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astro-ph.GA2010★ 10 cited

The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey VI: The distribution of gas and star formation in M81

J. R. Sánchez-Gallego, J. H. Knapen, J. S. Heiner +12

We present a first complete 12 CO J=3-2 map of M81, observed as part of the Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey being carried out at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. We detect 9 region…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 11 cited

A Pilot Study for the SCUBA-2 'All-Sky' Survey

Todd Mackenzie, Filiberto G. Braglia, Andy G. Gibb +30

We have carried out a pilot study for the SCUBA-2 'All-Sky' Survey, SASSy, a wide and shallow mapping project at 850 microns, designed to find rare objects, both Galactic and extra…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 64 cited

Tracing kinematical and physical asymmetries in the jet from DG Tau B

Linda Podio, Jochen Eisloeffel, Stanislav Melnikov +2

Stellar jets can be highly asymmetric and have multiple velocity components. To clarify the origin of jet asymmetries and constrain their launch mechanism we study the physical and…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 77 cited

UWISH2 -- The UKIRT Widefield Infrared Survey for H2

D., Froebrich, C. J. +56

We present the goals and preliminary results of an unbiased, near-infrared, narrow-band imaging survey of the First Galactic Quadrant (10deg<l<65deg ; -1.3deg<b<+1.3deg). This area…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 17 cited

Searching for Jet Rotation in Class 0/I Sources observed with GEMINI/GNIRS

Deirdre Coffey, Francesca Bacciotti, Antonio Chrysostomou +2

In recent years, there has been a number of detections of gradients in the radial velocity profile across jets from young stars. The significance of these results is considerable.…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 12 cited

Whole Earth Telescope Observations of the subdwarf B star KPD 1930+2752: A rich, short period pulsator in a close binary

M. D. Reed, S. L. Harms, S. Poindexter +58

KPD 1930+2752 is a short-period pulsating subdwarf B (sdB) star. It is also an ellipsoidal variable with a known binary period just over two hours. The companion is most likely a w…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 123 cited

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey IV: 1.1 and 0.35 mm Dust Continuum Emission in the Galactic Center Region

John Bally, James Aguirre, Cara Battersby +17

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) data for a six square degree region of the Galactic plane containing the Galactic center is analyzed and compared to infrared and radio con…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 292 cited

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey: Survey Description and Data Reduction

James E. Aguirre, Adam G. Ginsburg, Miranda K. Dunham +13

We present the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS), a 1.1 mm continuum survey at 33" effective resolution of 170 square degrees of the Galactic Plane visible from the northern hem…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 80 cited

Near-Infrared Multi-Band Photometry of the Substellar Companion GJ 758 B

M. Janson, J. Carson, C. Thalmann +46

GJ 758 B is a cold (~600K) companion to a Sun-like star at 29 AU projected separation, which was recently detected with high-contrast imaging. Here we present photometry of the com…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 42 cited

Identification of the Lithium Depletion Boundary and Age of the Southern Open Cluster Blanco 1

P. A. Cargile, D. J. James, R. D. Jeffries

We present results from a spectroscopic study of the very low mass members of the Southern open cluster Blanco 1 using the Gemini-N telescope. We obtained intermediate resolution (…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 58 cited

A Chandra Observation of the Obscured Star-Forming Complex W40

Michael A. Kuhn, Konstantin V. Getman, Eric D. Feigelson +3

The young stellar cluster illuminating the W40 H II region, one of the nearest massive star forming regions, has been observed with the ACIS detector on board the Chandra X-ray Obs…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 28 cited

The Star Formation History of Isolated Dwarf UGC4879

Bradley A. Jacobs, R. Brent Tully, Luca Rizzi +3

Recent observations of UGC4879 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope confirm that it is a nearby isolated dwarf irregular galaxy. We measure a distance…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 50 cited

The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey IV. Velocity Dispersions in the Molecular Interstellar Medium in Spiral Galaxies

C. D. Wilson, B. E. Warren, J. Irwin +21

An analysis of large-area CO J=3-2 maps from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope for 12 nearby spiral galaxies reveals low velocity dispersions in the molecular component of the inte…

math.OA2010★ 13 cited

Classifying -algebras with both finite and infinite subquotients

Soren Eilers, Gunnar Restorff, Efren Ruiz

We give a classification result for a certain class of -algebras over a finite topological space in which there exists an open set of such that $U…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 23 cited

The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey V: The CO(J=3-2) Distribution and Molecular Outflow in NGC~4631

Judith A. Irwin, C. D. Wilson, T. Wiegert +10

We have made the first map of CO(J=3-2) emission covering the disk of the edge-on galaxy, NGC~4631, which is known for its spectacular gaseous halo. The strongest emission, which w…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 246 cited

Metallicity Gradients and Gas Flows in Galaxy Pairs

Lisa J. Kewley, David Rupke, H. Jabran Zahid +2

We present the first systematic investigation into the metallicity gradients in galaxy close pairs. We determine the metallicity gradients for 8 galaxies in close pairs using HII r…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 77 cited

A Large Number of z > 6 Galaxies around a QSO at z = 6.43: Evidence for a Protocluster?

Yousuke Utsumi, Tomotsugu Goto, Nobunari Kashikawa +4

QSOs have been thought to be important for tracing highly biased regions in the early universe, from which the present-day massive galaxies and galaxy clusters formed. While overde…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 149 cited

The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: Discovery of a Close Substellar Companion to the Young Debris Disk Star PZ Tel

Beth A. Biller, Michael C. Liu, Zahed Wahhaj +24

We report the discovery of a tight substellar companion to the young solar analog PZ Tel, a member of the Beta Pictoris moving group observed with high contrast adaptive optics ima…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 135 cited

Imaging of a Transitional Disk Gap in Reflected Light: Indications of Planet Formation Around the Young Solar Analog LkCa 15

C. Thalmann, C. A. Grady, M. Goto +47

We present H- and Ks-band imaging data resolving the gap in the transitional disk around LkCa 15, revealing the surrounding nebulosity. We detect sharp elliptical contours delimiti…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 3 cited

Curvature sensors: noise and its propagation

Aglae Kellerer

The signal measured with a curvature sensor is here analyzed. In the outset, we derive the required minimum number of sensing elements at the pupil edges, in dependence on the tota…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 50 cited

The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: a first look at Serpens with HARP

S. F. Graves, J. S. Richer, J. V. Buckle +32

The Gould Belt Legacy Survey (GBS) on the JCMT has observed a region of 260 square arcminutes in 12CO J=3--2 emission, and a 190 square arcminute subset of this in 13CO and C18O to…

astro-ph.EP2010★ 76 cited

First results of Herschel/PACS observations of Neptune

E. Lellouch, P. Hartogh, H. Feuchtgruber +51

We report on the initial analysis of a Herschel/PACS full range spectrum of Neptune, covering the 51-220 micrometer range with a mean resolving power of ~ 3000, and complemented by…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 66 cited

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey -- III. Characterizing Physical Properties of Massive Star-Forming Regions in the Gemini OB1 Molecular Cloud

Miranda K. Dunham, Erik Rosolowsky, Neal J. Evans +16

We present the 1.1 millimeter Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) observations of the Gemini OB1 molecular cloud complex, and targeted ammonia observations of the BGPS sources. Wh…

astro-ph.EP2010★ 10 cited

The Herschel-SPIRE submillimetre spectrum of Mars

B. M. Swinyard, P. Hartogh, S. Sidher +44

We have obtained the first continuous disk averaged spectrum of Mars from 450 to 1550 Ghz using the Herschel-SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer. The spectrum was obtained at a co…