Search Results - "Stubbs, C. W."

Design and Operation of the ATLAS Transient Science Server by Smith, K. W., Smartt, S. J., Young, D. R., Tonry, J. L., Denneau, L., Flewelling, H., Heinze, A. N., Weiland, H. J., Stalder, B., Rest, A., Stubbs, C. W., Anderson, J. P., Chen, T.-W, Clark, P., Do, A., Förster, F., Fulton, M., Gillanders, J., McBrien, O. R., O'Neill, D., Srivastav, S., Wright, D. E.

“…The Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) system consists of two 0.5 m Schmidt telescopes with cameras covering 29 square degrees at plate…”
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Cluster mass calibration at high redshift: HST weak lensing analysis of 13 distant galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Survey by Schrabback, T, Applegate, D, Dietrich, J P, Hoekstra, H, Bocquet, S, Gonzalez, A H, von der Linden, A, McDonald, M, Morrison, C B, Raihan, S F, Allen, S W, Bayliss, M, Benson, B A, Bleem, L E, Chiu, I, Desai, S, Foley, R J, de Haan, T, High, F W, Hilbert, S, Mantz, A B, Massey, R, Mohr, J, Reichardt, C L, Saro, A, Simon, P, Stern, C, Stubbs, C W, Zenteno, A

“…Abstract We present an HST/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) weak gravitational lensing analysis of 13 massive high-redshift (zmedian = 0.88) galaxy clusters…”
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Testing for X-Ray-SZ Differences and Redshift Evolution in the X-Ray Morphology of Galaxy Clusters by Nurgaliev, D., McDonald, M., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L., Bocquet, S., Forman, W. R., Garmire, G. P., Gupta, N., Hlavacek-Larrondo, J., Mohr, J. J., Nagai, D., Rapetti, D., Stark, A. A., Stubbs, C. W., Vikhlinin, A.

“…We present a quantitative study of the X-ray morphology of galaxy clusters, as a function of their detection method and redshift. We analyze two separate…”
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A SEARCH FOR FAST OPTICAL TRANSIENTS IN THE Pan-STARRS1 MEDIUM-DEEP SURVEY: M-DWARF FLARES, ASTEROIDS, LIMITS ON EXTRAGALACTIC RATES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LSST by Berger, E, Leibler, C N, CHORNOCK, R, Rest, A, Foley, R J, Soderberg, A M, Price, P A, Burgett, W S, Chambers, K C, Flewelling, H, Huber, M E, Magnier, E A, Metcalfe, N, Stubbs, C W, Tonry, J L

“…We present a search for fast optical transients ([tau] ~ 0.5 hr-1 day) using repeated observations of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey (PS1/MDS) fields. Our…”
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First Results from Pan-STARRS1: Faint, High Proper Motion White Dwarfs in the Medium-Deep Fields by Tonry, J. L, Stubbs, C. W, Kilic, M, Flewelling, H. A, Deacon, N. R, Chornock, R, Berger, E, Burgett, W. S, Chambers, K. C, Kaiser, N, Kudritzki, R.-P, Hodapp, K. W, Magnier, E. A, Morgan, J. S, Price, P. A, Wainscoat, R. J

“…The Pan-STARRS1 survey has obtained multi-epoch imaging in five bands (Pan-STARRS1 g sub(P1), r sub(P1), i sub(P1), z sub(P1), and y sub(P1)) on 12…”
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Detection of enhancement in number densities of background galaxies due to magnification by massive galaxy clusters by Chiu, I., Dietrich, J. P., Mohr, J., Applegate, D. E., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Bayliss, M. B., Bocquet, S., Carlstrom, J. E., Capasso, R., Desai, S., Gangkofner, C., Gonzalez, A. H., Gupta, N., Hennig, C., Hoekstra, H., von der Linden, A., Liu, J., McDonald, M., Reichardt, C. L., Saro, A., Schrabback, T., Strazzullo, V., Stubbs, C. W., Zenteno, A.

“…We present a detection of the enhancement in the number densities of background galaxies induced from lensing magnification and use it to test the…”
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Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey by Liu, J., Hennig, C., Desai, S., Hoyle, B., Koppenhoefer, J., Mohr, J. J., Paech, K., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Cole, S., Draper, P. W., Kaiser, N., Metcalfe, N., Morgan, J. S., Price, P. A., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J. L., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C.

“…We report results of a study of Planck Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect selected galaxy cluster candidates using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response…”
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The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation: Instrument Description and First Detections by Murphy, T. W., Adelberger, E. G., Battat, J. B. R., Carey, L. N., Hoyle, C. D., LeBlanc, P., Michelsen, E. L., Nordtvedt, K., Orin, A. E., Strasburg, J. D., Stubbs, C. W., Swanson, H. E., Williams, E.

“…A next-generation lunar laser-ranging apparatus using the 3.5 m telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in southern New Mexico has begun science operation…”
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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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Long-term degradation of optical devices on the Moon by Murphy, T.W., Adelberger, E.G., Battat, J.B.R., Hoyle, C.D., McMillan, R.J., Michelsen, E.L., Samad, R.L., Stubbs, C.W., Swanson, H.E.

“…Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts placed the first of several retroreflector arrays on the lunar surface. Their continued usefulness for laser ranging might…”
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ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System by Tonry, J. L., Denneau, L., Heinze, A. N., Stalder, B., Smith, K. W., Smartt, S. J., Stubbs, C. W., Weiland, H. J., Rest, A.

“…Technology has advanced to the point that it is possible to image the entire sky every night and process the data in real time. The sky is hardly static: many…”
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Laser ranging to the lost Lunokhod 1 reflector by Murphy, T.W., Adelberger, E.G., Battat, J.B.R., Hoyle, C.D., Johnson, N.H., McMillan, R.J., Michelsen, E.L., Stubbs, C.W., Swanson, H.E.

“…► The Lunokhod 1 reflector has been found via laser ranging. ► The Lunokhod 1 reflector’s position is now determined to few-centimeter precision. ► The return…”
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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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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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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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Time Dilation in Type Ia Supernova Spectra at High Redshift by Blondin, S, Davis, T. M, Krisciunas, K, Schmidt, B. P, Sollerman, J, Wood-Vasey, W. M, Becker, A. C, Challis, P, Clocchiatti, A, Damke, G, Filippenko, A. V, Foley, R. J, Garnavich, P. M, Jha, S. W, Kirshner, R. P, Leibundgut, B, Li, W, Matheson, T, Miknaitis, G, Narayan, G, Pignata, G, Rest, A, Riess, A. G, Silverman, J. M, Smith, R. C, Spyromilio, J, Stritzinger, M, Stubbs, C. W, Suntzeff, N. B, Tonry, J. L, Tucker, B. E, Zenteno, A

“…We present multiepoch spectra of 13 high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) drawn from the literature, the ESSENCE and SNLS projects, and our own separate…”
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THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM by TONRY, J. L, STUBBS, C. W, MAGNIER, E. A, MORGAN, J. S, PRICE, P. A, WAINSCOAT, R. J, LYKKE, K. R, DOHERTY, P, SHIVVERS, I. S, BURGETT, W. S, CHAMBERS, K. C, HODAPP, K. W, KAISER, N, KUDRITZKI, R.-P

“…The Pan-STARRS1 survey is collecting multi-epoch, multi-color observations of the sky north of declination -30 Degree-Sign to unprecedented depths. These data…”
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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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COSMOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM MEASUREMENTS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE DISCOVERED DURING THE FIRST 1.5 yr OF THE Pan-STARRS1 SURVEY by Rest, A, SCOLNIC, D, Foley, R J, Huber, M E, CHORNOCK, R, Narayan, G, Tonry, J L, Berger, E, Soderberg, A M, Stubbs, C W

“…We present griz sub(P1) light curves of 146 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia; 0.03 < z < 0.65) discovered during the first 1.5 yr of the…”
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An ultraviolet–optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core by Gezari, S., Chornock, R., Rest, A., Huber, M. E., Forster, K., Berger, E., Challis, P. J., Neill, J. D., Martin, D. C., Heckman, T., Lawrence, A., Norman, C., Narayan, G., Foley, R. J., Marion, G. H., Scolnic, D., Chomiuk, L., Soderberg, A., Smith, K., Kirshner, R. P., Riess, A. G., Smartt, S. J., Stubbs, C. W., Tonry, J. L., Wood-Vasey, W. M., Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Grav, T., Heasley, J. N., Kaiser, N., Kudritzki, R.-P., Magnier, E. A., Morgan, J. S., Price, P. A.

“…The observation of a flare of radiation from the centre of an inactive galaxy fits a model of the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core and its…”
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