ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 96 01 01 0 v 1 4 J an 1 99 6 The CTIO Prime Focus CCD : System Characteristics from 1982 - 1988

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 99 01 01 2 v 1 4 J an 1 99 9 Position of First Doppler Peak

In this talk, I describe a calculation of the geodesics since last scattering and derive the dependence of the position of the first Doppler Peak on Ωm and ΩΛ.

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 96 01 03 1 v 1 9 J an 1 99 6 Very close pairs of Quasi - Stellar Objects

It is pointed out that there are now known four very close pairs of QSOs with separations < 5 arcsec and very different redshifts. Several estimates of the probability that they are accidental configurations range between 10 −7 and 3.5×10 −3. We conclude either that this is further evidence that QSOs have significant non-cosmological redshift components, or that the pairs must be explained by g...

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 99 01 04 1 v 1 5 J an 1 99 9 Inflation and the cosmic microwave background Andrew

Various issues concerning the impact of inflationary models on parameter estimation from the cosmic microwave background are reviewed, with particular focus on the range of possible outcomes of inflationary models and on the amount which might be learnt about inflation from the microwave background.

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 01 03 25 4 v 1 1 6 M ar 2 00 1 Construction of the Variability → Luminosity Estimator

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 96 09 11 8 v 1 1 8 Se p 19 96 Wide - field CCD imaging at CFHT : the MOCAM example

We describe a new 4096×4096 pixel CCD mosaic camera (MOCAM) available at the prime focus of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). The camera is a mosaic of four 2048×2048 Loral frontside-illuminated CCDs with 15 µm pixels, providing a field of view of 14 ′ ×14 ′ at a scale of 0 ′′ .21 pixel −1. MOCAM is equipped with B, V, R and I filters and has demonstrated image quality of 0 ′′ .5–0 ′′ ...