R., Palmese, A., Paz-Chinchón, F., Pereira, M. E. S., Pieres, A., Malagón, A. A. Plazas, Raveri, M., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., To, C., Vincenzi, M., Weaverdyck, N., Wilkinson, R. D.

“…Abstract The ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Reticulum II (Ret II) exhibits a unique chemical evolution history, with 72 − 12 + 10 % of its stars strongly enhanced in…”
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Circumstellar material in type Ia supernovae via sodium absorption features by Sternberg, A, Gal-Yam, A, Simon, J D, Leonard, D C, Quimby, R M, Phillips, M M, Morrell, N, Thompson, I B, Ivans, I, Marshall, J L, Filippenko, A V, Marcy, G W, Bloom, J S, Patat, F, Foley, R J, Yong, D, Penprase, B E, Beeler, D J, Allende Prieto, C, Stringfellow, G S

“…Type Ia supernovae are key tools for measuring distances on a cosmic scale. They are generally thought to be the thermonuclear explosion of an accreting white…”
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