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Item The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment: First Detection of High-Velocity Milky Way Bar Stars(2012-08) Nidever, David L.; Zasowski, Gail; Majewski, Steven R.; Bird, Jonathan; Robin, Annie C.; Martinez-Valpuesta, Inma; Beaton, Rachael L.; Schoenrich, Ralph; Schultheis, Mathias; Wilson, John C.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; O'Connell, Robert W.; Shetrone, Matthew; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Weiner, Benjamin; Gerhard, Ortwin; Schneider, Donald P.; Prieto, Carlos Allende; Sellgren, Kris; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Brewington, Howard; Brinkmann, Jon; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Perez, Ana Elia Garcia; Holtzman, Jon; Hearty, Fred R.; Malanushenko, Elena; Malanushenko, Viktor; Muna, Demitri; Oravetz, Daniel; Pan, Kaike; Simmons, Audrey; Snedden, Stephanie; Weaver, Benjamin A.; Shetrone, MatthewCommissioning observations with the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III, have produced radial velocities (RVs) for similar to 4700 K/M-giant stars in the Milky Way (MW) bulge. These high-resolution (R similar to 22,500), high-S/N (>100 per resolution element), near-infrared (NIR; 1.51-1.70 mu m) spectra provide accurate RVs (epsilon(V) similar to 0.2 km s(-1)) for the sample of stars in 18 Galactic bulge fields spanning -1 degrees < l < 20 degrees, vertical bar b vertical bar < 20 degrees, and delta > -32 degrees. This represents the largest NIR high-resolution spectroscopic sample of giant stars ever assembled in this region of the Galaxy. A cold (sigma(V) similar to 30 km s(-1)), high-velocity peak (V-GSR approximate to + 200 km s(-1)) is found to comprise a significant fraction (similar to 10%) of stars in many of these fields. These high RVs have not been detected in previous MW surveys and are not expected for a simple, circularly rotating disk. Preliminary distance estimates rule out an origin from the background Sagittarius tidal stream or a new stream in the MW disk. Comparison to various Galactic models suggests that these high RVs are best explained by stars in orbits of the Galactic bar potential, although some observational features remain unexplained.Item Evaluacion Detallada y Diseno del Plan de Remediacion de las Areas Impactadas…(2010) Adolfo Machaca, ArielItem Evaluacion Detallada y Diseno del Plan de Remediacion de las Areas Impactadas…(segundo)(2010) Adolfo Machaca, ArielItem Ionized Gas Kinematics At High Resolution. IV. Star Formation And A Rotating Core In The Medusa (NGC 4194)(2014-05) Beck, Sara C.; Lacy, John; Turner, Jean; Greathouse, Thomas K.; Neff, Susan; Lacy, JohnNGC 4194 is a post-merger starburst known as The Medusa for its striking tidal features. We present here a detailed study of the structure and kinematics of ionized gas in the central 0.65 kpc of the Medusa. The data include radio continuum maps with resolution up to 0."18 (35 pc) and a 12.8 mu m [Ne II] data cube with spectral resolution similar to 4 km s(-1): the first high-resolution, extinction-free observations of this remarkable object. The ionized gas has the kinematic signature of a core in solid-body rotation. The starburst has formed a complex of bright compact H II regions, probably excited by deeply embedded super star clusters, but none of these sources is a convincing candidate for a Galactic nucleus. The nuclei of the merger partners that created the Medusa have not yet been identified.Item The Jet-Driven Outflow In The Radio Galaxy SDSS J1517+3353: Implications For Double-Peaked Narrow-Line Active Galactic Nucleus(2010-06) Rosario, D. J.; Shields, Gregory A.; Taylor, G. B.; Salviander, Sarah; Smith, K. L.; Shields, Gregory A.; Salviander, Sarah; Smith, K. L.We report on the study of an intriguing active galaxy that was selected as a potential multiple supermassive black hole merger in the early-type host SDSS J151709.20+335324.7 (z = 0.135) from a complete search for double-peaked [O III] lines from the SDSS spectroscopic quasi-stellar object (QSO) database. Ground-based SDSS imaging reveals two blue structures on either side of the photometric center of the host galaxy, separated from each other by about 5.7 kpc. From a combination of SDSS fiber and Keck/HIRES long-slit spectroscopy, it is demonstrated that, in addition to these two features, a third distinct structure surrounds the nucleus of the host galaxy. All three structures exhibit highly ionized line emission with line ratios characteristic of Seyfert II active galactic nuclei. The analysis of spatially resolved emission-line profiles from the HIRES spectrum reveal three distinct kinematic subcomponents, one at rest and the other two moving at -350 km s(-1) and 500 km s(-1) with respect to the systemic velocity of the host galaxy. A comparison of imaging and spectral data confirm a strong association between the kinematic components and the spatial knots, which implies a highly disturbed and complex active region in this object. A comparative analysis of the broadband positions, colors, kinematics, and spectral properties of the knots in this system lead to two plausible explanations: (1) a multiple active galactic nucleus (AGN) produced due to a massive dry merger, or (2) a very powerful radio jet-driven outflow. Subsequent VLA radio imaging reveals a clear jet aligned with the emission-line gas, confirming the latter explanation. We use the broadband radio measurements to examine the impact of the jet on the interstellar medium of the host galaxy, and find that the energy in the radio lobes can heat a significant fraction of the gas to the virial temperature. Finally, we discuss tests that may help future surveys distinguish between jet-driven kinematics and true black-hole binaries. J1517+3353 is a remarkable laboratory for AGN feedback and warrants deeper follow-up study. In the Appendix, we present high-resolution radio imaging of a second AGN with double-peaked [O III] lines, SDSS J112939.78+605742.6, which shows a sub-arcsecond radio jet. If the double-peaked nature of the narrow lines in radio-loud AGNs are generally due to radio jet interactions, we suggest that extended radio structure should be expected in most of such systems.Item Letter to H.B. Stenzel from B.Coleman Renick on 1932-09-20(1932-09-20) Renick, B.ColemanItem Letter to H.B. Stenzel from C.I. Alexander on 1934-09-26(1934-09-26) Alexander, Charles IvanItem Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Helen Jeanne Plummer on 1933-02-08(1933-02-08) Plummer, Helen JeanneItem Letter to H.B. Stenzel from J. Sornay on 1965-05-12(1965-05-12) Sornay, J.Item Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Peter T. Flawn on 1961-01-09(1961-01-09) Flawn, Peter T.Item Letter to Henryk B. Stenzel from Hubert G. Schenck on 1940-04-22(1940-04-22) Schenck, Hubert G.Item Letter to Leo Haynes from Unknown on 1938-07-11(1938-07-11) UnknownItem Letter to M.C. Israelsky from H.B. Stenzel on 1939-11-14(1939-11-14) Stenzel, Henryk B.Item Letter to Peter T. Flawn from H.B. Stenzel on 1961-04-20(1961-04-20) Stenzel, Henryk B.Item Letter to W.S. Adkins from H.B. Stenzel on 1946-04-17(1946-04-17) Stenzel, Henryk B.Item A Long-Period Massive Planet Around HD 106515A(2012-10) Desidera, S.; Gratton, R.; Carolo, E.; Fiorenzano, A. F. M.; Endl, M.; Mesa, D.; Cecconi, M.; Claudi, R.; Cosentino, R.; Scuderi, S.; Sozzetti, A.; Zurlo, A.; Endl, M.We have performed radial velocity (RV) monitoring of the components of the binary system HD 106515 over almost 11 years using the high-resolution spectrograph SARG at Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG). The primary shows long-period radial velocity variations that indicate the presence of a low-mass companion whose projected mass is in the planetary regime (msin i = 9.33 M-J). The 9.8 year orbit is quite eccentric (e = 0.57), as is typical for massive giant planets. Our results confirm the previously made preliminary announcement of the planet by Mayor et al. (2011, A&A, submitted [arXiv:1109.2497]). The secondary instead does not show significant RV variations. The two components do not differ significantly in chemical composition, as was also found for other pairs of which one component hosts giant planets. Adaptive optics images obtained with TNG/AdOpt do not reveal additional stellar companions. From the analysis of the relative astrometry of the components of the wide pair we compute an upper limit on the mass of the newly detected companion of about 0.25 M-circle dot. State-of-the-art or near-future instrumentation can provide true mass determination, thanks to the availability of the wide companion HD106515B as reference. Therefore, HD 106515Ab will allow a deeper insight into the transition region between planets and brown dwarfs.Item New Results From Bright Metal-Poor Stars In The Hamburg/Eso Survey(2008-03) Frebel, A.; Beers, T. C.; Marsteller, B.; Frebel, AnnaWe present an abundance analysis of BE 1327-2326, currently the most iron-poor star known, based on a newly acquired VLT spectrum. The ID abundance pattern is corrected for 3D effects. The 3D iron abundance is [Fe/H] = -5.9, while the CNO elements of the star are extremely overabundant [CNO[Fe] similar to 3 to 4). The cosmologically important element Li is still not detected; the new upper limit is A (Li) < 0.6. A new analysis of the medium-resolution data of the sample of bright metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO Survey (HES) was carried out. We are using this sample to obtain clues to the chemical nature of the early Universe by investigating the kinematic properties of the sample. Based on estimated [Fe/H] and [C/Fe], we are also able to use the sample to test a formation mechanism for low-mass metal-poor stars.Item Sampling of Ground Water Baseline and Monitoring Data for In-Situ Proccesses(University of Texas at Austin, 1978-06) Clochin, M.P.; Turk, L.J.; Humenick, M.J.Item The SDSS-III APOGEE Radial Velocity Survey Of M Dwarfs. I. Description Of The Survey And Science Goals(2013-12) Deshpande, R.; Blake, C. H.; Bender, C. F.; Mahadevan, S.; Terrien, R. C.; Carlberg, J. K.; Zasowski, G.; Crepp, J.; Rajpurohit, A. S.; Reyle, C.; Nidever, D. L.; Schneider, D. P.; Prieto, C. A.; Bizyaev, D.; Ebelke, G.; Fleming, S. W.; Frinchaboy, P. M.; Ge, J.; Hearty, F.; Hernandez, J.; Malanushenko, E.; Malanushenko, V.; Majewski, S. R.; Marchwinski, R.; Muna, D.; Oravetz, D.; Pan, K.; Schiavon, R. P.; Shetrone, M.; Simmons, A.; Stassun, K. G.; Wilson, J. C.; Wisniewski, J. P.; Shetrone, Matthew D.We are carrying out a large ancillary program with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, SDSS-III, using the fiber-fed multi-object near-infrared APOGEE spectrograph, to obtain high-resolution H-band spectra of more than 1200 M dwarfs. These observations will be used to measure spectroscopic rotational velocities, radial velocities, physical stellar parameters, and variability of the target stars. Here, we describe the target selection for this survey, as well as results from the first year of scientific observations based on spectra that will be publicly available in the SDSS-III DR 10 data release. As part of this paper we present radial velocities and rotational velocities of over 200 M dwarfs, with a v sin i precision of similar to 2 km s(-1) a measurement floor at v sin i = 4 km s(-1). This survey significantly increases the number of M dwarfs studied for rotational velocities and radial velocity variability (at similar to 100-200 m s(-1)), and will inform and advance the target selection for planned radial velocity and photometric searches for low-mass exoplanets around M dwarfs, such as the Habitable Zone Planet Finder, CARMENES, and TESS. Multiple epochs of radial velocity observations enable us to identify short period binaries, and adaptive optics imaging of a subset of stars enables the detection of possible stellar companions at larger separations. The high-resolution APOGEE spectra, covering the entire H band, provide the opportunity to measure physical stellar parameters such as effective temperatures and metallicities for many of these stars. At the culmination of this survey, we will have obtained multi-epoch spectra and radial velocities for over 1400 stars spanning the spectral range M0-L0, providing the largest set of near-infrared M dwarf spectra at high resolution, and more than doubling the number of known spectroscopic a sin i values for M dwarfs. Furthermore, by modeling telluric lines to correct for small instrumental radial velocity shifts, we hope to achieve a relative velocity precision floor of 50 m s(-1) for bright M dwarfs. With three or more epochs, this precision is adequate to detect substellar companions, including giant planets with short orbital periods, and flag them for higher-cadence followup. We present preliminary, and promising, results of this telluric modeling technique in this paper.Item The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan DIGITal Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment(2014-04) Ahn, Christopher P.; Alexandroff, Rachael; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Anders, Friedrich; Anderson, Scott F.; Anderton, Timothy; Andrews, Brett H.; Aubourg, Eric; Bailey, Stephen; Bastien, Fabienne A.; Bautista, Julian E.; Beers, Timothy C.; Beifiori, Alessandra; Bender, Chad F.; Berlind, Andreas A.; Beutler, Florian; Bhardwaj, Vaishali; Bird, Jonathan C.; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Blake, Cullen H.; Blanton, Michael R.; Blomqvist, Michael; Bochanski, John J.; Bolton, Adam S.; Borde, Arnaud; Bovy, Jo; Bradley, Alaina Shelden; Brandt, W. N.; Brauer, Dorothee; Brinkmann, J.; Brownstein, Joel R.; Busca, Nicolas G.; Carithers, William; Carlberg, Joleen K.; Carnero, Aurelio R.; Carr, Michael A.; Chiappini, Cristina; Chojnowski, S. Drew; Chuang, Chia-Hsun; Comparat, Johan; Crepp, Justin R.; Cristiani, Stefano; Croft, Rupert A. C.; Cuesta, Antonio J.; Cunha, Katia; da Costa, Luiz N.; Dawson, Kyle S.; De Lee, Nathan; Dean, Janice D. R.; Delubac, Timothee; Deshpande, Rohit; Dhital, Saurav; Ealet, Anne; Ebelke, Garrett L.; Edmondson, Edward M.; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Epstein, Courtney R.; Escoffier, Stephanie; Esposito, Massimiliano; Evans, Michael L.; Fabbian, D.; Fan, Xiaohui; Favole, Ginevra; Femenia Castella, Bruno; Fernandez Alvar, Emma; Feuillet, Diane; Ak, Nurten Filiz; Finley, Hayley; Fleming, Scott W.; Font-Ribera, Andreu; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Galbraith-Frew, J. G.; Garcia-Hernandez, D. A.; Perez, Ana E. Garcia; Ge, Jian; Genova-Santos, R.; Gillespie, Bruce A.; Girardi, Leo; Gonzalez Hernandez, Jonay I.; Gott, J. Richard, III; Gunn, James E.; Guo, Hong; Halverson, Samuel; Harding, Paul; Harris, David W.; Hasselquist, Sten; Hawley, Suzanne L.; Hayden, Michael; Hearty, Frederick R.; Herrero Davo, Artemio; Ho, Shirley; Hogg, David W.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Honscheid, Klaus; Huehnerhoff, Joseph; Ivans, Inese I.; Jackson, Kelly M.; Jiang, Peng; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Kinemuchi, K.; Kirkby, David; Klaene, Mark A.; Kneib, Jean-Paul; Koesterke, Lars; Lan, Ting-Wen; Lang, Dustin; Le Goff, Jean-Marc; Leauthaud, Alexie; Lee, Khee-Gan; Lee, Young Sun; Long, Daniel C.; Loomis, Craig P.; Lucatello, Sara; Lupton, Robert H.; Ma, Bo; Mack, Claude E., III; Mahadevan, Suvrath; Maia, Marcio A. G.; Majewski, Steven R.; Malanushenko, Elena; Malanushenko, Viktor; Manchado, A.; Manera, Marc; Maraston, Claudia; Margala, Daniel; Martell, Sarah L.; Masters, Karen L.; McBride, Cameron K.; McGreer, Ian D.; McMahon, Richard G.; Menard, Brice; Meszaros, Sz; Miralda-Escude, Jordi; Miyatake, Hironao; Montero-Dorta, Antonio D.; Montesano, Francesco; More, Surhud; Morrison, Heather L.; Muna, Demitri; Munn, Jeffrey A.; Myers, Adam D.; Duy Cuong, Nguyen; Nichol, Robert C.; Nidever, David L.; Noterdaeme, Pasquier; Nuza, Sebastian E.; O'Connell, Julia E.; O'Connell, Robert W.; O'Connell, Ross; Olmstead, Matthew D.; Oravetz, Daniel J.; Owen, Russell; Padmanabhan, Nikhil; Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie; Pan, Kaike; Parejko, John K.; Parihar, Prachi; Paris, Isabelle; Pepper, Joshua; Percival, Will J.; Perez-Rafols, Ignasi; Perottoni, Helio Dotto; Petitjean, Patrick; Pieri, Matthew M.; Pinsonneault, M. H.; Prada, Francisco; Price-Whelan, Adrian M.; Raddick, M. Jordan; Rahman, Mubdi; Rebolo, Rafael; Reid, Beth A.; Richards, Jonathan C.; Riffel, Rogerio; Robin, Annie C.; Rocha-Pinto, H. J.; Rockosi, Constance M.; Roe, Natalie A.; Ross, Ashley J.; Ross, Nicholas P.; Rossi, Graziano; Roy, Arpita; Rubino-Martin, J. A.; Sabiu, Cristiano G.; Sanchez, Ariel G.; Santiago, Basilio; Sayres, Conor; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Schlegel, David J.; Schlesinger, Katharine J.; Schmidt, Sarah J.; Schneider, Donald P.; Schultheis, Mathias; Sellgren, Kris; Seo, Hee-Jong; Shen, Yue; Shetrone, Matthew; Shu, Yiping; Simmons, Audrey E.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Slosar, Anze; Smith, Verne V.; Snedden, Stephanie A.; Sobeck, Jennifer S.; Sobreira, Flavia; Stassun, Keivan G.; Steinmetz, Matthias; Strauss, Michael A.; Streblyanska, Alina; Suzuki, Nao; Swanson, Molly E. C.; Terrien, Ryan C.; Thakar, Aniruddha R.; Thomas, Daniel; Thompson, Benjamin A.; Tinker, Jeremy L.; Tojeiro, Rita; Troup, Nicholas W.; Vandenberg, Jan; Magana, Mariana Vargas; Viel, Matteo; Vogt, Nicole P.; Wake, David A.; Weaver, Benjamin A.; Weinberg, David H.; Weiner, Benjamin J.; White, Martin; White, Simon D. M.; Wilson, John C.; Wisniewski, John P.; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Yeche, Christophe; York, Donald G.; Zamora, O.; Zasowski, Gail; Zehavi, Idit; Zhao, Gong-Bo; Zheng, Zheng; Zhu, Guangtun; Shetrone, MatthewThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has been in operation since 2000 April. This paper presents the Tenth Public Data Release (DR10) from its current incarnation, SDSS-III. This data release includes the first spectroscopic data from the Apache Point Observatory Galaxy Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), along with spectroscopic data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) taken through 2012 July. The APOGEE instrument is a near-infrared R similar to 22,500 300 fiber spectrograph covering 1.514-1.696 mu m. The APOGEE survey is studying the chemical abundances and radial velocities of roughly 100,000 red giant star candidates in the bulge, bar, disk, and halo of the Milky Way. DR10 includes 178,397 spectra of 57,454 stars, each typically observed three or more times, from APOGEE. Derived quantities from these spectra (radial velocities, effective temperatures, surface gravities, and metallicities) are also included. DR10 also roughly doubles the number of BOSS spectra over those included in the Ninth Data Release. DR10 includes a total of 1,507,954 BOSS spectra comprising 927,844 galaxy spectra, 182,009 quasar spectra, and 159,327 stellar spectra selected over 6373.2 deg(-2).