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2MASS Science Publications

Papers published in 2002

  1. The Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey: The Small Magellanic Cloud Stellar Catalog and Extinction Map, D. Zaritsky (UAz), J. Harris (STScI), I.B. Thompson (OCIW), E.K. Grebel (MPIA), P. Massey (Lowell), 2002, AJ, 123 855.

  2. Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope: A Parallax of the Fundamental Distance Calibrator RR Lyrae, G.F. Benedict (UT) et al., 2002, AJ, 123, 473.

  3. L Dwarfs Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data II. Hobby-Eberly Telescope Observations, D.P. Schneider (Penn St.) et al., 2002, AJ, 123, 458.

  4. A New Wolf-Rayet Star in Cygnus, A. Pasquali (ESO/ST-ECF), F. Comeron (ESO), R. Gredel (MPH), J. Torra, & F. Figueras (U.Barcelona), 2002, A&A, 396, 533

  5. The 2MASS Tully-Fisher Relation for Flat Edge-On Galaxies, I.D. Karachentsev, S.N. Mitronova, V.E. Karachentseva, Yu.N. Kudrya, & T.H.Jarrett, 2002, A&A, 396, 431.

  6. The Master Catalogue of Stars Towards the Magellanic Clouds, N. Delmotte (CDS), C. Loup (IAP), D. Egret (CDS), M.-R. Cioni (Leiden/ESO), & F. Pierfederici (ESO), 2002, A&A, 396, 143.

  7. Discovery of an M8.5 Dwarf With Proper Motion mu=2.38 arcsec/yr, S. Lepine, R.M. Rich, J.D. Neill, A. Caulet, M.M. Shara, 2002, ApJ, 581, L47.

  8. Lithium Depletion Boundary in a PreMain-Sequence Binary System, I. Song (UCLA), M.S. Bessell (ANU), & B. Zuckerman (UCLA), 2002, ApJ, 581, L43.

  9. BeppoSAX Observations of Synchrotron X-Ray Emission from Radio Quasars, P. Padovani (STScI) et al., 2002, ApJ, 581, 895.

  10. Discovery of a Radio-loud Superstrong Fe II-emitting Quasar, H.-Y. Zhou, T.-G. Wang, Y.-Y. Zhou, C.-Li, & X.-B. Dong, 2002, ApJ, 581, 96.

  11. Discovery of New Milky Way Star Clusters Candidates in the 2MASS Point Source Catalog, V.D. Ivanov, J. Borissova, P. Pessev, G.R. Ivanov, R. Kurtev, 2003, A&A, 394, L1.

  12. Old Stellar Galactic Disc in Near-Plane Regions According to 2MASS: Scales, Cut-Off, Flare and Warp, M. Lopez-Corredoira (Basel), A. Cabrera-Lavers, F. Garzon (IoA, Canarias), & P.L. Hammersley (U. La Laguna), 2002, A&A, 394, 883.

  13. Reddening-independent quasar selection from a wide-field optical and near-infrared imaging survey, R.G. Sharp et al., 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1153.

  14. Bar Strengths in Spiral Galaxies Estimated from 2MASS Images, E. Laurikainen & H. Salo (U. Oulu, Finland), 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1118.

  15. Near- and mid-infrared colours of star-forming galaxies in European Large Area ISO Survey fields, P. Vaisanen et al., 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1043.

  16. Hard X-Ray Emission From a Young Massive Star-Forming Cluster, H. Beuther (MPIfR), J. Kerp, T. Preibisch, T. Stanke, & P. Schilke, 2002, A&A, 395, 169.

  17. Discovery of a Near-Infrared Jetlike Feature in the Z Canis Majoris System, R. Millan-Gabet (IPAC) & J. D. Monnier (UMich), 2002, ApJ, 580, L167.

  18. Structure Function Scaling of a 2MASS Extinction Map of Taurus, P. Padoan (JPL), L. Cambresy (IPAC), W. Langer (JPL), 2002, ApJ, 580, L57.

  19. A Subaru/High Dispersion Spectrograph Study of Lead (Pb) Abundances in Eight s-Process Element-rich, Metal-poor Stars, W. Aoki (NAO) et al., 2002, ApJ, 580, 1149.

  20. Radio Spectral Index Variations and Physical Conditions in Kepler's Supernova Remnant, T. DeLaney (UMn) et al., 2002, ApJ, 580, 914.

  21. Crustal Emission and the Quiescent Spectrum of the Neutron Star in KS 1731-260, R.E. Rutledge (Caltech) et al., 2002, ApJ, 580, 413.

  22. The Initial Mass Function in the Taurus Star-forming Region, C. Briceno, K.L. Luhman, L. Hartmann, J.R. Stauffer, & J.D. Kirkpatrick, 2002, ApJ, 580, 317.

  23. Detection of Small Scale Fluctuations in the Near-IR Cosmic Infrared Background from Long Exposure 2MASS Fields, A. Kashlinsky (SSAI/GSFC), S. Odenwald (RSTX/GSFC), J. Mather (NASA/GSFC), M.F. Skrutskie (UVa), & R.M. Cutri (IPAC), 2002, ApJ, 579, L53.

  24. Lithium Abundances in Wide Binaries with Solar-Type Twin Components, E.L. Martin (UH) et al., 2002, ApJ, 579, 437.

  25. Chandra Observations of the Bursting X-Ray Transient SAX J1747.0-2853 During Low-Level Accretion Activity, R. Wijnands, J.M. Miller, & Q.D. Wang, 2002, ApJ, 579, 422.

  26. First Detection of the Red Giant Branch Bump in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, L. Monaco (Bologna) et al., 2002, ApJ 578, L47.

  27. A Methane, Isolated, Planetary-Mass Object in Orion, M.R. Zapatero Osorio et al., 2002, ApJ, 578, 536.

  28. Substellar Mass Function of Young Open Clusters as Determined through a Statistical Approach Using 2MASS and GSC Data, A. Tej (Astr. Obs. Strasbourg, France), K.C. Sahu (STScI), T. Chandrasekhar & N.M. Ashok (Phys. Res. Lab, India), 2002, ApJ, 578, 523.

  29. Molecular Clouds and Infrared Stellar Clusters in the Far Outer Galaxy, R.T. Snell (UMass), J.M Carpenter (Caltech), & M.H. Heyer (UMass), 2002, ApJ, 578, 229.

  30. A Chandra High Resolution Camera Observation of X-Ray Point Sources in M31, P. Kaaret (CfA), 2002, ApJ, 578, 114.

  31. A Deep UVBRI CCD Photometric Study of Open Clusters Tr 1 and Be 11, R.K.S. Yadav & Ram Sagar (Bangalore), 2002, MNRAS, 337, 133.

  32. XMM-Newton Observations of Two Hyperluminous IRAS Galaxies: Compton-thick Quasars With Obscuring Starbursts, R.J. Wilman, A.C. Fabian, C.S. Crawford, & R.M. Cutri, 2002, MNRAS, 338, L19.

  33. The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the b J-band galaxy luminosity function and survey selection function, P. Norberg et al., 2002, MNRAS, 336, 907.

  34. The peculiar Variable V838 Mon, S. Kimeswenger, C. Lederle, S. Schmeja & B. Armsdorfer, 2002, MNRAS, 336, L43.

  35. Chandra Observations of the nucleus of M33, G. Dubus & R.E. Rutledge, 2002, MNRAS, 336, 901.

  36. The Population of the Galactic Plane as seen by MSX, S.L. Lumsden, M.G. Hoare, R.D. Oudmaijer & D. Richards, 2002, MNRAS, 336, 621.

  37. Classification of a selected sample of weak T Tauri stars, J. Gregorio-Hetem 1 and A. Hetem, Jr, 2002, MNRAS, 336, 197.

  38. Submillimetre observations of hyperluminous infrared galaxies, D. Farrah (Imp.Coll.) et al., 2002, MNRAS, 335, 1163.

  39. A deep IZ survey of 1.1 deg2 of the Pleiades cluster: Three Candidate Members with M < 0.04 Msun, P.D. Dobbie et al., 2002, MNRAS, 335, 687.

  40. Spiral-like Light Profiles but Elliptical-like Kinematics in Mergers of Galaxies, C.J. Jog & A. Chitre (Bangalore), 2002, A&A, 393, L89.

  41. Characteristics of New Star Cluster Candidates in the Cygnus Area, J.-M. Le Duigou & J. Knodlseder (CESR, France), 2002, A&A, 392, 869.

  42. Probing the Asteroid Belt with 2MASS, M.V. Sykes (UofA), R.M. Cutri, J.W. Fowler (IPAC), D.J. THolen (UHawaii), M.F. Skrutskie (UVa), & S. Price (AFRL), 2002, DPS, 34, 0408.

  43. The 2MASS Tully-Fisher Relation and Local Peculiar Velocities, S.P. Bamford (Durham), 2002, MSci thesis.

  44. The Determination of Teff for Metal-Poor A-Type Stars Using V and 2MASS J, H and K Magnitudes, T. Kinman (NOAO) & F. Castelli (Trieste), 2002, A&A, 391, 1039.

  45. Chemical Composition of the Carbon-rich, Extremely Metal Poor Star CS 29498-043..., W. Aoki (NAOJ) et al., 2002, ApJ, 576, L141.

  46. H2 Emission around Massive Young Stellar Objects with Outflows, M.S. Nanda Kumar, R. Bachiller (IGNO), & C.J. Davis (JAC), 2002, ApJ, 576, 313.

  47. Classifying Luyten Stars Using an Optical-Infrared Reduced Proper-Motion Diagram, S. Salim & A. Gould (OhioSt), 2002, ApJ, 575, L83.

  48. Brown Dwarfs and the TW Hya Association, J.E. Gizis (U. Delaware), 2002, ApJ, 575, 484.

  49. Molecular Hydrogen Outflows in W51, K.W. Hodapp (UH) & C.J. Davis (JAC), 2002, ApJ, 525, 291.

  50. An Upper Limit to the Age of the Galactic Bar, A.A. Cole & M.D. Weinberg, 2002, ApJ, 574, L43.

  51. On the Distance of Magellanic Clouds: First Overtone Cepheids, G. Bono (INAF Obs. Roma), M.A.T. Groenewegen (Inst. Sterrenkunde, Belgium), M. Marconi (INAF Obs. Capodimonte), & F. Caputo (INAF Obs. Roma), 2002, ApJ, 574, L33.

  52. Near-Infrared Photometric Variability of Stars toward the Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud, J.M. Carpenter, L.A. Hillenbrand (Caltech), M.F. Skrutskie (UVa), M.R. Meyer (UofA), 2002, AJ, 124, 1001.

  53. The Relation between Near-Infrared Luminosity of RGB Bumps and Metallicity of Galactic Globular Clusters, D.-H. Cho & S.-G. Lee (Seoul Natl. Univ.), 2002, AJ, 124, 977.

  54. Prospecting for Spiral Structure in the Flocculent Outer Milky Way Disk With Color Magnitude Star Counts from the 2 Micron All Sky Survey, A.C. Quillen (Rochester), 2002, AJ, 124, 924.

  55. High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Ultracool M Dwarfs, I.N. Reid, J.D. Kirkpatrick, J. Liebert, J.E. Gizis, C.C. Dahn, D.G. Monet , 2002, AJ, 124, 519.

  56. Faint Star Counts in the Near-Infrared, J.B. Hutchings, P.B. Stetson (HIA/NRC Canada), A. Robin (Obs Besancon), T. Webb (U. Toronto), 2002, PASP, 114, 761.

  57. Red Giant Branch Stars as Probes of Stellar Populations I: 2MASS Calibration and Application to 2MASS GC01, V.D. Ivanov (ESO) & Jordanka Borissova (Acad. Sci. Bulgaria), 2002, A&A, 390, 937.

  58. Search for Nearby Stars Among Proper Motion Stars Selected by Optical-to-Infrared Photometry. II. Two Late M Dwarfs Within 10 pc, M.J. McCaughrean, R.-D. Scholz, N. Lodieu (Potsdam), 2002, A&A, 390, L27.

  59. The mysterious eruption of V838 Mon, U. Munari (Padua) et al., 2003, A&A, 389, L51.

  60. On The Massive Star Content of Cygnus OB2, F. Comeron, et al., 2002, A&A, 389, 874.

  61. Photometric Parameters of Edge-On Galaxies From 2MASS Observations, D. Bizyaev (SAI, Moscow) & S. Mitronova (SAO, Russia), 2002, A&A, 389, 795.

  62. Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Lynds 870, R.Q. Mao, J. Yang, C. Henkel, Z.B. Jiang, 2002, A&A, 389, 589.

  63. Discovery of Three Nearby L Dwarfs in the Southern Sky, N. Lodieu, R.-D. Scholz, M.J. McCaughrean (Astr. Inst. Potsdam), 2002, A&A, 389, L20.

  64. Luminosity Profiles of Advanced Mergers of Galaxies Using 2MASS Data, A. Chitre & C.J. Jog (Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore), 2002, A&A, 388, 407.

  65. The Embedded Star Clusters in the Nebulae NGC 2327 and BRC 27 in Canis Majoris R1, J.B. Soares & E. Bica, 2002, A&A, 388, 172.

  66. 2MASS Observations of Spectroscopically Identified Extragalactic C Stars, S. Demers, M.Dallaire (U. Montreal), & P.Battinelli(Oss. Astr. Roma), 2002, AJ, 123, 3428.

  67. Characterization of M, L, and T Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, S.L. Hawley (UW) et al., 2002, AJ, 123, 3409.

  68. The Reddest Quasars. II. A Gravitationally Lensed FeLoBAL Quasar, M. Lacy (IPAC/SSC), M. Gregg, R.H. Becker (IGPP/UCDavis), R.L. White (STScI), E. Glikman, D. Helfand (Columbia), & J.N. Winn (CfA), 2002, AJ, 123, 2925.

  69. Meeting the Cool Neighbors III: Spectroscopy of Northern NLTT Stars, K.L. Cruz (U.Penn) & I.N. Reid (STScI), 2002, AJ, 123, 2828.

  70. Meeting the Cool Neighbors I: Nearby Stars in the NLTT Catalogue - Defining the Sample, I.N. Reid (STScI) & K.L. Cruz (U. Penn), 2002, AJ, 123, 2806.

  71. Astrometry Survey Missions Beyond the Magnitude Limit, S. Salim, A. Gould (OSU), & Rob P. Olling (USNO), 2002, ApJ, 573, 631.

  72. The Luminosity and Mass Function of the Trapezium Cluster: From B Stars to the Deuterium-burning Limit, A.A. Muench, E.A. Lada (UFl), C.J. Lada (CfA), & J. Alves (ESO), 2002, ApJ, 573, 366.

  73. Deep Near-Infrared Observations of the X-Ray Emitting Class 0 Protostar Candidates in the Orion Molecular Cloud 3, M. Tsujimoto (Kyoto) et al., 2002, ApJ, 573, 270.

  74. Evidence of Cloud Disruption in the L/T Dwarf Transition, A.J. Burgasser (UCLA) et al., 2002, ApJ, 571, L151.

  75. A Second "Taffy" Galaxy Pair, J.J. Condon (NRAO), G. Helou, and T.J. Jarrett (IPAC), 2002, AJ, 123, 1881.

  76. Non-emission-line young stars of intermediate mass, P. Manoj, G. Mahewar, H.C. Bhatt, 2002, MNRAS, 334, 419.

  77. Substructure of the Outer Galactic halo from the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey, R.A. Ibata, G.F. Lewis, M.J. Irwin, L. Cambresy, 2002, MNRAS, 332, 921.

  78. Observations of the Unusual Counterpart to the X-ray Pulsar AX J0051733, M.J. Coe et al., 2002, MNRAS, 332, 473.

  79. Comparison of Bar Strengths in Active and Non-Active Galaxies, E. Laurikainen, H. Salo, P. Rautiainen, 2002, MNRAS, 331, 880.

  80. Shocked molecular gas towards the supernova remnant G359.1-0.5 and the Snake, J.S. Lazendic et al., 2002, MNRAS, 331, 537.

  81. Serendipitous Detection of Galaxies Behind the Milky Way from the DENIS Survey, I. Vauglin (Obs. de Lyon) et al., 2002, A&A, 387, 1.

  82. Extinction with 2MASS: Star Counts and Reddening Toward the North America and the Pelican Nebulae, L. Cambresy (IPAC), C.A. Beichman (JPL), T.H. Jarrett, & R.M. Cutri (IPAC), 2002, AJ, 123, 2559.

  83. Candidate Pre-Main-Sequence F Stars with Circumstellar Dust Identified Using Combined 2MASS and uvby Data, A.A. Suchkov (STScI), A.B. Schultz (CSC), C.M. Lisse (U.Maryland), 2002, ApJ, 570, L29.

  84. The Optical Polarization of Near-Infrared Selected QSOs, P.S. Smith, G.D. Schmidt, D.C. Hines (Steward Obs.), R.M. Cutri, & B.O. Nelson (IPAC/Caltech), 2002, ApJ, 569, 23.

  85. Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Mysterious PreMain-Sequence Binary System T Tauri S, G. Duchêne, A.M. Ghez, & C. McCabe (UCLA), 2002, ApJ, 568, 771.

  86. The Chemical Composition of Carbon-rich, Very Metal Poor Stars: A New Class of Mildly Carbon Rich Objects without Excess of Neutron-Capture Elements, W. Aoki, J.E. Norris, S.G. Ryan, T.C. Beers, & H. Ando, 2002, ApJ, 567, 1166.

  87. Chandra Observations of High-Mass Young Stellar Objects in the Monoceros R2 Molecular Cloud, M. Kohno, K. Koyama, & K. Hamaguchi, 2002, ApJ, 567, 423.

  88. Nested and Single Bars in Seyfert and Non-Seyfert Galaxies, S. Laine (STScI), I. Shlosman (JILA), J.H. Knapen(INT), & R.F. Peletier (Nottingham), 2002, ApJ, 567, 97.

  89. FIRST 0747+2739: A FIRST/2MASS Quasar with an Overabundance of C IV Absorption Systems, G.T. Richards (PennSt), M.D. Gregg, R.H. Becker (UC Davis/LLNL), & R.L. White (STScI), 2002, ApJ, 567, L13.

  90. WIYN Open Cluster Study. X. The K-Band Magnitude of the Red Clump as a Distance Indicator, A.J. Grocholski, & A. Sarajedini, 2002, AJ, 123, 1603.

  91. An Adaptive Optics Survey of M8-M9 Stars: Discovery of Four Very Low Mass Binaries with at Least One System Containing a Brown Dwarf Companion, L.M. Close, N. Siegler (UofA), D. Potter (IfA/UH), W. Brandner (ESO), & James Liebert (UofA), 2002, ApJ, 567, L53.

  92. Mid-Infrared and CO Observations of the Infrared/X-Ray Luminous Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 985: The Making or Breaking of a ULIRG?, P.N. Appleton (IPAC/SSC) et al., 2002, ApJ, 566, 682.

  93. A Detailed Study of G173.58+2.45: an Intermediate-Mass Star-forming Region, D.S. Shepherd (NRAO) & A.M. Watson (UNAM), 2002, ApJ, 566, 966.

  94. X-Ray Properties of Young Stellar Objects in OMC-2 and OMC-3 from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, M. Tsujimoto (UKyoto), 2002, ApJ, 566, 974.

  95. Kinematic and Morphological Modeling of the Bipolar Nebula Sa 2-237, H.E. Schwarz(CTIO), R.R.L. Corradi (ING, Spain), & R. Montez, Jr. (UTexas) , 2002, ApJ, 565, 1084.

  96. Infrared Properties of Cataclysmic Variables in the 2 Micron All Sky Survey Second Incremental Data Release, D.W. Hoard, S. Wachter (CTIO), L.L. Clark (SDSU/CTIO), & T.P. Bowers (UofA/CTIO), 2002, ApJ, 565, 511 (Erratum, 569, 1037).

  97. The Density Profile of the Dark Matter Halo of NGC 4605, A.D. Bolatto, J.D. Simon, A. Leroy, & L. Blitz (UCB), 2002, ApJ, 565, 238.

  98. The Reddest Quasars, M.D. Gregg, M. Lacy (UC Davis/LLNL), R.L. White (STScI), E. Glikman, D. Helfand (Columbia), R.H. Becker (UC Davis), M.S. Brotherton (NOAO), 2002, ApJ, 564, 133.

  99. PMN J0134-0931: A Gravitationally Lensed Quasar with Unusual Radio Morphology, J.N. Winn (MIT) et al., 2002, ApJ, 564, 143.

  100. Molecular and Ionic Shocks in the Supernova Remnant 3C 391, W.T. Reach, J. Rho, T.H. Jarrett (IPAC/Caltech), & P.-O. Lagage (Saclay), 2002, ApJ, 564, 302.

  101. The Spectra of T Dwarfs I: Near-Infrared Data and Spectral Classification, A.J. Burgasser (Caltech), et al., 2002, ApJ, 564, 421.

  102. Infrared Photometry of Late-M, L, and T Dwarfs, S. K. Leggett (JAC Hawaii), et al., 2002, ApJ, 564, 452.

  103. The X-ray Properties of 2MASS Red Active Galactic Nuclei, Wilkes, B.J., Schmidt, G.D., Cutri, R.M., Ghosh, H., Hines, D.C., Nelson, B.O., & Smith, P.S., 2002, ApJ, 564, L65.

  104. Models for Multiband IR Surveys, C. Xu, C.J. Lonsdale (IPAC), D.L. Shupe, J. O'Linger, & F. Masci (SSC), 2002, ApJ, 562, 179.

  105. No Disks Around Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in the Young sigma Orionis Cluster?, J.M. Oliveira, R.D. Jeffries, M.J. Kenyon, S.A. Thompson (Keele U., UK), & Tim Naylor (Exeter U., UK), 2002, A&A, 382, L22.

  106. Dim Galaxies and Outer Halos of Galaxies Missed By 2MASS? The Near-Infrared Luminosity Function and Density, S. Andreon (INAF-Oss. Astr. di Capod., Italy), 2002, A&A, 382, 495.

  107. Evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies in X-Ray Clusters, S. Brough, C. Collins (Liverpool John Moores U.), D. Burke (CfA), B. Mann (IfA, UEdinburgh), P. Lynam (MPE), 2002, MNRAS, 329, L53.

  108. New nearby stars among bright APM high proper motion stars, R.-D. Scholz et al., 2002, MNRAS, 329, 109.

  109. Low-Extinction Windows in the Inner Galactic Bulge, C.M. Dutra (IAG/USP, Brasil), B.X. Santiago & E.L.D. Bica (IF/UFRGS, Brasil), 2002, A&A, 381, 219.

 

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