Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics

JINA - Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics, 21 August 2009

Volume 7, Issue 34 (53 Articles)

# 1 - Gravitational Waves from Merging Compact Binaries
- Scott A. Hughes
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 47, Issue: 1
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 47: 107-157 (Volume publication date September 2009)
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# 2 - PrefaceAn Astronomical Life Salted by Pure Chance

Robert P. Kraft

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 47, Issue: 1

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 47: 1-26 (Volume publication date September 2009)
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# 3 - Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

Stephen J. Smartt

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 47, Issue: 1

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 47: 63-106 (Volume publication date September 2009)
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# 4 - The Chemical Composition of the Sun

Martin Asplund, Nicolas Grevesse, A. Jacques Sauval, Pat Scott

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 47, Issue: 1

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 47: 481-522 (Volume publication date September 2009)
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# 5 - Abundance structure and chemical evolution of the Galactic disc

T. Bensby (1), S. Feltzing (2) ((1) European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile, (2) Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden)

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2445 [ps, pdf, other]

# 6 - Accurate masses and radii of normal stars: modern results and applications

G. Torres (CfA), J. Andersen (NBIA, Denmark; NOTSA, Spain), A. Gimenez (CSIC/INTA, Spain)

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2624 [ps, pdf, other]

# 7 - Dense Iron Ejecta and Core-collapse Supernova Explosion in the Young Supernova Remnant G11.2-0.3

Dae-Sik Moon, Bon-Chul Koo, Ho-Gyu Lee, Keith Matthews, Jae-Joon Lee, Tae-Soo Pyo, Ji Yeon Seok, Masahiko Hayashi

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2613 [ps, pdf, other]

# 8 - Discovery of a Second Nova Eruption of V2487 Ophiuchi

Ashley Pagnotta, Bradley E. Schaefer, Limin Xiao, Andrew C. Collazzi, Peter Kroll

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2143 [ps, pdf, other]

# 9 - Early phase observations of extremely luminous Type Ia Supernova 2009dc

M. Yamanaka, K. S. Kawabata, K. Kinugasa, M. Tanaka, A. Imada, K. Maeda, K. Nomoto, A. Arai, S. Chiyonobu, Y. Fukazawa, O. Hashimoto, S. Honda, Y. Ikejiri, R. Itoh, Y. Kamata, N. Kawai, T. Komatsu, D. Kuroda, H. Miyamoto, S. Miyazaki, O. Nagae, H. Nakaya, T. Ohsugi, T. Omodaka, N. Sakai, M. Sasada, M. Suzuki, H. Taguchi, H. Takahashi, H. Tanaka, M. Uemura, T. Yamashita, K. Yanagisawa, M. Yoshida

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2059 [ps, pdf, other]

# 10 - Elemental abundances in the Galactic bulge from microlensed dwarf stars

T. Bensby (1), S. Feltzing (2), J.A. Johnson (3), A. Gould (3), H. Sana (4), A. Gal-Yam (5), M. Asplund (6), S. Lucatello (7), J. Melendez (8), A. Udalski (9), D. Kubas (10), G. James (11), D. Adén (2), J. Simmerer (2) ((1) ESO Chile, (2) Lund Observatory, (3) Ohio State University, (4) Univ. van Amsterdam, (5) Benoziyo Center for Astrophyics, Weizmann Institute of Science, (6) MPA Garching, (7) INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padova, (8) Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto, (9) Warsaw University Observatory, (10) IAP Paris, (11) ESO Garching)

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2779 [ps, pdf, other]

# 11 - Gamma-Ray Telescopes (in "400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes")

N. Gehrels, J.K. Cannizzo

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2606 [pdf, other]

# 12 - HD 77361: A new case of super Li-rich K giant with anomalous low 12C/13C ratio

Bharat Kumar Yerra, Bacham Eswar Reddy (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2685 [ps, pdf, other]

# 13 - High-resolution UVES/VLT spectra of white dwarfs observed for the ESO SN Ia Progenitor Survey. III. DA white dwarfs

D. Koester, B. Voss, R. Napiwotzki, N. Christlieb, D. Homeier, T. Lisker, D. Reimers, U. Heber

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2322 [ps, pdf, other]

# 14 - Lithium in the Intermediate-Age Open Cluster, NGC 3680

B. J. Anthony-Twarog (1), C. P. Deliyannis (2), B. A. Twarog (1), K. V. Croxall (2), J. D. Cummings (2) ((1) University of Kansas, (2) Indiana University)

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2136 [ps, pdf, other]

# 15 - Low Mach Number Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae. IV. White Dwarf Convection

M. Zingale, A. S. Almgren, J. B. Bell, A. Nonaka, S. E. Woosley

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2668 [ps, pdf, other]

# 16 - Measuring The Mass Loss Evolution at The Tip of The Asymptotic Giant Branch

C. Sandin, M. M. Roth, D. Schönberner

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2432 [ps, pdf, other]

# 17 - On The Accretion Rates of SW Sextantis Nova-Like Variables

Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Edward M. Sion

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2100 [ps, pdf, other]

# 18 - Properties of Type II Plateau Supernova SNLS-04D2dc: Multicolor Light Curves of Shock Breakout and Plateau

N. Tominaga, S. Blinnikov, P. Baklanov, K. Nomoto

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2162 [ps, pdf, other]

# 19 - Reconstructing the supernova bounce time with neutrinos in IceCube

Francis Halzen, Georg G. Raffelt

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2317 [ps, pdf, other]

# 20 - Serendipity in Astronomy

A.C. Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2784 (cross-list from physics.pop-ph) [ps, pdf, other]

# 21 - Spectropolarimetry of Extremely Luminous Type Ia Supernova 2009dc: Nearly Spherical Explosion of Super-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarf

Masaomi Tanaka, Koji S. Kawabata, Masayuki Yamanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Takashi Hattori, Kentaro Aoki, Ken'ichi Nomoto, Masanori Iye, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Paolo A. Mazzali, Elena Pian

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2057 [ps, pdf, other]

# 22 - The mystery of the telescopes in Jan Brueghel the Elder's paintings

Paolo Molaro, Pierluigi Selvelli

arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2696 [ps, pdf, other]

# 23 - Discovery of the Barium Isotopes

A. Shore, A. Fritsch, J.Q. Ginepro, M. Heim, A. Schuh, M. Thoennessen

arXiv.org - Nuclear Experiment - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.1944 [pdf, other]

# 24 - $^3$H photo-dissociation with Effective Field Theory

H. Sadeghi, S. Bayegan

arXiv.org - Nuclear Theory - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2220 [ps, pdf, other]

# 25 - Comment on "Time modulation of the K-shell electron capture decay rates of H-like heavy ions at GSI experiments", arXiv:0908.0877

V.V. Flambaum

arXiv.org - Nuclear Theory - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2039 [ps, pdf, other]

# 26 - Composition and thermodynamics of nuclear matter with light clusters

S. Typel, G. Röpke, T. Klähn, D. Blaschke, H. H. Wolter

arXiv.org - Nuclear Theory - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2344 [ps, pdf, other]

# 27 - Three-body forces and the limit of oxygen isotopes

Takaharu Otsuka, Toshio Suzuki, Jason D. Holt, Achim Schwenk, Yoshinori Akaishi

arXiv.org - Nuclear Theory - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2607 [ps, pdf, other]

# 28 - Triton Electric Form Factor at Low-Energies

H. Sadeghi

arXiv.org - Nuclear Theory - Volume: 2009, Issue: 21 Aug

arXiv:0908.2052 [ps, pdf, other]

# 29 - Pfleiderer 2: Identification of A New Globular Cluster in the Galaxy

<em >S. Ortolani, C. Bonatto, E. Bica, and B. Barbuy</em&gt,

Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 3

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# 30 - Chemistry of heavy elements in the Dark Ages

P. Vonlanthen, T. Rauscher, C. Winteler, D. Puy, M. Signore, and V. Dubrovich

Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 503, Issue: 1

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# 31 - Hot subdwarfs from the stable Roche lobe overflow channel

S. Yu and L. Li

Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 503, Issue: 1

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# 32 - New extended atomic data in cool star model atmospheres - Using Kurucz's new iron data in MAFAGS-OS models

F. Grupp, R. L. Kurucz, and K. Tan

Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 503, Issue: 1

Abstract | PDF file (165.8 KB) | PS file (117.0 KB)

# 33 - The onset of star formation in primordial haloes

U. Maio, B. Ciardi, N. Yoshida, K. Dolag, and L. Tornatore

Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 503, Issue: 1

Abstract | PDF file (1.087 MB) | PS file (2.708 MB)

# 34 - PopStar I: evolutionary synthesis model description

M. Mollá, M. L. García-Vargas, A. Bressan

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 398, Issue: 1

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# 35 - Concavity for nuclear bindings, thermodynamical functions and density functionals

B.R. Barrett, B.G. Giraud, B.K. Jennings, N.P. Toberg

Nuclear Physics A - Volume: 828, Issue: 3-4

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# 36 - New Measurement of the ⁶⁰Fe Half-Life

G. Rugel, T. Faestermann, K. Knie, G. Korschinek, M. Poutivtsev, D. Schumann, N. Kivel, I. Günther-Leopold, R. Weinreich, and M. Wohlmuther

Physical Review Letters - Volume: 103, Issue: 7

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# 37 - Properties of the ⁷He ground state from ⁸He neutron knockout

Yu. Aksyutina, H.T. Johansson, T. Aumann, K. Boretzky, M.J.G. Borge, A. Chatillon, L.V. Chulkov, D. Cortina-Gil, U. Datta Pramanik, H. Emling, C. Forssén, H.O.U. Fynbo, H. Geissel, G. Ickert, B. Jonson, R. Kulessa, C. Langer, M. Lantz, T. LeBleis, A.O. Lindahl, et al.

Physics Letters B - Volume: 679, Issue: 3

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# 38 - Shell-model Hamiltonian from self-consistent mean-field model: N=Z nuclei

Kazunari Kaneko, Takahiro Mizusaki, Yang Sun, Munetake Hasegawa

Physics Letters B - Volume: 679, Issue: 3

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# 39 - Statistical mechanics and dynamics of solvable models with long-range interactions

Alessandro Campa, Thierry Dauxois, Stefano Ruffo

Physics Reports - Volume: 480, Issue: 3-6

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# 40 - Early Spectral Evolution of the Rapidly Expanding Type Ia Supernova 2006X

M. Yamanaka, H. Naito, K. Kinugasa, N. Takanashi, M. Tanaka, K. S. Kawabata, S. Ozaki, S. Narusawa, and K. Sadakane

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - Volume: 61, Issue: 4

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# 41 - Photometry of Three Superoutbursts of the SU UMa-Type Dwarf Nova, SW Ursae Majoris

Y. Soejima, D. Nogami, T. Kato, M. Uemura, A. Imada, K. Sugiyasu, H. Maehara, K. Torii, K. Tanabe, A. Oksanen, K. Nakajima, R. Novák, G. Masi, T. Hynek, B. Martin, D. Buczynski, E. P. Pavlenko, S. Y. Shugarov, and L. M. Cook

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - Volume: 61, Issue: 4

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# 42 - Spectroscopic Observations of the WZ Sge-Type Dwarf Nova GW Librae during its 2007 Superoutburst

K. Hiroi, D. Nogami, Y. Ueda, Y. Moritani, Y. Soejima, A. Imada, O. Hashimoto, K. Kinugasa, S. Honda, S. Narusawa, M. Sakamoto, R. Iizuka, K. Matsuda, H. Naito, T. Iijima, and M. Fujii

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - Volume: 61, Issue: 4

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# 43 - Superhump Development during the 2005 Superoutburst of 1RXS J053234+624755

A. Imada, A. Henden, T. Kato, Y. Moritani, M. Sumiyoshi, S. Tanada, T. Omodaka, R. Ishioka, M. Uemura, K. Yanagisawa, and D. Nogami

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - Volume: 61, Issue: 4

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# 44 - Suzaku Observations of SN 1987A

R. Sturm, F. Haberl, G. Hasinger, K. Kenzaki, and M. Itoh

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - Volume: 61, Issue: 4

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# 45 - Astronomy
Early Solar System Chronology

Andrew M. Davis<br /&gt,

Science - Volume: 325, Issue: 5943

Isotopic analysis of chondrules in primitive meteorites validates the use of ²⁶Al as a precise chronometer for early solar system events. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|

# 46 - Homogeneous Distribution of ²⁶Al in the Solar System from the Mg Isotopic Composition of Chondrules

Johan Villeneuve, Marc Chaussidon, and Guy Libourel<br /&gt,

Science - Volume: 325, Issue: 5943

High-precision isotopic analyses in chondrule minerals validate the use of ²⁶Al as an early solar system chronometer. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »|

# 47 - Calcium Isotope Composition of Meteorites, Earth, and Mars

<em >Justin I. Simon, Donald J. DePaolo, and Frederic Moynier</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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# 48 - Carbon Abundance in Small Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae Through Advanced Camera for Surveys Prism Spectroscopy: Constraining Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity

<em >Letizia Stanghellini, Ting-Hui Lee, Richard A. Shaw, Bruce Balick, and Eva Villaver</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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# 49 - New Limits on Radio Emission from X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars

<em >V. I. Kondratiev, M. A. McLaughlin, D. R. Lorimer, M. Burgay, A. Possenti, R. Turolla, S. B. Popov, and S. Zane</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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# 50 - On the Progenitors of Super-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae

<em >Wen-Cong Chen and Xiang-Dong Li</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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# 51 - Possible Resonances in the ¹²C + ¹²C Fusion Rate and Superburst Ignition

<em >Randall L. Cooper, Andrew W. Steiner, and Edward F. Brown</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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# 52 - The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor

<em >Charles Meegan, Giselher Lichti, P. N. Bhat, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Michael S. Briggs, Valerie Connaughton, Roland Diehl, Gerald Fishman, Jochen Greiner, Andrew S. Hoover, Alexander J. van der Horst, Andreas von Kienlin, R. Marc Kippen, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Sheila McBreen, W. S. Paciesas, Robert Preece, Helmut Steinle, Mark S. Wallace, Robert B. Wilson, and Colleen Wilson-Hodge</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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# 53 - Episodic Accretion at Early Stages of Evolution of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: A Solution for the Observed Luminosity Spread in H-R Diagrams?

<em >I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, and J. Gallardo</em&gt,

The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 702, Issue: 1

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