Steven R. Majewski

Recent Papers and Preprints (last update 12 June 2002):

• Synthetic Photometry for Giant Stars in the Washington M, T2, and DDO51 System, Ostheimer, J C., Rhee, J., Majewski, S. R., Gray, R. O. 2002, PASP, submitted .
  
  
• Starcounts Redivivus. IV. Density Laws Through Photometric Parallax, Siegel,M.H., Majewski,S.R., Reid,I.N. & Thompson,I.B. 2002, ApJ, submitted .
  
  
• Exploring Halo Substructure with Halo Stars and First Results from the Grid Giant Star Survey: Discovery of a Possible Nearby Sagittarius Tidal Structure in Virgo, Kundu,A., Majewski,S.R., Polak,A.A., Rhee,J., Slesnick,C.L., Kunkel,W.E., Johnston,K.V., Patterson,R.J., Geisler,D., Gieren,W., Seguel,J. & Smith,V.V. 2002, ApJL, submitted .
  
  
• Exploring the Substructure with Giant Stars IV: The Extended Structure of the Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal, Palma,C., Majewski,S.R., Siegel,M.H., Patterson,R.J. & Ostheimer,J.C. 2002, AJ, submitted .
  
  
• Absolute Proper Motions to B ~ 22.5: V. Detection of Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Debris in the Direction of the Galactic Anticenter, Dinescu,D.I., Majewski,S.R., Girard,T.M., Mendez,R.A., Sandage,A., Siegel,M.H., Kunkel,W.E., Subasavage,J.P. & Ostheimer,J.C. 2002, ApJL, submitted.
  
  
• Absolute Proper Motions to B ~ 22.5: IV. Faint, Low Velocity White Dwarfs and the White Dwarf Population Density Law, Majewski, S. R. & Siegel, M. H. 2002, ApJ, in press.
  
  
• The Grid Giant Star Survey for the Space Interferometry Mission, Patterson, R. J., Majewski, S. R., Slesnick, C. L., Rhee, J., Crane, J. D., Polak, A. A., Kundu, A., Kunkel, W. E., Geisler, D., Munoz, R., Arenas, J., Seguel, J., Gieren, W., Smith, V. V., Benedict, G. F. & Johnston, K. V. 2002, in ``Astronomy with Small Telescopes", (ASP: San Francisco), in press.
  
  
• Effects of Tidal Disruption on Inferred Galactic Star Formation Histories, Majewski, S. R., Patterson, R. J., Palma, C., Westfall, K. B., Siegel, M. H., Ostheimer, J. C., Frinchaboy, P. M., Link, R. & Sohn, S. 2002, in ``Modes of Star Formation", ed. E. Grebel, (ASP: San Francisco), in press.
  
  
• The Metallicity Distribution Function of Omega Centauri, Frinchaboy,P.M., Rhee,J., Ostheimer,J.C., Majewski,S.R., Patterson,R.J., Johnson,W.Y., Dinescu,D., Palma,C., Westfall,K.B. & Kunkel,W.E. 2002, in ``Omega Centauri: A Unique Window Into Astrophysics", ASP Conf. Ser., eds. F. van Leeuwen, G. Piotto & J. Hughes, in press.
  
  
• The Extended Shapes of Galactic Satellites, Majewski,S.R., Forestell,A.D., Ostheimer, J.C., Palma,C., Siegel,M.H., Sohn, S., Westfall,K.B., Patterson,R.J., Frinchaboy,P.M., Link,R., Kunkel,W.E. & Johnston, K.V. 2002, in ``Yale Cosmology Conference: The Shapes of Galaxies and Their Halos", ed. P. Natarajan, (World Scientific: Singapore), p. 214.
  
  
• The Evolution of Old Stellar Populations in our Galaxy, Majewski, S. R. 2002, in ``Cosmic chemical evolution. Proceedings of the 187th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union", eds. K. Nomoto & J. W. Truran (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p. 185.
  
  
• The Spatial Distribution of the Leo II dSph Galaxy, Siegel,M.H, Majewski,S.R. & Patterson,R.J. 2001, BAAS, 197, 134.02.
  
  
• Taking Measure of the Milky Way, Majewski,S.R., Bahcall,J.N., Geisler,D., Gieren,W., Grebel,E., Grillmair,C., Irwin,M., Johnston,K.V., Patterson,R.J., Reid,I.N., Spergel,D. & Tremaine,S. 2001, BAAS, 198, 62.13.
  
  
• Followup Photometry and Spectroscopy of SIM Grid Giant Star Candidates Geisler,D., Arenas,J., Gieren,W., Smith,V.V. & Majewski,S.R. 2001, BAAS, 198, 62.10.
  
  
• Preliminary Results of the Grid Giant Star Survey (GGSS) for the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) Astrometric Grid, Rhee,J., Slesnick,C.L., Crane,J.D., Polak,A.A., Patterson,R.J., Majewski,S.R., Kundu,A., Kunkel,W.E., Geisler,D., Munoz,R., Arenas,J., Seguel,J., Gieren,W., Smith,V.V., Benedict,G.F. & Johnston,K.V. 2001, BAAS, 198, 62.03.
  
  
• A New Approach to exploring the Halo of M31, Ostheimer,J.C., Majewski,S.R., Patterson,R.J., Link,R. 2001, BAAS, 198, 93.11.
  
  
• First Results on Photometric and Spectroscopic Followup of Space Interferometry Mission Grid Giant Star Candidates, Arenas,J., Geisler,D., Smith,V., Majewski,S. \& Suntzeff,N. 2001, BAAS, 199, 91.02.
  
  
• The Extended Structure of the Globular Cluster NGC 288, Forestell,A.D., Majewski,S.R., Westfall,K.B., Patterson,R.J. & Kunkel, W. E. 2001, BAAS, 199, 56.08.
  
  
• Analysis of Galaxy Count Variations, Crawford, S. M., Majewski, S. R. & Bershady, M. A. 2001, in ESO/ECF/STSCI workshop ``Deep Fields", eds. Cristiani, Renzini & Williams, Garching Oct 2000, (Berlin: Springer), in press
  
  
• Plumbing the Galaxy, Reid, I. N.. Siegel, M. H. & Majewski, S. R. 2001, in ``Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies", ed. J. G. Funes, S.J. & E. Maria Corsini, ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 230, (ASP: San Francisco), p. 31.
  
  
• On the Distribution of Orbital Poles of Milky Way Satellites , Palma, C., Majewski. S. R. & Johnston, K. V. 2002, ApJ, 564, 736.
  
  
• Orbits of Globular Clusters in the Outer Galaxy: NGC 7006, Dinescu, D. I., Majewski, S. R., Girard, T. M. & Cudworth, K. M. 2001, AJ, 122, 1916
  
  
• A Cluster's Last Stand; The Death of Palomar 13, Siegel, M. H., Majewski, S.R., Cudworth, K. M. & Takamiya, M. 2000, AJ, 121, 935.
  
  
• The Absolute Proper Motion of Palomar 12: A Case for Tidal Capture from the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Dinescu, D, I., Majewski, S.R., Girard, T. M. & Cudworth, K. M. 2000, AJ, 120, 1892
  
  
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• Absolute Proper Motion and a Membership Survey of the Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Schweitzer,A.E., Cudworth,K.M. & Majewski,S.R., 2000, AJ, submitted.
  
  

• Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars: I. Calibration of the Photometric Search Technique, Majewski, S. R., Ostheimer, J. C., Kunkel, W. E. & Patterson, R. J., 2000, AJ, AJ, 120, 2550.
  
  
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• Spectroscopy of Giant Stars in the Pyxis Globular Cluster, Palma, C., Kunkel, W. E. & Majewski, S.R. 2000, PASP, 112, 1305.
  
  
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• Exploring the Leo II Dwarf Spheroidal: I. The Variable Star Content, Siegel, M. H. & Majewski, S.R. 2000, AJ, AJ, 120, 284.
  
  
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• Multiwavelength Observations of the Second-Largest Known Fanaroff-Riley Type II Radio Galaxy, NVSS 2146+82, C. Palma, F. Bauer, W. Cotton, A. Bridle, S. Majewski, & C. Sarazin 2000, AJ 119, 2068.
  
  
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• Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars: II. Mapping the Extended Structure of the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal , Majewski. S. R., Ostheimer, J. C., Patterson, R. J., Kunkel, W. E., Johnston, K. V. & Geisler, D. 2000, AJ, 119, 760.
  
  
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• omega Centauri: Nucleus of a Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal?, Majewski. S. R., Patterson, R. J., Dinescu, D. I., Johnson, W. Y., Ostheimer, J. C., Kunkel, W. E. & Palma, C. 1999, in The Galactic Halo: from Globular Clusters to Field Stars, eds. A. Noels, et al. (Li\`ege: Universit\'e de Li\`ege), p. 619.
  
  
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• An Internal Second Parameter Problem in the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Majewski. S. R., Siegel, M. H., Patterson, R. J. & Rood, R. T. 1999, ApJLetters, 520, L33.
  
  
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• Constraining the History of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy Using Observations of its Tidal Debris , Johnston, K. V., Majewski. S. R., Siegel, M. H., Reid, I. N. & Kunkel, W. E. 1999, AJ, 118, 1719.
  
  
• Starcounts Redivivus: III. A Possible Detection of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy at b=-40 Degrees , Majewski. S. R., Siegel, M. H., Kunkel, W. E., Reid, I. N., Johnston, K. V., Thompson, I. B., & Landolt, A. U. 1999, AJ, 118, 1709.
  
  
• Stellar Populations and the Formation of the Milky Way , Majewski, S. R 1999, in ``Tenth Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Globular Clusters", eds. C. Mart'inez Roger, I. P'erez Fournon & F. S'anchez (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), p.43.
  
  
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• The (Sub)structure of the Halo , Majewski, S. R 1999, ``Galaxy Evolution: Connecting the Distant Universe with the Local Fossil Record", ed. M. Spite, (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p.115.
  
  
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• The Role of Accretion in the Formation of the Halo: Observational View , Majewski, S. R 1999, ``The Third Stromlo Symposium: The Galactic Halo", eds. B. K. Gibson, T. S. Axelrod & M. E. Putman, ASP Conference Series Vol. 165, (ASP: San Francisco), p. 76.
  
  
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• A Search for Tidal Stellar Debris from the Magellanic Clouds: Survey Results from the First Two Years , Majewski, S. R, Ostheimer, J. C., Kunkel, W. E., Johnston, K. V., Patterson, R. J. & Palma, C. 1999, in ``IAU Symposium 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds", eds. Chu et al., ASP Conf. Ser., in press .
  
  
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• Starcounts and the Galactic Halo , Reid, I.N., Majewski, S.R., and Siegel, M.H. 1998, in ``Galactic Halos", ed. D. Zaritsky, ASP Conference Series Vol. 136, (ASP: San Francisco), p.3.
  
  
• The Distribution of Giant Stars in High Latitude Fields, Johnson, W. Y., Majewski, S. R. & Ostheimer, J. C. 1998, BAAS, 191, 1310.
  
  
• A Search for Giant Stars Associated with the Magellanic Stream, Ostheimer, J. C., Majewski, S. R, Kunkel, W. E. & Johnston, K. V., 1998, BAAS, 29, 1108.
  
  
• A Possible Detection of the Sgr dSph at b = -40 degrees, Majewski, S. R., Reid, I. N., Thompson, I., Landolt, A. U. & Kunkel, W. E. 1997, BAAS, 29, 1341.
  
  
• The Luminosity Function for L>L* Galaxies at z > 3, Bershady, M.A., Majewski, S.R., Koo, D.C., Kron, R.G. & Munn, J.A. 1997, ApJLett, 490, L41.
  
  
• The Selected Areas Starcounts Project, Siegel, M.H., Majewski, S.R., Reid, I.N. & Thompson, I. 1997, BAAS, 29, 1109.
  
  
• A Search for Giant Stars in the Magellanic Stream , Ostheimer,~J.~C., Majewski, S.R. & Kunkel, W.E. 1997, BAAS, 29, 1108
  
  
• The Optical Counterpart and Megaparsec Environment of the Giant FR II NVSS 2146+82, 1997, Palma, C., Majewski, S. R., Cotton, W. D., Bridle, A. H. & Bershady, M. A., BAAS.
  
  
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• The History of the Milky Way and Its Satellite System, Burkert, A., Hartmann, D. & Majewski, S. R. (eds.), 1997, ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 112, (ASP: San Francisco).
  
  
• First Results of a CCD Starcount Survey of Selected Areas with the Swope 1-m Telescope, Siegel, M. H., Majewski, S. R., Reid, I. N. & Thompson, I., 1997, in ``Proper Motion Surveys and Galactic Astronomy", ed. R. Humphries, ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 127, (ASP: San Francisco), p. 175.
  
  
• The Proper Motion of the Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Schweitzer, A. E., Cudworth, K. M. & Majewski, S. R. 1997, in ``Proper Motion Surveys and Galactic Astronomy", ed. R. Humphries, ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 127, (ASP: San Francisco), p. 103.
  
  
• The Luminosity Function for L > L* Galaxies at z > 3, Bershady, M. A., Majewski, S. R., Koo, D. C., Kron, R. G. & Munn, J. A. 1997, ApJLett, 490, L41.
  
  
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• Formation and Evolution of the Milky Way, Majewski, S. R. 1997, in IAU 179: ``New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys'', ed. B. Lasker, (Reidel: Dordrecht), p. 199.
  
  
• Proper Motions in the Bulge: Looking Through Plaut's Low Extinction Window , Mendez, R. A., Rich, R. M., van Altena, W. F., Girard, T. M., van den Bergh, S., & Majewski, S. R. 1996, in IAU 179: ``New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys'', B. Lasker (ed.), 1997, (Reidel: Dordrecht), p. 223.
  
  
• Observational Constraints on Theoretical Models of the Milky Way System, Majewski, S. R., Phelps, R. & Rich, R. M., in ``Galactic Chemodynamics IV: The History of the Milky Way and Its Satellite System'', Burkert, A., Hartmann, D. & Majewski, S. R. (eds.), 1996, ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 112, (ASP: San Francisco), p. 1.
  
  
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• Starcounts Redivivus: II. Deep Starcounts and the Halo Stellar Luminosity Function, Reid, I. N., Yan, L., Majewski, S. R., Thompson, I., & Smail, I. 1996, AJ, 112, 1472.
  
  
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• A Proper Motion Survey on Plaut's Low-Extinction Window, Mendez, R. A., van Altena, W. F., Girard, T. M., Rich, R. M. & Majewski, S. R. 1996, in ``Fourth ESO/CTIO Workshop on the Galactic Center'', eds. xx ASP Conf. Ser. Vol., (ASP: San Francisco), in press.
  
  
• The Kitt Peak Galaxy Redshift Survey (KPGRS) with Multicolor Photometry: Basic Data, Koo, D. C., Kron, R. G., Munn, J. A., Majewski, S. R., Bershady, M. A., & Smetanka, J. J. 1996, ApJSupp, in press.
  
  
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• Moving Groups, Stellar Streams and Phase Space Substructure in the Galactic Halo, Majewski, S. R., Hawley, S. L. & Munn, J. A. 1996, in ``Formation of the Galactic Halo: Inside and Out'', ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 92, eds. H. L. Morrison & A. Sarajedini, (ASP: San Francisco), p. 119.
  
  
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• Absolute Proper Motions to B ~ 22.5: III. Large-scale Streaming Motions and the Structure and Origin of the Galactic Halo, Majewski, S. R., Munn, & Hawley, S. L. 1996, ApJLett, 459, L73.
  
  
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• Absolute Proper Motion and a Membership Survey of the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Schweitzer, A. E., Cudworth, K. M., Majewski, S. R. & Suntzeff, N. B. 1995, AJ, 110, 2747.
  
  
• The Intermediate Population II -- Extended, High Velocity, Metal-Weak, Thick Disk -- Inner, Flattened Spheroid -- Lower, Contracted Halo, Majewski, S. R., 1995, in "The Formation of the Milky Way", eds. E. J. Alfaro & A. J. Delgado, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), p. 199.
  
  
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• Deep UBVRI Photometric Calibration of High Latitude Fields: SA 57 (1307+30) and Hercules (1720+50), Majewski, S. R., Kron, R. G. & Koo, D. C. 1994, PASP, 108, 1258.
  
  
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• The Optical and Near-Infared Colors of Galaxies: I. The Photometric Data, Bershady, M. A., Hereld, M., Kron, R. G., Koo, D. C., Munn, J. A. & Majewski, S. R. 1994, AJ, 108, 870.
  
  
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• Absolute Proper Motions to B ~ 22.5: II. Evidence for Kinematical Substructure in Halo Field Stars, Majewski,S. R., Munn, J. A. & Hawley, S. L. 1994, ApJLett, 427 L37.
  
  
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• Deep Multicolour Starcounts, Reid, I. N. & Majewski, S. R. 1994, in IAU Symposium 161, Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging, ed. H. T. MacGillivray et al. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p.423.
  
  
• Astrometry and Galactic Structure, Majewski, S. R. 1994, in IAU Symposium 161, Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging, ed. H. T. MacGillivray et al. (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p. 425.
  
  
• The Fornax-Leo-Sculptor Stream Revisited, Majewski, S. R. 1994, ApJLett, 431, L17.
  
  
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• HST Images of Very Compact Blue Galaxies at z ~ 0.2, Koo, D. C., Bershady, M. A., Stanford, S. A., Wirth, G. D. & Majewski, S. R. 1994, ApJLett, 427, L9.
  
  
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• The Ensemble Variability Properties of Faint Quasars, Trevese, D., Kron, R. G, Majewski, S. R., Bershady, M. A., & Koo, D. C. 1994, ApJ, 433, 494.
  
  
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