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astro-ph.CO2011★ 14 cited

SSGSS: The Spitzer-SDSS-GALEX Spectroscopic Survey

Matthew J. O'Dowd, David Schiminovich, Benjamin D. Johnson +8

The Spitzer-SDSS-GALEX Spectroscopic Survey (SSGSS) provides a new sample of 101 star-forming galaxies at z < 0.2 with unprecedented multi-wavelength coverage. New mid- to far-infr…

stat.ME2011

Manifold Matching: Joint Optimization of Fidelity and Commensurability

Carey E. Priebe, David J. Marchette, Zhiliang Ma +1

Fusion and inference from multiple and massive disparate data sources - the requirement for our most challenging data analysis problems and the goal of our most ambitious statistic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 53 cited

Second-harmonic generation induced by electric currents in GaAs

Brian A. Ruzicka, Lalani K. Werake, Guowei Xu +4

We demonstrate a new, nonlinear optical effect of electric currents. First, a steady current is generated by applying a voltage on a doped GaAs crystal. We demonstrate that this cu…

hep-ex2011★ 1 cited

An additional study of multi-muon events produced in {\boldmath } collisions at {\boldmath } TeV

CDF Collaboration

We present one additional study of multi-muon events produced at the Fermilab Tevatron collider and recorded by the CDF II detector. We use a data set acquired with a dedicated dim…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 5 cited

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Three Long Period Nova-Like Variables

Alexandra C. Bisol, Patrick Godon, Edward M. Sion

We have selected three nova-like variables at the long period extreme of nova-like orbital periods: V363 Aur, RZ Gru and AC Cnc, all with IUE archival far ultraviolet spectra. All…

hep-ex2011★ 7 cited

Measurement of the branching fraction at CDF

T. Aaltonen

We report an analysis of the decay in a data sample collected by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron corresponding to 2.4 fb of int…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 16 cited

Straightening the Density-Displacement Relation with a Logarithmic Transform

Bridget L. Falck, Mark C. Neyrinck, Miguel A. Aragon-Calvo +2

We investigate the use of a logarithmic density variable in estimating the Lagrangian displacement field, motivated by the success of a logarithmic transformation in restoring info…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 169 cited

A spectacular outflow in an obscured quasar

Jenny E. Greene, Nadia L. Zakamska, Paul S. Smith

SDSS J1356+1026 is a pair of interacting galaxies at redshift z=0.123 that hosts a luminous obscured quasar in its northern nucleus. Here we present two long-slit Magellan LDSS-3 s…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 33 cited

WISE/NEOWISE observations of Active Bodies in the Main Belt

James M. Bauer, A. K. Mainzer, Tommy Grav +22

We report results based on mid-infrared photometry of 5 active main belt objects (AMBOs) detected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. Four of these bodies…

hep-ex2011★ 26 cited

Measurement of ZZ production in leptonic final states at {\surd}s of 1.96 TeV at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +512

In this paper we present a precise measurement of the total ZZ production cross section in pp collisions at {\surd}s= 1.96 TeV, using data collected with the CDF II detector corres…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 46 cited

A Comprehensive GALEX Ultraviolet Catalog of Star Clusters in M31 and a Study of the Young Clusters

Yongbeom Kang, Soo-Chang Rey, Luciana Bianchi +3

We present a comprehensive catalog of 700 confirmed star clusters in the field of M31 compiled from three major existing catalogs. We detect 418 and 257 star clusters in Galaxy Evo…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 1 cited

Using the XMM Optical Monitor to Study Cluster Galaxy Evolution

Neal A. Miller, Richard O'Steen, Steffi Yen +2

We explore the application of XMM-Newton Optical Monitor (XMM-OM) ultraviolet (UV) data to study galaxy evolution. Our sample is constructed as the intersection of all Abell cluste…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 80 cited

Light echoes reveal an unexpectedly cool Eta Carinae during its 19th-century Great Eruption

A. Rest, J. L. Prieto, N. R. Walborn +14

Eta Carinae (Eta Car) is one of the most massive binary stars in the Milky Way. It became the second-brightest star in the sky during its mid-19th century "Great Eruption," but the…

hep-ex2011

W/Z and diboson production at hadron colliders

Sara Bolognesi

A general review of the latest results about single and double vector boson production in the multipurpose experiments at LHC (ATLAS and CMS) and at Tevatron (CDF and D0) will be p…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 84 cited

Metal-Poor Lithium-Rich Giants in the Radial Velocity Experiment Survey

Gregory R. Ruchti, Jon P. Fulbright, Rosemary F. G. Wyse +17

We report the discovery of eight lithium-rich field giants found in a high resolution spectroscopic sample of over 700 metal-poor stars ([Fe/H]<-0.5) selected from the RAVE survey.…

hep-ex2011★ 6 cited

Search for Standard Model Higgs Boson Production in Association with a W Boson at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez González, S. Amerio +498

We present a search for the standard model Higgs boson production in association with a boson in proton-antiproton collisions ($p\bar{p}\rightarrow W^\pm H \rightarrow \ellνb\b…

hep-ex2011★ 47 cited

Measurement of the CP-Violating Phase beta_s in B0s -> J/Psi Phi Decays with the CDF II Detector

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen

We present a measurement of the \CP-violating parameter \betas using approximately 6500 $\BsJpsiPhi$ decays reconstructed with the CDF\,II detector in a sample of collisi…

hep-ex2011★ 5 cited

Search for new phenomena in events with two bosons and missing transverse momentum in collisions at TeV

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +512

We present a search for new phenomena in events with two reconstructed bosons and large missing transverse momentum, sensitive to processes $p\bar{p}\rightarrow X_2X_2 \rightar…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 25 cited

On the X-ray Baldwin Effect in Active Galactic Nuclei Observed by the Chandra High Energy Grating

Xinwen Shu, Junxian Wang, Tahir Yaqoob +2

Using Chandra High Energy Grating (HEG) observations of 32 AGNs, we present a systematic study of the X-ray Baldwin effect (XBE, i.e. the anti-correlation between narrow Fe Kα line…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 56 cited

The Spectral Energy Distributions of White Dwarfs in 47 Tucanae: The Distance to the Cluster

K. A. Woodley, R. Goldsbury, J. S. Kalirai +13

We present a new distance determination to the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae by fitting the spectral energy distributions of its white dwarfs to pure hydrogen atmosphere whi…

math.ST2011

Robust Lasso with missing and grossly corrupted observations

Nam H. Nguyen, Trac D. Tran

This paper studies the problem of accurately recovering a sparse vector from highly corrupted linear measurements where is…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 136 cited

The GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey V: The Relation between the HI Content of Galaxies and Metal Enrichment at their Outskirts

Sean M. Moran, Timothy M. Heckman, Guinevere Kauffmann +14

We have obtained long-slit spectra of 174 star-forming galaxies with stellar masses greater than 10^10 M_\odot from the GALEX Arecibo SDSS (GASS) survey. These galaxies have both H…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 61 cited

Lensing of 21-cm Fluctuations by Primordial Gravitational Waves

Laura Book, Marc Kamionkowski, Fabian Schmidt

Weak-gravitational-lensing distortions to the intensity pattern of 21-cm radiation from the dark ages can be decomposed geometrically into curl and curl-free components. Lensing by…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 48 cited

Luminous and High Stellar Mass Candidate Galaxies at z ~ 8 Discovered in CANDELS

Haojing Yan, Steven L. Finkelstein, Kuang-Han Huang +26

One key goal of the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey is to track galaxy evolution back to z ~ 8. Its two-tiered "wide and deep"…