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Selected astro-ph abstracts for Tuesday 2010 January 5
- Virial Masses from the Hectospec Cluster Survey (HeCS) and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect.
Kenneth Rines, Margaret J. Geller, Antonaldo Diaferio
arXiv:1001.0006v1
- Cosmic star formation history revealed by the AKARI, & Spatially-resolved spectroscopy of an E+A (Post-starburst) system.
Tomotsugu Goto (IFA, University of Hawaii), the AKARI NEPD team, M. Yagi (NAOJ), C. Yamauchi (ISAS/JAXA)
arXiv:1001.0007v1
- Not So Black? The Statistics of Albedo and Energy Recirculation on Hot Exoplanets.
Nicolas B. Cowan, Eric Agol (University of Washington)
arXiv:1001.0012v1
- A Comprehensive Analysis of Uncertainties Affecting the Stellar Mass - Halo Mass Relation for 0 < z < 4.
Peter S. Behroozi (1), Charlie Conroy (2), Risa H. Wechsler (1) ((1) KIPAC, Stanford University; (2) Princeton University)
arXiv:1001.0015v1
- Near-IR dust and line emission from the central region of Mrk1066: Constraints from Gemini NIFS.
Rogemar A. Riffel, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, Neil M. Nagar
arXiv:1001.0130v1
- The spectrum of Cosmic Rays escaping from relativistic shocks.
Boaz Katz, Peter Meszaros, Eli Waxman
arXiv:1001.0134v1
- Kepler Asteroseismology Program: Introduction and First Results.
Ronald L. Gilliland, T. M. Brown, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, C. Aerts, T. Appourchaux, S. Basu, T. R. Bedding, W. J. Chaplin, M. S. Cunha, P. De Cat, J. De Ridder, J. A. Guzik, G. Handler, S. Kawaler, L. Kiss, K. Kolenberg, D. W. Kurtz, T. S. Metcalfe, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, R. Szabó, T. Arentoft, L. Balona, J. Debosscher, Y. P. Elsworth, P. - O. Quirion, D. Stello, J. C. Suárez, W. J. Borucki, J. M. Jenkins, D. Koch, Y. Kondo, D. W. Latham, J. F. Rowe, J. H. Steffen
arXiv:1001.0139v1
- Search for gravitational-wave inspiral signals associated with short Gamma-Ray Bursts during LIGO ' s fifth and Virgo ' s first science run.
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration : J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, R. Adhikari, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, F. Antonucci, S. Aoudia, M. A. Arain, M. Araya, K. G. Arun, Y. Aso, S. Aston, P. Astone, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, P. Baker, G. Ballardin, S. Ballmer, D. Barker, F. Barone, B. Barr, P. Barriga, L. Barsotti, M. Barsuglia, M.A. Barton, I. Bartos, R. Bassiri, M. Bastarrika, Th. S. Bauer, B. Behnke, M.G. Beker, A. Belletoile, M. Benacquista, J. Betzwieser, P. T. Beyersdorf, S. Bigotta, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, S. Birindelli, R. Biswas, M. A. Bizouard, E. Black, J. K. Blackburn, L. Blackburn, D. Blair, B. Bland, M. Blom, C. Boccara, O. Bock, T. P. Bodiya, R. Bondarescu,et al. (606 additional authors not shown)
arXiv:1001.0165v1
- Kepler-7b: A Transiting Planet with Unusually Low Density.
David W. Latham (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), William J. Borucki (NASA Ames Research Center), David G. Koch (NASA Ames Research Center), Timothy M. Brown (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope), Lars A. Buchhave (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Gibor Basri (University of California, Berkeley), Natalie M. Batalha (San Jose State University), Douglas A. Caldwell (SETI Institute), William D. Cochran (University of Texas, Austin), Edward W. Dunham (Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff), Gabor Furesz (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Thomas N. Gautier III (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), John C. Geary (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Ronald L. Gilliland (Space Telescope Science Institute), Steve B. Howell (National Optical Astronomy Observatory), et al. (6 additional authors not shown)
arXiv:1001.0190v1
- Instrument Performance in Kepler ' s First Months.
Douglas A. Caldwell, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve, Jon M. Jenkins, Paul R. Gazis, Vic S. Argabright, Eric E. Bachtell, Edward W. Dunham, John C. Geary, Ronald L. Gilliland, Hema Chandrasekaran, Jie Li, Peter Tenenbaum, Hayley Wu, William J. Borucki, Stephen T. Bryson, Jessie L. Dotson, Michael R. Haas, David G. Koch
arXiv:1001.0216v1
- Solar-like oscillations in low-luminosity red giants: first results from Kepler.
T. R. Bedding, D. Huber, D. Stello, Y. P. Elsworth, S. Hekker, T. Kallinger, S. Mathur, B. Mosser, H. L. Preston, J. Ballot, C. Barban, A. M. Broomhall, D. L. Buzasi, W. J. Chaplin, R. A. Garcia, M. Gruberbauer, S. J. Hale, J. De Ridder, S. Frandsen, W. J. Borucki, T. Brown, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, R. L. Gilliland, J. M. Jenkins, H. Kjeldsen, D. Koch, K. Belkacem, L. Bildsten, H. Bruntt, T. L. Campante, S. Deheuvels, A. Derekas, M.-A. Dupret, M.-J. Goupil, A. Hatzes, G. Houdek, M. J. Ireland, C. Jiang, C. Karoff, L. L. Kiss, Y. Lebreton, A. Miglio, J. Montalban, A. Noels, I. W. Roxburgh, V. Sangaralingam, I. R. Stevens, M. D. Suran, N. J. Tarrant, A. Weiss
arXiv:1001.0229v1
- Initial Characteristics of Kepler Long Cadence Data For Detecting Transiting Planets.
Jon M. Jenkins, Douglas A. Caldwell, Hema Chandrasekaran, Joseph D. Twicken, Stephen T. Bryson, Elisa V. Quintana, Bruce D. Clarke, Jie Li, Christopher Allen, Peter Tenenbaum, Hayley Wu, Todd C. Klaus, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Jessie A. Dotson, Michael R. Haas, Ronald L. Gilliland, David G. Koch, William J. Borucki
arXiv:1001.0256v1
- Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science.
David G. Koch, William J. Borucki, Gibor Basri, Natalie M. Batalha, Timothy M. Brown, Douglas Caldwell, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, William D. Cochran, Edna DeVore, Edward W. Dunham, Thomas N. Gautier III, John C. Geary, Ronald L. Gilliland, Alan Gould, Jon Jenkins, Yoji Kondo, David W. Latham, Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey Marcy, David Monet, Dimitar Sasselov, Alan Boss, Donald Brownlee, John Caldwell, Andrea K. Dupree, Steve B. Howell, Hans Kjeldsen, Soeren Meibom, David Morrison, Tobias Owen, Harold Reitsema, Jill Tarter, Stephen T. Bryson, Jessie L. Dotson, Paul Gazis, Michael R. Haas, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Jason F. Rowe, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve, Christopher Allen, Hema Chandrasekaran, Bruce D. Clarke, Jie Li, Elisa V. Quintana, Peter Tenenbaum, Joseph D. Twicken, Hayley Wu
arXiv:1001.0268v1
- A Transiting Hot Jupiter Orbiting a Metal-Rich Star.
Edward W. Dunham (Lowell Observatory) William J. Borucki (NASA Ames Research Center) David G. Koch (NASA Ames Research Center) Natalie M. Batalha (San Jose State University) Lars A. Buchhave (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Timothy M. Brown (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope) Douglas A. Caldwell (SETI Institute) William D. Cochran (University of Texas, Austin) Michael Endl (University of Texas, Austin) Debra Fischer (Yale University) Gabor Furesz (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Thomas N. Gautier III (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) John C. Geary (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Ronald L. Gilliland (Space Telescope Science Institute) Alan Gould (Lawrence Hall of Science) Steve B. Howell (National Optical Astronomy Observatory) Jon M. Jenkins (SETI Institute) et al. (8 additional authors not shown)
arXiv:1001.0333v1
- WASP-19b: the shortest period transiting exoplanet yet discovered.
Leslie Hebb, A.Collier-Cameron, A.H.M.J. Triaud, T.A. Lister, B. Smalley, P.F.L. Maxted, C. Hellier, D.R. Anderson, D. Pollacco, M. Gillon, D. Queloz, R.G. West, S. Bentley, B. Enoch, C.A. Haswell, K. Horne, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Segransan, I. Skillen, S. Udry, P.J. Wheatley
arXiv:1001.0403v1
- The Discovery of Ellipsoidal Variations in the Kepler Light Curve of HAT-P-7.
William F. Welsh, Jerome A. Orosz, Sara Seager, Jonathan J. Fortney, Jon Jenkins, Jason F. Rowe, David Koch, William J. Borucki
arXiv:1001.0413v1
- Photometric Variability in Kepler Target Stars: The Sun Among Stars -- A First Look.
Gibor Basri, Lucianne M. Walkowicz, Natalie Batalha, Ronald L. Gilliland, Jon Jenkins, William J. Borucki, David Koch, Doug Caldwell, Andrea K. Dupree, David W. Latham, Soeren Meibom, Steve Howell, Tim Brown
arXiv:1001.0414v1
- First Kepler results on RR Lyrae stars.
K. Kolenberg, R. Szabó, D. W. Kurtz, R. L. Gilliland, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, T. M. Brown, J. M. Benkö, M. Chadid, A. Derekas, M. Di Criscienzo, E. Guggenberger, K. Kinemuchi, A. Kunder, Z. Kolláth, G. Kopacki, P. Moskalik, J. M. Nemec, J. Nuspl, R. Silvotti, M. D. Suran, W. J. Borucki, D. Koch, J. M. Jenkins
arXiv:1001.0417v1
- Short Gamma Ray Bursts: marking the birth of black holes from coalescing compact binaries.
Davide Lazzati (JILA, now at NCSU), Rosalba Perna (JILA)
arXiv:1001.0538v1
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