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Modelling Synchrotron Outbursts in 3C 273
We present an improved approach to derive the observed evolution of a typical synchrotron outburst in 3C 273. The method consists in a simultaneous... -
Evidence of a Supernova Origin for the Black Hole in GRO J1655-40 (Nova Scorpii 1994)
We report the discovery of a strong overabundance of several $\alpha$... -
Simulations of Solar AO Systems
In this paper, first we compare the two kinds of algorithms that are being used in solar AO systems to sense a distorted wave-front through... -
Selected Examples of Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Science with AO
High spatial resolution planetary science has seen a large boost from AO observations complementing space missions. Adaptive optics is particularly... -
Quality Control and Data Flow Operations of NAOS-CONICA
The verification of data and the monitoring of instrument performance – known collectively as quality control (QC) – are an integral part of the... -
NACO and PUEO-GriF Investigating Small Scale Structures and Velocity Fields in OMC1
Infrared observations of the OMC1 star forming region obtained at the CFHT and at the ESO VLT, both in imaging mode with adaptive optics, are... -
A Search for Close Companions in Sco OB2
Using adaptive optics we study the binary population in the nearby OB association Scorpius OB2. We present the first results of our near-infrared... -
Lyot Coronagraphy at the Palomar and Phase-Mask Coronagraphy at the VLT
In this paper, we report on observations of faint companions and circumstellar disks at the Palomar 200-inch telescope. As a result, we present... -
NACO Observations of NGC 1068
We present various recent results obtained with adaptive optics systems on the very central region of NGC 1068: Grif long-slit spectroscopy in K band... -
AO-Assisted Observations of Ultra-Compact H II Regions
High-spatial resolution observations in the near-infrared (NIR) with Adaptive Optics (AO) represent a powerful tool to investigate massive star... -
Near-Infrared High Resolution Spectroscopy of High-z QSO Absorption Systems with the Subaru Adaptive Optics System
We are conducting a near-infrared (1.0–1.35 μm) high resolution spectroscopic survey of high-z QSOs to study the QSO absorption systems at high... -
Mining the Local Universe: the QSO Space Density
We present progress results of a new survey for bright QSOs (V < 14.5, R < 15.4, B J... -
Field Galaxy Evolution from the Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey (MUNICS)
The Munich Near-IR Cluster Survey (MUNICS) is a K’-selected survey covering 1 square degree in the K’ and J near-infrared bands with complementary... -
Nonlinear Peculiar-Velocity Analysis and PCA
We allow for nonlinear effects in the likelihood analysis of peculiar velocities, and obtain... -
Strong Constraints on Cosmology from Galaxy Clusters
In this work we show how galaxy clusters can be used to discriminate among different cosmological models. We have used available X-ray & optical... -
FORCE: FORtran for Cosmic Errors
We review the theory of cosmic errors we have recently developed for count-in-cells statistics. The corresponding FORCE package provides a simple and... -
Automated Classification Techniques for Large Spectroscopic Surveys
With the onset of large, systematically selected spectroscopic surveys we have the opportunity to understand the distribution and evolution of... -
Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectroscopy of Damped Lyman- $\alpha$ Systems
We assess the feasibility of detecting star formation in damped Lyman- $\alpha$... -
Fast Algorithms and Efficient Statistics: N-Point Correlation Functions
We present here a new algorithm for the fast computation of N-Point correlation functions in large astronomical data sets. The algorithm is based on... -
Noise Estimation in CMB Time-Streams and Fast Iterative Map-Making
We describe here an iterative method for jointly estimating the noise power spectrum from a CMB experiment’s time-ordered data, together with the...