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Contraction Signatures Toward Dense Cores in the Perseus Molecular Cloud

We report the results of an HCO+ (3-2) and N2D+ (3-2) molecular line survey performed toward 91 dense cores in the Perseus molecular cloud using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, to identify the...

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NIR Tully-Fisher in the Zone of Avoidance. – II. 21 cm HI-line spectra of...

High-accuracy HI profiles and linewidths are presented for inclined ($(b/a)^o < 0.5$) spiral galaxies in the southern Zone of Avoidance (ZOA). These galaxies define a sample for use in the...

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Roadmap for gravitational wave detection in space – a preliminary study

Part of a review paper entitled "Gravitational wave astronomy: the current status.", appeared in " Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 58.12 (2015): 1-41.

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Roadmap for gravitational wave detection in space – a preliminary study...

Part of a review paper entitled "Gravitational wave astronomy: the current status.", appeared in " Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 58.12 (2015): 1-41.

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Nulling Data Reduction and On-Sky Performance of the Large Binocular...

The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) is a versatile instrument designed for high-angular resolution and high-contrast infrared imaging (1.5-13 microns). In this paper, we focus on the...

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Improved WIMP scattering limits from the LUX experiment [Replacement]

We present constraints on WIMP-nucleus scattering from the 2013 data of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, including $1.4\times10^{4}\,\mathrm{kg\cdot days}$ of search exposure....

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COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses XV. Assessing...

COSMOGRAIL is a long-term photometric monitoring of gravitationally lensed QSOs aimed at implementing Refsdal's time-delay method to measure cosmological parameters, in particular H0. Given long and...

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Background and Imaging Simulations for the Hard X-Ray Camera of the MIRAX...

We report the results of detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the performance expected both at balloon altitudes and at the probable satellite orbit of a hard X-ray coded-aperture camera being developed...

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Letter of Intent for KM3NeT2.0

The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and ii) the determination of the mass hierarchy of...

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Radio detection of cosmic ray air showers in the digital era

In 1965 it was discovered that cosmic ray air showers emit impulsive radio signals at frequencies below 100 MHz. After a period of intense research in the 1960s and 1970s, however, interest in the...

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Letter of Intent for KM3NeT2.0 [Cross-Listing]

The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and ii) the determination of the mass hierarchy of...

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Radio detection of cosmic ray air showers in the digital era [Cross-Listing]

In 1965 it was discovered that cosmic ray air showers emit impulsive radio signals at frequencies below 100 MHz. After a period of intense research in the 1960s and 1970s, however, interest in the...

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Detection and Removal of Artifacts in Astronomical Images

Astronomical images from optical photometric surveys are typically contaminated with transient artifacts such as cosmic rays, satellite trails and scattered light. We have developed and tested an...

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Using hydrodynamical simulations of stellar atmospheres for periodogram...

Our aim is to devise a detection method for exoplanet signatures (multiple sinusoids) that is both powerful and robust to partially unknown statistics under the null hypothesis. In the considered...

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Light propagation in the gravitational field of N arbitrarily moving bodies...

The light-trajectory in the gravitational field of N extended bodies in arbitrary motion is determined in the first post-Newtonian approximation. According to the theory of reference systems, the...

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Cryogenic silicon detectors with implanted contacts for the detection of...

There is a common need in astroparticle experiments such as direct dark matter detection, 0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta} (double beta decay without emission of neutrinos) and Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Scattering...

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Improving the Data Quality of Advanced LIGO Based on Early Engineering Run...

The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors have completed their initial upgrade phase and will enter the first observing run in late 2015, with detector...

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No galaxy left behind: accurate measurements with the faintest objects in the...

Accurate statistical measurement with large imaging surveys has traditionally required throwing away a sizable fraction of the data. This is because most measurements have have relied on selecting...

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Dynamic system classifier [Cross-Listing]

Stochastic differential equations describe well many physical, biological and sociological systems, despite the simplification often made in their derivation. Here the usage of simple stochastic...

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Aggregation and Linking of Observational Metadata in the ADS

We discuss current efforts behind the curation of observing proposals, archive bibliographies, and data links in the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The primary data in the ADS is the...

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