tipa -- 6/17/2008

Revealing the properties of dark matter in the merging cluster MACSJ0025.4-1222

• Authors: Maruša Bradač (1), Steven W. Allen (2), Tommaso Treu (1), Harald Ebeling (3), Richard Massey (4), R. Glenn Morris (2), Anja von der Linden (2), Douglas Applegate (2); ((1) UCSB, (2) KIPAC, Stanford, (3) UoHawaii, (4) Edinburgh)

The diffuse neutrino flux from the inner Galaxy: constraints from very high energy gamma-ray observations

• Authors: S. Gabici (1), A. M. Taylor (2), R. J. White (3), S. Casanova (2), F. A. Aharonian (1,2), ((1) DIAS, Dublin, (2) MPIK, Heidelberg, (3) University of Leeds)

First stars and the extragalactic background light: How recent gamma-ray observations constrain the early universe

• Authors: M. Raue, T. Kneiske, D. Mazin

The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

• Authors: Borexino Collaboration: G. Alimonti, et al

tipa -- 6/16/2008

Measurement of Neutrino Oscillations with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Beam

• Authors: MINOS Collaboration

The Large Scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy as Observed with Milagro

• Authors: A. A. Abdo, B. T. Allen, T. Aune, D. Berley, S. Casanova, C. Chen, B. L. Dingus, R. W. Ellsworth, L. Fleysher, R. Fleysher, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, C. M. Hoffman, B. Hopper, P. H. Hüntemeyer, B. E. Kolterman, C. P. Lansdell, J. T. Linnemann, J. E. McEnery, A. I. Mincer, P. Nemethy, D. Noyes, J. M. Ryan, P. M. Saz Parkinson, A. Shoup, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, G. W. Sullivan, V. Vasileiou, G. P. Walker, D. A. Williams, G. B. Yodh

A cryogenic liquid-mirror telescope on the moon to study the early universe

• Authors: Roger Angel, Simon P. Worden, Ermanno F. Borra, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Bernard Foing, Paul Hickson, Jean-Luc Josset, Ki Bui Ma, Omar Seddiki, Suresh Sivanandam, Simon Thibault, Paul van Susante

tipa -- 6/13/2008

A 20 Year Radio Light Curve for the Young Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3

• Authors: T. Murphy (1), B. M. Gaensler (1), S. Chatterjee (1) ((1) The University of Sydney)

Measurements of radio propagation in rock salt for the detection of high-energy neutrinos

• Authors: Amy Connolly, Abigail Goodhue, Christian Miki, Ryan Nichol, David Saltzberg

Dynamics of WIMPs in the solar system and implications for detection

• Authors: Annika H. G. Peter, Scott Tremaine

An Atomic Gravitational Wave Interferometric Sensor (AGIS)

• Authors: Savas Dimopoulos, Peter W. Graham, Jason M. Hogan, Mark A. Kasevich, Surjeet Rajendran

tipa -- 6/9-12/2008

Study of Nonthermal Emission from SNR RX J1713.7-3946 with Suzaku

• Authors: Takaaki Tanaka, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Felix A. Aharonian, Tadayuki Takahashi, Aya Bamba, Junko S. Hiraga, Jun Kataoka, Tetsuichi Kishishita, Motohide Kokubun, Koji Mori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Robert Petre, Hiroyasu Tajima, Shin Watanabe

A kinetic approach to cosmic ray induced streaming instability at supernova shocks

• Authors: Elena Amato (1), Pasquale Blasi (1,2) ((1) INAF/Arcetri, (2) Fermilab)

PSR J1856+0245: Arecibo Discovery of a Young, Energetic Pulsar Coincident with the TeV Gamma-ray Source HESS J1857+026

• Authors: J.W.T. Hessels, D.J. Nice, B.M. Gaensler, V.M. Kaspi, D.R. Lorimer, D.J. Champion, A.G. Lyne, M. Kramer, J.M. Cordes, P.C.C. Freire, F. Camilo, S.M. Ransom, J.S. Deneva, N.D.R. Bhat, I. Cognard, F. Crawford, F.A. Jenet, L. Kasian, P. Lazarus, J. van Leeuwen, M.A. McLaughlin, I.H. Stairs, B.W. Stappers, A. Venkataraman

Are cosmological neutrinos free-streaming?

• Authors: Anders Basboll, Ole Eggers Bjaelde, Steen Hannestad, Georg G. Raffelt

Periodic very high energy gamma-ray emission from LS I +61 303 observed with the MAGIC telescope

• Authors: MAGIC Collaboration: J. Albert, et al

Primordial Magnetic Field Limits from WMAP Five-Year Data

• Authors: Tina Kahniashvili, Yurii Maravin, Arthur Kosowsky

Resolving Super Massive Black Holes with LISA

• Authors: Stanislav Babak, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, Bernard Schutz

Detection of high energy cosmic rays with the resonant gravitational wave detector NAUTILUS and EXPLORER

• Authors: P. Astone, D. Babusci, M. Bassan, P. Bonifazi, G. Cavallari, E. Coccia, S. D'Antonio, V. Fafone, G. Giordano, C. Ligi, A. Marini, G. Mazzitelli, Y. Minenkov, I. Modena, G. Modestino, A. Moleti, G. V. Pallottino, G. Pizzella, L. Quintieri, A. Rocchi, F. Ronga, R. Terenzi, M. Visco

Colliders and Cosmology

• Authors: Keith A. Olive

classic papers of the week -- 71

The internal constitution of the stars

• Eddington, A. S.

Spontaneously Growing Transverse Waves in a Plasma Due to an Anisotropic Velocity Distribution

• Weibel, Erich S. (Space Technology Laboratories, Incorporated, Los Angeles, CA)

tipa -- 6/6/2008

MAGIC Observations of a 13-Day Flare Complex in M87 in February 2008

• Authors: MAGIC Collaboration: J. Albert, et al

A transient radio jet in an erupting dwarf nova

• Authors: Elmar Koerding (1), Michael Rupen (2), Christian Knigge (1), Rob Fender (1), Vivek Dhawan (2), Matthew Templeton (3), Tom Muxlow (4), ((1) Southampton, (2) NRAO, (3) AAVSO, (4) Manchester)

An Independent Measurement of the Total Active 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Using an Array of 3He Proportional Counters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

• Authors: SNO Collaboration

tipa -- 6/5/2008

Spectroscopic Confirmation Of An Extreme Starburst At Redshift 4.547

• Authors: Peter Capak, C. L. Carilli, N. Lee, T. Aldcroft, H. Aussel, E. Schinnerer, G.W. Wilson, M. S. Yun, A . Blain, M. Giavalisco, O. Ilbert, J. Kartaltepe, K.-S. Lee, H. McCracken, B. Mobasher, M. Salvato, S. Sasaki, K.S. Scott, K. Sheth, Y. Shioya, D. Thompson, M. Elvis, D. B. Sanders, N. Z. Scoville, Y.Tanaguchi

Linked evolution of gas and star formation in galaxies over cosmic history

• Authors: A. M. Hopkins (1), N. M. McClure-Griffiths (2), B. M. Gaensler (1) ((1) Institute of Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, (2) Australia Telescope National Facility)

tipa -- 6/4/2008

A Hemispherical Power Asymmetry from Inflation

• Authors: Adrienne L. Erickcek, Marc Kamionkowski, Sean M. Carroll (Caltech)

Conduction and the Star-Formation Threshold in Brightest Cluster Galaxies

• Authors: G. M. Voit, K. W. Cavagnolo, M. Donahue, D. A. Rafferty, B. R. McNamara, P. E. J. Nulsen

A Survey for NV Absorption at z~z_GRB in GRB Afterglow Spectra: Clues to Gas Near the Progenitor Star

• Authors: Jason X. Prochaska (1 and 2), Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky (3), Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (2), Hsiao-Wen Chen (4) ((1) UCO/Lick Observatory, (2) UC Santa Cruz, (3) Observatoire de Geneve, (4) U Chicago)

Prompt neutrino fluxes from atmospheric charm

• Authors: Rikard Enberg (Arizona), Mary Hall Reno (Iowa), Ina Sarcevic (Arizona)

tipa -- 6/3/2008

The Swift Discovery of X-ray Afterglows Accompanying Short Bursts from SGR 1900+14

• Authors: Y. E. Nakagawa, T. Sakamoto, G. Sato, N. Gehrels, K. Hurley, D. M. Palmer

A revised catalogue of EGRET gamma-ray sources

• Authors: Jean-Marc Casandjian, Isabelle A. Grenier

Shock Breakout Emission from a Type Ib/c Supernova: XRF 080109/SN 2008D

• Authors: Roger A. Chevalier, Claes Fransson

A Flat Photoionization Rate at 2<~z<~4.2: Evidence for a Stellar-Dominated UV Background and Against a Decline of Cosmic Star Formation Beyond z~3

• Authors: C.-A. Faucher-Giguere, A. Lidz, L. Hernquist, M. Zaldarriaga (Harvard University)

Constraining The Universal Lepton Asymmetry

• Authors: Vimal Simha, Gary Steigman

tipa -- 6/2/2008

Outliers from the mainstream: how a massive star can produce a gamma-ray burst

• Authors: S. Campana (OABrera), N. Panagia (STSci), D. Lazzati (JILA), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), G. Cusumano (IASF-Pa), O. Godet (U. Leicester), G. Chincarini (U. Bicocca), S. Covino (OABrera), M. Della Valle (OACapodimonte), C. Guidorzi (OABrera), D. Malesani (Dark), A. Moretti (OABrera), R. Perna (JILA), P. Romano (IASF-Pa), G. Tagliaferri (OABrera)

Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar

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

Implications of the cosmic ray spectrum for the mass composition at the highest energies

• Authors: D. Allard, N.G Busca, G. Decerprit, A. V. Olinto, E. Parizot

An infrared ring around the magnetar SGR 1900+14

• Authors: S. Wachter, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, V. V. Dwarkadas, C. Kouveliotou, J. Granot, S. K. Patel, D. Figer

classic papers of the week -- 70

On dense matter

• Fowler, R. H.

Periods of 25 Variable Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud

• Leavitt, Henrietta S.; Pickering, Edward C.

Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations

• Kardashev, N. S.

tipa -- 5/30/2008

Time-Dependent Models of Accretion Disks Formed from Compact Object Mergers

• Authors: B. D. Metzger, A. L. Piro, E. Quataert

The Dark Matter Annihilation Signal from Galactic Substructure: Predictions for GLAST

• Authors: Michael Kuhlen, Jürg Diemand, Piero Madau

The Star Formation Rate - Dense Gas Relation in Galaxies as Measured by HCN (3-2) Emission

• Authors: R. S. Bussmann, D. Narayanan, Y. L. Shirley, S. Juneau, J. Wu, P. M. Solomon, P. A. Vanden Bout, J. Moustakas, C. K. Walker

The Cassiopeia A Supernova was of Type IIB

• Authors: Oliver Krause, Stephan M. Birkmann, Tomonori Usuda, Takashi Hattori, Miwa Goto, George H. Rieke, Karl A. Misselt

Scattered-Light Echoes from the Historical Galactic Supernovae Cassiopeia A and Tycho (SN 1572)

• Authors: A. Rest, D. L. Welch, N. B. Suntzeff, L. Oaster, H. Lanning, K. Olsen, R. C. Smith, A. C. Becker, M. Bergmann, P. Challis, A. Clocchiatti, K. H. Cook, G. Damke, A. Garg, M. E. Huber, T. Matheson, D. Minniti, J. L. Prieto, W. M. Wood-Vasey

Comparison of cosmic ray flux at sqrt(s) > 14 TeV with LHC luminosity

• Authors: Frank E. Taylor

tipa -- 5/29/2008

Supernovae in Early-Type Galaxies: Directly Connecting Age and Metallicity with Type Ia Luminosity

• Authors: J. S. Gallagher, P. M. Garnavich, N. Caldwell, R. P. Kirshner, S. W. Jha, W. Li, M. Ganeshalingam, A. V. Filippenko

Upper limits on the diffuse supernova neutrino flux from the SuperKamiokande data

• Authors: Cecilia Lunardini, Orlando L. G. Peres

tipa -- 5/28/2008

Detections of Lyman Continuum from Star-forming Galaxies at z~3 Through Subaru/Suprime-Cam Narrow-band Imaging

• Authors: I. Iwata, A. K. Inoue, Y. Matsuda, H. Furusawa, T. Hayashino, K. Kousai, M. Akiyama, T. Yamada, D. Burgarella, J.-M. Deharveng

The Star Formation Rate - Dense Gas Relation in the Nuclei of Nearby Galaxies

• Authors: Desika Narayanan, Thomas J. Cox, Lars Hernquist (CfA)

Evidence for Luminosity Evolution of Long Gamma-ray Bursts in Swift Data

• Authors: R. Salvaterra, C. Guidorzi, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, G. Tagliaferri

Reconciling Grand Unification with Strings by Anisotropic Compactifications

• Authors: Ben Dundee, Stuart Raby, Akin Wingerter

tipa -- 5/27/2008

Influence of light nuclei on neutrino-driven supernova outflows

• Authors: A.Arcones, G.Martinez-Pinedo, E.O'Connor, A.Schwenk, H.-Th.Janka, C.J.Horowitz, K.Langanke

New results on solar neutrino fluxes from 192 days of Borexino data

• Authors: The Borexino Collaboration

Clustering of supernova Ia host galaxies

• Authors: R. G. Carlberg, M. Sullivan, D. Le Borgne, A. Conley, D. A. Howell, K. Perrett, P. Astier, D. Balam, C. Balland, S. Basa, D. Hardin, D. Fouchez, J. Guy, I. Hook, R. Pain, C. J. Pritchet, N. Regnault, J. Rich, S. Perlmutter

tipa -- 5/26/2008

CMB and 21-cm Signals for Dark Matter with a Long-Lived Excited State

• Authors: Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Nikhil Padmanabhan, Neal Weiner

classic papers of the week -- 69

A New and Curious Theory of Light and Heat

• Benjamin Franklin

Diffuse fluxes of cosmic high-energy neutrinos

• Stecker, F. W. (NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, Greenbelt, Md.)

A Generalist Looks Back

• Salpeter, Edwin E.

tipa -- 5/23/2008

The End of Amnesia: A New Method for Measuring the Metallicity of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors Using Manganese Lines in Supernova Remnants

• Authors: Carles Badenes, Eduardo Bravo, John P. Hughes

Criteria for Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions by the Neutrino Mechanism

• Authors: Jeremiah W. Murphy (1), Adam Burrows (2,1) ((1) Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, (2) Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University)

Electroweak Bremsstrahlung in Dark Matter Annihilation

• Authors: Nicole F. Bell, James B. Dent, Thomas D. Jacques, Thomas J. Weiler

tipa -- 5/22/2008

Black Hole Growth from Cosmological N-body Simulations

• Authors: Miroslav Micic, Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Steinn Sigurdsson

On the Formation of Compact Stellar Disks Around Sgr A*

• Authors: Mark Wardle (Macquarie University), Farhad Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern University)

tipa -- 5/21/2008

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the XENON10 experiment

• Authors: J. Angle, E. Aprile, F. Arneodo, L. Baudis, A. Bernstein, A. Bolozdynya, P. Brusov, L.C.C. Coelho, C.E. Dahl, L. DeViveiros, A.D. Ferella, L.M.P. Fernandes, S. Fiorucci, R.J. Gaitskell, K.L. Giboni, R. Gomez, R. Hasty, L. Kastens, J. Kwong, J.A.M. Lopes, N. Madden, A. Manalaysay, A. Manzur, D.N. McKinsey, M.E. Monzani, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, J. Orboeck, G. Plante, R. Santorelli, J.M.F. dos Santos, P. Shagin, T. Shutt, P. Sorensen, S. Schulte, C. Winant, M. Yamashita, for the XENON10 Collaboration

Very Broad [O III]4959,5007 Emission from the NGC 4472 Globular Cluster RZ2109 and Implications for the Mass of Its Black Hole X-ray Source

• Authors: Stephen E. Zepf, Daniel Stern, Thomas J. Maccarone, Arunav Kundu, Marc Kamionkowski, Katherine L. Rhode, John J. Salzer, Robin Ciardullo, Caryl Gronwall

Dark Energy Detected with Supervoids and Superclusters

• Authors: Benjamin R. Granett, Mark C. Neyrinck, István Szapudi (IfA, Hawaii)