Segue Virtual Journal

JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 6 July 2012

Volume 7, Issue 27 (40 Articles)

# 1 - 4MOST - 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope
- Roelof S. de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Cristina Chiappini, Éric Depagne, Roger Haynes, Diane Johl, Olivier Schnurr, Axel Schwope, Jakob Walcher, Frank Dionies, Dionne Haynes, Andreas Kelz, Francisco S. Kitaura, Georg Lamer, Ivan Minchev, Volker Müller, Sebastián E. Nuza, Jean-Christophe Olaya, Tilmann Piffl, Emil Popow, Matthias Steinmetz, Uğur Ural, Mary Williams, Roland Winkler, Lutz Wisotzki, Wolfgang R. Ansorgb, Manda Banerji, Eduardo Gonzalez Solares, Mike Irwin, Robert C. Kennicutt Jr, David King, Richard McMahon, Sergey Koposov, Ian R. Parry, Nicholas A. Walton, Gert Finger, Olaf Iwert, Mirko Krumpe, Jean-Louis Lizon, Mainieri Vincenzo, Jean-Philippe Amans, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Mathieu Cohen, Patrick Francois, Pascal Jagourel, Shan B. Mignot, Frédéric Royer, et al. (38 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.6885 [pdf]
# 2 - A possible binary system of a stellar remnant in the high magnification gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2007-BLG-514
- N. Miyake, A. Udalski, T. Sumi, D. P. Bennett, S. Dong, R. A. Street, J. Greenhill, I. A. Bond, A. Gould, M. Kubiak, M. K. Szymanski, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, K. Ulaczyk, L. Wyrzykowski (The OGLE Collaboration) F. Abe, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, S. Holderness, Y. Itow, A. Korpela, C. H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, Y. Muraki, T. Nagayama, K. Ohnishi, N. Rattenbury, To. Saito, T. Sako, D. J. Sullivan, W. L. Sweatman, P. J. Tristram, P. C. M. Yock (The MOA Collaboration) W. Allen, G. W. Christie, D. L. DePoy, B. S. Gaudi, C. Han, C.-U. Lee, J. McCormick, B. Monard, T. Natusch, B.-G. Park, R. W. Pogge (The muFUN Collaboration) A. Allan, M. Bode, D. M. Bramich, N. Clay, M. Dominik, K. D. Horne, N. Kains, C. Mottram, C. Snodgrass, I. Steele, Y. Tsapras (The RoboNet Collaboration) M. D. Albrow, et al. (24 additional authors not shown)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.1244 [pdf, ps, other]
# 3 - Chemical compositions of stars in two stellar streams from the Galactic thick disk
- P. Ramya, Bacham E. Reddy, David L. Lambert
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0767 [pdf, ps, other]
# 4 - Classification Study of WISE Infrared Sources: Identification of Candidate Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
- Xun Tu, Zhongxiang Wang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, China)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0294 [pdf, ps, other]
# 5 - Directional detection of galactic dark matter
- F. Mayet (1), J. Billard (1), D. Santos (1) ((1) LPSC Grenoble)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.1053 [pdf, ps, other]
# 6 - Elemental Abundance Ratios in Stars of the Outer Galactic Disk. IV. A New Sample of Open Clusters
- David Yong, Bruce W. Carney, Eileen D. Friel
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.6931 [pdf, ps, other]
# 7 - Germanium, Arsenic, and Selenium Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars
- Ian U. Roederer (Carnegie Observatories)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0518 [pdf, ps, other]
# 8 - Hot subdwarf stars in close-up view - II. Rotational properties of single and wide binary subdwarf B stars
- S. Geier, U. Heber
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.6977 [pdf, ps, other]
# 9 - Impact of rotation and disc lifetime on pre-main sequence lithium depletion of solar-type stars
- P. Eggenberger, L. Haemmerlé, G. Meynet, A. Maeder
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0372 [pdf, ps, other]
# 10 - Kepler Observations of V447 Lyr: An Eclipsing U Gem Cataclysmic Variable
- Gavin Ramsay (1), John K. Cannizzo (2,3), Steve B. Howell (4), Matt A. Wood (5), Martin Still (4,6), Thomas Barclay (4,6), Alan Smale (7), ((1) Armagh Observatory, (2) CRESST/GSFC, (3) University Maryland, (4) NASA/Ames, (5) Florida Institute Technology, (6) Bay Area ERI, (7) GSFC)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.1224 [pdf, ps, other]
# 11 - Lithium abundances in extremely metal-poor turn-off stars
- L. Sbordone (1,2), P. Bonifacio (2), E. Caffau (1,2) ((1) Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany, (2) GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot, Paris, France)
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.7008 [pdf, ps, other]
# 12 - Lithium abundances in nearby FGK dwarf and subgiant stars: internal destruction, Galactic chemical evolution, and exoplanets
- I. Ramirez, J. R. Fish, D. L. Lambert, C. Allende Prieto
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0499 [pdf, ps, other]
# 13 - Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo A Bayesian Approach to Statistical Mechanics
- Thomas Amby Ottosen
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.6905 [pdf, ps, other]
# 14 - MUCHFUSS - Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS
- S. Geier, V. Schaffenroth, H. Hirsch, A. Tillich, U. Heber, P. F. L. Maxted, R. H. Østensen, B. N. Barlow, S. J. O'Toole, T. Kupfer, T. Marsh, B. Gänsicke, R. Napiwotzki, O. Cordes, S. Müller, L. Classen, E. Ziegerer, H. Drechsel
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.6984 [pdf, ps, other]
# 15 - Multi-Object Spectroscopy with the European ELT: Scientific synergies between EAGLE & EVE
- C. J. Evans, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio, F. Chemla, J.-G. Cuby, G. B. Dalton, B. Davies, K. Disseau, K. Dohlen, H. Flores, E. Gendron, I. Guinouard, F. Hammer, P. Hastings, D. Horville, P. Jagourel, L. Kaper, P. Laporte, D. Lee, S. L. Morris, T. Morris, R. Myers, R. Navarro, P. Parr-Burman, P. Petitjean, M. Puech, E. Rollinde, G. Rousset, H. Schnetler, N. Welikala, M. Wells, Y. Yang
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0768 [pdf]
# 16 - Proper Size of the Visible Universe in FRW Metrics with Constant Spacetime Curvature
- Fulvio Melia
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.1332 [pdf, ps, other]
# 17 - The Extinction Curve in the Visible and the Value of Rv. Part II: Addendum to AN 333, 160
- Frederic Zagury, David Turner
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0482 [pdf, ps, other]
# 18 - The origin of the split red clump in the Galactic bulge of the Milky Way
- M. Ness, K. Freeman, E. Athanassoula, E. Wylie-de-Boer, J. Bland-Hawthorn, G.F. Lewis, D. Yong, M. Asplund, R.R. Lane, L.L Kiss, R. Ibata
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0888 [pdf, ps, other]
# 19 - The properties of the local spiral arms from RAVE data: two-dimensional density wave approach
- A. Siebert, B. Famaey, J. Binney, B. Burnett, C. Faure, I. Minchev, M. E. K. Williams, O. Bienayme, J. Bland-Hawthorn, C. Boeche, B. K. Gibson, E. K. Grebel, A. Helmi, A. Just, U. Munari, J. F. Navarro, Q. A. Parker, W. A. Reid, G. Seabroke, A. Siviero, M. Steinmetz, T. Zwitter
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1207.0363 [pdf, ps, other]
# 20 - The Star Formation & Chemical Evolution History of the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
- T. J. L. de Boer, E. Tolstoy, V. Hill, A. Saha, E. W. Olszewski, M. Mateo, E. Starkenburg, G. Battaglia, M. G. Walker
- arXiv.org - Astrophysics - Volume: 2012, Issue: 6 Jul
- arXiv:1206.6968 [pdf, ps, other]
# 21 - A spectroscopic survey of Andromeda’s Western Shelf
- Mark A. Fardal, Puragra Guhathakurta, Karoline M. Gilbert, Erik J. Tollerud, Jason S. Kalirai, Mikito Tanaka, Rachael Beaton, Masashi Chiba, Yutaka Komiyama and Masanori Iye
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 423, Issue: 4
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# 22 - Abundance analysis of four members of the metal-rich open cluster NGC 6253
- M. Montalto, N. C. Santos, S. Villanova, G. Pace, G. Piotto, S. Desidera, F. De Marchi, L. Pasquini and I. Saviane
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 423, Issue: 4
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# 23 - Accurate luminosities from the oxygen λ7771–4 Å triplet and the fundamental parameters of F–G supergiants
- V. V. Kovtyukh, N. I. Gorlova and S. I. Belik
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 423, Issue: 4
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# 24 - Cosmological implications of a stellar initial mass function that varies with the Jeans mass in galaxies
- Desika Narayanan and Romeel Davé,
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 423, Issue: 4
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# 25 - Metallicity effects on cosmic Type Ib/c supernovae and gamma-ray burst rates
- V. Grieco, F. Matteucci, G. Meynet, F. Longo, M. Della Valle and R. Salvaterra
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 423, Issue: 4
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# 26 - Signatures of minor mergers in the Milky Way disc – I. The SEGUE stellar sample
- Facundo A. Gómez, Ivan Minchev, Brian W. O’Shea, Young Sun Lee, Timothy C. Beers, Deokkeun An, James S. Bullock, Chris W. Purcell and Álvaro Villalobos
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 423, Issue: 4
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# 27 - Accelerating nbody6 with graphics processing units
- Keigo Nitadori and Sverre J. Aarseth
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 28 - Can turbulent convective variations drive the Blazhko cycle? Dynamical investigation of the Stothers idea
- L. Molnár, Z. Kolláth and R. Szabó,
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 29 - Erratum: Galactic chemical evolution in hierarchical formation models – I. Early-type galaxies in the local Universe
- Matías Arrigoni, Scott C. Trager, Rachel S. Somerville and Brad K. Gibson
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 30 - Filamentary accretion cannot explain the orbital poles of the Milky Way satellites
- M. S. Pawlowski, P. Kroupa, G. Angus, K. S. de Boer, B. Famaey and G. Hensler
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 31 - MIUSCAT: extended MILES spectral coverage – I. Stellar population synthesis models
- A. Vazdekis, E. Ricciardelli, A. J. Cenarro, J. G. Rivero-González, L. A. Díaz-García and J. Falcón-Barroso
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 32 - MIUSCAT: extended MILES spectral coverage – II. Constraints from optical photometry
- E. Ricciardelli, A. Vazdekis, A. J. Cenarro and J. Falcón-Barroso
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 33 - RX J0942.7−7726AB: an isolated pre-main-sequence wide binary
- Simon J. Murphy, Warrick A. Lawson and Michael S. Bessell
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 34 - The rotation of field stars from CoRoT data
- L. Affer, G. Micela, F. Favata and E. Flaccomio
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Volume: 424, Issue: 1
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# 35 - The signature of the first stars in atomic hydrogen at redshift 20
- A simulation of the distribution of the first stars at a cosmic age of about 180 million years reveals that the 21-cm atomic hydrogen signature of these stars is an enhanced (ten millikelvin) fluctuation signal on scales of a few hundred million light-years.
- Nature - Volume: 487, Issue: 7405
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# 36 - Brown-Dwarf Origins
- Shantanu Basu
- Science - Volume: 337, Issue: 6090
# 37 - First Detection of Krypton and Xenon in a White Dwarf
- Klaus Werner, Thomas Rauch, Ellen Ringat, and Jeffrey W. Kruk
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 753, Issue: 1
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# 38 - The Discovery of an Ultra-faint Star Cluster in the Constellation of Ursa Minor
- R. R. MuÃ±oz, M. Geha, P. CÃ´tÃ©, L. C. Vargas, F. A. Santana, P. Stetson, J. D. Simon, and S. G. Djorgovski
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 753, Issue: 1
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# 39 - The Primeval Populations of the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
- Thomas M. Brown, Jason Tumlinson, Marla Geha, Evan N. Kirby, Don A. VandenBerg, Ricardo R. MuÃ±oz, Jason S. Kalirai, Joshua D. Simon, Roberto J. Avila, Puragra Guhathakurta, Alvio Renzini, and Henry C. Ferguson
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 753, Issue: 1
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# 40 - The Spectral Evolution of Convective Mixing White Dwarfs, the Non-DA Gap, and White Dwarf Cosmochronology
- Eugene Y. Chen and Brad M. S. Hansen
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Volume: 753, Issue: 1
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This material is based upon work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0026204.