Subaru FOCAS Spectroscopic Observations of High-Redshift Supernovae (2009)
Morokuma, Tomoki, Tokita, Kouichi, Lidman, Christopher, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Aldering, Greg, ...
We present spectra of high-redshift supernovae (SNe) that were taken with the Subaru low resolution optical spectrograph, FOCAS. These SNe were found in SN surveys with Suprime-Cam on Subaru, the...
Type II-P Supernovae from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey and the Standardized Candle Method (2009)
D'Andrea, Chris B., Sako, Masao, Dilday, Benjamin, Frieman, Joshua A., Holtzman, Jon, Kessler, Richard, ...
We apply the Standardized Candle Method (SCM) for Type II Plateau supernovae (SNe II-P), which relates the velocity of the ejecta of a SN to its luminosity during the plateau, to 15 SNe II-P...
Kessler, Richard, Becker, Andrew, Cinabro, David, Vanderplas, Jake, Frieman, Joshua A., Marriner, John, ...
We present measurements of the Hubble diagram for 103 Type Ia supernovae (SNe) with redshifts 0.04 < z < 0.42, discovered during the first season (Fall 2005) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II: Photometry and Supernova Ia Light Curves from the 2005 data (2009)
Holtzman, Jon A., Marriner, John, Kessler, Richard, Sako, Masao, Dilday, Ben, Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We present ugriz light curves for 146 spectroscopically confirmed or spectroscopically probable Type Ia supernovae from the 2005 season of the SDSS-II Supernova survey. The light curves have been...
Intracluster Light in the Virgo Cluster: Large Scale Distribution (2009)
Castro-Rodriguez, Nieves, Arnaboldi, Magda, Aguerri, J. Alfonso L., Gerhard, Ortwin, Okamura, Sadanori, Yasuda, Naoki, ...
The intracluster light (ICL) is a faint diffuse stellar component in clusters made of stars not bound to individual galaxies. We have carried out a large scale study of this component in the nearby...
Shirasaki, Yuji, Tanaka, Masahiro, Ohishi, Masatoshi, Mizumoto, Yoshihiko, Yasuda, Naoki, Takata, Tadafumi
We present the result of projected cross correlation analysis of AGNs and galaxies at redshifts from 0.3 to 3.0. We used the Japanese Virtual Observatory (JVO) to obtain the Subaru Suprime-Cam images...
Proper motions with Subaru I. Methods and a first sample in the Subaru Deep Field (2008)
Richmond, Michael W., Morokuma, Tomoki, Doi, Mamoru, Komiyama, Yutaka, Yasuda, Naoki, Okamura, Sadanori, ...
We search for stars with proper motions in a set of twenty deep Subaru images, covering about 0.28 square degrees to a depth of i ~ 25, taken over a span of six years. In this paper, we describe in...
Dilday, Benjamin, Kessler, Richard, Frieman, Joshua, Holtzman, Jon, Marriner, John, Miknaitis, Gajus, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0801.3297 v3 Jul 21 2008
First-Year spectroscopy for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey (2008)
Zheng, Chen, Romani, Roger, Sako, Masao, Marriner, John, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0802.3220 v1 Feb 21 2008
Totani, Tomonori, Morokuma, Tomoki, Oda, Takeshi, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki
The delay time distribution (DTD) of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from star formation is an important clue to reveal the still unknown progenitor system of SNe Ia. Here we report on a measurement of...
A Prototype toward Japanese Virtual Observatory (JVO) (2008)
Masatoshi Ohishi, Yoshihiko Mizumoto, Naoki Yasuda, Ken Miura, Hirokuni Monzen, Kenji Kawarai
Abstract. We developed the first prototype toward a Japanese Virtual Observatory (JVO) by using the Globus Tool Kit 2 (GTK2). We found that the system worked as we had expected, including the...
The Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) - V. Optically Faint Variable Object Survey (2008)
Morokuma, Tomoki, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Masayuki, Akiyama, Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Furusawa, Hisanori, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0712.3108 v1 Dev 19 2007
First-Year Spectroscopy for the SDSS-II Supernova Survey (2008)
Zheng, Chen, Romani, Roger W., Sako, Masao, Marriner, John, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, ...
This paper presents spectroscopy of supernovae discovered in the first season of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey. This program searches for and measures multi-band light curves of...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: search Algorithm and follow-up observations (2008)
Sako, Masao, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, Cinabro, David, DeJongh, Fritz, Depoy, Darren, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0708.2750 v2 Oct 19 2007
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: technical summary (2008)
Frieman, Joshua, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, Choi, Changsu, Cinabro, David, DeJongh, Fritz, ...
Also archived in: arXiv:0708.2749 v1 Aug 21 2007
The sloan digital sky survey-II supernova survey: technical summary (2008)
Frieman, Joshua A., Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, Choi, Changsu, Cinabro, David, DeJongh, Fritz, ...
First-year spectroscopy for the sloan digital sky survey - II. Supernova survey (2008)
Zheng, Chen, Romani, Roger W., Sako, Masao, Marriner, John, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, ...
Morokuma, Tomoki, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Akiyama, Masayuki, Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Furusawa, Hisanori, ...
We present the properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected by optical variability in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field (SXDF). Based on the locations of variable components and light curves,...
The Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) - V. Optically Faint Variable Object Survey (2007)
Morokuma, Tomoki, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Akiyama, Masayuki, Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Furusawa, Hisanori, ...
We present our survey for optically faint variable objects using multi-epoch (8-10 epochs over 2-4 years) $i'$-band imaging data obtained with Subaru Suprime-Cam over 0.918 deg$^2$ in the...
Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field: An Initial Sample, and Type Ia Rate, out to Redshift 1.6 (2007)
Poznanski, Dovi, Maoz, Dan, Yasuda, Naoki, Foley, Ryan J., Doi, Mamoru, Filippenko, Alexei V., ...
Large samples of high-redshift supernovae (SNe) are potentially powerful probes of cosmic star formation, metal enrichment, and SN physics. We present initial results from a new deep SN survey, based...
Yasuda, Naoki, Fukugita, Masataka, Schneider, Donald P.
Galactic extinction is tested using galaxy number counts at low Galactic latitude obtained from five band photometry of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The spatial variation of galaxy number counts for...
Komiyama, Yutaka, Doi, Mamoru, Furusawa, Hisanori, Hamabe, Masaru, Imi, Katsumi, Kimura, Masahiko, ...
We carried out a wide-field V, I imaging survey of the Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo II using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera on the 8.2-m Subaru Telescope. The survey covered an area of...
Fukugita, Masataka, Nakamura, Osamu, Okamura, Sadanori, Yasuda, Naoki, Barentine, John C., Brinkmann, Jon, ...
We present a catalogue of morphologically classified bright galaxies in the north equatorial stripe (230 deg$^2$) derived from the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)....
Gerhard, Ortwin, Arnaboldi, Magda, Freeman, Kenneth C., Okamura, Sadanori, Kashikawa, Nobunari, Yasuda, Naoki
The Coma cluster is the richest and most compact of the nearby clusters, yet there is growing evidence that its formation is still on-going. With a new multi-slit imaging spectroscopy technique...
Kinematic Substructures in the Coma Cluster Core as traced by Intracluster Planetary Nebulae (2007)
Arnaboldi, Magda, Gerhard, Ortwin, Freeman, Kenneth C., Kashikawa, Nobunari, Okamura, Sadanori, Yasuda, Naoki
The Coma cluster is the richest and most compact of the nearby clusters, yet there is growing evidence that its formation is still on-going. A sensitive probe of this evolution is the dynamics of...
The peculiar SN 2005hk: Do some type Ia supernovae explode as deflagrations? (2007)
Phillips, M. M., Li, Weidong, Frieman, Joshua A., Blinnikov, S. I., DePoy, Darren, Prieto, José L., ...
Arnaboldi, Magda, Gerhard, Ortwin, Okamura, Sadanori, Kashikawa, Nobunari, Yasuda, Naoki, Freeman, Kenneth C.
The peculiar SN 2005hk: Do some type ia supernovae explode as deflagrations? (2007)
Phillips, M. M., Li, Weidong, Frieman, Joshua A., Blinnikov, S. I., DePoy, Darren, Prietro, Jose L., ...
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The peculiar SN 2005hk: Do some type ia supernovae explode as deflagrations? (2007)
Phillips, M. M., Li, Weidong, Frieman, Joshua A., Blinnikov, S. I., DePoy, Darren, Prietro, Jose L., ...
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SDSS J1029_2623: a gravitationally lensed quasar with an image separation of 22.5 inches (2006)
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Morokuma, Tomoki, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Becker, Robert H., ...
We report the discovery of a cluster-scale lensed quasar, SDSS J1029+2623, selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The lens system exhibits two lensed images of a quasar at z p 2.197. The image...
Constructing the Subaru Advanced Data and Analysis Service on VO (2006)
Shirasaki, Yuji, Tanaka, Masahiro, Honda, Satoshi, Kawanomoto, Satoshi, Ohishi, Masatoshi, Mizumoto, Yoshihiko, ...
We present our activity on making the Subaru Data Archive accessible through the Japanese Virtual Observatory (JVO) system. There are a lot of demand to use the archived Subaru data from various...
The Peculiar SN 2005hk: Do Some Type Ia Supernovae Explode as Deflagrations? (2006)
Phillips, M. M., Li, W., Frieman, J. A., Blinnikov, S. I., DePoy, D., Prieto, J. L., ...
We present extensive u'g'r'i'BVRIYJHKs photometry and optical spectroscopy of SN 2005hk. These data reveal that SN 2005hk was nearly identical in its observed properties to SN 2002cx, which has been...
SDSS J1029+2623: A Gravitationally Lensed Quasar with an Image Separation of 22.5 Arcseconds (2006)
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Morokuma, Tomoki, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Becker, Robert H., ...
We report the discovery of a cluster-scale lensed quasar, SDSS J1029+2623, selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The lens system exhibits two lensed images of a quasar at z_s=2.197. The image...
Hydraulic Performance of the Seepage Collection Ditches at the Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine (2006)
The tailings pond at the Muskeg River Mine is a large structure with a 11 km-long ring dyke that contains process affected water (PAW) and tailings sand. The dyke is made of permeable tailings sand...
Hydraulic Performance of the Seepage Collection Ditches at the Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine (2006)
The tailings pond at the Muskeg River Mine is a large structure with a 11 km-long ring dyke that contains process affected water (PAW) and tailings sand. The dyke is made of permeable tailings sand...
Kinematic substructures in the coma cluster core as traced by intracluster planetary nebulae (2006)
Arnaboldi, Magda, Gerhard, Ortwin, Freeman, Kenneth C., Kashikawa, Nobunari, Okamura, Sadanori, Yasuda, Naoki
Hydraulic Performance of the Seepage Collection Ditches at the Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine (2006)
The tailings pond at the Muskeg River Mine is a large structure with a 11 km-long ring dyke that contains process affected water (PAW) and tailings sand. The dyke is made of permeable tailings sand...
Hydraulic Performance of the Seepage Collection Ditches at the Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine (2006)
The tailings pond at the Muskeg River Mine is a large structure with a 11 km-long ring dyke that contains process affected water (PAW) and tailings sand. The dyke is made of permeable tailings sand...
Yamauchi, Chisato, Ichikawa, Shin-ichi, Doi, Mamoru, Yasuda, Naoki, Yagi, Masafumi, Fukugita, Masataka, ...
We devise improved photometric parameters for the morphological classification of galaxies using a bright sample from the First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In addition to using an...
Arnaboldi, Magda, Gerhard, Ortwin, Aguerri, J. Alfonso L., Freeman, Kenneth C., Napolitano, Nicola R., Okamura, Sadanori, ...
Radial velocities of 40 intracluster planetary nebulae (ICPNe) in the Virgo cluster were obtained with the new multi-fiber FLAMES spectrograph on UT2 at VLT. For the first time, the lambda 4959 AA...
Detection of Intracluster Planetary Nebulae in the Coma Cluster (2005)
Gerhard, Ortwin, Arnaboldi, Magda, Freeman, Kenneth C., Kashikawa, Nobunari, Okamura, Sadanori, Yasuda, Naoki
[OIII] lambda 5007AA emission lines of 16 intracluster planetary nebulae candidates in the Coma cluster were detected with a Multi-Slit Imaging Spectroscopy (MSIS) technique using FOCAS on the Subaru...
A Discovery of Rapid Optical Flares from Low-Luminosity Active Nuclei in Massive Galaxies (2005)
Totani, Tomonori, Sumi, Takahiro, Kosugi, George, Yasuda, Naoki, Doi, Mamoru, Oda, Takeshi
We report a serendipitous discovery of six very low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) only by optical variability in one-month baseline. The detected flux variability is ~ 1-5% of the total...
The third data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...
Discovery of a Large Scale Clumpy Structure around the Lynx Supercluster at z~1.27 (2004)
Nakata, Fumiaki, Kodama, Tadayuki, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Doi, Mamoru, Furusawa, Hisanori, Hamabe, Masaru, ...
We report the discovery of a probable large scale structure composed of many galaxy clumps around the known twin clusters at z=1.26 and z=1.27 in the Lynx region. Our analysis is based on deep,...
Structured Query Language for Virtual Observatory (2004)
Shirasaki, Yuji, Ohishi, Masatoshi, Mizumoto, Yoshihiko, Tanaka, Masahiro, Honda, Satoshi, Oe, Masafumi, ...
Currently two query languages are defined as standards for the Virtual Observatory (VO). Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL) is used for catalog data query and Simple Image Access Protocol (SIAP)...
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital sky survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital sky survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
Current performance and on-going improvements of the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope (2004)
Iye, Masanori, Karoji, Hiroshi, Ando, Hiroyasu, Kaifu, Norio, Kodaira, Keiichi, Aoki, Kentaro, ...
An overview of the current status of the 8.2m Subaru Telescope constructed and operated at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is presented. The basic design concept...
Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) mosaic camera and telescope have obtained five-band optical-wavelength imaging near the Galactic plane outside of the nominal survey boundaries. These additional...
The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg(2) of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...
The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg(2) of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...
Fukugita, Masataka, Yasuda, Naoki, Brinkmann, Jon, Gunn, James E., Ivezic, Zeljko, Knapp, Gillian R., ...
We study the spatial variation of galaxy number counts using five band photometric images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The spatial variation of this sample of 46 million galaxies collected from...
Searching for a Long Cosmic String Through the Gravitational Lensing Effect (2003)
Shirasaki, Yuji, Matsuzaki, Ei-ichi, Mizumoto, Yoshihiko, Kakimoto, Fumio, Ogio, Syoichi, Yasuda, Naoki, ...
It has been suggested that cosmic strings produced at a phase transition in the early universe can be the origin of the extremely high energy cosmic rays (EHCR) observed by AGASA above 10^20 eV....
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...
The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...
Luminosity Function of Morphologically Classified Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002)
Nakamura, Osamu, Fukugita, Masataka, Yasuda, Naoki, Loveday, Jon, Brinkmann, Jon, Schneider, Donald P., ...
The morphological dependence of the luminosity function is studied using a sample containing approximately 1500 bright galaxies classified into Hubble types by visual inspections for a homogeneous...
Subaru Prime Focus Camera -- Suprime-Cam -- (2002)
Miyazaki, Satoshi, Komiyama, Yutaka, Sekiguchi, Maki, Okamura, Sadanori, Doi, Mamoru, Furusawa, Hisanori, ...
We have built an 80-mega pixels (10240 X 8192) mosaic CCD camera, called Suprime-Cam, for the wide-field prime focus of the 8.2 m Subaru telescope. Suprime-Cam covers a field of view 34' X 27', a...
A Search for Lyman alpha Emitters at Redshift 3.7 (2002)
Fujita, Shinobu S., Ajiki, Masaru, Shioya, Yasuhiro, Nagao, Tohru, Murayama, Takashi, Taniguchi, Yoshiaki, ...
We present the results of a survey for emission-line objects based on optical intermediate-band ($\lambda_{\rm c}$ = 5736 \AA ~ and $\Delta\lambda$ = 280 \AA) and broad-band ($B$, $V$, $R$, and...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chirs, Lupton, Rpbert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott, Castander, Francsico J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈ 106 galaxies,...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈ 106 galaxies,...
Galaxy Population in a Cluster of Galaxies around the Radio Galaxy 3C 324 at z=1.2 (2001)
Nakata, Fumiaki, Kajisawa, Masaru, Yamada, Toru, Kodama, Tadayuki, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Tanaka, Ichi, ...
We discuss the properties of galaxies around the radio galaxy 3C 324 at z=1.2 based on BVRIK' multi-band imaging data. We have applied a photometric-redshift technique to objects in the 3C 324 field,...
Discovery of Very Extended Emission-Line Region around the Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 4388 (2001)
Yoshida, Michitoshi, Yagi, Masafumi, Okamura, Sadanori, Aoki, Kentaro, Ohyama, Youichi, Komiyama, Yutaka, ...
We found a very large, 35 kpc, emission-line region around the Seyfert type 2 galaxy NGC 4388, using deep narrow-band imaging with the prime focus camera (Suprime-Cam) of the Subaru telescope. This...
Statistical Properties of Lyman Break Galaxies at z~4 (2001)
Ouchi, Masami, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Okamura, Sadanori, Doi, Mamoru, Furusawa, Hisanori, Hamabe, Masaru, ...
We study the luminosity function and the correlation function of about 1200 z~4 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) with i' 3 sigma significance level. Interpreting this as being due to galaxy mergers, we...
Clustering Properties of Galaxies at z~4 in the Subaru/XMM Deep Survey Field (2001)
Ouchi, Masami, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Okamura, Sadanori, Doi, Mamoru, Furusawa, Hisanori, Hamabe, Masaru, ...
We study the clustering properties of about 1200 z~4 Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) candidates with i'
Galaxy Number Counts from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data (2001)
Yasuda, Naoki, Fukugita, Masataka, Narayanan, Vijay K., Lupton, Robert H., Strateva, Iskra, Strauss, Michael A., ...
We present bright galaxy number counts in five broad bands ($u', g', r', i', z'$) from imaging data taken during the commissioning phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The counts are derived...
Watanabe, Masaru, Yasuda, Naoki, Itoh, Nobunari
Infrared J and H surface photometry are carried out for nearby 12 galaxies whose distances have been accurately measured via HST Cepheid observations. Using the total, isophotal, and...
The SDSS Imaging Pipelines (2001)
Lupton, Robert, Gunn, James E., Ivezic, Zeljko, Knapp, Gillian R., Kent, Stephen, Yasuda, Naoki
We summarise the properties of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) project, discuss our software infrastructure, and outline the architecture of the SDSS image processing pipelines. We then discuss...
Nakata, Fumiaki, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Doi, Mamoru, Kashikawa, Nobunari, Kawasaki, Wataru, Komiyama, Yutaka, ...
We investigate pure luminosity evolution models for early-type (elliptical and S0) galaxies (i.e., no number density change or morphology transition), and examine whether these models are consistent...
Okamura, Sadanori, Yasuda, Naoki, Shimasaku, Kazuhiro, Yagi, Masafumi, Weinberg, David H.
We show that the growth curves of galaxies can be used to determine their bulge and disk parameters and bulge-to-total luminosity ratios, in addition to their conventional asymptotic magnitudes,...
A Supernova Search with Public Astronomical Observatories in Japan (1996)
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Mamoru Doi, Toshikazu Shigeyama, Masaru Watanabe, Naoki Yasuda
We are promoting a supernova(SN) search project with medium size (60cm -- 105cm) telescopes belonging to public observatories in Japan. The main purpose is to measure the SNe Ia rate, which plays an...