tipa -- 2/5/2009

A Kiloparsec-Scale Hyper-Starburst in a Quasar Host Less than 1 Gigayear after the Big Bang

• Authors: F. Walter, D. Riechers, P. Cox, R. Neri, C. Carilli, F. Bertoldi, A. Weiss, R. Maiolino

Determination of the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux and Searches for New Physics with AMANDA-II

• Authors: The IceCube Collaboration

The redshift and afterglow of the extremely energetic gamma-ray burst GRB 080916C

• Authors: J. Greiner, C. Clemens, T. Kruehler, A. v. Kienlin, A. Rau, R. Sari, D.B. Fox, N. Kawai, P. Afonso, M. Ajello, E. Berger, S.B. Cenko, A. Cucchiara, R. Filgas, S. Klose, A. Kuepue Yoldas, G.G. Lichti, S. Loew, S. McBreen, T. Nagayama, A. Rossi, S. Sato, G. Szokoly, A. Yoldas, X.-L. Zhang

tipa -- 2/4/2009

Dark Matter Annihilation Rates with Velocity-Dependent Annihilation Cross Sections

• Authors: Brant Robertson (KICP/UChicago), Andrew Zentner (UPitt)

Natural explanation for the anomalous positron to electron ratio with supernova remnants as the sole cosmic ray source

• Authors: Nir J. Shaviv, Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran

Evidence for a Non-Uniform Initial Mass Function in the Local Universe

• Authors: Gerhardt R. Meurer, O.I. Wong, J.H. Kim, D.J. Hanish, T.M. Heckman, J. Werk, J. Bland-Hawthorn, M.A. Dopita, M.A. Zwaan, B. Koribalski, M. Seibert, D.A. Thilker, H.C. Ferguson, R.L. Webster, M.E. Putman, P.M. Knezek, M.T. Doyle, M.J. Drinkwater, C.G. Hoopes, V.A. Kilborn, M. Meyer, E.V. Ryan-Weber, R.C. Smith, L. Staveley-Smith

Type-Ia Supernova-driven Galactic Bulge Wind

• Authors: Shikui Tang, Q. Daniel Wang, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, M. Ryan Joung

The path to the enhanced and advanced LIGO gravitational-wave detectors

• Authors: Joshua R Smith, for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

tipa -- 2/3/2009

A dark matter disc in three cosmological simulations of Milky Way mass galaxies

• Authors: J. I. Read, L. Mayer, A. M. Brooks, F. Governato, G. Lake

Can the WMAP Haze really be a signature of annihilating neutralino dark matter?

• Authors: Daniel T. Cumberbatch, Joe Zuntz, Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen, Joe Silk

Search for high-energy muon neutrinos from the "naked-eye" GRB 080319B with the IceCube neutrino telescope

• Authors: IceCube Collaboration: R. Abbasi, et al

Spectral and intensity variations of Galactic 26^Al emission

• Authors: W. Wang, M.G. Lang, R. Diehl, H. Halloin, P. Jean, J. Knödlseder, K. Kretschmer, P. Martin, P. Roques, A.W. Strong, C. Winkler, X.L. Zhang

tipa -- 2/2/2009

Efficiency of Magnetic to Kinetic Energy Conversion in a Monopole Magnetosphere

• Authors: Alexander Tchekhovskoy (1), Jonathan C. McKinney (2), Ramesh Narayan (1) ((1) Harvard-CfA, (2) Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University)

Buoyancy Instabilities in Galaxy Clusters: Convection Due to Adiabatic Cosmic Rays and Anisotropic Thermal Conduction

• Authors: P. Sharma, B. D. G. Chandran, E. Quataert, I. J. Parrish

Estimating the Explosion Time of Core-Collapse Supernovae from Their Optical Light Curves

• Authors: D.F. Cowen, A. Franckowiak, M. Kowalski

HI in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies and Stripping by the Galactic Halo

• Authors: Jana Grcevich, Mary E Putman

Fake Dark Matter at Colliders

• Authors: Spencer Chang, Andre de Gouvea

classic papers of the week -- 92

Theory of Superconductivity

• Bardeen, J.; Cooper, L. N.; Schrieffer, J. R. (Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois)

A theory of the interstellar medium - Three components regulated by supernova explosions in an inhomogeneous substrate

• McKee, C. F. (University of California, Berkeley); Ostriker, J. P. (Princeton University Observatory)

Tests for neutral currents in neutrino reactions

• E.A. Paschos (National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL), L. Wolfenstein (Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)

tipa -- 1/30/2009

Optical polarisation of the Crab pulsar: precision measurements and comparison to the radio emission

• Authors: Agnieszka Słowikowska (1 and 2), Gottfried Kanbach (3), Michael Kramer (4), Alexander Stefanescu (5 and 3) ((1) IESL - FORTH Heraklion, Greece, (2) NCAC Toruń, Poland, (3) MPE Garching, Germany, (4) JBCA, University of Manchester, UK, (5) MPI Semiconductor Lab Munich, Germany)

VERITAS observations of the BL Lac 1ES 1218+304

• Authors: VERITAS Collaboration: V.A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, S.M. Bradbury, J.H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, Y. Butt, K.L. Byrum, O. Celik, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, Y.C.K. Chow, P. Cogan, P. Colin, W. Cui, M.K. Daniel, T. Ergin, A.D. Falcone, S.J. Fegan, J.P. Finley, P. Fortin, L.F. Fortson, A. Furniss, G.H. Gillanders, J. Grube, R. Guenette, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, E. Hays, J. Holder, D. Horan, C.M. Hui, T.B. Humensky, A. Imran, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, M. Kertzman, D.B. Kieda, J. Kildea, A. Konopelko, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M.J. Lang, S. LeBohec, G. Maier, A. McCann, M. McCutcheon, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nagai, J. Niemiec, R.A. Ong, D. Pandel, J.S. Perkins, M. Pohl, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L.C. Reyes, P.T. Reynolds, H.J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G.H. Sembroski, A.W. Smith, D. Steele, S.P. Swordy, J.A. Toner, L. Valcarcel, V.V. Vassiliev, R. Wagner, S.P. Wakely, J.E. Ward, T.C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, R.J. White, D.A. Williams, S.A. Wissel, M. Wood, B. Zitzer

tipa -- 1/29/2009

The Large-Scale Environments of Type Ia Supernovae: Evidence for a Metallicity Bias in the Prompt Ia Rate

• Authors: Michael C. Cooper (Arizona), Jeffrey A. Newman (Pitt), Renbin Yan (Toronto)

A Measurement of Arcminute Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array

• Authors: Matthew K. Sharp (1), Daniel P. Marrone (1,2), John E. Carlstrom (1), Thomas Culverhouse (1), Christopher Greer (1), David Hawkins (3), Ryan Hennessy (1), Marshall Joy (4), James W. Lamb (3), Erik M. Leitch (1), Michael Loh (1), Amber Miller (5), Tony Mroczkowski (5), Stephen Muchovej (3,5), Clem Pryke (1), David Woody (3), ((1) UChicago/KICP, (2) NRAO, (3) OVRO/Caltech, (4) NASA MSFC, (5) Columbia)

VERITAS Observations of a Very High Energy Gamma-ray Flare from the Blazar 3C 66A

• Authors: VERITAS Collaboration: V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, M. Bottcher, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, Y. Butt, K. Byrum, A. Cannon, O. Celik, A. Cesarini, Y. C. Chow, L. Ciupik, P. Cogan, W. Cui, M. K. Daniel, R. Dickherber, T. Ergin, A. Falcone, S. J. Fegan, J. P. Finley, P. Fortin, L. Fortson, A. Furniss, D. Gall, K. Gibbs, G. H. Gillanders, S. Godambe, J. Grube, R. Guenette, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, E. Hays, J. Holder, D. Horan, C. M. Hui, T. B. Humensky, A. Imran, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, M. Kertzman, D. Kieda, J. Kildea, A. Konopelko, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. LeBohec, G. Maier, A. McCann, M. McCutcheon, J. Millis, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nagai, R. A. Ong, A. N. Otte, D. Pandel, J. S. Perkins, D. Petry, F. Pizlo, M. Pohl, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L. C. Reyes, P. T. Reynolds, E. Roache, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, A. W. Smith, D. Steele, S. P. Swordy, M. Theiling, J. A. Toner, A. Varlotta, V. V. Vassiliev, R. G. Wagner, S. P. Wakely, J. E. Ward, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, D. A. Williams, S. Wissel, M. Wood, B. Zitzer

Cosmological Results from Five Years of 30 GHz CMB Intensity Measurements with the Cosmic Background Imager

• Authors: J. L. Sievers, B.S. Mason, L. Weintraub, C. Achermann, P. Altamirano, J.R. Bond, L. Bronfman, R. Bustos, C. Contaldi, C. Dickinson, M.E. Jones, J. May, S.T. Myers, N. Oyarce, S. Padin, T.J. Pearson, M. Pospieszalski, A.C.S. Readhead, R. Reeves, M. C. Shepherd, A. C. Taylor, S. Torres

Limits on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the first science run of the ZEPLIN-III experiment

• Authors: V. N. Lebedenko, H. M. Araujo, E. J. Barnes, A. Bewick, R. Cashmore, V. Chepel, D. Davidge, J. Dawson, T. Durkin, B. Edwards, C. Ghag, V. Graffagnino, M. Horn, A. S. Howard, A. J. Hughes, W. G. Jones, M. Joshi, G. E. Kalmus, A. G. Kovalenko, A. Lindote, I. Liubarsky, M. I. Lopes, R. Luscher, K. Lyons, P. Majewski, A. StJ. Murphy, F. Neves, J. Pinto da Cunha, R. Preece, J. J. Quenby, P. R. Scovell, C. Silva, V. N. Solovov, N. J. T. Smith, P. F. Smith, V. N. Stekhanov, T. J. Sumner, C. Thorne, R. J. Walker

tipa -- 1/28/2009

Small Angular Scale Measurements of the CMB Temperature Power Spectrum from QUaD

• Authors: QUaD collaboration: R. B. Friedman, P. Ade, J. Bock, M. Bowden, M. L. Brown, G. Cahill, P. G. Castro, S. Church, T. Culverhouse, K. Ganga, W. K. Gear, S. Gupta, J. Hinderks, J. Kovac, A. E. Lange, E. Leitch, S. J. Melhuish, Y. Memari, J. A. Murphy, A. Orlando, C. O' Sullivan, L. Piccirillo, C. Pryke, N. Rajguru, B. Rusholme, R. Schwarz, A. N. Taylor, K. L. Thompson, A. H. Turner, E. Y. S. Wu, M. Zemcov

Angular Momentum and the Formation of Stars and Black Holes

• Authors: Richard B. Larson

tipa -- 1/27/2009

Robust identification of isotropic diffuse gamma rays from Galactic dark matter

• Authors: Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins, Vasiliki Pavlidou

A Candidate Sub-Parsec Supermassive Binary Black Hole System

• Authors: Todd A. Boroson (NOAO), Tod R. Lauer (NOAO)

Magnetized Relativistic Jets and Long-Duration GRBs from Magnetar Spindown during Core-Collapse Supernovae

• Authors: N. Bucciantini (1), E. Quataert (1), B.D. Metzger (1), T.A. Thompson (2), J. Arons (1), L. Del Zanna (3) ((1) U.C. Berkeley, (2) Ohio State Univ., (3) Univ. di Firenze)

tipa -- 1/26/2009

The Impact of Inhomogeneous Reionization on the Satellite Galaxy Population of the Milky Way

• Authors: Michael T. Busha, Marcelo A. Alvarez, Risa H. Wechsler, Tom Abel, Louis E. Strigari (KIPAC)

A New Paradigm for Gamma Ray Bursts: Long Term Accretion Rate Modulation by an External Accretion Disk

• Authors: J. K. Cannizzo, N. Gehrels

138La-138Ce-136Ce nuclear cosmochronometer of supernova neutrino process

• Authors: Takehito Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Toshitaka Kajino, Kengo Ogawa, Hitoshi Nakada

A Search for Three and Four Point Correlation in HiRes Stereo Data

• Authors: R. Abbasi, for the HiRes Collaboration

classic papers of the week -- 91

Capture of Slow Neutrons

• Breit, G.; Wigner, E. (Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University)

Galactic Magnetic Fields and the Origin of Cosmic Radiation

• Fermi, E.

Apparent Weight of Photons

• Pound, R. V.; Rebka, G. A. (Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

tipa -- 1/23/2009

A candidate tidal disruption event in the Galaxy cluster Abell 3571

• Authors: N. Cappelluti, M. Ajello, P. Rebusco, S. Komossa, A. Bongiorno, C. Clemens, M. Salvato, P. Esquej, T. Aldcroft, J. Greiner, H. Quintana

Al-26 and the formation of the Solar System from a molecular cloud contaminated by Wolf-Rayet winds

• Authors: Eric Gaidos, Alexander N. Krot, Jonathan P. Williams, Sean N. Raymond

tipa -- 1/22/2009

The Formation of Massive Star Systems by Accretion

• Authors: Mark R. Krumholz, Richard I. Klein, Christopher F. McKee, Stella S. R. Offner, Andrew J. Cunningham

tipa -- 1/21/2009

The Physics of Crystallization from Globular Cluster White Dwarf Stars in NGC 6397

• Authors: D. E. Winget, S. O. Kepler, Fabiola Campos, M. H. Montgomery, Leo Girardi, P. Bergeron, Kurtis Williams

A dark matter disc in the Milky Way

• Authors: J. I. Read, V. Debattista, O. Agertz, L. Mayer, A. M. Brooks, F. Governato, G. Lake

Are Most Low-Luminosity AGN Really Obscured?

• Authors: Philip F. Hopkins (1), Ryan Hickox (2), Eliot Quataert (1), Lars Hernquist (2) ((1) Berkeley, (2) CfA)

Gravitational-wave confusion background from cosmological compact binaries: Implications for future terrestrial detectors

• Authors: Tania Regimbau, Scott A. Hughes

Using Cold Atoms to Measure Neutrino Mass

• Authors: M. Jerkins, J. R. Klein, J. H. Majors, M. G. Raizen

tipa -- 1/20/2009

Evolution of the cosmic ray anisotropy above 10^{14} eV

• Authors: M. Aglietta, V.V. Alekseenko, B. Alessandro, P. Antonioli, F. Arneodo, L. Bergamasco, M. Bertaina, R. Bonino, A. Castellina, A. Chiavassa, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, G. Di Sciascio, W. Fulgione, P. Galeotti, P.L. Ghia, M. Iacovacci, G. Mannocchi, C. Morello, G. Navarra, O. Saavedra, A. Stamerra, G.C. Trinchero, S. Valchierotti, P. Vallania, S. Vernetto, C. Vigorito (The EAS-TOP Collaboration)

tipa -- 1/19/2009

A Binary Origin for Blue Stragglers in Globular Clusters

• Authors: Christian Knigge (University of Southampton), Nathan Leigh (McMaster University), Alison Sills (McMaster University)

The Mean Type Ia Supernova Spectrum Over the Past 9 Gigayears

• Authors: M. Sullivan, R. S. Ellis, D. A. Howell, A. Riess, P. E. Nugent, A. Gal-Yam

Nucleosynthesis Modes in the High-Entropy-Wind of Type II Supernovae: Comparison of Calculations with Halo-Star Observations

• Authors: K. Farouqi, K.-L. Kratz, L.I. Mashonkina, B.Pfeiffer, J.J Cowan, F.-K. Thielemann, J.W. Truran

classic papers of the week -- 90

The Maser-New Type of Microwave Amplifier, Frequency Standard, and Spectrometer

• Gordon, J. P.; Zeiger, H. J.; Townes, C. H. (Columbia University, New York, NY)

Anomaly Cancellation in Supersymmetric D=10 Gauge Theory and Superstring Theory

• Michael B. Green (Queen Mary College, University of London & California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA) , John H. Schwarz (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA)

The morphology of extragalactic radio sources of high and low luminosity

• Fanaroff, B. L.; Riley, J. M.

tipa -- 1/16/2009

A quantitative explanation of the observed population of Milky Way satellite galaxies

• Authors: Sergey E. Koposov (1,2,3), Jaiyul Yoo (4), Hans-Walter Rix (1), David H. Weinberg (5), Andrea V. Macciò (1), Jordi Miralda-Escudé (6) ((1) Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany, (2) Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK, (3) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia, (4) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA, (5) Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, (6) Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Barcelona, Spain)

H.E.S.S. observations of gamma-ray bursts in 2003-2007

• Authors: F. Aharonian (HESS collaboration), et al

Measurement of the solar neutrino capture rate with gallium metal, Part III

• Authors: SAGE Collaboration: J. N. Abdurashitov, V. N. Gavrin, V. V. Gorbachev, P. P. Gurkina, T. V. Ibragimova, A. V. Kalikhov, N. G. Khairnasov, T. V. Knodel, I. N. Mirmov, A. A. Shikhin, E. P. Veretenkin, V. E. Yants, G. T. Zatsepin, T. J. Bowles, S. R. Elliott, W. A. Teasdale, J. S. Nico, B. T. Cleveland, J. F. Wilkerson

tipa -- 1/15/2009

An extremely faint stripped-envelope core-collapse supernova and its implications

• Authors: Stefano Valenti, Andrea Pastorello, Enrico Cappellaro, Stefano Benetti, Paolo Mazzali, Jose Manteca, Stefan Taubenberger, Nancy Elias-Rosa, Rafael Ferrando, Avet Harutyunyan, Veli-Pekka Hentunen, Markku Nissinen, Elena Pian, Massimo Turatto, Luca Zampieri, Stephen J. Smartt

tipa -- 1/14/2009

Do Moderate-Luminosity AGN Suppress Star Formation?

• Authors: Kevin Schawinski, Shanil Virani, Brooke Simmons, C. Megan Urry, Ezequiel Treister, Sugata Kaviraj, Bronika Kushkuley

Cosmic Rays VI - Starburst galaxies at multiwavelengths

• Authors: Julia K. Becker, Peter L. Biermann, Jens Dreyer, Tanja M. Kneiske