tipa -- 10/2/2009

Very blue UV-continuum slopes of low luminosity z~7 galaxies from WFC3/IR: Evidence for extremely low metallicities?

• Authors: R.J. Bouwens (UCSC), G.D. Illingworth (UCSC), P.A. Oesch (ETH Zurich), M. Trenti (Colorado), M. Stiavelli (STScI), M. Carollo (ETH Zurich), M. Franx (Leiden), P.G. van Dokkum (Yale), I. Labbe (OCIW), D. Magee (UCSC)

Black hole mergers: the first light

• Authors: Elena M. Rossi, G. Lodato, P. J. Armitage, J. E. Pringle, A. R. King

Robust Neutrino Constraints by Combining Low Redshift Observations with the CMB

• Authors: Beth A. Reid, Licia Verde, Raul Jimenez, Olga Mena

A Direct Measurement of the IGM Opacity to HI Ionizing Photons

• Authors: J. Xavier Prochaska (1), Gabor Worseck (1), John M. O'Meara (2) ((1) IMPS, UCO/Lick Observatory, UCSC; (2) St. Michael's College)

The Far-Infrared--Radio Correlation at High Redshifts: Physical Considerations and Prospects for the Square Kilometer Array

• Authors: Eric J. Murphy

Accurate calculations of the WIMP halo around the Sun and prospects for its gamma ray detection

• Authors: Sofia Sivertsson, Joakim Edsjo

Supernova Kicks and Misaligned Microquasars

• Authors: Rebecca G. Martin, Christopher A. Tout, J. E. Pringle

Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars

• Authors: R. M. Quimby, S. R. Kulkarni, M. M. Kasliwal, A. Gal-Yam, I. Arcavi, M. Sullivan, P. Nugent, R. Thomas, D. A. Howell, L. Bildsten, J. S. Bloom, C. Theissen, N. Law, R. Dekany, G. Rahmer, D. Hale, R. Smith, E. O. Ofek, J. Zolkower, V. Velur, R. Walters, J. Henning, K. Bui, D. McKenna, D. Poznanski, S. B. Cenko, D. Levitan

Galaxy Formation In The Reionization Epoch As Hinted By Wide Field Camera 3 Observations Of The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

• Authors: Haojing Yan, Rogier Windhorst, Nimish Hathi, Seth Cohen, Russell Ryan, Robert O'Connell, Patrick McCarthy

Particle-in-cell simulation of a mildly relativistic collision of an electron-ion plasma carrying a quasi-parallel magnetic field: Electron acceleration and magnetic field amplification at supernova shocks

• Authors: M E Dieckmann, G Murphy, A Meli, L O C Drury

High-energy emission as a test of the prior emission model for gamma-ray burst afterglows

• Authors: Kohta Murase, Kenji Toma, Ryo Yamazaki, Shigehiro Nagataki, Kunihito Ioka