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astro-ph1999★ 12 cited

Precise Interplanetary Network Localization of the Bursting Pulsar GRO J1744-28

K. Hurley, C. Kouveliotou, T. Cline +8

We analyze 426 observations of the bursting pulsar GRO J1744-28 by Ulysses and BATSE. Triangulating each burst, and statistically combining the triangulation annuli, we obtain a 3…

astro-ph1999★ 13 cited

Enabling concepts for a dual spacecraft formation-flying optical interferometer for NASA's ST3 mission

Peter W. Gorham, William M. Folkner, Gary H. Blackwood

We present the enabling concept and technology for a dual spacecraft formation-flying optical interferometer, to be launched into a deep space orbit as Space Technology 3. The comb…

astro-ph1999★ 6 cited

A Spin Modulated Telescope to Make Two Dimensional CMB Maps

J. Staren, P. Meinhold, J. Childers +10

We describe the HEMT Advanced Cosmic Microwave Explorer (HACME), a balloon borne experiment designed to measure sub-degree scale Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy over hundred…

astro-ph1999★ 18 cited

Physical State of Molecular Gas in High Galactic Latitude Translucent Clouds

James G. Ingalls, T. M. Bania, Adair P. Lane +2

The rotational transitions of carbon monoxide (CO) are the primary means of investigating the density and velocity structure of the molecular interstellar medium. Here we study the…

astro-ph1999★ 266 cited

Axisymmetric, 3-Integral Models of Galaxies: A Massive Black Hole in NGC3379

Karl Gebhardt, Douglas Richstone, John Kormendy +8

We fit axisymmetric 3-integral dynamical models to NGC3379 using the line-of-sight velocity distribution obtained from HST/FOS spectra of the galaxy center and ground-based long-sl…

astro-ph1999★ 47 cited

The Visual Orbit and Evolutionary State of 12 Bootes

A. F. Boden, M. J. Creech-Eakman, D. Queloz

We report on the determination of the visual orbit of the double-lined spectroscopic binary system 12 Bootes with data obtained by the Palomar Testbed Interferometer in 1998 and 19…

astro-ph1999★ 213 cited

A measurement of Omega from the North American test flight of BOOMERANG

A. Melchiorri, P. A. R. Ade, P. de Bernardis +22

We use the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background, measured during the North American test flight of the BOOMERANG experiment, to constrain the geometry of the u…

astro-ph1999★ 137 cited

Measurement of a Peak in the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum from the North American test flight of BOOMERANG

P. D. Mauskopf, P. A. R. Ade, P. de Bernardis +31

We describe a measurement of the angular power spectrum of anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from 0.3 degrees to ~10 degrees from the North American test flight…

astro-ph1999

A New View on Young Pulsars in Supernova Remnants: Slow, Radio-quiet, & X-ray Bright

E. V. Gotthelf, G. Vasisht

We propose a simple explanation for the apparent dearth of radio pulsars associated with young supernova remnants (SNRs). Recent X-ray observations of young remnants have revealed…

astro-ph1999★ 233 cited

High Resolution Mid-Infrared Imaging of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

B. T. Soifer, G. Neugebauer, K. Matthews +9

Observations of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) with an achieved resolution approaching the diffraction limit in the mid-infrared from 8 - 25 m using the Keck Telescope…

astro-ph1999★ 28 cited

Millimetre/submillimetre-wave emission line searches for high-redshift galaxies

Andrew W. Blain, D. T. Frayer, J. J. Bock +1

The redshifted spectral line radiation emitted from both atomic fine-structure and molecular rotational transitions in the interstellar medium (ISM) of high-redshift galaxies can b…

astro-ph1999★ 41 cited

High Resolution Infrared Imaging of the Compact Nuclear Source in NGC4258

R. Chary, E. E. Becklin, A. S. Evans +4

We present high resolution imaging of the nucleus of NGC4258 from 1 micron to 18 microns. Our observations reveal that the previously discovered compact source of emission is unres…

astro-ph1999★ 3 cited

A planet orbiting the star Gliese 86

D. Queloz, M. Mayor, L. Weber +7

A 4MJ planet with a 15.8day orbital period has been detected from very precise radial velocity measurements with the CORALIE echelle spectrograph. A second remote and more massive…

astro-ph1999

ISO Mid-Infrared Spectra of Reflection Nebulae

K. I. Uchida, K. Sellgren, M. W. Werner +1

We present 5-15 micron imaging spectroscopy of the reflection nebulae vdB 17 (NGC 1333), vdB 59 (NGC 2068), vdB 101, vdB 111, vdB 133 and vdB 135, obtained with the infrared camera…

astro-ph1999★ 68 cited

HST/WFPC2 and VLT/ISAAC observations of PROPLYDS in the giant HII region NGC 3603

W. Brandner, E. K. Grebel, Y. -H. Chu +6

We report the discovery of three proplyd-like structures in the giant HII region NGC 3603. The emission nebulae are clearly resolved in narrow-band and broad-band HST/WFPC2 observa…

astro-ph1999★ 82 cited

A supernova remnant coincident with the slow X-ray pulsar AX J1845-0258

B. M. Gaensler, E. V. Gotthelf, G. Vasisht

We report on Very Large Array observations in the direction of the recently-discovered slow X-ray pulsar AX J1845-0258. In the resulting images, we find a 5-arcmin shell of radio e…

astro-ph1999★ 33 cited

Caltech Faint Field Galaxy Redshift Survey IX: Source detection and photometry in the Hubble Deep Field Region

David W. Hogg, Michael A. Pahre, Kurt L. Adelberger +6

Detection and photometry of sources in the U_n, G, R, and K_s bands in a 9x9 arcmin^2 region of the sky, centered on the Hubble Deep Field, are described. The data permit construct…

astro-ph1999★ 550 cited

The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant

Jeremy R Mould, John P Huchra, Wendy L Freedman +14

Since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope nine years ago, Cepheid distances to 25 galaxies have been determined for the purpose of calibrating secondary distance indicators. A…

astro-ph1999

NICMOS Imaging of High-Redshift Radio Galaxies

A. Zirm, A. Dey, M. Dickinson +6

We have obtained near-infrared (1.6 micron) images of 11 powerful 3CR radio galaxies at redshifts 0.8 < z < 1.8 using NICMOS on board HST. The high angular resolution permits a det…

astro-ph1999★ 106 cited

The Unusual Infrared Object HDF-N J123656.3+621322

Mark Dickinson, Christopher Hanley, Richard Elston +11

We describe an object in the Hubble Deep Field North with very unusual near-infrared properties. It is readily visible in Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS images at 1.6um and from the…

astro-ph1999★ 245 cited

The Circumstellar Disk of HD 141569 Imaged with NICMOS

A. J. Weinberger, E. E. Becklin, G. Schneider +5

Coronagraphic imaging with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi Object Spectrometer on the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a large, ~400 AU (4'') radius, circumstellar disk around the…

astro-ph1999★ 126 cited

High Resolution Optical/Near-Infrared Imaging of Cool Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

J. A. Surace, D. B. Sanders, A. S. Evans

We present high spatial resolution (FWHM 0.3-0.8") BIHK'-band imaging of a sample of ultraluminous infrared galaxies with "cool" mid-infrared colors (f25/f60 < 0.2) which select ag…

astro-ph1999

Tentative Detection of the Cosmic Infrared Background at 2.2 and 3.5 microns Using Ground Based and Space Based Observations

V. Gorjian, E. L. Wright, R. R. Chary

The Cosmic InfraRed Background (CIRB) is the sum total of the redshifted and reprocessed short wavelength radiation from the era of galaxy formation, and hence contains vital infor…

astro-ph1999★ 68 cited

Grand Unification of AGN and the Accretion and Spin Paradigms

David L. Meier

While attempts to unify certain classes of AGN using orientation and environmental effects have been successful, it is widely recognized that intrinsic properties of the accreting…