astro-ph.IM : Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics: September 2012

Anthony R. Conn, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis, Quentin A. Parker, Daniel B. Zucker, Nicolas F. Martin, Alan W. McConnachie, Mike J. Irwin, Nial Tanvir, Mark A. Fardal, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Scott C. Chapman, David Valls-Gabaud

Long-term stability of fibre-optic transmission for multi-object spectroscopy [PDF]

R. Sharp, S. Brough, R. D. Cannon

Design of Optically Path Length Matched, Three-Dimensional Photonic Circuits Comprising Uniquely Routed Waveguides [PDF]

Ned Charles, Nemanja Jovanovic, Simon Gross, Paul Stewart, Barnaby Norris, John O'Byrne, Jon S. Lawrence, Michael J. Withford, Peter G. Tuthill

PUCHEROS Early Science: A New Be+sdO Candidate [PDF]

Th. Rivinius, L. Vanzi, J. Chacon, P. Leyton, K. G. Helminiak, M. Baffico, S. Štefl, D. Baade, G. Avila, C. Guirao

1209.4699 (Chow-Choong Ngeow et al.)

The SED Machine: A Spectrograph to Efficiently Classify Transient Events Discovered by PTF [PDF]

Chow-Choong Ngeow, Nick Konidaris, Robert Quimby, Andreas Ritter, Alexander R. Rudy, Edward Lin, Sagi Ben-Ami

Production of Phase Screens for Simulation of Atmospheric Turbulence [PDF]

Rachel Rampy, Don Gavel, Daren Dillon, Sandrine Thomas

Deep blank field catalogue for medium- and large-size telescopes [PDF]

F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, A. Cabrera-Lavers, N. Cardiel, J. M. Alacid

1209.4454 (A. Richichi et al.)

A catalog of near-IR sources found unresolved with milliarcsecond resolution [PDF]

A. Richichi, O. Fors, F. Cusano, M. Moerchen

1209.4098 (Siddharth Hegde et al.)

Colors of extreme exoEarth environments [PDF]

Siddharth Hegde, Lisa Kaltenegger

The Pulsar Search Collaboratory: Discovery and Timing of Five New Pulsars [PDF]

R. Rosen, J. Swiggum, M. A. McLaughlin, D. R. Lorimer, M. Yun, S. Heatherly, J. Boyles, R. Lynch, V. I. Kondratiev, S. Scoles, S. M. Ransom, M. L. Moniot, A. Cottrill, M. Weaver, A. Snider, C. Thompson, M. Raycraft, J. Dudenhoefer, L. Allphin, J. Thorley, B. Meadows, G. Marchiny, A. Liska, A. M. O'Dwyer, B. Butler, S. Bloxton, H. Mabry, H. Abate, J. Boothe, S. Pritt, J. Alberth, A. Green, R. J. Crowley, A. Agee, S. Nagley, N. Sargent, E. Hinson, K. Smith, R. McNeely, H. Quigley, A. Pennington, S. Chen, T. Maynard, L. Loope, N. Bielski, J. R. McGough, J. C. Gural, S. Colvin, S. Tso, Z. Ewen, M. Zhang, N. Ciccarella, B. Bukowski, C. B. Novotny, J. Gore, K. Sarver, S. Johnson, H. Cunningham, D. Collins, D. Gardner, A. Monteleone, J. Hall, R. Schweinhagen, J. Ayers, S. Jay, B. Uosseph, D. Dunkum, J. Pal, S. Dydiw, M. Sterling, E. Phan

Estimating distance, pressure, and dust opacity using submillimeter observations of self-gravitating filaments [PDF]

Joerg Fischera, Peter G. Martin

Estimation of Radio Interferometer Beam Shapes Using Riemannian Optimization [PDF]

Sarod Yatawatta

1209.3766 (N. D. Gagunashvili et al.)

Kernel based unfolding of data obtained from detectors with finite resolution and limited acceptance [PDF]

N. D. Gagunashvili, M. Schmelling

Using Machine Learning for Discovery in Synoptic Survey Imaging [PDF]

Henrik Brink, Joseph W. Richards, Dovi Poznanski, Joshua S. Bloom, John Rice, Sahand Negahban, Martin Wainwright

A new method to detect solar-like oscillations at very low S/N using statistical significance testing [PDF]

Mikkel N. Lund, William J. Chaplin, Hans Kjeldsen

Expected Sensitivity to Galactic/Solar Axions and Bosonic Super-WIMPs based on the Axio-electric Effect in Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detectors [PDF]

K. Arisaka, P. Beltrame, C. Ghag, J. Kaidi, K. Lung, A. Lyashenko, R. D. Peccei, P. Smith, K. Ye

Next Generation Deep 2 micron Survey [PDF]

Jeremy Mould

Antennas for the Detection of Radio Emission Pulses from Cosmic-Ray induced Air Showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory [PDF]

P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, M. Ahlers, E. J. Ahn, I. F. M. Albuquerque, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, P. Allison, A. Almela, J. Alvarez Castillo, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, R. Alves Batista, M. Ambrosio, A. Aminaei, L. Anchordoqui, S. Andringa, T. Antičić, C. Aramo, E. Arganda, F. Arqueros, H. Asorey, P. Assis, J. Aublin, M. Ave, M. Avenier, G. Avila, A. M. Badescu, M. Balzer, K. B. Barber, A. F. Barbosa, R. Bardenet, S. L. C. Barroso, B. Baughman, J. Bäuml, C. Baus, J. J. Beatty, K. H. Becker, A. Bellétoile, J. A. Bellido, S. BenZvi, C. Berat, X. Bertou, P. L. Biermann, P. Billoir, F. Blanco, M. Blanco, C. Bleve, H. Blümer, M. Boh\'{čová, D. Boncioli, C. Bonifazi, R. Bonino, N. Borodai, J. Brack, I. Brancus, P. Brogueira, W. C. Brown, R. Bruijn, P. Buchholz, A. Bueno, L. Buroker, R. E. Burton, K. S. Caballero-Mora, B. Caccianiga, L. Caramete, R. Caruso, A. Castellina, O. Catalano, G. Cataldi, L. Cazon, R. Cester, J. Chauvin, S. H. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, J. A. Chinellato, J. Chirinos Diaz, J. Chudoba, M. Cilmo, R. W. Clay, G. Cocciolo, L. Collica, M. R. Coluccia, R. Conceição, F. Contreras, H. Cook, M. J. Cooper, J. Coppens, A. Cordier, S. Coutu, C. E. Covault, A. Creusot, A. Criss, J. Cronin, A. Curutiu, S. Dagoret-Campagne, R. Dallier, B. Daniel, S. Dasso, K. Daumiller, B. R. Dawson, R. M. de Almeida, M. De Domenico, C. De Donato, S. J. de Jong, G. De La Vega, W. J. M. de Mello Junior, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, I. De Mitri, V. de Souza, K. D. de Vries, L. del Peral, M. del Río, O. Deligny, H. Dembinski, N. Dhital, C. Di Giulio, M. L. Díaz Castro, P. N. Diep, F. Diogo, C. Dobrigkeit, W. Docters, J. C. D'Olivo, P. N. Dong, A. Dorofeev, J. C. dos Anjos, M. T. Dova, D. D'Urso, I. Dutan, J. Ebr, R. Engel, M. Erdmann, C. O. Escobar, J. Espadanal, A. Etchegoyen, P. Facal San Luis, H. Falcke, G. Farrar, A. C. Fauth, N. Fazzini, A. P. Ferguson, B. Fick, J. M. Figueira, A. Filevich, A. Filipčič, S. Fliescher, C. E. Fracchiolla, E. D. Fraenkel, O. Fratu, U. Fröhlich, B. Fuchs, R. Gaior, R. F. Gamarra, S. Gambetta, B. García, S. T. Garcia Roca, D. Garcia-Gamez, D. Garcia-Pinto, A. Gascon Bravo, H. Gemmeke, P. L. Ghia, M. Giller, J. Gitto, H. Glass, M. S. Gold, G. Golup, F. Gomez Albarracin, M. Gómez Berisso, P. F. Gómez Vitale, P. Gonçalves, J. G. Gonzalez, B. Gookin, A. Gorgi, P. Gouffon, E. Grashorn, S. Grebe, N. Griffith, M. Grigat, A. F. Grillo, Y. Guardincerri, F. Guarino, G. P. Guedes, P. Hansen, D. Harari, T. A. Harrison, J. L. Harton, A. Haungs, T. Hebbeker, D. Heck, A. E. Herve, C. Hojvat, N. Hollon, V. C. Holmes, P. Homola, J. R. Hörandel, P. Horvath, M. Hrabovský, D. Huber, T. Huege, A. Insolia, F. Ionita, A. Italiano, S. Jansen, C. Jarne, S. Jiraskova, M. Josebachuili, K. Kadija, K. H. Kampert, P. Karhan, P. Kasper, I. Katkov, B. Kégl, B. Keilhauer, A. Keivani, J. L. Kelley, E. Kemp, R. M. Kieckhafer, H. O. Klages, M. Kleifges, J. Kleinfeller, J. Knapp, D. -H. Koang, K. Kotera, N. Krohm, O. Krömer, D. Kruppke-Hansen, D. Kuempel, J. K. Kulbartz, N. Kunka, G. La Rosa, C. Lachaud, D. LaHurd, L. Latronico, R. Lauer, P. Lautridou, S. Le Coz, M. S. A. B. Leão, D. Lebrun, P. Lebrun, M. A. Leigui de Oliveira, A. Letessier-Selvon, I. Lhenry-Yvon, K. Link, R. López, A. Lopez Agüera, K. Louedec, J. Lozano Bahilo, L. Lu, A. Lucero, M. Ludwig, H. Lyberis, M. C. Maccarone, C. Macolino, S. Maldera, J. Maller, D. Mandat, P. Mantsch, A. G. Mariazzi, J. Marin, V. Marin, I. C. Maris, H. R. Marquez Falcon, G. Marsella, D. Martello, L. Martin, H. Martinez, O. Martínez Bravo, D. Martraire, J. J. Masías Meza, H. J. Mathes, J. Matthews, J. A. J. Matthews, G. Matthiae, D. Maurel, D. Maurizio, P. O. Mazur, G. Medina-Tanco, M. Melissas, D. Melo, E. Menichetti, A. Menshikov, P. Mertsch, C. Meurer, R. Meyhandan, S. Mićanović, M. I. Micheletti, I. A. Minaya, L. Miramonti, L. Molina-Bueno, S. Mollerach, M. Monasor, D. Monnier Ragaigne, F. Montanet, B. Morales, C. Morello, E. Moreno, J. C. Moreno, M. Mostafá, C. A. Moura, M. A. Muller, G. Müller, M. Münchmeyer, R. Mussa, G. Navarra, J. L. Navarro, S. Navas, P. Necesal, L. Nellen, A. Nelles, J. Neuser, P. T. Nhung, M. Niechciol, L. Niemietz, N. Nierstenhoefer, D. Nitz, D. Nosek, L. Nožka, J. Oehlschläger, A. Olinto, M. Ortiz, N. Pacheco, D. Pakk Selmi-Dei, M. Palatka, J. Pallotta, N. Palmieri, G. Parente, E. Parizot, A. Parra, S. Pastor, T. Paul, M. Pech, J. Pȩkala, R. Pelayo, I. M. Pepe, L. Perrone, R. Pesce, E. Petermann, S. Petrera, A. Petrolini, Y. Petrov, C. Pfendner, R. Piegaia, T. Pierog, P. Pieroni, M. Pimenta, V. Pirronello, M. Platino, M. Plum, V. H. Ponce, M. Pontz, A. Porcelli, P. Privitera, M. Prouza, E. J. Quel, S. Querchfeld, J. Rautenberg, O. Ravel, D. Ravignani, B. Revenu, J. Ridky, S. Riggi, M. Risse, P. Ristori, H. Rivera, V. Rizi, J. Roberts, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho, G. Rodriguez, I. Rodriguez Cabo, J. Rodriguez Martino, J. Rodriguez Rojo, M. D. Rodríguez-Frías, G. Ros, J. Rosado, T. Rossler, M. Roth, B. Rouillé-d'Orfeuil, E. Roulet, A. C. Rovero, C. Rühle, A. Saftoiu, F. Salamida, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, G. Salina, F. Sánchez, C. E. Santo, E. Santos, E. M. Santos, F. Sarazin, B. Sarkar, S. Sarkar, R. Sato, N. Scharf, V. Scherini, H. Schieler, P. Schiffer, A. Schmidt, O. Scholten, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Schovancova, P. Schovánek, F. Schröder, S. Schulte, D. Schuster, S. J. Sciutto, M. Scuderi, A. Segreto, M. Settimo, A. Shadkam, R. C. Shellard, I. Sidelnik, G. Sigl, H. H. Silva Lopez, O. Sima, A. Śmia\lkowski, R. Šmída, G. R. Snow, P. Sommers, J. Sorokin, H. Spinka, R. Squartini, Y. N. Srivastava, S. Stanic, J. Stapleton, J. Stasielak, M. Stephan, A. Stutz, F. Suarez, T. Suomijärvi, A. D. Supanitsky, T. Šuša, M. S. Sutherland, J. Swain, Z. Szadkowski, M. Szuba, A. Tapia, M. Tartare, O. Taşcău, R. Tcaciuc, N. T. Thao, D. Thomas, J. Tiffenberg, C. Timmermans, W. Tkaczyk, C. J. Todero Peixoto, G. Toma, L. Tomankova, B. Tomé, A. Tonachini, P. Travnicek, D. B. Tridapalli, G. Tristram, E. Trovato, M. Tueros, R. Ulrich, M. Unger, M. Urban, J. F. Valdés Galicia, I. Valiño, L. Valore, G. van Aar, A. M. van den Berg, A. van Vliet, E. Varela, B. Vargas Cárdenas, J. R. Vázquez, R. A. Vázquez, D. Veberič, V. Verzi, J. Vicha, M. Videla, L. Villaseñor, H. Wahlberg, P. Wahrlich, O. Wainberg, D. Walz, A. A. Watson, M. Weber, K. Weidenhaupt, A. Weindl, F. Werner, S. Westerhoff, B. J. Whelan, A. Widom, G. Wieczorek, L. Wiencke, B. Wilczyńska, H. Wilczyński, M. Will, C. Williams, T. Winchen, M. Wommer, B. Wundheiler, T. Yamamoto, T. Yapici, P. Younk, G. Yuan, A. Yushkov, B. Zamorano Garcia, E. Zas, D. Zavrtanik, M. Zavrtanik, I. Zaw, A. Zepeda, J. Zhou, Y. Zhu, M. Zimbres Silva, M. Ziolkowski, D. Charrier, L. Denis, G. Hilgers, L. Mohrmann, B. Philipps, O. Seeger

A multi-pixel beamformer using an interferometric array and its application towards localisations of newly discovered pulsars [PDF]

Jayanta Roy, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Yashwant Gupta

New scientific results with SpIOMM: a testbed for CFHT's imaging Fourier transform spectrometer SITELLE [PDF]

L. Drissen, A. Alarie, T. Martin, D. Lagrois, L. Rousseau-Nepton, A Bilodeau, C. Robert, G. Joncas, J. Iglesias-Páramo

The Impact of Frequency Standards on Coherence in VLBI at the Highest Frequencies [PDF]

M. Rioja, R. Dodson, Y. Asaki, J. Hartnett, S. Tingay

The status of the search for low mass WIMPs: 2012 [PDF]

David B. Cline

1209.3323 (Steven J. Tingay)

Are the modern computer simulations a substitute for physical models? The SKA case [PDF]

Steven J. Tingay

The future of astronomy PhDs in France [PDF]

S. Boissier

The accuracy of the UV continuum as an indicator of the star formation rate in galaxies [PDF]

Stephen M. Wilkins, Violeta Gonzalez-Perez, Cedric G. Lacey, Carlton M. Baugh

Pre-solution of the perturbed motion of artificial satellite [PDF]

Inalds A. Hassan, Hayman Z. Metwally, Mohammad A. F. Basha

The History of Astrometry [PDF]

Michael Perryman

ASPECT: A spectra clustering tool for exploration of large spectral surveys [PDF]

Aick in der Au, Helmut Meusinger, Philipp Schalldach, Mark Newholm

Measurement of the Scintillation Yield of Low-Energy Electrons in Liquid Xenon [PDF]

E. Aprile, R. Budnik, B. Choi, H. A. Contreras, K. -L. Giboni, L. W. Goetzke, J. E. Koglin, R. F. Lang, K. E. Lim, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, R. Persiani, G. Plante, A. Rizzo

A Bayesian method for the analysis of deterministic and stochastic time series [PDF]

C. A. L. Bailer-Jones

1209.3014 (Timothy D. Brandt et al.)

New Techniques for High-Contrast Imaging with ADI: the ACORNS-ADI SEEDS Data Reduction Pipeline [PDF]

Timothy D. Brandt, Michael W. McElwain, Edwin L. Turner, L. Abe, W. Brandner, J. Carson, S. Egner, M. Feldt, T. Golota, M. Goto, C. A. Grady, O. Guyon, J. Hashimoto, Y. Hayano, M. Hayashi, S. Hayashi, T. Henning, K. W. Hodapp, M. Ishii, M. Iye, M. Janson, R. Kandori, G. R. Knapp, T. Kudo, N. Kusakabe, M. Kuzuhara, J. Kwon, T. Matsuo, S. Miyama, J. -I. Morino, A. Moro-Martin, T. Nishimura, T. -S. Pyo, E. Serabyn, H. Suto, R. Suzuki, M. Takami, N. Takato, H. Terada, C. Thalmann, D. Tomono, M. Watanabe, J. P. Wisniewski, T. Yamada, H. Takami, T. Usuda, M. Tamura

Electromagnetic transients as triggers in searches for gravitational waves from compact binary mergers [PDF]

Luke Zoltan Kelley, Ilya Mandel, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Radio astronomy with the Lunar Lander: opening up the last unexplored frequency regime [PDF]

Marc Klein Wolt, Amin Aminaei, Philippe Zarka, Jan-Rutger Schrader, Albert-Jan Boonstra, Heino Falcke

Accelerator experiments with soft protons and hyper-velocity dust particles: application to ongoing projects of future X-ray missions [PDF]

E. Perinati, S. Diebold, E. Kendziorra, A. Santangelo, C. Tenzer, J. Jochum, S. Bugiel, R. Srama, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, A. Rubini, A. Rachevski, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, I. Rashevskaya, A. Vacchi, P. Azzarello, E. Bozzo, J. -W. den Herder, S. Zane, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. A. Leutenegger, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, N. Meidinger, L. Strüder, B. Cordier, D. Götz, G. W. Fraser, J. P. Osborne, K. Dennerl, M. Freyberg, P. Friedrich

The impact of red noise in radial velocity planet searches: Only three planets orbiting GJ581? [PDF]

Roman V. Baluev

Karl Rakos - Obituary [PDF]

Andrew P. Odell

Solving inverse problems with the unfolding program TRUEE: Examples in astroparticle physics [PDF]

Natalie Milke, Marlene Doert, Stefan Klepser, Daniel Mazin, Volker Blobel, Wolfgang Rhode

BAORadio: A digital pipeline for radio interferometry and 21 cm mapping of large scale structures [PDF]

Réza Ansari, Jean-Eric Campagne, Pierre Colom, Christophe Magneville, Jean-Michel Martin, Marc Moniez, James Rich, Christophe Yèche

Unique Astrophysics in the Lyman Ultraviolet [PDF]

Jason Tumlinson, Alessandra Aloisi, Gerard Kriss, Kevin France, Stephan McCandliss, Ken Sembach, Andrew Fox, Todd Tripp, Edward Jenkins, Matthew Beasley, Charles Danforth, Michael Shull, John Stocke, Nicolas Lehner, Christopher Howk, Cynthia Froning, James Green, Cristina Oliveira, Alex Fullerton, Bill Blair, Jeff Kruk, George Sonneborn, Steven Penton, Bart Wakker, Xavier Prochaska, John Vallerga, Paul Scowen

A near infrared frequency comb for Y+J band astronomical spectroscopy [PDF]

Steve Osterman, Gabriel G. Ycas, Scott A. Diddams, Franklyn Quinlan, Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence Ramsey, Chad F. Bender, Ryan Terrien, Brandon Botzer, Steinn Sigurddson, Stephen L. Redman

1209.2750 (Qian Zheng et al.)

A Method to Extract the Angular Power Spectrum of the Epoch of Reionization from Low-Frequency Radio Interferometers [PDF]

Qian Zheng, Xiang-ping Wu, Jun-hua Gu, Jingying Wang, Haiguang Xu

Cosmic Ray Radiography of the Damaged Cores of the Fukushima Reactors [PDF]

Konstantin Borozdin, Steven Greene, Zarija Lukić, Edward Cas Milner, Haruo Miyadera, Christopher Morris, John Perry

The Quest for Gravity Wave B-modes [PDF]

C. Pryke

A compact steep spectrum radio source in NGC1977 [PDF]

D. Anish Roshi, Scott M. Ransom

Optical fiber modal noise in the 0.8 to 1.5 micron region and implications for near infrared precision radial velocity measurements [PDF]

Keegan McCoy, Lawrence Ramsey, Suvrath Mahadevan, Samuel Halverson, Stephen L. Redman

An Analytic Model for Rotational Modulations in the Photometry of Spotted Stars [PDF]

David M. Kipping

Infrared dielectric properties of low-stress silicon nitride [PDF]

Giuseppe Cataldo, James A. Beall, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Brendan McAndrew, Michael D. Niemack, Edward J. Wollack

1209.2451 (F. Abdalla et al.)

The Dark Energy Spectrometer (DESpec): A Multi-Fiber Spectroscopic Upgrade of the Dark Energy Camera and Survey for the Blanco Telescope [PDF]

F. Abdalla, J. Annis, D. Bacon, S. Bridle, F. Castander, M. Colless, D. DePoy, H. T. Diehl, M. Eriksen, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, E. Gaztanaga, C. Hogan, S. Jouvel, S. Kent, D. Kirk, R. Kron, S. Kuhlmann, O. Lahav, J. Lawrence, H. Lin, J. Marriner, J. Marshall, J. Mohr, R. C. Nichol, M. Sako, W. Saunders, M. Soares-Santos, D. Thomas, R. Wechsler, A. West, H. Wu

GRAVITY: metrology [PDF]

S. Gillessen, M. Lippa, F. Eisenhauer, O. Pfuhl, M. Haug, S. Kellner, T. Ott, E. Wieprecht, E. Sturm, F. Haussmann, C. F. Kister, D. Moch, M. Thiel

Maximum likelihood analysis of systematic errors in interferometric observations of the cosmic microwave background [PDF]

Le Zhang, Ata Karakci, Paul M. Sutter, Emory F. Bunn, Andrei Korotkov, Peter Timbie, Gregory S. Tucker, Benjamin D. Wandelt

Active optics: deformable mirrors with a minimum number of actuators [PDF]

Marie Laslandes, Emmanuel Hugot, Marc Ferrari

Potential fitting biases resulting from grouping data into variable width bins [PDF]

S. Towers

Development of a New, Precise Near-infrared Doppler Wavelength Reference: A Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer [PDF]

Samuel Halverson, Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence Ramsey, Stephen Redman, Gillian Nave, John C. Wilson, Fred Hearty, Jon Holtzman

1209.2124 (Alberto Pepe et al.)

A measure of total research impact independent of time and discipline [PDF]

Alberto Pepe, Michael J. Kurtz

Euclid Mission: building of a Reference Survey [PDF]

J. Amiaux, R. Scaramella, Y. Mellier, B. Altieri, C. Burigana, A. Da Silva, P. Gomez, J. Hoar, R. Laureijs, E. Maiorano, D. Magalhaes Oliveira, F. Renk, G. Saavedra Criado, I. Tereno, J. L. Augueres, J. Brinchmann, M. Cropper, L. Duvet, A. Ealet, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, P. Gondoin, L. Guzzo, H. Hoekstra, R. Holmes, K. Jahnke, T. Kitching, M. Meneghetti, W. Percival, S. Warren, the Euclid collaboration

Astrophysics Conducted by the Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR) and the Center for Lunar Origins (CLOE) [PDF]

Jack O. Burns, T. Joseph W. Lazio, William Bottke

Using radiative transfer models to study the atmospheric water vapor content and to eliminate telluric lines from high-resolution optical spectra [PDF]

A. Gardini, J. Maíz Apellániz, E. Pérez, J. A. Quesada, B. Funke

Seeking Counterparts to Advanced LIGO/Virgo Transients with Swift [PDF]

Jonah Kanner, Jordan Camp, Judith Racusin, Neil Gehrels, Darren White

Exploiting spatial sparsity for multi-wavelength imaging in optical interferometry [PDF]

Éric Thiébaut, Ferréol Soulez, Loïc Denis

1209.1653 (Ian Sullivan et al.)

Fast Holographic Deconvolution: a new technique for precision radio interferometry [PDF]

Ian Sullivan, Miguel Morales, Bryna Hazelton, Wayne Arcus, David Barnes, Gianni Bernardi, Frank Briggs, Judd D. Bowman, John Bunton, Roger Cappallo, Brian Corey, Avinash Deshpande, Ludi deSouza, David Emrich, B. M. Gaensler, Robert Goeke, Lincoln Greenhill, David Herne, Jacqueline Hewitt, Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, David Kaplan, Justin Kasper, Barton Kincaid, Ronald Koenig, Eric Kratzenberg, Colin Lonsdale, Mervyn Lynch, Russell McWhirter, Daniel Mitchell, Edward Morgan, Divya Oberoi, Stephen Ord, Joseph Pathikulangara, Thiagaraj Prabu, Ron Remillard, Alan Rogers, Anish Roshi, Joseph Salah, Robert Sault, Udaya Shankar, K. Srivani, Jamie Stevens, Ravi Subrahmanyan, Steven Tingay, Randall Wayth, Mark Waterson, Rachel Webster, Alan Whitney, Andrew Williams, Chris Williams, Stuart Wyithe

Observed Limits on Charge Exchange Contributions to the Diffuse X-ray Background [PDF]

S. G. Crowder, K. A. Barger, D. E. Brandl, M. E. Eckart, M. Galeazzi, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, D. McCammon, C. G. Pfendner, F. S. Porter, L. Rocks, A. E. Szymkowiak, I. M. Teplin

The LOFT (Large Observatory for X-ray Timing) background simulations [PDF]

R. Campana, M. Feroci, E. Del Monte, S. Brandt, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, N. Lund, J. Alvarez, M. Hernanz, E. Perinati

Flashes in a Star Stream: Automated Classification of Astronomical Transient Events [PDF]

S. G. Djorgovski, A. A. Mahabal, C. Donalek, M. J. Graham, A. J. Drake, B. Moghaddam, M. Turmon

The Habitable-Zone Planet Finder: A Stabilized Fiber-Fed NIR Spectrograph for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope [PDF]

Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence Ramsey, Chad Bender, Ryan Terrien, Jason T. Wright, Sam Halverson, Fred Hearty, Matt Nelson, Adam Burton, Stephen Redman, Steven Osterman, Scott Diddams, James Kasting, Michael Endl, Rohit Deshpande

The on-board data handling concept for the LOFT Large Area Detector [PDF]

S. Suchy, P. Uter, C. Tenzer, A. Santangelo, A. Argan, M. Feroci, T. E. Kennedy, P. J. Smith, D. Walton, S. Zane, J. Portell, E. García-Berro

SkuareView: Client-Server Framework for Accessing Extremely Large Radio Astronomy Image Data [PDF]

Vyacheslav V. Kitaeff, Chen Wu, Andreas Wicenec, Andrew D. Cannon, Kevin Vinsen

A stacking method to study the gamma-ray emission of source samples based on the co-adding of Fermi LAT count maps [PDF]

B. Huber, C. Farnier, A. Manalaysay, U. Straumann, R. Walter

A method for determination of gamma-ray direction in space [PDF]

S. Akkoyun

The propagation of light pollution in the atmosphere [PDF]

Pierantonio Cinzano, Fabio Falchi

1209.1497 (M. Feroci et al.)

LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing [PDF]

M. Feroci, J. W. den Herder, E. Bozzo, D. Barret, S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, M. van der Klis, M. Pohl, A. Santangelo, L. Stella, A. Watts, J. Wilms, S. Zane, M. Ahangarianabhari, A. Alpar, D. Altamirano, L. Alvarez, L. Amati, C. Amoros, N. Andersson, A. Antonelli, A. Argan, R. Artigue, P. Azzarello, G. Baldazzi, S. Balman, M. Barbera, T. Belloni, G. Bertuccio, S. Bianchi, A. Bianchini, P. Bodin, J. -M. Bonnet Bidaud, S. Boutloukos, J. Braga, E. Brown, N. Bucciantini, L. Burderi, M. Bursa, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, E. Cackett, F. R. Cadoux, P. Cais, G. A. Caliandro, R. Campana, S. Campana, P. Casella, D. Chakrabarty, J. Chenevez, J. Coker, R. Cole, A. Collura, T. Courvoisier, A. Cros, A. Cumming, G. Cusumano, A. D'Aì, V. D'Elia, E. Del Monte, D. De Martino, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, S. Diebold, T. Di Salvo, I. Donnarumma, A. Drago, M. Durant, D. Emmanoulopoulos, Y. Evangelista, A. Fabian, M. Falanga, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, C. Ferrigno, M. H. Finger, G. W. Fraser, F. Fuschino, D. K. Galloway, J. L. Galvez Sanchez, E. Garcia-Berro, B. Gendre, S. Gezari, A. B. Giles, M. Gilfanov, P. Giommi, G. Giovannini, M. Giroletti, A. Goldwurm, D. Götz, C. Gouiffes, M. Grassi, P. Groot C. Guidorzi, D. Haas, F. Hansen, D. H. Hartmann, C. A. Haswe, A. Heger, J. Homan, A. Hornstrup, R. Hudec, J. Huovelin, A. Ingram, J. J. M. in't Zand, J. Isern, G. Israe, L. Izzo, P. Jonker, P. Kaaret, V. Karas, D. Karelin, D. Kataria, L. Keek, T. Kennedy, D. Klochkov, W. Kluzniak, K. Kokkotas, S. Korpela, C. Kouveliotou, I. Kreykenbohm, L. M. Kuiper, I. Kuvvetli, C. Labanti, D. Lai, F. K. Lamb, F. Lebrun, D. Lin, D. Linder, G. Lodato, F. Longo, N. Lund, T. J. Maccarone, D. Macera, D. Maier, P. Malcovati, V. Mangano, A. Manousakis, M. Marisaldi, A. Markowitz, A. Martindale, G. Matt, I. M. McHardy, A. Melatos, M. Mendez, S. Migliari, R. Mignani, M. C. Miller, J. M. Miller, T. Mineo, G. Miniutti, S. Morsink, C. Motch, S. Motta, M. Mouchet, F. Muleri, A. J. Norton, M. Nowak, P. O'Brien, M. Orienti, M. Orio, M. Orlandini, P. Orleanski, J. P. Osborne, R. Osten, F. Ozel, L. Pacciani, A. Papitto, B. Paul, E. Perinati, V. Petracek, J. Portell, J. Poutanen, D. Psaltis, D. Rambaud, G. Ramsay, M. Rapisarda, A. Rachevski, P. S. Ray, N. Rea, S. Reddy, P. Reig, M. Reina Aranda, R. Remillard, C. Reynolds, P. Rodríguez-Gil, J. Rodriguez, P. Romano, E. M. R. Rossi, F. Ryde, L. Sabau-Graziati, G. Sala, R. Salvaterra, A. Sanna, S. Schanne, J. Schee, C. Schmid, A. Schwenk, A. D. Schwope, J. -Y. Seyler, A. Shearer, A. Smith, D. M. Smith, P. J. Smith, V. Sochora, P. Soffitta, P. Soleri, B. Stappers, B. Stelzer, N. Stergioulas, G. Stratta, T. E. Strohmayer, Z. Stuchlik, S. Suchy, V. Sulemainov, T. Takahashi, F. Tamburini, C. Tenzer, L. Tolos, G. Torok, J. M. Torrejon, D. F. Torres, A. Tramacere, A. Trois, S. Turriziani, P. Uter, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, P. Varniere, S. Vaughan, S. Vercellone, V. Vrba, D. Walton, S. Watanabe, R. Wawrzaszek, N. Webb, N. Weinberg, H. Wende, P. Wheatley, R. Wijers, R. Wijnands, M. Wille, C. A. Wilson-Hodge, B. Winter, K. Wood, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, L. Zampieri, A. Zdziarski, B. Zhang

A Large Area Detector proposed for the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) [PDF]

S. Zane, D. Walton, T. Kennedy, M. Feroci, J. -W. Den Herder, M. Ahangarianabhari, A. Argan, P. Azzarello, G. Baldazzi, D. Barret, G. Bertuccio, P. Bodini, E. Bozzo, F. Cadoux, P. Cais, R. Campana, J. Coker, A. Cros, E. Del Monte, A. De Rosa, S. Di Cosimo, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, Y. Favre, C. Feldman, G. Fraser, F. Fuschino, M. Grassi, M. R. Hailey, R. Hudec, C. Labanti, D. Macera, P. Malcovati, M. Marisaldi, A. Martindale, T. Mineo, F. Muleri, M. Nowak, M. Orlandini, L. Pacciani, E. Perinati, V. Petracek, M. Pohl, A. Rachevski, P. Smith, A. Santangelo, J. -Y. Seyler, C. Schmid, P. Soffitta, S. Suchy, C. Tenzer, P. Uttley, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, J. Wilms, B. Winter

The LOFT Wide Field Monitor [PDF]

S. Brandt, M. Hernanz, L. Alvarez, P. Azzarello, D. Barret, E. Bozzo, Budtz-Jørgensen, R. Campana, E. del Monte, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, J. L. Galvez Sanchez, D. Götz, F. Hansen, J. W. den Herder, R. Hudec, J. Huovelin, D. Karelin, S. Korpela, N. Lund, P. Orleanski, M. Pohl, A. Rachevski, A. Santangelo, S. Schanne, C. Schmid, S. Suchy, C. Tenzer, A. Vacchi, J. Wilms, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, J. in't Zand, A. Zdziarski

The LOFT Wide Field Monitor simulator [PDF]

I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, R. Campana, J. in't Zand, M. Feroci, N. Lund, S. Brandt, J. Wilms, C. Schmid

Simulations of the X-ray imaging capabilities of the Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) for the LOFT Wide Field Monitor [PDF]

Y. Evangelista, R. Campana, E. Del Monte, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, F. Muleri, L. Pacciani, P. Soffitta, A. Rachevski, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, S. Suchy, S. Brandt, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, M. Hernanz

The silicon micro-strip detector plane for the LOFT/Wide Field Monitor [PDF]

A. Goldwurm, P. Ferrando, D. Götz, P. Laurent, F. Lebrun, O. Limousin, S. Basa, W. Bertoli, E. Delagnes, Y. Dolgorouky, O. Gevin, A. Gros, C. Gouiffes, F. Jeanneau, C. Lachaud, M. Llored, C. Olivetto, G. Prévôt, D. Renaud, J. Rodriguez, C. Rossin, S. Schanne, S. Soldi, P. Varniere

Calibration strategies for the LAD instrument on-board LOFT [PDF]

Luigi Pacciani, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Argan, Didier Barret, Enrico Bozzo, Marco Feroci, George W. Fraser, Jan-Willem den Herder, Martin Pohl, Christian Schmid, Chris Tenzer, Andrea Vacchi, Dave Walton, Gianluigi Zampa, Silvia Zane

The Long Wavelength Array Software Library [PDF]

Jayce Dowell, Daniel Wood, Kevin Stovall, Paul S. Ray, Tracy Clarke, Gregory Taylor

1209.1106 (Alan E. E. Rogers et al.)

Absolute calibration of a wideband antenna and spectrometer for sky noise spectral index measurements [PDF]

Alan E. E. Rogers, Judd D. Bowman

An Ultra Fast Image Generator (UFig) for wide-field astronomy [PDF]

Joel Bergé, Lukas Gamper, Alexandre Réfrégier, Adam Amara

Towards optical intensity interferometry for high angular resolution stellar astrophysics [PDF]

Paul D. Nunez

Clear sky fraction above Indonesia: an analysis for astronomical site selection [PDF]

T. Hidayat, P. Mahasena, B. Dermawan, T. W. Hadi, P. W. Premadi, D. Herdiwijaya

Measurement of the CMB Polarization at 95 GHz from QUIET [PDF]

Immanuel Buder

1209.0869 (Jean-Marc Huré)

A key-formula to compute the gravitational potential of inhomogeneous discs in cylindrical coordinates [PDF]

Jean-Marc Huré

Slow-scan Observations with the Infrared Camera (IRC) on-board AKARI [PDF]

Satoshi Takita, Norio Ikeda, Yoshimi Kitamura, Daisuke Ishihara, Hirokazu Kataza, Akiko Kawamura, Shinki Oyabu, Munetaka Ueno, Issei Yamamura

Structure of Small Magnetic Elements in the Solar Atmosphere [PDF]

V. Domingo, J. Palacios, L. A. Balmaceda, S. Vargas Domínguez, Iballa Cabello

Climatology of Mid-latitude Ionospheric Disturbances from the Very Large Array Low-frequency Sky Survey [PDF]

J. F. Helmboldt, W. M. Lane, W. D. Cotton

1209.0190 (J. Palacios et al.)

Observations of vortex motion in the solar photosphere using HINODE-SP data [PDF]

J. Palacios, L. A. Balmaceda, S. Vargas Domínguez, I. Cabello, V. Domingo

On the compatibility of a flux transport dynamo with a fast tachocline scenario [PDF]

Bidya Binay Karak, Kristof Petrovay

TMCalc - A fast code to derive Teff and [Fe/H] for FGK stars [PDF]

Sérgio G. Sousa, Nuno C. Santos, Garik Israelian

Prospects for Observations of Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae with CTA [PDF]

E. de Ona Wilhelmi, B. Rudak, J. A. Barrio, J. L. Contreras, Y. Gallant, D. Hadasch, T. Hassan, M. Lopez, D. Mazin, N. Mirabal, G. Pedaletti, M. Renaud, R. de los Reyes, D. F. Torres, for the CTA Collaboration

Alternative Astronomical FITS imaging [PDF]

Eleni E. Varsaki, Nectaria A. B. Gizani, Vassilis Fotopoulos, Athanassios N. Skodras

Broadband nulling behaviour of PSR B2319+60 [PDF]

Vishal Gajjar, B. C. Joshi, M. Kramer

The Actuator Design and the Experimental Tests of a New Technology Large Deformable Mirror for Visible Wavelengths Adaptive Optics [PDF]

Ciro Del Vecchio, Guido Agapito, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Luca Carbonaro, Fabrizio Marignetti, Enzo De Santis, Valdemaro Biliotti, Armando Riccardi

Gravitational Waves: Sources, Detectors and Searches [PDF]

Keith Riles

Hierarchical configurations for cross-correlation interferometers with many elements [PDF]

Eric Keto

A method to estimate the significance of coincident gravitational-wave observations from compact binary coalescence [PDF]

Kipp Cannon, Chad Hanna, Drew Keppel

1208.6299 (Gijs A. Verdoes Kleijn et al.)

The Data Zoo in Astro-WISE [PDF]

Gijs A. Verdoes Kleijn, Andrey N. Belikov, John P. McFarland

(Sn)DICE: A Calibration System Designed for Wide Field Imagers [PDF]

N. Regnault, E. Barrelet, A. Guyonnet, C. Juramy, P. -F. Rocci, L. Le Guillou, K. Schahmanèche, F. Villa

Measurement of the position resolution of the Gas Pixel Detector [PDF]

Paolo Soffitta, Fabio Muleri, Sergio Fabiani, Enrico Costa, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Alessandro Brez, Massimo Minuti, Michele Pinchera, Gloria Spandre

Understanding Synthesis Imaging Dynamic Range [PDF]

Robert Braun

Breadboard model of the LISA phasemeter [PDF]

Oliver Gerberding, Simon Barke, Ioury Bykov, Karsten Danzmann, Anders Enggaard, Juan Jose Esteban, Alberto Gianolio, Torben Vendt Hansen, Gerhard Heinzel, Allan Hornstrup, Oliver Jennrich, Joachim Kullmann, Søren Møller Pedersen, Torben Rasmussen, Jens Reiche, Zoran Sodnik, Martin Suess

Positioning and orienting a static cylindrical radio-reflector for wide field surveys [PDF]

Marc Moniez

Friday, September 28, 2012

Improved Asteroid Astrometry and Photometry with Trail Fitting [PDF]

Thursday, September 27, 2012

A 3D radiative transfer framework IX. Time dependence [PDF]

GPU Acceleration of Image Convolution using Spatially-varying Kernel [PDF]

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Pulsations of rapidly rotating stars: I. The ACOR numerical code [PDF]

Growing supermassive black holes: sub-grid modelling and intermediate-scale processes [PDF]

On the interpolation of calibration solutions obtained in radio interferometry [PDF]

Optimized analysis method for indirect dark matter searches with Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes [PDF]

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Self-calibration: an efficient method to control systematic effects in bolometric interferometry [PDF]

Acrylic purification and coatings [PDF]

Adaptive Real Time Imaging Synthesis Telescopes [PDF]

A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (Part II); Distances to the Satellites of M31 [PDF]