today in particle astrophysics

tipa -- 7/8/2009

Variable Sodium Absorption in a Low-Extinction Type Ia Supernova

Authors: Joshua D. Simon (Carnegie Observatories), Avishay Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute), Orly Gnat, Robert M. Quimby (Caltech), Mohan Ganeshalingam, Jeffrey M. Silverman (UC Berkeley), Stephane Blondin (ESO), Weidong Li, Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), J. Craig Wheeler (Texas), Robert P. Kirshner (CfA), Ferdinando Patat (ESO), Peter Nugent (LBL), Ryan J. Foley (CfA), Steven S. Vogt (UCSC), R. Paul Butler (Carnegie DTM), Kathryn M. G. Peek (UC Berkeley), Erik Rosolowsky (UBC Okanagan), Gregory J. Herczeg (MPE), Daniel N. Sauer (Stockholm), Paolo A. Mazzali (MPA)

Constraining the Milky Way potential with a 6-D phase-space map of the GD-1 stellar stream

Authors: Sergey E. Koposov (1,2,3), Hans-Walter Rix (1), David W. Hogg (1,4) ((1) Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany, (2) Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK, (3) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia, (4) New York University, New York, USA)

The hydrodynamics of the supernova remnant Cas A: The influence of the progenitor evolution on the velocity structure and clumping

Authors: B. van Veelen, N. Langer, J. Vink, G. García-Segura, A.J. van Marle

Rubin, V. C.; Ford, W. K., Jr.; Thonnard, N (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.)

Field Theories with Superconductor Solutions

J. Goldstone (CERN, Geneva)

Principes de Phonautographie

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

tipa -- 7/3/2009

A Spitzer/IRS Spectrum of the 2008 Luminous Transient in NGC 300: Connection to Proto-Planetary Nebulae

Authors: Jose L. Prieto, Kris Sellgren, Todd A. Thompson, Christopher S. Kochanek (Ohio State University)

The destruction and survival of dust in the shell around SN 2008S

Authors: R. Wesson, M. J. Barlow, B. Ercolano, J. E. Andrews, Geoffrey C. Clayton, J. Fabbri, Joseph S. Gallagher, M. Meixner, B. E. K. Sugerman, D. L. Welch

The Star Formation Rate of Supersonic MHD Turbulence

Authors: Paolo Padoan, AAke Nordlund

Fermi LAT Measurements of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission at Intermediate Galactic Latitudes

Authors: T. A. Porter, for the Fermi LAT Collaboration

Fermi observations of Cassiopeia and Cepheus: gamma-ray diffuse emission in the outer Galaxy

Authors: L. Tibaldo, I. A. Grenier, for the Fermi LAT Collaboration

First results on Cosmic Ray electron spectrum below 20 GeV from the Fermi LAT

Authors: Melissa Pesce-Rollins, for the Fermi LAT collaboration

Dark Matter Spin-Dependent Limits for WIMP Interactions on 19-F by PICASSO

Authors: S. Archambault, F. Aubin, M. Auger, E. Behnke, B. Beltran, K. Clark, X. Dai, A. Davour, J. Farine, R. Faust, M.-H. Genest, G. Giroux, R. Gornea, C. Krauss, S. Kumaratunga, I. Lawson, C. Leroy, L. Lessard, C. Levy, I. Levine, R. MacDonald, J.-P. Martin, P. Nadeau, A. Noble, M.-C. Piro, S. Pospisil, T. Shepherd, N. Starinski, I. Stekl, C. Storey, U. Wichoski, V. Zacek

tipa -- 7/2/2009

Discovery of a Highly Energetic X-ray Pulsar Powering HESS J1813-178 in the Young Supernova Remnant G12.82-0.02

Authors: E. V. Gotthelf, J. P. Halpern (Columbia University)

Comparisons of the radial distributions of core-collapse supernovae with those of young and old stellar populations

Authors: J. P. Anderson, P. A. James

A novel determination of the local dark matter density

Authors: Riccardo Catena, Piero Ullio

Exploring Dark Matter with Milky Way substructure

Authors: M. Kuhlen (IAS, Princeton), P. Madau (UC Santa Cruz), J. Silk (U. of Oxford)

Study of the Production of Radioactive Isotopes through Cosmic Muon Spallation in KamLAND

Authors: The KamLAND Collaboration

General bounds on non-standard neutrino interactions

Authors: Carla Biggio, Mattias Blennow, Enrique Fernandez-Martinez

TASI 2008 Lectures: Introduction to Supersymmetry and Supersymmetry Breaking

Authors: Yuri Shirman

tipa -- 7/1/2009

The Dark Disk of the Milky Way

Authors: Chris W. Purcell, James S. Bullock, Manoj Kaplinghat

Shrinking the Braneworld: Black Hole in a Globular Cluster

Authors: Oleg Y. Gnedin, Thomas J. Maccarone, Dimitrios Psaltis, Stephen E. Zepf

Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

Authors: Arne Rau (1,2), Shrinivas R. Kulkarni (2), Nicholas M. Law (2), Joshua S. Bloom (3), David Ciardi (2), George S. Djorgovski (2), Derek B. Fox (4), Avishay Gal-Yam (5), Carl C. Grillmair (2), Mansi M. Kasliwal (2), Peter E. Nugent (6), Eran O. Ofek (2), Robert M. Quimby (2), William T. Reach (2), Michael Shara (7), Lars Bildsten (8), S. Bradley Cenko (3), Andrew J. Drake (2), Alexei V. Filippenko (3), David J. Helfand (9), George Helou (2), D. Andrew Howell (8,10), Dovi Poznanski (3), Mark Sullivan (11) ((1) MPE, (2) Caltech, (3) UC Berkeley, (4) Pennstate, (5) Weizman, (6) LBLN, (7) AMNH, (8) UC Santa Barbara, (9) Columbia, (10) LCOGT, (11) Oxford)

The Disruption of Giant Molecular Clouds by Radiation Pressure and the Efficiency of Star Formation in Galaxies

Authors: Norman Murray, Eliot Quataert, Todd A. Thompson

Reconstructing WIMP Properties in Direct Detection Experiments Including Galactic Dark Matter Distribution Uncertainties

Authors: Louis E. Strigari, Roberto Trotta

Exploring Portals to a Hidden Sector Through Fixed Targets

Authors: Brian Batell, Maxim Pospelov, Adam Ritz

tipa -- 6/30/2009

The Dark Universe

Authors: Matthias Bartelmann (Zentrum fuer Astronomie, Universitaet Heidelberg, Institut fuer Theoretische Astrophysik)

Theory of cosmic ray and gamma-ray production in the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622

Authors: E. G. Berezhko (1), G. Pühlhofer (2), H. J. Völk (3) ((1) Yu.G. Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy, (2) Landessternwarte, (3) Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik)

Galaxy Zoo : 'Hanny's Voorwerp', a quasar light echo?

Authors: Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, William Keel, Hanny van Arkel, Nicola Bennert, Edward Edmondson, Daniel Thomas, Daniel Smith, Peter Herbert, Matt Jarvis, Shanil Virani, Dan Andreescu, Steven Bamford, Kate Land, Phil Murray, Robert Nichol, Jordan Raddick, Anze Slosar, Alex Szalay, Jan Vandenberg

Shockwaves in Supernovae: New Implications on the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background

Authors: Sebastien Galais, James Kneller, Cristina Volpe, Jerome Gava

tipa -- 6/26/2009

Measuring the cosmic ray acceleration efficiency of a supernova remnant

Authors: E.A.Helder, J. Vink, C.G. Bassa, A. Bamba, J.A.M. Bleeker, S. Funk, P. Ghavamian, K. J. van der Heyden, F. Verbunt, R. Yamazaki

tipa -- 6/25/2009

Polarization signature of gamma-ray bursts from fragmented fireballs

Authors: Davide Lazzati (NCSU), Mitchell Begelman (JILA)

Caustics in growing Cold Dark Matter Haloes

Authors: Mark Vogelsberger (1), Simon D.M. White (1), Roya Mohayaee (2), Volker Springel (1) ((1) MPA, (2) IAP Paris)

Can substructure in the Galactic Halo explain the ATIC and PAMELA results?

Authors: P.J. Elahi (1), L.M. Widrow (1), R.J. Thacker (2) ((1) Queen's University, (2) Saint Mary's University)

Resonant enhancement of nuclear reactions as a possible solution to the cosmological lithium problem

Authors: Richard H. Cyburt, Maxim Pospelov

Muon Fluxes From Dark Matter Annihilation

Authors: Arif Emre Erkoca, Mary Hall Reno, Ina Sarcevic

tipa -- 6/24/2009

A Constrain on Inelastic Dark Matter Signal using ZEPLIN-II Results

Authors: D.B. Cline, W. Ooi, H. Wang

Cosmography with the Einstein Telescope

Authors: B.S. Sathyaprakash (Cardiff University), Bernard Schutz (MPI for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute, Cardiff University), Chris Van Den Broeck (Cardiff University)

Sibyll 2.1

Authors: Eun-Joo Ahn, Ralph Engel, Thomas K. Gaisser, Paolo Lipari, Todor Stanev

tipa -- 6/23/2009

Ultra-high precision cosmology from gravitational waves

Authors: Curt Cutler, Daniel E. Holz

LUNASKA Experiment Observational Limits on UHE Neutrinos from Centaurus A and the Galactic Center

Authors: C.W. James, R.J. Protheroe, R.D. Ekers, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, R.A. McFadden, C.J. Phillips, P. Roberts, J.D. Bray

Cosmic ray acceleration parameters from multi-wavelength observations. The case of SN 1006

Authors: E.G. Berezhko, L.T. Ksenofontov, H.J. Voelk

Cosmic Ray Measurements with the KASCADE-Grande Experiment

Authors: KASCADE-Grande Collaboration: W.D.Apel, J.C.Arteaga, F.Badea, K.Bekk, M.Bertaina, J.Bluemer, H.Bozdog, I.M.Brancus, M.Brueggemann, P.Buchholz, E.Cantoni, A.Chiavassa, F.Cossavella, K.Daumiller, V.deSouza, F.DiPierro, P.Doll, R.Engel, J.Engler, M.Finger, D.Fuhrmann, P.L.Ghia, H.J.Gils, R.Glasstetter, C.Grupen, A.Haungs, D.Heck, J.R.Hoerandel, T.Huege, P.G.Isar, K.-H.Kampert, D.Kang, D.Kickelbick, H.O.Klages, P.Luczak, H.J.Mathes, H.J.Mayer, J.Milke, B.Mitrica, C.Morello, G.Navarra, S.Nehls, J.Oehlschlaeger, S.Ostapchenko, S.Over, M.Petcu, T.Pierog, H.Rebel, M.Roth, H.Schieler, F.Schroeder, O.Sima, M.Stuempert, G.Toma, G.C.Trinchero, H.Ulrich, A.Weindl, J.Wochele, M.Wommer, J.Zabierowski

Wide and deep near-UV (360nm) galaxy counts and the extragalactic background light with the Large Binocular Camera

Authors: A. Grazian (1), N. Menci (1), E. Giallongo (1), S. Gallozzi (1), F. Fontanot (2,3), A. Fontana (1), V. Testa (1), R. Ragazzoni (4), A. Baruffolo (4), G. Beccari (5), E. Diolaiti (6), A. Di Paola (1), J. Farinato (4), F. Gasparo (2), G. Gentile (4), R. Green (7), J. Hill (7), O. Kuhn (7), F. Pasian (2), F. Pedichini (1), M. Radovich (8), R. Smareglia (2), R. Speziali (1), D. Thompson (7), R. M. Wagner (7) ((1) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monteporzio, Italy, (2) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste, Italy, (3) MPIA Max-Planck-Institute fur Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany (4) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova, Italy, (5) ESA, Space Science Department, Noordwijk, Netherlands (6) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, (7) Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (8) INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy)

tipa -- 6/22/2009

No visible optical variability from a relativistic blast wave encountering a wind-termination shock

Authors: H.J. van Eerten, Z. Meliani, R.A.M.J. Wijers, R. Keppens

Dynamical masses of early-type galaxies at z~2: Are they truly superdense?

Authors: Michele Cappellari, S. di Serego Alighieri, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, A. Renzini, J. D. Kurk, P. Cassata, M. Dickinson, A. Franceschini, M. Mignoli, L. Pozzetti, G. Rodighiero, P. Rosati, G. Zamorani

Condensed Matter Astrophysics: A Prescription for Determining the Species-Specific Composition and Quantity of Interstellar Dust using X-rays

Authors: Julia C. Lee, Jingen Xiang (Harvard), Bruce Ravel (NIST), Jeffrey Kortright (LBNL), Kathryn Flanagan (STScI)

Bounding the mass of the graviton with gravitational waves: Effect of spin precessions in massive black hole binaries

Authors: Adamantios Stavridis (Washington U. St. Louis), Clifford M. Will (Washington U. St. Louis & Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

Effect of Long-lived Strongly Interacting Relic Particles on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Authors: Motohiko Kusakabe, Toshitaka Kajino, Takashi Yoshida, Grant J. Mathews

Interpretation of the Underground Muon Charge Ratio

Authors: P. A. Schreiner, J. Reichenbacher, M.C. Goodman

QCD Precision Measurements and Structure Function Extraction at a High Statistics, High Energy Neutrino Scattering Experiment: NuSOnG

Authors: T. Adams, P. Batra, L. Bugel, L. Camilleri, J. M. Conrad, A. de Gouvêa, P. H. Fisher, J. A. Formaggio, J. Jenkins, G. Karagiorgi, T. R. Kobilarcik, S. Kopp, G. Kyle, W. A. Loinaz, D. A. Mason, R. Milner, R. Moore, J. G. Morfín, M. Nakamura, D. Naples, P. Nienaber, F. I. Olness, J. F. Owens, S. F. Pate, A. Pronin, W. G. Seligman, M. H. Shaevitz, H. Schellman, I. Schienbein, M. J. Syphers, T. M. P. Tait, T. Takeuchi, C. Y. Tan, R. G. Van de Water, R. K. Yamamoto, J. Y. Yu

tipa -- 6/19/2009

Discovery of the energetic pulsar J1747-2809 in the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1

Authors: F. Camilo (Columbia U.), S. M. Ransom (NRAO), B. M. Gaensler (U. Sydney), D. R. Lorimer (WVU)

Search for Dark Matter with CRESST

Authors: Rafael F. Lang, Wolfgang Seidel

Dark matter substructure and dwarf galactic satellites

Authors: Andrey V. Kravtsov (KICP, U.Chicago)

The radio counterpart of the likely TeV binary HESS J0632+057

Authors: J.L. Skilton, M. Pandey-Pommier, J.A. Hinton, C.C. Cheung, F.A. Aharonian, J. Brucker, G. Dubus, A. Fiasson, S. Funk, Y.A. Gallant, A. Marcowith, O. Reimer

tipa -- 6/18/2009

Evidence for horizon-scale power from CMB polarization

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

Neutrino oscillations in magnetically driven supernova explosions

Authors: Shio Kawagoe, Tomoya Takiwaki, Kei Kotake

tipa -- 6/17/2009

A high stellar velocity dispersion for a compact massive galaxy at z=2.2

Authors: Pieter G. van Dokkum, Mariska Kriek, Marijn Franx

0FGL J1830.3+0617: A Fermi Blazar Near the Galactic Plane

Authors: N. Mirabal (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), J. P. Halpern (Columbia University)

A unique core-collapse supernova in an elliptical galaxy

Authors: K. S. Kawabata, K. Maeda, K. Nomoto, S. Taubenberger, M. Tanaka, T. Hattori, K. Itagaki

The Trouble with the Local Bubble

Authors: Barry Y. Welsh, Robin L. Shelton

Search for Excess Dimuon Production in the Radial Region (1.6 < r < 10) cm at the D0 Experiment

Authors: Mark Williams, for the D0 Collaboration

On the Origin of Neutrino Masses

Authors: Pavel Fileviez Perez, Mark B. Wise

Sterile neutrinos: the dark side of the light fermions

Authors: Alexander Kusenko

tipa -- 6/16/2009

The Ultraviolet Spectrum of the Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy `The Cosmic Horseshoe': A Close-up of a Star-forming Galaxy at z = 2

Authors: Anna M. Quider (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), Max Pettini (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), Alice E. Shapley (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles) Charles C. Steidel (California Institute of Technology)

High-Energy Astrophysics with Neutrino Telescopes