classic papers of the week -- 37

A hypothesis, unifying the structure and the entropy of the Universe

• Zeldovich, Yaa B.

Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source

• Hewish, A.; Bell, S. J.; Pilkington, J. D.; Scott, P. F.; Collins, R. A.

tipa -- 9/7/2007

Sky in Google Earth: The Next Frontier in Astronomical Data Discovery and Visualization

• Authors: Ryan Scranton, Andrew Connolly, Simon Krughoff, Jeremy Brewer, Alberto Conti, Carol Christian, Craig Sosin, Greg Coombe, Paul Heckbert

Comment on 'Discreteness Effects in Simulations of Hot/Warm Dark Matter' by J. Wang & S.D.M. White

• Authors: Adrian L. Melott (University of Kansas)

Predictions for the Cosmogenic Neutrino Flux in Light of New Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory

• Authors: Luis A. Anchordoqui, Haim Goldberg, Dan Hooper, Subir Sarkar, Andrew M. Taylor

Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition

• Authors: Daniel Kennefick

tipa -- 9/6/2007

Starburst Intensity Limit of Galaxies at z~5-6

• Authors: N. P. Hathi, S. Malhotra, J. E. Rhoads

Implications of very rapid TeV variability in blazars

• Authors: Mitchell C. Begelman, Andrew C. Fabian, Martin J. Rees

Strong size evolution of the most massive galaxies since z~2

• Authors: Ignacio Trujillo, Christopher J. Conselice, Kevin Bundy, M. C. Cooper, P. Eisenhardt, Richard S. Ellis

White Paper on the Status and Future of Ground-based Gamma-ray Astronomy

• Authors: H. Krawczynski (1), J. Buckley (1), K. Byrum (2), C. Dermer (3), B. Dingus (4), A. Falcone (5), P. Kaaret (6), F. Krennrich (7), M. Pohl (7), V. Vassiliev (8), D. A. Williams (9) for the White Paper Team ((1) Wash. Univ. St. Louis, (2) ANL, (3) NRL, (4) LANL, (5) Penn State, (6) Univ. of Iowa, (7) ISU, (8) UCLA, (9) UCSD)

tipa -- 9/5/2007

SN 2005ap: A Most Brilliant Explosion

• Authors: Robert M. Quimby, Greg Aldering, J. Craig Wheeler, Peter Höflich, Carl W. Akerlof, Eli S. Rykoff

An Unexpectedly Swift Rise in the Gamma-ray Burst Rate

• Authors: Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, John F. Beacom, Krzysztof Z. Stanek (Ohio State University)

Neutrino-Induced Gamma-Ray Emission from Supernovae

• Authors: Yu Lu, Yong-Zhong Qian

tipa -- 9/4/2007

Searching for Inflation in Simple String Theory Models: An Astrophysical Perspective

• Authors: Mark P. Hertzberg (MIT), Max Tegmark (MIT), Shamit Kachru (Stanford), Jessie Shelton (Rutgers), Onur Ozcan (MIT)

GRB060602B = Swift J1749.4-2807: an unusual transiently accreting neutron-star X-ray binary

• Authors: Rudy Wijnands, Evert Rol, Ed M. Cackett, Rhaana L.C. Starling, Ron A. Remillard

Star Formation in Bulges from GALEX

• Authors: Sukyoung K. Yi

tipa -- 9/3/2007

CMB Cluster Lensing: Cosmography with the Longest Lever Arm

• Authors: Wayne Hu (KICP, U Chicago), Daniel E. Holz (LANL), Chris Vale (FNAL)

Anticipating a New Golden Age

• Authors: Frank Wilczek

Fundamental Constants

• Authors: Frank Wilczek

classic papers of the week -- 36

Fluctuations at the threshold of classical cosmology

• Harrison, E. R. (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts)

On the Recombination of Electrons and Positrons

• Fermi, Enrico; Uhlenbeck, George E. (Department of Physics, University of Michigan)

tipa -- 8/31/2007

A Search for Binary Stars at Low Metallicity

• Authors: David K. Lai (UCSC), Sara Lucatello (INAF-OAPD), Michael Bolte (UCSC), Debra A. Fischer (SFSU), Jennifer A. Johnson (OSU)

Equation of state at high densities and modern compact star observations

• Authors: D. Blaschke, T. Klahn, F. Sandin

tipa -- 8/30/2007

The nature of GRB-selected submillimeter galaxies: hot and young

• Authors: M. J. Michałowski, J. Hjorth, J. M. Castro Cerón, D. Watson (Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

A Deep Chandra Observation of Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A Type Ia Event with Circumstellar Interaction

• Authors: S. P. Reynolds, K. J. Borkowski, U. Hwang, J. P. Hughes, C. Badenes, J. M. Laming, J. M. Blondin

tipa -- 8/29/2007

Upper limit for circumstellar gas around the Type Ia SN 2000cx

• Authors: F. Patat, S. Benetti, S. Justham, P. A. Mazzali, L. Pasquini, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, Ph. Podsiadlowski, M. Turatto, A. Gal-Yam, J. D. Simon

Radio Detection of Neutrinos from Behind a Mountain

• Authors: O. Brusova, L. Anchordoqui, T. Huege, K. Martens

tipa -- 8/28/2007

Relativistic iron emission lines in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries as probes of neutron star radii

• Authors: Edward M. Cackett, Jon M. Miller (Michigan), Sudip Bhattacharyya (NASA/GSFC), Jonathan E. Grindlay (CfA), Jeroen Homan (MIT), Michiel van der Klis (Amsterdam), Tod E. Strohmayer (NASA/GSFC), Rudy Wijnands (Amsterdam)

tipa -- 8/27/2007

Swift/XRT monitoring of five orbital cycles of LSI +61 303

• Authors: P. Esposito, P. A. Caraveo, A. Pellizzoni, A. De Luca, N. Gehrels, M. A. Marelli

A radio air shower surface detector as an extension for IceCube and IceTop

• Authors: J. Auffenberg, T. Gaisser, K. Helbing, T. Huege, T. Karg, A. Karle

classic papers of the week -- 35

Search for neutrinos from the sun

• Raymond Davis, Jr., Don S. Harmer, Kenneth C. Hoffman (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973)

The neutrino and the recoil of nuclei in beta disintegrations

• Pontecorvo, B. (National Research Council, Chalk River, Ontario)

The Case for Neutrino Oscillations

• P. Ramond (Physics Department, University of Florida)

tipa -- 8/24/2007

Detecting a unique EBL signature with TeV gamma rays

• Authors: Asif Imran, Frank Krennrich

Nucleosynthesis from massive stars 50 years after B2FH

• Authors: Georges Meynet

tipa -- 8/23/2007

Isolating Triggered Star Formation

• Authors: Elizabeth J. Barton (1), Jacob A. Arnold (1,2), Andrew R. Zentner (3,4) James S. Bullock (1), Risa H. Wechsler (5) ((1) Center for Cosmology, UC Irvine, (2) UC Santa Cruz, (3) KICP/Chicago, (4) University of Pittsburgh, (5) KIPAC/Stanford)

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Swift/XRT Data: III. Jet Break Candidates in the X-ray and Optical Afterglow Lightcurves

• Authors: En-Wei Liang, Judith L. Racusin, Bing Zhang, Bin-Bin Zhang, David N. Burrows

Detection of high-energy gamma rays from winter thunderclouds

• Authors: H. Tsuchiya, T. Enoto, S. Yamada, T. Yuasa, M. Kawaharada, T. Kitaguchi, M. Kokubun, H. Kato, M. Okano, S. Nakamura, K. Makishima

Gamma-ray emission from massive young stellar objects

• Authors: A. T. Araudo, G. E. Romero, V. Bosch-Ramon, J. M. Paredes

High energy neutrino yields from astrophysical sources II: Magnetized sources

• Authors: M. Kachelriess, S. Ostapchenko, R. Tomas

tipa -- 8/22/2007

The Gamma-ray Albedo of the Moon

• Authors: Igor V. Moskalenko (Stanford), Troy A. Porter (UCSC)

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary

• Authors: Joshua A. Frieman, B. Bassett, A. Becker, C. Choi, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, D. L. Depoy, B. Dilday, M. Doi, P. M. Garnavich, C. J. Hogan, J. Holtzman, M. Im, S. Jha, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, J. L. Marshall, D. McGinnis, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, R. Romani, M. Sako, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, J. Adelman-McCarthy, J. Annis, R. J. Assef, J. Barentine, R. Bender, R. D. Blandford, W. N. Boroski, M. Bremer, H. Brewington, C. A. Collins, A. Crotts, J. Dembicky, J. Eastman, A. Edge, E. Edmondson, E. Elson, M. E. Eyler, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, S. Frank, A. Goobar, T. Gueth, J. E. Gunn, M. Harvanek, U. Hopp, Y. Ihara, Ž. Ivezić, S. Kahn, J. Kaplan, et al (37 additional authors not shown)

Probing Quantum Gravity using Photons from a Mkn 501 Flare Observed by MAGIC

• Authors: J. Albert, et al. (MAGIC Collaboration), John Ellis, N.E. Mavromatos, D.V. Nanopoulos, A.S. Sakharov, E.K.G. Sarkisyan

tipa -- 8/21/2007

Cosmic Reionization and the 21cm signal: simulations and analytical models

• Authors: Mario G. Santos (1), Alexandre Amblard (2), Jonathan Pritchard (3), Hy Trac (4), Renyue Cen (4), Asantha Cooray (2) ((1) CENTRA - IST, (2) UC Irvine, (3) Caltech, (4) Princeton)

Spitzer Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies: A Unique Window into High Redshift Chemical Evolution and Star-formation

• Authors: Ranga-Ram Chary, Edo Berger, Len Cowie

Detection of the high energy component of Jovian electrons in Low Earth Orbit with the PAMELA experiment

• Authors: M. Casolino, N. De Simone, V. Di Felice, P. Picozza

The Inner Jet of the Radio Galaxy M87

• Authors: Y. Y. Kovalev (MPIfR & ASC Lebedev), M. L. Lister (Purdue U.), D. C. Homan (Denison U.), K. I. Kellermann (NRAO)

tipa -- 8/20/2007

Relating gravitational wave constraints from primordial nucleosynthesis, pulsar timing, laser interferometers, and the CMB: implications for the early universe

• Authors: Latham A. Boyle (CITA/Princeton), Alessandra Buonanno (Maryland)

X-ray flaring from the young stars in CygnusOB2

• Authors: J. F. Albacete Colombo, M. Caramazza, E. Flaccomio, G. Micela, S. Sciortino

classic papers of the week -- 34

Accretion of Interstellar Matter by Massive Objects

• Salpeter, E. E. (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York)

The formation of deuterium by proton combination

• H.A. Bethe (Cornell U., Phys. Dept.) , C.L. Critchfield (George Washington U.)

tipa -- 8/17/2007

How common are long Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Local Universe?

• Authors: Robert Chapman (1), Nial R. Tanvir (2), Robert S. Priddey (1), Andrew J. Levan (3) ((1) University of Hertfordshire, (2) University of Leicester, (3) University of Warwick)

Prospects for Charged Particle Astronomy

• Authors: Paul Sommers

First real time detection of Be7 solar neutrinos by Borexino

• Authors: Borexino Collaboration