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JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 27 August 2010

Volume 5, Issue 35 (38 Articles)

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• # 1 - A Universal Stellar Initial Mass Function? A Critical Look at Variations
  • Nate Bastian, Kevin R. Covey, Michael R. Meyer
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 339-389 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (791 KB)
• # 2 - Dark Matter Candidates from Particle Physics and Methods of Detection
  • Jonathan L. Feng
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 495-545 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2098 KB)
• # 3 - PrefaceTribute to Geoffrey Burbidge (1925–2010)Searching for Insight
  • Donald Lynden-Bell
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 1-19 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1701 KB)
• # 4 - Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics in Astrophysics
  • Volker Springel
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 391-430 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2355 KB)
• # 5 - The Ages of Stars
  • David R. Soderblom
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 581-629 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1066 KB)
• # 6 - The Hubble Constant
  • Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 673-710 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1450 KB)
• # 7 - Young Massive Star Clusters
  • Simon F. Portegies Zwart, Stephen L.W. McMillan, Mark Gieles
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Volume: 48, Issue: 1
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 48: 431-493 (Volume publication date August 2010)
    Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2036 KB) | Supplemental Material
• # 8 - AAO Observer - August 2010 Newsletter
  • Sarah Brough et al.
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3438 [pdf]
• # 9 - Astronomical Image Simulation for Telescope and Survey Development
  • Benjamin M. Dobke, David E. Johnston, Richard Massey, F. William High, Matthew Ferry, Jason Rhodes, R. Ali Vanderveld
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4112 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 10 - Croatian Black Hole School 2010 lecture notes on IMBHs in GCs
  • Mario Pasquato
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4477 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 11 - Detailed abundances of Red Giants in the Globular Cluster NGC~1851: C+N+O and the Origin of Multiple Populations
  • Sandro Villanova, Douglas Geisler, Giampaolo Piotto
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4372 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 12 - Dynamical r-process studies within the neutrino-driven wind scenario and its sensitivity to the nuclear physics input
  • A. Arcones, G. Martinez-Pinedo
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3890 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 13 - Extremely metal-poor stars in classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Fornax, Sculptor and Sextans
  • M. Tafelmeyer, P. Jablonka, V. Hill, M. Shetrone, E. Tolstoy, M.J. Irwin, G. Battaglia, A. Helmi, E. Starkenburg, K.A. Venn, T. Abel, P. Francois, A. Kaufer, P. North, F. Primas, T. Szeifert
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3721 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 14 - Fast Determination of Constellation Membership
  • Patrick Glaschke
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3966 [pdf, other]
• # 15 - Impact of the low solar abundance on the ages of globular clusters
  • Sukyoung K. Yi, Yong -Cheol Kim
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4437 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 16 - Inferring the eccentricity distribution
  • David W. Hogg (NYU, MPIA), Adam D. Myers (UIUC, MPIA), Jo Bovy (NYU)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4146 [pdf, other]
• # 17 - Introductory Astronomy as a Measure of Grade Inflation
  • James Schombert (UOregon)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4410 (cross-list from physics.ed-ph) [pdf, ps, other]
• # 18 - Low-Metallicity Star Formation : Prestellar Collapse and Protostellar Accretion in the Spherical Symmetry
  • Kazuyuki Omukai (Kyoto U.), Takashi Hosokawa (Kyoto U.), Naoki Yoshida (IPMU, Tokyo)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4262 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 19 - M Dwarfs in the Mid-Infrared AKARI/IRC Sky Survey
  • John E. Gizis
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4576 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 20 - On the metallicity of open clusters I. Photometry
  • E. Paunzen (1), U. Heiter (2), M. Netopil (1 and 3), C. Soubiran (4) ((1) Institute for Astronomy, Vienna University, (2) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, (3) Hvar Observatory, Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, (4) Universite Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3476 [pdf, other]
• # 21 - Origins of the Thick Disk as Traced by the Alpha-Elements of Metal-Poor Giant Stars Selected from RAVE
  • G. R. Ruchti, J. P. Fulbright, R. F. G. Wyse, G. F. Gilmore, O. Bienaymé, J. Binney, J. Bland-Hawthorn, R. Campbell, K. C. Freeman, B. K. Gibson, E. K. Grebel, A. Helmi, U. Munari, J. F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, A. Siebert, A. Siviero, M. Steinmetz, F. G. Watson, M. Williams, T. Zwitter
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3828 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 22 - Parameters of the Local Warp of the Stellar-Gaseous Galactic Disk from the Kinematics of Tycho-2 Nearby Red Giant Clump Stars
  • Vadim V. Bobylev
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4208 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 23 - Simulations of galaxy formation with radiative transfer: Hydrogen reionisation and radiative feedback
  • Margarita Petkova, Volker Springel
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4459 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 24 - Space Velocities of Southern Globular Clusters VI. Nine Clusters in the Inner Milky Way
  • Dana I. Casetti-Dinescu, Terrence M. Girard, Vladimir I. Korchagin, William F. van Altena, Carlos E. Lopez
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4545 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 25 - The ability of intermediate-band Stromgren photometry to correctly identify dwarf, subgiant, and giant stars and provide stellar metallicities and surface gravities
  • Anna S Arnadottir, Sofia Feltzing, Ingemar Lundstrom (Lund Observatory, Sweden)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3848 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 26 - The barium isotopic mixture for the metal-poor subgiant star HD140283
  • A. J. Gallagher, S. G. Ryan, A. E. García Pérez, W. Aoki
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3541 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 27 - The inner structure and kinematics of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy as a product of tidal stirring
  • Ewa L. Lokas, Stelios Kazantzidis, Steven R. Majewski, David R. Law, Lucio Mayer, Peter M. Frinchaboy
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3464 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 28 - The Near-Infrared Sky Surveyor
  • Daniel Stern, James G. Bartlett, Mark Brodwin, Asantha Cooray, Roc Cutri, Arjun Dey, Peter Eisenhardt, Anthony Gonzalez, Jason Kalirai, Amy Mainzer, Leonidas Moustakas, Jason Rhodes, S. Adam Stanford, Edward L. Wright
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3563 [pdf]
• # 29 - The NIRSPEC Ultracool Dwarf Radial Velocity Survey
  • Cullen H. Blake, David Charbonneau, Russel J. White
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3874 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 30 - The Origin and Evolution of the Halo PN BoBn 1: From a Viewpoint of Chemical Abundances Based on Multiwavelength Spectra
  • M. Otsuka (1), A. Tajitsu (2), S. Hyung (3), H. Izumiura (4) (1) STScI, (2) Subaru Telescope/NAOJ, (3) Chungbuk National University, (4) Okayama Astrophysical Observatory/NAOJ
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4175 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 31 - The peculiar Horizontal Branch of NGC 2808
  • E. Dalessandro (1), M. Salaris (2), F. R. Ferraro (1), S. Cassisi (3), B. Lanzoni (1), R. T. Rood (4), F. Fusi Pecci (5), E. Sabbi (6) ((1) Astronomy Department - University of Bologna (2) Astrophysics Research Institute - Liverpool John Moores University (3) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania (4) Astronomy Department - University of Virginia (5) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (6) Space Telescope Science Institute)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.4478 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 32 - White-Dwarf Kicks and Implications for Barium Stars
  • Robert G. Izzard (1,2,4), Tyl Dermine (1), Ross P. Church (3,4) ((1) Université Libre de Bruxelles, (2) University of Bonn, (3) Lund Observatory, (4) Monash University)
  • arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2010, Issue: 27 Aug
  • arXiv:1008.3818 [pdf, ps, other]
• # 33 - Astronomy: Exploding computer models
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (242K)
• # 34 - Astrophysics: Making black holes from scratch
  • Marta Volonteri
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (176K)
• # 35 - Big science feels the pinch in Europe
  • Geoff Brumfiel
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (352K)
• # 36 - Last days of the lone astronomer
  • Joss Bland-Hawthorn reviews <i>A Grand and Bold Thing: An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering in a New Era of Discovery</i&gt, by Ann Finkbeiner
  • Nature - Volume: 466, Issue: 7310
  • Full Text | PDF (345K)
• # 37 - China
  Astronomers Hope Their Prize Telescope Isn't Blinded by the Light
  • Richard Stone<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5995
  • Chinese astronomers thought they had their hands full, fine-tuning their complicated new survey telescope into next year. Now they have a more urgent problem: Light pollution could jeopardize its ambitious science program. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
• # 38 - Spore^* Series Winner
  The Universe Online
  • M. Jordan Raddick and Alexander S. Szalay<br /&gt,
  • Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5995
  • Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey can be used by students, teachers, and the public to contribute to scientific research. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|