The Xinglong 2.16-m Telescope: Current Instruments and Scientific Projects
The Xinglong 2.16-m reflector is the first 2-meter class astronomical telescope in China. It was jointly designed and built by the Nanjing Astronomical Instruments Factory (NAIF), Beijing Astronomical...
View ArticleA deep / wide 1-2 GHz snapshot survey of SDSS Stripe 82 using the Karl G....
We have used the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array to image ~100 sq. deg. of SDSS Stripe 82 at 1-2 GHz. The survey consists of 1,026 snapshot observations of 2.5 minutes duration, using the hybrid CnB...
View ArticleRPC application in muography and specific developments [Cross-Listing]
Muography is an imaging technique for large and dense structures as volcanoes or nuclear reactors using atmospheric muons. We applied this technique to the observation of the Puy de D\^ome, a volcano 2...
View ArticleRPC application in muography and specific developments [Replacement]
Muography is an imaging technique for large and dense structures as volcanoes or nuclear reactors using atmospheric muons. We applied this technique to the observation of the Puy de D\^ome, a volcano 2...
View ArticleThe NIKA2 commissioning campaign: performance and first results [Replacement]
The New IRAM KID Array 2 (NIKA 2) is a dual-band camera operating with three frequency-multiplexed kilopixels arrays of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID) cooled at 150 mK. NIKA 2 is...
View ArticleEssential Magnetohydrodynamics for Astrophysics [Replacement]
This text is intended as an introduction to magnetohydrodynamics in astrophysics, emphasizing a fast path to the elements essential for physical understanding. It assumes experience with concepts from...
View ArticleNominal values for selected solar and planetary quantities: IAU 2015...
In this brief communication we provide the rationale for, and the outcome of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) resolution vote at the XXIX-th General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2015, on...
View ArticleW1J00 and W2J00: Results of the Observations made with the Six-inch Transit...
The astronomical results contained in this publication represent a continuation of previous work of the United States Naval Observatory Six-inch and Seven-inch transit circles. The results are also the...
View ArticleDetecting dark matter waves with precision measurement tools [Cross-Listing]
Virialized Ultra-Light Fields (VULFs) while being viable cold dark matter candidates can also solve the standard model hierarchy problem. Direct searches for VULFs due to their non-particle nature...
View ArticleFRIDA: diffraction-limited imaging and integral-field spectroscopy for the GTC
FRIDA is a diffraction-limited imager and integral-field spectrometer that is being built for the adaptive-optics focus of the Gran Telescopio Canarias. In imaging mode FRIDA will provide scales of...
View ArticleMore on molecular excitations: Dark matter detection in ice [Cross-Listing]
In this paper we investigate di-atomic molecules embedded in ice crystals under strain. In this environment coherent vibrations of many OH-bonds may be generated by one WIMP collision. The detection of...
View ArticlePlanck intermediate results. XLVIII. Disentangling Galactic dust emission and...
Using the Planck 2015 data release (PR2) temperature observations, we perform the separation of Galactic thermal dust emission and cosmic infrared background (CIB) anisotropies. For this purpose, we...
View ArticleDetecting dark matter waves with precision measurement tools [Cross-Listing]
Virialized Ultra-Light Fields (VULFs) while being viable cold dark matter candidates can also solve the standard model hierarchy problem. Direct searches for VULFs due to their non-particle nature...
View ArticleRPC application in muography and specific developments [Replacement]
Muography is an imaging technique for large and dense structures as volcanoes or nuclear reactors using atmospheric muons. We applied this technique to the observation of the Puy de D\^ome, a volcano 2...
View ArticleNew Gapless COS G140L Mode Proposed for Background-Limited Far-UV Observations
Here we describe the observation and calibration procedure for a new G140L observing mode for the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This mode, CENWAV = 800, is...
View ArticleGammaLib and ctools: A software framework for the analysis of astronomical...
The field of gamma-ray astronomy has seen important progress during the last decade, yet there exists so far no common software framework for the scientific analysis of gamma-ray telescope data. We...
View ArticleClustering with phylogenetic tools in astrophysics
Phylogenetic approaches are finding more and more applications outside the field of biology. Astrophysics is no exception since an overwhelming amount of multivariate data has appeared in the last...
View ArticleHigh-precision broad-band linear polarimetry of early-type binaries I....
We investigate the structure of the O-type binary system HD 48099 by measuring linear polarization that arises due to light scattering process. Linear polarization measurements of HD 48099 in the B, V...
View ArticleA concise overview of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer
This short document is intended as a companion and introduction to the Detailed Science Case (DSC) for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer. It provides a concise summary of the essential...
View ArticleThe Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer: the...
MSE is an 11.25m aperture observatory with a 1.5 square degree field of view that will be fully dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy. More than 3200 fibres will feed spectrographs operating at low (R...
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