today in particle astrophysics

Authors: Masha Lakicevic (ESO/Keele University), Jacco Th. van Loon (Keele University), Ferdinando Patat (ESO), Lister Staveley-Smith (ICRAR - University of Western Australia), Giovanna Zanardo (ICRAR - University of Western Australia)

Are low luminosity GRBs generated by relativistic jets?

Authors: Omer Bromberg, Ehud Nakar, Tsvi Piran

Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Active Galaxy 4C +55.17: Steady, Hard Gamma-Ray Emission and its Implications

Authors: W. McConville, L. Ostorero, R. Moderski, Ł. Stawarz, C. C. Cheung, M. Ajello, A. Bouvier, J. Bregeon, D. Donato, J. Finke, A. Furniss, J. E. McEnery, M. E. Monzani, M. Orienti, L. C. Reyes, A. Rossetti, D. A. Williams

Herschel Detects a Massive Dust Reservoir in Supernova 1987A

Authors: M. Matsuura (1 and 2), E. Dwek (3), M. Meixner (4), M. Otsuka (4), B. Babler (5), M.J. Barlow (1), J. Roman-Duval (4), C. Engelbracht (6), K. Sandstrom (7), M. Lakicevic (8 and 9), J.Th. van Loon (8), G. Sonneborn (3), G.C. Clayton (10), K.S. Long (4), P. Lundqvist (11), T. Nozawa (12), K.D. Gordon (4), S. Hony (13), K. Okumura (13), K.A. Misselt (6), E. Montiel (6), M. Sauvage (13) ((1) P&A, University College London, (2) MSSL, University College London, (3) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, (4) STScI, (5) University of Wisconsin, (6) University of Arizona, (7) Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie, (8) Keele University, (9) ESO, (10) Louisiana State University, (11) Stockholm University, (12) IPMU, University of Tokyo, (13) CEA)

tipa -- 7/6/2011

Ion acceleration in non-relativistic astrophysical shocks

Authors: L. Gargaté, A. Spitkovsky

Radio Supernovae in the Great Survey Era

Authors: Amy Lien, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Brian D. Fields, Athol Kemball

R-Process Nucleosynthesis in Dynamically Ejected Matter of Neutron Star Mergers

Authors: Stephane Goriely (1), Andreas Bauswein (2), H.-Thomas Janka (2) ((1) Universite Libre de Bruxelles, (2) MPI for Astrophysics, Garching)

tipa -- 7/5/2011

A Detailed Study of the Molecular and Atomic Gas Toward the γ-ray SNR RX J1713.7-3946: Spatial TeV γ-ray and ISM Gas Correspondence

Authors: Y. Fukui, H. Sano, J. Sato, H. Horachi, T. Hayakawa, K. Torii, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, G. Rowell, T. Inoue, S. Inutsuka, A. Kawamura, H. Yamamoto, T. Okuda, N. Mizuno, T. Onishi, A. Mizuno, H. Ogawa

A Sino-German $\lambda$6\ cm polarization survey of the Galactic plane VI. Discovery of supernova remnants G178.2-4.2 and G25.1-2.3

Authors: X. Y. Gao, X. H. Sun, J. L. Han, W. Reich, P. Reich, R. Wielebinski

Are T Tauri stars gamma-ray emitters?

Authors: María Victoria del Valle, Gustavo E. Romero, Pedro Luis Luque-Escamilla, Josep Martí, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Sutil

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. I. Variability and spectral energy distribution

Authors: J. S. Kaastra, P.-O. Petrucci, M. Cappi, N. Arav, E. Behar, S. Bianchi, J. Bloom, A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Costantini, M. Dadina, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, P. G. Jonker, C. Klein, G. A. Kriss, P. Lubinski, J. Malzac, M. Mehdipour, S. Paltani, C. Pinto, G. Ponti, E. M. Ratti, R. A. N. Smith, K. C. Steenbrugge, C. P. de Vries

Measurement of charm production in neutrino charged-current interactions

Authors: A. Kayis-Topaksu, G. Önengüt, R. van Dantzig, M. de Jong, R. G. C. Oldeman, M. Güler, U. Köse, P. Tolun, M. G. Catanesi, M. T. Muciaccia, K. Winter, B. Van de Vyver, P. Vilain, G. Wilquet, B. Saitta, E. Di Capua, S. Ogawa, H. Shibuya, I. R. Hristova, T. Kawamura, D. Kolev, H. Meinhard, J. Panman, A. Rozanov, R. Tsenov, J. W. E. Uiterwijk, P. Zucchelli, J. Goldberg, M. Chikawa, J. S. Song, C. S. Yoon, K. Kodama, N. Ushida, S. Aoki, T. Hara, T. Delbar, D. Favart, G. Grégoire, S. Kalinin, I. Makhlioueva, A. Artamonov, P. Gorbunov, V. Khovansky, V. Shamanov, I. Tsukerman, N. Bruski, D. Frekers, K. Hoshino, J. Kawada, M. Komatsu, M. Miyanishi, M. Nakamura, T. Nakano, K. Narita, K. Niu, K. Niwa, N. Nonaka, O. Sato, T. Toshito, S. Buontempo, A. G. Cocco, N. D'Ambrosio, G. De Lellis, G. De Rosa, F. Di Capua, G. Fiorillo, A. Marotta, M. Messina, P. Migliozzi, L. Scotto Lavina, P. Strolin, V. Tioukov, T. Okusawa, U. Dore, P. F. Loverre, L. Ludovici, G. Rosa, R. Santacesaria, A. Satta, F. R. Spada, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, G. Grella, G. Romano, C. Sirignano, S. Sorrentino, Y. Sato, I. Tezuka

tipa -- 7/4/2011

Confronting 2D delayed-detonation models with light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae

Authors: S. Blondin, D. Kasen, F. K. Roepke, R. P. Kirshner, K. S. Mandel

Faraday Rotation Measure due to the Intergalactic Magnetic Field II: the Cosmological Contribution

Authors: Takuya Akahori, Dongsu Ryu (Chungnam National University, Korea)

VLBI imaging of a flare in the Crab Nebula: More than just a spot

Authors: A.P. Lobanov, D. Horns, T.W.B. Muxlow

Diffuse emission measurement with INTEGRAL/SPI as indirect probe of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons

Authors: Laurent Bouchet, Andrew W. Strong, Troy A. Porter, Igor V. Moskalenko, Elisabeth Jourdain, Jean-Pierre Roques

classic papers of the week -- 199

Artificial Radioactivity Produced by Neutron Bombardment

Fermi, E.; Amaldi, E.; D'Agostino, O.; Rasetti, F.; Segre, E.

Cosmic Radiation and Cosmic Magnetic Fields. II. Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields

Biermann, Ludwig; Schlüter, Arnulf (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Göttingen, Germany)

Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?

Mark Kac (The Rockefeller University, New York)

tipa -- 7/1/2011

A luminous quasar at a redshift of z = 7.085

Authors: Daniel J. Mortlock (1), Stephen J. Warren (1), Bram P. Venemans (2), Mitesh Patel (1), Paul C. Hewett (3), Richard G. McMahon (3), Chris Simpson (4), Tom Theuns (5,6), Eduardo A. Gonzales-Solares (3), Andy Adamson (7), Simon Dye (8), Nigel C. Hambly (9), Paul Hirst (10), Mike J. Irwin (3), Ernst Kuiper (11), Andy Lawrence (9), Huub J. A. Rottgering (11) ((1) Imperial College London, (2) European Southern Observatory, (3) University of Cambridge, (4) Liverpool John Moores University, (5) University of Durham, (6) Universiteit Antwerpen, (7) Joint Astronomy Centre, (8) University of Nottingham, (9) University of Edinburgh, (10) Gemini Observatory, (11) Leiden University)

Radius and magnetic field from Synchrotron-self-absorbed radio and Inverse Compton X-ray observations of Supernovae

Authors: Boaz Katz

The r-process in the neutrino-driven wind from a black-hole torus

Authors: Shinya Wanajo, Hans-Thomas Janka

A complete model of Askaryan radiation

Authors: Jaime Alvarez-Muñiz, Andrés Romero-Wolf, Enrique Zas

Parametrized 3D models of neutrino-driven supernova explosions: Neutrino emission asymmetries and gravitational-wave signals

Authors: E. Müller, H.-Th. Janka, A. Wongwathanarat

Short baseline neutrino oscillations: when entanglement suppresses coherence

Authors: Daniel Boyanovsky

Measurement of the anomalous like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry with 9 fb^-1 of p pbar collisions

Authors: D0 Collaboration, V. Abazov, et al

tipa -- 6/30/2011

New constraint on cosmological variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio from Q0528-250

Authors: Julian A. King, Michael T. Murphy, Wim Ubachs, John K. Webb

Evidence of theta(13)>0 from global neutrino data analysis

Authors: G. L. Fogli, E. Lisi, A. Marrone, A. Palazzo, A. M. Rotunno

tipa -- 6/29/2011

Automating Discovery and Classification of Transients and Variable Stars in the Synoptic Survey Era

Authors: J. S. Bloom, J. W. Richards (UC Berkeley), P. E. Nugent (UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), R. M. Quimby, M. M. Kasliwal (Caltech), D. L. Starr (UC Berkeley), D. Poznanski (UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), E. O. Ofek (Caltech), S. B. Cenko, N. R. Butler (UC Berkeley), S. R. Kulkarni (Caltech), A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science), N. Law (Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto)

The Cosmological Impact of Luminous TeV Blazars I: Implications of Plasma Instabilities for the Intergalactic Magnetic Field and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background

Authors: Avery E. Broderick (1,2,3), Philip Chang (1,4), Christoph Pfrommer (5,1) ((1) Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, (2) Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, (3) University of Waterloo, (4) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, (5) Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies)

A Global Turbulence Model for Neutrino-Driven Convection in Core-Collapse Supernovae

Authors: Jeremiah W. Murphy (1), Casey Meakin (2) ((1) Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, (2) Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

The White Dwarf Companion of a 2 M_sun Neutron Star

Authors: Varun B. Bhalerao, S. R. Kulkarni

ELMAG: A Monte Carlo simulation of electromagnetic cascades on the extragalactic background light and in magnetic fields

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

A Radio Pulsar Search of the Gamma-ray Binaries LS I +61 303 and LS 5039

Authors: M. Virginia McSwain, Paul S. Ray, Scott M. Ransom, Mallory S. E. Roberts, Sean M. Dougherty, Guy G. Pooley

Reconstructing the assembly of the Milky Way dwarf satellite population

Authors: Valery Rashkov, Piero Madau, Michael Kuhlen, Jurg Diemand

Effect of Collective Neutrino Oscillations on the Neutrino Mechanism of Core-Collapse Supernovae

Authors: Ondrej Pejcha, Basudeb Dasgupta, Todd A. Thompson

Sub-luminous gamma-Ray pulsars

Authors: R. W. Romani, M. Kerr, H. A. Craig, S. Johnston, I. Cognard, D. A. Smith

Dual baseline search for muon neutrino disappearance at 0.5 eV^2 < Δm^2 < 40 eV^2

Authors: MiniBooNE, SciBooNE Collaborations

Limits on Electron Neutrino Disappearance from the KARMEN and LSND electron neutrino - Carbon Cross Section Data

Authors: J.M. Conrad, M.H. Shaevitz

tipa -- 6/28/2011

Are priors responsible for cosmology favoring additional neutrino species?

Authors: Alma X. Gonzalez-Morales, Robert Poltis, Blake D. Sherwin, Licia Verde

Observations of Arp 220 using Herschel-SPIRE: An Unprecedented View of the Molecular Gas in an Extreme Star Formation Environment

Authors: Naseem Rangwala, Philip R. Maloney, Jason Glenn, Christine D. Wilson, Adam Rykala, Kate Isaak, Maarten Baes, George J. Bendo, Alessandro Boselli, Charles M. Bradford, D. L. Clements, Asantha Cooray, Trevor Fulton, Peter Imhof, Julia Kamenetzky, Suzanne C. Madden, Erin Mentuch, Nicola Sacchi, Marc Sauvage, Maximilien R. P. Schirm, M. W. L. Smith, Luigi Spinoglio, Mark Wolfire

Diffuse Galactic Gamma Rays at intermediate and high latitudes. I. Constraints on the ISM properties

Authors: I. Cholis, M. Tavakoli, C. Evoli, L. Maccione, P. Ullio

Predicted power in ultra high energy cosmic rays from active galaxies

Authors: Laurentiu I. Caramete, Oana Tascau, Peter L. Biermann, Todor Stanev

The brightest gamma-ray flaring blazar in the sky: AGILE and multi-wavelength observations of 3C 454.3 during November 2010

Authors: S. Vercellone (INAF-IASF Palermo), E. Striani, V. Vittorini, I. Donnarumma, L. Pacciani, G. Pucella, M. Tavani, C.M. Raiteri, M. Villata, P. Romano, M. Fiocchi, A. Bazzano, V. Bianchin, C. Ferrigno, L. Maraschi, E. Pian, M. Türler, P. Ubertini, A. Bulgarelli, A.W. Chen, A. Giuliani, F. Longo, G. Barbiellini, M. Cardillo, P.W. Cattaneo, E. Del Monte, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, A. Ferrari, F. Fuschino, F. Gianotti, M. Giusti, F. Lazzarotto, A. Pellizzoni, G. Piano, M. Pilia, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, S. Sabatini, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, P. Giommi, F. Lucarelli, C. Pittori, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, I. Agudo, H.D. Aller, M.F. Aller, A.A. Arkharov, U. Bach, A. Berdyugin, G.A. Borman, R. Chigladze, Yu.S. Efimov, N.V. Efimova, J.L. Gómez, M.A. Gurwell, I.M. McHardy, M. Joshi, G.N. Kimeridze, T. Krajci, O.M. Kurtanidze, S.O. Kurtanidze, V.M. Larionov, E. Lindfors, S.N. Molina, D.A. Morozova, S.V.Nazarov, M.G. Nikolashvili, K. Nilsson, M. Pasanen, R. Reinthal, J.A. Ros, A.C. Sadun, T. Sakamoto, S. Sallum, S.G. Sergeev, R.D. Schwartz, L.A. Sigua, A. Sillanpää, K.V. Sokolovsky, V. Strelnitski, L. Takalo, B. Taylor, G. Walker

A giant glitch in PSR J1718-3718

Authors: Richard N Manchester G Hobbs

Impacts of Collective Neutrino Oscillations on Supernova Explosions

Authors: Yudai Suwa (Kyoto Univ.), Kei Kotake, Tomoya Takiwaki (NAOJ), Matthias Liebendoerfer (Univ. of Basel), Katsuhiko Sato (NINS & Univ. of Tokyo)

tipa -- 6/27/2011

Extracting the unresolved pulsar contribution to the gamma-ray background

Authors: Alex Geringer-Sameth, Savvas M. Koushiappas (Brown U.)

Thermal Instability & the Feedback Regulation of Hot Halos in Clusters, Groups, and Galaxies

Authors: Prateek Sharma, Michael McCourt, Eliot Quataert, Ian J. Parrish

Radio data and synchrotron emission in consistent cosmic ray models

Authors: Torsten Bringmann, Fiorenza Donato, Roberto A. Lineros

WISE Discovery of Low Metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

Authors: Roger L. Griffith (IPAC), Chao-Wei Tsai (IPAC), Daniel Stern (JPL), Andrew Blain (Leicester), Peter R. M. Eisenhardt (JPL), Fiona Harrison (Caltech), Thomas H. Jarrett (IPAC), Kristin Madsen (Caltech), Spencer A. Stanford (UC Davis), Edward L. Wright (UCLA), Jingwen Wu (JPL), Yanling Wu (IPAC), Lin Yan (IPAC)

classic papers of the week -- 198

Identification of Beta-Rays with Atomic Electrons

Goldhaber, M.; Scharff-Goldhaber, Gertrude (Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)

Velocity of the Earth with Respect to the Cosmic Background Radiation

Conklin, E. K. (Radio Astronomy Institute, Stanford University)

Diffusion in Embryogenesis

Crick, Francis (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge)

tipa -- 6/24/2011

Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the evolution of magnetic fields in Fanaroff-Riley class II radio sources

Authors: Martin Huarte-Espinosa, Martin Krause, Paul Alexander

Multiwavelength Observations of the VHE Blazar 1ES 2344+514

Authors: VERITAS collaboration

Consecutive Bright Pulses in the Vela Pulsar

Authors: Jim L. Palfreyman, Aidan W. Hotan, John M. Dickey, Timothy G. Young, Claire E. Hotan

Short GRBs with Extended Emission from Magnetar Birth: Jet Formation and Collimation

Authors: N. Bucciantini, (NORDITA, AlbaNova Univ. Center), B.D. Metzger (Dep. Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton), T.A. Thompson (Dep. of Astronomy, Ohio State Univ.), E. Quataert, (Astronomy Dep., UC Berkeley)

Dusty Explosions from Dusty Progenitors: The Physics of SN2008S and the 2008 NGC300-OT

Authors: C.S. Kochanek (1) ((1) Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University)

Tracing the sources of cosmic rays with molecular ions

Authors: J.K. Becker, J.H. Black, M. Safarzadeh, F. Schuppan

Muon decay in orbit: spectrum of high-energy electrons

Authors: Andrzej Czarnecki, Xavier Garcia i Tormo, William J. Marciano

Observations of annual modulation in direct detection of relic particles and light neutralinos

Authors: P. Belli (INFN/Roma Tor Vergata), R. Bernabei (Univ. of Roma Tor Vergata and INFN/Roma Tor Vergata), A. Bottino (Univ. of Torino and INFN/Torino), F. Cappella (Univ. of Roma La Sapienza and INFN/Roma La Sapienza), R. Cerulli (INFN/LNGS), N. Fornengo (Univ. of Torino and INFN/Torino), S. Scopel (Sogang Univ.)

Search for New Physics with a Mono-Jet and Missing Transverse Energy in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV