Recent first-author papers on astro-ph by the Ohio State Astronomy graduate students:

arXiv:0806.3271 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: First Stellar Velocity Dispersion Measurement of a Luminous Quasar Host with Gemini North Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
Authors: Linda C. Watson, Paul Martini, Kalliopi M. Dasyra, Misty C. Bentz, Laura Ferrarese, Bradley M. Peterson, Richard W. Pogge, Linda J. Tacconi
Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures; accepted by ApJ Letters
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0806.3071 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: A Survey of the Metal Content of the Intergalactic Medium at High-redshift (II) : OVI line density, space density and gas metallicity at z_abs = 3.0
Authors: S. Frank (The Ohio State University), S. Mathur (The Ohio State University), D.G. York (University of Chicago)
Comments: 22 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, submitted to AJ, follow-up paper to arXiv:0707.1700 with statistical analysis of absorber sample
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0806.0179 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Constraining The Universal Lepton Asymmetry
Authors: Vimal Simha, Gary Steigman
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

arXiv:0805.1936 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Characterizing Long-Period Transiting Planets Observed by Kepler
Authors: Jennifer C. Yee, B. Scott Gaudi
Comments: 28 pages, 7 figures, Submitted to ApJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0804.2671 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Outliers from the Mass--Metallicity Relation I: A Sample of Metal-Rich Dwarf Galaxies from SDSS
Authors: Molly S. Peeples, Richard W. Pogge, K. Z. Stanek
Comments: Submitted to ApJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0804.1354 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M-Dwarf Planetary Companion?
Authors: Subo Dong, Andrew Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Jay Anderson, G.W. Christie, B.S. Gaudi, M. Jaroszynski, M. Kubiak, M.K. Szymanski, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, O. Szewczyk, K. Ulaczyk, L. Wyrzykowski, D.L. DePoy, D.B. Fox, A. Gal-Yam, C. Han, S. Lepine, J. McCormick, E. Ofek, B.-G. Park, R.W. Pogge, F. Abe, D.P. Bennett, I.A. Bond, T.R. Britton, A.C. Gilmore, J.B. Hearnshaw, Y. Itow, K. Kamiya, P.M. Kilmartin, A. Korpela, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, M. Motomura, Y. Muraki, S. Nakamura, K. Ohnishi, C. Okada, N. Rattenbury, To. Saito, T. Sako, M. Sasaki, D. Sullivan, T. Sumi, P.J. Tristram, T. Yanagisawa, P.C.M. Yock, T. Yoshoika, M.D. Albrow, J.P. Beaulieu, S. Brillant, H. Calitz, A. Cassan, K. H. Cook, Ch. Coutures, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouque, J. Greenhill, K. Hill, et al (20 additional authors not shown)
Comments: 50 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, Submitted to ApJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0803.3465 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Constraining The Early-Universe Baryon Density And Expansion Rate
Authors: Vimal Simha, Gary Steigman
Comments: 27 pages, 9 figures
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)

arXiv:0803.0324 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Discovery of the Dust-Enshrouded Progenitor of the Type IIn SN 2008S with Spitzer
Authors: J.L. Prieto, M.D. Kistler, T.A. Thompson, H. Yuksel, C.S. Kochanek, K.Z. Stanek, J.F. Beacom, P. Martini, A. Pasquali, J. Bechtold
Comments: submitted to ApJ Letters
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0802.1210 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: X-Ray and Optical Microlensing in the Lensed Quasar PG 1115+080
Authors: Christopher W. Morgan (1 and 2), Christopher S. Kochanek (2 and 3), Xinyu Dai (2 and 3), Nicholas D. Morgan (2), Emilio E. Falco (4) ((1) Department of Physics, U.S. Naval Academy, (2) Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, (3) Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, (4) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Comments: 21 pages, 5 figures, submitted to ApJ; corrected labeling errors in Tables 2 and 3 and Figures 1 and 2
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0801.4382 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Low-Level Nuclear Activity in Nearby Spiral Galaxies
Authors: Himel Ghosh (1), Smita Mathur (1), Fabrizio Fiore (2), Laura Ferrarese (3) ((1) Ohio State University (2) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (3) Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics)
Comments: 38 pages, 10 figures, submitted to ApJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0801.3432 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Difference Imaging of Lensed Quasar Candidates in the SDSS Supernova Survey Region
Authors: Brian C. Lacki (1), Christopher S. Kochanek (1), Krzysztof Z. Stanek (1), Naohisa Inada (2), Masamune Oguri (3) ((1) Department of Astronomy and the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, The Ohio State University, (2) Cosmic Radiation Laboratory, RIKEN (The Physical and Chemical Research Organization), (3) Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University)
Comments: Submitted to ApJ, 24 pages, 5 figures
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0710.2552 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Simultaneous Estimation of Time Delays and Quasar Structure
Authors: Christopher W. Morgan (1 and 2), Michael E. Eyler (1), C.S. Kochanek (2), Nicholas D. Morgan (2), Emilio E. Falco (3), Christel Vuissoz (4), F. Courbin (4), G. Meylan (4) ((1) Department of Physics, U.S. Naval Academy, (2) Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, (3) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (4) Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
Comments: 21 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Apj
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0709.2728 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: A Photometric Survey for Variables and Transits in the Field of Praesepe with KELT
Authors: Joshua Pepper, K. Z. Stanek, Richard W. Pogge, David W. Latham, D. L. DePoy, Robert Siverd, Shawn Poindexter, Gregory R. Sivakoff
Comments: 45 pages, 16 figures. Submitted to AJ. PDF version with full resolution figures located at this http URL
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0709.2376 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: LBT Discovery of a Yellow Supergiant Eclipsing Binary in the Dwarf Galaxy Holmberg IX
Authors: J. L. Prieto, K. Z. Stanek, C. S. Kochanek, D. R. Weisz, A. Baruffolo, J. Bechtold, V. Burwitz, C. DeSantis, S. Gallozzi, P. M. Garnavich, E. Giallongo, J. M. Hill, R. W. Pogge, R. Ragazzoni, R. Speziali, D. J. Thompson, R. M. Wagner
Comments: submitted to ApJL
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0709.2167 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Lifetime of FRIIs in Groups and Clusters: Implications for Radio-Mode Feedback
Authors: Jonathan C. Bird (1), Paul Martini (1), Christian R. Kaiser (2) ((1) The Ohio State University, (2) University of Southampton)
Comments: 17 pages, 7 figures. Submitted to ApJ August 13, 2007. High resolution paper available at this http URL
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0708.1513 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Low Resolution Spectral Templates For Galaxies From 0.2 -- 10 microns
Authors: R.J. Assef, C.S. Kochanek, M. Brodwin, M.J.I. Brown, N. Caldwell, R.J. Cool, P. Eisenhardt, D. Eisenstein, A.H. Gonzalez, B.T. Jannuzi, C. Jones, E. McKenzie, S.S. Murray, D. Stern
Comments: 22 text pages + 6 tables + 15 figures. Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal. Fortran codes, templates and electronic tables available at this http URL

arXiv:0707.3144 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Distances to Open Clusters from Main-Sequence Fitting. IV. Galactic Cepheids, the LMC, and the Local Distance Scale
Authors: Deokkeun An, Donald M. Terndrup, Marc H. Pinsonneault (The Ohio State University)
Comments: 28 pages, 21 figures, submitted to ApJ

arXiv:0707.1700 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: A Survey of the Metal Content of the Intergalactic Medium at High-redshift (I) : SDSS Absorption Line Studies - The Methodology and First Search Results for OVI
Authors: S. Frank (The Ohio State University), S. Mathur (The Ohio State University), D. G. York (University of Chicago)
Comments: 13 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, submitted to AJ, fixed the unfortunate typo in the title (SDSS) !

arXiv:0707.0690 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Characterizing Supernova Progenitors via the Metallicities of their Host Galaxies, from Poor Dwarfs to Rich Spirals
Authors: Jose L. Prieto, Krzysztof Z. Stanek, John F. Beacom (Ohio State)
Comments: 24 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ. The catalogs are available at this http URL

arXiv:0707.0305 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Quasar Accretion Disk Size - Black Hole Mass Relation
Authors: Christopher W. Morgan (1 and 2), C.S. Kochanek (2), Nicholas D. Morgan (2), Emilio E. Falco (3) ((1) Department of Physics, U.S. Naval Academy (2) Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University (3) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to ApJL

arXiv:0707.0003 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Spatial Structure of An Accretion Disk
Authors: Shawn Poindexter, Nicholas Morgan, Christopher S. Kochanek (Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University)
Comments: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ

arXiv:0706.4088 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: A Study of the Type Ia/IIn Supernova 2005gj from X-ray to the Infrared: Paper I
Authors: J.L. Prieto, P.M. Garnavich, M.M. Phillips, D.L. DePoy, J.Parrent, D. Pooley, V.V. Dwarkadas, E. Baron, B. Bassett, A. Becker, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, B. Dilday, M. Doi, J.A. Frieman, C.J. Hogan, J. Holtzman, S. Jha, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, J. L. Marshall, G. Miknaitis, R.C. Nichol, A.G. Riess, M.W. Richmond, R. Romani, M. Sako, D.P. Schneider, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, J.C. Wheeler, J. Barentine, J. Dembicky, J. Eastman, S. Frank, W. Ketzeback, R.J. McMillan, N. Morrell, G. Folatelli, C. Contreras, C.R. Burns, W. L. Freedman, S. Gonzalez, M. Hamuy, W. Krzeminski, B.F. Madore, D. Murphy, S.E. Persson, M. Roth, N.B. Suntzeff
Comments: 63 pages, 16 figures, submitted to AJ

arXiv:0706.0209 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: First Measurement of a Rapid Increase in the AGN Fraction in High-Redshift Clusters of Galaxies
Authors: Jason Eastman, Paul Martini, Gregory Sivakoff (Ohio State), Daniel D. Kelson, John S. Mulchaey (Carnegie Observatories), Kim-Vy Tran (University of Zurich and Leiden Observatory)
Comments: ApJL Accepted, 5 pages, 2 figures
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0705.3647 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Baryon Fractions and Mass-to-Light Ratios of Early-Type Galaxies
Authors: Guangfei Jiang, C.S. Kochanek
Comments: 9 figures
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0704.2637 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Observational consequences of the hypothesized helium rich stellar population in Omega Centauri
Authors: G. Newsham, D. M. Terndrup (Ohio State)
Comments: 37 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:0704.0460 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT): A Small Robotic Telescope for Large-Area Synoptic Surveys
Authors: Joshua Pepper (1), Richard W. Pogge (1), D. L. DePoy (1), J. L. Marshall (1), K. Z. Stanek (1), Amelia M. Stutz (2), Shawn Poindexter (1), Robert Siverd (1), Thomas P. O'Brien (1), Mark Trueblood (3), Patricia Trueblood (3) ((1) The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy, (2) University of Arizona Department of Astronomy, (3) Winer Observatory)
Comments: 31 pages, 13 figures; submitted to AJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0703769 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: A Study of Stellar Photometric Variability Within the Central 4 pc of the Galactic Center with Infrared Image Subtraction
Authors: Molly S. Peeples, K. Z. Stanek, D. L. DePoy (Ohio State University)
Comments: Submitted to Acta Astronomica. High resolution version available at this http URL
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0702644 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: NGC 5548 in a Low-Luminosity State: Implications for the Broad-Line Region
Authors: Misty C. Bentz (1), Kelly D. Denney (1), Edward M. Cackett (2,3), Matthias Dietrich (1), Jeffrey K. J. Fogel (3), Himel Ghosh (1), Keith D. Horne (2), Charles Kuehn (1,4), Takeo Minezaki (5), Christopher A. Onken (1,6), Bradley M. Peterson (1), Richard W. Pogge (1), Vladimir I. Pronik (7,8), Douglas O. Richstone (3), Sergey G. Sergeev (7,8), Marianne Vestergaard (9), Matthew G. Walker (3), Yuzuru Yoshii (5,10) (1. The Ohio State University, 2. University of St. Andrews, 3. University of Michigan, 4. Michigan State University, 5. Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, 6. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, 7. Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, 8. Isaak Newton Institute of Chile, 9. Steward Observatory, 10. Research Center for the Early Universe, University of Tokyo)
Comments: 24 pages, 3 tables, 7 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0702240 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: First Space-Based Microlens Parallax Measurement: Spitzer Observations of OGLE-2005-SMC-001
Authors: Subo Dong, A. Udalski, A. Gould, W. T. Reach, G. W. Christie, A. F. Boden, D. P. Bennett, G. Fazio, K. Griest, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, I. Soszynski, G. Pietrzynski, O. Szewczyk, L. Wyrzykowski, K. Ulaczyk, T. Wieckowski, B. Paczynski, D. L. DePoy, R. W. Pogge, G. W. Preston, I. B. Thompson, B. M. Patten
Comments: ApJ, in press. Text and figures are updated to match the journal version
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0702199 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Most Massive Black Holes in the Universe: Effects of Mergers in Massive Galaxy Clusters
Authors: Jaiyul Yoo, Jordi Miralda-Escude, David H. Weinberg, Zheng Zheng, Christopher W. Morgan
Comments: 13 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0612403 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Probing ~100 AU Intergalactic MgII Absorbing "Cloudlets" with Quasar Microlensing
Authors: Subo Dong
Comments: 13 pages, 2 figures, ApJ, submitted; for PDF file with high-res figures, see this http URL
Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 660 (2007) 206-210
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0612045 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Mid-IR Observations and a Revised Time Delay for the Gravitational Lens System Quasar HE 1104-1805
Authors: S. Poindexter (1), N. Morgan (1), C.S. Kochanek (1), E.E. Falco (2) ((1) The Ohio State University, (2) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Comments: 26 page, 6 figures; this version corrects table 1 which reported incorrect IRAC magnitudes; this change does not affect any results
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0611819 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: Revisiting the Black Hole Masses of Soft X-ray-Selected Active Galactic Nuclei
Authors: Linda C. Watson (1), Smita Mathur (1), Dirk Grupe (2) ((1) Ohio State University, (2) Pennsylvania State University)
Comments: Accepted for publication in AJ; 9 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

arXiv:astro-ph/0610212 [ps, pdf, other]
Title: The Nature of the Variable Galactic Center Source GCIRS 16SW Revisited: A Massive Eclipsing Binary
Authors: Molly S. Peeples (1), A. Z. Bonanos (2), D. L. DePoy (1), K. Z. Stanek (1), J. Pepper (1), Richard W. Pogge (1), M. H. Pinsonneault (1), K. Sellgren (1) ((1) Ohio State, (2) Carnegie Institute of Washington)
Comments: 11 pages, 3 figures, accepted by ApJL; v2 includes a figure showing lack of H-K color variation
Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 654 (2006) L61
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

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