today in particle astrophysics

Authors: Wynn C. G. Ho, Thomas J. Maccarone, Nils Andersson (University of Southampton)

Synthetic off-axis light curves for short gamma-ray bursts

Authors: H.J. van Eerten, A. I. MacFadyen

tipa -- 2/22/2011

Discovery of two millisecond pulsars in Fermi sources with the Nancay Radio Telescope

Authors: I. Cognard, L. Guillemot, T. J. Johnson, D. A. Smith, C. Venter, A. K. Harding, M. T. Wolff, C. C. Cheung, D. Donato, A. A. Abdo, J. Ballet, F. Camilo, G. Desvignes, D. Dumora, E. C. Ferrara, P. C. C. Freire, J. E. Grove, M. Keith, M. Kramer, A. G. Lyne, P. F. Michelson, D. Parent, S. M. Ransom, P. S. Ray, R. W. Romani, P. M. Saz Parkinson, B. W. Stappers, G. Theureau, D. J. Thompson, P. Weltevrede, K. S. Wood

Faraday Rotation Measure Synthesis for Magnetic Fields of Galaxies

Authors: P. Frick, D. Sokoloff, R. Stepanov, R. Beck

Long-duration gamma-ray emissions from 2007 and 2008 winter thunderstorms

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

tipa -- 2/21/2011

Discovery of TeV Gamma Ray Emission from Tycho's Supernova Remnant

Authors: V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, T. Aune, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, K. Byrum, A. Cannon, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, E. Collins-Hughes, W. Cui, R. Dickherber, C. Duke, M. Errando, J. P. Finley, G. Finnegan, L. Fortson, A. Furniss, N. Galante, D. Gall, G. H. Gillanders, S. Godambe, S. Griffin, J. Grube, R. Guenette, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, J. Holder, J. P. Hughes, C. M. Hui, T. B. Humensky, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, M. Kertzman, D. Kieda, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. LeBohec, A. S Madhavan, G. Maier, P. Majumdar, S. McArthur, A. McCann, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, R. A. Ong, M. Orr, A. N. Otte, D. Pandel, N. Park, J. S. Perkins, M. Pohl, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L. C. Reyes, P. T. Reynolds, E. Roache, H. J. Rose, D. B. Saxon, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, G. Demet Senturk, P. Slane, A. W. Smith, G. Tešić, M. Theiling, S. Thibadeau, K. Tsurusaki, A. Varlotta, V. V. Vassiliev, S. Vincent, M. Vivier, S. P. Wakely, J. E. Ward, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, T. Weisgarber, D. A. Williams, M. Wood, B. Zitzer

Stability of quasi-Keplerian shear flow in a laboratory experiment

Authors: Ethan Schartman, Hantao Ji, Michael J. Burin, Jeremy Goodman

The ExaVolt Antenna: A Large-Aperture, Balloon-embedded Antenna for Ultra-high Energy Particle Detection

Authors: P. W. Gorham (1), F. E. Baginski (2), P. Allison (1,3), K. M. Liewer (4), C. Miki (1) B. Hill (1), G. S. Varner (1), ((1) Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, (2) George Washington Univ., (3) Ohio State Univ., (4) Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Gamma-ray emission of accelerated particles escaping a supernova remnant in a molecular cloud

Authors: Donald C. Ellison, Andrei M. Bykov

Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger and ringdown

Authors: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration

classic papers of the week -- 185

The Hydrodynamic Behavior of Supernovae Explosions

Colgate, Stirling A.; White, Richard H. (Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, CA)

On the Quantum Mechanics of Neutrino Oscillation

Boris Kayser (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University and Division of Physics, National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C.)

World-Wide Effects of Hydromagnetic Waves Due to Argus

Berthold, W. K.; Harris, A. K.; Hope, H. J. (U. S. Army Signal Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, NJ)

Authors: Hyesung Kang (Pusan National University, Korea), Dongsu Ryu (Chungnam National University, Korea)

Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra from the First CREAM Flight

Authors: Y.S. Yoon, H.S. Ahn, P.S. Allison, M.G. Bagliesi, J.J. Beatty, G. Bigongiari, P.J. Boyle, J.T. Childers, N.B. Conklin, S. Coutu, M.A. DuVernois, O. Ganel, J.H. Han, J.A. Jeon, K.C. Kim, M.H. Lee, L. Lutz, P. Maestro, A. Malinine, P.S. Marrocchesi, S.A. Minnick, S.I. Mognet, S. Nam, S. Nutter, I.H. Park, N.H. Park, E.S. Seo, R. Sina, S. Swordy, S.P. Wakely, J. Wu, J. Yang, R. Zei, S.Y. Zinn

Improvement of low energy atmospheric neutrino flux calculation using the JAM nuclear interaction model

Authors: Morihiro Honda, Takaaki Kajita, Katsuaki Kasahara, Shoichi Midorikawa

tipa -- 2/14/2011

The Allen Telescope Array Twenty-centimeter Survey -- A 700-Square-Degree, Multi-Epoch Radio Dataset -- II: Individual Epoch Transient Statistics

Authors: Steve Croft, Geoffrey C. Bower, Garrett Keating, Casey Law, David Whysong, Peter K. G. Williams, Melvyn Wright

On detection of the stochastic gravitational-wave background using the Parkes pulsar timing array

Authors: D. R. B. Yardley, W. A. Coles, G. B. Hobbs, J. P. W. Verbiest, R. N. Manchester, W. van Straten, F. A. Jenet, M. Bailes, N. D. R. Bhat, S. Burke-Spolaor, D. J. Champion, A. W. Hotan, S. Oslowski, J. E. Reynolds, J. M. Sarkissian

The properties of SN Ib/c locations

Authors: G. Leloudas, A. Gallazzi, J. Sollerman, M.D. Stritzinger, J.P.U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, D. Malesani, M.J. Michałowski, B. Milvang-Jensen, M. Smith

Shock Breakout in Type II Plateau Supernovae: Prospects for High Redshift Supernova Surveys

Authors: N. Tominaga, T. Morokuma, S. I. Blinnikov, P. Baklanov, E. I. Sorokina, K. Nomoto

Search for supersymmetry using final states with one lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in sqrt{s} = 7 TeV pp

Authors: The ATLAS Collaboration

classic papers of the week -- 184

Sweet's Mechanism for Merging Magnetic Fields in Conducting Fluids

Parker, E. N. (Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies, The University of Chicago)

B¹², C¹², and the Red Giants

Cook, C. W.; Fowler, W. A.; Lauritsen, C. C.; Lauritsen, T. (Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

Derivation of the Brueckner Many-Body Theory

Goldstone, J. (Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

tipa -- 2/11/2011

Arp220: extinction and merger-induced star formation

Authors: H. Engel, R. I. Davies, R. Genzel, L. J. Tacconi, E. Sturm, D. Downes

The Cosmic Core-collapse Supernova Rate does not match the Massive-Star Formation Rate

Authors: Shunsaku Horiuchi, John F. Beacom, Christopher S. Kochanek, Jose L. Prieto, K. Z. Stanek, Todd A. Thompson

Metallicity and the Universality of the IMF

Authors: Andrew T. Myers, Mark R. Krumholz, Richard I. Klein, Christopher F. McKee

A Constraint on the Organization of the Galactic Center Magnetic Field Using Faraday Rotation

Authors: C. J. Law (1), M. A. Brentjens (2), G. Novak (3) ((1) UC Berkeley, (2) ASTRON, (3) Northwestern Univ.)

COrE (Cosmic Origins Explorer) A White Paper

Authors: The COrE Collaboration

tipa -- 2/10/2011

Binary progenitor models of type IIb supernovae

Authors: J.S.W. Claeys, S.E. de Mink, O.R. Pols, J.J. Eldridge, M. Baes

Penrose At Work

Authors: Renyue Cen (Princeton University Observatory)

Measurement of the neutrino component of an anti-neutrino beam observed by a non-magnetized detector

Authors: A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. E. Anderson, S. J. Brice, B. C. Brown, L. Bugel, J. M. Conrad, R. Dharmapalan, Z. Djurcic, B. T. Fleming, R. Ford, F. G. Garcia, G. T. Garvey, J. Grange, J. A. Green, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, T. Katori, T. Kobilarcik, S. K. Linden, W. C. Louis, K. B. M. Mahn, W. Marsh, C. Mauger, W. Metcalf, G. B. Mills, J. Mirabal, C. D. Moore, J. Mousseau, R. H. Nelson, V. Nguyen, P. Nienaber, J. A. Nowak, B. Osmanov, A. Patch, Z. Pavlovic, D. Perevalov, C. C. Polly, H. Ray, B. P. Roe, A. D. Russell, M. H. Shaevitz, M. Sorel, J. Spitz, I. Stancu, R. J. Stefanski, R. Tayloe, M. Tzanov, R. G. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, D. H. White, M. J. Wilking, G. P. Zeller, E. D. Zimmerman

tipa -- 2/9/2011

Spectral evolution of long Gamma Ray Burst prompt emission: electrostatic acceleration and adiabatic expansion

Authors: F. Massaro (SAO), J. E. Grindlay (Harvard - SAO)

Radio transients from stellar tidal disruption by massive black holes

Authors: Dimitrios Giannios, Brian D. Metzger (Princeton)

Supernova cosmology: legacy and future

Authors: Ariel Goobar, Bruno Leibundgut

The neutrino-neutrino interaction effects in supernovae: the point of view from the matter basis

Authors: S. Galais, J. Kneller, C. Volpe

Spectroscopic Determination of the Low Redshift Type Ia Supernova Rate from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Authors: K. Simon Krughoff, Andrew Connolly, Joshua Frieman, Mark SubbaRao, Gary Kilper, Donald Schneider

The Angular Momenta of Neutron Stars and Black Holes as a Window on Supernovae

Authors: J. M. Miller (1), M. C. Miller (2), C. S. Reynolds (2) ((1) University of Michigan, (2) University of Maryland)

Is the metallicity of their hosts a good measure of the metallicity of Type Ia supernovae?

Authors: Eduardo Bravo, Carles Badenes

tipa -- 2/8/2011

Exploring the Galaxy Mass-Metallicity Relation at z~3-5

Authors: Tanmoy Laskar, Edo Berger, Ranga-Ram Chary

Radio Remnants of Compact Binary Mergers - the Electromagnetic Signal that will follow the Gravitational Waves

Authors: Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran

On the Formation of Double White Dwarfs through Stable Mass Transfer and a Common Envelope

Authors: T.E. Woods, N. Ivanova, M. van der Sluys, S. Chaichenets

Violent mergers of nearly equal-mass white dwarf as progenitors of subluminous Type Ia supernovae

Authors: R. Pakmor, S. Hachinger, F. K. Roepke, W. Hillebrandt

tipa -- 2/7/2011

Detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the vicinity of PSR B1706-44 and G343.1-2.3 with H.E.S.S

Authors: H.E.S.S. Collaboration

Fueling lobes of radio galaxies: statistical particle acceleration and the extragalactic gamma-ray background

Authors: F. Massaro, M. Ajello

Standard GRB, Dirty Fireballs, and the Excluded Middle

Authors: David Eichler

Contribution to the Diffuse Radio Background from Extragalactic Radio Sources

Authors: Tessa Vernstrom, Douglas Scott, Jasper Wall

Incomplete carbon-oxygen detonation in Type Ia supernovae

Authors: Inma Domínguez, Alexei Khokhlov

Kepler planet candidates consistent with core accretion

Authors: Andrew Gould (OSU), Jason Eastman (OSU)

classic papers of the week -- 183

The acceleration of cosmic rays in shock fronts. I

Bell, A. R. (Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England)

Planck's law and the light quantum hypothesis

Bose (Dacca University, India)

Experimental Test of Local Hidden-Variable Theories

Freedman, Stuart J.; Clauser, John F. (Department of Physics and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley)

tipa -- 2/4/2011

KOI-126: A Triply-Eclipsing Hierarchical Triple with Two Low-Mass Stars

Authors: Joshua A. Carter, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Darin Ragozzine, Matthew J. Holman, Samuel N. Quinn, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Jeffrey Van Cleve, William D. Cochran, Miles T. Cote, Michael Endl, Eric B. Ford, Michael R. Haas, Jon M. Jenkins, David G. Koch, Jie Li, Jack J. Lissauer, Phillip J. MacQueen, Christopher K. Middour, Jerome A. Orosz, Jason F. Rowe, Jason H. Steffen, William F. Welsh

Discovery of millisecond pulsars in radio searches of southern Fermi LAT sources

Authors: M. J. Keith, S. Johnston, P. S. Ray, E. C. Ferrara, P. M. Saz Parkinson, O. Celik, A. Belfiore, D. Donato, C. C. Cheung, A. A. Abdo, F. Camilo, P. C. C. Freire, L. Guillemot, A. K. Harding, M. Kramer, P. F. Michelson, S. M. Ransom, R. W. Romani, D. A. Smith, D. J. Thompson, P. Weltevrede, K. S. Wood

The GeV-TeV Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission I. Uncertainties in the predictions of the hadronic component

Authors: Delahaye Timur, Fiasson Armand, Martin Pohl, Pierre Salati

Calculation of High Energy Neutrino-Nucleon Cross Sections and Uncertainties Using the MSTW Parton Distribution Functions and Implications for Future Experiments

Authors: Amy Connolly, Robert S. Thorne, David Waters

tipa -- 2/3/2011

Growing Massive Black Holes in a Local Group Environment: the Central Supermassive, Slowly Sinking, and Ejected Populations

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

The diffuse supernova neutrino background: Expectations and uncertainties derived from SN1987A

Authors: Francesco Vissani, Giulia Pagliaroli

tipa -- 2/2/2011

The Density and Pseudo-Phase-Space Density Profiles of CDM halos

Authors: Aaron D. Ludlow, Julio F. Navarro, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Volker Springel, Adrian Jenkins, Carlos S. Frenk, Simon D. M. White

Metals at the surface of last scatter

Authors: Yacine Ali-Haïmoud, Christopher M. Hirata, Marc Kamionkowski

Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field: the rate and delay-time distribution of type Ia supernovae out to redshift 2

Authors: Or Graur, Dovi Poznanski, Dan Maoz, Naoki Yasuda, Tomonori Totani, Masataka Fukugita, Alexei V. Filippenko, Ryan J. Foley, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Avishay Gal-Yam, Assaf Horesh, Buell T. Jannuzi

Measuring Black Hole Spin by the Continuum-Fitting Method: Effect of Deviations from the Novikov-Thorne Disc Model

Authors: Akshay K. Kulkarni, Robert F. Penna, Roman V. Shcherbakov, James F. Steiner, Ramesh Narayan, Aleksander S\kadowski, Yucong Zhu, Jeffrey E. McClintock, Shane W. Davis, Jonathan C. McKinney

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Observations of the Gamma-ray Outburst from 3C 454.3 in November 2010

Authors: The Fermi-LAT collaboration

tipa -- 2/1/2011

A terrestrial search for dark contents of the vacuum, such as dark energy, using atom interferometry

Authors: Ronald J. Adler, Holger Mueller, Martin L. Perl

Towards Realistic Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

Authors: W. David Arnett, Casey Meakin

On the inconsistency between the estimates of cosmic star formation rate and stellar mass density of high redshift galaxies

Authors: Jun-Hwan Choi (UNLV, UKY), Kentaro Nagamine (UNLV)

An X-ray Imaging Survey of Quasar Jets -- Testing the Inverse Compton Model

Authors: H. L. Marshall (1), J. M. Gelbord (1,8,9), D. A. Schwartz (2), D.W. Murphy (3), J. E. J. Lovell (4,10), D. M. Worrall (2,5), M. Birkinshaw (2,5), E. S. Perlman (6,11), L. Godfrey (3,7), D. L. Jauncey (3) ((1) MIT, (2) SAO, (3) JPL, (4) CSIRO ATNF, (5) U. Bristol, (6) UMBC, (7) Curtin U. of Tech., (8) Durham U., (9) PSU, (10) U. Tasmania, (11) FIT)