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Annual Report ESO Staff Papers 2016 ESO Staff Publications (2016) Peer-reviewed publications by ESO scientists The ESO Library maintains the ESO Telescope Bibliography (telbib) and is responsible for providing paper-based statistics. Publications in refereed journals based on ESO data (2016) can be retrieved through telbib: ESO data papers 2016. Access to the database for the years 1996 to present as well as an overview of publication statistics are available via http://telbib.eso.org and from the "Basic ESO Publication Statistics" document. Papers that use data from non-ESO telescopes or observations obtained with hosted telescopes are not included. The list below includes papers that are (co-)authored by ESO authors, with or without use of ESO data. It is ordered alphabetically by first ESO-affiliated author. Alatalo, K., Aladro, R., Nyland, K., Aalto, S., Bitsakis, T., C., Bohe, A., Bojtos, P., Bond, C., Bondu, F., Bonnand, Gallagher, J.S. & Lanz, L. 2016, After the Interaction: an R., Boom, B.A., Bork, R., Boschi, V., Bose, S., Efficiently Star-forming Molecular Disk in NGC 5195, Bouffanais, Y., Bozzi, A., Bradaschia, C., Brady, P.R., ApJ, 830, 137 [ADS] Braginsky, V.B., Branchesi, M., Brau, J.E., Briant, T., Fajardo-Mendieta, W.G., Martínez-Oliveros, J.C., Alvarado- Brillet, A., Brinkmann, M., Brisson, V., Brockill, P., Gómez, J.D. & Calvo-Mozo, B. 2016, Impulsivity Brooks, A.F., Brown, D.A., Brown, D.D., Brown, N.M., Parameter for Solar Flares, ApJ, 818, 56 [ADS] Buchanan, C.C., Buikema, A., Bulik, T., Bulten, H.J., Alvarado-Gómez, J.D., Hussain, G.A.J., Cohen, O., Drake, Buonanno, A., Buskulic, D., Buy, C., Byer, R.L., J.J., Garraffo, C., Grunhut, J. & Gombosi, T.I. 2016, Cadonati, L., Cagnoli, G., Cahillane, C., Bustillo, J.C., Simulating the environment around planet-hosting stars. Callister, T., Calloni, E., Camp, J.B., Cannon, K.C., Cao, I. Coronal structure, A&A, 588, A28 [ADS] J., Capano, C.D., Capocasa, E., Carbognani, F., Caride, Alvarado-Gómez, J.D., Hussain, G.A.J., Cohen, O., Drake, S., Diaz, J.C., Casentini, C., Caudill, S., Cavagliá, M., J.J., Garraffo, C., Grunhut, J. & Gombosi, T.I. 2016, Cavalier, F., Cavalieri, R., Cella, G., Cepeda, C.B., Simulating the environment around planet-hosting stars. Baiardi, L.C., Cerretani, G., Cesarini, E., Chakraborty, II. Stellar winds and inner astrospheres, A&A, 594, A95 R., Chalermsongsak, T., Chamberlin, S.J., Chan, M., [ADS] Chao, S., Charlton, P., Chassande-Mottin, E., Chen, Galbany, L., Anderson, J.P., Rosales-Ortega, F.F., H.Y., Chen, Y., Cheng, C., Chincarini, A., Chiummo, A., Kuncarayakti, H., Krühler, T., Sánchez, S.F., Falcón- Cho, H.S., Cho, M., Chow, J.H., Christensen, N., Chu, Barroso, J., Pérez, E., Maureira, J.C., Hamuy, M., Q., Chua, S., Chung, S., Ciani, G., Clara, F., Clark, J.A., González-Gaitán, S., Förster, F. & Moral, V. 2016, Cleva, F., Coccia, E., Cohadon, P.-F., Colla, A., Collette, Characterizing the environments of supernovae with C.G., Cominsky, L., Constancio, M.J., Conte, A., Conti, MUSE, MNRAS, 455, 4087 [ADS] L., Cook, D., Corbitt, T.R., Cornish, N., Corsi, A., Sánchez-Menguiano, L., Sánchez, S.F., Kawata, D., Cortese, S., Costa, C.A., Coughlin, M.W., Coughlin, Chemin, L., Pérez, I., Ruiz-Lara, T., Sánchez-Blázquez, S.B., Coulon, J.-P., Countryman, S.T., Couvares, P., P., Galbany, L., Anderson, J.P., Grand, R.J.J., Cowan, E.E., Coward, D.M., Cowart, M.J., Coyne, D.C., Minchev, I. & Gómez, F.A. 2016, Evidence of Ongoing Coyne, R., Craig, K., Creighton, J.D.E., Cripe, J., Radial Migration in NGC 6754: Azimuthal Variations of Crowder, S.G., Cumming, A., Cunningham, L., Cuoco, the Gas Properties, ApJ, 830, L40 [ADS] E., Dal Canton, T., Danilishin, S.L., D’Antonio, S., Kuncarayakti, H., Maeda, K., Anderson, J.P., Hamuy, M., Danzmann, K., Darman, N.S., Dattilo, V., Dave, I., Nomoto, K., Galbany, L. & Doi, M. 2016, Evolving into a Daveloza, H.P., Davier, M., Davies, G.S., Daw, E.J., Day, remnant: optical observations of SN 1978K at three R., DeBra, D., Debreczeni, G., Degallaix, J., De decades, MNRAS, 458, 2063 [ADS] Laurentis, M., Deléglise, S., Del Pozzo, W., Denker, T., Abbott, B.P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T.D., Abernathy, M.R., Dent, T., Dereli, H., Dergachev, V., DeRosa, R.T., De Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Rosa, R., DeSalvo, R., Dhurandhar, S., Díaz, M.C., Di Addesso, P., Adhikari, R.X., Adya, V.B., Affeldt, C., Fiore, L., Di Giovanni, M., Di Lieto, A., Di Pace, S., Di Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O.D., Palma, I., Di Virgilio, A., Dojcinoski, G., Dolique, V., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allocca, A., Altin, Donovan, F., Dooley, K.L., Doravari, S., Douglas, R., P.A., Anderson, S.B., Anderson, W.G., Arai, K., Araya, Downes, T.P., Drago, M., Drever, R.W.P., Driggers, M.C., Arceneaux, C.C., Areeda, J.S., Arnaud, N., Arun, J.C., Du, Z., Ducrot, M., Dwyer, S.E., Edo, T.B., K.G., Ascenzi, S., Ashton, G., Ast, M., Aston, S.M., Edwards, M.C., Effler, A., Eggenstein, H.-B., Ehrens, P., Astone, P., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Bacon, Eichholz, J., Eikenberry, S.S., Engels, W., Essick, R.C., P., Bader, M.K.M., Baker, P.T., Baldaccini, F., Ballardin, Etzel, T., Evans, M., Evans, T.M., Everett, R., G., Ballmer, S.W., Barayoga, J.C., Barclay, S.E., Barish, Factourovich, M., Fafone, V., Fair, H., Fairhurst, S., Fan, B.C., Barker, D., Barone, F., Barr, B., Barsotti, L., X., Fang, Q., Farinon, S., Farr, B., Farr, W.M., Favata, Barsuglia, M., Barta, D., Barthelmy, S., Bartlett, J., M., Fays, M., Fehrmann, H., Fejer, M.M., Ferrante, I., Bartos, I., Bassiri, R., Basti, A., Batch, J.C., Baune, C., Ferreira, E.C., Ferrini, F., Fidecaro, F., Fiori, I., Fiorucci, Bavigadda, V., Bazzan, M., Behnke, B., Bejger, M., Bell, D., Fisher, R.P., Flaminio, R., Fletcher, M., Fournier, J.- A.S., Bell, C.J., Berger, B.K., Bergman, J., Bergmann, D., Franco, S., Frasca, S., Frasconi, F., Frei, Z., Freise, G., Berry, C.P.L., Bersanetti, D., Bertolini, A., A., Frey, R., Frey, V., Fricke, T.T., Fritschel, P., Frolov, Betzwieser, J., Bhagwat, S., Bhandare, R., Bilenko, I.A., V.V., Fulda, P., Fyffe, M., Gabbard, H.A.G., Gair, J.R., Billingsley, G., Birch, J., Birney, R., Biscans, S., Bisht, Gammaitoni, L., Gaonkar, S.G., Garufi, F., Gatto, A., A., Bitossi, M., Biwer, C., Bizouard, M.A., Blackburn, Gaur, G., Gehrels, N., Gemme, G., Gendre, B., Genin, J.K., Blair, C.D., Blair, D.G., Blair, R.M., Bloemen, S., E., Gennai, A., George, J., Gergely, L., Germain, V., Bock, O., Bodiya, T.P., Boer, M., Bogaert, G., Bogan, Ghosh, A., Ghosh, S., Giaime, J.A., Giardina, K.D., Giazotto, A., Gill, K., Glaefke, A., Goetz, E., Goetz, R., D., Normandin, M.E.N., Nuttall, L.K., Oberling, J., Gondan, L., González, G., Castro, J.M.G., Gopakumar, Ochsner, E., O’Dell, J., Oelker, E., Ogin, G.H., Oh, J.J., A., Gordon, N.A., Gorodetsky, M.L., Gossan, S.E., Oh, S.H., Ohme, F., Oliver, M., Oppermann, P., Oram, Gosselin, M., Gouaty, R., Graef, C., Graff, P.B., Granata, R.J., O’Reilly, B., O’Shaughnessy, R., Ottaway, D.J., M., Grant, A., Gras, S., Gray, C., Greco, G., Green, Ottens, R.S., Overmier, H., Owen, B.J., Pai, A., Pai, A.C., Groot, P., Grote, H., Grunewald, S., Guidi, G.M., S.A., Palamos, J.R., Palashov, O., Palliyaguru, N., Guo, X., Gupta, A., Gupta, M.K., Gushwa, K.E., Palomba, C., Pal-Singh, A., Pan, H., Pankow, C., Gustafson, E.K., Gustafson, R., Hacker, J.J., Hall, B.R., Pannarale, F., Pant, B.C., Paoletti, F., Paoli, A., Papa, Hall, E.D., Hammond, G., Haney, M., Hanke, M.M., M.A., Paris, H.R., Parker, W., Pascucci, D., Pasqualetti, Hanks, J., Hanna, C., Hannam, M.D., Hanson, J., A., Passaquieti, R., Passuello, D., Patricelli, B., Patrick, Hardwick, T., Haris, K., Harms, J., Harry, G.M., Harry, Z., Pearlstone, B.L., Pedraza, M., Pedurand, R., I.W., Hart, M.J., Hartman, M.T., Haster, C.-J., Haughian, Pekowsky, L., Pele, A., Penn, S. & Anderson, J. 2016, K., Heidmann, A., Heintze, M.C., Heitmann, H., Hello, Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the P., Hemming, G., Hendry, M., Heng, I.S., Hennig, J., Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914, ApJ, 826, L13 Heptonstall, A.W., Heurs, M., Hild, S., Hoak, D., Hodge, [ADS] K.A., Hofman, D., Hollitt, S.E., Holt, K., Holz, D.E., Prieto, J.L., Krühler, T., Anderson, J.P., Galbany, L., Hopkins, P., Hosken, D.J., Hough, J., Houston, E.A., Kochanek, C.S., Aquino, E., Brown, J.S., Dong, S., Howell, E.J., Hu, Y.M., Huang, S., Huerta, E.A., Huet, Förster, F., Holoien, T.W.S., Kuncarayakti, H., Maureira, D., Hughey, B., Husa, S., Huttner, S.H., Huynh-Dinh, T., J.C., Rosales-Ortega, F.F., Sánchez, S.F., Shappee, Idrisy, A., Indik, N., Ingram, D.R., Inta, R., Isa, H.N., Isac, B.J. & Stanek, K.Z. 2016, MUSE Reveals a Recent J.-M., Isi, M., Islas, G., Isogai, T., Iyer, B.R., Izumi, K., Merger in the Post-starburst Host Galaxy of the TDE Jacqmin, T., Jang, H., Jani, K., Jaranowski, P., ASASSN-14li, ApJ, 830, L32 [ADS] Jawahar, S., Jiménez-Forteza, F., Johnson, W.W., Takáts, K., Pignata, G., Bersten, M., Rojas Kaufmann, M.L., Jones, D.I., Jones, R., Jonker, R.J.G., Ju, L., Kalaghatgi, Anderson, J.P., Folatelli, G., Hamuy, M., Stritzinger, M., C.V., Kalogera, V., Kandhasamy, S., Kang, G., Kanner, Haislip, J.B., LaCluyze, A.P., Moore, J.P.
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