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THE CARNEGIE HUBBLE PROGRAM: THE DISTANCE AND STRUCTURE OF THE SMC AS REVEALED BY MID-INFRARED OBSERVATIONS OF CEPHEIDS by Scowcroft, Victoria, Freedman, Wendy L., Madore, Barry F., Monson, Andy, Persson, S. E., Rich, Jeff, Seibert, Mark, Rigby, Jane R.

“…ABSTRACT Using Spitzer observations of classical Cepheids we have measured the true average distance modulus of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) to be mag…”
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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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Chemical Compositions of Field and Globular Cluster RR Lyrae Stars. I. NGC 3201 by Magurno, D., Sneden, C., Braga, V. F., Bono, G., Mateo, M., Persson, S. E., Dall’Ora, M., Marengo, M., Monelli, M., Neeley, J. R.

“…Abstract We present a detailed spectroscopic analysis of horizontal branch stars in the globular cluster NGC 3201. We collected optical (4580–5330 Å),…”
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Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions by Piran, T, Sari, R, Penprase, B. E, Burrows, D. N, Pooley, G, Cameron, P. B, Chevalier, R. A, Kasliwal, M, Frail, D, Persson, S. E, Kulkarni, S. R, Nakar, E, Schmidt, B. P, Fox, D. B, Nousek, J. A, Ofek, E, Moon, D.-S, Rau, A, Cenko, S. B, Gehrels, N, McCarthy, P. J, Price, P. A, Gal-Yam, A, Soderberg, A. M, Berger, E

“…Over the past decade, long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs)-including the subclass of X-ray flashes (XRFs)-have been revealed to be a rare variety of type Ibc…”
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The Carnegie Supernova Project: The Low‐Redshift Survey by Hamuy, Mario, Folatelli, Gastón, Morrell, Nidia I., Phillips, Mark M., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Persson, S. E., Roth, Miguel, Gonzalez, Sergio, Krzeminski, Wojtek, Contreras, Carlos, Freedman, Wendy L., Murphy, D. C., Madore, Barry F., Wyatt, P., Maza, José, Filippenko, Alexei V., Li, Weidong, Pinto, P. A.

“…Supernovae are essential to understanding the chemical evolution of the universe. Type Ia supernovae also provide the most powerful observational tool…”
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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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A NEW CEPHEID DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND METHOD FOR NGC 6822 by Rich, Jeffrey A, Persson, S E, Freedman, Wendy L, Madore, Barry F, Monson, Andrew J, Scowcroft, Victoria, Seibert, Mark

“…We present a revised distance to the nearby galaxy NGC 6822 using a new multi-band fit to both previously published and new optical, near-, and mid-infrared…”
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The afterglow and elliptical host galaxy of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050724 by Piran, T, Fox, D. B, Krzeminski, W, Peterson, B. A, Cowie, L. L, Leonard, D. C, Moon, D.-S, Penprase, B. E, Murphy, D. C, Cameron, P. B, Harrison, F. A, Rich, J, Kasliwal, M, Cenko, S. B, Roth, K. C, Persson, S. E, Price, P. A, Kulkarni, S. R, Schmidt, B. P, Gal-Yam, A, Soderberg, A. M, Frail, D. A, Lee, B. L, Berger, E

“…Despite a rich phenomenology, γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided into two classes based on their duration and spectral hardness-the long-soft and the short-hard…”
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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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UNBURNED MATERIAL IN THE EJECTA OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE by FOLATELLI, Gastón, PHILLIPS, M. M, BOLDT, Luis, CAMPILLAY, Abdo, CONTRERAS, Carlos, GONZALEZ, Sergio, ROTH, Miguel, SALGADO, Francisco, FREEDMAN, W. L, MADORE, Barry F, PERSSON, S. E, SUNTZEFF, Nicholas B, MORRELL, Nidia, TANAKA, Masaomi, MAEDA, Keiichi, NOMOTO, Ken'ichi, STRITZINGER, Maximilian, BURNS, Christopher R, HAMUY, Mario, MAZZALI, Paolo

“…The presence of unburned material in the ejecta of normal Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is investigated using early-time spectroscopy obtained by the Carnegie…”
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A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614 by GAL-YAM, A, FOX, D. B, KULKARNI, S. R, BERGER, E, CENKO, S. B, SARI, R, SHARON, K, FRAIL, D, MOON, D.-S, BROWN, P. J, CUCCHIARA, A, HARRISON, F, PRICE, P. A, PIRAN, T, PERSSON, S. E, MCCARTHY, P. J, PENPRASE, B. E, CHEVALIER, R. A, MACFADYEN, A. I, OFEK, E. O, DAVIS, M. R, LEONARD, D. C, SODERBERG, A. M, SCHMIDT, B. P, LEWIS, K. M, PETERSON, B. A

“…Over the past decade, our physical understanding of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has progressed rapidly, thanks to the discovery and observation of their long-lived…”
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The underluminous Type Ia supernova 2005bl and the class of objects similar to SN 1991bg by Taubenberger, S., Hachinger, S., Pignata, G., Mazzali, P. A., Contreras, C., Valenti, S., Pastorello, A., Elias-Rosa, N., Bärnbantner, O., Barwig, H., Benetti, S., Dolci, M., Fliri, J., Folatelli, G., Freedman, W. L., Gonzalez, S., Hamuy, M., Krzeminski, W., Morrell, N., Navasardyan, H., Persson, S. E., Phillips, M. M., Ries, C., Roth, M., Suntzeff, N. B., Turatto, M., Hillebrandt, W.

“…Optical observations of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2005bl in NGC 4070, obtained from −6 to +66 d with respect to the B-band maximum, are presented. The…”
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The sub-energetic γ-ray burst GRB 031203 as a cosmic analogue to the nearby GRB 980425 by Soderberg, A. M, Kulkarni, S. R, Berger, E, Fox, D. W, Sako, M, Frail, D. A, Gal-Yam, A, Moon, D. S, Cenko, S. B, Yost, S. A, Phillips, M. M, Persson, S. E, Freedman, W. L, Wyatt, P, Jayawardhana, R, Paulson, D

“…Over the six years since the discovery of the γ-ray burst GRB 980425, which was associated with the nearby (distance ∼40 Mpc) supernova 1998bw, astronomers…”
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Influence of microflora on texture and contents of amino acids, organic acids, and volatiles in semi-hard cheese made with DL-starter and propionibacteria by Rehn, U, Vogensen, F K, Persson, S-E, Hallin Saedén, K, Nilsson, B F, Ardö, Y

“…The microflora of semi-hard cheese made with DL-starter and propionic acid bacteria (PAB) is quite complex, and we investigated the influence of its variation…”
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Wavelength-dependent Image Quality Predictions and Other Considerations for Site Selection and Instrument Design by Persson, S. E.

“…Abstract Stellar image motion measured differentially with small telescopes can be converted to image quality predictions for large telescopes at the same…”
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The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths. I. First-Epoch LMC Data by Freedman, Wendy L, Madore, Barry F, Rigby, Jane, Persson, S. E, Sturch, Laura

“…We present the first mid-infrared period-luminosity (PL) relations for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids. Single-epoch observations of 70 Cepheids were…”
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The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (The Leavitt Law) at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths. IV. Cepheids in IC 1613 by Freedman, Wendy L, Rigby, Jane, Madore, Barry F, Persson, S. E, Sturch, Laura, Mager, Violet

“…We present mid-infrared period-luminosity relations for Cepheids in the Local Group galaxy IC 1613. Using archival Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) imaging data…”
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The He-Rich Core-Collapse Supernova 2007Y: Observations from X-Ray to Radio Wavelengths by Stritzinger, Maximilian, Mazzali, Paolo, Phillips, Mark M, Immler, Stefan, Soderberg, Alicia, Sollerman, Jesper, Boldt, Luis, Braithwaite, Jonathan, Brown, Peter, Burns, Christopher R, Contreras, Carlos, Covarrubias, Ricardo, Folatelli, Gastón, Freedman, Wendy L, González, Sergio, Hamuy, Mario, Krzeminski, Wojtek, Madore, Barry F, Milne, Peter, Morrell, Nidia, Persson, S. E, Roth, Miguel, Smith, Mathew, Suntzeff, Nicholas B

“…A detailed study spanning approximately a year has been conducted on the Type Ib supernova (SN) 2007Y. Imaging was obtained from X-ray to radio wavelengths,…”
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THE CARNEGIE SUPERNOVA PROJECT: INTRINSIC COLORS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE by Burns, Christopher R, Stritzinger, Maximilian, Phillips, M M, Hsiao, E Y, Contreras, Carlos, Persson, S E, FOLATELLI, GASTON, Boldt, Luis, CAMPILLAY, ABDO, Castellon, Sergio, Freedman, Wendy L, Madore, Barry F, Morrell, Nidia, Salgado, Francisco, SUNTZEFF, NICHOLAS B

“…We present an updated analysis of the intrinsic colors of Type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) using the latest data release of the Carnegie Supernova Project. We…”
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SN 2005bf: A Possible Transition Event between Type Ib/c Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts by Folatelli, Gastón, Contreras, Carlos, Phillips, M. M, Woosley, S. E, Blinnikov, Sergei, Morrell, Nidia, Suntzeff, Nicholas B, Lee, Brian L, Hamuy, Mario, González, Sergio, Krzeminski, Wojtek, Roth, Miguel, Li, Weidong, Filippenko, Alexei V, Foley, Ryan J, Freedman, W. L, Madore, Barry F, Persson, S. E, Murphy, David, Boissier, Samuel, Galaz, Gaspar, González, Luis, McCarthy, P. J, McWilliam, Andrew, Pych, Wojtek

“…We present u' g' r' i' BV photometry and optical spectroscopy of the Type Ib/Ic SN 2005bf covering the first 6100 days following discovery. The u' g' BV light…”
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