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Selected astro-ph abstracts for Wednesday 2009 August 12
- Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Pisces Overdensity.
Juna A. Kollmeier (1), Andrew Gould (2), Stephen Shectman (1), Ian B. Thompson (1), George W. Preston (1), Joshua D. Simon (1), Jeffrey D. Crane (1), Željko Ivezić (3), Branimir Sesar (3) ((1) Carnegie Observatories, (2) The Ohio State University, (3) University of Washington)
arXiv:0908.1381v1
- The Frequency of Tidal Features Associated with Nearby Luminous Elliptical Galaxies from a Statistically Complete Sample.
Tomer Tal, Pieter G. van Dokkum, Jenica Nelan, Rachel Bezanson
arXiv:0908.1382v1
- Unusually Wide Binaries: Are They Wide or Unusual?.
Adam L. Kraus, Lynne A. Hillenbrand (Caltech)
arXiv:0908.1385v1
- Spectral synthesis including massive binaries.
John J. Eldridge, Elizabeth R. Stanway
arXiv:0908.1386v1
- A Point-Source Catalog from Swift Observations of Unidentified Fermi Sources.
N. Mirabal (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
arXiv:0908.1389v2
- The radii of M-dwarfs in the young open cluster NGC 2516.
R.J. Jackson, R.D. Jeffries, P.F.L. Maxted (Keele University, UK)
arXiv:0908.1406v1
- Hiding dark energy transitions at low redshift.
Michael J. Mortonson (KICP, University of Chicago), Wayne Hu (KICP, University of Chicago), Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan)
arXiv:0908.1408v1
- The Star Formation History of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Jason Harris, Dennis Zaritsky
arXiv:0908.1422v1
- Dark Matter as a Possible New Energy Source for Future Rocket Technology.
Jia Liu
arXiv:0908.1429v1
- The CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets. XVI. Discovery of a planetary system around HD 147018 and of two long period and massive planets orbiting HD 171238 and HD 204313.
D. Segransan, S. Udry, M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N.C. Santos, B-O. Demory, P. Figueira, M. Gillon, M. Marmier, D. Megevand, D. Sosnowska, O. Tamuz, A. H.M.J. Triaud
arXiv:0908.1479v1
- 4C02.27: a quasar with episodic activity?.
M. Jamrozy (1), D.J. Saikia (2,3), C. Konar (4) ((1) Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, (2) NCRA, TIFR, Pune, India, (3) ATNF, CSIRO, Marsfield, Australia, (4) IUCAA, Pune, India)
arXiv:0908.1508v1
- The All-Sky Catalog of Isolated Galaxies selected from 2MASS.
V. E. Karachentseva, S. N. Mitronova, O. V. Melnyk, I. D. Karachentsev
arXiv:0908.1512v1
- The Sloan Nearby Cluster Weak Lensing Survey.
Jeffrey M. Kubo, James Annis, Frances Mei Hardin, Donna Kubik, Kelsey Lawhorn, Huan Lin, Liana Nicklaus, Dylan Nelson, Ribamar R.R. Reis, Hee-Jong Seo, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Albert Stebbins, Tony Yunker
arXiv:0908.1532v1
- WASP-17b: an ultra-low density planet in a probable retrograde orbit.
D. R. Anderson, C. Hellier, M. Gillon, A. H. M. J. Triaud, B. Smalley, L. Hebb, A. Collier Cameron, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Queloz, R. G. West, S. J. Bentley, B. Enoch, K. Horne, T. A. Lister, M. Mayor, N. R. Parley, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Ségransan, S. Udry, D. M. Wilson
arXiv:0908.1553v1
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