JINA - Segue Virtual Journal,
27 March 2009
Volume 4, Issue 13 (58 Articles)
- # 1 - A comprehensive population synthesis study of post-common envelope binaries
- P. J. Davis (1), U. Kolb (1), B. Willems (2) ((1) Open University, (2) Northwestern University)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4152 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 2 - A Panoply of Cepheid Light Curve Templates
- # 3 - A self-consistent empirical model atmosphere, abundance and stratification analysis of the benchmark roAp star alpha Circini
- O. Kochukhov, D. Shulyak, T. Ryabchikova
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3512 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 4 - Age and distance for the old open cluster NGC188 from the eclipsing binary member V12
- S. Meibom, F. Grundahl, J. V. Clausen, R. D. Mathieu, S. Frandsen, A. Pigulski, A. Narwid, M. Steslicki, K. Lefever
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3566 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 5 - An Age Constraint for the Very Low-Mass Stellar/Brown Dwarf Binary 2MASS J03202839-0446358AB
- Adam J. Burgasser (MIT), Cullen H. Blake (Harvard/CfA)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3440 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 6 - An HST/ACS investigation of the spatial and chemical structure and sub-structure of NGC 891, a Milky Way analogue
- # 7 - Astrometry - Challenging our Understanding of Stellar Structure and Evolution
- G. Fritz Benedict, Todd J. Henry, Rob Olling
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4154 [pdf, other]
- # 8 - Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto
- Benjamin J. Weiner (Steward Observatory), Michael R. Blanton (NYU), Alison L. Coil (UCSD), Michael C. Cooper (Steward), Romeel Davé, (Steward), David W. Hogg (NYU), Bradford P. Holden (UCO/Lick), Patrik Jonsson (UCO/Lick), Susan A. Kassin (Oxford), Jennifer M. Lotz (NOAO), John Moustakas (NYU), Jeffrey A. Newman (Pittsburgh), J.X. Prochaska (UCO/Lick), Peter J. Teuben (Maryland), Christy A. Tremonti (MPIA/Wisconsin), Christopher N.A. Willmer (Steward)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3971 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 9 - Characteristics of the Galaxy according to Cepheids
- # 10 - Effects of Dark Matter Substructures on Gravitational Lensing: Results from the Aquarius Simulations
- D. D. Xu (1), S. Mao (1), J. Wang (2,3), V. Springel (2), L. Gao (3), S. D. M. White (2), C. S. Frenk (3), A. Jenkins (3), G. Li (4), J. F. Navarro (5) ((1) Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, (2) Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, (3) University of Durham, (4) University of Bonn, (5) University of Victoria)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4559 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 11 - Einstein's unpublished opening lecture for his course on relativity theory in Argentina, 1925
- Alejandro Gangui, Eduardo L. Ortiz
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.2064 (cross-list from physics.hist-ph) [pdf]
- # 12 - First stars XII. Abundances in extremely metal-poor turnoff stars,and comparison with the giants
- P. Bonifacio (1,2,3), M. Spite (2), R. Cayrel (2), V. Hill (2,4), F. Spite (2), P. Francois (2), B. Plez (5,6), H.-G Ludwig (1,2), E. Caffau (2), P. Molaro (3), E. Depagne (7), J. Andersen (8,9), B. Barbuy (10), T.C. Beers (11), B. Nordstrom (8), F. Primas (12) ((1) CIFIST (2) GEPI, Observatoire de Paris (3) INAF- OA Trieste (4) Cassiopee, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (5) GRAAL, Universite de Montpellier (6) Department of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory (7) Las Cumbres Observatory (8) The Niels Bohr Institute (9) Nordic Optical Telescope (10) IAG, Universidade de Sao Paulo (11) Department of Physics & Astronomy, CSCE, JINA, Michigan State University (12) European Southern Observatory)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4174 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 13 - HE 1327-2326, an unevolved star with [Fe/H] < -5.0 III. Does Its Atmosphere Reflect Its Natal Composition?
- # 14 - High-Contrast Observations in Optical and Infrared Astronomy
- Ben R. Oppenheimer, Sasha Hinkley
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4466 [pdf]
- # 15 - High-resolution Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of the merger of binary white dwarfs
- P. Lorén-Aguilar, J. Isern, E. García-Berro
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4599 [pdf, other]
- # 16 - Imaging faint brown dwarf companions close to bright stars with a small, well-corrected telescope aperture
- # 17 - Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy at the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral Levels (Paper I)
- Dara Norman (NOAO), CSMA (AAS), NSHP, Marcel Agueros (Columbia University), Scott F. Anderson (University of Washington), Andrew Baker (Rutgers University), Adam Burgasser, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kelle Cruz (Caltech), David J. Ernst (Vanderbilt University, Pres. of the Nat. Soc. of Hispanic Physicists), Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University), Anita Krishnamurthi (University of Maryland, College Park), Hyun-chul Lee (Washington State University), Kenneth Mighell (NOAO), Charles McGruder (Western Kentucky University), Philip J. Sakimoto (University of Notre Dame), Kartik Sheth (Spitzer Science Center), Dave Soderblom (STScI), Michael Strauss (Princeton University), Donald Walter (South Carolina State University), Andrew West (MIT), UW Pre-Map staff - Eric Agol (Faculty Project Leader), et al. (12 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4506 [pdf]
- # 18 - Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy Through K-12 Education and Public Outreach (Paper II)
- Dara Norman (NOAO), CSMA (AAS), NSHP, Marcel Agueros (Columbia University), Scott F. Anderson (University of Washington), Andrew Baker (Rutgers University), Adam Burgasser, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kelle Cruz (Caltech), David J. Ernst (Vanderbilt University, Pres. of the Nat. Soc. of Hispanic Physicists), Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University), Anita Krishnamurthi (University of Maryland, College Park), Hyun-chul Lee (Washington State University), Kenneth Mighell (NOAO), Charles McGruder (Western Kentucky University), Philip J. Sakimoto (University of Notre Dame), Kartik Sheth (Spitzer Science Center), Dave Soderblom (STScI), Michael Strauss (Princeton University), Donald Walter (South Carolina State University), Andrew West (MIT), UW Pre-Map staff - Eric Agol (Faculty Project Leader), et al. (12 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4507 [pdf]
- # 19 - Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy: Executive Summary
- Dara Norman (NOAO), CSMA (AAS), NSHP, Marcel Agueros (Columbia University), Scott F. Anderson (University of Washington), Andrew Baker (Rutgers University), Adam Burgasser, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kelle Cruz (Caltech), David J. Ernst (Vanderbilt University, Pres. of the Nat. Soc. of Hispanic Physicists), Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University), Anita Krishnamurthi (University ofMaryland, College Park), Hyun-chul Lee (Washington State University), Kenneth Mighell (NOAO), Charles McGruder (Western Kentucky University), Philip J. Sakimoto (University of Notre Dame), Kartik Sheth (Spitzer Science Center), Dave Soderblom (STScI), Michael Strauss (Princeton University), Donald Walter (South Carolina State University), Andrew West (MIT), UW Pre-Map staff - Eric Agol (Faculty Project Leader), et al. (12 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4505 [pdf]
- # 20 - Life at the Periphery of the Local Group: the kinematics of the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy
- F. Fraternali (Univ. Bologna), E. Tolstoy (Univ. Groningen), M. Irwin (IoA, Cambridge), A. Cole (Univ. Tasmania)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4635 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 21 - Light curve analysis of Variable stars using Fourier coefficients and Principal Component Analysis
- Sukanta Deb, Harinder P. Singh
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3500 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 22 - Lucky Imaging of M subdwarfs
- N. Lodieu (1), M. R. Zapatero Osorio (1), E. L. Martin (1) ((1) IAC, Tenerife, Spain)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4057 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 23 - Model atmospheres of chemically peculiar stars: Self-consistent empirical stratified model of HD24712
- D. Shulyak (1), T. Ryabchikova (1 and 2), L. Mashonkina (2), O. Kochukhov (3) ((1) Institute of Astronomy, Vienna University, Austria, (2) Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Science, Russia, (3) Department of Astronomy and Space Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3474 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 24 - On the origin and properties of Ultrafaint Milky Way Satellites in a LCDM Universe
- Andrea V. Maccio', (1), Xi Kang (1), Fabio Fontanot (1), Rachel S. Somerville (1,2), Sergey E. Koposov (1,3,4), Pierluigi Monaco (5,6) ((1) MPIA, Heidelberg; (2) Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore;(3) Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK, (4) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia, (5) INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste; (6) Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita' di Trieste)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4681 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 25 - On the radial distribution of horizontal branch stars in ngc2808
- G. Iannicola, M. Monelli, G. Bono, P.B. Stetson R. Buonanno, A. Calamida, M. Zoccali, F. Caputo, M. Castellani, C.E. Corsi, M. Dall'Ora, A. Di Cecco, S. Degl'Innocenti, I. Ferraro, M. Nonino, A. Pietrinferni, L. Pulone, P.G. Prada Moroni, M. Romaniello, N. Sanna, A.R. Walker
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4531 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 26 - Physical parameters of T dwarfs derived from high-resolution near-infrared spectra
- # 27 - Population Parameters of Intermediate-Age Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. I. NGC 1846 and its Wide Main Sequence Turnoff
- Paul Goudfrooij (1), Thomas H. Puzia (2), Vera Kozhurina-Platais (1), Rupali Chandar (3) ((1) Space Telescope Science Institute, (2) Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, (3) University of Toledo)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4511 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 28 - Primordial Binary Evolution and Blue Stragglers
- Xuefei Chen, Zhanwen Han
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3776 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 29 - Probing the Galactic Potential with Next-Generation Observations of Disk Stars
- # 30 - Research Science and Education: The NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Dara Norman (NOAO), Marcel Agueros (Columbia Univ), Timothy M. Brown (LCOGT), Matthew Browning (UC, Berkeley), Sukanya Chakrabarti (Harvard CfA), Bethany Cobb (UC, Berkeley), Kim Coble (Chicago State Univ.), Christopher Conselice (Univ. of Nottingham), Kelle Cruz (Caltech), Laura Danly (Griffith Obs.), Peter M. Frinchaboy III (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), Eric Gawiser (Rutgers Univ.), Joseph Gelfand (NYU), Anthony Gonzalez (Univ. of Florida), Jennifer L. Hoffman (Univ. of Denver), Dragan Huterer (Univ. of Michigan), John Johnson (Univ. of Hawaii), Roberta M. Johnson (NCAR), Sheila Kannappan (UNC), Rachel Kuzio de Naray (UC, Irvine), David Lai (UC, Santa Cruz), Douglas C. Leonard (San Diego State Univ.), Makenzie Lystrup (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder), Sera Markoff (Univ. of Amsterdam), Karin Menendez-Delmestre (OCIW), et al. (7 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4509 [pdf]
- # 31 - Roles and Needs of Laboratory Astrophysics in NASA's Space and Earth Science Mission
- AAS Working Group on Laboratory Astrophysics: Nancy Brickhouse, John Cowan, Paul Drake, Steven Federman, Gary Ferland, Adam Frank, Wick Haxton, Eric Herbst, Keith Olive, Farid Salama, Daniel Wolf Savin, Lucy Ziurys
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4592 [pdf]
- # 32 - SDSS Absolute Magnitudes for Thin Disc Stars based on Trigonometric Parallaxes
- # 33 - The distribution of the dark matter in galaxies as the imprint of its Nature
- Christiane Frigerio Martins
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4588 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 34 - The globular cluster NGC 6642: Evidence for a depleted mass function in a very old cluster
- E. Balbinot, B. X. Santiago, E. Bica, C. Bonatto
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4325 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 35 - The Helium content of Globular Clusters: light element abundance correlations and HB morphology. I. NGC6752
- S. Villanova, G. Piotto, R.G. Gratton
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3924 [pdf]
- # 36 - The Importance of Hands-on Experience with Telescopes for Students
- George C. Privon (1), Rachael L. Beaton (1), David G. Whelan (1), Abel Yang (1), Kelsey Johnson (1), Jim Condon (2) ((1) University of Virginia, (2) National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Charlottesville)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3447 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 37 - The Luminosity Function for White Dwarfs in the SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey
- N. R. Rowell, N. C. Hambly, P. Bergeron
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.4065 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 38 - The Milky Way's dark matter halo appears to be lopsided
- # 39 - The stellar population content of the thick disk and halo of the Milky Way analogue NGC 891
- # 40 - Understanding the Astrophysics of Galaxy Evolution: the role of spectroscopic surveys in the next decade
- Eric Bell, Marc Davis, Arjun Dey, Pieter van Dokkum, Richard Ellis, Daniel Eisenstein, Martin Elvis, Sandra Faber, Carlos Frenk, Reinhard Genzel, Jenny Greene, Jim Gunn, Guinevere Kauffmann, Jill Knapp, Mariska Kriek, James Larkin, Claudia Maraston, Kirpal Nandra, Jerry Ostriker, Francisco Prada, David Schlegel, Michael Strauss, Alex Szalay, Christy Tremonti, Martin White, Simon White, Rosie Wyse
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.3404 [ps, pdf, other]
- # 41 - Unpublished opening lecture for the course on the theory of relativity in Argentina, 1925
- Albert Einstein, Alejandro Gangui, Eduardo L. Ortiz
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 27 Mar
- arXiv:0903.2401 (cross-list from physics.hist-ph) [pdf]
- # 42 - Abundances in bulge stars from high-resolution, near-IR spectra - I. The CNO elements observed during the science verification of CRIRES at VLT
- # 43 - High-resolution spectroscopic observations of two chemically peculiar metal-poor stars: HD 10613 and BD+04 $mathsf{^circ}$2466
- # 44 - The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: constraints on stellar evolution from the chemical compositions of rapidly rotating Galactic and Magellanic Cloud B-type stars
- I. Hunter, I. Brott, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, P. L. Dufton, I. D. Howarth, R. S. I. Ryans, C. Trundle, C. J. Evans, A. de Koter, and S. J. Smartt
- Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 496, Issue: 3
- Abstract | PDF file (1.131 MB) | PS file (624.2 KB)
- # 45 - The warped young stellar disc in the Galactic centre
- # 46 - Astronomy: The rock that fell to Earth
- Nature - Volume: 458, Issue: 7237
- Full Text | PDF (1,495K)
- # 47 - The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3
- P. Jenniskens, M. H. Shaddad, D. Numan, S. Elsir, A. M. Kudoda, M. E. Zolensky, L. Le, G. A. Robinson, J. M. Friedrich, D. Rumble, A. Steele, S. R. Chesley, A. Fitzsimmons, S. Duddy, H. H. Hsieh, G. Ramsay, P. G. Brown, W. N. Edwards, E. Tagliaferri, M. B. Boslough, R. E. Spalding, R. Dantowitz, M. Kozubal, P. Pravec, J. Borovicka, Z. Charvat, J. Vaubaillon, J. Kuiper, J. Albers, J. L. Bishop, R. L. Mancinelli, S. A. Sandford, S. N. Milam, M. Nuevo & S. P. Worden
- Nature - Volume: 458, Issue: 7237
- First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (848K) | Supplementary information
- # 48 - GALEX-SDSS Catalogs for Statistical Studies
- Tamás Budavári, Sébastien Heinis, Alexander S. Szalay, María Nieto-Santisteban, Jayant Gupchup, Bernie Shiao, Myron Smith, Ruixiang Chang, Guinevere Kauffmann, Patrick Morrissey, David Schiminovich, Bruno Milliard, Ted K. Wyder, D. Christopher Martin, Tom A. Barlow, Mark Seibert, Karl Forster, Luciana Bianchi, Jose Donas, Peter G. Friedman, Timothy M. Heckman, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Susan G. Neff, R. Michael Rich, and Barry Y. Welsh
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 694, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References
- # 49 - Dwarf Galaxy Clustering and Missing Satellites
- R. G. Carlberg, M. Sullivan, and D. Le Borgne
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 694, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References
- # 50 - Early-Age Evolution of the Milky Way Related by Extremely Metal-Poor Stars
- Yutaka Komiya, Takuma Suda, and Masayuki Y. Fujimoto
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 694, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References
- # 51 - Fluorine in Asymptotic Giant Branch Carbon Stars Revisited
- # 52 - Star Formation at Very Low Metallicity. V. The Greater Importance of Initial Conditions Compared to Metallicity Thresholds
- # 53 - Stellar Population Models and Individual Element Abundances. II. Stellar Spectra and Integrated Light Models
- Hyun-chul Lee, Guy Worthey, Aaron Dotter, Brian Chaboyer, Darko Jevremović, E. Baron, Michael M. Briley, Jason W. Ferguson, Paula Coelho, and Scott C. Trager
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 694, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References
- # 54 - The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. VII. Relative Ages
- Antonio Marín-Franch, Antonio Aparicio, Giampaolo Piotto, Alfred Rosenberg, Brian Chaboyer, Ata Sarajedini, Michael Siegel, Jay Anderson, Luigi R. Bedin, Aaron Dotter, Maren Hempel, Ivan King, Steven Majewski, Antonino P. Milone, Nathaniel Paust, and I. Neill Reid
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 694, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References
- # 55 - The Iron Abundance in Galactic Planetary Nebulae
- # 56 - A Large C+N+O Abundance Spread in Giant Stars of the Globular Cluster NGC 1851
- # 57 - Pulsating Variable Stars in the Coma Berenices Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
- Ilaria Musella, Vincenzo Ripepi, Gisella Clementini, Massimo Dall'Ora, Karen Kinemuchi, Luca Di Fabrizio, Claudia Greco, Marcella Marconi, Horace A. Smith, Mario Radovich, and Timothy C. Beers
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 695, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
- # 58 - The Runaway White Dwarf LP400–22 has a Companion
