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JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 5 September 2008

Volume 3, Issue 36 (67 Articles)

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• # 1 - A spectroscopic confirmation of the Bootes II dwarf spheroidal
  • A. Koch, M.I. Wilkinson, J.T. Kleyna, M. Irwin, D.B. Zucker, V. Belokurov, G.F. Gilmore, M. Fellhauer, N.W. Evans
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0700 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 2 - AAOmega radial velocities rule out current membership of the planetary nebula NGC 2438 in the open cluster M46
  • L.L. Kiss, Gy.M. Szabo, Z. Balog, Q.A. Parker, D.J. Frew
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0327 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 3 - Age determination of possible binary open clusters NGC 2383/NGC 2384 and Pismis 6/Pismis 8
  • Valentin Kopchev, Petko Nedialkov, Georgy Petrov
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0808.4055 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 4 - Age determinations of the open star clusters King 14 and NGC 146
  • Valentin Kopchev, Petko Nedialkov, Georgy Petrov
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0371 [pdf, other]
• # 5 - An Infrared High Proper Motion Survey Using 2MASS and SDSS: Discovery of M, L and T Dwarfs
  • Scott S. Sheppard (Carnegie Inst. of Wash.), Michael C. Cushing (Univ. of Hawaii)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0697 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 6 - Dependence of S-Process Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars on Helium Burning Reaction Rate Uncertainties
  • Clarisse Tur, Alexander Heger, Sam M. Austin
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0291 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 7 - Estimation of the Tilt of the Stellar Velocity Ellipsoid from RAVE and Implications for Mass Models
  • A. Siebert, O. Bienaymé, J. Binney, J. Bland-Hawthorn, R. Campbell, K.C. Freeman, B.K. Gibson, G. Gilmore, E.K. Grebel, A. Helmi, U. Munari, J.F. Navarro, Q.A. Parker, G.M. Seabroke, A. Siviero, M. Steinmetz, M. Williams, R.F.G. Wyse, T. Zwitter
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0615 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 8 - Formation and evolution of disk galaxies
  • Joseph Silk
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0513 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 9 - How long should an astronomical paper be to increase its Impact?
  • Krzysztof Zbigniew Stanek
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0692 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 10 - Measuring the undetectable: Proper motions and parallaxes of very faint sources
  • Dustin Lang (Toronto), David W. Hogg (NYU, MPIA), Sebastian Jester (MPIA), Hans-Walter Rix (MPIA)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0808.4004 [pdf, other]
• # 11 - Primordial Nucleosynthesis: from precision cosmology to fundamental physics
  • F. Iocco, G. Mangano, G. Miele, O. Pisanti, P.D. Serpico
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0631 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 12 - Speckle Interferometry of Metal-Poor Stars in the Solar Neighborhood.II
  • D.A.Rastegaev, Yu.Yu.Balega, A.F.Maksimov, E.V.Malogolovets, V.V.Dyachenko
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0575 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 13 - The Cepheid Galactic Internet
  • John G. Learned, R-P. Kudritzki, Sandip Pakvasa, A. Zee
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0339 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 14 - The Infancy of Cosmic Reionization
  • Rennan Barkana (1, 2, 3) ((1) University of Tokyo, (2) Caltech, (3) Tel Aviv University)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0716 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 15 - The Properties of Early-type Stars in the Magellanic Clouds
  • Christopher J. Evans (UKATC, Edinburgh)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 4 Sep
  • arXiv:0809.0852 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 16 - Potassium abundances in nearby metal-poor stars
  • H. W. Zhang, T. Gehren, K. Butler, J. R. Shi and G. Zhao
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 457, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (177 KB) | PS file (69.2 KB) | References
• # 17 - First stars X. The nature of three unevolved carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars
  • T. Sivarani, T. C. Beers, P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, R. Cayrel, F. Herwig, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, E. Depagne, V. Hill, P. François, B. Nordström and F. Primas
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 459, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (270 KB) | PS file (535 KB) | References
• # 18 - Empirical color transformations between SDSS photometry and other photometric systems
  • K. Jordi, E. K. Grebel, and K. Ammon
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 460, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (929 KB) | PS file (2.29 MB) | References
• # 19 - VLT-UVES abundance analysis of four giants in NGC 6553
  • A. Alves-Brito, B. Barbuy, M. Zoccali, D. Minniti, S. Ortolani, V. Hill, A. Renzini, L. Pasquini, E. Bica, R. M. Rich, J. Meléndez, and Y. Momany
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 460, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (485 KB) | PS file (194 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 20 - Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars - I. Model
  • R. G. Izzard, L. M. Dray, A. I. Karakas, M. Lugaro, and C. A. Tout
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 460, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (3.29 MB) | PS file (2.90 MB) | References | Online Material
• # 21 - AGB nucleosynthesis in the Large Magellanic Cloud - Detailed abundance analysis of the RV Tauri star MACHO 47.2496.8
  • M. Reyniers, C. Abia, H. Van Winckel, T. Lloyd Evans, L. Decin, K. Eriksson, and K. R. Pollard
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 461, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (585 KB) | PS file (287 KB) | References
• # 22 - First stars VII - Lithium in extremely metal poor dwarfs
  • P. Bonifacio, P. Molaro, T. Sivarani, R. Cayrel, M. Spite, F. Spite, B. Plez, J. Andersen, B. Barbuy, T. C. Beers, E. Depagne, V. Hill, P. François, B. Nordström, and F. Primas
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 462, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (679.6 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 23 - Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars - II. Bulge stars
  • S. Uttenthaler, J. Hron, T. Lebzelter, M. Busso, M. Schultheis, and H. U. Käufl
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 463, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (191.6 KB) | PS file (88.77 KB) | References
• # 24 - The Galactic halo stellar density distribution from photometric survey data: results of a pilot study
  • M. Cignoni, V. Ripepi, M. Marconi, J. M. Alcalá, M. Capaccioli, M. Pannella, and R. Silvotti
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 463, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (918.5 KB) | PS file (110.6 KB) | References
• # 25 - The properties of carbon stars found in the Byurakan and the Hamburg/ESO surveys
  • N. Mauron, K. S. Gigoyan, and T. R. Kendall
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 463, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.197 MB) | PS file (6.052 MB) | References | Online Material
• # 26 - Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars and thermohaline mixing
  • R. J. Stancliffe, E. Glebbeek, R. G. Izzard, and O. R. Pols
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 464, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (195.2 KB) | PS file (79.91 KB) | References
• # 27 - Lithium abundances in metal-poor stars
  • J. R. Shi, T. Gehren, H. W. Zhang, J. L. Zeng, and G. Zhao
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 465, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (172.8 KB) | PS file (93.63 KB) | References
• # 28 - Estimation of stellar atmospheric parameters from SDSS/SEGUE spectra
  • P. Re Fiorentin, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, Y. S. Lee, T. C. Beers, T. Sivarani, R. Wilhelm, C. Allende Prieto, and J. E. Norris
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 467, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (2.361 MB) | PS file (3.735 MB) | References
• # 29 - Towards absolute scales for the radii and masses of open clusters
  • A. E. Piskunov, E. Schilbach, N. V. Kharchenko, S. Röser, and R.-D. Scholz
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 468, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (425.0 KB) | PS file (211.8 KB) | References
• # 30 - Abundance analysis of barium and mild barium stars
  • R. Smiljanic, G. F. Porto de Mello, and L. da Silva
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 468, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (459.0 KB) | PS file (195.3 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 31 - Evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars - I. Updated synthetic TP-AGB models and their basic calibration
  • P. Marigo and L. Girardi
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 469, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.267 MB) | PS file (423.2 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 32 - Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of surface convection in red giant stars - Impact on spectral line formation and abundance analysis
  • R. Collet, M. Asplund, and R. Trampedach
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 469, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (9.497 MB) | PS file (1.701 MB) | References
• # 33 - The s-process in stellar population synthesis: a new approach to understanding AGB stars
  • A. Bonacic Marinovic, R. G. Izzard, M. Lugaro, and O. R. Pols
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 469, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (1.027 MB) | PS file (888.2 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 34 - Light nuclei in galactic globular clusters: constraints on the self-enrichment scenario from nucleosynthesis
  • N. Prantzos, C. Charbonnel, and C. Iliadis
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 470, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (469.9 KB) | PS file (232.3 KB) | References
• # 35 - Mass loss evolution and the formation of detached shells around TP-AGB stars
  • L. Mattsson, S. Höfner, and F. Herwig
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 470, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (938.9 KB) | PS file (363.7 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 36 - A new comprehensive set of elemental abundances in DLAs - III. Star formation histories
  • M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, F. Calura, J. X. Prochaska, S. D'Odorico, and F. Matteucci
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 470, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (541.4 KB) | PS file (177.2 KB) | References
• # 37 - Solar-like oscillations in the metal-poor subgiant $nu$ Indi - II. Acoustic spectrum and mode lifetime
  • F. Carrier, H. Kjeldsen, T. R. Bedding, B. J. Brewer, R. P. Butler, P. Eggenberger, F. Grundahl, C. McCarthy, A. Retter, and C. G. Tinney
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 470, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (214.6 KB) | PS file (177.6 KB) | References
• # 38 - The isotopic ⁶Li/⁷Li ratio in Centaurus X-4 and the origin of Li in X-ray binaries
  • J. Casares, P. Bonifacio, J. I. González Hernández, P. Molaro, and M. Zoccali
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 470, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (271.1 KB) | PS file (124.0 KB) | References
• # 39 - IRAS 08281-4850 and IRAS 14325-6428: two A-type post-AGB stars with s-process enrichment
  • M. Reyniers, G. C. Van de Steene, P. A. M. van Hoof, and H. Van Winckel
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 471, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (292.7 KB) | PS file (108.2 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 40 - The contribution of oxygen-neon white dwarfs to the MACHO content of the Galactic halo
  • J. Camacho, S. Torres, J. Isern, L. G. Althaus, and E. García-Berro
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 471, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (215.4 KB) | PS file (103.0 KB) | References
• # 41 - Low-mass lithium-rich AGB stars in the Galactic bulge: evidence for cool bottom processing?
  • S. Uttenthaler, T. Lebzelter, S. Palmerini, M. Busso, B. Aringer, and M. T. Lederer
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 471, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (147.4 KB) | PS file (74.12 KB) | References
• # 42 - Abundances of planetary nebula M 1-42
  • S. R. Pottasch, J. Bernard-Salas, and T. L. Roellig
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 471, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (140.7 KB) | PS file (61.67 KB) | References
• # 43 - Comments on a faint old stellar system at 150 kpc
  • H. Kamaya
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 471, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (63.63 KB) | PS file (217.1 KB) | References
• # 44 - Synthetic properties of bright metal-poor variables - II. BL Hercules stars
  • M. Di Criscienzo, F. Caputo, M. Marconi, and S. Cassisi
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 471, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (450.8 KB) | PS file (231.4 KB) | References
• # 45 - A revision of the solar manganese abundance using new and remeasured laboratory oscillator strengths
  • R. Blackwell-Whitehead and M. Bergemann
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 472, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (109.6 KB) | PS file (243.6 KB) | References | Online Material
• # 46 - Re-affirming the connection between the Galactic stellar warp and the Canis Major over-density
  • M. López-Corredoira, Y. Momany, S. Zaggia, and A. Cabrera-Lavers
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 472, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | Full HTML | PDF file (110.6 KB) | PS file (54.12 KB) | References
• # 47 - Automated derivation of stellar atmospheric parameters and chemical abundances: the MATISSE algorithm
  • A. Recio-Blanco, A. Bijaoui and P. de Laverny
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 370, Issue: 1
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• # 48 - On the first generation of stars
  • Joseph Silk and Mathieu Langer
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 371, Issue: 1
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• # 49 - A high-resolution spectral analysis of three carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars
  • Aruna Goswami, Wako Aoki, Timothy C. Beers, Norbert Christlieb, John E. Norris, Sean G., Ryan and Stelios Tsangarides
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 372, Issue: 1
  • Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (720 KB) | Rights and Permissions
• # 50 - The chemical gradient of oxygen in the Galaxy from planetary nebulae
  • M. Perinotto and L. Morbidelli
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 372, Issue: 1
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• # 51 - Formation and evolution of compact binaries in globular clusters – I. Binaries with white dwarfs
  • N. Ivanova, C. O. Heinke, F. A. Rasio, R. E. Taam, K. Belczynski and J. Fregeau
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 372, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (886 KB) | Rights and Permissions
• # 52 - The RR Lyrae period–K-luminosity relation for globular clusters: an observational approach
  • A. Sollima, C. Cacciari and E. Valenti
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 372, Issue: 4
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• # 53 - Two populations of metal-free stars in the early Universe
  • Thomas H. Greif and Volker Bromm
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 373, Issue: 1
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• # 54 - VLT/FORS spectroscopy of faint cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
  • John Southworth, B. T. Gänsicke, T. R. Marsh, D. de Martino, P. Hakala, S. Littlefair, P. Rodríguez-Gil and P. Szkody
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 373, Issue: 2
  • Abstract | References | Full Text HTML | Full Text PDF (907 KB) | Rights and Permissions
• # 55 - Big data: Distilling meaning from data
  • Felice Frankel & Rosalind Reid
  • Nature - Volume: 455, Issue: 7209
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• # 56 - Big data: How do your data grow?
  • Nature - Volume: 455, Issue: 7209
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• # 57 - Big data: The next Google
  • Nature - Volume: 455, Issue: 7209
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• # 58 - How Astronomers Have Fun (and Nearly Die Trying)
  • John Bohannon
  • Science - Volume: 321, Issue: 5894
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• # 59 - THE GONZO SCIENTIST: Chasing the Biggest Shadow of All
  • John Bohannon
  • Science - Volume: 321, Issue: 5894
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• # 60 - A Comprehensive Maximum Likelihood Analysis of the Structural Properties of Faint Milky Way Satellites
  • Nicolas F. Martin, Jelte T. A. de Jong, and Hans-Walter Rix
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (1228 kB)
• # 61 - A Survey About Nothing: Monitoring a Million Supergiants for Failed Supernovae
  • Christopher S. Kochanek, John F. Beacom, Matthew D. Kistler, José, L. Prieto, Krzysztof Z. Stanek, Todd A. Thompson, and Hasan Yüksel
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (402 kB)
• # 62 - Nitrogen Abundances in Giant Stars of the Globular Cluster NGC 6752
  • David Yong, Frank Grundahl, Jennifer A. Johnson, and Martin Asplund
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (1890 kB)
• # 63 - Stellar Proper Motions in the Galactic Bulge from Deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS WFC Photometry
  • Will Clarkson, Kailash Sahu, Jay Anderson, T. Ed Smith, Thomas M. Brown, R. Michael Rich, Stefano Casertano, Howard E. Bond, Mario Livio, Dante Minniti, Nino Panagia, Alvio Renzini, Jeff Valenti, and Manuela Zoccali
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
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• # 64 - Strong Lensing by Subhalos in the Dwarf Galaxy Mass Range. I. Image Separations
  • E. Zackrisson, T. Riehm, O. Möller, K. Wiik, and P. Nurmi
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (385 kB)
• # 65 - The Milky Way's Circular Velocity Curve to 60 kpc and an Estimate of the Dark Matter Halo Mass from the Kinematics of 2400 SDSS Blue Horizontal-Branch Stars
  • X. X. Xue, H. W. Rix, G. Zhao, P. Re Fiorentin, T. Naab, M. Steinmetz, F. C. van den Bosch, T. C. Beers, Y. S. Lee, E. F. Bell, C. Rockosi, B. Yanny, H. Newberg, R. Wilhelm, X. Kang, M. C. Smith, and D. P. Schneider
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
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• # 66 - A Possible Common Halo of the Magellanic Clouds
  • Kenji Bekki
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
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• # 67 - HD 271791: An Extreme Supernova Runaway B Star Escaping from the Galaxy
  • Norbert Przybilla, M. Fernanda Nieva, Ulrich Heber, and Keith Butler
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 684, Issue: 2
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