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astro-ph2004★ 649 cited

An Infrared Spectroscopic Sequence of M, L and T Dwarfs

Michael C. Cushing, John T. Rayner, William D. Vacca

We present a 0.6-4.1 micron spectroscopic sequence of M, L, and T dwarfs. The spectra have R~2000 from 0.9 to 2.4 microns and R=2500-200 from 2.9 to 4.1 microns. These new data nea…

astro-ph2004★ 46 cited

STIS ultraviolet/optical spectroscopy of `warm' ultraluminous infrared galaxies

D. Farrah, J. A. Surace, S. Veilleux +2

(Abridged) We present high spatial resolution ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy, obtained using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope, of…

astro-ph2004★ 31 cited

Large Scale Clustering of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars: Impact of the Baryon Density and the Cosmological Constant

Kazuhiro Yahata, Yasushi Suto, Issha Kayo +13

We report the first result of the clustering analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars. We compute the two-point correlation function (2PCF) of SDSS quasars in redshift s…

astro-ph2004★ 27 cited

Tracing the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium in the local Universe

M. Viel, E. Branchini, R. Cen +4

We present a simple method for tracing the spatial distribution and predicting the physical properties of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM), from the map of galaxy light in…

astro-ph2004★ 20 cited

An S-shaped outflow from IRAS 03256+3055 in NGC 1333

Klaus W. Hodapp, John Bally, Jochen Eisloeffel +1

The IRAS source 03256+3055 in the NGC 1333 star forming region is associated with extended sub-millimeter emission of complex morphology, showing multiple clumps. One of these is f…

astro-ph2004★ 14 cited

3-D Kinematics of the HH 110 jet

Rosario Lopez, Robert Estalella, Alejandro C. Raga +3

We present new results on the kinematics of the jet HH 110. New proper motion measurements have been calculated from [SII] CCD images obtained with a time baseline of nearly fiftee…

astro-ph2004★ 86 cited

Fe K emission in the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp220

K. Iwasawa, D. B. Sanders, A. S. Evans +3

Prominent Fe K line emission is detected at around 6.7 keV in the XMM-Newton spectrum of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp220. The continuum emission in the 2.5-10 keV band is…

astro-ph2004★ 4 cited

Planet-sized Detectors for Ultra-high Energy Neutrinos & Cosmic Rays

Peter W. Gorham

Extragalactic astronomy with photons ends at ~0.1 PeV, but we know there are astrophysical sources for seven more decades of energy beyond this. To probe the highest energy sources…

astro-ph2004★ 54 cited

Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Least Massive Known Brown Dwarf in Chamaeleon

K. L. Luhman, Dawn E. Peterson, S. T. Megeath

We present spectroscopy of two candidate substellar members of the Chamaeleon I star-forming region. The candidates, which were identified photometrically by Oasa, Tamura, & Sugita…

astro-ph2004★ 68 cited

Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First Two Years

T. Matheson, S. Blondin, R. J. Foley +28

We present the results of spectroscopic observations of targets discovered during the first two years of the ESSENCE project. The goal of ESSENCE is to use a sample of ~200 Type Ia…

astro-ph2004★ 25 cited

Variable stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822: the photometric catalogue

L. Baldacci, L. Rizzi, G. Clementini +1

Deep B,V time-series photometry obtained with the ESO Very Large Telescope has been used to identify variable stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. We surveyed a 6.8x6.8 ar…

astro-ph2004★ 9 cited

A New Cataclysmic Variable in Hercules

A. Price, B. Gary, J. Bedient +30

We present time-series observations, spectra and archival outburst data of a newly-discovered variable star in Hercules, Var Her 04. Its orbital period, mass ratio, and outburst am…

astro-ph2004★ 42 cited

Submillimeter Array Observations of Disks in the SR 24 Multiple Star System

Sean M. Andrews, Jonathan P. Williams

We present high-resolution aperture synthesis images from the Submillimeter Array of the 225 GHz (1.3 mm) continuum and CO J=2-1 line emission from the disks around components of t…

astro-ph2004★ 168 cited

The DEEP Groth Strip Galaxy Redshift Survey. III. Redshift Catalog and Properties of Galaxies

Benjamin J. Weiner, Andrew C. Phillips, S. M. Faber +16

The Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe (DEEP) is a series of spectroscopic surveys of faint galaxies, targeted at the properties and clustering of galaxies at redshifts z ~ 1. W…

astro-ph2004★ 35 cited

Carbon Stars and other Luminous Stellar Populations in M33

J. F. Rowe, H. B. Richer, J. P. Brewer +1

The M33 galaxy is a nearby, relatively metal-poor, late-type spiral. Its proximity and almost face-on inclination means that it projects over a large area on the sky, making it an…

astro-ph2004★ 382 cited

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey I: The Survey and Cluster Catalogs for Patches RCS0926+37 and RCS1327+29

Michael D. Gladders, Howard K. C. Yee

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) is a 100 square degree, two-filter imaging survey in the and filters, designed primarily to locate and characterise galaxy cl…

astro-ph2004★ 65 cited

Radial Alignment of Cluster Galaxies

M. J. Pereira, J. R. Kuhn

We report the discovery of a statistically significant radial alignment of cluster galaxies in a sample of 85 X-ray selected clusters observed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The…

astro-ph2004★ 56 cited

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data

M. Tristram, G. Patanchon, J. F. Macias-Perez +47

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops…

astro-ph2004★ 12 cited

The Zeeman-sensitive emission lines of Mg I at 12 micron in Procyon

Nils Ryde, Andreas Korn, Matthew Richter +1

Emission-lines of magnesium at 12 microns have been observed in the spectrum of Procyon. We reproduce the observed, disk-averaged line flux from Procyon (as well as the observed in…

astro-ph2004★ 74 cited

Observations of Massive Star Forming Regions with Water Masers: Mid-Infrared Imaging

J. M. De Buizer, J. T. Radomski, C. M. Telesco +1

We present here a mid-infrared imaging survey of 26 sites of water maser emission. Observations were obtained at the InfraRed Telescope Facility 3-m telescope with the University o…

astro-ph2004★ 203 cited

Near-arcsecond resolution observations of the hot corino of the solar type protostar IRAS 16293-2422

Sandrine Bottinelli, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Roberto Neri +6

Complex organic molecules have previously been discovered in solar type protostars, raising the questions of where and how they form in the envelope. Possible formation mechanisms…

astro-ph2004★ 38 cited

The OH (1720 MHz) Supernova Remnant Masers in W28: MERLIN and VLBA Polarization Observations

Ian M. Hoffman, W. M. Goss, C. L. Brogan +1

Full-polarization MERLIN and VLBA observations of the 1720 MHz maser emission from the OH molecule in the supernova remnant W28 are presented. Zeeman splitting (|B| \approx 0.75 mG…

astro-ph2004★ 432 cited

The Cosmic Evolution of Hard X-ray Selected Active Galactic Nuclei

A. J. Barger, L. L. Cowie, R. F. Mushotzky +4

We use highly spectroscopically complete deep and wide-area Chandra surveys to determine the cosmic evolution of hard X-ray-selected AGNs. We determine hard X-ray luminosity functi…

astro-ph2004★ 38 cited

Bipolar Symbiotic Planetary Nebulae in the Thermal-IR: M2-9, Mz3, and He2-104

Nathan Smith, Robert D. Gehrz

We present thermal-IR images of three extreme bipolar objects, M2-9, Mz3, and He2-104. They are bipolar planetary nebulae with bright central stars and are thought to be powered by…