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The Luminosity Function of Ultra-Faint Trans-Neptunian Objects Detected by JWST
Marielle R. Eduardo, Anastasia N. Morgan, Wesley C. Fraser +8
We present a definitive discovery of 27 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) using the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). By employing a shift-an…
Combined JWST and HST Deep Imaging to Characterize the Smallest Known Trans-Neptunian Objects
Anastasia N. Morgan, Marielle R. Eduardo, David E. Trilling +9
We present optical-near-infrared (NIR) color measurements for small ( km) Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) using coordinated and nearly simultaneous observations from the Ja…
Removing atmospheric turbulence from ground-based astrometry with fast correlation function measurements
Daniel C. H. Gomes, Gary M. Bernstein, Claire-Alice Hébert
We present a code that removes of the variance in astrometric measurements caused by atmospheric turbulence, by using Gaussian process regression (GPR) to interpolate t…
Dimensional reduction for sampled priors and application to photometric redshift distributions
Gary Bernstein, William Assignies Doumerg, Michael A. Troxel +35
A typical Bayesian inference on the values of some parameters of interest from some data involves running a Markov Chain (MC) to sample from the posterior $p({\bf q},{\…
Determinations of asteroid masses using mutual encounters observed in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time
Gary M. Bernstein, Negin Najafi, Daniel C. H. Gomes
Using published simulations of the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), we forecast its ability to determine the masses of individual main-belt asteroids (MBAs) through…
An Extremely Deep Rubin Survey to Explore the Extended Kuiper Belt and Identify Objects Observable by New Horizons
JJ Kavelaars, Marc W. Buie, Wesley C. Fraser +22
A proposed Vera C. Rubin Observatory Deep Drilling micro-survey of the Kuiper Belt will investigate key properties of the distant solar system. Utilizing 30 hours of Rubin time acr…
Brownian motion of main-belt asteroids on human timescales
Gary M. Bernstein
The explosion of high-precision astrometric data on main-belt asteroids (MBAs) enables new inferences on gravitational and non-gravitational forces present in this region. We estim…
An automated occultation network for gravitational mapping of the trans-neptunian solar system
Daniel C. H. Gomes, Gary M. Bernstein
We explore the potential of an array of O(100) small fixed telescopes, aligned along a meridian and automated to measure millions of occultations of Gaia stars by minor planets, to…
SPT Clusters with DES and HST Weak Lensing. II. Cosmological Constraints from the Abundance of Massive Halos
S. Bocquet, S. Grandis, L. E. Bleem +193
We present cosmological constraints from the abundance of galaxy clusters selected via the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in South Pole Telescope (SPT) data with a simultan…
Probability of magnification in the clusters
J. Vega-Ferrero, J. M. Diego, G. M. Bernstein
We present free-form gravitational lensing models derived with the WSLAP+ code for the six clusters using the latest data available from the $\tex…
The Hubble constant from SN Refsdal
J. Vega-Ferrero, J. M. Diego, V. Miranda +1
Hubble Space Telescope observations from December 11 2015 detected the expected fifth counter image of SN Refsdal at . In this letter, we compare the time delay predictio…
The Dark Energy Survey Image Processing Pipeline
E. Morganson, R. A. Gruendl, F. Menanteau +40
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a five-year optical imaging campaign with the goal of understanding the origin of cosmic acceleration. DES performs a 5000 square degree survey of t…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Calibration of redMaGiC Redshift Distributions in DES and SDSS from Cross-Correlations
R. Cawthon, C. Davis, M. Gatti +88
We present calibrations of the redshift distributions of redMaGiC galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 (DES Y1) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR8 data. These results det…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: A Precise H0 Measurement from DES Y1, BAO, and D/H Data
DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, F. B. Abdalla +88
We combine Dark Energy Survey Year 1 clustering and weak lensing data with Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) experiments to constrain the Hubble…
Photometric characterization of the Dark Energy Camera
G. M. Bernstein, T. M. C. Abbott, R. Armstrong +9
We characterize the variation in photometric response of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) across its 520~Mpix science array during 4 years of operation. These variations are measured…
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Weak Lensing Shape Catalogues
J. Zuntz, E. Sheldon, S. Samuroff +104
We present two galaxy shape catalogues from the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data set, covering 1500 square degrees with a median redshift of . The catalogues cover two main fie…
Instrumental response model and detrending for the Dark Energy Camera
G. M. Bernstein, T. M. C. Abbott, S. Desai +11
We describe the model for the mapping from sky brightness to the digital output of the Dark Energy Camera, and the algorithms adopted by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) for inverting…
Astrometric calibration and performance of the Dark Energy Camera
G. M. Bernstein, R. Armstrong, A. A. Plazas +53
We characterize the ability of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) to perform relative astrometry across its 500~Mpix, 3 deg^2 science field of view, and across 4 years of operation. Th…
Discovery and Physical Characterization of a Large Scattered Disk Object at 92 AU
David Gerdes, Masao Sako, Stephanie Hamilton +65
We report the observation and physical characterization of the possible dwarf planet \UZ\ ("DeeDee"), a dynamically detached trans-Neptunian object discovered at 92 AU. This object…
Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation in Recently Discovered Milky Way Satellites with Fermi-LAT
The Fermi-LAT, DES Collaborations, A. Albert +70
We search for excess gamma-ray emission coincident with the positions of confirmed and candidate Milky Way satellite galaxies using 6 years of data from the Fermi Large Area Telesc…
Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey
The DES Collaboration, A. Drlica-Wagner, K. Bechtol +74
We report the discovery of eight new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy candidates in the second year of optical imaging data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Six of these candidates are d…
The Difference Imaging Pipeline for the Transient Search in the Dark Energy Survey
R. Kessler, J. Marriner, M. Childress +60
We describe the difference imaging pipeline (DiffImg) used to detect transients in deep images from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program (DES-SN) in its first observing season…
Stellar Kinematics and Metallicities in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II
J. D. Simon, A. Drlica-Wagner, T. S. Li +69
We present Magellan/M2FS, VLT/GIRAFFE, and Gemini South/GMOS spectroscopy of the newly discovered Milky Way satellite Reticulum II. Based on the spectra of 25 Ret II member stars s…
Search for Gamma-Ray Emission from DES Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Candidates with Fermi-LAT Data
LAT Collaboration, The DES Collaboration, A. Drlica-Wagner +123
Due to their proximity, high dark-matter content, and apparent absence of non-thermal processes, Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for the…