tipa -- 4/21/2008

Improved Spin-Dependent WIMP Limits from a Bubble Chamber

• Authors: E. Behnke, J.I. Collar, P.S. Cooper, K. Crum, M. Crisler, M. Hu, I. Levine, D. Nakazawa, H. Nguyen, B. Odom, E. Ramberg, J. Rasmussen, N. Riley, A. Sonnenschein, M. Szydagis, R. Tschirhart

Detecting the Milky Way's Dark Disk

• Authors: T. Bruch, J. Read, L. Baudis, G. Lake (University of Zurich)

classic papers of the week -- 64

Interaction with the Absorber as the Mechanism of Radiation

• Wheeler, John Archibald; Feynman, Richard Phillips (Palmer Physical Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)

The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission

• Bohr, Niels (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark); Wheeler, John Archibald (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey)

Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction

• Meitner, Lise (Physical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Stockholm); Frisch, Otto R. (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University, Copenhagen)

Neutron Capture and Nuclear Constitution

• Bohr, Niels

See also

Über den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans mittels Neutronen entstehenden Erdalkalimetalle

• Hahn, O.; Strassmann, F.

tipa -- 4/18/2008

Dynamical effects of self-generated magnetic fields in cosmic ray modified shocks

• Authors: Damiano Caprioli, Pasquale Blasi, Elena Amato, Mario Vietri

tipa -- 4/17/2008

Reionization constraints from five-year WMAP data

• Authors: Michael J. Mortonson, Wayne Hu (KICP, UChicago)

tipa -- 4/16/2008

The radio expansion and brightening of the very young supernova remnant G1.9+0.3

• Authors: D. A. Green, S. P. Reynolds, K. J. Borkowski, U. Hwang, I. Harrus, R. Petre

SN 2005 gj: Evidence for LBV supernovae progenitors?

• Authors: C. Trundle (1), R. Kotak (1), J.S. Vink (2), W.P.S. Meikle (3) ((1) The Queen's University Belfast, (2) Armagh Observatory, (3) Imperial College London)

tipa -- 4/15/2008

The Nature and Geometry of the Light Echo from SN 2006X

• Authors: Arlin Crotts, David Yourdon

The prompt, high resolution spectroscopic view of the "naked-eye" GRB080319B

• Authors: V. D'Elia, F. Fiore, R. Perna, Y. Krongold, S. Covino, D. Fugazza, D. Lazzati, F. Nicastro, L.A. Antonelli, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, P. D'Avanzo, M. Della Valle, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta, C. Guidorzi, E.J.A. Meurs, E. Molinari, L. Norci, S. Piranomonte, L. Stella, G. Stratta, G. Tagliaferri, P. Ward

Thermonuclear Supernovae

• Authors: F. K. Roepke (MPA Garching)

Bohdan's Impact on Our Understanding of Gamma-ray Bursts

• Authors: Tsvi Piran

tipa -- 4/14/2008

Constraining the mass of the GRB 030329 progenitor

• Authors: G. Ostlin, E. Zackrisson, J. Sollerman, S. Mattila, M. Hayes

An Updated Search of Steady TeV $\gamma-$Ray Point Sources in Northern Hemisphere Using the Tibet Air Shower Array

• Authors: The ASgamma Collaboration

classic papers of the week -- 63

The “Neutrino”

• H. Bethe, R. Peierls (Physical Laboratory, University, Manchester)

Infrared Photometry of Extragalactic Sources

• Rieke, G. H.; Low, F. J.

The U. S. Naval Observatory Eclipse Expedition to Sumatra

• Curtis, H. D.

tipa -- 4/11/2008

Inverse Compton Origin of the Hard X-Ray and Soft Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Ridge

• Authors: Troy A. Porter (SCIPP/UCSC), Igor V. Moskalenko (HEPL/Stanford/KIPAC), Andrew W. Strong (MPE), Elena Orlando (MPE), Laurent Bouchet (CESR-CNRS)

The Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data

• Authors: LIGO Scientific Collaboration: B. Abbott, et al

tipa -- 4/10/2008

The Evolution of Late-time Optical Emission from SN 1986J

• Authors: D. Milisavljevic, R. Fesen, B. Leibundgut, R. Kirshner

tipa -- 4/9/2008

Probing Shock Breakout with Serendipitous GALEX Detections of Two SNLS Type II-P Supernovae

• Authors: Suvi Gezari, Luc Dessart, Stephane Basa, D. Chris Martin, James D. Neill, S.E. Woosley, D. John Hillier, Pierre Astier, Dave Balam, Christophe Balland, Gurvan Bazin, Ray Carlberg, Alex Conley, Karl Forster, Dominique Fouchez, Peter G. Friedman, Julien Guy, Delphine Hardin, Isobel Hook, D. Andrew Howell, Jeremy Le Du, Chris Lidman, Alain Mazure, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, Reynald Pain, Kathy Perrett, Chris Pritchet, Nicolas Regnault, David Schiminovich, Mark Sullivan, Ted K. Wyder

tipa -- 4/8/2008

The Early-time Optical Properties of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

• Authors: A.Melandri, C.G.Mundell, S.Kobayashi, C.Guidorzi, A.Gomboc, I.A.Steele, R.J.Smith, D.Bersier, C.J.Mottram, D.Carter, M.F.Bode, P.T.O'Brien, N.R.Tanvir, E.Rol, R.Chapman

Direct Measurement of the Delay Time Distribution of Type Ia Supernovae by the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey and Implications for the Progenitor

• Authors: Tomonori Totani, Tomoki Morokuma, Takeshi Oda, Mamoru Doi, Naoki Yasuda

On the interpretation of the cosmic-ray anisotropy at ultra-high energies

• Authors: D.S. Gorbunov, P.G. Tinyakov, I.I. Tkachev, S.V. Troitsky

Evidence for CP violation in B0->J/Psi pi0 decays

• Authors: B. Aubert, et al

Neutrino Oscillation Phenomenology

• Authors: Boris Kayser

classic papers of the week -- 62

Shock Waves and Radiation

• Zel'Dovich, Y. B.; Raizer, Y. P.

Cosmological Constraints on the Properties of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles

• Gary Steigman (Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware, Newark, DE), Michael S. Turner (Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

tipa -- 4/4/2008

The (Re-)Discovery of G350.1-0.3: A Young, Luminous Supernova Remnant and Its Neutron Star

• Authors: B. M. Gaensler (1), A. Tanna (1), P. O. Slane (2), C. L. Brogan (3), J. D. Gelfand (4), N. M. McClure-Griffiths (5), F. Camilo (6), C.-Y. Ng (1), J. M. Miller (7) ((1) U. Sydney, (2) CfA, (3) NRAO, (4) NYU, (5) ATNF, (6) Columbia U., (7) U. Michigan)

SN 1994W: a Type IIn Supernova without Core Collapse?

• Authors: Luc Dessart, D. John Hillier, Suvi Gezari, Stephane Basa, Tom Matheson

tipa -- 4/3/2008

2D Multi-Angle, Multi-Group Neutrino Radiation-Hydrodynamic Simulations of Postbounce Supernova Cores

• Authors: Christian D. Ott (1), Adam Burrows (2,1), Luc Dessart (2,1), Eli Livne (3) ((1) Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona, (2) Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, (3) Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University)

Search for Correlations between HiRes Stereo Events and Active Galactic Nuclei

• Authors: R. U. Abbasi, T. Abu-Zayyad, M. Allen, J. F. Amman, G. Archbold, K. Belov, J. W. Belz, S. Y. BenZvi, D. R. Bergman, S. A. Blake, J. H. Boyer, O. A. Brusova, G. W. Burt, C. Cannon, Z. Cao, W. Deng, Y. Fedorova, J. Findlay, C. B. Finley, R. C. Gray, W. F. Hanlon, C. M. Hoffman, M. H. Holzscheiter, G. Hughes, P. Huntemeyer, D. Ivanov, B. F Jones, C. C. H. Jui, K. Kim, M. A. Kirn, B. C. Knapp, E. C. Loh, M. M. Maestas, N. Manago, E. J. Mannel, L. J. Marek, K. Martens, J. N. Matthews, S. A. Moore, A. O'Neill, C. A. Painter, L. Perera, K. Reil, R. Riehle, M. D. Roberts, D. Rodriguez N. Sasaki, S. R. Schnetzer, L. M. Scott, M. Seman, G. Sinnis, J. D. Smith, R. Snow, P. Sokolsky, C. Song, R. W. Springer, B. T. Stokes, S. R. Stratton, J. R. Thomas, S. B. Thomas, G. B. Thomson, D. Tupa, L. R. Wiencke, et al (1 additional authors not shown)

The Galactic gamma-ray club

• Authors: Isabelle A. Grenier

tipa -- 4/2/2008

SN 2006tf: Precursor Eruptions and the Optically Thick Regime of Extremely Luminous Type IIn Supernovae

• Authors: Nathan Smith, Ryan Chornock, Weidong Li, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Ryan J. Foley, Alexei V. Filippenko, Aaron J. Barth

Observations of the Corona Borealis supercluster with the superextended Very Small Array: further constraints on the nature of the non-Gaussian CMB cold spot

• Authors: Ricardo Genova-Santos, Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin, Rafael Rebolo, Richard A. Battye, Francisco Blanco, Rod D. Davies, Richard J. Davis, Thomas Franzen, Keith Grainge, Michael P. Hobson, Anthony Lasenby, Carmen P. Padilla-Torres, Guy G. Pooley, Richard D.E. Saunders, Anna Scaife, Paul F. Scott, David Titterington, Marco Tucci, Robert A. Watson

A Cosmic Ray Positron Anisotropy due to Two Middle-Aged, Nearby Pulsars?

• Authors: I. Buesching, O. C. de Jager, M.S. Potgieter, C. Venter

tipa -- 4/1/2008

Solar neutrino measurements in Super-Kamiokande-II

• Authors: The Super-Kamiokande collaboration

A Hubble & Spitzer Space Telescope Survey for Gravitationally-Lensed Galaxies: Further Evidence for a Significant Population of Low Luminosity Galaxies beyond Redshift Seven

• Authors: Johan Richard (Caltech), Daniel P. Stark (Caltech), Richard S. Ellis (Caltech), Matthew R. George (Caltech), Eiichi Egami (Steward Observatory), Jean-Paul Kneib (LAM/OAMP), Graham P. Smith (U. Birmingham)

Model-Independent Determination of the WIMP Mass from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

• Authors: Manuel Drees, Chung-Lin Shan

tipa -- 3/31/2008

The Kinematics of Kepler's Supernova Remnant as revealed by Chandra

• Authors: J. Vink (Utrecht University)

GRB 070306: A Highly Extinguished Afterglow

• Authors: A. O. Jaunsen, E. Rol, D. J. Watson, D. Malesani, J. P. U. Fynbo, B. Milvang-Jensen, J. Hjorth, P. M. Vreeswijk, J. -E. Ovaldsen, K. Wiersema, N. R. Tanvir, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Levan, M. Schirmer, A. J. Castro-Tirado

The star formation efficiency and its relation to variations in the initial mass function

• Authors: Paul C. Clark, Ian A. Bonnell, Ralf S. Klessen

classic papers of the week -- 61

Violation of CP Invariance, c Asymmetry, and Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

• A.D. Sakharov

See also

Remarks on the quantum theory of the absolute zero of temperature

• Beck, G.; Bethe, H.; Riezler, W.

See also

Exposition of a new theory on the measurement of risk

• Bernoulli, Daniel

tipa -- 3/28/2008

Simulations of Ultrarelativistic Magnetodynamic Jets from Gamma-ray Burst Engines

• Authors: Alexander Tchekhovskoy (1), Jonathan C. McKinney (2), Ramesh Narayan (1) ((1) Harvard CfA/ITC, (2) Stanford University/KIPAC)