Segue Virtual Journal

JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 2 November 2007

Volume 2, Issue 44 (51 Articles)

# 1 - A method of open cluster membership determination
- G. Javakhishvili, V. Kukhianidze, M. Todua, R. Inasaridze
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5637 [ps, pdf, other]
# 2 - A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of the Accreting Magnetic White Dwarf SDSS J121209.31+013627.7 and its Substellar Companion
- J. Farihi, M.R. Burleigh, D.W. Hoard
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.4969 [ps, pdf, other]
# 3 - A Novel Precise Method for Correcting the Temperature in Stellar Atmosphere Models
- Octavio Cardona, Lucio Crivellari, Eduardo Simonneau
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0711.0026 [ps, pdf, other]
# 4 - A very cool brown dwarf in UKIDSS DR1
- S. J. Warren, D. J. Mortlock, S. K. Leggett, D. J. Pinfield, D. Homeier, S. Dye, R. F. Jameson, N. Lodieu, P. W. Lucas, A. J. Adamson, F. Allard, D. Barrado y Navascués, M. Casali, K. Chiu, N. C. Hambly, P. C. Hewett, P. Hirst, M. J. Irwin, A. Lawrence, M. C. Liu, E. L. Martín, R. L. Smart, L. Valdivielso and B. P. Venemans
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 381, Issue: 4
- Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (1103 KB) | Rights and Permissions
# 5 - A WIDE-FIELD VIEW OF LEO II: A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS USING THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
- Matthew G. Coleman, Katrin Jordi, Hans-Walter Rix, Eva K. Grebel, and Andreas Koch
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (4542 kB) PostScript
# 6 - Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Constraints on the Self-Gravity of Pressure
- Saul Rappaport, Josiah Schwab, Scott Burles, Gary Steigman
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5300 [ps, pdf, other]
# 7 - Chemical Abundances of Luminous Cool Stars in the Galactic Center from High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy
- Katia Cunha, Kris Sellgren, Verne V. Smith, Solange V. Ramirez, Robert D. Blum, and Donald M. Terndrup
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT | PDF (392 kB) | PS
# 8 - CN Bimodality at Low Metallicity: The Globular Cluster M53
- Sarah L. Martell, Graeme H. Smith, Michael M. Briley
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5759 [ps, pdf, other]
# 9 - Conditions for the Formation of First-Star Binaries
- Masahiro N. Machida, Kazuyuki Omukai, Tomoaki Matsumoto, Shu-ichiro Inutsuka
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0711.0069 [ps, pdf, other]
# 10 - Conference registration: how people react to a deadline
- Valentina Alfi, Giorgio Parisi &, Luciano Pietronero
- Nature-Physics - Volume: 3, Issue: 11
- Full Text - Conference registration: how people react to a deadline | PDF (185 KB) - Conference registration: how people react to a deadline
# 11 - Cosmological cosmic rays: Sharpening the primordial lithium problem
- Tijana Prodanović, and Brian D. Fields
- Physical Review D - Volume: 76, Issue: 8
- Abstract/References Full Text: [ PDF (84 kB) GZipped PS Buy Article ]
# 12 - Dark Matter: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Gianfranco Bertone (IAP, Paris)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5603 [ps, pdf, other]
# 13 - Detection of faint companions through stochastic speckle discrimination
- Szymon Gladysz, Julian C. Christou
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0711.0099 [pdf]
# 14 - ECLIPSING BINARY STARS IN THE LARGE AND SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS FROM THE MACHO PROJECT: THE SAMPLE
- Lorenzo Faccioli, Charles Alcock, Kem Cook, Gabriel E. Prochter, Pavlos Protopapas, and David Syphers
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (3532 kB) PostScript
# 15 - Energy levels, radiative rates and excitation rates for transitions in Ni XI
- K. M. Aggarwal and F. P. Keenan
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 475, Issue: 1
- Abstract | PDF file (111.7 KB) | PS file (52.62 KB)
# 16 - Evidence for a Long-standing Top-heavy Initial Mass Function in the Central Parsec of the Galaxy
- H. Maness, F. Martins, S. Trippe, R. Genzel, J. R. Graham, C. Sheehy, M. Salaris, S. Gillessen, T. Alexander, T. Paumard, T. Ott, R. Abuter, and F. Eisenhauer
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT | PDF (626 kB) | PS
# 17 - FILM: SPACE: Reminiscences of the Moon Trips
- Jay M. Pasachoff
- Science - Volume: 318, Issue: 5851
- Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
# 18 - GHOSTS | Bulges, Halos, and the Resolved Stellar Outskirts of Massive Disk Galaxies
- Roelof S. de Jong (STScI), David J. Radburn-Smith (STScI), Jonathan N. Sick (Rice University)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5511 [ps, pdf, other]
# 19 - grommet: an N-body code for high-resolution simulations of individual galaxies
- John Magorrian
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 381, Issue: 4
- Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (2926 KB) | Rights and Permissions
# 20 - Highly He-Rich Matter Dredged Up by Extra Mixing through Stellar Encounters in Globular Clusters
- Takuma Suda (Hokkaido Univ.), Takuji Tsujimoto (NAOJ), Toshikazu Shigeyama (Univ. of Tokyo), Masayuki Y. Fujimoto (Hokkaido Univ.)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5271 [ps, pdf, other]
# 21 - IMPROVED PHOTOMETRY OF SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY CROWDED-FIELD IMAGES: STRUCTURE AND DARK MATTER CONTENT IN THE DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXY LEO I
- V. Smolčić, D. B. Zucker, E. F. Bell, M. G. Coleman, H. W. Rix, E. Schinnerer, Ž. Ivezić, and A. Kniazev
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (2433 kB) PostScript
# 22 - Kinematics and Composition of the Galactic Bulge: Recent Progress
- R. Michael Rich, Christian Howard, David B. Reitzel, HongSheng Zhao, Roberto de Propris
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5162 [ps, pdf, other]
# 23 - Maximum Likelihood Method for Cross Correlations with Astrophysical Sources
- Ronnie Jansson, Glennys R. Farrar
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0711.0177 [ps, pdf, other]
# 24 - Modeling He-rich subdwarfs through the Hot-Flasher scenario: First Results
- Marcelo M. Miller Bertolami, Leandro G. Althaus
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0711.0140 [ps, pdf, other]
# 25 - MULTICOLOR PHOTOMETRY OF THE TYPE II CEPHEID PROTOTYPE W VIRGINIS
- M. R. Templeton and A. A. Henden
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text PDF (399 kB) PostScript
# 26 - NEW ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF AM CVn
- Richard A. Wade, Michael Eracleous, and Hélène M. L. G. Flohic
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text PDF (352 kB) PostScript
# 27 - Obscured clusters. I. GLIMPSE 30 - A young Milky Way star cluster hosting Wolf-Rayet stars
- R. Kurtev, J. Borissova, L. Georgiev, S. Ortolani, and V. D. Ivanov
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 475, Issue: 1
- Abstract | PDF file (1019 KB) | PS file (3.754 MB)
# 28 - On the Metallicity-Color Relations and Bimodal Color Distributions in Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems
- Michele Cantiello and John P. Blakeslee
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT | PDF (332 kB) | PS
# 29 - Primordial Nucleosynthesis in the Precision Cosmology Era
- Gary Steigman
- Abstract | Full Text | Abstract | PDF (488 KB)
# 30 - Redefining the Missing Satellites Problem
- Louis E. Strigari, James S. Bullock, Manoj Kaplinghat, Juerg Diemand, Michael Kuhlen, and Piero Madau
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT WITH ENHANCEMENTS | PDF (215 kB) | PS
# 31 - Revised Metallicity Classes for Low-Mass Stars: Dwarfs (dM), Subdwarfs (sdM), Extreme Subdwarfs (esdM), and Ultrasubdwarfs (usdM)
- Sébastien Lépine, R. Michael Rich, and Michael M. Shara
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT | PDF (980 kB) | PS
# 32 - Search for vertical stratification of metals in atmospheres of blue horizontal-branch stars
- V.R. Khalack, F. LeBlanc, B.B. Behr, G.A. Wade, D. Bohlender
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5330 [ps, pdf, other]
# 33 - SECONDARY STANDARD STARS FOR THE u′g′r′i′z′ PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM
- James L. Clem, Don A. VandenBerg, and Peter B. Stetson
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (2724 kB) PostScript
# 34 - Setting UBVRI Photometric Zero-Points Using Sloan Digital Sky Survey ugriz Magnitudes
- Taylor S. Chonis, C. Martin Gaskell
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5801 [ps, pdf, other]
# 35 - Six New Galactic Orbits of Globular Clusters in a Milky-Way-Like Galaxy
- Christine Allen (1), Edmundo Moreno (1), Barbara Pichardo (1,2) ((1) Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México, (2) Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5526 [ps, pdf, other]
# 36 - Star Formation History in the Galactic Thin Disk
- V.A. Marsakov, M.V. Shapovalov, T.V. Borkova
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5022 [pdf, other]
# 37 - Testing the accuracy of synthetic stellar libraries
- Lucimara P. Martins and Paula Coelho
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 381, Issue: 4
- Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (1431 KB) | Rights and Permissions
# 38 - THE uvbyHβ METALLICITY CALIBRATION FOR G AND K DWARFS
- Bruce A. Twarog, Luis C. Vargas, and Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text PDF (533 kB) PostScript
# 39 - The Cosmic Microwave Background for Pedestrians: A Review for Particle and Nuclear Physicists
- Dorothea Samtleben, Suzanne Staggs, Bruce Winstein
- Abstract | Full Text | Abstract | PDF (969 KB)
# 40 - The dark connection between the Canis Major dwarf, the Monoceros ring, the gas flaring, the rotation curve and the EGRET excess of diffuse Galactic Gamma Rays
- W. de Boer, I. Gebauer, M. Weber, C. Sander, V. Zhukov (Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany), D. Kazakov (Dubna, Russia)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5106 [ps, pdf, other]
# 41 - THE INTERMEDIATE-AGE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 1783 IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
- Alessio Mucciarelli, Livia Origlia, and Francesco R. Ferraro
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text PDF (1708 kB) PostScript
# 42 - The mass function of ω Centauri down to 0.15 M_o
- A. Sollima, F. R. Ferraro and M. Bellazzini
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 381, Issue: 4
- Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (899 KB) | Rights and Permissions
# 43 - The Metallicity Dependence of Wolf-Rayet Mass Loss
- A. J. Onifer, A. Heger, J. Abdallah
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0711.0033 [ps, pdf, other]
# 44 - The Metallicity of Stars with Close Companions
- Daniel Grether and Charles H. Lineweaver
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT | PDF (692 kB) | PS
# 45 - The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. I. Description and Initial Validation Tests
- Y.S. Lee (1), T.C. Beers (1), T. Sivarani (1), C. Allende Prieto (2), L. Koesterke (2), R. Wilhelm (3), J.E. Norris (4), C.A.L. Bailer-Jones (5), P. Re Fiorentin (5), C.M. Rockosi (6), B. Yanny (7), H. Newberg (8), K.R. Covey (9) ((1) Michigan State University and JINA, (2) University of Texas, (3) Texas Tech University, (4) Australian National University, (5) MPIA, Heidelberg, (6) UC Santa Cruz, (7) FNAL, (8) Rensselaer Polytechnical University, (9) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5645 [ps, pdf, other]
# 46 - The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. II. Validation with Galactic Globular and Open Clusters
- Y.S. Lee (1), T.C. Beers (1), T. Sivarani (1), J.A. Johnson (2), D. An (2), R. Wilhelm (3), C. Allende Prieto (4), L. Koesterke (4), P. Re Fiorentin (5), C.A.L. Bailer-Jones (5), J.E. Norris (6), B. Yanny (7), C.M. Rockosi, (8), H.J. Newberg (9), K.M. Cudworth, (10), K. Pan (11) ((1) MIchigan State University and JINA, (2) Ohio State University, (3) Texas Tech University, (4) University of Texas, (5) MPIA, Heidelberg, (6) Australian National University, (7) FNAL, (8) UC Santa Cruz, (9) Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute, (10) Yerkes Observatory, (11) Apache Point Observatory)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5778 [ps, pdf, other]
# 47 - The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. III. Comparison with High-Resolution Spectroscopy of SDSS/SEGUE Field Stars
- C. Allende Prieto (1), T. Sivarani (2), T.C. Beers (2), Y.S. Lee (2), L. Koesterke (1), M. Shetrone (1), C. Sneden (1), D.L. Lambert (1), R. Wilhelm (3), C.M. Rockosi (4), D. Lai (4), B. Yanny (5), I.I. Ivans (6), J.A. Johnson (7), W. Aoki (8), C.A.L. Bailer-Jones (9), P. Re Fiorentin (9) ((1) University of Texas, (2) Michigan State University and JINA, (3) Texas Tech University, (4) U.C. Santa Cruz, (5) FNAL, (6) Carnegie Observatories and Princeton University, (7) Ohio State University, (8) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, (9) MPIA, Heidelberg)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5780 [ps, pdf, other]
# 48 - The statistics of Λ CDM halo concentrations
- Angelo F. Neto, Liang Gao, Philip Bett, Shaun Cole, Julio F. Navarro, Carlos S. Frenk, Simon D. M. White, Volker Springel and Adrian Jenkins
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 381, Issue: 4
- Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (887 KB) | Rights and Permissions
# 49 - Ultra-Cool and Extra-Vigorous: Rotation and Activity in M and L dwarfs
- Ansgar Reiners
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2007, Issue: 1 Nov
- arXiv:0710.5359 [ps, pdf, other]
# 50 - VELOCITIES FROM CROSS-CORRELATION: A GUIDE FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT
- Carlos Allende Prieto
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 134, Issue: 5
- Abstract Full Text with Enhancements PDF (173 kB) PostScript
# 51 - X-Ray Absorption from the Milky Way Halo and the Local Group
- Joel N. Bregman and Edward J. Lloyd-Davies
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 669, Issue: 2
- ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT | PDF (1490 kB) | PS

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.