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cond-mat.str-el2012★ 32 cited

Magnetization and Hall effect studies on the pyrochlore iridate Nd2Ir2O7

S. M. Disseler, S. R. Giblin, Chetan Dhital +3

We present magnetization and Hall effect measurements on the pyrochlore iridate Nd2Ir2O7. Previous muon spin rotation measurements have shown that the system undergoes an unusual t…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 98 cited

The enigmatic nature of the circumstellar envelope and bow shock surrounding Betelgeuse as revealed by Herschel. I. Evidence of clumps, multiple arcs, and a linear bar-like structure

L. Decin, N. L. J. Cox, P. Royer +13

Context. The interaction between stellar winds and the interstellar medium (ISM) can create complex bow shocks. The photometers on board the Herschel Space Observatory are ideally…

nlin.CD2012★ 48 cited

Topological Resonances in Scattering on Networks (Graphs)

Sven Gnutzmann, Holger Schanz, Uzy Smilansky

We report on a hitherto unnoticed type of resonances occurring in scattering from networks (quantum graphs) which are due to the complex connectivity of the graph - its topology. W…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 28 cited

Development of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for NIKA

M. Roesch, A. Benoit, A. Bideaud +10

Lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors(LEKIDs) have recently shown considerable promise as direct absorption mm-wavelength detectors for astronomical applications. One major r…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 98 cited

Planck Intermediate Results. XI: The gas content of dark matter halos: the Sunyaev-Zeldovich-stellar mass relation for locally brightest galaxies

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +194

We present the scaling relation between Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) signal and stellar mass for almost 260,000 locally brightest galaxies (LBGs) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Surv…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 63 cited

Inferring the mass of sub-millimetre galaxies by exploiting their gravitational magnification of background galaxies

H. Hildebrandt, L. van Waerbeke, D. Scott +25

Dust emission at sub-millimetre wavelengths allows us to trace the early phases of star formation in the Universe. In order to understand the physical processes involved in this mo…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 57 cited

H-ATLAS: The cosmic abundance of dust from the far-infrared background power spectrum

Cameron Thacker, Asantha Cooray, Joseph Smidt +22

We present a measurement of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic far-infrared background (CFIRB) anisotropies in one of the extragalactic fields of the Herschel Astrophysical T…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 15 cited

The mid-infrared environments of 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers from the Methanol Multi-Beam Survey

M. Gallaway, M. A. Thompson, P. W. Lucas +10

We present a study of the mid-infrared environments and association with star formation tracers of 6.7 GHz methanol masers taken from the Methanol Multi-Beam (MMB) Survey. Our ulti…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 49 cited

Parallaxes and Proper Motions of Ultracool Brown Dwarfs of Spectral Types Y and Late T

Kenneth A. Marsh, Edward L. Wright, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +5

We present astrometric measurements of eleven nearby ultracool brown dwarfs of spectral types Y and late-T, based on imaging observations from a variety of space-based and ground-b…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 107 cited

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: blank-field number counts of 450um-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background

J. E. Geach, E. L. Chapin, K. E. K. Coppin +50

The first deep blank-field 450um map (1-sigma~1.3mJy) from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS), conducted with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is presented. Our ma…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 63 cited

Herschel-ATLAS/GAMA: a difference between star-formation rates in strong-line and weak-line radio galaxies

M. J. Hardcastle, J. H. Y. Ching, J. S. Virdee +25

We have constructed a sample of radio-loud objects with optical spectroscopy from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) project over the Herschel-ATLAS Phase 1 fields. Classifying th…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 595 cited

Herschel view of the Taurus B211/3 filament and striations: Evidence of filamentary growth?

P. Palmeirim, Ph. André, J. Kirk +23

We present first results from the Herschel Gould Belt survey for the B211/L1495 region in the Taurus molecular cloud. Thanks to their high sensitivity and dynamic range, the Hersch…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 49 cited

MKID development for SuperSpec: an on-chip, mm-wave, filter-bank spectrometer

Erik Shirokoff, Peter S. Barry, Charles M. Bradford +16

SuperSpec is an ultra-compact spectrometer-on-a-chip for millimeter and submillimeter wavelength astronomy. Its very small size, wide spectral bandwidth, and highly multiplexed rea…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 31 cited

SuperSpec: design concept and circuit simulations

Attila Kovács, Peter S. Barry, Charles M. Bradford +14

SuperSpec is a pathfinder for future lithographic spectrometer cameras, which promise to energize extra-galactic astrophysics at (sub)millimeter wavelengths: delivering 200--500 km…

gr-qc2012★ 178 cited

Degeneracy between mass and spin in black-hole-binary waveforms

Emily Baird, Stephen Fairhurst, Mark Hannam +1

We explore the degeneracy between mass and spin in gravitational waveforms emitted by black-hole binary coalescences. We focus on spin-aligned waveforms and obtain our results usin…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 3 cited

Large-Scale Image Processing with the ROTSE Pipeline for Follow-Up of Gravitational Wave Events

L. K. Nuttall, D. J. White, P. J. Sutton +4

Electromagnetic (EM) observations of gravitational-wave (GW) sources would bring unique insights into a source which are not available from either channel alone. However EM follow-…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 15 cited

The intrinsic shapes of starless cores in Ophiuchus

Oliver Lomax, Anthony P. Whitworth, Annabel Cartwright

Using observations of cores to infer their intrinsic properties requires the solution of several poorly constrained inverse problems. Here we address one of these problems, namely…

math.NA2012★ 14 cited

Recent Developments in CAD/analysis Integration

H. Lian, S. P. A. Bordas, R. Sevilla +1

For linear elastic problems, it is well-known that mesh generation dominates the total analysis time. Different types of methods have been proposed to directly or indirectly allevi…

math.NA2012★ 335 cited

NURBS-based finite element analysis of functionally graded plates: static bending, vibration, buckling and flutter

Navid Valizadeh, Sundararajan Natarajan, Octavio A Gonzalez-Estrada +3

In this paper, a non-uniform rational B-spline based iso-geometric finite element method is used to study the static and dynamic characteristics of functionally graded material (FG…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 52 cited

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

K. Arnold, P. A. R. Ade, A. E. Anthony +53

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode p…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 98 cited

The POLARBEAR Experiment

Z. Kermish, P. Ade, A. Anthony +53

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging f…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 190 cited

A Cool Dust Factory in the Crab Nebula: A Herschel Study of the Filaments

H. L. Gomez, O. Krause, M. J. Barlow +13

Whether supernovae are major sources of dust in galaxies is a long-standing debate. We present infrared and submillimeter photometry and spectroscopy from the Herschel Space Observ…

math.NA2012★ 1 cited

A hybrid extended finite element/level set method for modeling equilibrium shapes of nano-inhomogeneities

Xujun Zhao, Stéphane P. A. Bordas, Jianmin Qu

Interfacial energy plays an important role in equilibrium morphologies of nanosized microstructures of solid materials due to the high interface-to-volume ratio, and can no longer…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 49 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: SCUBA-2 observations of radiative feedback in NGC1333

J. Hatchell, T. Wilson, E. Drabek +5

We present observations of NGC1333 from SCUBA-2 on JCMT, observed as a JCMT Gould Belt Survey pilot project during the shared risk campaign when the first of four arrays was instal…