Current Status of the Facility Instrumentation Suite at The Large Binocular...
We review the current status of the facility instrumentation for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The LBT has 2x 8.4m primary mirrors on a single mount with an effective collecting area of 11.8m or...
View ArticleKinetics and mechanisms of the acid-base reaction between NH$_3$ and HCOOH in...
Interstellar complex organic molecules (COMs) are commonly observed during star formation, and are proposed to form through radical chemistry in icy grain mantles. Reactions between ions and neutral...
View ArticleSolar neutrino detection in a large volume double-phase liquid argon...
Precision measurements of solar neutrinos emitted by specific nuclear reaction chains in the Sun are of great interest for developing an improved understanding of star formation and evolution. Given...
View ArticleA balance for Dark Matter bound states [Cross-Listing]
Massive particles with self interactions of the order of 0.2 barn/GeV are intriguing Dark Matter candidates from an astrophysical point of view. Direct detection searches for very massive particles,...
View ArticleA balance for Dark Matter bound states [Cross-Listing]
Massive particles with self interactions of the order of 0.2 barn/GeV are intriguing Dark Matter candidates from an astrophysical point of view. Direct detection searches for very massive particles,...
View ArticleThe Data Reduction Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey...
Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) is an optical fiber-bundle integral-field unit (IFU) spectroscopic survey that is one of three core programs in the fourth-generation Sloan...
View ArticleDawes Review 5: Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation [Replacement]
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, perpetuated through oral tradition, ceremony, and art. This astronomical knowledge includes a deep...
View ArticleOptical modeling and polarization calibration for CMB measurements with...
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) is a polarization sensitive upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Located at an elevation of 5190 m, ACTPol measures the Cosmic Microwave...
View ArticleA reanalysis of radioisotope measurements of the $^9$Be$(\gamma,n)^8$Be...
The $^9$Be$(\gamma,n)^8$Be reaction is enhanced by a near threshold $1/2^+$ state. Contradictions between existing measurements of this reaction cross-section affect calculations of astrophysical...
View ArticleMeasurement of the ionization produced by sub-keV silicon nuclear recoils in...
We report a measurement of the ionization efficiency of silicon nuclei recoiling with sub-keV kinetic energy in the bulk silicon of a charge-coupled device (CCD). Nuclear recoils were produced by...
View ArticlePYESSENCE – Generalised Coupled Quintessence Linear Perturbation Python Code...
This paper is a guide to the installation and use of the Python package PYESSENCE. PYESSENCE is designed to evolve linear perturbations to Coupled Quintessence models with a arbitrary number of cold...
View ArticleThe Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy...
We describe the performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA), the prototype for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope ASKAP. BETA is the first aperture synthesis radio...
View ArticleAffordable echelle spectroscopy of the eccentric HAT-P-2, WASP-14 and XO-3...
A new off-shelf low-cost echelle spectrograph was installed recently on the 0.6m telescope at the Star\'a Lesn\'a Observatory (Slovakia). In this paper we describe in details the radial velocity (RV)...
View ArticleMetrology Camera System of Prime Focus Spectrograph for Subaru Telescope
The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is a new optical/near-infrared multi-fiber spectrograph designed for the prime focus of the 8.2m Subaru telescope. PFS will cover a 1.3 degree diameter field with...
View ArticleThe Current Status of Prime Focus Instrument of Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph
The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is a new optical/near-infrared multi-fiber spectrograph design for the prime focus of the 8.2m Subaru telescope. PFS will cover 1.3 degree diameter field with 2394...
View ArticleNuclear Data for Astrophysical Modeling
Nuclear physics has been playing an important role in modern astrophysics and cosmology. Since the early 1950's it has been successfully applied for the interpretation and prediction of astrophysical...
View ArticlePractical Beam Transport for the Planet Formation Imager (PFI)
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) is a future kilometric-baseline infrared interferometer to image the complex physical processes of planet formation. Technologies that could be used to transport...
View ArticleBeam combination schemes and technologies for the Planet Formation Imager (PFI)
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) initiative aims at developing the next generation large scale facility for imaging astronomical optical interferometry operating in the mid-infrared. Here we report on...
View ArticleStatus of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) project aims to image the period of planet assembly directly, resolving structures as small as a giant planet's Hill sphere. These images will be required in order to...
View ArticleArchitecture design study and technology roadmap for the Planet Formation...
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) Project has formed a Technical Working Group (TWG) to explore possible facility architectures to meet the primary PFI science goal of imaging planet formation in situ...
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