Algorithms and Statistical Models for Scientific Discovery in the Petabyte Era

no code implementations • 5 Nov 2019 • Brian Nord, Andrew J. Connolly, Jamie Kinney, Jeremy Kubica, Gautaum Narayan, Joshua E. G. Peek, Chad Schafer, Erik J. Tollerud, Camille Avestruz, G. Jogesh Babu, Simon Birrer, Douglas Burke, João Caldeira, Douglas A. Caldwell, Joleen K. Carlberg, Yen-Chi Chen, Chuanfei Dong, Eric D. Feigelson, V. Zach Golkhou, Vinay Kashyap, T. S. Li, Thomas Loredo, Luisa Lucie-Smith, Kaisey S. Mandel, J. R. Martínez-Galarza, Adam A. Miller, Priyamvada Natarajan, Michelle Ntampaka, Andy Ptak, David Rapetti, Lior Shamir, Aneta Siemiginowska, Brigitta M. Sipőcz, Arfon M. Smith, Nhan Tran, Ricardo Vilalta, Lucianne M. Walkowicz, John ZuHone

The field of astronomy has arrived at a turning point in terms of size and complexity of both datasets and scientific collaboration.

Astronomy

A detailed study of Andromeda XIX, an extreme local analogue of ultra diffuse galaxies

no code implementations • 28 Oct 2019 • Michelle L. M. Collins, Erik J. Tollerud, R. Michael Rich, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Nicolas F. Martin, Scott C. Chapman, Karoline M. Gilbert, Janet Preston

We find its mass-to-light ratio is higher than galaxies of comparable stellar mass ($[M/L]_{\rm half} = 278^{+146}_{-198}M_\odot/L_\odot$), but its dynamics place it in a halo with a similar total mass to these galaxies.

Astrophysics of Galaxies

Petabytes to Science

no code implementations • 13 May 2019 • Amanda E. Bauer, Eric C. Bellm, Adam S. Bolton, Surajit Chaudhuri, A. J. Connolly, Kelle L. Cruz, Vandana Desai, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Frossie Economou, Niall Gaffney, J. Kavelaars, J. Kinney, Ting S. Li, B. Lundgren, R. Margutti, G. Narayan, B. Nord, Dara J. Norman, W. O'Mullane, S. Padhi, J. E. G. Peek, C. Schafer, Megan E. Schwamb, Arfon M. Smith, Erik J. Tollerud, Anne-Marie Weijmans, Alexander S. Szalay

A Kavli foundation sponsored workshop on the theme \emph{Petabytes to Science} was held 12$^{th}$ to 14$^{th}$ of February 2019 in Las Vegas.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics