This review summarizes the observational constraints on the mass spectrum of compact objects in X-ray binaries. We currently have 20 X-ray binaries with...
The masses and density profiles of halos in a LCDM galaxy formation simulation
We investigate the internal structure and density profiles of halos of mass $10^{10}-10^{14}~M_\odot$ in the Evolution and Assembly of Galaxies and their...
The Maunder Minimum and Climate Change: Have Historical Records Aided Current Research?
We discuss how, in the 1970's, Eddy took clues from the historical researches of Spörer and Maunder in the 19th century to draw attention to the virtual absence...
Presently every telescope at McDonald Observatory is utilized for the search for extrasolar planets. Here we give an overview of the precision Doppler surveys...
The mechanical design for the WEAVE prime focus corrector system
WEAVE is the next-generation, wide-field, optical spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. The WHT...
The Melissa Pilot Plant Facility as an Integration Test-bed for Advanced Life Support Systems
The MELISSA Pilot Plant laboratory provides the site where the different advances around the Micro Ecological Life Support System Alternative project...
The MELiSSA Pilot Plant Facility: Objectives and Integration Strategy
MELiSSA Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative is a closed artificial ecosystem intended as a tool for the development of a bio-regenerative life...
We present results on the disk-disk major merger fraction evolution up to z˜1 in SPITZER/IRAC selected samples in the GOODS-S field. We pick as merger remnants...