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most citedThe Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph2008★ 37 cited

R Coronae Borealis stars in the Galactic Bulge discovered by EROS-2

P. Tisserand, J. B. Marquette, P. R. Wood +33

Rare types of variable star may give unique insight into short-lived stages of stellar evolution. The systematic monitoring of millions of stars and advanced light curve analysis t…

astro-ph2007★ 145 cited

Taking the Measure of the Universe: Precision Astrometry with SIM PlanetQuest

Stephen C. Unwin, Michael Shao, Angelle M. Tanner +33

Precision astrometry at microarcsecond accuracy has application to a wide range of astrophysical problems. This paper is a study of the science questions that can be addressed usin…

astro-ph2005★ 26 cited

The possibility of detecting planets in the Andromeda Galaxy

S. -J. Chung, D. Kim, The Angstrom Collaboration +9

The Angstrom Project is using a global network of 2m-class telescopes to conduct a high cadence pixel microlensing survey of the bulge of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), with the prima…

astro-ph2003★ 7 cited

Theory of pixel lensing towards M31 -- II. The velocity anisotropy and flattening of the MACHO distribution

AGAPE Collaboration, E. Kerins, J. An +11

The POINT-AGAPE collaboration is currently searching for massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) towards the Andromeda galaxy (M31). The survey aims to exploit the high inclination o…

astro-ph2003★ 89 cited

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations

C. Afonso, J. -N. Albert, C. Alard +7

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 de…

astro-ph2003★ 3 cited

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data

EROS Collaboration

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stell…