today in particle astrophysics

Authors: Jun-Hwan Choi (UNLV, UKY), Kentaro Nagamine (UNLV)

An X-ray Imaging Survey of Quasar Jets -- Testing the Inverse Compton Model

Authors: H. L. Marshall (1), J. M. Gelbord (1,8,9), D. A. Schwartz (2), D.W. Murphy (3), J. E. J. Lovell (4,10), D. M. Worrall (2,5), M. Birkinshaw (2,5), E. S. Perlman (6,11), L. Godfrey (3,7), D. L. Jauncey (3) ((1) MIT, (2) SAO, (3) JPL, (4) CSIRO ATNF, (5) U. Bristol, (6) UMBC, (7) Curtin U. of Tech., (8) Durham U., (9) PSU, (10) U. Tasmania, (11) FIT)

Ohmic Power of Ideal Pulsars

Authors: Andrei Gruzinov

The first Fermi multifrequency campaign on BL Lacertae: characterizing the low-activity state of the eponymous blazar

Authors: A.A. Abdo, et al. (The Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration)

Nuclear recoil energy scale in liquid xenon with application to the direct detection of dark matter

Authors: Peter Sorensen, Carl Eric Dahl

tipa -- 1/31/2011

Localization of gravitational wave sources with networks of advanced detectors

Authors: S. Klimenko, G. Vedovato, M. Drago, G. Mazzolo, G. Mitselmakher, C. Pankow, G. Prodi, V. Re, F. Salemi, I. Yakushin

Prospects for Detecting Dark Matter Halo Substructure with Pulsar Timing

Authors: Shant Baghram, Niayesh Afshordi, Kathryn M. Zurek

Simulations on a Moving Mesh: The Clustered Formation of Population III Protostars

Authors: Thomas Greif, Volker Springel, Simon White, Simon Glover, Paul Clark, Rowan Smith, Ralf Klessen, Volker Bromm

The Delay of Population III Star Formation by Supersonic Streaming Velocities

Authors: Thomas Greif, Simon White, Ralf Klessen, Volker Springel

Constraints from the first LHC data on hadronic event generators for ultra-high energy cosmic-ray physics

Authors: David d'Enterria, Ralph Engel, Tanguy Pierog, Sergey Ostapchenko, Klaus Werner

classic papers of the week -- 182

Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking

Andreas Albrecht, Paul J. Steinhardt (Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania)

Electromagnetic Structure of the Proton and Neutron

Hofstadter, R.; Bumiller, F.; Yearian, M. R. (Department of Physics and High-Energy Physics Laboratory, Stanford University)

The Conservation of Photons

Lewis, Gilbert N. (Berkeley, California)

tipa -- 1/28/2011

Pop. III stars from turbulent fragmentation at redshift ~ 11

Authors: Joaquin Prieto, Paolo Padoan, Raul Jimenez, Leopoldo Infante

The Formation and Fragmentation of Disks around Primordial Protostars

Authors: Paul C. Clark, Simon C.O. Glover, Rowan J. Smith, Thomas H. Greif, Ralf S. Klessen, Volker Bromm

tipa -- 1/27/2011

Self-Regulated Star Formation in Galaxies via Momentum Input from Massive Stars

Authors: Philip F. Hopkins (1), Eliot Quataert (1), Norman Murray (2) ((1) Berkeley, (2) CITA)

UHECR Acceleration at Filaments of Cosmological Structure Formation

Authors: Mikhail Malkov, Roald Sagdeev, Patrick Diamond

Prelude to a double degenerate merger: the onset of mass transfer and its impact on gravitational waves and surface detonations

Authors: Marius Dan, Stephan Rosswog, James Guillochon, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

tipa -- 1/26/2011

Magnetic fields in Local Group dwarf irregulars

Authors: Krzysztof T. Chyzy, Marek Wezgowiec, Rainer Beck, Dominik J. Bomans

Supermassive black holes do not correlate with dark matter halos of galaxies

Authors: John Kormendy, Ralf Bender

Bounding the Time Delay between High-energy Neutrinos and Gravitational-wave Transients from Gamma-ray Bursts

Authors: Bruny Baret, Imre Bartos, Boutayeb Bouhou, Alessandra Corsi, Irene Di Palma, Corinne Donzaud, Véronique Van Elewyck, Chad Finley, Gareth Jones, Antoine Kouchner, Szabolcs Màrka, Zsuzsa Màrka, Luciano Moscoso, Eric Chassande-Mottin, Maria Alessandra Papa, Thierry Pradier, Peter Raffai, Jameson Rollins, Patrick Sutton

On the Detectability of High-Energy Galactic Neutrino Sources

Authors: Francesco Vissani, Felix Aharonian, Narek Sahakyan

Mergers of Supermassive Black Holes in Astrophysical Environments

Authors: Tanja Bode, Tamara Bogdanovic, Roland Haas, James Healy, Pablo Laguna, Deirdre Shoemaker

tipa -- 1/25/2011

Mean Interplanetary Magnetic Field Measurement Using the ARGO-YBJ Experiment

Authors: G. Aielli, C. Bacci, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X.J. Bi, C. Bleve, P. Branchini, A. Budano, S. Bussino, A.K. Calabrese Melcarne, P. Camarri, Z. Cao, A. Cappa, R. Cardarelli, S. Catalanotti, C. Cattaneo, P. Celio, S.Z. Chen, T.L. Chen, Y. Chen, P. Creti, S.W. Cui, B.Z. Dai, G. D'Alí Staiti, Danzengluobu, M. Dattoli, I. De Mitri, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, M. De Vincenzi, T. Di Girolamo, X.H. Ding, G. Di Sciascio, C.F. Feng, Z.Y. Feng, Zhenyong Feng, F. Galeazzi, P. Galeotti, R. Gargana, Q.B. Gou, Y.Q. Guo, H.H. He, Haibing Hu, Hongbo Hu, Q. Huang, M. Iacovacci, R. Iuppa, I. James, H.Y. Jia, Labaciren, H.J. Li, J.Y. Li, X.X. Li, B. Liberti, G. Liguori, C. Liu, C.Q. Liu, M.Y. Liu, J. Liu, H. Lu, X. H. Ma, G. Mancarella, S.M. Mari, G.Marsella, D. Martello, S. Mastroianni, X.R. Meng, P. Montini, C.C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, M. Panareo, L. Perrone, P. Pistilli, X.B. Qu, E. Rossi, F. Ruggieri, L. Saggese, P. Salvini, R. Santonico, P.R. Shen, X.D. Sheng, F. Shi, C. Stanescu, A. Surdo, Y.H. Tan, P. Vallania, S. Vernetto, C. Vigorito, B. Wang, H. Wang, C.Y. Wu, H.R. Wu, Z.G. Yao, B. Xu, L. Xue, Y.X. Yan, Q.Y. Yang, X.C. Yang, A.F. Yuan, M. Zha, H.M. Zhang, JiLong Zhang, JianLi Zhang, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, X.Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhaxiciren, X.X. Zhou, F.R. Zhu, Q.Q. Zhu, G. Zizzi (The ARGO-YBJ Collaboration)

Dependences of Type Ia Supernovae Lightcurve Parameters on the Host Galaxy Star Formation Rate and Metallicity

Authors: Kohki Konishi, David Cinabro, Peter M. Garnavich, Yutaka Ihara, Richard Kessler, John Marriner, Donald P. Schneider, Mathew Smith, Harold Spinka, J. Craig Wheeler, Naoki Yasuda

The missing link: Merging neutron stars naturally produce jet-like structures and can power short Gamma-Ray Bursts

Authors: Luciano Rezzolla, Bruno Giacomazzo, Luca Baiotti, Jonathan Granot, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Miguel A. Aloy

MAGIC discovery of VHE Emission from the FSRQ PKS 1222+21

Authors: J. Aleksić, L. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Backes, J. Barrio, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, A. Berdyugin, K. Berger, E. Bernardini, A. Biland, O. Blanch, R. Bock, A. Boller, G. Bonnoli, D. Borla Tridon, I. Braun, Dr. Thomas Bretz, A. Cañellas, E. Carmona, A. Carosi, P. Colin, E. Colombo, J. Contreras, J. Cortina, L. Cossio, S. Covino, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, E. De Cea del Pozo, Dr. Barbara De Lotto, Dr. Carlos Delgado Mendez, A. Diago Ortega, M. Doert, A. Domìnguez, D. Dominis Prester, D. Dorner, M. Doro, D. Elsaesser, D. Ferenc, M. Fonseca, L. Font, C. Fruck, R. Garcìa Lòpez, M. Garczarczyk, D. Garrido, G. Giavitto, N. Godinović, D. Hadasch, D. Häfner, A. Herrero, D. Hildebrand, D. Höhne-Mönch, J. Hose, D. Hrupec, B. Huber, T. Jogler, S. Klepser, T. Krahenbuhl, J. Krause, A. La Barbera, D. Lelas, E. Leonardo, E. Lindfors, S. Lombardi, M. López, E. Lorenz, M. Makariev, G. Maneva, N. Mankuzhiyil, K. Mannheim, L. Maraschi, M. Mariotti, M. Martínez, Dr. Daniel Mazin, M. Meucci, J. Miranda, R. Mirzoyan, H. Miyamoto, Mr. Javier Moldón, A. Moralejo, D. Nieto, Dr. Kari Nilsson, R. Orito, I. Oya, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, S. Pardo, J. Paredes, S. Partini, M. Pasanen, F. Pauss, M. Perez-Torres, Dr. Massimo Persic, L. Peruzzo, M. Pilia, J. Pochon, F. Prada, Dr. P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Prandini, I. Puljak, I. Reichardt, R. Reinthal, W. Rhode, Marc Ribó, Dr. Javier Rico, S. Rügamer, A. Saggion, Mr. Koji Saito, T. Saito, M. Salvati, K. Satalecka, V. Scalzotto, V. Scapin, C. Schultz, T. Schweizer, M. Shayduk, S. Shore, A. Sillanpää, J. Sitarek, D. Sobczynska, F. Spanier, S. Spiro, A. Stamerra, B. Steinke, J. Storz, N. Strah, T. Surić, L. Takalo, F. Tavecchio, P. Temnikov, T. Terzić, D. Tescaro, M. Teshima, M. Thom, O. Tibolla, Dr. Miguel-Angel Perez-Torres, A. Treves, H. Vankov, P. Vogler, R. Wagner, Q. Weitzel, V. Zabalza, F. Zandanel, R. Zanin (the MAGIC collaboration), Y. Tanaka, D. Wood, S. Buson

The Astrophysics of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays

Authors: Kumiko Kotera, Angela V. Olinto

Dark matter at DeepCore and IceCube

Authors: V. Barger, Y. Gao, D. Marfatia

tipa -- 1/24/2011

Heavy Nuclei Synthesized in Gamma-Ray Burst Outflows as the Source of UHECRs

Authors: Brian D. Metzger, Dimitrios Giannios, Shunsaku Horiuchi

PTF 10bzf (SN 2010ah): a broad-line Ic supernova discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory

Authors: A. Corsi, E. O. Ofek, D. A. Frail, D. Poznanski, I. Arcavi, A. Gal-Yam, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Hurley, P. A. Mazzali, D. A. Howell, M. M. Kasliwal, Y. Green, D. Murray, D. Xu, S. Ben-ami, J. S. Bloom, B. Cenko, N. M. Law, P. Nugent, R. M. Quimby, V. Pal'shin, J. Cummings, V. Connaughton, K. Yamaoka, A. Rau, W. Boynton, I. Mitrofanov, J. Goldsten

Extreme Feedback and the Epoch of Reionization: Clues in the Local Universe

Authors: Timothy M. Heckman, Sanchayeeta Borthakur, Roderik Overzier, Guinevere Kauffmann, Antara Basu-Zych, Claus Leitherer, Ken Sembach, D. Chris Martin, R. Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Mark Seibert

Search for light gauge bosons of the dark sector at MAMI

Authors: H. Merkel, P. Achenbach, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, J. C. Bernauer, R. Böhm, D. Bosnar, L. Debenjak, A. Denig, M. O. Distler, A. Esser, H. Fonvieille, I. Friščić, D. G. Middleton, U. Müller, L. Nungesser, J. Pochodzalla, M. Rohrbeck, S. Sánchez Majos, B. S. Schlimme, M. Schoth, S. Širca, M. Weinriefer

classic papers of the week -- 181

On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

or here

Einstein, A.

Gravitational Lenses

Liebes, Sidney (Palmer Physical Laboratory, Princeton University)

A single quantum cannot be cloned

Wootters, W. K. (Center for Theoretical Physics, The University of Texas at Austin); Zurek, W. H. (Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

tipa -- 1/21/2011

Supermassive black holes do not correlate with galaxy disks or pseudobulges

Authors: John Kormendy, R. Bender, M. E. Cornell

High-efficiency photospheric emission of long-duration gamma-ray burst jets: the effect of the viewing angle

Authors: Davide Lazzati (NCSU), Brian J. Morsony (Wisconsin), Mitchell C. Begelman (JILA)

Distortion of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray flux from rare transient sources in inhomogeneous extragalactic magnetic fields

Authors: Sihem Kalli, Martin Lemoine, Kumiko Kotera

Effects of Explosion Asymmetry and Viewing Angle on the Type Ia Supernova Color and Luminosity Calibration

Authors: K. Maeda, G. Leloudas, S. Taubenberger, M. Stritzinger, J. Sollerman, N. Elias-Rosa, S. Benetti, M. Hamuy, G. Folatelli, P. A. Mazzali

Constraints on high-energy neutrino emission from SN 2008D

Authors: IceCube Collaboration

New muon decay experiment to search for heavy sterile neutrino

Authors: S.N. Gninenko

tipa -- 1/19/2011

First-year Results of Broadband Spectroscopy of the Brightest Fermi-GBM Gamma-Ray Bursts

Authors: Elisabetta Bissaldi, Andreas von Kienlin, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Michael S. Briggs, Valerie Connaughton, Jochen Greiner, David Gruber, Giselher Lichti, P. N. Bhat, J. Michael Burgess, Vandiver Chaplin, Roland Diehl, Gerald J. Fishman, Gerard Fitzpatrick, Suzanne Foley, Melissa Gibby, Misty Giles, Adam Goldstein, Sylvain Guiriec, Alexander J. van der Horst, Marc Kippen, Lin Lin, Sheila McBreen, Charles A. Meegan, William S. Paciesas, Robert D. Preece, Arne Rau, Dave Tierney, Colleen Wilson-Hodge

Pair Instability Supernovae: Light Curves, Spectra, and Shock Breakout

Authors: Daniel Kasen, S.E. Woosley, Alexander Heger

Search for Dark Matter from the Galactic Halo with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Authors: IceCube Collaboration

When Microquasar Jets and Supernova Collide: Hydrodynamically Simulating the SS433-W50 Interaction

Authors: Paul T. Goodall, Fathallah Alouani-Bibi, Katherine M. Blundell

Strong New Constraints on the Extragalactic Background Light in the Near- to Mid-IR

Authors: Matthew Orr, Frank Krennrich, Eli Dwek

Dark Matter Annihilation Signatures from Electroweak Bremsstrahlung

Authors: Nicole F. Bell, James B. Dent, Thomas D. Jacques, Thomas J. Weiler

tipa -- 1/18/2011

Pulsar Magnetosphere

Authors: Andrei Gruzinov

Muon and Cosmogenic Neutron Detection in Borexino

Authors: Borexino Collaboration

tipa -- 1/17/2011

PG 1553+113: five years of observations with MAGIC

Authors: The MAGIC Collaboration

Common envelope: on the mass and the fate of the remnant

Authors: Natalia Ivanova

Daily modulation due to channeling in direct dark matter crystalline detectors

Authors: Nassim Bozorgnia, Graciela B. Gelmini, Paolo Gondolo

The Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly

Authors: G. Mention, M. Fechner, Th. Lasserre, Th. A. Mueller, D. Lhuillier, M. Cribier, A. Letourneau

Axion Dark Matter Detection with Cold Molecules

Authors: Peter W. Graham, Surjeet Rajendran

classic papers of the week -- 180

On the Interaction of Elementary Particles. I

Hideki Yukawa (Department of Physics, Osaka Imperial University)

The Polarization of Starlight by Aligned Dust Grains

Davis, Leverett, Jr.; Greenstein, Jesse L. (Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, California Institute of Technology)

Localized visible Ba+ mono-ion oscillator

Neuhauser, W.; Hohenstatt, M.; Toschek, P. E. (Institut für Angewandte Physik I der Universität Heidelberg); Dehmelt, H. (Department of Physics, University of Washington)

tipa -- 1/14/2011

Ab initio calculation of the Hoyle state

Authors: Evgeny Epelbaum, Hermann Krebs, Dean Lee, Ulf-G. Meißner

Stellar variability on time-scales of minutes: results from the first 5 years of the Rapid Temporal Survey (RATS)

Authors: Thomas Barclay (1 and 2), Gavin Ramsay (1), Pasi Hakala (3), Ralf Napiwotzki (4), Gijs Nelemans (5), Stephen Potter (6), Ian Todd (7) ((1) Armagh Observatory, (2) MSSL-UCL, (3) Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, (4) University of Hertfordshire, (5) Radboud University Nijmegen, (6) SAAO, (7) Queen's University Belfast)

A New Derivation of GRB Jet Opening Angles from the Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission