The Daily Brew
Selected astro-ph abstracts for Tuesday 2008 August 26
- Complete Treatment of Galaxy Two-Point Statistics: Gravitational Lensing Effects and Redshift-Space Distortions.
Jaiyul Yoo (Harvard)
arXiv:0808.3138v1
- The star-formation history of K-selected galaxies.
L. Dunne, R.J. Ivison, S. Maddox, M. Cirasuolo, A.M. Mortier, S. Foucaud, E. Ibar, O. Almaini, C. Simpson, R. McLure
arXiv:0808.3139v1
- Direct calculation of the radiative efficiency of an accretion disk around a black hole.
Scott C. Noble (1), Julian H. Krolik (1), John F. Hawley (2) ((1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University; (2) Astronomy Department, University of Virginia)
arXiv:0808.3140v1
- Strong mass segregation around a massive black hole.
Tal Alexander (Weizmann Inst.), Clovis Hopman (Leiden Obs.)
arXiv:0808.3150v1
- A Sample of Very Young Field L Dwarfs and Implications for the Brown Dwarf " Lithium Test " at Early Ages.
J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Kelle L. Cruz, Travis S. Barman, Adam J. Burgasser, Dagny L. Looper, C. G. Tinney, Christopher R. Gelino, Patrick J. Lowrance, James Liebert, John M. Carpenter, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, John R. Stauffer
arXiv:0808.3153v1
- Minimal Energy Transfer of Solid Material Between Planetary Systems.
Edward Belbruno, Amaya Moro-Martin, Renu Malhotra
arXiv:0808.3268v1
- Stellar Populations in the Andromeda V Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
Conor Mancone, Ata Sarajedini
arXiv:0808.3285v1
- A dynamical perspective on additional planets in 55 Cancri.
Sean N. Raymond, Rory Barnes, Noel Gorelick
arXiv:0808.3295v1
- The Araucaria Project: The Distance to the Sculptor Group Galaxy NGC 247 from Cepheid Variables Discovered in a Wide-Field.
A. Garcia-Varela, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, A. Udalski, I. Soszynski, A. Walker, F. Bresolin, R. P. Kudritzki, Szewczyk. O., M. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, L. Wyrzykowski
arXiv:0808.3327v1
- LABOCA observations of nearby, active galaxies.
A. Weiss, A. Kovacs, R. Guesten, K. M. Menten, F. Schuller, G. Siringo, E. Kreysa
arXiv:0808.3358v1
- Identifying Deficiencies of Standard Accretion Disk Theory: Lessons from a Mean-Field Approach.
Alexander Hubbard, Eric G. Blackman
arXiv:0808.3378v1
- Correlations of Prompt and Afterglow Emission in Swift Long and Short Gamma Ray Bursts.
N. Gehrels, S. D. Barthelmy, D. N. Burrows, J. K. Cannizzo, G. Chincarini, E. Fenimore, C. Kouveliotou, P. O'Brien, D. M. Palmer, J. Racusin, P. W. A. Roming, T. Sakamoto, J. Tueller, R. A. M. J. Wijers, B. Zhang
arXiv:0808.3391v1
- The Detection of Low Mass Companions in Hyades Cluster Spectroscopic Binary Stars.
C. F. Bender (1), M. Simon (2) ((1) Naval Research Laboratory, (2) Stony Brook University)
arXiv:0808.3393v1
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