Early spectra of the gravitational wave source GW170817: Evolution of a neutron star merger

BJ Shappee, JD Simon, MR Drout, AL Piro, N Morrell… - Science, 2017 - science.org
On 17 August 2017, Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a) was discovered as the
optical counterpart of the binary neutron star gravitational wave event GW170817. We report …

Stellar velocities in the carina, fornax, sculptor, and sextans dsph galaxies: data from the magellan/mmfs survey

MG Walker, M Mateo, EW Olszewski - The Astronomical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present spectroscopic data for individual stars observed from 2004 March through 2008
August as part of our Michigan/MIKE Fiber System (MMFS) survey of four dwarf spheroidal …

The Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) – VI. Connecting physical properties of the cool circumgalactic medium to galaxies at z ≈ 1

Z Qu, HW Chen, GC Rudie, SD Johnson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents a newly established sample of 19 unique galaxies and galaxy groups at
redshift z= 0.89–1.21 in six QSO fields from the Cosmic Ultraviolet Baryon Survey (CUBS) …

Precision photometric redshift calibration for galaxy–galaxy weak lensing

R Mandelbaum, U Seljak, CM Hirata… - Monthly Notices of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Accurate photometric redshifts are among the key requirements for precision weak lensing
measurements. Both the large size of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the …

Elentári:a massive proto-supercluster atz ∼ 3.3 in the cosmos field

B Forrest, BC Lemaux, E Shah, P Staab… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Motivated by spectroscopic confirmation of three overdense regions in the COSMOS field at
z∼ 3.35, we analyse the uniquely deep multiwavelength photometry and extensive …

Optical spectroscopy of X-ray sources in the extended Chandra deep field south

E Treister, S Virani, E Gawiser, CM Urry… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results of our optical spectroscopy program aimed to provide redshifts
and identifications for the X-ray sources in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. A total …

Spatially resolved optical integral field unit spectroscopy of the inner superwind of NGC 253

MS Westmoquette, LJ Smith… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present optical integral field unit (IFU) observations (VLT/VIMOS-IFU and
WIYN/SparsePak), and associated archival deep Hα imaging (MPG/ESO 2.2 m WFI), of the …

Hα kinematics of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey – II

I Dicaire, C Carignan, P Amram… - Monthly Notices of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
This is the second part of an Hα kinematics follow-up survey of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby
Galaxies Survey (SINGS) sample. The aim of this paper is to shed new light on the role of …

Photometric redshift requirements for lens galaxies in galaxy–galaxy lensing analyses

R Nakajima, R Mandelbaum, U Seljak… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Weak gravitational lensing is a valuable probe of galaxy formation and cosmology. Here we
quantify the effects of using photometric redshifts (photo-z) in galaxy–galaxy lensing, for both …

The Cluster AgeS Experiment (CASE). IV. Analysis of the eclipsing binary V69 in the globular cluster 47 Tuc

IB Thompson, J Kaluzny, SM Rucinski… - The Astronomical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We use photometric and spectroscopic observations of the eclipsing binary V69-47 Tuc to
derive the masses, radii, and luminosities of the component stars. Based on measured …