Publications (58)
Milky Way Demographics with the VVV Survey II. Color Transformations and Near-Infrared Photometry for 136 Million Stars in the Southern Galactic Disk
M. Soto, R. Barba, G. Gunthardt +18
The new multi-epoch near-infrared VVV survey (VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea) is sampling 562 sq. deg of the Galactic bulge and adjacent regions of the disk. Accurate astrometry…
Electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in the full MINOS data sample
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, C. Backhouse +106
We report on and appearance in and beams using the full MINOS data sample. The comparison of these and appearance data at a…
A Search for Lorentz Invariance and CPT Violation with the MINOS Far Detector
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +130
We searched for a sidereal modulation in the MINOS far detector neutrino rate. Such a signal would be a consequence of Lorentz and CPT violation as described by the Standard-Model…
Near Infrared Polarization Images of the Orion Nebula
M. Tamura, R. Kandori, N. Kusakabe +11
Wide-field (~8' x 8') and deep near-infrared (JHKs bands) polarization images of the Orion nebulae (IRNe) around young stellar objects (YSOs), both massive and low-mass. We found t…
Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117
We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and in a -dominated beam with a peak energy of $3…
Precision measurement of the speed of propagation of neutrinos using the MINOS detectors
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, N. Ashby +120
We report a two-detector measurement of the propagation speed of neutrinos over a baseline of 734 km. The measurement was made with the NuMI beam at Fermilab between the near and f…
Measurement of the neutrino mass splitting and flavor mixing by MINOS
The MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos +126
Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analys…
Search for time-independent Lorentz violation using muon neutrino to muon antineutrino transitions in MINOS
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117
Data from the MINOS experiment has been used to search for mixing between muon neutrinos and muon antineutrinos using a time-independent Lorentz-violating formalism derived from th…
Study of quasielastic scattering using charged-current nu_mu-iron interactions in the MINOS Near Detector
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +108
Kinematic distributions from an inclusive sample of 1.41 x 10^6 charged-current nu_mu interactions on iron, obtained using the MINOS Near Detector exposed to a wide-band beam with…
A search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions using appearance in MINOS
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117
We report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions from the MINOS long-baseline experiment using and appearance candidate events…
Beam-Based Alignment of the NuMI Target Station Components at FNAL
R. Zwaska, M. Bishai, S. Childress +15
The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility is a conventional horn-focused neutrino beam which produces muon neutrinos from a beam of mesons directed into a long evacuated d…
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
A. -N. Chené, J. Borissova, C. Bonatto +20
Context: The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the VÃa Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulg…
Combined analysis of disappearance and appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, I. Anghel +111
We report on a new analysis of neutrino oscillations in MINOS using the complete set of accelerator and atmospheric data. The analysis combines the disappearance and $ν_{e…
Precision constraints for three-flavor neutrino oscillations from the full MINOS+ and MINOS data set
MINOS+ Collaboration, :, P. Adamson +70
We report the final measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters and using all data from the MINOS and MINOS+ experiments. These data were collec…
An improved measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance in MINOS
P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse +109
We report an improved measurement of muon anti-neutrino disappearance over a distance of 735km using the MINOS detectors and the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam in a muon anti…
Strengthening the Open Cluster Distance Scale via VVV Photometry
Daniel J. Majaess, David G. Turner, C. Moni Bidin +14
Approximately 14% of known Galactic open clusters possess absolute errors 20% as evaluated from n>3 independent distance estimates, and the statistics for age estimates are markedl…
The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)
A. Lawrence, S. J. Warren, O. Almaini +19
We describe the goals, design, implementation, and initial progress of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS), a seven year sky survey which began in May 2005, using the UKIRT…
Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations Using Beam and Atmospheric Data in MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, I. Anghel +108
We report measurements of oscillation parameters from and disappearance using beam and atmospheric data from MINOS. The data comprise exposures of \unit[$10.7…
Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with muon antineutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector
P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, G. Barr +106
We have searched for sidereal variations in the rate of antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Near Detector. Using antineutrinos produced by the NuMI beam, we find no statisticall…
Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments
Daya Bay, MINOS Collaborations, : +329
Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappeara…
The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: Definition and J-band Data Release
S. Dye, A. Lawrence, M. A. Read +23
This paper defines the UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the remaining ~12,700 sq.deg of J-band survey data products. The UHS will provide conti…
Discovery of a Long-Lived, High Amplitude Dusty Infrared Transient
C. T. Britt, T. J. Maccarone, J. D. Green +15
We report the detection of an infrared selected transient which has lasted at least 5 years, first identified by a large mid-infrared and optical outburst from a faint X-ray source…
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey I. Presentation of the data and description of the approach
A. -N. Chené, J. Borissova, J. R. A. Clarke +15
Context: The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the VÃa Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulg…
Three Galactic globular cluster candidates
C. Moni Bidin, F. Mauro, D. Geisler +12
The census of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) is still incomplete, and about ten new objects are supposed to await discovery, hidden behind the crowded and reddened regions of the…
Search for the disappearance of muon antineutrinos in the NuMI neutrino beam
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +122
We report constraints on antineutrino oscillation parameters that were obtained by using the two MINOS detectors to measure the 7% muon antineutrino component of the NuMI neutrino…
First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. IV. Physical and chemical properties of the planets around HR8799
M. Bonnefoy, A. Zurlo, J. L. Baudino +63
The system of four planets around HR8799 offers a unique opportunity to probe the physics and chemistry at play in the atmospheres of self-luminous young (~30 Myr) planets. We rece…
The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups
The LBNE Collaboration, T. Akiri, D. Allspach +329
In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of diffe…
First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance
MINOS collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos +126
This letter reports the first direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance. The MINOS experiment has taken data with an accelerator beam optimized for muon antineutrino pr…
Near Infrared Circular Polarization Images of NGC 6334-V
Jungmi Kwon, M. Tamura, P. Lucas +7
We present results from deep imaging linear and circular polarimetry of the massive star-forming region NGC 6334- V. These observations show high degrees of circular polarization (…
Measurement of the Multiple-Muon Charge Ratio in the MINOS Far Detector
Minos Collaboration, P. Adamson, I. Anghel +118
The charge ratio, , for cosmogenic multiple-muon events observed at an under- ground depth of 2070 mwe has been measured using the magnetized MINOS Far Det…
NPARSEC: NTT Parallaxes of Southern Extremely Cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results
R. L. Smart, C. G. Tinney, B. Bucciarelli +21
The discovery and subsequent detailed study of T dwarfs has provided many surprises and pushed the physics and modeling of cool atmospheres in unpredicted directions. Distance is a…
Improved search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +117
We report the results of a search for appearance in a beam in the MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment. With an improved analysis and an increased exposure of $…
First measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in NOvA
P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews +257
This paper reports the first measurement using the NOvA detectors of disappearance in a beam. The analysis uses a 14 kton-equivalent exposure of $2.74 \times 10^{20…
Hundreds of new cluster candidates in the VISTA variables in the Via Lactea survey DR1
R. H. Barba, A. Roman-Lopes, J. L. Nilo Castellon +7
VISTA variables in the Via Lactea is an ESO Public survey dedicated to scan the bulge and an adjacent portion of the Galactic disk in the fourth quadrant using the VISTA telescope…
Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +107
We report the first observation of seasonal modulations in the rates of cosmic ray multiple-muon events at two underground sites, the MINOS Near Detector with an overburden of 225…
First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA
P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews +257
We report results from the first search for transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to protons-on-target in the upgraded Nu…
Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +109
A sample of 1.5310 cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is…
A census of molecular hydrogen outflows and their sources along the Orion A molecular ridge: characteristics and overall distribution
C. J. Davis, D. Froebrich, T. Stanke +9
We present wide-field near-IR images of Orion A. K and H2 1-0S(1) images of a contiguous 8 sqr degree region are compared to photometry from Spitzer and dust-continuum maps obtaine…
Modeling the Effect of the Heliospheric Magnetic Field on Cosmic Ray Muon Shadows
MINOS+ Collaboration, :, P. Adamson +75
Shadows cast in the cosmic ray (CR) muon sky by the Sun were located using muon data from the MINOS far detector in Northern Minnesota. The shadows were observed independently acro…
Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117
A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 km and…
A Color-Excess Extinction map of the Southern Galactic disk from the VVV and GLIMPSE Surveys
M. Soto, R. Barbá, D. Minniti +24
An improved high-resolution and deep A foreground dust extinction map is presented for the Galactic disk area within , $-1.0^{\c…
In-depth study of moderately young but extremely red, very dusty substellar companion HD206893B
P. Delorme, T. Schmidt, M. Bonnefoy +47
The substellar companion HD206893b has recently been discovered by direct imaging of its disc-bearing host star with the SPHERE instrument. We investigate the atypical properties o…
Measurement of single production by coherent neutral-current Fe interactions in the MINOS Near Detector
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +119
Forward single production by coherent neutral-current interactions, , is investigated using a 2.8 protons-on-target exp…
New galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey. Candidates projected on the inner disk and bulge
J. Borissova, A. -N. Chené, S. RamÃrez AlegrÃa +21
VISTA Variables in the VÃa Láctea (VVV) is one of six ESO Public Surveys using the 4 meter Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The VVV survey covers the…
Assessing the stellar population and the environment of an HII region on the far side of the Galaxy
A. -N. Chené, R. A. Benjamin, S. RamÃrez AlegrÃa +15
We have investigated the stellar and interstellar content of the distant star formation region IRAS 17591-2228 (WISE HII region GAL 007.47+0.06). It is associated to a water maser,…
Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments
Daya Bay, MINOS+ Collaborations, : +263
Searches for electron antineutrino, muon neutrino, and muon antineutrino disappearance driven by sterile neutrino mixing have been carried out by the Daya Bay and MINOS+ collaborat…
The long bar as seen by the VVV survey: I. Colour-magnitude diagrams
C. González-Fernández, M. López-Corredoira, E. B. Amôres +3
The VISTA Variable Survey (VVV) is able to map the Galaxy at l<0 with an unpaired depth (at least 3 mag deeper than 2MASS), opening new possibilities for studying the inner structu…
The NuMI Neutrino Beam
P. Adamson, K. Anderson, M. Andrews +187
This paper describes the hardware and operations of the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at Fermilab. It elaborates on the design considerations for the beam as a whole a…
Constraints on Large Extra Dimensions from the MINOS Experiment
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117
We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neu…
The Properties of the 500 K Dwarf UGPS J072227.51-054031.2, and a Study of the Far-Red Flux of Cold Brown Dwarfs
S. K. Leggett, D. Saumon, M. S. Marley +15
We present i and z photometry for 25 T dwarfs and one L dwarf. Combined with published photometry, the data show that the i - z, z - Y and z - J colors of T dwarfs are very red, an…
Measurements of atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Backhouse +110
This paper reports measurements of atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Far Detector, based on 2553 live-days (37.9 kton-years) of data. A total of 2072…
One more neighbor: The first brown dwarf in the VVV survey
J. C. BeamÃn, D. Minniti, M. Gromadzki +6
Context. The discovery of brown dwarfs (BDs) in the solar neighborhood and young star clusters has helped to constraint the low-mass end of the stellar mass function and the initia…
Constraints in the circumstellar density distribution of massive Young Stellar Objects
C. Alvarez, M. Hoare, P. Lucas
We use a Monte Carlo code to generate synthetic near-IR reflection nebulae that resemble those (normally associated with a bipolar outflow cavity) seen towards massive young stella…
A shallow though extensive H2 2.12 micron imaging survey of Taurus-Auriga-Perseus: I. NGC1333, L1455, L1448 and B1
C. J. Davis, P. Scholz, P. Lucas +2
We discuss wide-field near-IR imaging of the NGC1333, L1448, L1455 and B1 star forming regions in Perseus. The observations have been extracted from a much larger narrow-band imagi…
Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +123
Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interacti…
Future mmVLBI Research with ALMA: A European vision
R. P. J. Tilanus, T. P. Krichbaum, J. A. Zensus +165
Very long baseline interferometry at millimetre/submillimetre wavelengths (mmVLBI) offers the highest achievable spatial resolution at any wavelength in astronomy. The anticipated…
Direct Imaging of a Cold Jovian Exoplanet in Orbit around the Sun-like Star GJ 504
M. Kuzuhara, M. Tamura, T. Kudo +54
Several exoplanets have recently been imaged at wide separations of >10 AU from their parent stars. These span a limited range of ages (<50 Myr) and atmospheric properties, with te…
A search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions by MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, G. Barr +100
We report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) using data from the MINOS experiment. We analyzed a combined set of beam neutrino and antineut…