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JINA - Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics, 27 August 2010

Volume 8, Issue 35 (32 Articles)

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• # 1 - A Universal Stellar Initial Mass Function? A Critical Look at Variations
  • Nate Bastian, Kevin R. Covey, Michael R. Meyer
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 339-389 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (791 KB)
• # 2 - PrefaceTribute to Geoffrey Burbidge (1925–2010)Searching for Insight
  • Donald Lynden-Bell
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 1-19 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1701 KB)
• # 3 - Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics in Astrophysics
  • Volker Springel
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 391-430 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2355 KB)
• # 4 - The Ages of Stars
  • David R. Soderblom
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 581-629 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1066 KB)
• # 5 - Young Massive Star Clusters
  • Simon F. Portegies Zwart, Stephen L.W. McMillan, Mark Gieles
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 431-493 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2036 KB) | Supplemental Material
• # 6 - AAO Observer - August 2010 Newsletter
  • Sarah Brough et al.
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3438 [pdf]
• # 7 - Dynamical r-process studies within the neutrino-driven wind scenario and its sensitivity to the nuclear physics input
  • A. Arcones, G. Martinez-Pinedo
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3890 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 8 - Evidence For Quasi-Periodic Oscillations In The Recurrent Bursts From SGR 1806-20
  • Ahmed M. El-Mezeini, Alaa I. Ibrahim
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3627 [pdf]
• # 9 - Extremely metal-poor stars in classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Fornax, Sculptor and Sextans
  • M. Tafelmeyer, P. Jablonka, V. Hill, M. Shetrone, E. Tolstoy, M.J. Irwin, G. Battaglia, A. Helmi, E. Starkenburg, K.A. Venn, T. Abel, P. Francois, A. Kaufer, P. North, F. Primas, T. Szeifert
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3721 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 10 - Global cosmic-ray related luminosity and energy budget of the Milky Way
  • A. W. Strong, T. A. Porter, S. W. Digel, G. Johannesson, P. Martin, I. V. Moskalenko, E. J. Murphy
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4330 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 11 - Helium Ignition on Accreting Neutron Stars with a New Triple-alpha Reaction Rate
  • Fang Peng, Christian D. Ott
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3411 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 12 - Impact of the low solar abundance on the ages of globular clusters
  • Sukyoung K. Yi, Yong -Cheol Kim
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4437 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 13 - Introductory Astronomy as a Measure of Grade Inflation
  • James Schombert (UOregon)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4410 (cross-list from physics.ed-ph) [pdf, ps, other]
• # 14 - Low-Metallicity Star Formation : Prestellar Collapse and Protostellar Accretion in the Spherical Symmetry
  • Kazuyuki Omukai (Kyoto U.), Takashi Hosokawa (Kyoto U.), Naoki Yoshida (IPMU, Tokyo)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4262 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 15 - On the metallicity of open clusters I. Photometry
  • E. Paunzen (1), U. Heiter (2), M. Netopil (1 and 3), C. Soubiran (4) ((1) Institute for Astronomy, Vienna University, (2) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, (3) Hvar Observatory, Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, (4) Universite Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3476 [pdf, other]
• # 16 - Origins of the Thick Disk as Traced by the Alpha-Elements of Metal-Poor Giant Stars Selected from RAVE
  • G. R. Ruchti, J. P. Fulbright, R. F. G. Wyse, G. F. Gilmore, O. Bienaymé, J. Binney, J. Bland-Hawthorn, R. Campbell, K. C. Freeman, B. K. Gibson, E. K. Grebel, A. Helmi, U. Munari, J. F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, A. Siebert, A. Siviero, M. Steinmetz, F. G. Watson, M. Williams, T. Zwitter
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3828 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 17 - The ability of intermediate-band Stromgren photometry to correctly identify dwarf, subgiant, and giant stars and provide stellar metallicities and surface gravities
  • Anna S Arnadottir, Sofia Feltzing, Ingemar Lundstrom (Lund Observatory, Sweden)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3848 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 18 - The barium isotopic mixture for the metal-poor subgiant star HD140283
  • A. J. Gallagher, S. G. Ryan, A. E. García Pérez, W. Aoki
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3541 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 19 - The Near-Infrared Sky Surveyor
  • Daniel Stern, James G. Bartlett, Mark Brodwin, Asantha Cooray, Roc Cutri, Arjun Dey, Peter Eisenhardt, Anthony Gonzalez, Jason Kalirai, Amy Mainzer, Leonidas Moustakas, Jason Rhodes, S. Adam Stanford, Edward L. Wright
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3563 [pdf]
• # 20 - The Origin and Evolution of the Halo PN BoBn 1: From a Viewpoint of Chemical Abundances Based on Multiwavelength Spectra
  • M. Otsuka (1), A. Tajitsu (2), S. Hyung (3), H. Izumiura (4) (1) STScI, (2) Subaru Telescope/NAOJ, (3) Chungbuk National University, (4) Okayama Astrophysical Observatory/NAOJ
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4175 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 21 - Transient Radio Neutron Stars
  • E. F. Keane
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3693 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 22 - White-Dwarf Kicks and Implications for Barium Stars
  • Robert G. Izzard (1,2,4), Tyl Dermine (1), Ross P. Church (3,4) ((1) Université Libre de Bruxelles, (2) University of Bonn, (3) Lund Observatory, (4) Monash University)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3818 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 23 - Alpha-induced reaction cross section measurements on 151Eu for the astrophysical gamma-process
  • Gy. Gyürky, Z. Elekes, J. Farkas, Zs. Fülöp, Z. Halász, G.G. Kiss, E. Somorjai, T. Szücs, R.T. Güray, N. Özkan, C. Yalcin, T. Rauscher
  • arXiv.org - Nuclear Experiment - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3807 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 24 - Direct measurements of 22Na(p,g)23Mg resonances and consequences for 22Na production in classical novae
  • A. L. Sallaska, C. Wrede, A. Garcia, D. W. Storm, T. A. D. Brown, C. Ruiz, K. A. Snover, D. F. Ottewell, L. Buchmann, C. Vockenhuber, D. A. Hutcheon, J. A. Caggiano
  • arXiv.org - Nuclear Experiment - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4170 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 25 - Structure and three-body decay of $^9$Be resonances
  • R. Alvarez-Rodriguez, A.S. Jensen, E. Garrido, D.V. Fedorov
  • arXiv.org - Nuclear Theory - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4237 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 26 - Astronomy: Exploding computer models
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (242K)
• # 27 - Big science feels the pinch in Europe
  • Geoff Brumfiel
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (352K)
• # 28 - Last days of the lone astronomer
  • Joss Bland-Hawthorn reviews <i>A Grand and Bold Thing: An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering in a New Era of Discovery</i&gt, by Ann Finkbeiner
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (345K)
• # 29 - Nuclear theory nudged
  • Eugenie Samuel Reich
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (158K)
• # 30 - China
  Astronomers Hope Their Prize Telescope Isn't Blinded by the Light
  • Richard Stone<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5995
  • Chinese astronomers thought they had their hands full, fine-tuning their complicated new survey telescope into next year. Now they have a more urgent problem: Light pollution could jeopardize its ambitious science program. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
• # 31 - Spore^* Series Winner
  The Universe Online
  • M. Jordan Raddick and Alexander S. Szalay<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5995
  • Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey can be used by students, teachers, and the public to contribute to scientific research. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
• # 32 - The Chlorine Isotope Composition of the Moon and Implications for an Anhydrous Mantle
  • Z. D. Sharp, C. K. Shearer, K. D. McKeegan, J. D. Barnes, and Y. Q. Wang<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5995
  • Published online 5 August 2010 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1192606] (in Science Express Reports)
    The range of chlorine isotope values of the Moon is distinct from those of Earth and meteorites, indicating that the Moon is dry. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »| Podcast Interview »|