The Daily Brew
Selected astro-ph abstracts for Tuesday August 16
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Spatial and Dynamical Properties of Voids in a LCDM Universe
N. D. Padilla, L. Ceccarelli, and D. G. Lambas
astro-ph/0508297
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Discovery of very high energy gamma-rays associated with an X-ray binary
H.E.S.S. Collaboration: F. Aharonian, et al
astro-ph/0508298
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The Evolution in the Faint-End Slope of the Quasar Luminosity Function
Philip F. Hopkins (1), Lars Hernquist (1), Thomas J. Cox (1), Tiziana
Di Matteo (2), Brant Robertson (1), Volker Springel (3) ((1)
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (2) Carnegie-Mellon, (3) MPA
Garching)
astro-ph/0508299
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The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: I. Science Goals, Survey Design and
Strategy
Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P. Haynes, Brian R. Kent et al. (ALFALFA
Collaboration)
astro-ph/0508301
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Estimating the Spin of Stellar-Mass Black Holes via Spectral Fitting of
the X-ray Continuum
Rebecca Shafee, Jeffrey E. McClintock, Ramesh Narayan, Shane W. Davis,
Li-Xin Li, Ronald A. Remillard
astro-ph/0508302
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Origin and Ubiquity of Short-Period Earth-like Planets: Evidence for the
Sequential-Accretion Theory of Planet Formation
J.L. Zhou, S.J. Aarseth, D.N.C. Lin, M. Nagasawa
astro-ph/0508305
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CASTER - a concept for a Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of new
scintillator technologies
Mark L. McConnell, Peter F. Bloser, Gary Case, Michael Cherry, James
Cravens, T. Gregory Guzik, Kevin Hurley, R. Marc Kippen, John Macri, Richard
S. Miller, William Paciesas, James M. Ryan, Bradley Schaefer, J. Gregory
Stacy, W. Thomas Vestrand and John P. Wefel
astro-ph/0508313
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The Westerbork HI Survey of spiral and irregular galaxies III: HI
observations of early-type disk galaxies
E. Noordermeer (1), J.M. van der Hulst (1), R. Sancisi (1 and 2), R.A.
Swaters (3) and T.S. van Albada (1) ((1) Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The
Netherlands; (2) INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy; (3)
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, USA)
astro-ph/0508319
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First GLIMPSE Results on the Stellar Structure of the Galaxy
Robert A. Benjamin, E. Churchwell, B. L. Babler, R. Indebetouw, M. R.
Meade, B. A. Whitney, C. Watson, M. G. Wolfire, M. J. Wolff, R. Ignace, T. M.
Bania, S. Bracker, D. P. Clemens, L. Chomiuk, M. Cohen, J. M. Dickey, J. M.
Jackson, H. A. Kobulnicky, E. P. Mercer, J. S. Mathis, S. R. Stolovy, B.
Uzpen
astro-ph/0508325
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Mass-to-Light Ratios of Galaxy Groups from Weak Lensing
Laura C. Parker, Michael J. Hudson, Ray G. Carlberg, Henk Hoekstra
astro-ph/0508328
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Evidence for a Canonical GRB Afterglow Light Curve in the Swift/XRT Data
J. A. Nousek, C. Kouveliotou, D. Grupe,K. Page,J. Granot,E.
Ramirez-Ruiz, S. K. Patel, D. N. Burrows,V. Mangano,S. Barthelmy,A. P.
Beardmore,S. Campana,M. Capalbi,G. Chincarini,G. Cusumano,A. D. Falcone,N.
Gehrels,P. Giommi,M. Goad, O. Godet, C. Hurkett,J. A. Kennea, A. Moretti,P.
O'Brien, J. Osborne,P. Romano,G. Tagliaferri, A. Wells
astro-ph/0508332
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