Segue Virtual Journal

JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 10 November 2006

Volume 1, Issue 41 (22 Articles)

# 1 - A Catalog of Spectroscopically Confirmed White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4
- Daniel J. Eisenstein, James Liebert, Hugh C. Harris, S. J. Kleinman, Atsuko Nitta, Nicole Silvestri, Scott A. Anderson, J. C. Barentine, Howard J. Brewington, J. Brinkmann, Michael Harvanek, Jurek Krzesiski, Eric H. Neilsen, Jr., Dan Long, Donald P. Schneider, and Stephanie A. Snedden
- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement - Volume167, Issue 1
- ABSTRACT, FULL TEXT WITH ENHANCEMENTS, PDF (1253 kB), PS
# 2 - Towards a kinematic model of the Local Group
- A. Brunthaler (1), M.J. Reid (2), H. Falcke (3,4), C. Henkel (1), K.M. Menten (1) ((1) Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, (2) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (3) ASTRON, (4) Universiteit Nijmegen)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611208 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 3 - Tidal tails around globular clusters. Are they a good tracer of cluster orbits?
- M. Montuori (CNR, Roma, Italy), R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta (Dep. of Physics, Univ. La Sapienza, Roma, Italy), P. Di Matteo (Obs. de Paris, Paris, France), A.Lepinette (CSIC/INTA, Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain), P.Miocchi (INAF, Osservatorio di Teramo, Teramo, Italy)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611204 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 4 - First stars as a possible origin for the helium-rich population in omega Centauri
- Ena Choi, Sukyoung K. Yi
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611193 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 5 - The Resolved Stellar Populations of a Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster
- Patrick R. Durrell, Benjamin F. Williams, Robin Ciardullo, John J. Feldmeier, Ted von Hippel, Steinn Sigurdsson, George H. Jacoby, Henry C. Ferguson, Nial R. Tanvir, Magda Arnaboldi, Ortwin Gerhard, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Ken Freeman, Matt Vinciguerra
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611180 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 6 - The Galactic Halo density distribution from photometric survey data: results of a pilot study
- M. Cignoni (1), V. Ripepi (1), M. Marconi (1), J. M. Alcala&#039, (1), M. Capaccioli (1), M. Pannella (2), R. Silvotti (1) ((1) INAF-OAC, (2)Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Garching b. Muenchen)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611169 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 7 - Is Ursa Major II the Progenitor of the Orphan Stream?
- M. Fellhauer (1), N.W. Evans (1), V. Belokurov (1), D.B. Zucker (1), B. Yanny (2), M.I. Wilkinson (1), G. Gilmore (1), M.J. Irwin (1), D.M. Bramich (1), S. Vidrih (1), P. Hewett (1), T. Beers (3) ((1) Cambridge, (2) FNAL, (3) Michigan)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611157 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 8 - Low metallicity stars in our Galaxy
- Piercarlo Bonifacio (CIFIST Marie Curie Ecellence Team; GEPI - Observatoire de Paris; INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611147 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 9 - Cosmic stellar relics in the Galactic halo
- S. Salvadori (1), R. Schneider (2), A. Ferrara (1) ((1) SISSA/ISAS, (2) INAF/OAA)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611130 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 10 - HVC and IVC gas in the halo of the Milky Way
- Nadya Ben Bekhti, Philipp Richter, Tobias Westmeier
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611109 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 11 - Sloan/Johnson-Cousins/2MASS Color Transformations for Cool-Stars
- James R. A. Davenport, Andrew A. West, Caleb K. Matthiesen, Michael Schmieding, Adam Kobelski
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611087 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 12 - Medium resolution spectroscopy in Omega Centauri: abundances of 400 subgiant and turn-off region
- Andrea Kayser (1,2), Michael Hilker (1), Tom Richtler (3), Philip G. Willemsen (1) ((1)Sternwarte der Universität Bonn/ Germany, (2)Astronomisches Institut der Universität Basel/Switzerland, (3)Universidad de Concepción/Chile)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611286 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 13 - Variable stars in the newly discovered Milky Way satellite in Bootes
- M. Dall'Ora, G.Clementini, K. Kinemuchi, V. Ripepi, M. Marconi, L. Di Fabrizio, C. Greco, C. T. Rodgers, C. Kuehn, H. A. Smith
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611285 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 14 - The Star Formation History of the Universe
- Andrew M. Hopkins
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611283 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 15 - Formation of dwarf galaxies and small-scale problems of CDM
- Oleg Y. Gnedin
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611270 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 16 - Massive star evolution at high metallicity
- Georges Meynet, Nami Mowlavi, Andre Maeder
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611261 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 17 - The Global Kinematics of the Globular Cluster M92
- G. A. Drukier (Yale U), H. N. Cohn (IU, Bloomington), P. M. Lugger (IU, Bloomington), S. D. Slavin (Purdue U, Calumet), R. C. Berrington (U Wyoming), B. W. Murphy (Butler U)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611246 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 18 - GRB progenitors and their environments
- Davide Lazzati (JILA, University of Colorado)
- ArXiv - Astrophysics
- astro-ph/0611242 [abs, ps, pdf, other]
# 19 - Two populations of metal-free stars in the early Universe
- Thomas H. Greif, Volker Bromm
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 373, Issue 373
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [724KB]
# 20 - Accurate fundamental parameters for lower main-sequence stars
- Luca Casagrande, Laura Portinari, Chris Flynn
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 373, Issue 373
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [3072KB]
# 21 - The radial distribution of blue straggler stars and the nature of their progenitors
- M. Mapelli, S. Sigurdsson, F. R. Ferraro, M. Colpi, A. Possenti, B. Lanzoni
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume 373, Issue 373
- Abstract Abstract and References Full Text Article PDF [164KB]
# 22 - ASTRONOMY: Panel Prunes NSF Orchard to Make Room for Growth
- d2 Adrian Cho
- Science - Volume 314, Issue 5801 - 10 November 2006: 904-905.
- Summary, Full Text, PDF,