M. Gros

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Zeitraum

1989 - 2009

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304

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New Magellanic Cloud R Coronae Borealis and DY Per type stars from the EROS-2 database: the connection between RCBs, DYPers and ordinary carbon stars (2009)

Tisserand, P., Wood, P. R., Marquette, J. B., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., ...

R Coronae Borealis stars (RCB) are a rare type of evolved carbon-rich supergiant stars that are increasingly thought to result from the merger of two white dwarfs, called the Double degenerate...

A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector (2009)

Broniatowski, A., Defay, X., Armengaud, E., Berge, L., Benoit, A., Besida, O., ...

A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background discrimination....

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop "Radiopure Scintillators for EURECA" (RPScint'2008) (2009)

Armengau, E., Bauer, M., Bavykina, I., Benoit, A., Bento, A., Blumer, J., ...

Workshop RPSCINT'2008 was organized in Kyiv (Ukraine) on 9th and 10th September 2008. The idea was to bring together physicists, chemists, crystal scintillator experts and manufacturers to discuss...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y. R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

The EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

The beat Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds: an analysis from the EROS-2 database (2009)

Marquette, J. B., Beaulieu, J. P., Buchler, J. R., Szabo, R., Tisserand, P., Belghith, S., ...

A number of microlensing dark-matter surveys have produced tens of millions of light curves of individual background stars. These data provide an unprecedented opportunity for systematic studies of...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y.R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

the EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y.R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

the EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y.R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

the EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector (2009)

Broniatowski, A., Defay, X., Armengaud, E., Berge, L., Benoit, Alain, Besida, O., ...

A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background discrimination....

A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector (2009)

Broniatowski, A., Defay, X., Armengaud, E., Berge, L., Benoit, Alain, Besida, O., ...

A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background discrimination....

A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector (2009)

Broniatowski, A., Defay, X., Armengaud, E., Berge, L., Benoit, Alain, Besida, O., ...

A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background discrimination....

A novel large-volume Spherical Detector with Proportional Amplification read-out (2008)

Giomataris, I., Irastorza, I., Savvidis, I., Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Chapelier, M., ...

A new type of radiation detector based on a spherical geometry is presented. The detector consists of a large spherical gas volume with a central electrode forming a radial electric field. Charges...

Discovery of a peculiar Cepheid-like star towards the northern edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud (2008)

Marquette, J. B., Tisserand, P., Francois, P., Beaulieu, J. P., Doublier, V., Lesquoy, E., ...

For seven years, the EROS-2 project obtained a mass of photometric data on variable stars. We present a peculiar Cepheid-like star, in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which demonstrates...

R Coronae Borealis stars in the Galactic Bulge discovered by EROS-2 (2008)

Tisserand, P., Marquette, J. B., Wood, P. R., Lesquoy, E., Beaulieu, J. P., Milsztajn, A., ...

Rare types of variable star may give unique insight into short-lived stages of stellar evolution. The systematic monitoring of millions of stars and advanced light curve analysis techniques of...

Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2007)

Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2007)

Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...

Limits on the Macho Content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds. (2007)

Tisserand, P., Le Guillou, L., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2007)

Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...

Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2007)

Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...

Limits on the Macho Content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds. (2007)

Tisserand, P., Le Guillou, L., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2007)

Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...

Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2007)

Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...

Limits on the Macho Content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds. (2007)

Tisserand, P., Le Guillou, L., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...

Progress on a spherical TPC for low energy neutrino detection (2007)

Aune, S., Colas, P., Deschamps, H., Dolbeau, J., Fanourakis, G., Ferrer Ribas, E., ...

The new concept of the spherical TPC aims at relatively large target masses with low threshold and background, keeping an extremely simple and robust operation. Such a device would open the way to...

The Micromegas detector of the CAST experiment (2007)

Abbon, P, Andriamonje, Samuel A, Aune, S, Dafni, T, Davenport, M, De Oliveira, R, ...

A low background Micromegas detector has been operating in the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector, made out of...

The Micromegas detector of the CAST experiment (2007)

Abbon, P., Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Dafni, T., Davenport, M., Delagnes, E., ...

A low background Micromegas detector has been operating in the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector, made out of...

Metallicity Effects on the Cepheid Extragalactic Distance Scale from EROS photometry in LMC and SMC (2007)

Sasselov, D.D., Beaulieu, J.P., Renault, C., Grison, P., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...

This is an investigation of the period-luminosity relation of classical Cepheids in samples of different metallicity. It is based on 481 Cepheids in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds from the...

The effect of metallicity on the Cepheid distance scale and its implications for the Hubble constant ($H_0$) determination (2007)

Beaulieu, J.P., Sasselov, D.D., Renault, C., Grison, P., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...

Recent HST determinations of the expansion's rate of the Universe (the Hubble constant, H_0) assumed that the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation at V and I are independent of metallicity (Freedman,...

High resolution gamma ray spectroscopy of flares on the east and west limbs of the Sun (2007)

Harris, M. J., Tatischeff, V., Kiener, J., Gros, M., Weidenspointner, G.

A new generation of Ge-based high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers has allowed accurate measurements to be made of the profiles, widths and energies of the gamma-ray lines emitted in the impulsive...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Calibration of the spectrometer aboard the INTEGRAL satellite (2007)

Schanne, S., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Attie, D., Von Ballmoos, P., Bouchet, L., ...

SPI, the Spectrometer on board the ESA INTEGRAL satellite, to be launched in October 2002, will study the gammaray sky in the 20 keV to 8 MeV energy band with a spectral resolution of 2 keV for...

Calibration of the spectrometer aboard the INTEGRAL satellite (2007)

Schanne, S., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Attie, D., Von Ballmoos, P., Bouchet, L., ...

SPI, the Spectrometer on board the ESA INTEGRAL satellite, to be launched in October 2002, will study the gammaray sky in the 20 keV to 8 MeV energy band with a spectral resolution of 2 keV for...

Calibration of the spectrometer aboard the INTEGRAL satellite (2007)

Schanne, S., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Attie, D., Von Ballmoos, P., Bouchet, L., ...

SPI, the Spectrometer on board the ESA INTEGRAL satellite, to be launched in October 2002, will study the gammaray sky in the 20 keV to 8 MeV energy band with a spectral resolution of 2 keV for...

Identification of backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search experiment (2007)

Fiorucci, S., Benoit, Alain, Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

This paper presents our interpretation and understanding of the different backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I data sets. We analyze in detail the several populations observed, which include gammas,...

Identification of backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search experiment (2007)

Fiorucci, S., Benoit, Alain, Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

This paper presents our interpretation and understanding of the different backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I data sets. We analyze in detail the several populations observed, which include gammas,...

Identification of backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search experiment (2007)

Fiorucci, S., Benoit, Alain, Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

This paper presents our interpretation and understanding of the different backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I data sets. We analyze in detail the several populations observed, which include gammas,...

A slope variation in the Period-Luminosity relation for short period SMC Cepheids (2006)

Bauer, F., Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present the Period-Luminosity relations from 290 Cepheids towards the LMC and 590 Cepheids towards the SMC. The two data sets were obtained using the two wide field CCD cameras of the EROS 2...

EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2006)

Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...

EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...

EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2006)

Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...

EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...

EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2006)

Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...

EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)

Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...

We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)

Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...

We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2006)

Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...

We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...

Observational Limits on Machos in the Galactic Halo (2006)

Renault, C., Afonso, C., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Bauer, F., Brehin, S., ...

We present final results from the first phase of the EROS search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Magellanic Clouds by unseen deflectors (machos: MAssive Compact Halo Objects). The...

Experimental limits on the contribution of sub-stellar and stellar objects to the galactic halo (2006)

Ansari, R., Cavalier, F., Moniez, M., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Brehin, S., ...

EROS (Exp\'erience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) has been monitoring the luminosity of 4 million stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud in order to search for gravitational microlensing by unseen...

High resolution gamma ray spectroscopy of flares on the east and west limbs of the Sun (2006)

Harris, M. J., Tatischeff, V., Kiener, J., Gros, M., Weidenspointner, G.

A new generation of Ge-based high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers has allowed accurate measurements to be made of the profiles, widths and energies of the gamma-ray lines emitted in the impulsive...

Identification of backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search experiment (2006)

Fiorucci, S., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

This paper presents our interpretation and understanding of the different backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I data sets. We analyze in detail the several populations observed, which include gammas,...

Identification of backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search experiment (2006)

Fiorucci, S., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

This paper presents our interpretation and understanding of the different backgrounds in the EDELWEISS-I data sets. We analyze in detail the several populations observed, which include gammas,...

Properties of the energetic particle distributions during the October 28, 2003 solar flare from INTEGRAL/SPI observations (2006)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Weidenspointner, G.

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent...

Properties of the energetic particle distributions during the October 28, 2003 solar flare from INTEGRAL/SPI observations (2006)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Weidenspointner, G.

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent...

Properties of the energetic particle distributions during the October 28, 2003 solar flare from INTEGRAL/SPI observations (2006)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Weidenspointner, G.

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent...

AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 1, Data treatment and pixel light curves production (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2006)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., L'Hote, D., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 1, Data treatment and pixel light curves production (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...

AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 1, Data treatment and pixel light curves production (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...

Photometric constraints on microlens spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2006)

Afonso, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer...

AGAPEROS : Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 2, Selection of possible microlensing events (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply the pixel method of analysis (sometimes called ``pixel lensing'') to a small subset of the EROS-1\ microlensing observations of the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The pixel method...

Measurement of the response of heat-and-ionization germanium detectors to nuclear recoils (2006)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Blümer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chantelauze, A., ...

The heat quenching factor Q' (the ratio of the heat signals produced by nuclear and electron recoils of equal energy) of the heat-and-ionization germanium bolometers used by the EDELWEISS...

Measurement of the response of heat-and-ionization germanium detectors to nuclear recoils (2006)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chantelauze, A., ...

The heat quenching factor Q' (the ratio of the heat signals produced by nuclear and electron recoils of equal energy) of the heat-and-ionization germanium bolometers used by the EDELWEISS...

Physical implications of INTEGRAL/SPI gamma-ray line measurements of the 2003 October 28 solar flare (2006)

Tatischeff, V., Kiener, J., Gros, M.

The very powerful X-class solar flare of 2003 October 28 was detected with the INTEGRAL spectrometer as an intense gamma-ray flash of about 15 minutes. Despite the non-standard incidence of the solar...

New determinations of gamma-ray line intensities of the $E_P$=550 and 1747 keV resonances of the $^{13}C(P,\gamma)^{14}N$ reaction (2006)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Attie, D., Bailly, I., Bauchet, A., ...

Gamma-ray angular distributions for the resonances at Ep = 550 keV and 1747 keV of the radiative capture reaction 13-C(p,g)14-N have been measured, using intense proton beams on isotopically pure...

Observation of periodic variable stars towards the galactic spiral arms by EROS II (2006)

Derue, F., Lupone, S., Afonso, C., Alard, C., ...

We present the results of a massive variability search based on a photometric survey of a six square degree region along the Galactic plane at ($l = 305^\circ$, $b = -0.8^\circ$) and ($l =...

Limits on the Macho Content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (2006)

Tisserand, P., Guillou, L. Le, Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

The EROS-2 project was designed to test the hypothesis that massive compact halo objects (the so-called ``machos'') could be a major component of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way galaxy. To this...

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector (2006)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire...

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors (2006)

Sanglard, V., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure...

INTEGRAL/SPI ground calibration (2006)

Attié, D., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Laurent, Ph., Schanne, S., Tauzin, G., ...

Three calibration campaigns of the spectrometer SPI have been performed before launch in order to determine the instrument characteristics, such as the effective detection area, the spectral...

Removing the Microlensing Blending-Parallax Degeneracy Using Source Variability (2006)

Assef, R.J., Gould, A., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Microlensing event MACHO 97-SMC-1 is one of the rare microlensing events for which the source is a variable star, simply because most variable stars are systematically eliminated from microlensing...

Galactic Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS-2 (2006)

Hamadache, C., Guillou, L. Le, Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., ...

We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...

Properties of the energetic particle distributions during the October 28, 2003 solar flare from INTEGRAL/SPI observations (2006)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Weidenspointner, G.

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent...

Properties of the energetic particle distributions during the October 28, 2003 solar flare from INTEGRAL/SPI observations (2006)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Weidenspointner, G.

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 : a Classical Nova outburst? (2006)

Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J.F., Gould, A., Smith, M.C, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets...

Galactic bulge microlensing optical depth from eros-2 (2006)

Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., ...

We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Light curves of $5.6\times 10^{6}$ clump-giant stars distributed over $66 \deg^2$ of the Bulge were...

Removing the Microlensing Blending-Parallax Degeneracy Using Source Variability (2006)

Assef, R.J., Gould, A., Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Microlensing event MACHO 97-SMC-1 is one of the rare microlensing events for which the source is a variable star, simply because most variable stars are systematically eliminated from microlensing...

Measurement of the response of heat-and-ionization germanium detectors to nuclear recoils (2006)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Blümer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chantelauze, A., ...

The heat quenching factor Q' (the ratio of the heat signals produced by nuclear and electron recoils of equal energy) of the heat-and-ionization germanium bolometers used by the EDELWEISS...

Galactic Bulge microlensing optical depth from EROS-2 (2006)

Hamadache, C., Le Guillou, L., Tisserand, P., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., ...

Aims.We present a new EROS-2 measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic Bulge. Methods: .Light curves of 5.6× 106 clump-giant stars distributed over 66 deg2 of the Bulge were...

Removing the microlensing blending-parallax degeneracy using source variability (2006)

Assef, R. J., Gould, A., Afonso, C., Albert, J. N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Microlensing event MACHO 97-SMC-1 is one of the rare microlensing events for which the source is a variable star, simply because most variable stars are systematically eliminated from microlensing...

The OGLE-II event sc5_2859: A classical nova outburst? (2006)

Afonso, C., Glicenstein, J. F., Gould, A., Smith, M. C., Wagner, R. M., Albert, J. N., ...

Context: .The OGLE-II event sc5_2859 was previously identified as the third longest microlensing event ever observed. Aims: .Additional photometric observations from the EROS (Expérience de...

Renin- angiotensin system in control of vascular reactivity (2006)

I. Drenjančević-Perić, M. Gros

This paper aimed to present recent knowledge of the role of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the control of vascular relaxation mechanisms and the relation to development and maintenance of...

Status and outlook of the EDELWEISS experiment. (2006)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blümer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

9th Internat.Conf.on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, Zaragoza, E, September 10-14, 2005

EURECA - the European future of cryogenic dark matter searches. (2006)

Kraus, H., Bauer, M., Benoit, A., Blümer, J., Broniatowski, A., Camus, P., ...

9th Internat.Conf.on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, Zaragoza, E, September 10-14, 2005

Progress on a spherical TPC for low energy neutrino detection (2005)

Aune, S, Colas, P, Deschamps, H, Dolbeau, J, Fanourakis, G, Ribas, E Ferrer, ...

The new concept of the spherical TPC aims at relatively large target masses with low threshold and background, keeping an extremely simple and robust operation. Such a device would open the way to...

Photometric Constraints on Microlens Spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2005)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer 4...

Properties of the energetic particle distributions during the October 28, 2003 solar flare from INTEGRAL/SPI observations (2005)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Weidenspointner, G.

Analysis of spectra obtained with the gamma-ray spectrometer SPI onboard INTEGRAL of the GOES X17-class flare on October 28, 2003 is presented. In the energy range 600 keV - 8 MeV three prominent...

A low background Micromegas detector for the CAST experiment (2005)

Abbon, P, Andriamonje, Samuel A, Aune, S, Besin, D, Cazaux, S, Contrepois, P, ...

A low background Micromegas detector has been operating on the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector operated...

A low background Micromegas detector for the CAST experiment (2005)

Abbon, P., Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Besin, D., Cazaux, S., Contrepois, P., ...

A low background Micromegas detector has been operating on the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector operated...

Improved Exclusion Limits from the EDELWEISS WIMP Search (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., ...

The EDELWEISS experiment has improved its sensitivity for the direct search for WIMP dark matter. In the recoil energy range relevant for WIMP masses below 10 TeV/c2, no nuclear recoils were observed...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

Solar Neutron Events of October-November 2003 (2005)

Watanabe, K., Gros, M., Stoker, P. H., Kudela, K., Lopate, C., Valdes-Galicia, J. F., ...

During the period when the Sun was intensely active on October-November 2003, two remarkable solar neutron events were observed by the ground-based neutron monitors. On October 28, 2003, in...

Calibration of the EDELWEISS cryogenic heat-and-ionisation germanium detectors for Dark Matter search (2005)

Martineau, O., Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., ...

Several aspects of the analysis of the data obtained with the cryogenic heat-and-ionisation Ge detectors used by the EDELWEISS dark matter search experiment are presented. Their calibration, the...

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors (2005)

Sanglard, V., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure...

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors (2005)

Sanglard, V., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure...

Physical implications of INTEGRAL/SPI gamma-ray line measurements of the 2003 October 28 solar flare (2005)

Tatischeff, V., Kiener, J., Gros, M.

The very powerful X-class solar flare of 2003 October 28 was detected with the INTEGRAL spectrometer as an intense gamma-ray flash of about 15 minutes. Despite the non-standard incidence of the solar...

Progress on a spherical TPC for low energy neutrino detection (2005)

Aune, S., Colas, P., Deschamps, H., Dolbeau, J., Fanourakis, G., Ferrer Ribas, E., ...

The new concept of the spherical TPC aims at relatively large target masses with low threshold and background, keeping an extremely simple and robust operation. Such a device would open the way to...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day...

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors (2005)

Sanglard, V., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoît, A., Bergé, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains 4.8 kg.day of data on Ge-73, the...

Progress on a spherical TPC for low energy neutrino detection (2005)

Aune, S., Colas, P., Deschamps, H., Dolbeau, J., Fanourakis, G., Ferrer Ribas, E., ...

The new concept of the spherical TPC aims at relatively large target masses with low threshold and background, keeping an extremely simple and robust operation. Such a device would open the way to...

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors (2005)

Sanglard, V., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoît, A., Bergé, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains 4.8 kg.day of data on Ge-73, the...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day...

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors (2005)

Sanglard, V., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blumer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day...

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day...

EDELWEISS dark matter search update. (2005)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Blümer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., ...

6th UCLA Symp.on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, Marina del Rey, Calif., February 18-20, 2004

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions (2004)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bluemer, J., Broniatowski, A., Censier, B., Chabert, L., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day...

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2004)

Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J. N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...

We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2004)

Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...

We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...

EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2004)

Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...

EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...

Calibration of the EDELWEISS cryogenic heat-and-ionisation germanium detectors for Dark Matter search (2004)

Martineau, O., Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., ...

Several aspects of the analysis of the data obtained with the cryogenic heat-and-ionisation Ge detectors used by the EDELWEISS dark matter search experiment are presented. Their calibration, the...

Type Ia supernova rate at a redshift of ~ 0.1 (2004)

Blanc, G., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., Aldering, G., Amadon, A., ...

We present the type Ia rate measurement based on two EROS supernova search campaigns (in 1999 and 2000). Sixteen supernovae identified as type Ia were discovered. The measurement of the detection...

EROS 2 photometry of probable R Coronae Borealis stars in the small Magellanic cloud (2004)

Tisserand, P., Marquette, J.B., Beaulieu, J.P., De Laverny, P., Lesquoy, E., Milsztajn, A., ...

EROS 2 (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) conducted a survey of the SMC between July 1996 and February 2003 in two EROS broad-band colours, V_E and R_E. The photometric data of 4.2 million...

Calibration of the EDELWEISS cryogenic heat-and-ionisation germanium detectors for Dark Matter search (2004)

Martineau, O., Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., ...

Several aspects of the analysis of the data obtained with the cryogenic heat-and-ionisation Ge detectors used by the EDELWEISS dark matter search experiment are presented. Their calibration, the...

Physical implications of INTEGRAL/SPI gamma-ray line measurements of the 2003 October 28 solar flare (2004)

Tatischeff, V., Kiener, J., Gros, M.

The very powerful X-class solar flare of 2003 October 28 was detected with the INTEGRAL spectrometer as an intense gamma-ray flash of about 15 minutes. Despite the non-standard incidence of the solar...

Calibration of the Spectrometer aboard the INTEGRAL satellite (2003)

Schanne, Stéphane, Cordier, B., Gros, M., Attié, D., Ballmoos, P. V., Bouchet, L., ...

SPI, the Spectrometer on board the ESA INTEGRAL satellite, to be launched in October 2002, will study the gamma-ray sky in the 20 keV to 8 MeV energy band with a spectral resolution of 2 keV for...

New determinations of gamma-ray line intensities of the Ep = 550 keV and Ep = 1747 keV resonances of the 13-C(p,gamma)14-N reaction (2003)

Kiener, J., Gros, M., Tatischeff, V., Attie, D., Bailly, I., Bauchet, A., ...

Gamma-ray angular distributions for the resonances at Ep = 550 keV and 1747 keV of the radiative capture reaction 13-C(p,g)14-N have been measured, using intense proton beams on isotopically pure...

Calibration of the EDELWEISS Cryogenic Heat-and-ionisation Germanium Detectors for Dark Matter Search (2003)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., ...

Several aspects of the analysis of the data obtained with the cryogenic heat-and-ionisation Ge detectors used by the EDELWEISS dark matter search experiment are presented. Their calibration, the...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (2003)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (2003)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (2003)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

INTEGRAL/SPI ground calibration (2003)

Attié, D., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Laurent, Ph., Schanne, S., Tauzin, G., ...

Three calibration campaigns of the spectrometer SPI have been performed before launch in order to determine the instrument characteristics, such as the effective detection area, the spectral...

Discovery and photometry of the binary-lensing caustic-crossing event eros-blg-2000-5 (2003)

Jung, J.M, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

The EROS collaboration has developed a real time alert system, which was operational in 1999 and 2000. A very long binary-lensing caustic crossing event, EROS-BLG-2000-5, was found in the 2000 season...

INTEGRAL/SPI ground calibration (2003)

Attié, D., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Laurent, Ph., Schanne, S., Tauzin, G., ...

Three calibration campaigns of the spectrometer SPI have been performed before launch in order to determine the instrument characteristics, such as the effective detection area, the spectral...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, Eric., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Discovery and photometry of the binary-lensing caustic-crossing event eros-blg-2000-5 (2003)

Jung, J.M, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

The EROS collaboration has developed a real time alert system, which was operational in 1999 and 2000. A very long binary-lensing caustic crossing event, EROS-BLG-2000-5, was found in the 2000 season...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, Eric., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Discovery and photometry of the binary-lensing caustic-crossing event eros-blg-2000-5 (2003)

Jung, J.M, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

The EROS collaboration has developed a real time alert system, which was operational in 1999 and 2000. A very long binary-lensing caustic crossing event, EROS-BLG-2000-5, was found in the 2000 season...

INTEGRAL/SPI ground calibration (2003)

Attié, D., Cordier, B., Gros, M., Laurent, Ph., Schanne, S., Tauzin, G., ...

Three calibration campaigns of the spectrometer SPI have been performed before launch in order to determine the instrument characteristics, such as the effective detection area, the spectral...

First identification and modelling of SPI background lines (2003)

Weidenspointner, G., Kiener, J., Gros, M., Jean, P., Teegarden, BJ., Wunderer, C., ...

On Oct. 17, 2002, the ESA INTEGRAL observatory was launched into a highly elliptical orbit. SPI, a high resolution Ge spectrometer covering an energy range of 20-8000 keV, is one of its two main...

SPI instrumental background characteristics (2003)

Jean, P., Vedrenne, G., Roques, J.P., Schonfelder, V., Teegarden, B.J., Von Kienlin, A., ...

In its space environment the INTEGRAL observatory is subject to an intense irradiation by energetic cosmic-ray particles that leads, via nuclear interactions with the telescope and spacecraft...

First identification and modelling of SPI background lines (2003)

Weidenspointner, G., Kiener, J., Gros, M., Jean, P., Teegarden, BJ., Wunderer, C., ...

On Oct. 17, 2002, the ESA INTEGRAL observatory was launched into a highly elliptical orbit. SPI, a high resolution Ge spectrometer covering an energy range of 20-8000 keV, is one of its two main...

SPI instrumental background characteristics (2003)

Jean, P., Vedrenne, G., Roques, J.P., Schonfelder, V., Teegarden, B.J., Von Kienlin, A., ...

In its space environment the INTEGRAL observatory is subject to an intense irradiation by energetic cosmic-ray particles that leads, via nuclear interactions with the telescope and spacecraft...

First identification and modelling of SPI background lines (2003)

Weidenspointner, G., Kiener, J., Gros, M., Jean, P., Teegarden, BJ., Wunderer, C., ...

On Oct. 17, 2002, the ESA INTEGRAL observatory was launched into a highly elliptical orbit. SPI, a high resolution Ge spectrometer covering an energy range of 20-8000 keV, is one of its two main...

SPI instrumental background characteristics (2003)

Jean, P., Vedrenne, G., Roques, J.P., Schonfelder, V., Teegarden, B.J., Von Kienlin, A., ...

In its space environment the INTEGRAL observatory is subject to an intense irradiation by energetic cosmic-ray particles that leads, via nuclear interactions with the telescope and spacecraft...

Improved Exclusion Limits from the EDELWEISS WIMP Search (2002)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., ...

The EDELWEISS experiment has improved its sensitivity for the direct search for WIMP dark matter. In the recoil energy range relevant for WIMP masses below 10 TeV/c2, no nuclear recoils were observed...

Improved Exclusion Limits from the EDELWEISS WIMP Search (2002)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., ...

The EDELWEISS experiment has improved its sensitivity for the direct search for WIMP dark matter. In the recoil energy range relevant for WIMP masses below 10 TeV/c2, no nuclear recoils were observed...

Improved Exclusion Limits from the EDELWEISS WIMP Search (2002)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chabert, L., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., ...

The EDELWEISS experiment has improved its sensitivity for the direct search for WIMP dark matter. In the recoil energy range relevant for WIMP masses below 10 TeV/c2, no nuclear recoils were observed...

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector (2001)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire...

Dark Matter Search in the EDELWEISS experiment (2001)

Juillard, A., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Bonnevaux, A., Bouvier, R., Broniatowski, A., ...

The EDELWEISS Dark Matter Search uses low-temperature Ge detectors with heat and ionisation read-out to identify nuclear recoils induced by elastic collisions with WIMPs from the galactic halo....

EROS 2 proper motion survey for halo white dwarfs (2001)

Goldman, B., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Since 1996 EROS 2 has surveyed 440 square degrees at high Galactic latitude in order to search for high proper motion stars in the Solar neighbourhood. We present here the analysis of 250 square...

The EDELWEISS Experiment : Status and Outlook (2001)

Gascon, J., Benoit, A., Bonnevaux, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., ...

The EDELWEISS Dark Matter search uses low-temperature Ge detectors with heat and ionisation read- out to identify nuclear recoils induced by elastic collisions with WIMPs from the galactic halo....

Dark Matter Search in the Edelweiss Experiment (2001)

Chapellier, M., Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chardin, G., ...

Preliminary results obtained with 320g bolometers with simultaneous ionization and heat measurements are described. After a few weeks of data taking, data accumulated with one of these detectors are...

Photometric Constraints on Microlens Spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2001)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer 4...

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector (2001)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire...

Photometric Constraints on Microlens Spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2001)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer 4...

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector (2001)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire...

Type Ia supernova rate at $z \sim 0.1$ (2000)

Hardin, D., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J. N., Amadon, A., Andersen, J., ...

We present the EROS nearby supernova ($z \sim 0.02 - 0.2$) search and the analysis of the first year of data (1997). A total of 80 square degrees were surveyed. Eight supernov{\ae} were detected,...

Eros variable stars: fundamental-mode and first-overtone cepheids in the bar of the large magellanic cloud (2000)

Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Ferlet, R., ...

We present CCD phase-binned light curves at 490\,nm for 97 Cepheid variable stars in the bar of the LMC. The photometry was obtained as part of the French EROS project and has excellent phase...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

EROS 2 proper motion survey for halo white dwarfs (2000)

Goldman, B., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Since 1996 EROS 2 has surveyed 440 square degrees at high Galactic latitude in order to search for high proper motion stars in the Solar neighbourhood. We present here the analysis of 250 square...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matterexperiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously chargeand heat signals. These categories of events...

EROS 2 proper motion survey for halo white dwarfs (2000)

Goldman, B., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Since 1996 EROS 2 has surveyed 440 square degrees at high Galactic latitude in order to search for high proper motion stars in the Solar neighbourhood. We present here the analysis of 250 square...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matterexperiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously chargeand heat signals. These categories of events...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., L'Hote, D., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., L'Hote, D., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment (2000)

Benoit, A., Berge, L., Broniatowski, A., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., ...

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (1999)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (1999)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS Variable Stars : Discovery of Beat Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud and the effect of metallicity on pulsation (1997)

Beaulieu, J. P., Krockenberger, M., Sasselov, D. D., Renault, C., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...

We report the discovery of eleven beat Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud, using data obtained by the EROS microlensing survey. Four stars are beating in the fundamental and first overtone mode...

The effect of metallicity on the Cepheid distance scale and its implications for the Hubble constant ($H_0$) determination (1996)

Beaulieu, J. P., Sasselov, D. D., Renault, C., Grison, P., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...

Recent HST determinations of the expansion's rate of the Universe (the Hubble constant, H_0) assumed that the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation at V and I are independent of metallicity (Freedman,...

Metallicity Effects on the Cepheid Extragalactic Distance Scale from EROS photometry in LMC and SMC (1996)

Sasselov, D. D., Beaulieu, J. P., Renault, C., Grison, P., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...

This is an investigation of the period-luminosity relation of classical Cepheids in samples of different metallicity. It is based on 481 Cepheids in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds from the...

Observational Limits on Machos in the Galactic Halo (1996)

Renault, EROS Collaboration: C., Afonso, C., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Bauer, F., Brehin, S., ...

We present final results from the first phase of the EROS search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Magellanic Clouds by unseen deflectors (machos: MAssive Compact Halo Objects). The...

Observational Limits on Machos in the Galactic Halo (1996)

Renault, C., Afonso, C., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Bauer, F., Brehin, S., ...

We present final results from the first phase of the EROS search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Magellanic Clouds by unseen deflectors (machos: MAssive Compact Halo Objects). The...

EROS VARIABLE STARS : FUNDAMENTAL-MODE AND FIRST OVERTONE CEPHEIDS IN THE BAR OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD (1995)

Beaulieu, J. P., Grison, P., Tobin, W., Pritchard, J. D., Ferlet, R., Vidal-Madjar, A., ...

We present CCD phase-binned light curves at 490 nm for 97 Cepheid variable stars in the bar of the LMC. The photometry was obtained as part of the French EROS project and has excellent phase...

SEARCH FOR VERY LOW MASS OBJECTS IN THE GALACTIC HALO (1995)

Aubourg, EROS Collaboration: E., Bareyre, P., Brehin, S., Gros, M., Lachieze-Rey, M., Laurent, B., ...

We present results from a search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud by low mass objects in the Galactic Halo. The search uses the CCD light curves of about 82,000...

Eros variable stars: fundamental-mode and first-overtone cepheids in the bar of the large magellanic cloud (1995)

Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Ferlet, R., ...

We present CCD phase-binned light curves at 490\,nm for 97 Cepheid variable stars in the bar of the LMC. The photometry was obtained as part of the French EROS project and has excellent phase...

Eros variable stars: fundamental-mode and first-overtone cepheids in the bar of the large magellanic cloud (1995)

Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Yasu, Y., Ferlet, R., ...

We present CCD phase-binned light curves at 490\,nm for 97 Cepheid variable stars in the bar of the LMC. The photometry was obtained as part of the French EROS project and has excellent phase...

Experimental limits on the contribution of sub-stellar and stellar objects to the galactic halo (1995)

Ansari, R., Cavalier, F., Moniez, M., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Brehin, S., ...

EROS (Exp\'erience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres) has been monitoring the luminosity of 4 million stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud in order to search for gravitational microlensing by unseen...

Spectroscopic Studies of the Two Eros Candidate Microlensed Stars (1994)

Beaulieu, J. P., Ferlet, R., Grison, Ph., Vidal-Madjar, A., Kneib, J. P., Maurice, E., ...

Low resolution spectroscopy, and UBVRI photometry, have been obtained for the two EROS microlensing candidates. Radial velocities indicate that both stars are members of the Large Magellanic Cloud....