tipa -- 4/27/2012

NGC 5466: a unique probe of the Galactic halo shape

• Authors: H. Lux, J.I. Read, G. Lake, K.V.Johnston

Spectrum of Kinetic Alfven Turbulence

• Authors: Stanislav Boldyrev, Jean C Perez

MAXI J1659-152: The shortest orbital period black-hole transient in outburst

• Authors: E. Kuulkers, C. Kouveliotou, T. Belloni, M. Cadolle Bel, M. Diaz Trigo, J. Homan, A. Ibarra, J.A. Kennea, T. Munoz-Darias, J.-U. Ness, A.N. Parmar, A.M.T. Pollock, E.P.J. van den Heuvel, A.J. van der Horst

On the determination of the spin of the black hole in Cyg X-1 from X-ray reflection spectra

• Authors: A.C. Fabian, D.R. Wilkins, J.M. Miller, R.C. Reis, C.S. Reynolds, E.M. Cackett, M.A. Nowak, G.G. Pooley, K. Pottschmidt, J.S. Sanders, R.R. Ross, J. Wilms

Thermalisation of light sterile neutrinos in the early universe

• Authors: Steen Hannestad, Irene Tamborra, Thomas Tram

The Remarkable High Pressure of the Local Leo Cold Cloud

• Authors: David M. Meyer (Northwestern), J. T. Lauroesch (Louisville), J. E. G. Peek (Columbia), Carl Heiles (UC-Berkeley)

First Large Scale Production of Low Radioactivity Argon From Underground Sources

• Authors: Henning O. Back, Frank Calaprice, Christopher Condon, Ernst de Haas, Richard Ford, Cristiano Galbiati, Augusto Goretti, Tristan Hohman, Andrea Inanni, Ben Loer, David Montanari, Allan Nelson, Andrea Pocar

Weibel-instability-mediated collisionless shocks in laboratory with ultraintense lasers

• Authors: F. Fiuza, R. A. Fonseca, J. Tonge, W. B. Mori, L. O. Silva