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Title: The discovery of a second field methane brown dwarf from Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Strauss, M A; Brinkmann, J; Lamb, D Q; Newberg, H J; Rechenmacher, R; Schneider, D P; York, D G; Lupton, R H; Pier, J R; Annis, J; Csabai, I; Hindsley, R B; Ivesic, Z; Munn, J A; Thakar, A R; Waddell, P
Date: 2000
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2000)
We report the discovery of a second field methane brown dwarf from the commissioning data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The object, SDSS J134646.45-003150.4 (hereafter SDSS 1346-00), was selected because of its ...
Title: Identification of A-colored stars and structure in the halo of the milky way from Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Chen, B; Csabai, I; Doi, M; Fukugita, M; Hennessy, G S; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Lupton, R; Munn, J A; Nash, T; Rockosi, C M; Schneider, D P; Smith, J A; York, D G
Date: 2000
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2000)
A sample of 4208 objects with magnitude 15 < g* < 22 and colors of main-sequence A stars have been selected from 370 deg(2) of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning observations. The data is from two long, narrow ...
Title: Five high-redshift quasars discovered in commissioning imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Bahcall, N A; Connolly, A J; Csabai, I; Davidsen, A F; Fukugita, M; Gunn, J E; Heckman, T M; Hennessy, G S; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Lupton, R H; Peng, E; Szalay, A S; Thakar, A R; Yanny, B; York, D G
Date: 2000
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2000)
We report the discovery of five quasars with redshifts of 4.67-5.27 and z'-band magnitudes of 19.5-20.7 (M-B similar to -27). All were originally selected as distant quasar candidates in optical/near-infrared photometry ...
Title: High-redshift quasars found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. III. a color-selected sample at i* < 20 in the fall equatorial stripe
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Anderson, J E; Annis, J; Bahcall, N A; Brunner, R J; Csabai, I N; Doi, M M; Fukugita, M; Hennessy, G S; Hindsley, R B; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Mckay, T A; Munn, J A; Pier, J R; Szalay, A S; York, D G
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
This is the third paper in a series aimed at finding high-redshift quasars from five-color (u'g'r'i'z') imaging data taken along the celestial equator by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) during its commissioning phase. ...
Title: The ghost of Sagittarius and lumps in the halo of the Milky Way
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ivezic, Z; Lamb, D; Nash, E T; Odenkirchen, M; Rave, H A; Schneider, D P; Smith, J A; Stolte, A; York, D G
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
We identify new structures in the halo of the Milky Way from positions, colors, and magnitudes of five million stars detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most of these stars are within 1.degrees26 of the celestial ...
Title: High-redshift quasars found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. IV. Luminosity function from the fall equatorial stripe sample
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Anderson, J E; Annis, J; Bahcall, N A; Brunner, R J; Csabai, I N; Hennessy, G S; Hindsley, R B; Fukugita, M; Kunszt, P Z; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Mckay, T A; Munn, J A; Pier, J R; Szalay, A S; York, D G
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
This is the fourth paper in a series aimed at finding high-redshift quasars from five-color (u'g'r'i'z') imaging data taken along the celestial equator by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey during its commissioning phase. In ...
Title: Discovery of a pair of z=4.25 quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Brinkmann, J; Brunner, R; Csabai, I; Fukugita, M; Hennessy, G S; Hindsley, R B; Ivezic, Z; Nichol, R C; Pier, J R; York, D G
Date: 2000
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2000)
We report the discovery of a pair of z = 4.25 quasars with a separation of 33 ". The brighter of the two objects was identified as a high-redshift quasar candidate from Sloan Digital Sky Survey multicolor imaging data, and ...
Title: Red and reddened quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ivezic, Z; Brinkmann, J; Budavari, T; Csabai, I; Nichol, R C
Date: 2003
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2003)
We investigate the overall continuum and emission-line properties of quasars as a function of their optical/ UV spectral energy distributions. Our sample consists of 4576 quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) ...
Title: Optical and infrared colors of stars observed by the Two Micron All Sky Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Hennessy, G S; Hindsley, R B; Mckay, T A; Nichol, R C; Schneider, D P; Smith, J A; York, D G
Date: 2000
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2000)
We discuss optical and infrared photometric properties of stars matched in the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data for similar to 50 deg(2) of sky along the celestial ...
Title: Calibrating photometric redshifts of luminous red galaxies
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Eisenstein, D J; Hewett, P C; Loveday, J; Nichol, R C; Pimbblet, K A; de Propris, R; Schneider, D P; Scranton, R; Seljak, U; Shanks, T; Szapudi, I; Szalay, A S; Wake, D
Date: 2005
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2005)
We discuss the construction of a photometric redshift catalogue of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), emphasizing the principal steps necessary for constructing such a catalogue: (i) ...
Title: Broad absorption line quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with VLA first radio detections
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Krolik, J; Lupton, R H; Schneider, D P; York, D G; Anderson, S F; Bahcall, N A; Brinkmann, J; Brunner, R; Csabai, I; Fukugita, M; Hennessy, G S; Kunszt, P Z; Lamb, D Q; Munn, J A; Nichol, R C; Szokoly, G P
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
We present 13 broad absorption line (BAL) quasars, including 12 new objects, identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and matched within 2 " to sources in the FIRST radio survey catalog. The surface density of ...
Title: High-redshift quasars found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. VI. Sloan digital sky survey spectrograph observations
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Yanny, B; Bahcall, N A; Bernardi, M; Brinkmann, J; Brunner, R; Csabai, I; Doi, M; Fukugita, M; Hennessy, G S; Ivezic, Z; Kunszt, P Z; Lamb, D Q; Loveday, J; Lupton, R H; Mckay, T A; Munn, J A; Nichol, R C; Szokoly, G P; York, D C
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
We present data for over 100 high-redshift quasars found in approximate to 700 deg(2) by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), using automated selection algorithms applied to SDSS imaging data and with spectroscopic ...
Title: Sloan Digital Sky Survey multicolor observations of GRB 010222
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Kleinman, S; Lamb, D; Long, D; Mcmillan, R; Newman, P R; Nitta, A; Palunas, P; Schneider, D P; Snedden, S; York, D; Briggs, J W; Brinkmann, J; Csabai, I; Hennessy, G S; Kent, S; Lupton, R; Newberg, H J; Stoughton, C
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
The discovery of an optical counterpart to GRB 010222 (detected by BeppoSAX) was announced 4.4 hr after the burst by Henden. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's 0.5 m photometric telescope (PT) and 2.5 m survey telescope were ...
Title: Statistical properties of bright galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric system
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ichikawa, S I; Ivezic, Z; Kunszt, P Z; Schneider, D P; Szokoly, G P; Watanabe, M; York, D G
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
We investigate the photometric properties of 456 bright galaxies using imaging data recorded during the commissioning phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Morphological classification is carried out by correlating ...
Title: Photometric redshifts from reconstructed quasar templates
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Brinkman, J; Brunner, R; Hall, P B; Hennessy, G S; Ivezic, Z; Kunszt, P Z; Munn, J A; Nichol, R C; Pier, J R; York, D G
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
From Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning photometric and spectroscopic data, we investigate the utility of photometric redshift techniques in the task of estimating QSO redshifts. We consider empirical methods ...
Title: Color separation of galaxy types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Brunner, R J; Budavari, T; Csabai, I; Castander, F J; Doi, M; Fukugita, M; Gyory, Z; Hamabe, M; Hennessy, G; Ichikawa, T; Kunszt, P Z; Lamb, D Q; Mckay, T A; Okamura, S; Racusin, J; Sekiguchi, M; Schneider, D P; Shimasaku, K; York, D
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
We study the optical colors of 147,920 galaxies brighter than g* = 21, observed in five bands by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) over similar to 100 deg(2) of high Galactic latitude sky along the celestial equator. The ...
Title: Evidence for reionization at z similar to 6: Detection of a Gunn-Peterson trough in a z=6.28 quasar
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Connolly, A J; Csabai, I; Czarapata, P C; Doi, M; Heckman, T M; Hennessy, G S; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Lamb, D Q; Mckay, T A; Munn, J A; Nash, T; Nichol, R; Pier, J R; Richards, G T; Schneider, D P; Stoughton, C; Szalay, A S; Thakar, A R; York, D G
Date: 2001
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2001)
We present moderate-resolution Keck spectroscopy of quasars at z = 5.82, 5.99, and 6.28, discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We find that the Ly alpha absorption in the spectra of these quasars evolves ...
Title: The luminosity density of red galaxies
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Knapp, G R; Lamb, D Q; Lupton, R; Munn, J A; Nichol, R; Schlegel, D J; Schneider, D P; York, D G
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
A complete sample of 7.7 x 10(4) galaxies with five-band imaging and spectroscopic redshifts from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey is used to determine the fraction of the optical luminosity density of the local universe ...
Title: Faint high-latitude carbon stars discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Methods and initial results
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ivezic, Z; Hall, P B; Williams, B F; Davidsen, A F; Brinkmann, J; Csabai, I; Hayes, J J E; Hennessy, G; Kinney, E K; Kleinman, S J; Lamb, D Q; Long, D; Neilsen, E H; Nichol, R; Nitta, A; Snedden, S A; York, D G
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
We report the discovery of 39 faint high-latitude carbon stars (FHLCs) from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data. The objects, each selected photometrically and verified spectroscopically, range over 16.6 < ...
Title: The galaxy luminosity function and luminosity density at redshift z=0.1
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Munn, J A; Nichol, R C; Okamura, S; Quinn, T; Schneider, D P; Shimasaku, K; Strauss, M A; Tegmark, M; Vogeley, M S; Weinberg, D H
Date: 2003
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2003)
Using a catalog of 147,986 galaxy redshifts and fluxes from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we measure the galaxy luminosity density at z = 0.1 in five optical bandpasses corresponding to the SDSS bandpasses shifted ...
Title: The overdensities of galaxy environments as a function of luminosity and color
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Weinberg, D H; York, D G
Date: 2003
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2003)
We study the mean environments of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) as a function of rest-frame luminosity and color. Overdensities in galaxy number are estimated in 8 and 1 h(-1) Mpc spheres centered on ...
Title: Average spectra of massive galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Gunn, J E; Ivezic, E; Lamb, D Q; Loveday, J; Munn, J A; Nichol, R C; Schneider, D P; Strauss, M A; Szalay, A; York, D G
Date: 2003
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2003)
We combine Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra of 22,000 luminous, red, bulge-dominated galaxies to get high signal-to-noise ratio average spectra in the rest-frame optical and ultraviolet ( 2600 7000 A). The average spectra ...
Title: The sloan digital sky survey u-band galaxy survey: luminosity functions and evolution
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Lin, H; Loveday, J; Nichol, R C; Schneider, D P
Date: 2005
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2005)
We construct and analyse a u-band selected galaxy sample from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Southern Survey, which covers 275 deg(2). The sample includes 43 223 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in the range 0.005 ...
Title: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The cosmic spectrum and star formation history
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Nichol, R; Peng, E; Schneider, D P; Subbarao, M; Tremonti, C; York, D G
Date: 2003
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2003)
We present a determination of the "cosmic optical spectrum '' of the universe, i.e., the ensemble emission from galaxies, as determined from the red-selected Sloan Digital Sky Survey main galaxy sample, and compare it with ...
Title: On departures from a power law in the galaxy correlation function
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Bahcall, N A; Brinkmann, J; Burles, S; Csabai, I; Fukugita, M; Gunn, J E; Lamb, D Q; Loveday, J; Lupton, R H; Meiksin, A; Munn, J A; Nichol, R C; Schlegel, D; Schneider, D P; Subbarao, M; Szalay, A S; Uomoto, A; York, D G
Date: 2004
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2004)
We measure the projected correlation function w(p)(r(p)) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey for a flux-limited sample of 118,000 galaxies and a volume-limited subset of 22,000 galaxies with absolute magnitude M-r < - 21. ...
Title: The effect of large-scale structure on the SDSS galaxy three-point correlation function
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Gardner, J P; Jain, B; Miller, C J; Moore, A W; Pope, A; Pun, J; Schneider, D; Schneider, J; Szalay, A; Szapudi, I; Zehavi, I; Bahcall, N A; Csabai, I; Brinkmann, J
Date: 2006
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2006)
We present measurements of the normalized redshift-space three-point correlation function (3PCF) (Q(z)) of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) main galaxy sample. These measurements were possible because of ...
Title: Early-type galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. IV. Colors and chemical evolution
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Brinkmann, J; Castander, F J; Connolly, A J; Csabai, I; Doi, M; Fukugita, M; Frieman, J; Heckman, T; Hennessy, G S; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Lamb, D Q; Mckay, T; Munn, J A; Nichol, R; Okamura, S; Schneider, D P; Thakar, A R; York, D G
Date: 2003
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2003)
The colors and chemical abundances of early-type galaxies at redshifts z < 0.3 are studied using a sample of nearly 9000 galaxies, selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using morphological and spectral criteria. In ...
Title: Infrared photometry of late-M, L, and T dwarfs
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Hindsley, R; Ivezic, Z; Lupton, R H; Pier, J R; Schneider, D P; Smyth, J A; Strauss, M A; Uomoto, A; York, D G
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
We present ZJHKL'M' photometry of a sample of 58 late M, L, and T dwarfs, most of which are identified from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Two Micron All-Sky Survey. Near-infrared spectra and spectral classifications ...
Title: Toward spectral classification of L and T dwarfs: Infrared and optical spectroscopy and analysis
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Hennessy, G; Henry, T J; Hill, G J; Hindsley, R B; Ivezic, Z; Lupton, R H; Mcdaniel, A; Munn, J A; Narayanan, V K; Peng, E; Pier, J R; Rockosi, C M; Schneider, D P; Smith, J A; Strauss, M A; Tsvetanov, Z I; Uomoto, A; York, D G; Zheng, W
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
We present 0.6-2.5 mum, Rgreater than or similar to400 spectra of 27 cool, low-luminosity stars and substellar objects. Based on these and previously published spectra, we develop a preliminary spectral classification ...
Title: L dwarfs found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. II. Hobby-Eberly Telescope observations
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Macqueen, P J; Adams, M T; Hill, G M; Ivezic, Z; Lupton, R H; Pier, J R; Saxe, D H; Shetrone, M; Tufts, J R; Wolf, M J; Brinkmann, J; Csabai, I N; Hennessy, G S; York, D G
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
Low-dispersion optical spectra have been obtained with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope of 22 very red objects found in early imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The objects are assigned spectral types on the ...
Title: Cataclysmic variables from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. The first results
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Vanden, Berk D E; Rest, A; Miknaitis, G; Magnier, E; Brinkmann, J; Csabai, I; Harvanek, M; Hindsley, R; Hennessy, G; Ivezic, Z; Kleinman, S J; Lamb, D Q; Long, D; Newman, P R; Neilsen, E H; Nichol, R C; Nitta, A; Schneider, D P; Snedden, S A; York, D G
Date: 2002
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(2002)
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 identification of 22 CVs, of ...
Title: The discovery of a high-redshift quasar without emission lines from Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data
Author: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Bahcall, N A; Brinkmann, J; Brunner, R J; Csabai, I; Doi, M; Fukugita, M; Heckman, T M; Hennessy, G S; Hindsley, R B; Ivezic, Z; Knapp, G R; Lamb, D Q; Munn, J A; Pauls, A G; Pier, J R; Rockosi, C M; Schneider, D P; Szalay, A S; Tucker, D L; York, D G
Date: 1999
Submitted: 2020-08-08
(1999)
We report observations of a luminous unresolved object at redshift z = 4.62, with a featureless optical spectrum redward of the Ly alpha forest region, discovered from Sloan Digital Sky Survey commissioning data. The ...