Bary, Jeffrey S., Leisenring, Jarron M., Skrutskie, Michael F.
Using the Infrared Spectrograph aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope, we observed multiple epochs of 11 actively accreting T Tauri stars in the nearby Taurus-Auriga star forming region. In total, 88...
Massive Satellites of Close-In Gas Giant Exoplanets (2009)
Cassidy, Timothy A., Mendez, Rolando, Arras, Phil, Johnson, Robert E., Skrutskie, Michael F.
We study the orbits, tidal heating and mass loss from satellites around close-in gas giant exoplanets. The focus is on large satellites which are potentially observable by their transit signature. We...
Interferometric evidence for resolved warm dust in the DQ Tau system (2009)
Boden, Andrew F., Akeson, Rachel L., Sargent, Anneila I., Carpenter, John M., Ciardi, David R., Bary, Jeffrey S., ...
We report on near-infrared (IR) interferometric observations of the double-lined pre-main sequence binary system DQ Tau. We model these data with a visual orbit for DQ Tau supported by the...
Near-Infrared Photometry of the Type IIn SN 2005ip: The Case for Dust Condensation (2008)
Fox, Ori, Skrutskie, Michael F., Chevalier, Roger A., Kanneganti, Srikrishna, Park, Chan, Wilson, John, ...
Near-infrared photometric observations of the Type IIn SN 2005ip in NGC 2906 reveal large fluxes (>1.3 mJy) in the K_s-band over more than 900 days. While warm dust can explain the late-time K_s-band...
Physical Conditions of Accreting Gas in T Tauri Star Systems (2008)
Bary, Jeffrey S., Matt, Sean P., Skrutskie, Michael F., Wilson, John C., Peterson, Dawn E., Nelson, Matthew J.
We present results from a low resolution (R~300) near-infrared spectroscopic variability survey of actively accreting T Tauri stars (TTS) in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region. Paschen and...
Blake, Cullen H., Bloom, Joshua S., Latham, David W., Szentgyorgyi, Andrew H., Skrutskie, Michael F., Falco, Emilio E., ...
Stars of late-M and L spectral types, collectively known as Ultracool Dwarfs (UCDs), may be excellent targets for searches for extrasolar planets. Owing to their small radii, the signal from an...
Adam J. Burgasser, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Brown, I. Neill Reid, Adam Burrows, James Liebert, ...
We present near-infrared spectra for a sample of T dwarfs, including 11 new discoveries made using the 2 Micron All Sky Survey. These objects are distinguished from warmer (L-type) brown dwarfs by...
Near and Mid-IR Photometry of the Pleiades, and a New List of Substellar Candidate Members (2007)
Stauffer, John R., Hartmann, Lee W., Fazio, Giovanni G., Allen, Lori E., Patten, Brian M., Lowrance, Patrick J., ...
We make use of new near and mid-IR photometry of the Pleiades cluster in order to help identify proposed cluster members. We also use the new photometry with previously published photometry to define...
Unveiling the Boxy Bulge and Bar of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy (2007)
Beaton, Rachael L., Majewski, Steven R., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Skrutskie, Michael F., Cutri, Roc M., Good, John, ...
A new, 2.8 deg^2 J, H, Ks near-infrared (NIR) survey from the 2MASS 6X program across the extent of the optical disk of the Andromeda (M31) galaxy provides a clear view of the M31 center almost...
Argo and other tidal structures around the milky way (2006)
Steve R. Majewski, Michael F. Skrutskie
Argo and other tidal structures around the milky way
Unveiling the Boxy Bulge and Bar of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy (2006)
Beaton, Rachael L., Majewski, Steven R., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Skrutskie, Michael F., Cutri, Roc M., Good, John, ...
A new, 2.8 deg^2 J,H,K_s infrared survey from the 2MASS 6x program across the extent of the optical disk of the Andromeda (M31) galaxy provides a clear view of the M31 center almost completely...
Unveiling the Boxy Bulge and Bar of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy (2006)
Beaton, Rachael L., Majewski, Steven R., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Skrutskie, Michael F., Cutri, Roc M., Good, John, ...
A new, 2.8 deg^2 J,H,K_s infrared survey from the 2MASS 6x program across the extent of the optical disk of the Andromeda (M31) galaxy provides a clear view of the M31 center almost completely...
Chou, Mei-Yin, Majewski, Steven R., Cunha, Katia, Smith, Verne V., Patterson, Richard J., Martinez-Delgado, David, ...
We present reliable measurements of the metallicity distribution function (MDF) at different points along the tidal stream of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy, based on high...
Unveiling the Boxy Bulge and Bar of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy (2006)
Beaton, Rachael L., Majewski, Steven R., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Skrutskie, Michael F., Cutri, Roc M., Good, John, ...
A new, 2.8 deg^2 J,H,K_s infrared survey from the 2MASS 6x program across the extent of the optical disk of the Andromeda (M31) galaxy provides a clear view of the M31 center almost completely...
Unveiling the Boxy Bulge and Bar of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy (2006)
Beaton, Rachael L., Majewski, Steven R., Guhathakurta, Puragra, Skrutskie, Michael F., Cutri, Roc M., Good, John, ...
A new, 2.8 deg^2 J,H,K_s infrared survey from the 2MASS 6x program across the extent of the optical disk of the Andromeda (M31) galaxy provides a clear view of the M31 center almost completely...
Argo and other tidal structures around the milky way (2006)
Majewski, Steve R., Rocha Pinto, Helio J., Skrutskie, Michael F.
Se realizó una búsqueda de sobredensidades que pudieran estar asociadas con subestructuras en el halo galáctico en bajas latitudes a partir de una muestra de gigantes M de 2MASS. Bajo la...
Rocha-Pinto, Helio J., Majewski, Steven R., Skrutskie, Michael F., Patterson, Richard J., Nakanishi, H., Munoz, R. R., ...
Overdensities in the distribution of low latitude, 2MASS giant stars are revealed by systematically peeling away from sky maps the bulk of the giant stars conforming to ``isotropic'' density laws...
The Fan Observatory Bench Optical Spectrograph (FOBOS) (2005)
Crane, Jeffrey D., Majewski, Steven R., Patterson, Richard J., Skrutskie, Michael F., Adams, Elena Y., Frinchaboy, Peter M.
The Fan Observatory Bench Optical Spectrograph (FOBOS) is intended for single-object optical spectroscopy at moderate resolution (R~1500-3000) using a fiber-fed, bench-mounted design to maintain...
Majewski, Steven R., Kunkel, William E., Law, David R., Patterson, Richard J., Polak, Allyson A., Rocha-Pinto, Helio J., ...
We present moderate resolution (~6 km/s) spectroscopy of 284 M giant candidates selected from the Two Micron All Sky Survey photometry. Radial velocities (RVs) are presented for stars mainly in the...
Dark Matter Constraints from the Sagittarius Dwarf and Tail System (2003)
Majewski, Steven R., Law, David R., Johnston, Kathryn V., Skrutskie, Michael F., Weinberg, Martin D.
2MASS has provided a three-dimensional map of the >360 degree, wrapped tidal tails of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy, as traced by M giant stars. With the inclusion of radial velocity...
Modeling the Tidal Tails of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy (2003)
Law, David R., Majewski, Steven R., Johnston, Kathryn V., Skrutskie, Michael F.
N-body simulations are used to model the tidal disruption of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy with constraints set by the positions and velocities of M giants in the Sgr tidal arms recently...
Crane, Jeffrey D., Majewski, Steven R., Rocha-Pinto, Helio J., Frinchaboy, Peter M., Skrutskie, Michael F., Law, David R.
To determine the nature of the recently discovered, ring-like stellar structure at the Galactic anticenter, we have collected spectra of a set of presumed constituent M giants selected from the 2MASS...
2MASS Studies of Differential Reddening Across Three Massive Globular Clusters (2003)
Law, David R., Majewski, Steven R., Skrutskie, Michael F., Carpenter, John M., Ayub, Hina F.
J, H, and K_S band data from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) are used to study the effects of differential reddening across the three massive Galactic globular clusters Omega Centauri, NGC...
Reiprich, Thomas H., Sarazin, Craigh, Kempner, Joshua C., Skrutskie, Michael F., Sivakoff, Gregory R., Böhringer, Hans, ...
Reiprich, Thomas H., Sarazin, Craig L., Kempner, Joshua C., Skrutskie, Michael F., Sivakoff, Gregory R., Boehringer, Hans, ...
The current status of our efforts to trace cosmic structure with 10^6 galaxies (2MASS), 10^3 galaxy clusters (NORAS II cluster survey), and precision measurements for 10^2 galaxy clusters (HIFLUGCS)...
The 2MASS Wide-Field T Dwarf Search. I. Discovery of a Bright T Dwarf Within 10 pc of the Sun (2002)
Burgasser, Adam J., Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, McElwain, Michael W., Cutri, Roc M., Burgasser, Albert J., Skrutskie, Michael F.
We present the discovery of a bright (J = 13.94$\pm$0.03) T dwarf, 2MASS 1503+2525, identified in a new, wide-field search for T dwarfs using the recently completed Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)....
The Spectra of T Dwarfs I: Near-Infrared Data and Spectral Classification (2001)
Burgasser, Adam J., Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Brown, Michael E., Reid, I. Neill, Burrows, Adam, Liebert, James, ...
We present near-infrared spectra for a sample of T dwarfs, including eleven new discoveries made using the Two Micron All Sky Survey. These objects are distinguished from warmer (L-type) brown dwarfs...
The Two Micron All-Sky Survey: Removing the Infrared Foreground (2000)
Gizis, John E., Skrutskie, Michael F.
We introduce the properties of the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) survey for IAU Symposium 204. 2MASS is a near-infrared survey of the entire sky characterized by high reliability and...
Discovery of a Bright Field Methane (T-type) Brown Dwarf by 2MASS (2000)
Burgasser, Adam J., Wilson, John C., Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Skrutskie, Michael F., Colonno, Michael R., Enos, Alan T., ...
We report the discovery of a bright (J = 13.83$\pm$0.03) methane brown dwarf, or T dwarf, by the Two Micron All Sky Survey. This object, 2MASSI J0559191-140448, is the first brown dwarf identified by...
Adam J. Burgasser, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Brown, I. Neill Reid, John E. Gizis, Conard C. Dahn, ...
We report the discovery of four field methane (“T”-type) brown dwarfs using Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) data. One additional methane dwarf, previously discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky...