3 papers
astro-ph2004
Chandra X-ray Observations of Newly Discovered, z ~ 1 Clusters from the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey
Amalia Hicks, Erica Ellingson, Mark Bautz +3
Observational studies of cluster evolution over moderate redshift ranges (to z ~ 1) are a powerful tool for constraining cosmological parameters, yet a comprehensive knowledge of t…
astro-ph2003
EXPLORE/OC: A Search for Planetary Transits in the Field of NGC 2660
Kaspar von Braun, Brian Lee, Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas +3
We present preliminary photometric results of a monitoring study of the open cluster NGC 2660 as part of the EXPLORE/OC project to find planetary transits in Galactic open clusters…
astro-ph2003
Properties of galaxy dark matter halos from weak lensing
Henk Hoekstra, Howard K. C. Yee, Michael D. Gladders
We present the results of a study of the average mass profile around galaxies using weak gravitational lensing. We use 45.5 deg^2 of R_C band imaging data from the Red-Sequence Clu…