Michigan State UniversitySpartan Infrared Camera

Selected Publications

On the instrument

  1. “Spartan Infrared Camera, a High-Resolution Imager for the SOAR Telescope: Design, Tests, and On-Telescope Performance”, Loh E. D., Biel J. D., Davis M. W., Laporte R., Loh O. Y., Verhanovitz N. J. 2012, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 124, 343
  2. “Thermal reflector to reduce thermal radiation in the entrance of cryogenic instruments”, Loh E. D. 2004, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, 5492, 1661
  3. “Spartan infrared camera: high-resolution imaging for the SOAR Telescope”, Loh E. D., Biel J. D., Chen J.-J., Davis M., Laporte R., Loh O. Y. 2004, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, 5492, 1644
  4. “Spartan Infrared Camera”, Loh E. 2003, in Optical and Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation for Modern Telescopes”, B. V. Castilho & C. D. Gneiding, eds. Angra dos Reis, Brazil, CD-ROM, Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica

On the science

  1. “Weather on Other Worlds. I. Detection of Periodic Variability in the L3 Dwarf DENIS-P J1058.7-1548 with Precise Multi-wavelength Photometry”, Heinze A. N., Metchev S., Apai D., et al. 2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 767, 173
  2. “The nature of the H2-emitting gas in the Crab nebula”, Richardson C. T., Baldwin J. A., Ferland G. J., Loh E. D., Kuehn C. A., Fabian A. C., Salomé P. 2013, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430, 1257
  3. “Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function”, Kirkpatrick J. D., Gelino C. R., Cushing M. C., et al. 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 753, 156
  4. “H2 temperatures in the Crab Nebula”, Loh E. D., Baldwin J. A., Ferland G. J., Curtis Z. K., Richardson C. T., Fabian A. C., Salomé P. 2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421, 789
  5. “The First Hundred Brown Dwarfs Discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)”, Kirkpatrick J. D., Cushing M. C., Gelino C. R., et al. 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 197, 19
  6. “Fire Spectroscopy of Five Late-type T Dwarfs Discovered with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer”, Burgasser A. J., Cushing M. C., Kirkpatrick J. D., et al. 2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 735, 116
  7. “A Survey of Molecular Hydrogen in the Crab Nebula”, Loh E. D., Baldwin J. A., Curtis Z. K., Ferland G. J., O'Dell C. R., Fabian A. C., Salomé P. 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 194, 30
  8. “A Bright Molecular Core in a Crab Nebula Filament”, Loh E. D., Baldwin J. A., Ferland G. J. 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 716, L9