Segue Virtual Journal

JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 12 June 2009

Volume 4, Issue 24 (21 Articles)

# 1 - Astronomy and the Media: a love story?
- Henri M.J. Boffin
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 12 Jun
- arXiv:0906.1755 [ps, pdf, other]
# 2 - Data Mining and Machine Learning in Astronomy
- Nicholas M. Ball, Robert J. Brunner (Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 12 Jun
- arXiv:0906.2173 [ps, pdf, other]
# 3 - Skyalert: Real-time Astronomy for You and Your Robots
- R. D. Williams, S. G. Djorgovski, A. J. Drake, M. J. Graham, A. Mahabal (California Institute of Technology)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 12 Jun
- arXiv:0906.2186 [ps, pdf, other]
# 4 - Telescope Time Without Tears: A Distributed Approach to Peer Review
- Michael R. Merrifield (1), Donald G. Saari (2) ((1) University of Nottingham, School of Physics & Astronomy,(2) University of California Irvine, Institute of Mathematical Behavioral Sciences)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2009, Issue: 12 Jun
- arXiv:0906.1943 [pdf]
# 5 - A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey of Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- <em >Mukremin Kilic, Piotr M. Kowalski, and Ted von Hippel</em&gt,
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
# 6 - Large Magellanic Cloud Distance and Structure from Near-Infrared Red Clump Observations
- <em >Joel F. Koerwer</em&gt,
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
# 7 - RR Lyrae Variables in Two Fields in the Spheroid of M31
- <em >Ata Sarajedini, Conor L. Mancone, Tod R. Lauer, Alan Dressler, Wendy Freedman, S. C. Trager, Carl Grillmair, and Kenneth J. Mighell</em&gt,
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
# 8 - Stellar Locus Regression: Accurate Color Calibration and the Real-Time Determination of Galaxy Cluster Photometric Redshifts
- <em >F. William High, Christopher W. Stubbs, Armin Rest, Brian Stalder, and Peter Challis</em&gt,
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
# 9 - The Origin of the 4.5 μm Excess from Dwarf Galaxies
- <em >Beverly J. Smith and Mark Hancock</em&gt,
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
# 10 - WIYN Open Cluster Study. XXIV. Stellar Radial-Velocity Measurements in NGC 6819
- K. Tabetha Hole, Aaron M. Geller, Robert D. Mathieu, Imants Platais, Søren Meibom, and David W. Latham
- Astronomical Journal - Volume: 138, Issue: 1
- Abstract | References
# 11 - An analysis of the composite stellar population in M32^★
- P. Coelho, C. Mendes de Oliveira, R. Cid Fernandes
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 396, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 4171K)
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# 12 - Are mergers responsible for universal halo properties?
- Jie Wang, Simon D. M. White
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 396, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 3382K)
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# 13 - Globular cluster systems in nearby dwarf galaxies – II. Nuclear star clusters and their relation to massive Galactic globular clusters^★
- Iskren Y. Georgiev, Michael Hilker, Thomas H. Puzia, Paul Goudfrooij, Holger Baumgardt
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 396, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 22012K) | Supporting information
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# 14 - High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing – I. The transiting planetary system WASP-5^★
- John Southworth, T. C. Hinse, U. G. Jørgensen, M. Dominik, D. Ricci, M. J. Burgdorf, A. Hornstrup, P. J. Wheatley, T. Anguita, V. Bozza, S. Calchi Novati, K. Harpsøe, P. Kjærgaard, C. Liebig, L. Mancini, G. Masi, M. Mathiasen, S. Rahvar, G. Scarpetta, C. Snodgrass, J. Surdej, C. C. Thöne, M. Zub
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 396, Issue: 2
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# 15 - New faint optical spectrophotometric standards: hot white dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- Carlos Allende Prieto, Ivan Hubeny, J. Allyn Smith
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 396, Issue: 2
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# 16 - The evolution of low-metallicity asymptotic giant branch stars and the formation of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars
- Herbert H. B. Lau, Richard J. Stancliffe, Christopher A. Tout
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 396, Issue: 2
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# 17 - Astronomy: What's handed down
- Nature - Volume: 459, Issue: 7248
- Full Text | PDF (729K)
# 18 - Magellanic Stream: A possible tool for studying dark halo model
- Hosein Haghi, Akram Hasani Zonoozi, Sohrab Rahvar
- New Astronomy - Volume: 14, Issue: 8
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# 19 - U.S. Higher Education
Minority Retention Rates in Science Are Sore Spot for Most Universities
- Robert Koenig<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 324, Issue: 5933
- A few universities have demonstrated what it takes to help more minority students earn science degrees. But their efforts are only beginning to be widely replicated. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
# 20 - Lithium Abundances of Extremely Metal-Poor Turnoff Stars
- Wako Aoki, Paul S. Barklem, Timothy C. Beers, Norbert Christlieb, Susumu Inoue, Ana E. García Pérez, John E. Norris, and Daniela Carollo
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 698, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References
# 21 - The End of Nucleosynthesis: Production of Lead and Thorium in the Early Galaxy
- <em >Ian U. Roederer, Karl-Ludwig Kratz, Anna Frebel, Norbert Christlieb, Bernd Pfeiffer, John J. Cowan, and Christopher Sneden</em&gt,
- The Astrophysical Journal - Volume: 698, Issue: 2
- Abstract | References