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- California Institute of TechnologyUS317 papers
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- Space Telescope Science InstituteUS170 papers
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High Accuracy Near-infrared Imaging Polarimetry with NICMOS
D. Batcheldor, G. Schneider, D. C. Hines +5
The findings of a nine orbit calibration plan carried out during HST Cycle 15, to fully determine the NICMOS camera 2 (2.0 micron) polarization calibration to high accuracy, are re…
The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail
K. D. Gordon, C. Bot, E. Muller +21
The Tail region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) was imaged using the MIPS instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the SAGE-SMC Spitzer Legacy. Diffuse infrared emi…
High Accuracy Imaging Polarimetry with NICMOS
D. Batcheldor, G. Schneider, D. C. Hines +5
The ability of NICMOS to perform high accuracy polarimetry is currently hampered by an uncalibrated residual instrumental polarization at a level of 1.2-1.5%. To better quantify an…
Variable Evolved Stars and YSOs Discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud using the SAGE Survey
Uma P. Vijh, M. Meixner, B. Babler +13
We present initial results and source lists of variable sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) for which we detect thermal infrared variability from the SAGE (Surveying the Ag…
The Spectral Energy Distributions of Red 2MASS AGN
Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, Belinda J. Wilkes, Gary Schmidt +7
We present infrared (IR) to X-ray spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 44 red AGN selected from the 2MASS survey on the basis of their red J-K color (>2 mag) and later obse…
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS): Properties of Debris Dust around Solar-type Stars
John M. Carpenter, Jeroen Bouwman, Eric E. Mamajek +12
We present Spitzer photometric (IRAC and MIPS) and spectroscopic (IRS low resolution) observations for 314 stars in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS) Legacy p…
A Catalog of Extended Green Objects (EGOs) in the GLIMPSE Survey: A new sample of massive young stellar object outflow candidates
C. J. Cyganowski, B. A. Whitney, E. Holden +12
Using images from the Spitzer GLIMPSE Legacy survey, we have identified more than 300 extended 4.5 micron sources (abbreviated EGO, Extended Green Object, for the common coding of…
Intrinsically Red Sources observed by Spitzer in the Galactic Mid-Plane
Thomas P. Robitaille, Marilyn R. Meade, Brian L. Babler +8
We present a highly reliable flux-limited census of 18,949 point sources in the Galactic mid-plane that have intrinsically red mid-infrared colors. These sources were selected from…
X-ray and UV spectroscopy of Galactic diffuse hot gas along the LMC X--3 sight line
Y. Yao, Q. D. Wang, T. Hagihara +3
We present Suzaku spectra of X-ray emission in the fields just off the LMC X-3 sight line. OVII, OVIII, and NeIX emission lines are clearly detected, suggesting the presence of an…
Interstellar Weather Vanes: GLIMPSE Mid-Infrared Stellar-Wind Bowshocks in M17 and RCW49
Matthew S. Povich, Robert A. Benjamin, Barbara A. Whitney +4
We report the discovery of six infrared stellar-wind bowshocks in the Galactic massive star formation regions M17 and RCW49 from Spitzer GLIMPSE (Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane…
Probing dust grain evolution in IM Lupi's circumstellar disc. Multi-wavelength observations and modelling of the dust disc
C. Pinte, D. L. Padgett, F. Menard +19
We present a panchromatic study, involving a multiple technique approach, of the circumstellar disc surrounding the T Tauri star IM Lupi (Sz 82). We have undertaken a comprehensive…
The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Description of the Spitzer Legacy Science Database
John M. Carpenter, Jeroen Bouwman, Murray D. Silverstone +6
We present the science database produced by the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS) Spitzer Legacy program. Data reduction and validation procedures for the IRAC, M…
Emission from Very Small Grains and PAH Molecules in Monte Carlo Radiation Transfer Codes: Application to the Edge-On Disk of Gomez's Hamburger
Kenneth Wood, Barbara Whitney, Thomas Robitaille +1
We have modeled optical to far infrared images, photometry, and spectroscopy of the object known as Gomez's Hamburger. We reproduce the images and spectrum with an edge-on disk of…
IR Dust Bubbles: Probing the Detailed Structure and Young Massive Stellar Populations of Galactic HII Regions
C. Watson, M. S. Povich, E. B. Churchwell +7
We present an analysis of wind-blown, parsec-sized, mid-infrared bubbles and associated star-formation using GLIMPSE/IRAC, MIPSGAL/MIPS and MAGPIS/VLA surveys. Three bubbles from t…
Spitzer Observations of Supernova Remnant IC 443
A. Noriega-Crespo, D. C. Hines, K. Gordon +4
We present Spitzer observations of IC 443 obtained with MIPS and IRS as part of our GTO program on the astrophysics of ejecta from evolved stars. We find that the overall morpholog…
`Tail-end' Bondi-Hoyle accretion in young star clusters: Implications for disks, planets, and stars
Henry B. Throop, John Bally
Young stars orbiting in the gravitational potential well of forming star clusters pass through the cluster's dense molecular gas and can experience Bondi-Hoyle accretion from reser…
The hard X-ray spectral evolution in X-ray binaries and its application to constrain the black hole mass of ultraluminous X-ray sources
Qingwen Wu, Minfeng Gu
We investigate the relationship between the hard X-ray photon index and the Eddington ratio () in six X-ray binaries (XRBs) with well constrain…
Spitzer/MIPS Observations of Stars in the Beta Pictoris Moving Group
L. M. Rebull, K. R. Stapelfeldt, M. W. Werner +7
We present Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) observations at 24 and 70 microns for 30 stars, and at 160 microns for a subset of 12 stars, in the nearby (~30 pc), youn…
The formation and evolution of planetary systems: Grain growth and chemical processing of dust in T Tauri systems
J. Bouwman, Th. Henning, L. A. Hillenbrand +8
This paper is one in a series presenting results obtained within the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS) Legacy Science Program on the Spitzer Space Telescope. Here…
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of HD 44179
Michael L. Sitko, Lawrence S. Bernstein, Robert J. Glinski
We have re-analyzed the ultraviolet spectrum of HD 44179, the central star(s) of the Red Rectangle nebula, providing improved estimates of the column density, rotational, and vibra…
CLOUDS search for variability in brown dwarf atmospheres
B. Goldman, M. C. Cushing, M. S. Marley +21
Context: L-type ultra-cool dwarfs and brown dwarfs have cloudy atmospheres that could host weather-like phenomena. The detection of photometric or spectral variability would provid…
The Complete Census of 70-um-Bright Debris Disks within the FEPS (Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems) Spitzer Legacy Survey of Sun-like Stars
Lynne A. Hillenbrand, John M. Carpenter, Jinyoung Serena Kim +7
(abbreviated) We report detection with the Spitzer Space Telescope of cool dust surrounding solar type stars. The observations were performed as part of the Legacy Science Program,…
Variability of Disk Emission in Pre-Main Sequence and Related Stars. I. HD 31648 and HD 163296 - Isolated Herbig Ae Stars Driving Herbig-Haro Flows
M. L. Sitko, W. J. Carpenter, R. L. Kimes +13
Infrared photometry and spectroscopy covering a time span of a quarter century are presented for HD 31648 (MWC 480) and HD 163296 (MWC 275). Both are isolated Herbig Ae stars that…
Evolution of Mid-IR Excess Around Sun-like Stars: Constraints on Models of Terrestrial Planet Formation
M. R. Meyer, J. M. Carpenter, E. E. Mamajek +11
We report observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) regarding the frequency of 24 micron excess emission toward sun-like stars. Our unbiased sample is comprised of 309 st…