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Robert C. Nichol
Researcher at University of Portsmouth
Publications - 73
Citations - 22709
Robert C. Nichol is an academic researcher from University of Portsmouth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Galaxy & Redshift. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 73 publications receiving 21670 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. Nichol include Carnegie Mellon University & Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth.
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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary
Donald G. York,Jennifer Adelman,John E. Anderson,Scott F. Anderson,James Annis,Neta A. Bahcall,J. A. Bakken,Robert H. Barkhouser,Steven Bastian,E. Berman,William N. Boroski,Steve Bracker,Charlie Briegel,John W. Briggs,Jon Brinkmann,Robert J. Brunner,Scott Burles,Larry N. Carey,Michael A. Carr,Francisco J. Castander,Francisco J. Castander,Bing Chen,Patrick L. Colestock,Andrew J. Connolly,James H. Crocker,István Csabai,István Csabai,Paul C. Czarapata,John Eric Davis,Mamoru Doi,Tom Dombeck,Daniel J. Eisenstein,Nancy Ellman,Brian R. Elms,Brian R. Elms,Michael L. Evans,Xiaohui Fan,Glenn R. Federwitz,Larry Fiscelli,Scott D. Friedman,Joshua A. Frieman,Joshua A. Frieman,Masataka Fukugita,Bruce Gillespie,James E. Gunn,Vijay K. Gurbani,Ernst De Haas,M. Haldeman,Frederick H. Harris,Jeffrey J. E. Hayes,Timothy M. Heckman,Gregory S. Hennessy,Robert B. Hindsley,S. Holm,Donald J. Holmgren,Chi Hao Huang,Charles L. Hull,Don Husby,Shin-Ichi Ichikawa,Takashi Ichikawa,Zěljko Ivezić,Stephen M. Kent,Rita S. J. Kim,E. Kinney,Mark A. Klaene,A. N. Kleinman,Scot Kleinman,Gillian R. Knapp,John Korienek,Richard G. Kron,Richard G. Kron,Peter Z. Kunszt,D. Q. Lamb,Brian C. Lee,R. French Leger,Siriluk Limmongkol,Carl Lindenmeyer,Dan Long,Craig Loomis,Jon Loveday,Rich Lucinio,Robert H. Lupton,Bryan Mackinnon,Bryan Mackinnon,Edward J. Mannery,Paul M. Mantsch,Bruce Margon,Peregrine M. McGehee,Timothy A. McKay,Avery Meiksin,Aronne Merelli,David G. Monet,Jeffrey A. Munn,Vijay K. Narayanan,Thomas Nash,Eric H. Neilsen,Rich Neswold,Heidi Jo Newberg,Heidi Jo Newberg,Robert C. Nichol,T. Nicinski,T. Nicinski,Mario Nonino,Norio Okada,Sadanori Okamura,Jeremiah P. Ostriker,Russell Owen,A. George Pauls,John Peoples,R. Peterson,Don Petravick,Jeffrey R. Pier,Adrian Pope,Ruth Pordes,Angela Prosapio,R. Rechenmacher,Thomas R. Quinn,Gordon T. Richards,Michael Richmond,Claudio H. Rivetta,Constance M. Rockosi,Kurt Ruthmansdorfer,Dale Sandford,David J. Schlegel,Donald P. Schneider,Maki Sekiguchi,G. Sergey,Kazuhiro Shimasaku,Walter A. Siegmund,Stephen A. Smee,J. Allyn Smith,S. A. Snedden,Robert Stone,Chris Stoughton,Michael A. Strauss,Christopher W. Stubbs,Mark SubbaRao,Alexander S. Szalay,István Szapudi,Gyula P. Szokoly,Anirudda R. Thakar,Christy Tremonti,Douglas L. Tucker,Alan Uomoto,Daniel E. Vanden Berk,Michael S. Vogeley,Patrick Waddell,Shu I. Wang,Masaru Watanabe,David H. Weinberg,Brian Yanny,Naoki Yasuda +151 more
TL;DR: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) as discussed by the authors provides the data to support detailed investigations of the distribution of luminous and non-luminous matter in the universe: a photometrically and astrometrically calibrated digital imaging survey of π sr above about Galactic latitude 30° in five broad optical bands to a depth of g' ~ 23 mag.
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Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release
Chris Stoughton,Robert H. Lupton,Mariangela Bernardi,Michael R. Blanton,Michael R. Blanton,Scott Burles,Scott Burles,Francisco J. Castander,Francisco J. Castander,Francisco J. Castander,Andrew J. Connolly,Daniel J. Eisenstein,Daniel J. Eisenstein,Joshua A. Frieman,Joshua A. Frieman,Gregory S. Hennessy,Robert B. Hindsley,Zeljko Ivezic,S. Kent,S. Kent,Peter Z. Kunszt,Brian C. Lee,Avery Meiksin,Jeffrey A. Munn,Heidi Jo Newberg,Robert C. Nichol,T. Nicinski,T. Nicinski,Jeffrey R. Pier,Gordon T. Richards,Michael Richmond,David J. Schlegel,J. Allyn Smith,J. Allyn Smith,Michael A. Strauss,Mark SubbaRao,Alexander S. Szalay,Aniruddha R. Thakar,Douglas L. Tucker,Daniel E. Vanden Berk,Brian Yanny,Jennifer Adelman,John E. Anderson,Scott F. Anderson,James Annis,Neta A. Bahcall,Jon Arne Bakken,Matthias Bartelmann,Steven Bastian,Amanda E. Bauer,Amanda E. Bauer,E. Berman,Hans Böhringer,William N. Boroski,Stephen B. Bracker,Charlie Briegel,John W. Briggs,Jon Brinkmann,Robert J. Brunner,Larry N. Carey,Michael A. Carr,Bing Chen,Damian J. Christian,Patrick L. Colestock,James H. Crocker,István Csabai,István Csabai,Paul C. Czarapata,Julianne J. Dalcanton,Arthur F. Davidsen,John Eric Davis,Walter Dehnen,Scott Dodelson,Mamoru Doi,T. Dombeck,Megan Donahue,Nancy Ellman,Brian R. Elms,Brian R. Elms,Michael L. Evans,L. Eyer,Xiaohui Fan,Glenn R. Federwitz,Scott D. Friedman,Masataka Fukugita,Roy R. Gal,Bruce Gillespie,Karl Glazebrook,Jim Gray,Eva K. Grebel,Bruce Greenawalt,Gretchen Greene,James E. Gunn,Ernst De Haas,Zoltan Haiman,M. Haldeman,Patrick B. Hall,Patrick B. Hall,Masaru Hamabe,Brad M. S. Hansen,Frederick H. Harris,Hugh C. Harris,Michael Harvanek,Suzanne L. Hawley,Jeffrey J. E. Hayes,Jeffrey J. E. Hayes,Timothy M. Heckman,Amina Helmi,A. A. Henden,Craig J. Hogan,David W. Hogg,Donald J. Holmgren,Jon A. Holtzman,Chih-Hao Huang,Charles L. Hull,Shin-Ichi Ichikawa,Takashi Ichikawa,David Johnston,Guinevere Kauffmann,Rita S. J. Kim,Rita S. J. Kim,Tim Kimball,E. Kinney,Mark A. Klaene,S. J. Kleinman,Anatoly Klypin,Gillian R. Knapp,John Korienek,Julian H. Krolik,Richard G. Kron,Richard G. Kron,Jurek Krzesinski,D. Q. Lamb,R. French Leger,Siriluk Limmongkol,Carl Lindenmeyer,Dan Long,Craig L. Loomis,Jon Loveday,Bryan Mackinnon,Bryan Mackinnon,Edward J. Mannery,Paul M. Mantsch,Bruce Margon,Bruce Margon,Peregrine M. McGehee,Timothy A. McKay,Brian McLean,Kristen Menou,Aronne Merelli,Houjun Mo,David G. Monet,Osamu Nakamura,Vijay K. Narayanan,Thomas Nash,Eric H. Neilsen,Peter R. Newman,Atsuko Nitta,Michael Odenkirchen,Norio Okada,Sadanori Okamura,Jeremiah P. Ostriker,Russell Owen,George Pauls,John Peoples,R. S. Peterson,Don Petravick,Adrian Pope,Adrian Pope,Ruth Pordes,Marc Postman,Angela Prosapio,Thomas R. Quinn,R. Rechenmacher,Claudio H. Rivetta,Hans-Walter Rix,Constance M. Rockosi,Robert Rosner,K. Ruthmansdorfer,Dale Sandford,Donald P. Schneider,Ryan Scranton,Maki Sekiguchi,G. Sergey,Ravi K. Sheth,K. Shimasaku,Stephen A. Smee,Stephen A. Smee,Stephanie A. Snedden,Albert Stebbins,Christopher W. Stubbs,István Szapudi,Paula Szkody,Gyula P. Szokoly,S. Tabachnik,Zlatan Tsvetanov,Alan Uomoto,Michael S. Vogeley,Wolfgang Voges,Patrick Waddell,Rene A. M. Walterbos,Shu I. Wang,Masaru Watanabe,David H. Weinberg,Richard L. White,Simon D. M. White,Brian C. Wilhite,Brian C. Wilhite,D. Wolfe,Naoki Yasuda,Donald G. York,Idit Zehavi,Wei Zheng +212 more
TL;DR: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈106 galaxies, 100,000 quasars, 30,000 stars, and 30, 000 serendipity targets as discussed by the authors.
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release
Christopher Stoughton,Robert H. Lupton,Mariangela Bernardi,Michael R. Blanton,Scott Burles,Francisco J. Castander,Andrew J. Connolly,Daniel J. Eisenstein,Joshua A. Frieman,Gregory S. Hennessy,Robert B. Hindsley,Ryan Scranton,Maki Sekiguchi,G. Sergey,Ravi K. Sheth,Kazuhiro Shimasaku,S. Smee,S. A. Snedden,Albert Stebbins,Heidi Jo Newberg,Patrick Waddell,Gretchen Greene,Naoki Yasuda,Christopher W. Stubbs,Donald G. York,Mike Harvanek,Robert C. Nichol,Rene A. M. Walterbos,T. Nicinski,Charles L. H. Hull,Idit Zehavi,Wei Zheng,James E. Gunn,J. R. Pier,Gordon T. Richards,Michael Richmond,David J. Schlegel,Suzanne L. Hawley,J. A. Smith,Michael A. Strauss,M. Subbarao,Alexander S. Szalay,Shinichi Ichikawa,E. de Haas,Aniruddha R. Thakar,Douglas L. Tucker,D. E. vanden Berk,Brian Yanny,Adelman, J, K,Jeffrey J. E. Hayes,John E. Anderson,Scott F. Anderson,J. Annis,Neta A. Bahcall,Zoltan Haiman,J. A. Bakken,Takashi Ichikawa,Matthias Bartelmann,Steven Bastian,Amanda E. Bauer,E. Berman,Timothy M. Heckman,Hans Böhringer,William N. Boroski,Stephen B. Bracker,M. Haldeman,Charlie Briegel,John W. Briggs,Jon Brinkmann,David Johnston,Robert J. Brunner,Larry N. Carey,Michael A. Carr,Amina Helmi,Bing Chen,Damian J. Christian,Patrick B. Hall,Patrick L. Colestock,J. Crocker,István Csabai,Paul C. Czarapata,Julianne J. Dalcanton,Guinevere Kauffmann,A. Davidsen,John Eric Davis,A. A. Henden,Walter Dehnen,Masaru Hamabe,Scott Dodelson,Mamoru Doi,T. Dombeck,Megan Donahue,Nancy Ellman,Brian R. Elms,Michael L. Evans,Rita S. J. Kim,L. Eyer,Craig J. Hogan,Brad M. S. Hansen,Xiaohui Fan,Glenn R. Federwitz,Scott D. Friedman,Masataka Fukugita,Roy R. Gal,Bruce Gillespie,Karl Glazebrook,Jim Gray,Eva K. Grebel,T. Kimball,Frederick H. Harris,David W. Hogg,B. Greenawalt,Donald J. Holmgren,István Szapudi,E. Kinney,H. C. Harris,M. Klaene,Shu I. Wang,Jon A. Holtzman,Chih-Hao Huang,S. J. Kleinman,Z. Ivezic,Anatoly Klypin,Gillian R. Knapp,Paula Szkody,John Korienek,Julian H. Krolik,Richard G. Kron,J. Krzesinski,Masaru Watanabe,D. Q. Lamb,R. F. Leger,Siriluk Limmongkol,Carl Lindenmeyer,Steve Kent,G. P. Szokoly,Dan Long,Craig P. Loomis,Jonathan Loveday,Bryan Mackinnon,Edward J. Mannery,David H. Weinberg,Paul M. Mantsch,Bruce Margon,P. McG'hee,Timothy A. McKay,S. Tabachnik,Brian McLean,Peter Z. Kunszt,Kristen Menou,Aronne Merelli,Houjun Mo,David G. Monet,Richard L. White,Osamu Nakamura,Vijay K. Narayanan,Thomas Nash,Zlatan Tsvetanov,Eric H. Neilsen,Paul Newman,Atsuko Nitta,Brian C. Lee,Michael Odenkirchen,Norio Okada,Sadanori Okamura,Simon D. M. White,Jeremiah P. Ostriker,Rhys Edward Owen,A. Uomoto,A. G. Pauls,John Peoples,R. S. Peterson,Don Petravick,A. Pope,Avery Meiksin,Ruth Pordes,Marc Postman,B. C. Wilhite,Angela Prosapio,Michael S. Vogeley,Thomas R. Quinn,R. Rechenmacher,Claudio H. Rivetta,H. W. Rix,Constance M. Rockosi,Robert Rosner,K. Ruthmansdorfer,Jeffrey A. Munn,Dale Sandford,D. Wolfe,Wolfgang Voges,Donald P. Schneider +191 more
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Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Main Galaxy Sample
Michael A. Strauss,David H. Weinberg,Robert H. Lupton,Vijay K. Narayanan,James Annis,Mariangela Bernardi,Michael R. Blanton,Scott Burles,Andrew J. Connolly,Julianne J. Dalcanton,Mamoru Doi,Daniel J. Eisenstein,Daniel J. Eisenstein,Joshua A. Frieman,Joshua A. Frieman,Masataka Fukugita,Masataka Fukugita,James E. Gunn,Željko Ivezić,Stephen M. Kent,Rita S. J. Kim,Rita S. J. Kim,Gillian R. Knapp,Richard G. Kron,Richard G. Kron,Jeffrey A. Munn,Heidi Jo Newberg,Heidi Jo Newberg,Robert C. Nichol,Sadanori Okamura,Thomas R. Quinn,Michael Richmond,David J. Schlegel,Kazuhiro Shimasaku,Mark SubbaRao,Alexander S. Szalay,Daniel E. Vanden Berk,Michael S. Vogeley,Brian Yanny,Naoki Yasuda,Donald G. York,Idit Zehavi,Idit Zehavi +42 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the algorithm that selects the main sample of galaxies for spectroscopy in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) from the photometric data obtained by the imaging survey.
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Galaxy Star Formation as a Function of Environment in the Early Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Percy Gomez,Robert C. Nichol,Christopher J. Miller,Michael L. Balogh,Tomotsugu Goto,Tomotsugu Goto,Ann I. Zabludoff,Kathy Romer,Mariangela Bernardi,Mariangela Bernardi,Ravi K. Sheth,Andrew M. Hopkins,Francisco J. Castander,Andrew J. Connolly,Donald P. Schneider,Jon Brinkmann,D. Q. Lamb,Mark SubbaRao,Donald G. York +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed analysis of the effect of environment on the star formation activity of galaxies within the Early Data Release (EDR) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) was presented.