Uses and limitations of relativistic jet proper motions: lessons from galactic microquasars

(2003)

X-Ray Emission from the Jets of XTE J1550–564

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 582:2 (2003) 945-953

Authors:

P Kaaret, S Corbel, JA Tomsick, R Fender, JM Miller, JA Orosz, AK Tzioumis, R Wijnands

X-Ray Jet Emission from the Black Hole X-Ray Binary XTE J1550–564 with Chandra in 2000

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 582:2 (2003) 933-944

Authors:

John A Tomsick, Stéphane Corbel, Rob Fender, Jon M Miller, Jerome A Orosz, Tasso Tzioumis, Rudy Wijnands, Philip Kaaret

Geodetic Precession in PSR B1913+16

ArXiv astro-ph/0301146 (2003)

Authors:

M Kramer, O Loehmer, A Karastergiou

Abstract:

We review the observational evidence for geodetic precession in PSR B1913+16 and present the latest observations and results from modelling the system geometry and beam.

Galaxies in southern bright star fields. I. Near-infrared imaging

Astronomy and Astrophysics 406:2 (2003) 593-601

Authors:

AJ Baker, RI Davies, MD Lehnert, NA Thatte, WD Vacca, OR Hainaut, MJ Jarvis, GK Miley, HJA Röttgering

Abstract:

As a prerequisite for cosmological studies using adaptive optics techniques, we have begun to identify and characterize faint sources in the vicinity of bright stars at high Galactic latitudes. The initial phase of this work has been a program of Ks imaging conducted with SOFI at the ESO NTT. From observations of 42 southern fields evenly divided between the spring and autumn skies, we have identified 391 additional stars and 1589 galaxies lying at separations Δθ ≤ 60″ from candidate guide stars in the magnitude range 9.0 ≤ R ≤ 12.4. When analyzed as a "discrete deep field" with 131 arcmin2 area, our dataset gives galaxy number counts that agree with those derived previously over the range 16 ≤ Ks < 20.5. This consistency indicates that in the aggregate, our fields should be suitable for future statistical studies. We provide our source catalogue as a resource for users of large telescopes in the southern hemisphere.