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astro-ph.IM2013★ 69 cited

Self-Calibration of BICEP1 Three-Year Data and Constraints on Astrophysical Polarization Rotation

J. P. Kaufman, N. J. Miller, M. Shimon +33

Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimeters aspire to measure the faint -mode signature predicted to arise from inflationary gravitational waves. They also have the potential…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 1 cited

Compressed convolution

F. Elsner, B. D. Wandelt

We introduce the concept of compressed convolution, a technique to convolve a given data set with a large number of non-orthogonal kernels. In typical applications our technique dr…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 149 cited

The Gaia astrophysical parameters inference system (Apsis). Pre-launch description

C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, R. Andrae, B. Arcay +46

The Gaia satellite will survey the entire celestial sphere down to 20th magnitude, obtaining astrometry, photometry, and low resolution spectrophotometry on one billion astronomica…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 29 cited

Probabilistic image reconstruction for radio interferometers

P. M. Sutter, Benjamin D. Wandelt, Jason D. McEwen +6

We present a novel, general-purpose method for deconvolving and denoising images from gridded radio interferometric visibilities using Bayesian inference based on a Gaussian proces…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 1k cited

The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Christopher P. Ahn, Rachael Alexandroff, Carlos Allende Prieto +232

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has been in operation since 2000 April. This paper presents the tenth public data release (DR10) from its current incarnation, SDSS-III. This da…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 89 cited

Dynamical Analysis of Nearby ClustErs. Automated astrometry from the ground: precision proper motions over wide field

H. Bouy, E. Bertin, E. Moraux +5

The kinematic properties of the different classes of objects in a given association hold important clues about its member's history, and offer a unique opportunity to test the pred…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 8 cited

Building galaxies, stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars. A scientific proposal for a European Ultraviolet-Visible Observatory (EUVO)

Ana I. Gómez de Castro, Thierry Appourchaux, Martin Barstow +36

The growth of luminous structures and the building blocks of life in the Universe began as primordial gas was processed in stars and mixed at galactic scales. The mechanisms respon…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 57 cited

Instrumental Methods for Professional and Amateur Collaborations in Planetary Astronomy

O. Mousis, R. Hueso, J. -P. Beaulieu +57

Amateur contributions to professional publications have increased exponentially over the last decades in the field of Planetary Astronomy. Here we review the different domains of t…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 27 cited

On-sky characterisation of the VISTA NB118 narrow-band filters at 1.19 micron

B. Milvang-Jensen, W. Freudling, J. Zabl +9

Observations of the high redshift Universe through narrow-band filters have proven very successful in the last decade. The 4-meter VISTA telescope, equipped with the wide-field cam…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 35 cited

An improved quasar detection method in EROS-2 and MACHO LMC datasets

Karim Pichara, Pavlos Protopapas, Dae-Won Kim +2

We present a new classification method for quasar identification in the EROS-2 and MACHO datasets based on a boosted version of Random Forest classifier. We use a set of variabilit…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 188 cited

Planck 2013 results. IX. HFI spectral response

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +217

The Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) spectral response was determined through a series of ground based tests conducted with the HFI focal plane in a cryogenic environment pri…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 111 cited

Planck 2013 results. VII. HFI time response and beams

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +220

This paper characterizes the effective beams,the effective beam window functions and the associated errors for the Planck HFI detectors. The effective beam is the angular response…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 78 cited

Planck 2013 results. V. LFI calibration

Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, C. Armitage-Caplan +217

We discuss the methods employed to photometrically calibrate the data acquired by the Low Frequency Instrument on Planck. Our calibration is based on a combination of the Orbital D…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 97 cited

Planck 2013 results. II. Low Frequency Instrument data processing

Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, C. Armitage-Caplan +229

We describe the data processing pipeline of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) data processing centre (DPC) to create and characterize full-sky maps based on the first 15.5…