Segue Virtual Journal

JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 25 April 2008

Volume 3, Issue 17 (26 Articles)

# 1 - Additional Ultracool White Dwarfs Found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- H.C. Harris, E. Gates, G. Gyuk, M. Subbarao, S.F. Anderson, P.B. Hall, J.A. Munn, J. Liebert, G.R. Knapp, D. Bizyaev, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, K. Pan, D.P. Schneider, J.A. Smith
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3810 [ps, pdf, other]
# 2 - Chemical evolution of galaxies. I. A composition-dependent SPH model for chemical evolution and cooling
- Francisco J. Martínez-Serrano, Arturo Serna, Rosa Domínguez-Tenreiro, Mercedes Mollá,
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3766 [ps, pdf, other]
# 3 - Detecting the Milky Way's Dark Disk
- T. Bruch, J. Read, L. Baudis, G. Lake (University of Zurich)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.2896 [ps, pdf, other]
# 4 - Detection methods of binary stars with low- and intermediate-mass components
- A. Jorissen, A. Frankowski
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3720 [ps, pdf, other]
# 5 - Dwarf Spheroidals in MOND
- Garry W. Angus
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3812 [ps, pdf, other]
# 6 - Effects of Supernova Feedback on the Formation of Galaxy Disks
- Cecilia Scannapieco (1), Patricia B. Tissera (2), Simon D.M. White (1), Volker Springel (1) ((1) Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics - Garching; (2) Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics - Buenos Aires)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3795 [ps, pdf, other]
# 7 - Gravitational Dynamics of Large Stellar Systems
- Stephen L. W. McMillan
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3987 [ps, pdf, other]
# 8 - Metallicity and Alpha-Element Abundance Measurement in Red Giant Stars from Medium Resolution Spectra
- Evan N. Kirby, Puragra Guhathakurta, Christopher Sneden
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3590 [ps, pdf, other]
# 9 - Metallicity and effective temperature of the secondary of RS Oph
- Ya.V.Pavlenko (MAO), A.Evans (Keele Univ), T.Kerr (JAC), L.Yakovina (MAO), C.E.Woodward (Minnesota Univ), D.Lynch (Aerospace Corp), R.Rudy (Aerospace Corp), R.L.Pearson (Aerospace Corp, Brigham Young Univ), R.W.Russell (Aerospace Corp)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3316 [ps, pdf, other]
# 10 - On the galaxy stellar mass function, the mass-metallicity relation, and the implied baryonic mass function
- I. K. Baldry, K. Glazebrook, S. P. Driver
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.2892 [ps, pdf, other]
# 11 - Robust Machine Learning Applied to Astronomical Datasets III: Probabilistic Photometric Redshifts for Galaxies and Quasars in the SDSS and GALEX
- Nicholas M. Ball (1), Robert J. Brunner (1 and 2), Adam D. Myers (1), Natalie E. Strand (3), Stacey L. Alberts (1), David Tcheng (2) ((1) Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2) National Center for Supercomputing Applications, (3) Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3413 [ps, pdf, other]
# 12 - Robust Machine Learning Applied to Terascale Astronomical Datasets
- Nicholas M. Ball (1), Robert J. Brunner (1 and 2), Adam D. Myers (1) ((1) Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2) National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3417 [pdf, other]
# 13 - Subdwarf O Stars from SDSS and SPY
- H. A. Hirsch, U. Heber, S. J. O'Toole
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3698 [ps, pdf, other]
# 14 - The Alpha Centauri Binary System: Atmospheric Parameters and Element Abundances
- G. F. Porto de Mello, W. Lyra, G. R. Keller
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3712 [ps, pdf, other]
# 15 - The Cosmic Evolution of Metallicity from the SDSS Fossil Record
- Benjamin Panter, Raul Jimenez, Alan F. Heavens, Stephane Charlot
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3091 [ps, pdf, other]
# 16 - The initial-final mass relationship of white dwarfs revisited: effect on the luminosity function and mass distribution
- S. Catalan, J. Isern, E. Garcia-Berro, I. Ribas
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3034 [ps, pdf, other]
# 17 - The Kinematics of Thick Disks in Nine External Galaxies
- Peter Yoachim, Julianne J. Dalcanton
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3966 [ps, pdf, other]
# 18 - The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: II. Stellar Metallicity
- Zeljko Ivezic, Branimir Sesar, Mario Juric, Nicholas Bond, Julianne Dalcanton, Constance M. Rockosi, Brian Yanny, Heidi J. Newberg, Timothy C. Beers, Carlos Allende Prieto, Ron Wilhelm, Young Sun Lee, Thirupathi Sivarani, John E. Norris, Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones, Paola Re Fiorentin, David Schlegel, Alan Uomoto, Robert H. Lupton, Gillian R. Knapp, James E. Gunn, Kevin R. Covey, J. Allyn Smith, Gajus Miknaitis, Mamoru Doi, Masayuki Tanaka, Masataka Fukugita, Steve Kent, Douglas Finkbeiner, Jeffrey A. Munn, Jeffrey R. Pier, Tom Quinn, Suzanne Hawley, Scott Anderson, Furea Kiuchi, Alex Chen, James Bushong, Harkirat Sohi, Daryl Haggard, Amy Kimball, John Barentine, Howard Brewington, Mike Harvanek, Scott Kleinman, Jurek Krzesinski, Dan Long, Atsuko Nitta, Stephanie Snedden, Brian Lee, Hugh Harris, et al (2 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 24 Apr
- arXiv:0804.3850 [ps, pdf, other]
# 19 - Blue straggler stars in Galactic open clusters and the effect of field star contamination
- G. Carraro, R. A. Vázquez, and A. Moitinho
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 482, Issue: 3
- Abstract | PDF file (534.3 KB) | PS file (178.0 KB)
# 20 - Evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars - II. Optical to far-infrared isochrones with improved TP-AGB models
- P. Marigo, L. Girardi, A. Bressan, M. A. T. Groenewegen, L. Silva, and G. L. Granato
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 482, Issue: 3
- Abstract | PDF file (5.008 MB) | PS file (1.607 MB)
# 21 - From star clusters to dwarf galaxies: the properties of dynamically hot stellar systems
- J. Dabringhausen, M. Hilker and P. Kroupa
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 386, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (944 KB) | Rights and Permissions
# 22 - Kinematics of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
- Christopher J. Evans and Ian D. Howarth
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 386, Issue: 2
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# 23 - Light and motion in SDSS Stripe 82: the catalogues
- D. M. Bramich, S. Vidrih, L. Wyrzykowski, J. A. Munn, H. Lin, N. W. Evans, M. C. Smith, V. Belokurov, G. Gilmore, D. B. Zucker, P. C. Hewett, L. L. Watkins, D. C. Faria, M. Fellhauer, G. Miknaitis, D. Bizyaev, Ž. Ivezić, D. P. Schneider, S. A. Snedden, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko and K. Pan
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 386, Issue: 2
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# 24 - Simulating anisotropic thermal conduction in supernova remnants – I. Numerical methods
- Dinshaw S. Balsara, David A. Tilley and J. Christopher Howk
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 386, Issue: 2
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# 25 - Simulating anisotropic thermal conduction in supernova remnants – II. Implications for the interstellar medium
- Dinshaw S. Balsara, Anthony J. Bendinelli, David A. Tilley, Andrew R. Massari and J. Christopher Howk
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 386, Issue: 2
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# 26 - Data show extent of sexism in physics
- Geoff Brumfiel
- Nature - Volume: 452, Issue: 7190
- Full Text | PDF (90K)

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.