Abstract: Using Spitzer observations of classical Cepheids we have measured the true average distance modulus of…
Author: New NASA STI
Recovery of Large Angular Scale CMB Polarization for Instruments Employing Variable-Delay Polarization Modulators
Abstract: Variable-delay Polarization Modulators (VPMs) are currently being implemented in experiments designed to measure the polarization…
Infrared Continuum and Line Evolution of the Equatorial Ring Around SN 1987A
Abstract: Spitzer observations of SN 1987A have now spanned more than a decade. Since day approximately…
Parsec-Scale Accretion and Winds Irradiated by a Quasar
Abstract: We present numerical simulations of properties of a parsec-scale torus exposed to illumination by the…
Performance of Backshort-Under-Grid Kilopixel TES Arrays for HAWC+
Abstract: We present results from laboratory detector characterizations of the first kilopixel BUG arrays for the…
Electric Field Generation in Martian Dust Devils
Abstract: Terrestrial dust devils are known to generate electric fields from the vertical separation of charged…
How Surface Composition and Meteoroid Impacts Mediate Sodium and Potassium in the Lunar Exosphere
Abstract: Despite being trace constituents of the lunar exosphere, sodium and potassium are the most readily…
Van Allen Probes, THEMIS, GOES, and Cluster Observations of EMIC Waves, ULF Pulsations, and an Electron Flux Dropout
Abstract: We examined an electron flux dropout during the 12-14 November 2012 geomagnetic storm using observations…
Evidence for a Dynamic Nanodust Cloud Enveloping the Moon
Abstract: The exospheres that surround airless bodies such as the Moon are tenuous, atmosphere-like layers whose…