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astro-ph.IM2011★ 20 cited

The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER): The Low Resolution Spectrometer

K. Tsumura, T. Arai, J. Battle +20

Absolute spectrophotometric measurements of diffuse radiation at 1 μm to 2 μm are crucial to our understanding of the radiative content of the Universe from nucleosynthesis since t…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 39 cited

Powellsnakes II: a fast Bayesian approach to discrete object detection in multi-frequency astronomical data sets

Pedro Carvalho, Graça Rocha, M. P. Hobson +1

Powellsnakes is a Bayesian algorithm for detecting compact objects embedded in a diffuse background, and was selected and successfully employed by the Planck consortium in the prod…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 187 cited

Two Earth-sized planets orbiting Kepler-20

Francois Fressin, Guillermo Torres, Jason F. Rowe +33

Since the discovery of the first extrasolar giant planets around Sun-like stars, evolving observational capabilities have brought us closer to the detection of true Earth analogues…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 33 cited

WISE/NEOWISE observations of Active Bodies in the Main Belt

James M. Bauer, A. K. Mainzer, Tommy Grav +22

We report results based on mid-infrared photometry of 5 active main belt objects (AMBOs) detected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. Four of these bodies…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 116 cited

EChO - Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory

G. Tinetti, J. P. Beaulieu, T. Henning +131

A dedicated mission to investigate exoplanetary atmospheres represents a major milestone in our quest to understand our place in the universe by placing our Solar System in context…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 64 cited

The Impact of Recent Advances in Laboratory Astrophysics on our Understanding of the Cosmos

D. W. Savin, N. S. Brickhouse, J. J. Cowan +11

An emerging theme in modern astrophysics is the connection between astronomical observations and the underlying physical phenomena that drive our cosmos. Both the mechanisms respon…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 126 cited

Kepler-21b: A 1.6REarth Planet Transiting the Bright Oscillating F Subgiant Star HD 179070

Steve B. Howell, Jason F. Rowe, Stephen T. Bryson +63

We present Kepler observations of the bright (V=8.3), oscillating star HD 179070. The observations show transit-like events which reveal that the star is orbited every 2.8 days by…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 192 cited

Prospects for Probing the Spacetime of Sgr A* with Pulsars

K. Liu, N. Wex, M. Kramer +2

The discovery of radio pulsars in compact orbits around Sgr A* would allow an unprecedented and detailed investigation of the spacetime of the supermassive black hole. This paper s…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 92 cited

Baryon Content of Massive Galaxy Clusters at z=0-0.6

Yen-Ting Lin, S. Adam Stanford, Peter R. M. Eisenhardt +3

We study the relationship between two major baryonic components in galaxy clusters, namely the stars in galaxies, and the ionized gas in the intracluster medium (ICM), using 94 clu…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 245 cited

Kepler-22b: A 2.4 Earth-radius Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Sun-like Star

William J. Borucki, David G. Koch, Natalie Batalha +80

A search of the time-series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 da…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 38 cited

The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER): A Sounding Rocket Payload to Study the Near Infrared Extragalactic Background Light

M. Zemcov, T. Arai, J. Battle +16

The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) is a suite of four instruments designed to study the near infrared (IR) background light from above the Earth's atmosphere. The in…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 30 cited

Foreground Analysis Using Cross-Correlations of External Templates on the 7-year WMAP data

Tuhin Ghosh, A. J. Banday, Tess Jaffe +4

WMAP data when combined with ancillary data on free-free, synchrotron and dust allow an improved understanding of the spectrum of emission from each of these components. Here we ex…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 115 cited

Evidence for Environmental Changes in the Submillimeter Dust Opacity

Peter G. Martin, Arabindo Roy, Sylvain Bontemps +25

The submillimeter opacity of dust in the diffuse Galactic interstellar medium (ISM) has been quantified using a pixel-by-pixel correlation of images of continuum emission with a pr…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 35 cited

The shapes of Milky Way satellites: looking for signatures of tidal stirring

Ewa L. Lokas, Steven R. Majewski, Stelios Kazantzidis +4

We study the shapes of Milky Way satellites in the context of the tidal stirring scenario for the formation of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The standard procedures used to measure sh…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 49 cited

Variable Accretion Rates and Fluffy First Stars

Rowan J. Smith, Takashi Hosokawa, Kazuyuki Omukai +2

We combine the output of hydrodynamical simulations of Population III star cluster formation with stellar evolution models, and calculate the evolution of protostars experiencing v…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 22 cited

Spectroscopic parameters for silacyclopropynylidene, SiC, from extensive astronomical observations toward CW Leo (IRC +10216) with the Herschel satellite

H. S. P. Müller, J. Cernicharo, M. Agúndez +5

A molecular line survey has been carried out toward the carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch star CW Leo employing the HIFI instrument on board of the Herschel satellite. Numerous f…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 35 cited

Very High Angular Resolution Science with the Square Kilometre Array

L. E. H. Godfrey, H. Bignall, S. Tingay +7

Preliminary specifications for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) call for 25% of the total collecting area of the dish array to be located at distances greater than 180 km from the…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 85 cited

Application of a damped Locally Optimized Combination of Images method to the spectral characterization of faint companions using an Integral Field Spectrograph

Laurent Pueyo, Justin R. Crepp, Gautam Vasisht +14

High-contrast imaging instruments are now being equipped with integral field spectrographs (IFS) to facilitate the detection and characterization of faint substellar companions. Al…

cond-mat.mes-hall2011★ 1 cited

New tools for the direct characterisation of FinFETs

G. C. Tettamanzi, A. Paul, S. Lee +2

This paper discusses how classical transport theories such as the thermionic emission, can be used as a powerful tool for the study and the understanding of the most complex mechan…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 44 cited

Coronal heating in coupled photosphere-chromosphere-coronal systems: turbulence and leakage

Andrea Verdini, Roland Grappin, Marco Velli

Coronal loops act as resonant cavities for low frequency fluctuations that are transmitted from the deeper layers of the solar atmosphere and are amplified in the corona, triggerin…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 150 cited

Optimal Dark Hole Generation via Two Deformable Mirrors with Stroke Minimization

Laurent Pueyo, Jason Kay, N. Jeremy Kasdin +4

The past decade has seen a significant growth in research targeted at space based observatories for imaging exo-solar planets. The challenge is in designing an imaging system for h…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 16 cited

First Keck Nulling Observations of a Young Stellar Object: Probing the Circumstellar Environment of the Herbig Ae star MWC 325

S. Ragland, K. Ohnaka, L. Hillenbrand +8

We present the first N-band nulling plus K- and L-band V2 observations of a young stellar object, MWC325, taken with the 85 m baseline Keck Interferometer. The Keck nuller was desi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2011

Dopant metrology in advanced FinFETs

G. P. Lansbergen, R. Rahman, G. C. Tettamanzi +4

Ultra-scaled FinFET transistors bear unique fingerprint-like device-to-device differences attributed to random single impurities. This paper describes how, through correlation of e…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 74 cited

A Detection of Weak Lensing Magnification using Galaxy Sizes and Magnitudes

Fabian Schmidt, Alexie Leauthaud, Richard Massey +5

Weak lensing is commonly measured using shear through galaxy ellipticities, or using the effect of magnification bias on galaxy number densities. Here, we report on the first detec…