Dark energy survey year 3 results: Photometric data set for cosmology

I Sevilla-Noarbe, K Bechtol, MC Kind… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We describe the Dark Energy Survey (DES) photometric data set assembled from
the first three years of science operations to support DES Year 3 cosmologic analyses, and …

A search of the full six years of the Dark Energy Survey for outer solar system objects

PH Bernardinelli, GM Bernstein, M Sako… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a search for outer solar system objects in the 6 yr of data from the Dark Energy
Survey (DES). The DES covered a contiguous 5000 deg 2 of the southern sky with≈ 80,000 …

Modified Newtonian Dynamics as an Alternative to the Planet Nine Hypothesis

K Brown, H Mathur - The Astronomical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A new class of Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) that lie beyond Neptune with semimajor axes
greater than 250 astronomical units show orbital anomalies that have been interpreted as …

The Large Array Survey Telescope—Science Goals

S Ben-Ami, EO Ofek, D Polishook… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST) is designed to survey the variable and
transient sky at high temporal cadence. The array is comprised of 48 F/2.2 telescopes of …

No evidence for orbital clustering in the extreme trans-Neptunian objects

KJ Napier, DW Gerdes, HW Lin… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The apparent clustering in longitude of perihelion ϖ and ascending node Ω of extreme trans-
Neptunian objects (ETNOs) has been attributed to the gravitational effects of an unseen 5 …

C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein): the nearly spherical cow of comets

PH Bernardinelli, GM Bernstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Comet C/2014 UN 271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), incoming from the Oort cloud, is
remarkable in having the brightest (and presumably largest) nucleus of any well-measured …

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). I. Survey Description, Science Questions, and Technical Demonstration

DE Trilling, DW Gerdes, M Jurić… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present here the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP), a 3 yr NOAO/NOIRLab
Survey that was allocated 46.5 nights to discover and measure the properties of thousands …

OSSOS XXV: Large Populations and Scattering–Sticking in the Distant Trans-Neptunian Resonances

BL Crompvoets, SM Lawler, K Volk… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
There have been 77 TNOs discovered to be librating in the distant trans-Neptunian
resonances (beyond the 2: 1 resonance, at semimajor axes greater than 47.7 au) in four well …

Testing the isotropy of the Dark Energy Survey's extreme trans-Neptunian objects

PH Bernardinelli, GM Bernstein, M Sako… - The Planetary …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We test whether the population of" extreme" trans-Neptunian objects (eTNOs) detected in
the first four years of the Dark Energy Survey (DES Y4) data exhibit azimuthal asymmetries …

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). II. Observational Strategy and Design

CA Trujillo, C Fuentes, DW Gerdes… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) survey strategy,
including observing cadence for orbit determination, exposure times, field pointings and filter …