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Identification of Galaxy-Galaxy Strong Lens Candidates in the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey Using Machine Learning

We perform a search for galaxy-galaxy strong lens systems using a convolutional neural network (CNN) applied to imaging data from the first public data release of the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey (DELVE), which contains $\sim 520$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-29 E. A. Zaborowski , A. Drlica-Wagner , F. Ashmead , J. F. Wu , R. Morgan , C. R. Bom , A. J. Shajib , S. Birrer , W. Cerny , L. Buckley-Geer , B. Mutlu-Pakdil , P. S. Ferguson , K. Glazebrook , S. J. Gonzalez Lozano , Y. Gordon , M. Martinez , V. Manwadkar , J. O'Donnell , J. Poh , A. Riley , J. D. Sakowska , L. Santana-Silva , B. X. Santiago , D. Sluse , C. Y. Tan , E. J. Tollerud , A. Verma , J. A. Carballo-Bello , Y. Choi , D. J. James , N. Kuropatkin , C. E. Martínez-Vázquez , D. L. Nidever , J. L. Nilo Castellon , N. E. D. Noël , K. A. G. Olsen , A. B. Pace , S. Mau , B. Yanny , A. Zenteno , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , O. Alves , F. Andrade-Oliveira , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. J. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. E. S. Pereira , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , S. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , K. Kuehn , H. Lin , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , J. Prat , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , C. To , N. Weaverdyck

5 Years of Defocused Observations of Exoplanet Transits with T100: Timing Perspective

We have been carrying out a program for over five years to observe transits of selected exoplanets with 1-meter Turkish Telescope, T100 (Ba\c{s}t\"urk et al. 2014, 2015), by making use of the well-established defocusing technique…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-20 Ozgur Basturk , Selcuk Yalcinkaya , Burak Keten

The Case for a Kilometer-Scale High-Energy Neutrino Detector: 1996

The objective of neutrino astronomy, born with the identification of thermonuclear fusion in the sun and the particle processes controlling the fate of a nearby supernova, is to build instruments which reach throughout and far beyond our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen

SPECULOOS Northern Observatory: searching for red worlds in the northern skies

SPECULOOS is a ground-based transit survey consisting of six identical 1-m robotic telescopes. The immediate goal of the project is to detect temperate terrestrial planets transiting nearby ultracool dwarfs (late M-dwarf stars and brown…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Artem Y. Burdanov , Julien de Wit , Michaël Gillon , Rafael Rebolo , Daniel Sebastian , Roi Alonso , Sandrine Sohy , Prajwal Niraula , Lionel Garcia , Khalid Barkaoui , Patricia Chinchilla , Elsa Ducrot , Catriona A. Murray , Peter P. Pedersen , Emmanuël Jehin , James McCormac , Sebastián Zúñiga-Fernández

The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 1

We describe the first public data release of the Dark Energy Survey, DES DR1, consisting of reduced single epoch images, coadded images, coadded source catalogs, and associated products and services assembled over the first three years of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-24 T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , A. Amara , J. Annis , J. Asorey , S. Avila , O. Ballester , M. Banerji , W. Barkhouse , L. Baruah , M. Baumer , K. Bechtol , M . R. Becker , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. Brout , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , V. Busti , R. Campisano , L. Cardiel-Sas , A. C arnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , X. Chen , C. Conselice , G. Costa , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , R. Das , G. Daues , T. M. Davis , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , J. DeRose , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Elliott , A. E. Evrard , A. Farahi , A. Fausti Neto , E. Fernandez , D. A. Finley , M. Fitzpatrick , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , D. N. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaz tanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , M. S. S. Gill , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , M. Gower , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , R. R. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , S. Hamilton , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , J. M. Hislop , D. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , S. Juneau , T. Kacprzak , S. Kent , G. Khullar , M. Klein , A. Kovacs , A. M. G. Koziol , E. Krause , A. Kremin , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , J. Lasker , T. S. Li , R. T. Li , A. R. Liddle , M. Lima , H. Lin , P. López-Reyes , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , J. D. Maloney , M. Manera , M. March , J. Marriner , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , T. McClintock , T. McKay , R . G. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , E. Morganson , J. Mould , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , D. Nidever , R. Nikutta , F. Nogueira , B. Nord , P. Nugent , L. Nunes , R. L. C. Ogando , L. Old , K. Olsen , A. B. Pace , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , H. V. Peiris , W. J. Percival , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas , J. Poh , C. Pond , A. Por redon , A. Pujol , A. Refregier , K. Reil , P. M. Ricker , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , P. Rooney , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , M. L. Sanchez , B. Santiago , A. Saro , V. Scarpine , D. Scolnic , A. Scott , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , N. Shipp , M. L. Silveira , R. C. Smith , J. A. Smith , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobre ira , J. Song , A. Stebbins , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. K. Vivas , A. R. Wal ker , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , R. C. Wolf , H. Wu , B. Yanny , A. Zenteno , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Dark Energy Survey's Observation Strategy, Tactics, and Exposure Scheduler

The Dark Energy Survey is a stage III dark energy experiment, performing an optical imaging survey to measure cosmological equation of state parameters using four independent methods. The scope and complexity of the survey introduced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-16 Eric H. Neilsen , James T. Annis , H. Thomas Diehl , Molly E. C. Swanson , Chris D'Andrea , Stephen Kent , Alex Drlica-Wagner

Overview of North Ecliptic Pole Deep multi-wavelength Survey (NEP-Deep)

The recent updates of the North Ecliptic Pole deep (0.5~deg$^2$, NEP-Deep) multi-wavelength survey covering from X-ray to radio-wave is presented. The NEP-Deep provides us with several thousands of 15~$\mu$m or 18~$\mu$m selected sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-31 H. Matsuhara , T. Wada , N. Oi , T. Takagi , T. Nakagawa , K. Murata , T. Goto , S. Oyabu , T. T. Takeuchi , K. Malek , A. Solarz , Y. Ohyama , T. Miyaji , M. Krumpe , H. M. Lee , M. Im , S. Serjeant , C. P. Pearson , G. J. White , M. A. Malkan , H. Hanami , T. Ishigaki , D. Burgarella , V. Buat , A. Pollo

TiDES: The 4MOST Time Domain Extragalactic Survey

The Time Domain Extragalactic Survey (TiDES) conducted on the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) will perform spectroscopic follow-up of extragalactic transients discovered in the era of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-29 C. Frohmaier , M. Vincenzi , M. Sullivan , S. F. Hönig , M. Smith , H. Addison , T. Collett , G. Dimitriadis , R. S. Ellis , P. Gandhi , O. Graur , I. Hook , L. Kelsey , Y. L. Kim , C. Lidman , K. Maguire , L. Makrygianni , B. Martin , A. Möller , R. C. Nichol , M. Nicholl , P. Schady , B. D. Simmons , S. J. Smartt , E. Tempel , P. Wiseman , the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Kinematics of Distant Galaxies from Keck

DEEP is a two-phase spectral survey of faint field galaxies with the Keck Telescopes. The goals include exploring galaxy formation and evolution, mapping distant large scale structures, and constraining cosmology. DEEP, since its inception…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David C. Koo

The Dark Energy Survey Image Processing Pipeline

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a five-year optical imaging campaign with the goal of understanding the origin of cosmic acceleration. DES performs a 5000 square degree survey of the southern sky in five optical bands (g,r,i,z,Y) to a depth…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 E. Morganson , R. A. Gruendl , F. Menanteau , M. Carrasco Kind , Y. -C. Chen , G. Daues , A. Drlica-Wagner , D. N. Friedel , M. Gower , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , R. Kessler , F. Paz-Chinchón , D. Petravick , C. Pond , B. Yanny , S. Allam , R. Armstrong , W. Barkhouse , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , E. Buckley-Geer , R. Covarrubias , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , T. S. Li , H. Lin , J. Marriner , J. J. Mohr , E. Neilsen , C. -C. Ngeow , K. Paech , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , F. Sobreira , D. L. Tucker , W. Wester

An all-sky catalog of solar-type dwarfs for exoplanetary transit surveys

Most future surveys designed to discover transiting exoplanets, including TESS and PLATO, will target bright (V<13) and nearby solar-type stars having a spectral type later than F5. In order to enhance the probability of identifying…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 V. Nascimbeni , G. Piotto , S. Ortolani , G. Giuffrida , P. M. Marrese , D. Magrin , R. Ragazzoni , I. Pagano , H. Rauer , J. Cabrera , D. Pollacco , A. M. Heras , M. Deleuil , L. Gizon , V. Granata

NOAO 4-m Telescopes for Future Surveys

The NOAO currently operates the two most capable platforms in the world for optical surveys, the 4-m KPNO (Mayall) and 4-m CTIO (Blanco) telescopes. It was only discovered recently (in 2009) that a field of view of 3 deg diameter is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-06 David Schlegel , Michael Sholl

Development of sensitive long-wave infrared detector arrays for passively cooled space missions

The near-earth object camera (NEOCam) is a proposed infrared space mission designed to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids larger than 140 m in diameter that orbit near the Earth. NASA has funded technology…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-01 Craig McMurtry , Donald Lee , James Beletic , Chi-Yi A. Chen , Richard T. Demers , Meghan Dorn , Dennis Edwall , Candice Bacon Fazar , William J. Forrest , Fengchuan Liu , Amanda K. Mainzer , Judith L. Pipher , Aristo Yulius

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Deep Field Optical + Near-Infrared Images and Catalogue

We describe the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Deep Fields, a set of images and associated multi-wavelength catalogue ($ugrizJHKs$) built from Dark Energy Camera (DECam) and Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) data. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-17 W. G. Hartley , A. Choi , A. Amon , R. A. Gruendl , E. Sheldon , I. Harrison , G. M. Bernstein , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , B. Yanny , K. Eckert , H. T. Diehl , A. Alarcon , M. Banerji , K. Bechtol , R. Buchs , S. Cantu , C. Conselice , J. Cordero , C. Davis , T. M. Davis , S. Dodelson , A. Drlica-Wagner , S. Everett , A. Ferté , D. Gruen , K. Honscheid , M. Jarvis , M. D. Johnson , N. Kokron , N. MacCrann , J. Myles , A. B. Pace , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , M. E. S. Pereira , A. A. Plazas , J. Prat , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , F. Tarsitano , A. Tong , M. A. Troxel , Z. Vasquez , K. Wang , C. Zhou , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , S. Desai , J. P. Dietrich , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , D. Huterer , D. J. James , S. Kent , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , E. Neilsen , R. L. C. Ogando , S. Pandey , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , R. D. Wilkinson , J. Zuntz

A Northern Ecliptic Survey for Solar System Science

Making an inventory of the Solar System is one of the four fundamental science requirements for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The current baseline footprint for LSST's main Wide-Fast-Deep (WFD) Survey observes the sky below…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-05 Megan E. Schwamb , Kathryn Volk , Hsing Wen , Lin , Michael S. P. Kelley , Michele T. Bannister , Henry H. Hsieh , R. Lynne Jones , Michael Mommert , Colin Snodgrass , Darin Ragozzine , Steven R. Chesley , Scott S. Sheppard , Mario Juric , Marc W. Buie

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

A transiting planet invites us to measure its size, mass, orbital parameters, atmospheric composition, and other characteristics. But the invitation can only be accepted if the host star is bright enough for precise measurements of its flux…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-18 Joshua N. Winn

The THU-NAOC Transient Survey: the Performance and the First-year Result

The Tsinghua University-National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) Transient Survey (TNTS) is an automatic survey for a systematic exploration of optical transients (OTs), conducted with a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope at Xinglong…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Tianmeng Zhang , Xiaofeng Wang , Junchen Chen , Jujia Zhang , Li Zhou , Wenxiong Li , Qing Liu , Jun Mo , Kaicheng Zhang , Xinyu Yao , Xulin Zhao , Xu Zhou , Jundan Nie , Fang Huang , Zhaoji Jiang , Jun Ma , Lingzhi Wang , Chao Wu , Zhimin Zhou , Hu Zou , Lifan Wang

Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are a combination of three public projects (the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey, the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey, and the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey) that will jointly image approximately 14,000 deg^2 of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Arjun Dey , David J. Schlegel , Dustin Lang , Robert Blum , Kaylan Burleigh , Xiaohui Fan , Joseph R. Findlay , Doug Finkbeiner , David Herrera , Stephanie Juneau , Martin Landriau , Michael Levi , Ian McGreer , Aaron Meisner , Adam D. Myers , John Moustakas , Peter Nugent , Anna Patej , Edward F. Schlafly , Alistair R. Walker , Francisco Valdes , Benjamin A. Weaver , Christophe Yeche Hu Zou , Xu Zhou , Behzad Abareshi , T. M. C. Abbott , Bela Abolfathi , C. Aguilera , Shadab Alam , Lori Allen , A. Alvarez , James Annis , Behzad Ansarinejad , Marie Aubert , Jacqueline Beechert , Eric F. Bell , Segev Y. BenZvi , Florian Beutler , Richard M. Bielby , Adam S. Bolton , Cesar Briceno Elizabeth J. Buckley-Geer , Karen Butler , Annalisa Calamida , Raymond G. Carlberg , Paul Carter , Ricard Casas , Francisco J. Castander , Yumi Choi , Johan Comparat , Elena Cukanovaite , Timothee Delubac , Kaitlin DeVries , Sharmila Dey , Govinda Dhungana , Mark Dickinson , Zhejie Ding , John B. Donaldson , Yutong Duan , Christopher J. Duckworth , Sarah Eftekharzadeh , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Thomas Etourneau , Parker A. Fagrelius , Jay Farihi , Mike Fitzpatrick , Andreu Font-Ribera , Leah Fulmer , Boris T. Gansicke , Enrique Gaztanaga , Koshy George , David W. Gerdes , Satya Gontcho A Gontcho , Claudio Gorgoni , Gregory Green , Julien Guy , Diane Harmer , M. Hernandez , Klaus Honscheid , Lijuan , Huang , David James , Buell T. Jannuzi , Linhua Jiang , Richard Joyce , Armin Karcher , Sonia Karkar , Robert Kehoe , Jean-Paul Kneib , Andrea Kueter-Young , Ting-Wen Lan , Tod Lauer , Laurent Le Guillou , Auguste Le Van Suu , Jae Hyeon Lee , Michael Lesser , Laurence Perreault Levasseur , Ting S. Li , Justin L. Mann , Bob Marshall , C. E. Martinez-Vazquez , Paul Martini , Helion du Mas des Bourboux , Sean McManus , Tobias Gabriel Meier , Brice Menard , Nigel Metcalfe , Andrea Munoz-Gutierrez , Joan Najita , Kevin Napier , Gautham Narayan , Jeffrey A. Newman , Jundan Nie , Brian Nord , Dara J. Norman , Knut A. G. Olsen , Anthony Paat , Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille , Xiyan Peng , Claire L. Poppett , Megan R. Poremba , Abhishek Prakash , David Rabinowitz , Anand Raichoor , Mehdi Rezaie , A. N. Robertson , Natalie A. Roe , Ashley J. Ross , Nicholas P. Ross , Gregory Rudnick , Sasha Safonova , Abhijit Saha , F. Javier Sanchez , Elodie Savary , Heidi Schweiker , Adam Scott , Hee-Jong Seo , Huanyuan Shan , David R. Silva , Zachary Slepian , Christian Soto , David Sprayberry , Ryan Staten , Coley M. Stillman , Robert J. Stupak , David L. Summers , Suk Sien Tie , H. Tirado , Mariana Vargas-Magana , A. Katherina Vivas , Risa H. Wechsler , Doug Williams , Jinyi Yang , Qian Yang , Tolga Yapici , Dennis Zaritsky , A. Zenteno , Kai Zhang , Tianmeng Zhang , Rongpu Zhou , Zhimin Zhou

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Design, Observations, Data Reduction, and Redshifts

We describe the design and data sample from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, the densest and largest precision-redshift survey of galaxies at z ~ 1 completed to date. The survey has conducted a comprehensive census of massive galaxies,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jeffrey A. Newman , Michael C. Cooper , Marc Davis , S. M. Faber , Alison L. Coil , Puragra Guhathakurta , David C. Koo , Andrew C. Phillips , Charlie Conroy , Aaron A. Dutton , Douglas P. Finkbeiner , Brian F. Gerke , David J. Rosario , Benjamin J. Weiner , Christopher N. A. Willmer , Renbin Yan , Justin J. Harker , Susan A. Kassin , Nicholas P. Konidaris , Kamson Lai , Darren S. Madgwick , Kai G. Noeske , Gregory D. Wirth , Andrew J. Connolly , Nick Kaiser , Evan N. Kirby , Brian C. Lemaux , Lihwai Lin , Jennifer M. Lotz , Gerard A. Luppino , Christian Marinoni , Daniel J. Matthews , Anne Metevier , Ricardo P. Schiavon

The UTR-2 decametre pulsar and transient survey I. Transient detection

Context. This paper presents a detailed description of the Decametre Pulsar and Transient Survey of the Northern Sky that was carried out in 2012-2017 using the world's largest radio telescope at decametre wavelengths - UTR-2 in Ukraine.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-03 V. V. Zakharenko , I. P. Kravtsov , I. Y. Vasylieva , P. Zarka , O. M. Ulyanov , O. O. Konovalenko , A. I. Shevtsova , A. O. Skoryk , K. Y. Mylostna