The Daily Brew
Selected astro-ph abstracts for Wednesday 2008 August 20
- MMT Hypervelocity Star Survey.
Warren R. Brown, Margaret J. Geller, Scott J. Kenyon (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
arXiv:0808.2469v1
- Environmental Dependence of Dark Matter Halo Growth I: Halo Merger Rates.
Onsi Fakhouri, Chung-Pei Ma
arXiv:0808.2471v1
- Chemical Analysis of Five Red Giants in the Globular Cluster M10 (NGC 6254).
Sharina Haynes, Geoffrey Burks, Christian I. Johnson, Catherine A. Pilachowski
arXiv:0808.2480v1
- Galaxy density profiles and shapes -- I. simulation pipeline for lensing by realistic galaxy models.
Glenn van de Ven (IAS, Princeton), Rachel Mandelbaum (IAS, Princeton), Charles R. Keeton (Rutgers Univ.)
arXiv:0808.2493v1
- Galaxy density profiles and shapes -- II. selection biases in strong lensing surveys.
Rachel Mandelbaum (IAS, Princeton), Glenn van de Ven (IAS, Princeton), Charles R. Keeton (Rutgers Univ.)
arXiv:0808.2497v1
- Heavy element abundances in giant stars of the globular clusters M4 and M5.
David Yong (1), Amanda I. Karakas (1), David L. Lambert (2), Alessandro Chieffi (3), Marco Limongi (4) ((1) RSAA, Mt Stromlo Observatory, (2) Univ. of Texas, (3) INAF-IASF, (4) INAF-OAR)
arXiv:0808.2505v1
- The subhalo - satellite connection and the fate of disrupted satellite galaxies.
Xiaohu Yang (SHAO), H.J. Mo (UMass), Frank C. van den Bosch (MPIA)
arXiv:0808.2526v1
- Deep Near-IR Surface Photometry of 57 Galaxies in the Local Sphere of Influence.
Emma Kirby, Helmut Jerjen, Stuart Ryder, Simon Driver
arXiv:0808.2529v1
- Microlensing Optical Depth Revisited with Recent Star Counts.
Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Heon-Young Chang, Myeong-Gu Park, Ki-Won Lee
arXiv:0808.2539v1
- The Variable Stars of the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy - Revisited.
K. Kinemuchi, H.C. Harris, Horace A. Smith, N.A. Silbermann, L.A. Snyder, A. P. LaCluyze, C.L. Clark
arXiv:0808.2542v1
- The Vertical Structure of Warm Ionised Gas in the Milky Way.
B. M. Gaensler (1), G. J. Madsen (1,2), S. Chatterjee (1), S. A. Mao (3) ((1) U. Sydney, (2) U. Wisconsin, Madison, (3) Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
arXiv:0808.2550v1
- The eSMA: description and first results.
Sandrine Bottinelli (1), Ken H. Young (2), Richard Chamberlin (3), Remo P.J. Tilanus (4,9), Mark A. Gurwell (2), Dave J. Wilner (2), Hiroko Shinnaga (3), Hiroshige Yoshida (3), Per Friberg (4), Huib Jan van Langevelde (5,1), Ewine F. van Dishoeck (1,6), Michiel R. Hogerheijde (1), A. Meredith Hughes (2), Robert D. Christensen (8), Richard E. Hills (7), John S. Richer (7), Emily Curtis (7), the eSMA commissioning team
arXiv:0808.2554v1
- Are Optically-Selected Quasars Universally X-Ray Luminous? X-Ray/UV Relations in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars.
Robert R. Gibson, W. N. Brandt, Donald P. Schneider
arXiv:0808.2603v1
- GRB 070714B - Discovery of the Highest Spectroscopically Confirmed Short Burst Redshift.
J. F. Graham (1 and 2), A. S. Fruchter (1), A. J. Levan (3), A. Melandri (4), L. J. Kewley (5), E. M. Levesque (5), M. Nysewander (1), N. R. Tanvir (6), T. Dahlen (1), D. Bersier (4), K. Wiersema (6) ((1) Space Telescope Science Institute, (2) Johns Hopkins University, (3) University of Warwick, (4) Liverpool John Moores University, (5) University of Hawaii, (6) University of Leicester)
arXiv:0808.2610v1
brew.pl Version 2.2.3 [2008-06-25]