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gr-qc2007★ 8 cited

Bayesian comparison of Post-Newtonian approximations of gravitational wave chirp signals

R. Umstaetter, M. Tinto

We estimate the probability of detecting a gravitational wave signal from coalescing compact binaries in simulated data from a ground-based interferometer detector of gravitational…

astro-ph2007★ 44 cited

SHARC-II 350 micron Observations of Thermal Emission from Warm Dust in z>=5 Quasars

Ran Wang, Jeff Wagg, Chris L. Carilli +10

We present observations of four z>= SDSS quasars at 350 micron with the SHARC-II bolometer camera on the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. These are among the deepest observations…

gr-qc2007★ 32 cited

Robust Bayesian detection of unmodelled bursts

Antony C Searle, Patrick J Sutton, Massimo Tinto +1

A Bayesian treatment of the problem of detecting an unmodelled gravitational wave burst with a global network of gravitational wave observatories reveals that several previously pr…

astro-ph2007★ 118 cited

Simultaneous Chandra, CSO and VLA Observations of Sgr A*: The Nature of Flaring Activity

F. Yusef-Zadeh, M. Wardle, C. Heinke +4

Sgr A*, the massive black hole at the center of the Galaxy, varies in radio through X-ray emission on hourly time scales. The flare activity is thought to arise from the innermost…

astro-ph2007★ 218 cited

An X-ray, IR, and Submillimeter Flare of Sagittarius A*

D. P. Marrone, F. K. Baganoff, M. R. Morris +14

Energetic flares are observed in the Galactic supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* from radio to X-ray wavelengths. On a few occasions, simultaneous flares have been detected in…

astro-ph2007★ 117 cited

Spitzer IRS Observations of Class I/II Objects in Taurus: Composition and Thermal History of the Circumstellar Ices

G. Zasowski, F. Kemper, Dan M. Watson +4

We present observations of Taurus-Auriga Class I/II protostars obtained with the Spitzer InfraRed Spectrograph. Detailed spectral fits to the 6 and 15 micron features are made, usi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2007★ 86 cited

Probing Noise in Flux Qubits via Macroscopic Resonant Tunneling

R. Harris, M. W. Johnson, S. Han +13

Macroscopic resonant tunneling between the two lowest lying states of a bistable RF-SQUID is used to characterize noise in a flux qubit. Measurements of the incoherent decay rate a…

astro-ph2007★ 216 cited

Vigorous star formation with low efficiency in massive disk galaxies at z=1.5

E. Daddi, H. Dannerbauer, D. Elbaz +4

We present the first detection of molecular gas cooling CO emission lines from ordinary massive galaxies at z=1.5. Two sources were observed with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interfero…

astro-ph2007★ 90 cited

SANEPIC: A Map-Making Method for Timestream Data From Large Arrays

G. Patanchon, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock +23

We describe a map-making method which we have developed for the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) experiment, but which should have general application t…

astro-ph2007★ 47 cited

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) 2005: A 4 sq. deg Galactic Plane Survey in Vulpecula (l=59)

E. L. Chapin, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock +24

We present the first results from a new 250, 350, and 500 micron Galactic Plane survey taken with the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) in 2005. This sur…

astro-ph2007★ 31 cited

Far-infrared polarimetry from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

J. E. Vaillancourt, D. T. Chuss, R. M. Crutcher +8

Multi-wavelength imaging polarimetry at far-infrared wavelengths has proven to be an excellent tool for studying the physical properties of dust, molecular clouds, and magnetic fie…

gr-qc2007★ 64 cited

Report on the second Mock LISA Data Challenge

Stanislav Babak, John G. Baker, Matthew J. Benacquista +40

The Mock LISA Data Challenges are a program to demonstrate LISA data-analysis capabilities and to encourage their development. Each round of challenges consists of several data set…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2007★ 27 cited

Characterization of Piezoelectric Materials for Transducers

Stewart Sherrit, Binu K. Mukherjee

Review of techniques for characterizing piezoelectric/electrostrictive material for transducer applications.

astro-ph2007★ 43 cited

Galaxy Cluster Correlation Function to z ~ 1.5 in the IRAC Shallow Cluster Survey

M. Brodwin, A. H. Gonzalez, L. A. Moustakas +4

We present the galaxy cluster autocorrelation function of 277 galaxy cluster candidates with 0.25 \le z \le 1.5 in a 7 deg^2 area of the IRAC Shallow Cluster Survey. We find strong…

astro-ph2007★ 119 cited

Near-Infrared Mapping and Physical Properties of the Dwarf-Planet Ceres

Benoit Carry, Christophe Dumas, Marcello Fulchignoni +5

We study the physical characteristics (shape, dimensions, spin axis direction, albedo maps, mineralogy) of the dwarf-planet Ceres based on high-angular resolution near-infrared obs…

astro-ph2007★ 337 cited

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. VLT/FORS2 Spectroscopy in the GOODS-South Field: Part III

E. Vanzella, S. Cristiani, M. Dickinson +15

Aims. We present the full data set of the spectroscopic campaign of the ESO/GOODS program in the GOODS-South field, obtained with the FORS2 spectrograph at the ESO/VLT. Method. Obj…

gr-qc2007★ 11 cited

Verifying black hole orbits with gravitational spectroscopy

Steve Drasco

Gravitational waves from test masses bound to geodesic orbits of rotating black holes are simulated, using Teukolsky's black hole perturbation formalism, for about ten thousand gen…

astro-ph2007★ 148 cited

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST

E. Pascale, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock +27

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in…

gr-qc2007★ 59 cited

Odyssey: a Solar System Mission

B. Christophe, P. H. Andersen, J. D. Anderson +33

The Solar System Odyssey mission uses modern-day high-precision experimental techniques to test the laws of fundamental physics which determine dynamics in the solar system. It cou…

gr-qc2007★ 58 cited

Multipolar analysis of spinning binaries

E. Berti, V. Cardoso, J. A. Gonzalez +2

We present a preliminary study of the multipolar structure of gravitational radiation from spinning black hole binary mergers. We consider three different spinning binary configura…

gr-qc2007★ 128 cited

Quantum Physics Exploring Gravity in the Outer Solar System: The Sagas Project

P. Wolf, Ch. J. Bordé, A. Clairon +52

We summarise the scientific and technological aspects of the SAGAS (Search for Anomalous Gravitation using Atomic Sensors) project, submitted to ESA in June 2007 in response to the…

gr-qc2007★ 44 cited

Space-based research in fundamental physics and quantum technologies

S. G. Turyshev, U. E. Israelsson, M. Shao +12

Space-based experiments today can uniquely address important questions related to the fundamental laws of Nature. In particular, high-accuracy physics experiments in space can test…

astro-ph2007★ 57 cited

The VSOP 5 GHz Active Galactic Nucleus Survey: V. Imaging Results for the Remaining 140 sources

R. Dodson, E. B. Fomalont, K. Wiik +21

In February 1997, the Japanese radio astronomy satellite HALCA was launched to provide the space-bourne element for the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) mission. Approximate…

astro-ph2007★ 20 cited

SuperNova Acceleration Probe (SNAP): Investigating Photometric Redshift Optimization

Tomas Dahlen, Bahram Mobasher, Stephanie Jouvel +5

The aim of this paper is to investigate ways to optimize the accuracy of photometric redshifts for a SNAP like mission. We focus on how the accuracy of the photometric redshifts de…