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An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy
A recent bright emission observed by the Swift satellite is due to the sudden accretion of a star onto a massive black hole. Variable x-ray and γ-ray emission is characteristic of the most extreme… Expand
A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2
Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to result from the explosions of certain massive stars, and some are bright enough that they should be observable out to redshifts of z > 20 using… Expand
Low-Luminosity Companions to White Dwarfs
- J. Farihi, E. Becklin, B. Zuckerman
- Physics
- 1 June 2005
This paper presents results of a near-infrared imaging survey for low-mass stellar and substellar companions to white dwarfs. A wide-field proper-motion survey of 261 white dwarfs was capable of… Expand
The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design
- Desi Collaboration Amir Aghamousa, J. Aguilar, +289 authors Y. Zu
- Physics
- 31 October 2016
DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) is a Stage IV ground-based dark energy experiment that will study baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the growth of structure through redshift-space… Expand
INFRARED SIGNATURES OF DISRUPTED MINOR PLANETS AT WHITE DWARFS
- J. Farihi, M. Jura, B. Zuckerman
- Physics
- 8 January 2009
Spitzer Space Observatory IRAC and MIPS photometric observations are presented for 20 white dwarfs with T eff 20, 000 K and metal-contaminated photospheres. A warm circumstellar disk is detected at… Expand
The frequency of planetary debris around young white dwarfs
- D. Koester, B. Gansicke, J. Farihi
- Physics
- 9 April 2014
Context. Heavy metals in the atmospheres of white dwarfs are thought in many cases to be accreted from a circumstellar debris disk, which was formed by the tidal disruption of a rocky planetary body… Expand
Circumstellar Debris and Pollution at White Dwarf Stars
- J. Farihi
- Physics
- 1 April 2016
Circumstellar disks of planetary debris are now known or suspected to closely orbit hundreds of white dwarf stars. To date, both data and theory support disks that are entirely contained within the… Expand
A glimpse of the end of the dark ages: the gamma-ray burst of 23 April 2009 at redshift 8.3
It is thought that the first generations of massive stars in the Universe were an important, and quite possibly dominant, source of the ultra-violet radiation that reionized the hydrogen gas in the… Expand
Strengthening the Case for Asteroidal Accretion: Evidence for Subtle and Diverse Disks at White Dwarfs
- J. Farihi, M. Jura, J. Lee, B. Zuckerman
- Physics
- 12 March 2010
Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC 3-8 μm and AKARI IRC 2-4 μm photometry are reported for 10 white dwarfs with photospheric heavy elements; nine relatively cool stars with photospheric calcium and one… Expand
Externally-polluted white dwarfs with dust disks
- M. Jura, J. Farihi, B. Zuckerman
- Physics
- 10 April 2007
We report Spitzer Space Telescope photometry of 11 externally polluted white dwarfs. Of the nine stars for which we have IRAC photometry, we find that GD 40, GD 133, and PG 1015+161 each has an… Expand