The sub-population of quasars reddened by intrinsic or intervening clouds of dust are known to be underrepresented in optical quasar surveys. By defining a complete parent sample of the brightest and spatially unresolved quasars in the COSMOS field, we quantify to which extent this sub-population is fundamental to our understanding of the true population of quasars. By using the available multiwavelength data of various surveys in the COSMOS field, we built a parent sample of 33 quasars brighter than J = 20 mag, identified by reliable X-ray to radio wavelength selection techniques. Spectroscopic follow-up with the NOT/ALFOSC was carried out for four candidate quasars that had not been targeted previously to obtain a 100% redshift completeness of the sample. The population of high AV quasars (HAQs), a specific sub-population of quasars selected from optical/near-infrared photometry, some of which were shown to be missed in large optical surveys such as SDSS, is found to contribute 21%(+9)(-5) of the parent sample. The full population of bright spatially unresolved quasars represented by our parent sample consists of 39%(+9)(-8) reddened quasars defined by having A(V) > 0.1, and 21%(+9)(-5) of the sample having E(B-V) > 0.1 assuming the extinction curve of the Small Magellanic Cloud. We show that the HAQ selection works well for selecting reddened quasars, but some are missed because their optical spectra are too blue to pass the g - r color cut in the HAQ selection. This is either due to a low degree of dust reddening or anomalous spectra. We find that the fraction of quasars with contributing light from the host galaxy, causing observed extended spatial morphology, is most dominant at z less than or similar to 1. At higher redshifts the population of spatially unresolved quasars selected by our parent sample is found to be representative of the full population of bright active galactic nuclei at J < 20 mag. This work quantifies the bias against reddened quasars in studies that are based solely on optical surveys.

During the initial phase of a program to search for sub -stellar candidates at high galactic latitudes in the IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog, one source, SSC 08546 +1732, was found to have no optical counterpart on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates. Ground based positional, photometric and spectroscopic observations have identified this source as a heavily dust - enshrouded carbon star, similar to those found in the Galactic plane. The high latitude and relative faintness of this source imply that it lies at a distance of 20 - 50 kpc, and is 10 to 30 kpc out of the plane of the Galaxy. SSC 08546 +1732, along with one other distant obscured carbon star found in the IRAS Point Source Catalog (Low 1987; Beichman e1: al. 1988), represent the first examples of such objects found in the Galactic halo. These stars may either have evolved from population I precursors ejected from the disk, or they may be the first obscured Population II halo carbon stars to be observed. A survey for other distant enshrouded carbon stars in the IRAS Faint Source Catalog should help to elucidate the nature of this new population.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1951 M336 / Master of Science

Context. Measurement of the Galactic neutral atomic hydrogen (H I) column density, NH I, and brightness temperatures, T-B, is of high scientific value for a broad range of astrophysical disciplines. In the past two decades, one of the most-used legacy H I datasets has been the Leiden/Argentine/Bonn Survey (LAB). Aims. We release the H I 4 pi survey (HI4PI), an all-sky database of Galactic H I, which supersedes the LAB survey. Methods. The HI4PI survey is based on data from the recently completed first coverage of the Effelsberg-Bonn H I Survey (EBHIS) and from the third revision of the Galactic All-Sky Survey (GASS). EBHIS and GASS share similar angular resolution and match well in sensitivity. Combined, they are ideally suited to be a successor to LAB. Results. The new HI4PI survey outperforms the LAB in angular resolution (theta(FWHM) = 16'.2) and sensitivity (sigma(rms) = 43 mK). Moreover, it has full spatial sampling and thus overcomes a major drawback of LAB, which severely undersamples the sky. We publish all-sky column density maps of the neutral atomic hydrogen in the Milky Way, along with full spectroscopic data, in several map projections including HEALPix.

This paper analyzes and enumerates the major problems concerning traffic congestion and parking in Tallahassee, and considers the changes to be put into effect that would eliminate these problems. / Typescript. / "July 17, 1951." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: James A. Norton, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 32).

Un pulsar est une étoile à neutrons en rotation rapide et dotée d'un fort champ magnétique qui peut se manifester en émettant sur tout le spectre électromagnétique. Dans cette thèse, je m’intéresse au rayonnement radio produit par l’étoile. Je commence ainsi par décrire l'instrumentation de dédispersion cohérente à base de GPUs installée au Radiotélescope de Nançay avec deux autres modes d'observation que j'ai développés : un mode pour la recherche de nouveaux pulsar et un mode spectromètre. Une autre partie de ce travail détaille le retraitement en cours du sondage Foster fait à la fin des années 90 à Nançay ainsi que de nouvelles observations ciblées, sur des candidats HESS notamment. Je présente ensuite les résultats obtenus sur les pulsars relativistes J0737-3039A et J1906+0746 avec respectivement des tests de la Relativité Générale et la mesure de la précession géodétique. Des données de polarimétrie ont ainsi permis de déterminer la géométrie du système de PSR J1906+0746. Enfin, je termine par l'analyse des temps d'arrivées de 20 pulsars millisecondes observés à Nançay dans le cadre de l'EPTA, une collaboration européenne pour un réseau de chronométrage pulsar avec pour objectif la détection d'un fond d'ondes gravitationnelles, possible d'ici 5 à 10 ans. / A pulsar is a highly magnetized and fast-spinning neutron star which can be seen in radio waves. ln this thesis, l first describe the new GPU-based coherent dedispersion backend installed at the Nançay Radio Telescope with two others observing modes l have developped : a filterbank for(pulsar surveysjand a high resolution spectrometer. The second part deals with the ongoing reprocessing of the Foster survey done at Nançay in the late 90s and with new targeted pointings on HESS sources. l then present the results l got on the relativistic binaries J0737-3039A et J1906+0746, with new tests of General Relativity and the measurement of geodetic precession respectively. Polarimetric data has allowed to deduce the geometry of the PSR J1906+0746 system. ln the framework of the EPTA (European Pulsar Timing Array), l finish with the analysis of the times of arrivaIs from 20 millisecond pulsars, which aims to make a detection of the Gravitational Wave Background, which could succeed in the next 5 to 10 years.

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