The Daily Brew
Selected astro-ph abstracts for Friday February 8
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On the Origin of Dynamically Cold Rings Around the Milky Way
Joshua D. Younger (1), Gurtina Besla (1), T. J. Cox (1), Lars
Hernquist (1), Brant Robertson (2,3), and Beth Willman (1) ((1) Harvard/CfA;
(2) University of Chicago; (3) Enrico Fermi Institute)
arXiv:0802.0872
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GRBs 070429B and 070714B: The High End of the Short-Duration Gamma-Ray
Burst Redshift Distribution
S. Bradley Cenko, Edo Berger, Ehud Nakar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Antonio
Cucchiara, Shri R. Kulkarni, Eran Ofek, Derek B. Fox, Fiona A. Harrison, Arne
Rau, Paul A. Price, Avishay Gal-Yam, Michael A. Dopita, Bryan E. Penprase
arXiv:0802.0874
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The shapes of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Nelson D. Padilla (1) and Michael A. Strauss (2) ((1) Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile, (2) Princeton University)
arXiv:0802.0877
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Kinemetry of SINS High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies: Distinguishing
Rotating Disks from Major Mergers
K. L. Shapiro, R. Genzel, N. M. Forster Schreiber, L. J. Tacconi, N.
Bouche, G. Cresci, R. Davies, F. Eisenhauer, P. H. Johansson, D. Krajnovic,
D. Lutz, T. Naab, N. Arimoto, S. Arribas, A. Cimatti, L. Colina, E. Daddi, O.
Daigle, D. Erb, O. Hernandez, X. Kong, M. Mignoli, M. Onodera, A. Renzini, A.
Shapley, C. Steidel
arXiv:0802.0879
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Physical Mechanism for the Intermediate Characteristic Stellar Mass in
the Extremely Metal-poor Environments
T. Tsuribe (Osaka U.) and K. Omukai (NAOJ)
arXiv:0802.0943
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Runaway and hypervelocity stars in the Galactic halo: Binary
rejuvenation and triple disruption
Hagai B. Perets
arXiv:0802.1004
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Methane present in an extrasolar planet atmosphere
Mark R. Swain, Gautam Vasisht, Giovanna Tinetti
arXiv:0802.1030
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The Formation of Polar Disk Galaxies
Chris B. Brook, Fabio Governato, Thomas Quinn, James Wadsley, Alyson
M. Brooks, Beth Willman, Adrienne Stilp, Patrik Jonsson
arXiv:0802.1051
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