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JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 21 November 2008

Volume 3, Issue 47 (42 Articles)

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• # 1 - A search for wide brown dwarf companions to stars within 10pc
  • Marin Treselj (IAG/Goettingen), Andreas Seifahrt, Klaus-Werner Hodapp, Ana Bedalov, Markus Mugrauer
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2486 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 2 - A spectroscopic study of the blue stragglers in M67
  • G. Q. Liu, L. Deng, M. Chavez, E. Bertone, A. Herrero Davo, M. D. Mata-Chavez
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2553 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 3 - An extensive photometric study of the Blazhko RR Lyrae star MW Lyr: II. Changes in the physical parameters
  • J. Jurcsik, Á. Sódor, B. Szeidl, Z. Kolláth, H. A. Smith, Zs. Hurta, M. Váradi, A. Henden, I. Dékány, I. Nagy, K. Posztobányi, A. Szing, K. Vida, N. Vityi
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.3095 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 4 - Blue Stragglers After the Main Sequence
  • Alison Sills, Amanda Karakas, John Lattanzio
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2974 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 5 - Brown Dwarfs as Galactic Chronometers
  • Adam J. Burgasser
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2508 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 6 - Cataclysmic Variable Primary Effective Temperatures: Constraints on Binary Angular Momentum Loss
  • Dean M. Townsley (Arizona), Boris T. Gaensicke (Warwick, UK)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2447 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 7 - DAOSPEC: an automatic code for measuring equivalent widths in high-resolution stellar spectra
  • P.B. Stetson (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada), E. Pancino (INAF, Bologna Observatory, Italy)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2932 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 8 - Detecting the effect of Globular Cluster impacts on the disk of the Milky Way
  • D. Vande Putte, Mark Cropper
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.3106 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 9 - Exploring the consequences of pairing algorithms for binary stars
  • M.B.N. Kouwenhoven (1,2), A.G.A. Brown (3), S.P. Goodwin (1), S.F. Portegies Zwart (2), L. Kaper (2) ((1) Sheffield, (2) Amsterdam, (3) Leiden)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2859 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 10 - Galactic Parameters from Whole Sky 2MASS Star Count
  • C.K. Chang (1), C.M. Ko (1 and 2), T.H. Peng (1) ((1) Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taiwan, (2) Department of Physics and Center of Complex System, National Central University, Taiwan)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.3269 [pdf, other]
• # 11 - Lithium abundances of halo dwarfs based on excitation temperature. I. LTE
  • A. Hosford, S.G. Ryan, A.E. Garcia Perez, J.E. Norris, K.A. Olive
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2506 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 12 - Metallicities and Radial Velocities of Five Open Clusters Including a New Candidate Member of the Monoceros Stream
  • Steven R. Warren, Andrew A. Cole
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2925 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 13 - Metallicities for 13 nearby open clusters from high-resolution spectroscopy of dwarf and giant stars. Stellar metallicity, stellar mass, and giant planets
  • N.C. Santos, C. Lovis, G. Pace, J. Melendez, D. Naef
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2392 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 14 - Models for Pop I stars: implications for age determinations
  • Georges Meynet, Patrick Eggenberger, Nami Mowlavi, Andre Maeder
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2339 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 15 - Observation and modelling of dusty, low gravity L, and M dwarfs
  • Andreas Seifahrt, Christiane Helling, Adam J. Burgasser, Katelyn N. Allers, Kelle L. Cruz, Michael C. Cushing, Ulrike Heiter, Dagny L. Looper, Sören Witte
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2484 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 16 - Pairing mechanisms for binary stars
  • M.B.N. Kouwenhoven (1,2), A.G.A. Brown (3), S.P. Goodwin (1), S.F. Portegies Zwart (2), L. Kaper (2) ((1) Sheffield, (2) Amsterdam, (3) Leiden)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.3092 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 17 - Starburst99 for Windows
  • Claus Leitherer, Julia Chen
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2396 [pdf]
• # 18 - The age of the Galaxy's thick disk
  • S. Feltzing (1), T. Bensby (2) ((1) Lund Observatory, Sweden, (2) European Southern Observatory, Chile)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2445 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 19 - The Ages of Stars: The Horizontal Branch
  • M. Catelan (PUC-Chile)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2947 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 20 - The chemical abundances in the Galactic Centre from the atmospheres of Red Supergiants
  • Ben Davies (1,2), Livia Origlia (3), Rolf-Peter Kudritzki (4), Don F. Figer (2), R. Michael Rich (5), Francisco Najarro (6) ((1) Leeds; (2) RIT; (3) Bologna; (4) IfA Hawaii; (5) UCLA; (6) CSIC Madrid)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.3179 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 21 - The Gaia Project - technique, performance and status
  • Stefan Jordan
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2345 [pdf, other]
• # 22 - The Primordial Helium Abundance
  • Manuel Peimbert
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2980 [pdf]
• # 23 - The Race Between Stars and Quasars in Reionizing Cosmic Hydrogen
  • Abraham Loeb (Harvard)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2222 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 24 - The timescales of chemical enrichment in the Galaxy
  • Antonio Pipino (University of Southern California, USA), Francesca Matteucci (Universita'di Trieste, Italy)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2258 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 25 - Warm gas accretion onto the Galaxy
  • J. Bland-Hawthorn (University of Sydney)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2008, Issue: 20 Nov
  • arXiv:0811.2467 [ps, pdf, other]
• # 26 - Carbon Abundances of Three Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars from High-Resolution Gemini-S/bHROS Spectra of the λ8727 [C I] Line
  • <em >Simon C. Schuler, Steven J. Margheim, Thirupathi Sivarani, Martin Asplund, Verne V. Smith, Katia Cunha, and Timothy C. Beers</em&gt,
  • Astronomical Journal - Volume: 136, Issue: 6
  • Abstract | References
• # 27 - Deep Mixing and Metallicity: Carbon Depletion in Globular Cluster Giants
  • <em >Sarah L. Martell, Graeme H. Smith, and Michael M. Briley</em&gt,
  • Astronomical Journal - Volume: 136, Issue: 6
  • Abstract | References
• # 28 - Speckle Interferometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory. XIV.
  • <em >Brian D. Mason, William I. Hartkopf, and Gary L. Wycoff</em&gt,
  • Astronomical Journal - Volume: 136, Issue: 6
  • Abstract | References
• # 29 - The Age and Metallicity of the Boötes I System
  • <em >Joanne Hughes, George Wallerstein, and Anne Bossi</em&gt,
  • Astronomical Journal - Volume: 136, Issue: 6
  • Abstract | References
• # 30 - High precision radial velocity measurements in the infrared - A first assessment of the RV stability of CRIRES
  • A. Seifahrt and H. U. Käufl
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 491, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | PDF file (676.6 KB) | PS file (2.370 MB)
• # 31 - The long Galactic bar as seen by UKIDSS Galactic plane survey
  • A. Cabrera-Lavers, C. González-Fernández, F. Garzón, P. L. Hammersley, and M. López-Corredoira
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 491, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | PDF file (1.773 MB) | PS file (1.046 MB)
• # 32 - The old Galactic open clusters FSR 1716 and Czernik 23
  • C. Bonatto and E. Bica
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 491, Issue: 3
  • Abstract | PDF file (833.3 KB) | PS file (877.2 KB)
• # 33 - Astrophysics: A message from the dark side
  • Yousaf M. Butt
  • Nature - Volume: 456, Issue: 7220
  • Full Text | PDF (1,022K)
• # 34 - Electron 'bump' may confirm dark matter
  • Geoff Brumfiel
  • Nature - Volume: 456, Issue: 7220
  • Full Text | PDF (1,094K)
• # 35 - Significant confusion in scientists' grasp of statistics
  • R. Allan Reese
  • Nature - Volume: 456, Issue: 7220
  • Full Text | PDF (108K)
• # 36 - ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS: Excess Particles From Space May Hint at Dark Matter
  • Adrian Cho<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5905
  • Summary: An unexpected abundance of high-energy electrons from space could be evidence of particles of dark matter--the weighty and mysterious stuff whose gravity holds the galaxies together. But if the sightings really do point to dark matter, then physicists may have to revise their ideas about what the stuff is. Full Text »| PDF »|
• # 37 - Multi-University Research Teams: Shifting Impact, Geography, and Stratification in Science
  • Benjamin F. Jones, Stefan Wuchty, and Brian Uzzi<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5905
  • Published online 9 October 2008 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1158357] (in Science Express Reports)
    Over the past 30 years, scientific papers have become increasingly likely to be written by teams of authors from more than one of a small number of elite universities. Abstract »| Full Text »| PDF »| Supporting Online Material »|
• # 38 - SPACE: Cloudy Future for Europe's Space Plans
  • Daniel Clery<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 322, Issue: 5905
  • Summary: A string of successful missions had the European Space Agency riding high and making ambitious plans, but the worldwide financial downturn may bring it back to Earth. Full Text »| PDF »|
• # 39 - A Trio of New Local Group Galaxies with Extreme Properties
  • Alan W. McConnachie, Avon Huxor, Nicolas F. Martin, Mike J. Irwin, Scott C. Chapman, Gregory Fahlman, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis, Harvey Richer, and Nial R. Tanvir
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 688, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (1107 kB)
• # 40 - The Bulge Radial Velocity Assay (BRAVA). I. Sample Selection and a Rotation Curve
  • Christian D. Howard, R. Michael Rich, David B. Reitzel, Andreas Koch, Roberto De Propris, and HongSheng Zhao
  • The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 688, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (1366 kB)
• # 41 - Systemic Proper Motions of Milky Way Satellites from Stellar Redshifts: The Carina, Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans Dwarf Spheroidals
  • Matthew G. Walker, Mario Mateo, and Edward W. Olszewski
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 688, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (92 kB)
• # 42 - The Biermann Battery in Cosmological MHD Simulations of Population III Star Formation
  • Hao Xu, Brian W. O'Shea, David C. Collins, Michael L. Norman, Hui Li, and Shengtai Li
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 688, Issue: 2
  • Abstract-Full Text-PDF Version (108 kB)