TAOS Publications and Preprints

  1. First Results From The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS)
    (by Z.-W. Zhang, F. B. Bianco, M. J. Lehner, N. K. Coehlo, J.-H. Wang, S. Mondal, C. Alcock, T. Axelrod, Y.-I. Byun, W.-P. Chen, K. H. Cook, R. Dave, I. de Pater, R. Porrata, D.-W. Kim, S.-K. King, T. Lee, H.-C. Lin, J. J. Lissauer, S. L. Marshall, P. Protopapas, J. A. Rice, M. E. Schwamb, S.-Y. Wang, C.-Y. Wen)
    arXiv:0808.2051v1 [astro-ph] (ApJ, in press)
  2. The Early Optical Brightening in the GRB071010B
    (by J. H. Wang, M. E. Schwamb, K. Y. Huang, C. Y. Wen, Z.W. Zhang, S. Y. Wang, W. P. Chen, F. B. Bianco, R. Dave, M. J. Lehner, S. L. Marshall, R. Porrata, C. Alcock, Y. I. Byun, K. H. Cook, S. K. King, T. Lee, and Y. Urata)
    Astrophysical Journal, 679, L5 (2008)
    (DOI: 10.1086/588814)
  3. The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: The Multi-Telescope Robotic Observatory
    (by M. J. Lehner, C.-Y. Wen, J.-H. Wang, S. L. Marshall, M. E. Schwamb, Z.-W. Zhang, F. B. Bianco, J. Giammarco, R. Porrata, C. Alcock, T. Axelrod, Y.-I. Byun, W. P. Chen, K. H. Cook, R. Dave, S.-K. King, T. Lee, H.-C. Lin, S.-Y. Wang)
    arXiv:0802.0303v1 [astro-ph] (Submitted to PASP)
  4. Detectability of Occultation of Stars by Objects in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
    (by Nihei, T. C.; Lehner, M. J.; Bianco, F. B.; King, S.-K.; Giammarco, J. M.; Alcock, C.)
    Astronomical Journal, 134, 1596 (2007)
    (DOI: 10.1086/521396)
  5. Search for Small Trans-Neptunian Objects by the TAOS Project
    (by Chen, W. P.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F. B.; Byun, Y. I.; Chang, Y. H.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Kim, D. W.; King, S. K.; Lee, T.; Lehner, M.; Lin, C. C.; Lin, H. C.; Lissauer, J. J.; Marshall, S.; Meinshausen, N.; Mondal, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M. E.; Wang, A.; Wang, S. Y.; Wen, C. Y.; Zhang, Z. W.)
    in "Near Earth Objects, Our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk", Proceedings of IAU Symposium 236.
    Edited by G.B. Valsecchi and D. Vokrouhlicky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007., pp.65-68
    DOI: 10.1017/S1743921307003079
    (also available as astro-ph/0611527).
  6. TAOS - The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Lehner, M. J.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F.; Byun, Y.-I.; Chen, W.-P.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; de Pater, I.; Giammarco, J.; King, S.-K.; Lee, T.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S. L.; Mondal, S.; Nihei, T.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Zhang, Z.-W.)
    Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.327, Issue 8, p.814-817 (2006)
    DOI: 10.1002/asna.200610688
  7. Status of the TAOS Project and a Simulator for TNO Occultation (preprint version)
    (by King, S.-K.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F.; Byun, Y.-I.; Chen, W. P.; Cook, K. H.; Chang, Y.-H.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lee, T.; Lehner, M.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S.; Mondal, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; and, Zhang, Z.-W.)
    in Advances in Geosciences, Vol.III (Planetary Science), edit. Wing-Huen Ip (Editor-in-Chief) & Anil Bhardwaj (Volume Editor-in-Chief) et al. (Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006), p.345-358.
    It is based on a presentation in the AOGS 2005 annual meeting.
  8. Early Observations in the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Alcock, C.; Bianco, F.; Lehner, M.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Schwamb, M.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.; Lee, T.; King, S. K.; Wang, A.; Wang, S. Y.; Wen, C. Y.; Chen, W. P.; Ip, W.; Chang, Y. H.; Kinoshita, D.; Lin, H. C.; Mondal, S.; Zhang, Z. W.; Axelrod, T.; Byun, Y. I.)
    American Astronomical Society Meeting 207 #04.06 (January 2006)
    abstract (in postscript),poster (in PDF 99KB)
  9. Statistical Methods for Detecting Stellar Occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects: the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Chyng-Lan Liang, John A. Rice, Imke de Pater, Charles Alcock, Tim Axelrod, Andrew Wang, and Stuart Marshall),
    Statistical Science, 19, no. 2, 265-274 (2004)
  10. 中美掩星觀測計畫(TAOS)與古柏帶相關研究近況 (in Chinese)
    (by Sun-Kun King),
    物理雙月刊 26卷5期, published by The Physical Society of Republic of China, October 2004
  11. TAOS: The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Goldader, J.; Lehner, M.; King, S.-K.; Lee, T.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Chen, W. P.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; Porrata, R.; Byun, Y.-I.; de Pater, I.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.)
    Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 92, Issue 1, p. 459-464 (2003)
    DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031960.82021.26
  12. Fast CCD Photometry in the Taiwan-America Occultation Survey
    (by Chen, W. P.; Zhang, Z. W.; King, S. K.; Alcock, C.; Byun, Y. I.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lee T.; Lehner, M.; Liang, C.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S.; de Pater, I.; Porrata, R.; Rice, J.; Wang, A.; Wang, S. Y.; and Wen, C. Y.)
    (in postscript, 2MB) Baltic Astronomy, 12, 568-573 (2003).
  13. Building and operating the Automated Telescope Array for the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS)
    (by Marshall, S.; Cook, K.; Porrata, R.; Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lehner, M.; Chen, W.-P.; Lee, T.; King, S.-K.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Byun, Y.-I.; de Pater, I.; Liang, C.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.)
    American Astronomical Society Meeting 202, #38.06 (May 2003)
    abstract
  14. The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: The Nature of Occultations of Bright Stars by Small Kuiper-Belt Objects
    (by Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lehner, M.; Chen, W.-P.; Lee, T.; King, S.-K.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; Porrata, R.; Byun, Y.-I.; de Pater, I.; Liang, C.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.)
    American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #45.08 (Dec. 2002)
    abstract (in postscript), poster (in pdf, 7.5MB)
  15. The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: Current Status of the Survey
    (by King, S.-K.; Lee, T.; Wang, A.; Wang, S.-Y.; Wen, C.-Y.; Chen, W.-P.; Cook, K.; Marshall, S.; Porrata, R.; Byun, Y.-I.; Alcock, C.; Dave, R.; Giammarco, J.; Lehner, M.; de Pater, I.; Liang, C.; Rice, J.; Lissauer, J.)
    American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #45.07 (Dec. 2002)
    abstract (in postscript), poster (in pdf, 29MB)
  16. Statistical Methods for Detecting Stellar Occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects: the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey
    (by Chyng-Lan Liang, John A. Rice, Imke de Pater, Charles Alcock, Tim Axelrod, Andrew Wang, and Stuart Marshall)
    This preprint is also available as astro-ph/0209509 (see www.arXiv.org), or, the #626 technical report (Sep. 2002) at www.stat.berkeley.edu
  17. The Taiwan-America Occultation Survey for Kuiper Belt Objects
    (by Sun-Kun King),
    ASP Conf. Ser. 246, 253-258
    TAOS status report given in the IAU Colloquium 183 "Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales"
    (Kenting, Taiwan, 4-8 Jan., 2001)
  18. Census of Kuiper Comets: the TAOS Project
    (by Wen-Ping Chen),
    in the 4th East-Asian Meeting on Astronomy in Kunming, China, February 1999
  19. 中美掩星觀測計畫 (in Chinese)
    (by Chih-Yi Wen),
    物理雙月刊 20卷4期, published by The Physical Society of Republic of China, August 1998
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