today in particle astrophysics

tipa -- 5/2/2012

Herschel-SPIRE Imaging Spectroscopy of Molecular Gas in M82

Authors: J. Kamenetzky (1), J. Glenn (1), N. Rangwala (1), P. Maloney (1), M. Bradford (2), C. D. Wilson (3), G. J. Bendo (4), M. Baes (5), A. Boselli (6), A. Cooray (7), K. G. Isaak (8), V. Lebouteiller (9), S. Madden (9), P. Panuzzo (9), M. R. P. Schirm (3), L. Spinoglio (10), R. Wu (9) ((1) Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado Boulder, (2) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (3) McMaster University, (4) UK ALMA Regional Centre Node, University of Manchester, (5) Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, (6) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, (7) University of California, Irvine (8) ESA Astrophysics Missions Division, The Netherlands, (9) CEA, Laboratoire AIM, Irfu/SAp, (10) Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, INAF)

The Type II Supernova Rate in z~0.1 Galaxy Clusters from the Multi-Epoch Nearby Cluster Survey

Authors: M. L. Graham, D. J. Sand, C. J. Bildfell, C. J. Pritchet, D. Zaritsky, H. Hoekstra, D. W. Just, S. Herbert-Fort, S. Sivanandam, R. J. Foley

Astrophysics independent bounds on the annual modulation of dark matter signals

Authors: Juan Herrero-Garcia, Thomas Schwetz, Jure Zupan

tipa -- 5/1/2012

Electron Accelerations at High Mach Number Shocks: Two-Dimensional Particle-In-Cell Simulations in Various Parameter Regimes

Authors: Yosuke Matsumoto, Takanobu Amano, Masahiro Hoshino

The near-infrared detection of PSR B0540-69 and its nebula

Authors: R. P. MignanI (UCL/MSSL, Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Gora), A. De Luca (INAF, IUSS, INFN), W. Hummel (ESO), A. Zajczyk (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, LUPM), B. Rudak (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, KAA UMK), G.Kanbach (MPE), A. Slowikowska (Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Gora)

tipa -- 4/30/2012

A 4-year XMM-Newton/Chandra monitoring campaign of the Galactic Centre: analysing the X-ray transients

Authors: N. Degenaar, R. Wijnands, E. M. Cackett, J. Homan, J. J. M. in 't Zand, E. Kuulkers, T. J. Maccarone, M. van der Klis

Gamma-ray Lines in the Fermi Data: is it a Bubble?

Authors: Stefano Profumo, Tim Linden

The Chandra X-ray Survey of Planetary Nebulae (ChanPlaNS): Probing Binarity, Magnetic Fields, and Wind Collisions

Authors: J. H. Kastner (1), R. Montez Jr. (1), B. Balick (2), D.J. Frew (3), B. Miszalski (4 and 5), R. Sahai (6), E. Blackman (7), Y.-H. Chu (8), O. De Marco (3), A. Frank (7), M.A. Guerrero (9), J. A. Lopez (10), V. Rapson (1), A. Zijlstra (11), E. Behar (12), V. Bujarrabal (13), R.L.M. Corradi (14 and 15), J. Nordhaus (16), Q. Parker (3), C. Sandin (17), D. Schönberner (17), N. Soker (12), J.L. Sokoloski (18), M. Steffen (17), T. Ueta (19), E. Villaver (20)

Light Curve Modeling of Superluminous Supernova 2006gy: Collision between Supernova Ejecta and Dense Circumstellar Medium

Authors: Takashi J. Moriya, Sergei I. Blinnikov, Nozomu Tominaga, Naoki Yoshida, Masaomi Tanaka, Keiichi Maeda, Ken'ichi Nomoto

The boron-to-carbon abundance ratio and Galactic propagation of cosmic radiation

Authors: A. Obermeier, P. Boyle, J. Hörandel, D. Müller

The multi-messenger picture of compact object encounters: binary mergers versus dynamical collisions

Authors: S. Rosswog, T. Piran, E. Nakar

Variance of the Galactic nuclei cosmic ray flux

Authors: G. Bernard, T. Delahaye, P. Salati, R. Taillet

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

tipa -- 4/26/2012

A Jet Break in the X-ray Light Curve of Short GRB 111020A: Implications for Energetics and Rates

Authors: Wen-fai Fong, Edo Berger, Raffaella Margutti, B. Ashley Zauderer (Harvard), Eleonora Troja (NASA-GSFC), Ian Czekala, Ryan Chornock (Harvard), Neil Gehrels, Takanori Sakamoto (NASA-GSFC), Derek B. Fox (PSU), Philipp Podsiadlowski (Oxford)

The observed neutron star mass distribution as a probe of the supernova explosion mechanism

Authors: Ondrej Pejcha, Todd A. Thompson, Christopher S. Kochanek

How long does it take to form a molecular cloud?

Authors: Paul C. Clark, Simon C.O. Glover, Ralf S. Klessen, Ian A. Bonnell

H.E.S.S. observations of the Carina nebula and its enigmatic colliding wind binary Eta Carinae

Authors: HESS Collaboration

Recognizing magnetic structures by present and future radio telescopes with RM Synthesis

Authors: R. Beck, P. Frick, R. Stepanov, D. Sokoloff

tipa -- 4/25/2012

Light Sterile Neutrinos: A White Paper

Authors: K. N. Abazajian, M. A. Acero, S. K. Agarwalla, A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. H. Albright, S. Antusch, C. A. Arguelles, A. B. Balantekin, G. Barenboim, V. Barger, P. Bernardini, F. Bezrukov, O. E. Bjaelde, S. A. Bogacz, N. S. Bowden, A. Boyarsky, A. Bravar, D. Bravo Berguno, S. J. Brice, A. D. Bross, B. Caccianiga, F. Cavanna, E. J. Chun, B. T. Cleveland, A. P. Collin, P. Coloma, J. M. Conrad, M. Cribier, A. S. Cucoanes, J. C. D'Olivo, S. Das, A. de Gouvea, A. V. Derbin, R. Dharmapalan, J. S. Diaz, X. J. Ding, Z. Djurcic, A. Donini, D. Duchesneau, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, D. J. Ernst, A. Esmaili, J. J. Evans, E. Fernandez-Martinez, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, B. T. Fleming, J. A. Formaggio, D. Franco, J. Gaffiot, R. Gandhi, Y. Gao, G. T. Garvey, V. N. Gavrin, P. Ghoshal, D. Gibin, C. Giunti, S. N. Gninenko, V. V. Gorbachev, D. S. Gorbunov, R. Guenette, A. Guglielmi, F. Halzen, J. Hamann, S. Hannestad, W. Haxton, K. M. Heeger, R. Henning, P. Hernandez, P. Huber, W. Huelsnitz, A. Ianni, T. V. Ibragimova, Y. Karadzhov, G. Karagiorgi, G. Keefer, Y. D. Kim, J. Kopp, V. N. Kornoukhov, A. Kusenko, P. Kyberd, P. Langacker, Th. Lasserre, M. Laveder, A. Letourneau, D. Lhuillier, Y. F. Li, M. Lindner, J. M. Link, B. L. Littlejohn, P. Lombardi, K. Long, J. Lopez-Pavon, W. C. Louis, L. Ludhova, J. D. Lykken, P. A. N. Machado, M. Maltoni, W. A. Mann, D. Marfatia, C. Mariani, V. A. Matveev, N. E. Mavromatos, A. Melchiorri, D. Meloni, O. Mena, G. Mention, A. Merle, E. Meroni, M. Mezzetto, G. B. Mills, D. Minic, L. Miramonti, D. Mohapatra, R. N. Mohapatra, C. Montanari, Y. Mori, Th. A. Mueller, H. P. Mumm, V. Muratova, A. E. Nelson, J. S. Nico, E. Noah, J. Nowak, O. Yu. Smirnov, M. Obolensky, S. Pakvasa, O. Palamara, M. Pallavicini, S. Pascoli, L. Patrizii, Z. Pavlovic, O. L. G. Peres, H. Pessard, F. Pietropaolo, M. L. Pitt, M. Popovic, J. Pradler, G. Ranucci, H. Ray, S. Razzaque, B. Rebel, R. G. H. Robertson, W. Rodejohann, S. D. Rountree, C. Rubbia, O. Ruchayskiy, P. R. Sala, K. Scholberg, T. Schwetz, M. H. Shaevitz, M. Shaposhnikov, R. Shrock, S. Simone, M. Skorokhvatov, M. Sorel, A. Sousa, D. N. Spergel, J. Spitz, L. Stanco, I. Stancu, A. Suzuki, T. Takeuchi, I. Tamborra, J. Tang, G. Testera, X. C. Tian, A. Tonazzo, C. D. Tunnell, R. G. Van de Water, L. Verde, E. P. Veretenkin, C. Vignoli, M. Vivier, R. B. Vogelaar, M. O. Wascko, J. F. Wilkerson, W. Winter, Y. Y. Y. Wong, T. T. Yanagida, O. Yasuda, M. Yeh, F. Yermia, Z. W. Yokley, G. P. Zeller, L. Zhan, H. Zhang

Authors: Igor Rogachevskii (1,2), Nathan Kleeorin (1,2), Axel Brandenburg (2,3), David Eichler (1) ((1) Ben-Gurion Univ, (2) NORDITA, (3) Stockholm Univ)

Neutrino Capture on $^{13}$C

Authors: T. Suzuki, A.B. Balantekin, T. Kajino

tipa -- 4/19/2012

Particle Transport in Young Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Authors: Xiaping Tang, Roger A. Chevalier

Double bow shocks around young, runaway red supergiants: application to Betelgeuse

Authors: Jonathan Mackey (1), Shazrene Mohamed (2 and 1), Hilding R. Neilson (1), Norbert Langer (1), Dominique M.-A. Meyer (1) ((1) AIfA, Bonn, Germany, (2) SAAO, South Africa)

The end of super AGB and massive AGB stars I. The instabilities that determine the final mass of AGB stars

Authors: Herbert H. B. Lau, Pilar Gil-Pons, Carolyn Doherty, John Lattanzio

The relativistic pulsar-white dwarf binary PSR J1738+0333 I. Mass determination and evolutionary history

Authors: J. Antoniadis, M. H. van Kerkwijk, D. Koester, P. C. C. Freire, N. Wex, T. M. Tauris, M. Kramer, C. G. Bassa

Penning-trap mass spectrometry of highly charged, neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopes in the vicinity of $A\approx100$

Authors: V. V. Simon, T. Brunner, U. Chowdhury, B. Eberhardt, S. Ettenauer, A. T. Gallant, E. Mané, M. C. Simon, P. Delheij, M. R. Pearson, G. Audi, G. Gwinner, D. Lunney, H. Schatz, J. Dilling

tipa -- 4/18/2012

Optical Intensity Interferometry with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Authors: Dainis Dravins (Lund Observatory), Stephan LeBohec (University of Utah), Hannes Jensen (Lund Observatory and Stockholm University), Paul D. Nuñez (University of Utah), for the CTA Consortium

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey IV: Candidates for isolated high-mass star formation in 30 Doradus

Authors: E. Bressert, N. Bastian, C. J. Evans, H. Sana, V. Hénault-Brunet, S. P. Goodwin, R. J. Parker, M. Gieles, J. M. Bestenlehner, J. S. Vink, W. D. Taylor, P. A. Crowther, S. N. Longmore, G. Gräfener, J. Maíz Apellániz, A. de Koter, M. Cantiello, J.M.D. Kruijssen

The Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies Survey: Constraints on the Bright End of the z~8 Luminosity Function

Authors: L.D. Bradley, M. Trenti, P.A. Oesch, M. Stiavelli, T. Treu, R.J. Bouwens, J.M. Shull, B.W. Holwerda, N. Pirzkal

Wide-band Simultaneous Observations of Pulsars: Disentangling Dispersion Measure and Profile Variations

Authors: T. E. Hassall, B. W. Stappers, J. W. T. Hessels, M. Kramer, A. Alexov, K. Anderson, T. Coenen, A. Karastergiou, E. F. Keane, V. I. Kondratiev, K. Lazaridis, J. van Leeuwen, A. Noutsos, M. Serylak, C. Sobey, J. P. W. Verbiest, P. Weltevrede, K. Zagkouris, R. Fender, R. A. M. J. Wijers, L. Bahren, M. E. Bell, J. W. Broderick, S. Corbel, E. J. Daw, V. S. Dhillon, J. Eisloffel, H. Falcke, J.-M. Griessmeier, P. Jonker, C. Law, S. Markoff, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, R. Osten, E. Rol, A. M. M. Scaife, B. Scheers, P. Schellart, H. Spreeuw, J. Swinbank, S. ter Veen, M. W. Wise, R. Wijnands, O. Wucknitz, P.Zarka, A. Asgekar, M. R. Bell, M. J. Bentum, G. Bernardi, P. Best, A. Bonafede, A. J. Boonstra, M. Brentjens, W. N. Brouw, M. Bruggen, H. R. Butcher, B. Ciardi, M. A. Garrett, M. Gerbers, A. W. Gunst, M. P. van Haarlem, G. Heald, M. Hoeft, H. Holties, A. de Jong, L. V. E. Koopmans, M. Kuniyoshi, G. Kuper, G. M. Loose, P. Maat, J. Masters, J. P. McKean, H. Meulman, M. Mevius, H. Munk, J. E. Noordam, E. Orru, H. Paas, M. Pandey-Pommier, V. N. Pandey, R. Pizzo, A. Polatidis, W. Reich, H. Rottgering, J. Sluman, M. Steinmetz, C. G. M. Sterks, M. Tagger, Y. Tang, C. Tasse, R. Vermeulen, R. J. van Weeren, S. J. Wijnholds, S. Yatawatta

The Search for a Primordial Magnetic Field

Authors: Dai G. Yamazaki, Toshitaka Kajino, Grant J. Mathew, Kiyotomo Ichiki

Precise Relic WIMP Abundance and its Impact on Searches for Dark Matter Annihilation

Authors: Gary Steigman, Basudeb Dasgupta, John F. Beacom

Binary Neutron Star Mergers

Authors: Joshua A. Faber, Frederic A. Rasio

tipa -- 4/17/2012

An Investigation into the Character of Pre-Explosion Core-Collapse Supernova Shock Motion

Authors: Adam Burrows, Joshua C. Dolence, Jeremiah W. Murphy

First Dark Matter Search Results from a 4-kg CF$_3$I Bubble Chamber Operated in a Deep Underground Site

Authors: E. Behnke, J. Behnke, S.J. Brice, D. Broemmelsiek, J.I. Collar, A. Conner, P.S. Cooper, M. Crisler, C.E. Dahl, D. Fustin, E. Grace, J. Hall, M. Hu, I. Levine, W. H. Lippincott, T. Moan, T. Nania, E. Ramberg, A.E. Robinson, A. Sonnenschein, M. Szydagis, E. Vázquez-Jáuregui

Common Envelope Evolution Leading to Supernovae with Dense Interaction

Authors: Roger A. Chevalier

Missing Dark Matter in the Local Universe

Authors: I. D. Karachentsev

Evidence for Low Extinction in Actively Star Forming Galaxies at z$>$6.5

Authors: F. Walter, R. Decarli, C. Carilli, D. Riechers, F. Bertoldi, A. Weiss, P. Cox, R. Neri, R. Maiolino, M. Ouchi, E. Egami, K. Nakanishi

A Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Low-Energy CDMS Data

Authors: J. I. Collar, N. E. Fields

Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies

Authors: Robert C. Kennicutt Jr., Neal J. Evans II

tipa -- 4/16/2012

The hidden AGN main sequence: Evidence for a universal SMBH accretion to star formation rate ratio since z~2 producing a M_BH-M* relation

Authors: J. R. Mullaney (1), E. Daddi (1), M. Béthermin (1), D. Elbaz (1), S. Juneau (1), M. Pannella (1), M. T. Sargent (1), D. M. Alexander (2), R. C. Hickox (3) ((1) CEA-Saclay, (2) Durham University, (3) Dartmouth College)

Universal IMF vs dark halo response in early-type galaxies: breaking the degeneracy with the fundamental plane

Authors: Aaron A. Dutton (MPIA, UVic), Andrea V. Maccio' (MPIA), J. Trevor Mendel (UVic), Luc Simard (HIA)

Variations in the Stellar IMF: from Bottom to Top

Authors: Philip F. Hopkins (Berkeley)

Is IGR J11014-6103 a Pulsar with the Highest Known Kick Velocity?

Authors: John A. Tomsick (SSL/UC Berkeley), Arash Bodaghee (SSL/UC Berkeley), Jerome Rodriguez (AIM - Univ. Paris VII and CEA Saclay), Sylvain Chaty (AIM - Univ. Paris VII and CEA Saclay), Fernando Camilo (Columbia University), Francesca Fornasini (UC Berkeley), Farid Rahoui (Harvard University and CfA)

SimProp: a Simulation Code for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Propagation