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The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. Abazajian

This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as SDS…

astro-ph2008★ 67 cited

Multi-Tev Gamma-Ray Observation from the Crab Nebula Using the Tibet-III Air Shower Array Finely Tuned by the Cosmic-Ray Moon's Shadow

M. Amenomori

The Tibet-III air shower array, consisting of 533 scintillation detectors, has been operating successfully at Yangbajing in Tibet, China since 1999. Using the dataset collected by…

astro-ph2008★ 71 cited

Dynamical Study of A1689 from Wide-Field VLT/VIMOS Spectroscopy: Mass Profile, Concentration Parameter, and Velocity Anisotropy

Doron Lemze, Tom Broadhurst, Yoel Rephaeli +2

We examine the dynamics structure of the rich cluster A1689, combining VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy with Subaru/Suprime-Cam imaging. The radial velocity distribution of cluste…

astro-ph2008★ 79 cited

Core-Collapse Astrophysics with a Five-Megaton Neutrino Detector

Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, Shin'ichiro Ando +2

The legacy of solar neutrinos suggests that large neutrino detectors should be sited underground. However, to instead go underwater bypasses the need to move mountains, allowing mu…

astro-ph2008★ 69 cited

A General Analysis of Non-Gaussianity from Isocurvature Perturbations

Masahiro Kawasaki, Kazunori Nakayama, Toyokazu Sekiguchi +2

Light scalars may be ubiquitous in nature, and their quantum fluctuations can produce large non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropy. The non-Gauss…

astro-ph2008★ 4 cited

Recent Topics on Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy

Masaki Mori

With the advent of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in late 1980's, ground-based observation of TeV gamma-rays came into reality after struggling trials by pioneers for twe…