tipa -- 11/11/2008

A new measurement of the cosmic X-ray background

• Authors: A. Moretti, C. Pagani, G. Cusumano, S. Campana, M. Perri, A. Abbey, M. Ajello, A.P. Beardmore, D. Burrows, G. Chincarini, O. Godet, C. Guidorzi, J.E. Hill, J. Kennea, J. Nousek, J.P. Osborne, G. Tagliaferri

Galaxies appear simpler than expected

• Authors: M. J. Disney, J. D. Romano, D. A. Garcia-Appadoo, A. A. West, J. J. Dalcanton, L. Cortese

Flesh and Blood, or Merely Ghosts? Some Comments on the Multi-Muon Study at CDF

• Authors: Matthew J. Strassler (Rutgers U.)

Factorization in Dual Models and Functional Integration in String Theory

• Authors: Stanley Mandelstam