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most citedGW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

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5 papers · 2 filters

astro-ph.GA2016★ 28 cited

A Study of Quasar Selection in the Dark Energy Survey Supernova fields

S. S. Tie, P. Martini, D. Mudd +75

We present a study of quasar selection using the DES supernova fields. We used a quasar catalog from an overlapping portion of the SDSS Stripe 82 region to quantify the completenes…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 160 cited

Farthest Neighbor: The Distant Milky Way Satellite Eridanus II

T. S. Li, J. D. Simon, A. Drlica-Wagner +56

We present Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy of the recently-discovered Milky Way satellite Eridanus II (Eri II). We identify 28 member stars in Eri II, from which we measure a systemic…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 115 cited

Nearest Neighbor: The Low-Mass Milky Way Satellite Tucana III

J. D. Simon, T. S. Li, A. Drlica-Wagner +56

We present Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy of the recently discovered Milky Way satellite Tucana III (Tuc III). We identify 26 member stars in Tuc III, from which we measure a mean rad…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 11 cited

The XXL survey: first results and future

M. Pierre, C. Adami, M. Birkinshaw +108

The XXL survey currently covers two 25 sq. deg. patches with XMM observations of ~10ks. We summarise the scientific results associated with the first release of the XXL data set, t…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 2 cited

The Dark Energy Survey view of the Sagittarius stream: discovery of two faint stellar system candidates

E. Luque, A. Pieres, B. Santiago +63

We report the discovery of two new candidate stellar systems in the constellation of Cetus using the data from the first two years of the Dark Energy Survey (DES). The objects, DES…