JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 24 October 2008
Volume 3, Issue 43 (22 Articles)
- # 1 - Astronomical imaging: The theory of everything
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3851 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 2 - Chemical Inhomogeneities in the Milky Way Stellar Halo
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3648 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 3 - Cool White Dwarfs Identified in the Second Data Release of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.4011 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 4 - Element enhancements along the entire AGB phase
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3056 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 5 - Evidence for Blue Straggler Stars Rejuvenating the Integrated Spectra of Globular Clusters
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3902 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 6 - Low-Velocity Halo Clouds
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.4142 [pdf, other]
- # 7 - Modeling the Disk (three-phase) Interstellar Medium
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3347 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 8 - Nucleosynthesis in Electron Capture Supernovae of AGB Stars
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3999 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 9 - Old-Population Hypervelocity Stars from the Galactic Center: Limits from the SDSS
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3651 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 10 - Overview of the lithium problem in metal-poor stars and new results on 6Li
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.4290 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 11 - Present state and promises of the RAVE survey
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3808 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 12 - Reality of Moving Groups in the Galaxy
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3346 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 13 - Stellar Atmospheric Parameters: The Four-Step Program and Gaia's Radial Velocity Spectrometer
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.4100 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 14 - The Dark Energy Camera (DECam)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3600 [pdf]
- # 15 - The Physical Properties and Effective Temperature Scale of O-type Stars as a Function of Metallicity. III. More Results from the Magellanic Clouds
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3962 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 16 - The Via Lactea INCITE Simulation: Galactic Dark Matter Substructure at High Resolution
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3614 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 17 - Timescales for Low-Mass Star Formation in Extragalactic Environments: Implications for the Stellar IMF
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 23 Oct
- arXiv:0810.3662 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 18 - ASTRONOMY: The Shining Make-Up of Our Star
- Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5898
- Summary: A revision to the chemical composition of the Sun based on models of its outer atmosphere is at odds with our understanding of its inner workings.
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- # 19 - A Large Excess in Apparent Solar Oblateness Due to Surface Magnetism
- Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5901
- Published online 2 October 2008 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1160863] (in Science Express Reports)
Satellite measurements indicate that the Sun is more oblate than previous measurements suggested, a shape resulting from the combined effects of rotation and magnetism.Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »|
- # 20 - ASTRONOMY: Aspects of Our Sun
- Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5901
- Summary: Accurate determination of the shape of the Sun sheds light on its inner workings.
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- # 21 - ASTRONOMY: The Pulse of Distant Stars
- Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5901
- Summary: Space-based observations can now be used to "see" the pulsations and surface granulations of distant stars similar to those of the Sun.
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- # 22 - CoRoT Measures Solar-Like Oscillations and Granulation in Stars Hotter Than the Sun
- Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5901
- Satellite measurements of pulsations in three stars similar to but hotter than the Sun show that they are oscillating more vigorously and have a finer-scale granulation.
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