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Nouhad Hamam
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 6
Citations - 2580
Nouhad Hamam is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 2442 citations.
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The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results
Nicholas M. Law,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Richard Dekany,Eran O. Ofek,Robert M. Quimby,Peter Nugent,Jason Surace,C. Grillmair,Joshua S. Bloom,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Lars Bildsten,Timothy M. Brown,S. Bradley Cenko,David R. Ciardi,Ernest Croner,S. George Djorgovski,Julian C. van Eyken,Alexei V. Filippenko,Derek B. Fox,Avishay Gal-Yam,David Hale,Nouhad Hamam,George Helou,John Henning,D. Andrew Howell,D. Andrew Howell,Janet Jacobsen,Russ R. Laher,S. Mattingly,D. McKenna,A. Pickles,Dovi Poznanski,Dovi Poznanski,Gustavo Rahmer,Arne Rau,Wayne Rosing,Michael M. Shara,Roger M. H. Smith,Dan L. Starr,Dan L. Starr,Mark Sullivan,Viswa Velur,Richard Walters,Jeff Zolkower +43 more
TL;DR: The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) as mentioned in this paper is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky.
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The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results
Nicholas M. Law,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Richard Dekany,Eran O. Ofek,R. M. Quimby,Peter Nugent,Jason Surace,C. Grillmair,Joshua S. Bloom,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Lars Bildsten,Timothy M. Brown,S. B. Cenko,David R. Ciardi,Ernest Croner,S. G. Djorgovski,J. C. van Eyken,Alexei V. Filippenko,D. B. Fox,Avishay Gal-Yam,David Hale,Nouhad Hamam,George Helou,John Henning,D. A. Howell,Janet Jacobsen,R. R. Laher,S. Mattingly,D. McKenna,A. Pickles,Dovi Poznanski,Gustavo Rahmer,A. Rau,Wayne Rosing,Michael M. Shara,Roger M. H. Smith,D. Starr,Mark Sullivan,V. Velur,R. Walters,J. Zolkower +40 more
TL;DR: The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) as mentioned in this paper is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky.
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IPAC Image Processing and Data Archiving for the Palomar Transient Factory
Russ R. Laher,Jason Surace,Carl J. Grillmair,Eran O. Ofek,David Levitan,Branimir Sesar,Julian C. van Eyken,Nicholas M. Law,George Helou,Nouhad Hamam,Frank J. Masci,Sean Mattingly,Edward Jackson,Eugean Hacopeans,Wei Mi,Steve Groom,Harry I. Teplitz,Vandana Desai,David Hale,Roger Smith,Richard Walters,Robert M. Quimby,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Assaf Horesh,Eric C. Bellm,Tom A. Barlow,Adam Waszczak,Thomas A. Prince,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni +28 more
TL;DR: The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a multiepochal robotic survey of the northern sky that acquires data for the scientific study of transient and variable astrophysical phenomena.
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IPAC Image Processing and Data Archiving for the Palomar Transient Factory
Russ R. Laher,Jason Surace,Carl J. Grillmair,Eran O. Ofek,David Levitan,Branimir Sesar,Julian C. van Eyken,Nicholas M. Law,George Helou,Nouhad Hamam,Frank J. Masci,Sean Mattingly,Edward Jackson,Eugean Hacopeans,Wei Mi,Steve Groom,Harry I. Teplitz,Vandana Desai,David Hale,Roger Smith,Richard Walters,Robert M. Quimby,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Assaf Horesh,Eric C. Bellm,Tom A. Barlow,Adam Waszczak,Thomas A. Prince,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni +28 more
TL;DR: The Palomar Transient Factory is a multi-epochal robotic survey of the northern sky that acquires data for the scientific study of transient and variable astrophysical phenomena and aims to release the full PTF data archive when sufficient funding becomes available.
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Aperture Photometry Tool Versus SExtractor for Noncrowded Fields
Russ R. Laher,Luisa Rebull,Varoujan Gorjian,Frank J. Masci,John W. Fowler,Carl J. Grillmair,Jason Surace,S. Mattingly,Edward Jackson,Eugean Hacopeans,Nouhad Hamam,Steve Groom,Harry I. Teplitz,Wei Mi,George Helou,Julian C. van Eyken,Nicholas M. Law,Richard Dekany,Gustavo Rahmer,David Hale,Roger Smith,Robert M. Quimby,Eran O. Ofek,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Jeff Zolkower,Viswa Velur,Richard Walters,John Henning,Khahn Bui,D. McKenna,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the Aperture Photometry Tool (APT) and SExtractor for R-band optical images acquired by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF), infrared mosaics constructed from Spitzer Space Telescope images, and a processed visible/near-infrared image from the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA).