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2MASS at the 201st AAS Meeting
The American Astronomical Society held its winter meeting in Seattle, WA, 2003 Jan 5-9. 2MASS had an exhibit there, previewing the All-Sky Data Release and the Extended Mission.
Check out these papers at the Meeting which use 2MASS:
- "Locating Brown Dwarfs in the SDSS and 2MASS Databases", M. A. Hendrickson, A. Uomoto, D. A. Golimowski
- "Cool Companions to White Dwarfs from the 2MASS Second Incremental Data Release", H. Taylor et al.
- "SkyQuery - A Prototype Distributed Query and Cross-Matching Web Service for the Virtual Observatory", A.R. Thakar et al.
- "The BIMA Survey of Embedded Cores in the Perseus Cloud Complex", N.H. Volgenau et al.
- "A Search for Core-Collapse Supernova Progenitors In Hubble Space Telescope Images", S.D. Van Dyk, W.D. Li, A.V. Filippenko
- "WIYN Open Cluster Study: Optical/Infrared Photometry", A.J. Grocholski, A. Sarajedini
- "CAIRNS: The Cluster And Infall Region Nearby Survey", K. Rines, M.J. Geller
- "Chandra Observation of the Intermediate-mass Young Star MWC297", K. Hamaguchi, S. Yamauchi, K. Koyama
- "Quasar Candidates in the Deep Lens Survey", D.J. Norman et al.
- "The Century Survey Galactic Halo Project", W.R. Brown et al.
- "Preliminary USNO Infrared Parallax Results for L- and T-Dwarfs", F.J. Vrba et al.
- "Precision Astrophysics with a FAME-like Space Astrometry Mission", R.P. Olling, R.A. Gaume
- "Hard X-ray Emission from White Dwarfs", Y.-H. Chu et al.
- "``G'' Type Carbon Stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey", J. Schroeder et al.
- "The K-band Luminosity Function of the Virgo Cluster", A.S. Hill et al.
2MASS at the 200th AAS Meeting
The American Astronomical Society held its summer meeting in Albuquerque, NM, 2002 June 2-6. 2MASS did not have an exhibit at this meeting.
These papers at the Meeting used 2MASS data:
- "Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Near-Infrared--Selected QSOs", P. Smith et al.
- "Three Binary T Dwarfs Identified with HST and Keck", A.J. Burgasser, J.D. Kirkpatrick, M.E. Brown
- "Comparing Large Aperture Fluxes to 2MASS XSC Fluxes", L.R. Levenson, E.L. Wright
- "First T Dwarf Discoveries from the 2MASS/Lick All-Sky T Dwarf Search", M.W. McElwain, A.J. Burgasser, J.D. Kirkpatrick
- "Pre-main Sequence candidates among F stars with uvby and 2MASS photometry", A.A. Suchkov
- "Near-Infrared Properties of the KISS Emission-Line Galaxies", S.M. Chung, A. Jangren, J.J. Salzer
- "The Reddest Quasars -- further observations of the "Red Menace"", M. Lacy et al.
- "Dust Extinction and the Structure of Lynds Dark Nebula 781", E.J. Murphy, T.L. Huard, C.J. Lada, J. Alves
- "Broad-line, X-ray Faint AGN: A New Population", H. Ghosh et al.
2MASS at the 199th AAS Meeting
2MASS Exhibit at the AAS
The American Astronomical Society held its winter meeting in Washington, DC, 2002 January 6-10. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed informational fliers, 2MASS Galactic Center posters, as well as demonstrating how to access the Second Incremental Data Release, in conjunction with IRSA.
These papers at the Meeting used 2MASS data:
- "Effective Temperatures Teff for Main Sequence A stars and Blue Horizontal Branch (BHB) stars using 2MASS", T.D. Kinman & L.R. Miller
- "HST/WFPC2 Imaging Survey of Red 2MASS-Selected AGN", D.C. Hines et al.
- "Geometry of the LMC Disk: Results from MACHO and 2MASS", S. Nikolaev et al.
- "Inferring Milky Way Structure from 2MASS-selected Carbon Stars", M.F. Skrutskie et al.
- "Tentative Detection of Small Scale Structure of Cosmic Infrared Background from Long Exposure 2MASS Fields", A. Kashlinsky et al.
- "Luyten High Proper Motion Stars in 2MASS and SDSS", A. Gould & S. Salim
- "X-ray Properties of Red AGN Found by 2MASS", H. Ghosh et al.
- "T Dwarfs and the Substellar Mass Function", A.J. Burgasser et al.
- "Tracing Recent Star Formation In and Around the Molecular rho Oph with F stars from the 2MASS and uvby Surveys", C. Lisse, A.A. Suchkov, & A. Schultz
- "7000 Galactic Carbon Stars and Counting", D.J. MacConnell
- "Brown Dwarfs in the NOAO Deep Wide Field Survey", D. Wik et al.
- "Spatial Structure of Young Star Clusters", W.P. Chen & J.W. Chen
- "The Mass Function and Structure of the Praesepe Cluster: Additional Proper Motion Candidates", J.D. Adams et al.
- "The RECONS Hunt for Intriguing Binaries in the Solar Neighborhood", J.L. Bean et al.
- "Mapping by Starlight: Large Scale Maps of Molecular Clouds", J. Alves & M. Lombardi
- Confirmed Identification of the BL Lac Object 3EG J0433+2908, Foreman, J. V.; Eracleous, M.; Halpern, J. P.; Thompson, D. J.; Wallace, P. M.
- The HK-II Survey: A New Search for Cooler, Extremely Metal-Deficient Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, Rhee, J.; Beers, T. C.; Irwin, M. J.
- T Tauri and Chromospherically Active Stars in the SDSS I: Photometric Selection and First Results, McGehee, P. M.; Hawley, S. L.; Ivezic, Z.
- The UMass/Columbia Galactic Center Chandra Survey: Multiwavelength Counterparts of X-ray Sources, Lang, C. C.; Wang, Q. D.; Gotthelf, E. V.
- Infrared Mass-to-Light Profile throughout the Infall Region of the Coma Cluster, Rines, K.; Geller, M. J.; Kurtz, M. J.; Diaferio, A.; Jarrett, T. H.; Huchra, J. P.
- Infrared and Optical Images of Spiral Galaxies at Low Galactic Latitudes, Cabrera, I. M.; Pantoja, C. A.; Eder, J.
- A New Near and Mid Infrared Diagnostic for Dust in AGN, Gorjian, V.; Werner, M. W.; Cole, D. M.; Ressler, M. E.
- Classifying High Energy Sources with ClassX, T. McGlynn et al.
- Hot Subdwarf Membership in Visual Binaries, Stark, M. A.; Wade, R. A.; Orosz, J. A.; Berriman, G. B.
2MASS at the 198th AAS Meeting
2MASS Topical Session
2MASS held an all-day Topical Session, "The Big Picture: Latest Science Results from 2MASS," on Tuesday 2001 June 5 at the 198th AAS Meeting in Pasadena, CA. A list of talk and poster titles can be found here.
Other Abstracts Using 2MASS Data
- The Central Density Profile of the Dark Matter-Dominated Dwarf NGC 4605, A.D. Bolatto, A. Leroy, J.D. Simon, L. Blitz
- The Complex X-ray Properties of 2MASS, Red AGN, B.J. Wilkes, R. Cutri, D. Hines, B. Nelson, G.D. Schmidt, P.S. Smith
- X-rays and Protostars in the Trifid Nebula, J. Rho, M.F. Corcoran, Y.-H. Chu, W.T. Reach
- Ultraviolet Extinction Curves in the Magellanic Clouds, K. Gordon, G. Clayton, K. Misselt, M. Wolff
- Andromeda's Massive Evolved Stars N.L. King, A.A. Cole, A. Nota
2MASS Exhibit at the AAS
The American Astronomical Society held its summer meeting in Pasadena, CA, 2001 June 3-7. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed informational fliers, 2MASS Galactic Center posters, as well as demonstrating how to access the Second Incremental Data Release, in conjunction with IRSA.
2MASS at the 197th AAS Meeting
2MASS Exhibit at the AAS
The American Astronomical Society held its winter meeting in San Diego, CA, 2001 January 7-11. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed informational fliers, as well as demonstrating how to access the Second Incremental Data Release, in conjunction with IRSA.
Abstracts
- "The 2MASS Red AGN Survey", R.M. Cutri, B.O. Nelson, J.P. Huchra, P.S. Smith
- "2MASS-IRAS Discovery of New Candidate Vega-type Systems", S.B. Fajardo-Acosta, C.A. Beichman, R.M. Cutri
- "Optical Spectropolarimetry of 2MASS QSOs", P. S. Smith, G. D. Schmidt, D. C. Hines, R. M. Cutri, B. O. Nelson
- "The Frequency of Brown Dwarfs as Companions", J.E. Gizis
- "Chandra X-ray Observations of 2MASS Red AGN", B.J. Wilkes, P. Smith, G.D. Schmidt, R. Cutri, B. Nelson, D. Hines
- "The MALIGN Survey Overview and the IR Luminosity Function by Morphological Type", J.P. Huchra, M.A. Pahre, C.S. Kochanek, E.E. Falco, J. Mader, T. Jarrett, T. Chester, S. Schneider
- "The Velocity and Mass Functions of Galaxies in the Local Universe: The MALIGN Survey", M.A. Pahre, C.S. Kochanek, E.E. Falco, J.P. Huchra
- "Classifying IR sources in the SMC: 2MASS/MSX Color-Based Identifications", M.P. Egan & S.D. Van Dyk
- "Infrared Photometry of Galactic Globular Clusters From the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey", S.A. Metchev, R.J. Brunner, P. Cote, J.M. Carpenter, G.S. Djorgovski
- "New AGN from a Multiwavelength ROSAT/IRAS/NVSS/2MASS Cross Correlation", C. J. Lonsdale, W. Voges, Th. Boller, R. D. Wolstencroft
- "Classification of the T Spectral Class", A.J. Burgasser
- "The Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)at IPAC: Moving Towards the NVO", G. B. Berriman, J. C. Good, C. J. Lonsdale
Other non-2MASS Team papers
- "Infrared Properties of Cataclysmic Variables from 2MASS", L. L. Clark, S. Wachter, D. W. Hoard, T. Bowers
- "Optical and Infrared Properties of Sources Observed by the Two Micron All Sky Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey", Z. Ivezic et al.
- "Tentative Detection of the Cosmic Infrared Background at 2.2 Microns", B.D. Johnson & E.L. Wright
- "Clusters of Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Mass Functions, and Candidate Brown Dwarfs in Orion's Belt", W. H. Sherry, F. M. Walter, S. J. Wolk
- "L and T Dwarfs: Our Ultracool Solar Neighbors", D. A. Golimowski & the SDSS Collaboration
The XXIVth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union held its XXIVth General Assembly 2000 August 7-18 in Manchester, UK. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit in the main registration hall, where we distributed informational fliers with images of the Orion Nebula, the Galactic Center, Maffei 2, NGC 891, RCW 38, Messier 17, NGC 253, the Carina Nebula, NGC 3603, and 47 Tucanae, as well as bookmarks with various motifs. We made a large audience of international astronomers from all over the world more aware of the project!
Abstracts
- "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS): Characterizing the Infrared Foreground", M.F. Skrutskie (delivered by J. Gizis), IAU Symp 204
- Activity and Kinematics of M and L Dwarfs, J. Gizis, Ultracool Dwarfs, IAU Commissions 29 and 45
- The L Dwarf Classification System of Kirkpatrick et al. 1999, J.D. Kirkpatrick, Ultracool Dwarfs, IAU Commissions 29 and 45
- Spectral Typing Schemes for T dwarfs, A. Burgasser, Ultracool Dwarfs, IAU Commissions 29 and 45
Other non-2MASS Team papers:
- "2MASS Star Counts and Galactic Structure", D. K. Ojha
- "ISOGAL, DENIS and 2MASS study of the central regions of our Galaxy", D. K. Ojha, et al.
Universe 2000: 112th Annual Meeting of the ASP
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific held its 112th Annual Meeting 2000 July 13-19 in Pasadena, CA. 2MASS had its own exhibit, where we distributed informational fliers with images of the Orion Nebula, the Galactic Center, Maffei 2, NGC 891, RCW 38, Messier 17, NGC 253, the Carina Nebula, NGC 3603, and 47 Tucanae, as well as bookmarks with various motifs. We interacted with and provided information about 2MASS to dozens of secondary school educators, scores of astronomers, and hundreds from the general public.
2MASS at the 196th AAS Meeting
2MASS Exhibit at the AAS
The American Astronomical Society held its summer meeting 2000 June 4-8 in Rochester, NY. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed informational fliers with images of the Orion Nebula, the Galactic Center, Maffei 2, NGC 891, RCW 38, and Messier 17, as well as demonstrating how to access the Second Incremental Data Release, in conjunction with IRSA.Abstracts
- "An Optical Polarization Survey of Infrared-Selected QSOs", P.S. Smith, G.D. Schmidt, D.C. Hines, R.M. Cutri, B.O. Nelson
- "2MASS-IRAS Newly Discovered Exozodiacal Vega-type Dust", S.B. Fajardo-Acosta, C.A. Beichman, R.M. Cutri
- "Optical Spectroscopy of T dwarfs Using LRIS", A. J. Burgasser, J. D. Kirkpatrick, M. E. Brown
- "Chromospheres At and Below the Hydrogen Burning Limit", J.E. Gizis, J.D. Kirkpatrick, I.N. Reid, D.G. Monet, J. Liebert
- "Evaluation of the Astrometric Potential of NIR Focal Plane Arrays for Determination of Parallaxes and Proper Motions of L and T Dwarfs", F.J. Vrba, A.A. Henden, C.B. Luginbuhl, H.H. Guetter, D.G. Monet
- "A NIR Sequence of Late-M, L and T-dwarfs with CorMASS", J.C. Wilson, J.R. Houck, M.F. Skrutskie, J.E. Gizis, D.G. Monet, A.J. Burgasser, J.D. Kirkpatrick
- "Investigation of Possible Redshift-Space Artifacts in the Ursa Major Region via the Tully-Fisher Relation", E.A. Praton, M.J. Rothrock, Jr., S.E. Schneider
Other non-2MASS Team papers:
- "An Efficient Survey for Faint L Dwarfs, T Dwarfs, and z>~5.5 Quasars", P.B. Hall, M. Gladders, F. Barrientos, H. Yee, M. Sawicki
- "Discovering the ``Missing Link": Early Methane Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey", D. A. Golimowski et al.
The Fourth Tetons Conference: "Galactic Structure, Stars and the Interstellar Medium"
2MASS exhibited at this meeting held in Jackson, WY, 2000 May 29-June 1. Several talks were given that included discussion of results based on 2MASS data.
Some of the presentations:
- A New Census of the Solar Neighborhood, J. D. Kirkpatrick (IPAC/Caltech)
- The Milky Way as a Key to Structural Evolution in Galaxies, M. Weinberg (UMass)
- Very-Low Mass Stars: Overview, I. N. Reid (UPenn)
- T-Dwarf Discoveries by 2MASS, A. J. Burgasser (IPAC/Caltech)
2MASS at the 195th AAS Meeting
2MASS Exhibit at the AAS
The American Astronomical Society held its winter meeting 2000 January 11-15 in Atlanta, GA. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed informational fliers with images of the Orion Nebula, the Galactic Center, Maffei 2, NGC 891, RCW 38, and Messier 17, as well as demonstrating how to access the Second Incremental Data Release, in conjunction with IRSA.
Abstracts
- "What 2MASS Can Do For You", M.F. Skrutskie
- "2MASS and Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Galaxy and the LMC", S.D. Van Dyk, R. Cutri, M.F. Skrutskie
- "Combination of Asteroid Photometry from LONEOS and 2MASS", A.K.B. Monet, S.E. Levine, D.G. Monet, E.L.G. Bowell, B. Koehn, B. Bryan
- "CorMASS: A Spectrograph for the Classification of Candidate Low-Mass Objects", J.C. Wilson, M.F. Skrutskie, M.R. Colonno, A.T. Enos, C.P. Henderson, J.D. Smith, J.E. Gizis, D.G. Monet, J.R. Houck
- "Infrared Properties of Cataclysmic Variables: Preliminary Results from 2MASS", D. W. Hoard (CTIO), T. Bowers (U. of Arizona), S. Wachter (CTIO)
- "Exploring the Multi-Wavelength, Low Surface Brightness Universe", R.J. Brunner, S.G. Djorgovski, R.R. Gal (Caltech), S.C. Odewahn (Caltech and ASU)
- "Using On-Line Databases to Estimate the Galaxy Interaction Rate: Looking Forward to a National Virtual Observatory", C. Y. Cheung (NASA, GSFC), K. D. Borne, E. J. Shaya, J. H. Blackwell (Raytheon ITSS, GSFC)
- "Evolutionary Timescales for Circumstellar Accretion Disks", L. A. Hillenbrand (Caltech), M. R. Meyer (U. Arizona)
- "On-line access to Very Large Databases: Preparing optimal use of Large Surveys", D. Egret, S. Derriere, F. Ochsenbein (CDS, Strasbourg, France)
- "Object Identification Using MSX-based Infrared Colors", M.P. Egan (AFRL/VSBC)
2MASS at the 194th AAS Meeting
The American Astronomical Society held its summer meeting May 31 - June 3 1999 in Chicago, IL. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed free CD-ROM copies of our "2MASS Sampler" data release and informational fliers with images of the Orion Nebula, the Galactic Center, and the galaxy Maffei 2.
Abstracts
- "Serendipitous 2MASS Discoveries in the Galactic Plane: A Galaxy and a
Globular Cluster", R.L. Hurt, T. Jarrett, R. Cutri, M. Skrutskie, S.
Schneider, and W. Van Driel
- "2MASS Near-Infrared Imaging of the Supernova Remnant IC443",
J. Rho, S. Van Dyk, T. Jarrett, R. Cutri, W. Reach
- "A Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Guide Classification of 2MASS/DPOSS Galaxies Using Data Mining Techniques", J. Mazzarella, T. Jarrett, S. Odewahn, R. Cutri, T. Chester, M. Schmitz, S. Monkewitz, B. Madore
2MASS at other meetings in 1999
- The AGN Content of the Two Micron All Sky Survey, R.M. Cutri (IPAC), at "X-ray Surveys and the History of Accretion in the Universe", Monteporzio, Italy, 1999 February 8-10.
2MASS at the 193rd AAS Meeting
The American Astronomical Society held its winter meeting January 5-9 1999 in Austin, TX. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. Most of these were during a special oral session on 2MASS objects. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, where we distributed free CD-ROM copies of our "2MASS Sampler" data release.
Abstracts
- "2MASS Observations of the Magellanic Clouds", S.D. Van Dyk,
R.M. Cutri, M.F. Skrutskie, M. Egan
- "An Infrared Color-Magnitude Diagram of Nearby Stars", P. Seitzer and J. C. Hill
- "Extinction Associated with the Ultracompact HII Region, S88B",J.A. Goetz, E.M.
Howard, J.L. Pipher, W.J. Forrest
- "Two Micron All Sky Survey Status Report", R.M. Cutri, M.F. Skrutskie
- "Parallaxes for 2MASS Dwarfs", C. C. Dahn
- "The Definition of Spectral Type ``L'' and the 2MASS Search for Field Brown
Dwarfs", J. D. Kirkpatrick
- "A New Population of IR-Selected AGN Uncovered By 2MASS", B. Nelson, R. M. Cutri,
J.D. Kirkpatrick, C. A. Beichman, C. Lonsdale, J. P. Huchra, M. F. Skrutskie
- "The Substellar Mass Function after 2MASS", I. N. Reid
- "Progress Report on the Search for the Elusive Methane (T-type) Field Brown Dwarf",
A. J. Burgasser, J. D. Kirkpatrick, N. Reid, J. E. Gizis, M. F. Skrutskie,
D. G. Monet, H. Harris, C. C. Dahn, J. W. Liebert
- "2MASS Brown Dwarfs in the Hyades Cluster", J. E. Gizis and D.G. Monet
2MASS at the 192nd AAS Meeting
The American Astronomical Society held its summer meeting June 7-11 1998 in San Diego, CA. Abstracts of papers that were presented at this meeting by 2MASS scientists are available below. 2MASS also had its own exhibit, which was a big hit!
Abstracts
- "Field Brown Dwarfs Discovered by 2MASS and the Definition of
a New Spectral Type Cooler Than 'M'", J.D. Kirkpatrick, R.M. Cutri, B.
Nelson, C.A. Beichman, I.N. Reid, J. Liebert, C.C. Dahn, D.G. Monet, and
M.F. Skrutsie
- "Spatial Density Reconstruction of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy: Halo
Profile and the limits on the LMC mass" S. Nikolaev and M.D. Weinberg
- "New Populations of IR-Selected AGN: Initial Results from 2MASS", B.
Nelson, R.M. Cutri, J.D. Kirkpatrick, C.A. Beichman, C. Lonsdale, J. Huchra,
and M.F. Skrutsie
- "2MASS Galaxy Catalog: First Results", T. Chester, T. Jarrett, S. Schneider,
M. Skrutsie, and J. Huchra
- "2MASS Galaxy Colors: Hercules Cluster", T.H. Jarrett, T. Chester, J.
Huchra, and S. Schneider
- "2MASS Brown Dwarfs and the Substellar Mass Function", I.N. Reid, D.
Kirkpatrick, C.A. Beichman, J. Liebert, A. Burrows, and M. Skrutsie
- "The Two Micron All Sky Survey: One Year of Operations", R.M. Cutri
2MASS at "Astrophysics With Infrared Surveys: A Prelude to SIRTF"
This international conference promoted discussions of infrared surveys and the scientific discoveries that follow from these "first looks." It was held June 22-24 1998 at Caltech. 2MASS was represented during the meeting at the 2MASS exhibit, as well as by the following papers:
- Brown Dwarfs and Low Mass Stars, J.D. Kirkpatick
- Extra-galactic Science with 2MASS/DENIS, M. Skrutskie
- Galactic Science with DENIS/2MASS, N. Epchtein
2MASS at other meetings in 1998
- 2MASS Observations of Wolf-Rayet Stars and Galaxies, S.D. Van Dyk, T. Jarrett, R.M. Cutri, and M.F. Skrutskie, at IAU Symposium 193, Puerto Vallart, Mexico, Nov 2-7 1998
- 2MASS Observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud, S.D. Van Dyk, R. Cutri, M.D. Weinberg, S. Nikolaev, and M.F. Skrutskie, at "New Views of the Magellanic Clouds," IAU Symposium 190, Victoria, BC, Canada, July 13-17 1998
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