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most citedFirst-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

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27 papers

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

The [OIII] profiles of far-infrared active and non-active optically-selected green valley galaxies

Antoine Mahoro, Petri Väisänen, Mirjana Pović +8

We present a study of the line profile in a sub-sample of 8 active galactic nuclei (AGN) and 6 non-AGN in the optically-selected green valley at $\rm{z\,<\,0.5…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 16 cited

Resolving the blazar CGRaBS J0809+5341 in the presence of telescope systematics

Iniyan Natarajan, Zsolt Paragi, Jonathan Zwart +3

We analyse Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of the blazar CGRaBS J0809+5341 using Bayesian inference methods. The observation was carried out at 5 GHz using 8…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 62 cited

Morphology parameters: substructure identification in X-ray galaxy clusters

Viral Parekh, Kurt van der Heyden, Chiara Ferrari +2

In recent years multi-wavelength observations have shown the presence of substructures related to merging events in a high fraction of galaxy clusters. Clusters can be roughly grou…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 13 cited

Ram pressure statistics for bent tail radio galaxies

Zolile Mguda, Andreas Faltenbacher, Kurt van der Heyden +4

In this paper we use the MareNostrum Universe Simulation, a large scale, hydrodynamic, non-radiative simulation in combination with a simple abundance matching approach to determin…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 9 cited

Modified Baryonic Dynamics: two-component cosmological simulations with light sterile neutrinos

Garry W. Angus, Antonaldo Diaferio, Benoit Famaey +1

In this article we continue to test cosmological models centred on Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) with light sterile neutrinos, which could in principle be a way to solve the f…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 24 cited

N-body simulations of the Carina dSph in MOND

Garry W. Angus, Gianfranco Gentile, Antonaldo Diaferio +2

The classical dwarf spheroidals (dSphs) provide a critical test for Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) because they are observable satellite galactic systems with low internal acce…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 3 cited

A JVLA 10~degree^2 deep survey

Matt J. Jarvis, Sanjay Bhatnagar, Marcus Bruggen +10

(Abridged)One of the fundamental challenges for astrophysics in the 21st century is finding a way to untangle the physical processes that govern galaxy formation and evolution. Giv…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 47 cited

Cosmological simulations in MOND: the cluster scale halo mass function with light sterile neutrinos

Garry W. Angus, Antonaldo Diaferio, Benoit Famaey +1

We use our Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) cosmological particle-mesh N-body code to investigate the feasibility of structure formation in a framework involving MOND and light s…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 101 cited

Radio Continuum Surveys with Square Kilometre Array Pathfinders

Ray P. Norris, J. Afonso, D. Bacon +48

In the lead-up to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, several next-generation radio telescopes and upgrades are already being built around the world. These include APERTIF (T…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 19 cited

CC Sculptoris: A superhumping intermediate polar

P. A. Woudt, B. Warner, A. Gulbis +8

We present high speed optical, spectroscopic and Swift X-ray observations made during the dwarf nova superoutburst of CC Scl in November 2011. An orbital period of 1.383 h and supe…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 47 cited

A QUMOND galactic N-body code I: Poisson solver and rotation curve fitting

Garry W. Angus, Kurt van der Heyden, Benoit Famaey +3

Here we present a new particle-mesh galactic N-body code that uses the full multigrid algorithm for solving the modified Poisson equation of the Quasi Linear formulation of Modifie…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 41 cited

Quantified HI Morphology III: Merger Visibility Times from HI in Galaxy Simulations

B. W. Holwerda, N. Pirzkal, T. J. Cox +5

Major mergers of disk galaxies are thought to be a substantial driver in galaxy evolution. To trace the fraction and the rate galaxies are in mergers over cosmic times, several obs…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 24 cited

Quantified HI Morphology IV: The Merger Fraction and Rate in WHISP

B. W. Holwerda, N. Pirzkal, W. J. G. de Blok +3

The morphology of the atomic hydrogen (HI) disk of a spiral galaxy is the first component to be disturbed by a gravitational interaction such as a merger between two galaxies. We u…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 26 cited

Quantified HI Morphology II : Lopsidedness and Interaction in WHISP Column Density Maps

B. W. Holwerda, N. Pirzkal, W. J. G. de Blok +4

Lopsidedness of the gaseous disk of spiral galaxies is a common phenomenon in disk morphology, profile and kinematics. Simultaneously, the asymmetry of a galaxy's stellar disk, in…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 36 cited

Quantified HI Morphology I: Multi-Wavelengths Analysis of the THINGS Galaxies

B. W. Holwerda, N. Pirzkal, W. J. G. de Blok +4

Galaxy evolution is driven to a large extent by interactions and mergers with other galaxies and the gas in galaxies is extremely sensitive to the interactions. One method to measu…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 3 cited

The Herschel-SPIRE Legacy Survey (HSLS): the scientific goals of a shallow and wide submillimeter imaging survey with SPIRE

Asantha Cooray, Steve Eales, Scott Chapman +247

A large sub-mm survey with Herschel will enable many exciting science opportunities, especially in an era of wide-field optical and radio surveys and high resolution cosmic microwa…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 28 cited

Luminous Red Galaxies in Simulations: Cosmic Chronometers?

S. M. Crawford, A. L. Ratsimbazafy, C. M. Cress +3

There have been a number of attempts to measure the expansion rate of the universe at high redshift using Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) as "chronometers". The method generally assum…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 129 cited

First-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) supernova results: consistency and constraints with other intermediate-redshift datasets

H. Lampeitl, R. C. Nichol, H. -J. Seo +28

We present an analysis of the luminosity distances of Type Ia Supernovae from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Survey in conjunction with other intermediate reds…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 198 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II: Photometry and Supernova Ia Light Curves from the 2005 data

Jon A. Holtzman, John Marriner, Richard Kessler +29

We present ugriz light curves for 146 spectroscopically confirmed or spectroscopically probable Type Ia supernovae from the 2005 season of the SDSS-II Supernova survey. The light c…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 696 cited

First-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

Richard Kessler, Andrew Becker, David Cinabro +43

We present measurements of the Hubble diagram for 103 Type Ia supernovae (SNe) with redshifts 0.04 < z < 0.42, discovered during the first season (Fall 2005) of the Sloan Digital S…

astro-ph2008★ 128 cited

A Measurement of the Rate of type-Ia Supernovae at Redshift 0.1 from the First Season of the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

Benjamin Dilday, R. Kessler, J. A. Frieman +50

We present a measurement of the rate of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the first of three seasons of data from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey. For this measurement, we include 17 S…

astro-ph2006★ 131 cited

The X-ray synchrotron emission of RCW 86 and the implications for its age

Jacco Vink, Johan Bleeker, Kurt van der Heyden +3

We report here X-ray imaging spectroscopy observations of the northeastern shell of the supernova remnant RCW 86 with Chandra and XMM-Newton. Along this part of the shell the domin…

astro-ph2002★ 4 cited

High-Resolution X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of SNR N103B

K. J. van der Heyden, E. Behar, J. Vink +5

The X-ray emission from the young supernova remnant (SNR) N103B is measured and analysed using the high-resolution cameras and spectrometers on board XMMM and CHANDRA. The spectrum…

astro-ph2001★ 162 cited

X-ray spectral imaging and Doppler mapping of Cassiopeia A

R. Willingale, J. A. M. Bleeker, K. J. van der Heyden +2

A detailed X-ray spectral analysis of Cas A using a deep exposure from the EPIC-MOS cameras on-board XMM-Newton is presented. Spectral fitting was performed on a 15x15 grid of 20"x…