Browsing by Author "Minniti, D."

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    • Are the hosts of gamma-ray bursts sub-luminous and blue galaxies? 
      Le Floc’h, E.; Duc, P.-A; Mirabel, I. F.; Sanders, D. B.; Bosch, G.; Diaz, R. J.; Donzelli, C. J.; Rodrigues, I.; Courvoisier, T. J. L.; Greiner, J.; Mereghetti, S.; Melnick, J.; Maza Sancho, José; Minniti, D. (EDP Sciences, 2003-03)
      We present K-band imaging observations of ten gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies for which an optical and/or radio afterglow associated with the GRB event was clearly identified. Data were obtained with the Very Large ...
    • FIVE NEW TRANSIT EPOCHS OF THE EXOPLANET OGLE-TR-111b 
      Hoyer, Sergio; Rojo, P.; López Morales, M.; Díaz, R. F.; Chambers, J.; Minniti, D. (IOP PUBLISHING, 2011-05-20)
      We report five new transit epochs of the extrasolar planet OGLE-TR-111b, observed in the v-HIGH and Bessell I bands with the FORS1 and FORS2 at the ESO Very Large Telescope between 2008 April and May. The new transits have ...
    • Ground-based transit observations of the super-Earth GJ 1214 b , 
      Cáceres, C.; Kabath, P.; Hoyer, S.; Ivanov, V. D.; Rojo, Patricio; Girard, J. H.; Miller Ricci, E.; Fortney, J. J.; Minniti, D. (EDP, 2014)
      Context. GJ 1214 b is one of the few known transiting super-Earth-sized exoplanets with a measured mass and radius. It orbits an M-dwarf, only 14.55 pc away, making it a favorable candidate for follow-up studies. However, ...
    • Millimagnitude photometry for transiting extrasolar planetary candidates - V. Follow-up of 30 OGLE transits. ... 
      Pietrukowicz, P.; Minniti, D.; Díaz, R. F.; Fernández, J. M.; Zoccali, M.; Gieren, W.; Pietrzynski, G.; Ruiz González, María Teresa; Udalski, A.; Szeifert, T.; Hempel Leyton, Marie Claire (ESO, 2010)
      Aims. We used VLT/VIMOS images in the V band to obtain light curves of the extrasolar planetary transits OGLE-TR-111 and OGLE-TR-113 and the candidate planetary transits: OGLE-TR-82, OGLE-TR-86, OGLE-TR-91, OGLE-TR-106, ...
    • OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up ... 
      Udalski, A.; Pont, F.; Naef, D.; Melo, C.; Bouchy, F.; Santos, N. C.; Moutou, C.; Díaz, R. F.; Gieren, W.; Gillón, M.; Hoyer, Sergio; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Minniti, D.; Pietrzyński, G.; Queloz, D.; Ramírez, S.; Ruiz González, María Teresa; Tamuz, O.; Udry, S.; Zoccali, Manuela; Kubiak, M.; Szymański, M. K.; Soszyński, I.; Szewczyk, O.; Ulaczyk, K.; Wyrzykowski, Ł. (EDP SCIENCES S A, 2008-04)
      We present results of the photometric campaign for planetary and low-luminosity object transits conducted by the OGLE survey in 2005 season (Campaign #5). About twenty most promising candidates discovered in these data ...
    • PHOTOMETRY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF GRB 030329 AND ITS ASSOCIATED SUPERNOVA 2003dh: THE FIRST TWO MONTHS 
      Matheson, Thomas; Garnavich, P. M.; Stanek, k. z.; Bersier, D.; Holland, S. T.; Krisciunas, K.; Caldwell, N.; Berlind, P.; Bloom, J. S.; Bolte, M.; Bonanos, A. Z.; Brown, M. J. I.; Brown, W. R.; Calkins, M. L.; Challis, P.; Chornock, R.; Echevarria, L.; Eisenstein, D. J.; Everett, M. E.; Filippenko, A. V.; Flint, K.; Foley, R. J.; Freedman, D. .L.; Hamuy Wackenhut, Mario; Harding, P.; Hathi, N. P.; Hicken, M.; Hoopes, C.; Impey, C.; Jannuzi, B. T.; Jansen, R. A.; Jha, S.; Kaluzny, J.; Kannappan, S.; Kirshner, R. P.; Latham, D. W.; Lee, J. C.; Leonard, D. .C.; Li, W.; Luhman, K. L.; Martini, P.; Mathis, H.; Maza Sancho, José; Megeath, S. T.; Miller, L. R.; Minniti, D.; Olszewski, E. W.; Papenkova, M.; Phillips, M. M.; Pindor, B.; Sasselov, D. D.; Schild, R.; Schweiker, H.; Spahr, T.; Thomas-Osip, J.; Thompson, I.; Weisz, D.; Windhorst, R.; Zaritsky, D. (IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY,, 2003-12-10)
      We present extensive optical and infrared photometry of the afterglow of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 030329 and its associated supernova (SN) 2003dh over the first two months after detection (2003March 30–May 29 UT). Optical ...
    • Precision radial velocities of 15 M5–M9 dwarfs 
      Barnes, J. R.; Jenkins, James Stewart; Jones, H.R.A.; Jeffers, S. V.; Rojo Rubke, Patricio; Arriagada, P.; Jordán, A.; Minniti, D.; Tuomi, M.; Pinfield, D. J.; Anglada Escudé, Guillem (Royal Astronomical Society, 2014-02-20)
      We present radial velocity measurements of a sample of M5V–M9V stars from our Red-Optical Planet Survey, operating at 0.652–1.025 µm. Radial velocities for 15 stars, with rms precision down to 2.5 m s−1 over a week-long ...
    • Spectral identification of an ancient supernova using light echoes in the Large Magellanic Cloud 
      Rest, A.; Matheson, Thomas; Blondin, S.; Bergmann, M.; Welch, D. L.; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Smith, R. C.; Olsen, K.; Prieto, J. L.; Garg, A.; Challis, P.; Stubbs, C.; Hicken, M.; Modjaz, Maryam; Wood-Vasey, W. M.; Zenteno, A.; Damke, G.; Newman, A.; Huber, M.; Cook, K. H.; Nikolaev, S.; Becker, A. C.; Miceli, A.; Covarrubias, R.; Morelli, L.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Clocchiatti, A.; Minniti, D.; Foley, Ryan J. (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2008-06-20)
      We report the successful identification of the type of the supernova responsible for the supernova remnant SNR 0509-675 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using Gemini spectra of surrounding light echoes. The ability ...
    • Spectrophotometric characterization of high proper motion sources from WISE 
      Beamín, J.; Ivanov, V.; Minniti, D.; Smart, R.; Muzic, K.; Méndez Bussard, René Alejandro; Beletsky, Y.; Bayo, A.; Gromadzki, M.; Kurtev, R. (Royal Astronomical Society, 2015)
      The census of the solar neighbourhood is almost complete for stars and becoming more complete in the brown dwarf regime. Spectroscopic, photometric and kinematic characterization of nearby objects helps us to understand ...
    • Spectrophotometric characterization of high proper motion sources from WISE 
      Beamín, J. C.; Ivanov, V. D.; Minniti, D.; Smart, R. L.; Mužić, K.; Méndez Bussard, René Alejandro; Beletsky, Y.; Bayo, A.; Gromadzki, M.; Kurtev, R. (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      The census of the solar neighbourhood is almost complete for stars and becoming more complete in the brown dwarf regime. Spectroscopic, photometric and kinematic characterization of nearby objects helps us to understand ...
    • The "666" collaboration on OGLE transits I. Accurate radius of the planets OGLE-TR-10b and OGLE-TR-56b with ... 
      Pont, F.; Moutou, C.; Gillón, M.; Udalski, A.; Bouchy, F.; Fernandes, J. M.; Gieren, W.; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Minniti, D.; Melo, C.; Naef, D.; Pietrzynski, Grzegorz; Queloz, D.; Ruiz González, María Teresa; Santos, N. C.; Udry, S. (2007)
      Transiting planets are essential to study the structure and evolution of extra-solar planets. For that purpose, it is important to measure precisely the radius of these planets. Here we report new high-accuracy photometry ...
    • TraMoS - IV. Discarding the Quick Orbital Decay Hypothesis for OGLE-TR-113b 
      Hoyer, S.; López Morales, M.; Rojo Rubke, Patricio; Minniti, D.; Adams, E. R. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      In the context of the Transit Monitoring in the South project, we present nine new transit observations of the exoplanet OGLE-TR-113b observed with the Gemini South, Magellan Baade, Danish-1.54 m and Southern Astrophysical ...
    • A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey⋆ — OGLE-TR-182 
      Pont, F.; Tamuz, O.; Udalski, A.; Mazeh, T.; Bouchy, F.; Melo, C.; Naef, D.; Moutou, C.; Díaz, R.; Gieren, W.; Gillón, M.; Hoyer, Sergio; Kubiak, M.; Mayor, M.; Minniti, D.; Pietrzynski, G.; Queloz, D.; Ramírez, S.; Ruiz González, María Teresa; Santos, N. C.; Soszynski, I.; Szewczyk, O.; Szymanski, M. K.; Udry, S.; Ulaczyk, K.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Zoccali, Manuela (Springer Verlag, 2008)
      By re-processing the data of the second season of the OGLE survey for planetary transits and adding new mesurements on the same fields gathered in subsequent years with the OGLE telescope, we have identified 23 new transit ...
    • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way 
      Minniti, D.; Lucas, P. W.; Emerson, J. P.; Saito, R. K.; Hempel Leyton, Marie Claire; Pietrukowicz, P.; Ahumada, A. V.; Alonso, M. V.; Alonso-García, J.; Arias, José I.; Bandyopadhyay, R. M.; Barbá, R. H.; Barbuy, B.; Bedin, Luigi R.; Bica, E.; Borissova, J.; Bronfman Aguiló, Leonardo; Carraro, Giovanni; Catelan, M.; Clariá, J. J.; Cross, N.; Grijs, R. de; Dékány, I.; Drew, J. E.; Fariña, C.; Feinstein, C.; Fernández Lajús, E.; Gamen, R. C.; Geisle, D.; Gieren, W.; Goldman, B.; Gonzalez, O. A.; Gunthardt, G.; Gurovich, S.; Hambly, N. C.; Irwin, M. J.; Ivanov, V. D.; Jordán, A.; Kerins, E.; Kinemuchi, K.; Kurtev, R.; López Corredoira, M.; Maccarone, Thomas J.; Masetti, N.; Merlo, D.; Messineo, M.; Mirabel, I. F.; Monaco, L.; Morelli, L.; Padilla, N.; Palma, T.; Parisi, M. C.; Pignata Libralato, Giuliano; Rejkuba, M.; Roman-Lopes, A.; Sale, S. E.; Schreiber, M. R.; Schröder, A. C.; Smith, M.; Sodré Jr., L.; Soto, M.; Tamura, M.; Tappert, C.; Thompson, M. A.; Toledo, I.; Zoccali, M. (2009-12-11)
      We describe the public ESO near-IR variability survey (VVV) scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 hours of observations with ...
    • VLT-UVES abundance analysis of four giants in NGC 6553 
      Alves Brito, A.; Barbuy, B.; Zoccali, Manuela; Minniti, D.; Ortolani, S.; Hill, V.; Renzini, A.; Pasquini, L.; Bica, E.; Rich, R. M.; Meléndez, J.; Momany, Y. (EDP SCIENCES S A, 2006-12)
      Context. Metal-rich globular clusters trace the formation of bulges. Abundance ratios in the metal-rich globular clusters such as NGC 6553 can constrain the formation timescale of the Galactic bulge. Aims. The purpose of ...