Scott F. Anderson

Ten More New Sightlines for the Study of Intergalactic Helium, and Hundreds of Far-UV-Bright Quasars, from SDSS, GALEX, and HST (2009)

Syphers, David, Anderson, Scott F., Zheng, Wei, Haggard, Daryl, Meiksin, Avery, Schneider, Donald P., ...

Absorption along quasar sightlines remains among the most sensitive direct measures of HeII reionization in much of the intergalactic medium (IGM). Until recently, fewer than a half-dozen unobscured...

Probing the Balance of AGN and Star-Forming Activity in the Local Universe with ChaMP (2009)

Constantin, Anca, Green, Paul, Aldcroft, Tom, Kim, Dong-Woo, Haggard, Daryl, Barkhouse, Wayne, ...

The combination of the SDSS and the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) currently offers the largest and most homogeneously selected sample of nearby galaxies for investigating the relation...

X-ray and Optical Study of Low Core Density Globular Clusters NGC6144 and E3 (2009)

Lan, Shih Hao, Kong, Albert K. H., Verbunt, Frank, Lewin, Walter H. G., Bassa, Cees, Anderson, Scott F., ...

We report on the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope observation of two low core density globular clusters, NGC6144 and E3. By comparing the number of X-ray sources inside the...

The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2009)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Allende Prieto, Carlos, An, Deokkeun, ...

This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as SDSS-II. It includes...

X-ray Sources and Their Optical Counterparts in the Galactic Globular Cluster M12 (NGC 6218) (2009)

Lu, Ting-Ni, Kong, Albert K. H., Bassa, Cees, Verbunt, Frank, Lewin, Walter H. G., Anderson, Scott F., ...

We study a Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S observation of the Galactic globular clusterM12. With a 26 ks exposure time, we detect 6 X-ray sources inside the half-mass radius (2.16 arcminutes) of...

High-Redshift SDSS Quasars with Weak Emission Lines (2009)

Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M., Fan, Xiaohui, Brandt, W. N., Shemmer, Ohad, Strauss, Michael A., Anderson, Scott F., ...

We identify a sample of 74 high-redshift quasars (z>3) with weak emission lines from the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and present infrared, optical, and radio observations of a...

Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy: Executive Summary (2009)

Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Baker, Andrew, ...

Promoting racial and ethnic diversity is critically important to the future success and growth of the field of astronomy. The raw ability, drive and interest required to excel in the field is...

Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy at the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral Levels (Paper I) (2009)

Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Baker, Andrew, ...

If the ethnic makeup of the astronomy profession is to achieve parity with the general population within one generation (~30 years), the number of underrepresented minorities earning graduate degrees...

Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy Through K-12 Education and Public Outreach (Paper II) (2009)

Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Baker, Andrew, ...

In order to attract, recruit and retain underrepresented minority students to pursue Astronomy and related fields, we must ensure that there continues to be a well qualified pool of graduate and...

A Radio Search For Pulsar Companions To SDSS Low-Mass White Dwarfs (2009)

Agueros, Marcel A., Camilo, Fernando, Silvestri, Nicole M., Kleinman, S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Liebert, James W.

We have conducted a search for pulsar companions to 15 low-mass white dwarfs (LMWDs; M < 0.4 M_Sun) at 820 MHz with the NRAO Green Bank Telescope (GBT). These LMWDs were spectroscopically identified...

The Impact of the Astro2010 Recommendations on Variable Star Science (2009)

Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Becker, Andrew C., Anderson, Scott F., Bloom, Joshua S., Georgiev, Leonid, Grindlay, Josh, ...

The next decade of survey astronomy has the potential to transform our knowledge of variable stars. Stellar variability underpins our knowledge of the cosmological distance ladder, and provides...

Astro2010 Decadal Survey Whitepaper: Coordinated Science in the Gravitational and Electromagnetic Skies (2009)

Bloom, Joshua S., Holz, Daniel E., Hughes, Scott A., Menou, Kristen, Adams, Allan, Anderson, Scott F., ...

It is widely expected that the coming decade will witness the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs). The ground-based LIGO and Virgo GW observatories are being upgraded to advanced...

X-ray Insights into the Nature of Weak Emission-Line Quasars at High Redshift (2009)

Shemmer, Ohad, Brandt, W. N., Anderson, Scott F., Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M., Fan, Xiaohui, Richards, Gordon T., ...

We present Chandra observations of nine high-redshift quasars (z=2.7-5.9) discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with weak or undetectable high-ionization emission lines in their UV spectra...

Cataclysmic Variables from SDSS VII. The Seventh Year (2006) (2009)

Szkody, Paula, Anderson, Scott F., Hayden, Michael, Kronberg, Martin, McGurk, Rosalie, Riecken, Thomas, ...

Coordinates, magnitudes and spectra are presented for 39 cataclysmic variables found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra that were primarily obtained in 2006. Of these, 12 were CVs identified prior...

A Catalog of Broad Absorption Line Quasars in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (2008)

Gibson, Robert R., Jiang, Linhua, Brandt, W. N., Hall, Patrick B., Shen, Yue, Wu, Jianfeng, ...

We present a catalog of 5039 broad absorption line (BAL) quasars (QSOs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) QSO catalog that have absorption troughs covering a continuous...

Efficient Photometric Selection of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: II. ~1,000,000 Quasars from Data Release Six (2008)

Richards, Gordon T., Myers, Adam D., Gray, Alexander G., Riegel, Ryan N., Nichol, Robert C., Brunner, Robert J., ...

We present a catalog of 1,172,157 quasar candidates selected from the photometric imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The objects are all point sources to a limiting magnitude of...

A High Yield of New Sightlines for the Study of Intergalactic Helium: Far-UV-Bright Quasars from SDSS, GALEX, and HST (2008)

Syphers, David, Anderson, Scott F., Zheng, Wei, Haggard, Daryl, Meiksin, Avery, Chiu, Kuenley, ...

Investigations of He II Ly-alpha (304 A rest) absorption toward a half-dozen quasars at z~3-4 have demonstrated the great potential of helium studies of the IGM, but the current critically small...

A Nearby Old Halo White Dwarf Candidate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Hall, Patrick B., Kowalski, Piotr M., Harris, Hugh C., Awal, Akshay, Leggett, S. K., Kilic, Mukremin, ...

We report the discovery of a nearby, old, halo white dwarf candidate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. SDSS J110217.48+411315.4 has a proper motion of 1.75 arcsec/year and redder optical colors than...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Allende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

A Large Sample of BL Lacs from SDSS and FIRST (2008)

Plotkin, Richard M., Anderson, Scott F., Hall, Patrick B., Margon, Bruce, Voges, Wolfgang, Schneider, Donald P., ...

We present a large sample of 501 radio-selected BL Lac candidates from the combination of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 optical spectroscopy and from the Faint Images of the...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. III. Constraints on dark energy from the third data release quasar lens catalog (2008)

Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Strauss, Michael A., Kochanek, Christopher S., Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., ...

We present cosmological results from the statistics of lensed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Lens Search. By taking proper account of the selection function, we compute the...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. II. Statistical lens sample from the third data release (2008)

Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Becker, Robert H., Shin, Min-Su, Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., ...

We report the first results of our systematic search for strongly lensed quasars using the spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Among 46,420 quasars from the...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar lens search. III. Constraints on dark energy from the Third Data Release Quasar Lens Catalog (2008)

Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Strauss, Michael A., Kochanek, Christopher S., Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., ...

We present cosmological results from the statistics of lensed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Lens Search. By taking proper account of the selection function, we compute the...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar lens search. II. Statistical lens sample from the Third Data Release (2008)

Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Becker, Robert H., Shin, Min-Su, Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., ...

We report the first results of our systematic search for strongly lensed quasars using the spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Among 46,420 quasars from the...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Xiaohui Fan (2007)

Xiaohui Fan, Michael Strauss, Donald P. Schneider, James E. Gunn, Robert H. Lupton, Brian Yanny, ...

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of 15 high-redshift quasars (z ? 3:6) discovered from ¸ 140 deg 2 of five-color (u 0 g 0 r 0 i 0 z 0 ) imaging data taken by the Sloan Digital...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. III. Constraints on Dark Energy from the Third Data Release Quasar Lens Catalog (2007)

Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Strauss, Michael A., Kochanek, Christopher S., Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., ...

We present cosmological results from the statistics of lensed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Lens Search. By taking proper account of the selection function, we compute the...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. II. Statistical Lens Sample from the Third Data Release (2007)

Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Becker, Robert H., Shin, Min-Su, Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., ...

We report the first results of our systematic search for strongly lensed quasars using the spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Among 46,420 quasars from the...

Clustering of high-redshift (z >= 2.9) quasars from the sloan digital sky survey (2007)

Shen, Yue, Strauss, Michael A., Oguri, Masamune, Hennawi, Joseph F., Fan, Xiaohui, Richards, Gordon T., ...

We study the two-point correlation function of a uniformly selected sample of 4426 luminous optical quasars with redshift 2:9 z 5:4 selected over 4041 deg2 from the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog IV. Fifth Data Release (2007)

Schneider, Donald P., Hall, Patrick B., Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, Anderson, Scott F., ...

We present the fourth edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog contains 77,429 objects; this is an increase of over 30,000 entries since the previous edition. The...

Clustering of High Redshift ($z\ge 2.9$) Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Shen, Yue, Strauss, Michael A., Oguri, Masamune, Hennawi, Joseph F., Fan, Xiaohui, Richards, Gordon T., ...

(Abridged) We study the two-point correlation function of a uniformly selected sample of 4,426 luminous optical quasars with redshift $2.9 \le z\le 5.4$ selected over 4041 deg$^2$ from the Fifth Data...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. IV. Fifth Data Release (2007)

Schneider, Donald P., Hall, Patrick B., Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., Anderson, Scott F., ...

We present the fourth edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog contains 77,429 objects; this is an increase of over 30,000 entries since the previous edition. The...

The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)

Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...

We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...

Two Additions to the New Class of Low Accretion-Rate Magnetic Binaries (2006)

Schmidt, Gary D., Szkody, Paula, Henden, Arne, Anderson, Scott F., Lamb, Don Q., Margon, Bruce, ...

Two new magnetic white dwarf accretion binaries with extremely low mass-transfer rates have been discovered in the course of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Measured magnetic fields are 42 MG and 57...

A Large, Uniform Sample of X-ray Emitting AGN from the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: the Data Release 5 Sample (2006)

Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Voges, Wolfgang, Plotkin, Richard M., Syphers, David, Haggard, Daryl, ...

We describe further results of a program aimed to yield ~10^4 fully characterized optical identifications of ROSAT X-ray sources. Our program employs X-ray data from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS),...

A Catalog of Broad Absorption Line Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Third Data Release (2006)

Trump, Jonathan R., Hall, Patrick B., Reichard, Timothy A., Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, ...

We present a total of 4784 unique broad absorption line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Third Data Release. An automated algorithm was used to match a continuum to each quasar and to...

Chandra Observations of the Highest Redshift Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Shemmer, Ohad, Brandt, W. N., Schneider, Donald P., Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M., ...

We present new Chandra observations of 21 z>4 quasars, including 11 sources at z>5. These observations double the number of X-ray detected quasars at z>5, allowing investigation of the X-ray spectral...

Spectral Energy Distributions and Multiwavelength Selection of Type 1 Quasars (2006)

Richards, Gordon T., Lacy, Mark, Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Hall, Patrick B., Gallagher, S. C., Hines, Dean C., ...

We present an analysis of the mid-infrared (MIR) and optical properties of type 1 (broad-line) quasars detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The MIR color-redshift relation is characterized to...

The SDSS Quasar Survey: Quasar Luminosity Function from Data Release Three (2006)

Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Jester, Sebastian, Schneider, Donald P., ...

We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define the most uniform...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar survey: Quasar luminosity function from data release 3 (2006)

Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Jester, Sebastian, Schneider, Donald P., ...

We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define the most uniform...

Spectral energy distributions and multiwavelength selection of type 1 quasars (2006)

Richards, Gordon T., Lacy, Mark, Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa J., Hall, Patrick B., Gallagher, S. C., Hines, Dean C., ...

We present an analysis of the mid-infrared (MIR) and optical properties of type 1 (broad-line) quasars detected by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The MIR color-redshift relation is characterized to...

The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)

Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...

We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...

Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)

Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...

We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...

The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)

Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...

We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...

The soft X-ray properties of quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Shen, Shiyin, White, Simon D. M., Mo, H. J., Voges, Wolfgang, Kauffmann, Guinevere, Tremonti, Christy, ...

We use the ROSAT All Sky Survey (RASS) to study the soft X-ray properties of a homogeneous sample of 46,420 quasars selected from the third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)....

Candidate Isolated Neutron Stars and Other Optically Blank X-ray Fields Identified from the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (2005)

Agueros, Marcel A., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Posselt, Bettina, Haberl, Frank, Voges, Wolfgang, ...

Only seven radio-quiet isolated neutron stars (INSs) emitting thermal X rays are known, a sample that has yet to definitively address such fundamental issues as the equation of state of degenerate...

XMM-Newton and optical follow-up observations of SDSS J093249.57+472523.0 and SDSS J102347.67+003841.2 (2005)

Homer, Lee, Szkody, Paula, Chen, Bing, Henden, Arne, Schmidt, Gary, Anderson, Scott F., ...

We report follow-up XMM-Newton and ground-based optical observations of the unusual X-ray binary SDSS J102347.67+003841.2 (=FIRST J102347.6+003841), and a new candidate intermediate polar found in...

Ultracompact AM CVn Binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Three Candidates Plus the First Confirmed Eclipsing System (2005)

Anderson, Scott F., Haggard, Daryl, Homer, Lee, Joshi, Nikhil R., Margon, Bruce, Silvestri, Nicole M., ...

AM CVn systems are a rare (about a dozen previously known) class of cataclysmic variables, arguably encompassing the shortest orbital periods (down to about 10 minutes) of any known binaries. Both...

Magnetic White Dwarfs from the SDSS II. The Second and Third Data Releases (2005)

Vanlandingham, Karen M., Schmidt, Gary D., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Harris, Hugh C., Anderson, Scott F., Hall, Pat B., ...

Fifty-two magnetic white dwarfs have been identified in spectroscopic observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) obtained between mid-2002 and the end of 2004, including Data Releases 2...

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., ...

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,...

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,...

Large Scale Clustering of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars: Impact of the Baryon Density and the Cosmological Constant (2004)

Yahata, Kazuhiro, Suto, Yasushi, Kayo, Issha, Matsubara, Takahiko, Connolly, Andrew, Berk, Daniel Vanden, ...

We report the first result of the clustering analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasars. We compute the two-point correlation function (2PCF) of SDSS quasars in redshift space at...

Optically identified BL Lacertae objects from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)

Collinge, Matthew J., Strauss, Michael A., Hall, Patrick B., Ivezic, Zeljko, Munn, Jeffrey A., Schlegel, David J., ...

We present a sample of 386 BL Lacertae (BL Lac) candidates identified from 2860 deg^2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic database. The candidates are primarily selected to have...

Efficient Photometric Selection of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: 100,000 z (2004)

Richards, Gordon T., Nichol, Robert C., Gray, Alexander G., Brunner, Robert J., Lupton, Robert H., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, ...

We present a catalog of 100,563 unresolved, UV-excess (UVX) quasar candidates to g=21 from 2099 deg^2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release One (DR1) imaging data. Existing spectra of...

Far-Ultraviolet Observations of RR Lyrae Stars in the Core of NGC 1851 (2004)

Downes, Ronald A., Margon, Bruce, Homer, Lee, Anderson, Scott F.

There are extraordinarily few far ultraviolet observations of RR Lyrae stars in the literature. We present Hubble Space Telescope FUV (~1600 A) imaging of the core of the globular cluster NGC 1851....

Cataclysmic Variables from SDSS III. The Third Year (2004)

Szkody, Paula, Henden, Arne, Fraser, Oliver, Silvestri, Nicole, Bochanski, John, Wolfe, Michael A., ...

This paper continues the series that identifies new cataclysmic variables found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We present 36 cataclysmic variables and one possible symbiotic star from Sloan spectra...

X-ray Sources and their Optical Counterparts in the Globular Cluster M4 (2004)

Bassa, Cees, Pooley, David, Homer, Lee, Verbunt, Frank, Gaensler, Bryan M., Lewin, Walter H. G., ...

We report on the Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 imaging observation of the Galactic globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121). We detect 12 X-ray sources inside the core and 19 more within the cluster...

A Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarf Stars in the First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)

Kleinman, S. J., Harris, Hugh C., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Liebert, James, Nitta, Atsuko, Krzesiński, Jurek, ...

We present the full spectroscopic white dwarf and hot subdwarf sample from the SDSS first data release, DR1. We find 2551 white dwarf stars of various types, 240 hot subdwarf stars, and an additional...

Faint High-Latitude Carbon Stars Discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: An Initial Catalog (2004)

Downes, Ronald A., Margon, Bruce, Anderson, Scott F., Harris, Hugh C., Knapp, G. R., Schroeder, Josh, ...

A search of more than 3,000 square degrees of high latitude sky by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey has yielded 251 faint high-latitude carbon stars (FHLCs), the large majority previously uncataloged. We...

A Strategy for Finding Near Earth Objects with the SDSS Telescope (2004)

Raymond, Sean N., Fraser, Oliver J., Garg, Arti, Hawley, Suzanne L., Jedicke, Robert, Miknaitis, Gajus, ...

We present a detailed observational strategy for finding Near Earth Objects (NEOs) with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) telescope. We investigate strategies in normal, unbinned mode as well as...

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, 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 deg2 of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release (2004)

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...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog II. First Data Release (2003)

Schneider, Donald P., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Jester, Sebastian, Richards, Gordon T., Stoughton, Chris, ...

We present the second edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of 16713 objects in the SDSS First Data Release (DR1) that have luminosities larger than...

Cataclysmic Variables from SDSS II. The Second Year (2003)

Szkody, Paula, Fraser, Oliver, Silvestri, Nicole, Henden, Arne, Anderson, Scott F., Frith, James, ...

The first full year of operation following the commissioning year of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey has revealed a wide variety of newly discovered cataclysmic variables. We show the SDSS spectra of...

A Large, Uniform Sample of X-ray Emitting AGN: Selection Approach and an Initial Catalog from the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (2003)

Anderson, Scott F., Voges, Wolfgang, Margon, Bruce, Trümper, Joachim, Agüeros, Marcel A., Boller, Thomas, ...

Many open questions in X-ray astronomy are limited by the relatively small number of objects in uniform optically-identified samples, especially when rare subclasses are considered, or subsets...

A First Look at White Dwarf - M Dwarf Pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) (2003)

Raymond, Sean N., Szkody, Paula, Hawley, Suzanne L., Anderson, Scott F., Brinkman, J., Covey, Kevin R., ...

We have identified 109 White Dwarf (WD) - M dwarf pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with g < 20th magnitude. For each system we determined the temperature of the WD primary and the...

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...

Two Rare Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables with Extreme Cyclotron Features Identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002)

Szkody, Paula, Anderson, Scott F., Schmidt, Gary, Hall, Patrick B., Margon, Bruce, Miceli, Antonino, ...

Two newly identified magnetic cataclysmic variables discovered in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), SDSSJ155331.12+551614.5 and SDSSJ132411.57+032050.5, have spectra showing highly prominent,...

Faint High Latitude Carbon Stars Discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Methods and Initial Results (2002)

Margon, Bruce, Anderson, Scott F., Harris, Hugh C., Strauss, Michael A., Knapp, G. R., Fan, Xiaohui, ...

We report the discovery of 39 Faint High Latitude Carbon Stars (FHLCs) from Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. The objects, each selected photometrically and verified spectroscopically,...

The UV Spectrum of the Ultra-compact X-ray Binary- 4U 1627-673 (2002)

Homer, L., Anderson, Scott F., Wachter, Stefanie, Margon, Bruce

We have obtained Hubble Space Telescope/STIS low-resolution ultraviolet spectra of the X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67 (=KZ TrA); 4U 1626-67 is unusual even among X-ray pulsars due to its ultra-short binary...

The Optical Identification of the X-ray Burster X1746-370 in the Globular Cluster NGC6441 (2002)

Homer, L., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Downes, Ronald A., Deutsch, Eric W.

We find convincing observational evidence to confirm the optical identification of the X-ray burster X1746-370 located in the globular cluster NGC6441. Chandra/HRC-I imaging yields a much improved...

Exploratory Chandra observations of the three highest redshift quasars known (2002)

Brandt, William N., Schneider, Donald P., Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Richards, Gordon T., ...

We report on exploratory Chandra observations of the three highest redshift quasars known (z = 5.82, 5.99, and 6.28), all found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. These data, combined with a previous...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. I. Early data release (2002)

Schneider, Donald P., Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Strauss, Michael A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., ...

We present the first edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 3814 objects ( 3000 discovered by the SDSS) in the initial SDSS public data release...

Cataclysmic variables from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. The first results (2002)

Szkody, Paula, Anderson, Scott F., Agüeros, Marcel, Covarrubias, Ricardo, Bentz, Misty, Hawley, Suzanne, ...

The commissioning year of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has demonstrated that many cataclysmic variables (CVs) have been missed in previous surveys with brighter limits. We report the...

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,...

The Rapid Burster in Liller 1: the Chandra X-ray Position and a Search for an IR Counterpart (2001)

Homer, L., Deutsch, Eric W., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce

Despite the unique X-ray behavior of the compact bursting X-ray source MXB1730-335, the "Rapid Burster" (RB) in the highly reddened globular cluster Liller 1, to date there has been no known...

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data VI. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectrograph Observations (2001)

Anderson, Scott F., Fan, Xiaohui, Richards, Gordon T., Schneider, Donald P., Strauss, Michael A., Berk, Daniel E. Vanden, ...

We present results on over 100 high-redshift quasars found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), using automated selection algorithms applied to SDSS imaging data and with spectroscopic...

Weak Lensing Measurements of 42 SDSS/RASS Galaxy Clusters (2001)

Sheldon, Erin Scott, Annis, James, Bohringer, Hans, Fischer, Philippe, Frieman, Joshua A., Joffre, Michael, ...

We present a lensing study of 42 galaxy clusters imaged in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data. Cluster candidates are selected optically from SDSS imaging data and confirmed for this...

Optical Identification of the X-ray Burster in the Globular Cluster NGC1851 (2001)

Homer, L., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Deutsch, Eric W., Downes, Ronald A.

We have obtained exposures of the field of X0512-401 in the globular cluster NGC1851, in X-rays with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and in the far-UV with the Hubble Space Telescope. We derive an...

Ultracompact X-ray Binaries in Globular Clusters: Variability of the Optical Counterpart of X1832-330 in NGC 6652 (1999)

Deutsch, Eric W., Margon, Bruce, Anderson, Scott F.

Evidence is emerging that the luminous X-ray sources in the cores of globular clusters may often consist of, or perhaps even as a class be dominated by, ultracompact (P < 1 hr) binary stars. To the...

Measuring Omega Baryon from the Helium Lyman-Alpha Forest (1999)

Wadsley, James W., Hogan, Craig J., Anderson, Scott F.

A new method to extract Omega_b from high redshift intergalactic absorption is described, based on the distribution of HeII Ly-alpha optical depths in the voids in the ionization zone of quasars. A...

Serendipitous Discovery of a Cataclysmic Variable in the Globular Cluster NGC 6624 (1999)

Deutsch, Eric W., Margon, Bruce, Anderson, Scott F., Downes, Ronald A.

Despite indications that classical cataclysmic variable (CV) stars are rare in globular clusters in general, and in the cluster NGC 6624 in particular, we have serendipitously discovered such a star...

Infrared Candidates for the Intense Galactic X-ray Source GX 17+2 (1999)

Deutsch, Eric W., Margon, Bruce, Anderson, Scott F., Wachter, Stefanie, Goss, W. M.

We present new astrometric solutions and infrared Hubble Space Telescope observations of GX 17+2 (X1813-140), one of the brightest X-ray sources on the celestial sphere. Despite 30 years of intensive...

A Morphological and Multicolor Survey for Faint QSOs in the Groth-Westphal Strip (1999)

Beck-Winchatz, Bernhard, Anderson, Scott F.

Quasars representative of the populous faint end of the luminosity function are frustratingly dim with m~24 at intermediate redshift; moreover groundbased surveys for such faint QSOs suffer...

The Full Re-Ionization of Helium (1998)

Wadsley, James W., Hogan, Craig J., Anderson, Scott F.

Observations of resolved HeII Lyman alpha absorption in spectra of two QSO's suggest that the epoch of helium ionization occurred at z~3. Proximity zones in the spectra of the quasars (z=3.18, 3.285)...

Optically Identified BL Lacertae Objects From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (1998)

Collinge, Matthew J., Strauss, Michael A., Hall, Patrick B., Ivezic, Zeljko, Munn, Jeffrey A., Schlegel, David J., ...

We present a sample of 386 BL Lacertae candidates identified from 2860 deg(exp 2) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic database. The candidates are primarily selected to have...

Mapping Low-Density Intergalactic Gas: a Third Helium Lyman-alpha Forest (1998)

Anderson, Scott F., Hogan, Craig J., Williams, Benjamin F., Carswell, Robert F.

We present a new HST/STIS spectrum of the z=3.18 quasar PKS 1935-692 and summarize the spectral features shortwards of 304A in the rest frame likely to be caused by foreground HeII Lyman-alpha...

A Search for the Optical Counterpart of the Luminous X-ray Source in NGC 6652 (1998)

Deutsch, Eric W., Margon, Bruce, Anderson, Scott F.

We examine images of the field of X1832-330, the luminous (Lx ~ 10^36 erg/s) X-ray burst source near the center of the globular cluster NGC 6652, in order to identify the optical counterpart for...

The Probable Optical Counterpart of the Luminous X-ray Source in NGC 6441 (1997)

Deutsch, Eric W., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Downes, Ronald A.

We report results from Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 imaging of the field of the luminous, bursting X-ray source in the globular cluster NGC 6441. Although the X-ray position is known to a precision...

Time-Resolved Ultraviolet Observations of the Globular Cluster X-ray Source in NGC 6624: The Shortest Known Period Binary System (1997)

Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Deutsch, Eric W., Downes, Ronald A., Allen, Richard G.

Using the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained the first time-resolved spectra of the King et al. ultraviolet-bright counterpart to the 11-minute binary...

Resolving the Helium Lyman-$\alpha$ Forest: Mapping Intergalactic Gas and Ionizing Radiation at $z\approx 3$ (1996)

Hogan, Craig J., Anderson, Scott F., Rugers, Martin H.

We present a new, high resolution HST/GHRS spectrum of quasar Q0302-003, and use the HeII Lyman-$\alpha$ absorption, together with a high resolution Keck spectrum of the HI Lyman-$\alpha$ forest, to...

An Ultraviolet-Excess Optical Candidate for the Luminous Globular Cluster X-ray Source in NGC1851 (1996)

Deutsch, Eric W., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Downes, Ronald A.

The intense, bursting X-ray source in the globular cluster NGC 1851 was one of the first cluster sources discovered, but has remained optically unidentified for 25 years. We report here on results...

Time Resolved Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of DQ Herculis: Eclipses and Pulsations (1996)

Silber, Andrew D., Anderson, Scott F., Margon, Bruce, Downes, Ronald A.

The magnetic cataclysmic variable DQ Herculis was observed with the Faint Object Spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) over four consecutive satellite orbits, including the first...

HST Imaging of Bright Galactic X-ray Binaries in Crowded Fields (1996)

Deutsch, Eric W., Margon, Bruce, Wachter, Stefanie, Anderson, Scott F.

We report high spatial resolution HST imagery and photometry of three well-studied, intense galactic X-ray binaries, X2129+47, CAL 87 and GX17+2. All three sources exhibit important anomalies, not...

ROSAT Soft X-Ray Properties of the Large Bright Quasar Survey: Modeling of Stacked X-Ray Spectra (1996)

Schartel, Norbert, Green, Paul J., Anderson, Scott F., Hewett, Paul C., Foltz, Craig B., Margon, Bruce, ...

We develop and apply a novel method of analysis to study the X-ray spectral properties of 908 QSOs in the Large Bright Quasar Survey (LBQS) that were observed during the soft X-ray ROSAT All-Sky...