tipa -- 8/1/2008

Using Ultra Long Period Cepheids to Extend the Cosmic Distance Ladder to 100 Mpc and Beyond

• Authors: Jonathan C. Bird, K. Z. Stanek, Jose L. Prieto

Protostar Formation in the Early Universe

• Authors: Naoki Yoshida (Nagoya University), Kazuyuki Omukai (NAOJ), Lars Hernquist (CfA-Harvard)

tipa -- 7/31/2008

Is the Universe More Transparent to Gamma Rays Than Previously Thought?

• Authors: Floyd W. Stecker, Sean T. Scully

tipa -- 7/30/2008

Discovery of a young massive stellar cluster near HESS J1813-178

• Authors: Maria Messineo, Donald F. Figer, Ben Davies, R. Michael Rich, E. Valenti, R.P. Kudritzki

Gravitational Radiation Driven Supermassive Black Hole Binary Inspirals as Periodically Variable Electromagnetic Sources

• Authors: Zoltaán Haiman (Columbia University), Bence Kocsis (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Etvös Loránd University), Kristen Menou (Columbia University)

tipa -- 7/29/2008

Dynamical Feedback of Self-generated Magnetic Fields in Cosmic Rays Modified Shocks

• Authors: D. Caprioli (1), P. Blasi (2 and 3), E. Amato (2), M. Vietri (1) ((1) Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, (2) INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy, (3) Fermilab, Center for Particle Astrophysics, Batavia, IL, USA)

The AGILE Mission

• Authors: M. Tavani, et al., for the AGILE Collaboration

Determination of the angular momentum distribution of supernovae from gravitational wave observations

• Authors: Kazuhiro Hayama, Shantanu Desai, Kei Kotake, Soumya D. Mohanty, Malik Rakhmanov, Tiffany Summerscales, Sanichiro Yoshida

tipa -- 7/28/2008

Observational Limits on Inverse Compton Processes in GRBs

• Authors: Tsvi Piran, Re'em Sari, Yuan-Chuan Zou

Shock Vorticity Generation from Accelerated Ion Streaming in the Precursor of Ultrarelativistic Gamma-Ray Burst External Shocks

• Authors: Sean M. Couch, Milos Milosavljevic, Ehud Nakar

Size evolution of the most massive galaxies at 1.7<.z<.3 from GOODS NICMOS survey imaging

• Authors: Fernando Buitrago, Ignacio Trujillo, Christopher J. Conselice, Rychard J. Bouwens, Mark Dickinson, Haojing Yan

How precisely neutrino emission from supernova remnants can be constrained by gamma ray observations?

• Authors: F.L. Villante, F. Vissani

Reach of Future Accelerator and Reactor Neutrino Efforts

• Authors: Y. Obayashi (for the T2K Collaboration)

classic papers of the week -- 76

On Super-novae

• Baade, W.; Zwicky, F.

The Observations of Relic Radiation as a Test of the Nature of X-Ray Radiation from the Clusters of Galaxies

• Sunyaev, R. A.; Zeldovich, Ya. B. (USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, USSR)

The strength of the weak interactions

• Lincoln Wolfenstein (Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)

tipa -- 7/25/2008

Towards an Accurate Determination of Parameters for Very Massive Stars: the Eclipsing Binary LMC-SC1-105

• Authors: Alceste Z. Bonanos (Carnegie Institution of Washington - DTM)

Air Fluorescence Relevant for Cosmic-Ray Detection - Review of Pioneering Measurements

• Authors: Fernando Arqueros, Joerg R. Hoerandel, Bianca Keilhauer

tipa -- 7/23/2008

The impact of type Ia supernovae on main sequence binary companions

• Authors: R. Pakmor, F. K. Roepke, A. Weiss, W. Hillebrandt

Strong magnetic fields in normal galaxies at high redshifts

• Authors: Martin L. Bernet, Francesco Miniati, Simon J. Lilly (ETHZ), Philipp P. Kronberg (LANL), Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky (Geneva)

tipa -- 7/22/2008

Can binary mergers produce maximally spinning black holes?

• Authors: Michael Kesden

Multiple ring nebulae around blue supergiants

• Authors: S. M. Chita, N. Langer, A. J. van Marle, G. Garcia-Segura, A. Heger

Core-collapse supernovae in low-metallicity environments and future all-sky transient surveys

• Authors: D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, S. Mattila, N. R. Tanvir, D. Bersier, K. C. Chambers, N. Kaiser, J. L. Tonry

Could the GSI Oscillations be Observed in a Standard Electron Capture Decay Experiment?

• Authors: Thomas Faestermann, Fritz Bosch, Ralf Hertenberger, Ludwig Maier, Reiner Kruecken, Georg Rugel

Comment on the paper "Search for oscillation of the electron-capture decay probability of $^{142}$Pm" at arXiv:0807.0649v1

• Authors: Yu.A. Litvinov, F. Bosch, N. Winckler, D. Boutin, H.G. Essel, T. Faestermann, H. Geissel, S. Hess, P. Kienle, R. Knöbel, C. Kozhuharov, J. Kurcewicz, L. Maier, K. Beckert, C. Brandau, L. Chen, C. Dimopoulou, B. Fabian, A. Fragner, E. Haettner, M. Hausmann, S.A. Litvinov, M. Mazzocco, F. Montes, A. Musumarra, C. Nociforo, F. Nolden, W.R. Plass, A. Prochazka, R. Reda, R. Reuschl, C. Scheidenberger, M. Steck, T. Stöhlker, S. Torilov, M. Trassinelli, B. Sun, H. Weick, M. Winkler

tipa -- 7/21/2008

Electroweak Physics

• Authors: Jens Erler, Paul Langacker

classic papers of the week -- 75

On the Stopping of fast particles and on the creation of positive electrons

• H. Bethe (Manchester), W. Heitler (Bristol)

Galactic Nuclei as Collapsed Old Quasars

• Lynden-Bell, D.

A Spot in One of the Belts of Jupiter

tipa -- 7/18/2008

Linking Short Gamma Ray Bursts and their Host Galaxies

• Authors: James E. Rhoads

Relativistic Spin Precession in the Double Pulsar

• Authors: Rene P. Breton (1), Victoria M. Kaspi (1), Michael Kramer (2), Maura A. McLaughlin (3,4), Maxim Lyutikov (5), Scott M. Ransom (6), Ingrid H. Stairs (7), Robert D. Ferdman (7,8), Fernando Camilo (9), Andrea Possenti (10) ((1) McGill University, (2) Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, (3) West Virginia University, (4) NRAO Green Bank, (5) Purdue University, (6) NRAO Charlottesville, (7) University of British Columbia, (8) LPCE / CNRS, (9) Columbia University, (10) INAF)

Neutrino-Nucleus Reaction Cross Sections for Light Element Synthesis in Supernova Explosions

• Authors: T. Yoshida (1), T. Suzuki (2), S. Chiba (3), T. Kajino (1), H. Yokomakura (4), K. Kimura (4), A. Takamura (5), D. H. Hartmann (6) ((1)NAOJ, (2)Nihon U., (3)JAEA, (4)Nagoya U., (5)Toyota Coll. Tech., (6)Clemson U.)

Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from a Distant Quasar: How Transparent Is the Universe?

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

tipa -- 7/17/2008

Two extremely luminous WN stars in the Galactic center with circumstellar emission from dust and gas

• Authors: A. Barniske, L. M. Oskinova, W.-R. Hamann

Will the LHC Look into the Fate of the Universe?

• Authors: Steven A. Abel, John Ellis, Joerg Jaeckel, Valentin V. Khoze

tipa -- 7/16/2008

Origin of the S-Stars in the Galactic Center

• Authors: Ulf Löckmann, Holger Baumgardt, Pavel Kroupa

The Physical Scale of the Far-Infrared Emission in the Most Luminous Submillimeter Galaxies

• Authors: Joshua D. Younger, Giovanni G. Fazio, David J. Wilner, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Raymond Blundell, Mark A. Gurwell, Jia-Sheng Huang, Daisuke Iono, Alison B. Peck, Glen R. Petitpas, Kimberly S. Scott, Grant W. Wilson, Min S. Yun

A z = 3 Lyman Alpha Blob Associated with a Damped Lyman Alpha System Proximate to its Background Quasar

• Authors: Joseph F. Hennawi (1), J. Xavier Prochaska (2), Juna Kollmeier (3), Zheng Zheng (4) ((1) UCO/Lick Observatory, (2) UC Berkeley, (3) Carnegie Observatories, (4) Institute for Advanced Study)

Search for active neutrino disappearance using neutral-current interactions in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

• Authors: P. Adamson, et al., for the MINOS Collaboration

tipa -- 7/15/2008

Search for Oscillation of the Electron-Capture Decay Probability of $^{142}$Pm

• Authors: P. A. Vetter, R. M. Clark, J. Dvorak, S. J. Freedman, K. E. Gregorich, H. B. Jeppesen, D. Mittelberger, M. Wiedeking

tipa -- 7/14/2008

Massive Star Formation in the Molecular Ring Orbiting the Black Hole at the Galactic Center

• Authors: F. Yusef-Zadeh, J. Braatz, M. Wardle, D. Roberts

A ~1-hour X-ray periodicity in an active galaxy RE J1034+396

• Authors: Marek Gierlinski, Matthew Middleton, Martin Ward, Chris Done

Reconstructing the Guitar: Blowing Bubbles with a Pulsar Bow Shock Back Flow

• Authors: Marten H. van Kerkwijk (Toronto), Ashleigh Ingle (Toronto)

Exotic Implications of Electron and Photon Final States

• Authors: Lisa Randall, Mark B. Wise

classic papers of the week -- 74

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?

• Bohr, N. (Institute for Theoretical Physics, University, Copenhagen)

Deterministic nonperiodic flow

• Edward N. Lorenz

The Scale of the Universe

• Harlow Shapley (Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington); Heber D. Curtis (Director, Allegheny Observatory)

tipa -- 7/11/2008

Supernova 2008D associated with the Luminous X-ray Transient 080109: An Energetic Explosion of a Massive Helium Star

• Authors: Masaomi Tanaka, Nozomu Tominaga, Ken'ichi Nomoto, S. Valenti, D.K. Sahu, T. Minezaki, Y. Yoshii, M. Yoshida, G.C. Anupama, S. Benetti, G. Chincarini, M. Della Valle, P. A. Mazzali, E. Pian

The metamorphosis of Supernova SN2008D/XRF080109: a link between Supernovae and GRBs/Hypernovae

• Authors: Paolo A. Mazzali, Stefano Valenti, Massimo Della Valle, Guido Chincarini, Daniel N. Sauer, Stefano Benetti, Elena Pian, Tsvi Piran, Valerio D'Elia, Nancy Elias-Rosa, Raffaella Margutti, Francesco Pasotti, L. Angelo Antonelli, Filomena Bufano, Sergio Campana, Enrico Cappellaro, Stefano Covino, Paolo D'Avanzo, Fabrizio Fiore, Dino Fugazza, Roberto Gilmozzi, Deborah Hunter, Kate Maguire, Elisabetta Maiorano, Paola Marziani, Nicola Masetti, Felix Mirabel, Hripsime Navasardyan, Ken'ichi Nomoto, Eliana Palazzi, Andrea Pastorello, Nino Panagia, Leonardo J. Pellizza, Re'em Sari, Stephen Smartt, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Masaomi Tanaka, Stefan Taubenberger, Nozomu Tominaga, Carrie Trundle, Massimo Turatto

Neutrino Mass and Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

• Authors: Petr Vogel

tipa -- 7/10/2008

A Three-Decade Outburst of the LMC Luminous Blue Variable R127 Draws to a Close

• Authors: Nolan R. Walborn (Space Telescope Science Institute), Otmar Stahl (ZAH, Landessternwarte Konigstuhl), Roberto C. Gamen (Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, CONICET), Thomas Szeifert (European Southern Observatory), Nidia I. Morrell (Las Campanas Observatory, The Carnegie Observatories), Nathan Smith (University of California--Berkeley), Ian D. Howarth (University College London), Roberta M. Humphreys (University of Minnesota), Howard E. Bond (Space Telescope Science Institute), Daniel J. Lennon (Space Telescope Science Institute)

The short GRB070707 afterglow and its very faint host galaxy

• Authors: S. Piranomonte, P. D'Avanzo, S. Covino, L. A. Antonelli, A. P. Beardmore, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, V. D'Elia, M. Della Valle, F. Fiore, D. Fugazza, D. Guetta, C. Guidorzi, G. L. Israel, D. Lazzati, D. Malesani, A. M. Parsons, R. Perna, L. Stella, G. Tagliaferri, S.D. Vergani

Revealing dark matter substructure with anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray background

• Authors: Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins

When teaching: Out with magnitudes, in with monochromatic luminosities!

• Authors: Frank Verbunt

tipa -- 7/9/2008

Probing Electron-Capture Supernovae: X-Ray Binaries in Starbursts

• Authors: T. Linden, J. F. Sepinsky, V. Kalogera, K. Belczynski

First Penning-trap mass measurement in the millisecond half-life range: the halo nucleus 11Li

• Authors: M. Smith, M. Brodeur, T. Brunner, S. Ettenauer, A Lapierre, R. Ringle, V. L. Ryjkov, F. Ames, P. Bricault, G. W. F. Drake, P. Delheij, D Lunney, J. Dilling

tipa -- 7/8/2008

Experimental constraints on a dark matter origin for the DAMA annual modulation effect

• Authors: C.E. Aalseth, P.S. Barbeau, D.G. Cerdeno, J. Colaresi, J.I. Collar, P. de Lurgio, G. Drake, J.E. Fast, C.H. Greenberg, T.W. Hossbach, J.D. Kephart, M.G. Marino, H.S. Miley, J.L. Orrell, D. Reyna, R.G.H. Robertson, R. Talaga, O. Tench, T.D. Van Wechel, J.F. Wilkerson, K.M. Yocum

SN2007ax : An Extremely Faint Type Ia Supernova

• Authors: M. M. Kasliwal (1), E. O. Ofek (1), A. Gal-Yam (1), A. Rau (1), P. J. Brown (2), S. B. Cenko (1), P. B. Cameron (1), R. Quimby (1), S. R. Kulkarni (1), L. Bildsten (3), P. Milne (4) ((1) Caltech, (2) PSU, (3) UCSB, (4)Steward Obs.)

On Prompt High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts

• Authors: Kohta Murase

classic papers of the week -- 73

Discussion on the theory of relativity

• Eddington, A. S.; Jeans, J. H.; Lodge, Oliver, Sir; Larmor, Joseph, Sir; Silberstein, L.; Lindemann, F. A.; Jeffreys, H.

Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infrared Radiation

• Dyson, Freeman J.

Transplutonium Elements in Thermonuclear Test Debris

• Fields, P. R.; Studier, M. H.; Diamond, H.; Mech, J. F.; Inghram, M. G.; Pyle, G. L.; Stevens, C. M.; Fried, S.; Manning, W. M. (Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL); Ghiorso, A.; Thompson, S. G.; Higgins, G. H.; Seaborg, G. T. (University of California, Berkeley, CA)

tipa -- 7/4/2008

Properties of Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor Stars

• Authors: Pawan Kumar, Ramesh Narayan, Jarrett L. Johnson

NGC 2770 - a supernova Ib factory?

• Authors: Christina C. Thoene, Michal J. Michalowski, Giorgos Leloudas, Nick L. J. Cox, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Jesper Sollerman, Jens Hjorth, Paul M. Vreeswijk

tipa -- 7/3/2008

Tidal Disruption Flares from Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes

• Authors: Stefanie Komossa, David Merritt

Nonthermal neutrinos from supernovae leaving a magnetar

• Authors: Shunsaku Horiuchi, Yudai Suwa, Hajime Takami, Shin'ichiro Ando, Katsuhiko Sato

Gamma Ray Burst Predictions for GLAST

• Authors: Truong Le, Charles D. Dermer

tipa -- 7/2/2008

A Glimpse into the Past: The Recent Evolution of Globular Clusters

• Authors: Jasonjot S. Kalirai, Jay Strader, Harvey B. Richer, Jay Anderson

GeV Emission from Prompt and Afterglow Phases of Gamma-Ray Bursts

• Authors: Shin'ichiro Ando, Ehud Nakar, Re'em Sari (Caltech)

The number density of a charged relic

• Authors: Carola F. Berger (MIT & KITP), Laura Covi (DESY), Sabine Kraml (LPSC, Grenoble), Federica Palorini (Lyon, IPN)

tipa -- 7/1/2008

Jets as diagnostics of the circumstellar medium and the explosion energetics of supernovae: the case of Cas A

• Authors: K.M. Schure, J. Vink, G. García Segura, A. Achterberg

The Gravitational Wave Burst Signal from Core Collapse of Rotating Stars

• Authors: Harald Dimmelmeier, Christian D. Ott, Andreas Marek, Hans-Thomas Janka

Study of the Detonation Phase in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia Supernovae

• Authors: Casey A. Meakin, Ivo Seitenzahl, Dean Townsley, George C. Jordan IV, James Truran, Don Lamb

tipa -- 6/30/2008

Neutrino signatures and the neutrino-driven wind in Binary Neutron Star Mergers

• Authors: Luc Dessart, Christian Ott, Adam Burrows, Stefan Rosswog, Eli Livne

Hundreds of Milky Way Satellites? Luminosity Bias in the Satellite Luminosity Function

• Authors: Erik J. Tollerud, James S. Bullock, Louis E. Strigari, Beth Willman

Numerical simulations of continuum-driven winds of super-Eddington stars

• Authors: A.J. van Marle, S.P. Owocki, N.J. Shaviv