Segue Virtual Journal

JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 25 August 2006

Volume 1, Issue 30 (25 Articles)

# 1 - Planetesimals To Brown Dwarfs: What is a Planet?
- Gibor Basri, Michael E. Brown (Univ. of California, Berkeley and California Inst. of Technology)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608417 [abs, pdf]
# 2 - Iron in Hot DA White Dwarfs
- Stephane Vennes, Pierre Chayer, Jean Dupuis, Thierry Lanz
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608416 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 3 - A direct empirical proof of the existence of dark matter
- Douglas Clowe (1), Marusa Bradac (2), Anthony H. Gonzalez (3), Maxim Markevitch (4), Scott W. Randall (4), Christine Jones (4), Dennis Zaritsky (1) ((1) Steward Observatory, Tucson, (2) KIPAC, Stanford, (3) Department of Astronomy, Gainesville, (4) CfA, Cambridge)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608407 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 4 - The RR Lyrae Period - K Luminosity relation for Globular Clusters: an observational approach
- A. Sollima, C. Cacciari, E. Valenti
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608397 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 5 - Detection of a population gradient in the Sagittarius Stream
- M. Bellazzini (INAF - OA Bologna), H.J. Newberg (Rennselaer Inst.), M. Correnti (INAF - OA Bologna), F.R. Ferraro (Bologna Univ.), L. Monaco (ESO)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608513 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 6 - Observed Properties of Dark Matter: dynamical studies of dSph galaxies
- G Gilmore, M Wilkinson, J Kleyna, A Koch, N. Wyn Evans, R.F.G. Wyse, E.K. Grebel
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608528 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 7 - Search and analysis of blue straggler stars in open clusters
- F. De Marchi, F. De Angeli, G. Piotto, G. Carraro, M. B. Davies
- astro-ph/0608464 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 8 - The First Stars in the Universe and Cosmic Reionization
- Rennan Barkana (1) ((1) Tel Aviv University)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608450 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 9 - Population synthesis for symbiotic stars with white dwarf accretors
- Guoliang Lu (National Astronomical Observatories / Yunnan Observatory, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Physics, Xinjiang University), Lev Yungelson (Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Zhanwen Han (National Astronomical Observatories / Yunnan Observatory)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608449 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 10 - Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions
- V. Belokurov, D. B. Zucker, N. W. Evans, J. T. Kleyna, S. Koposov, S. T. Hodgkin, M. J. Irwin, G. Gilmore, M. I. Wilkinson, M. Fellhauer, D. M. Bramich, P. C. Hewett, S. Vidrih, J. T. A. De Jong, J. A. Smith, H.-W. Rix, E. F. Bell, R. F. G. Wyse, H. J. Newberg, P. A. Mayeur, B. Yanny, C. M. Rockosi, O. Y. Gnedin, D. P. Schneider, T. C. Beers, J. C. Barentine, H. Brewington, J. Brinkmann, M. Harvanek, S. J. Kleinman, J. Krzesinski, D. Long, A. Nitta, S. A. Snedden
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0608448 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 11 - OB STARS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD. II. KINEMATICS
- F. Elias, E. J. Alfaro, and J. Cabrera-Caño
- Astronomical Journal - Volume 132, Issue 3
- Abstract Full Text PDF (369 kB)
# 12 - ANALYSIS OF RR LYRAE STARS IN THE NORTHERN SKY VARIABILITY SURVEY
- K. Kinemuchi, H. A. Smith, P. R. Woniak, T. A. McKay, and The ROTSE Collaboration
- Astronomical Journal - Volume 132, Issue 3
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (795 kB)
# 13 - CALIBRATION OF SYNTHETIC PHOTOMETRY USING DA WHITE DWARFS
- J. B. Holberg and Pierre Bergeron
- Astronomical Journal - Volume 132, Issue 3
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (303 kB)
# 14 - IMPROVED u′g′r′i′z′ TO UBVR_CI_C TRANSFORMATION EQUATIONS FOR MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS
- Christopher T. Rodgers, Ron Canterna, J. Allyn Smith, Michael J. Pierce, and Douglas L. Tucker
- Astronomical Journal - Volume 132, Issue 3
- Abstract Full Text PDF (347 kB)
# 15 - RR LYRAE VARIABLES IN M33. I. EVIDENCE FOR A FIELD HALO POPULATION
- Ata Sarajedini, M. K. Barker, Doug Geisler, Paul Harding, and Robert Schommer
- Astronomical Journal - Volume 132, Issue 3
- Abstract Full Text PDF (776 kB)
# 16 - RR Lyrae spectroscopic observations over a whole Blazhko period: frequency analysis and implications for theoretical models
- M. Chadid and E. Chapellier
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume 456, Issue 1 - August, 2006
- Abstract, Full HTML, PDF file (899 KB), PS file (197 KB), References
# 17 - Barium even-to-odd isotope abundance ratios in thick disk and thin disk stars
- L. Mashonkina and G. Zhao
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume 456, Issue 1 - August, 2006
- Abstract, Full HTML, PDF file (241 KB), PS file (92.5 KB), References
# 18 - Rare-earth elements in the atmosphere of the magnetic chemically peculiar star HD 144897 - New classification of the Nd III spectrum
- T. Ryabchikova, A. Ryabtsev, O. Kochukhov and S. Bagnulo
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume 456, Issue 1 - August, 2006
- Abstract, Full HTML, PDF file (1.13 MB), PS file (422 KB), References
# 19 - Isolated galaxies: residual of primordial building blocks?
- G. Galletta, G. Rodighiero, D. Bettoni, M. Moles and J. Varela
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume 456, Issue 1 - August, 2006
- Abstract, Full HTML, PDF file (396 KB), PS file (358 KB), References
# 20 - N-body simulations of the Magellanic stream
- Tim W. Connors, Daisuke Kawata, Brad K. Gibson
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 371, Issue 371
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [895KB]
# 21 - The mass of helium in white dwarf stars and the formation and evolution of hydrogen-deficient post-AGB stars
- T. M. Lawlor, J. MacDonald
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 371, Issue 371
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [1004KB]
# 22 - On the effect of overshooting as predicted by the modelling of the pre-main-sequence evolution of a 2 M_o star
- João P. Marques, Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro, João Fernandes
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 371, Issue 371
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [388KB]
# 23 - Dwarf galaxies in voids: suppressing star formation with photoheating
- Matthias Hoeft, Gustavo Yepes, Stefan Gottlöber, Volker Springel
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 371, Issue 371
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [1047KB]
# 24 - On the first generation of stars
- Joseph Silk, Mathieu Langer
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 371, Issue 371
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [254KB]
# 25 - ASTRONOMY: Satellite's X-ray Vision Clinches the Case for Dark Matter
- Tom Siegfried
- Science - Volume 313, Issue 5790 - 25 August 2006: 1033.
- Summary, Full Text, PDF,

This material is based upon work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0026204.