Astrophysics

Authors and titles for March 2004

[301] arXiv:astro-ph/0403301 [pdf, other]

Title: Optical and near-IR observations of SN 1998bw

Ferdinando Patat

Comments: 9 pages, 7 figures. Invited review to the IAU Colloquium n. 192, SUPERNOVAE: ten years of SN 1993J, Valencia (Spain)

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[302] arXiv:astro-ph/0403302 [pdf, other]

Title: High resolution spectroscopy of Brown Dwarfs in Taurus: Detection of accretion in KPNO Tau 3

David Barrado y Navascues (1) ((1) Laboratorio de Astrofisica Espacial y Fisica Fundamental, LAEFF-INTA, Spain)

Comments: Astronomy & Astrophysics, accepted March 11, 2004

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 422 (2004) 631-636

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[303] arXiv:astro-ph/0403303 [pdf, other]

Title: XMM-Newton observation of the young open cluster Blanco 1. I. X-ray spectroscopy and photometry

I. Pillitteri, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. Damiani, F. R. Harnden Jr

Comments: 18 pages, 8 figures, paper accepted for publication on A&A

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys.421:175-186,2004

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[304] arXiv:astro-ph/0403304 [pdf, other]

Title: X-ray source populations in the Galactic Plane

A. D. P. Hands, R. S. Warwick, M. G. Watson, D. J. Helfand

Comments: 21 pages, 15 figures, accepted by MNRAS

Journal-ref: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 31

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[305] arXiv:astro-ph/0403305 [pdf, other]

Title: Generalized Chaplygin Gas Models tested with SNIa

Marek Biesiada, Wlodzimierz Godlowski, Marek Szydlowski

Comments: 54 pages 29 figures improved version analysis flat prior relaxed high redshift Riess SNIa sample included

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 622 (2005) 28

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[306] arXiv:astro-ph/0403306 [pdf, other]

Title: Long-term evolution of compact binaries with irradiation feedback

A. Büning, H. Ritter (Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching)

Comments: 19 pages, 24 figures, accepted by A&A

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys.423:281-299,2004

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[307] arXiv:astro-ph/0403307 [pdf, other]

Title: Unequal-mass galaxy merger remnants: spiral-like morphology but elliptical-like kinematics

Frederic Bournaud (1,2), Francoise Combes (1), Chanda J. Jog (3) ((1) LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, France, (2) Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, (3) Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A Letters

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 418 (2004) L27

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[308] arXiv:astro-ph/0403308 [pdf, other]

Title: A polarized synchrotron template for CMBP experiments after WMAP data

G. Bernardi, E. Carretti, R. Fabbri, C. Sbarra, S. Poppi, S. Cortiglioni, J.L. Jonas

Comments: 13 pages, 14 figures, accepted for pubblications by MNRAS. For a version with full resolution color figures see this http URL

Journal-ref: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 436

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[309] arXiv:astro-ph/0403309 [pdf, other]

Title: Discovery of [FeII]- and H2-emission from protostellar jets in the CB3 and CB230 globules

Fabrizio Massi (1), Claudio Codella (2), Jan Brand (2) ((1) INAF - Arcetri, (2) IRA - CNR)

Comments: 7 pages, 8 figures, to be published in A&A

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 419 (2004) 241-247

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[310] arXiv:astro-ph/0403310 [pdf, other]

Title: Challenges to the Generalized Chaplygin Gas Cosmology

O. Bertolami

Comments: 4 pages, Revtex4. Based on talks presented at Oporto, Bilbao and Campos do Jordão

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[311] arXiv:astro-ph/0403311 [pdf, other]

Title: OH spectral evolution of oxygen-rich late-type stars

S. Etoka, A.M. Le Squeren

Comments: 19 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 420 (2004) 217-223

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[312] arXiv:astro-ph/0403312 [pdf, other]

Title: On the Dynamical Stability of Gamma Cephei, an S-Type Binary Planetary System

Nader Haghighipour (DTM/CIW)

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of "The Search For Other Worlds." The 14th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland. Eds. De. Deming and S. Holt (PASP Style)

Journal-ref: AIP Conf.Proc. 713 (2004) 269

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[313] arXiv:astro-ph/0403313 [pdf, other]

Title: An X-ray Search for Compact Central Sources in Supernova Remnants I: SNRs G093.3+6.9, G315.4-2.3, G084.2+0.8, & G127.1+0.5

D. L. Kaplan, D. A. Frail, B. M. Gaensler, E. V. Gotthelf, S. R. Kulkarni, P. O. Slane, A. Nechita

Comments: 52 pages, 37 figures. Accepted for publication by ApJS. Uses this http URL, this http URL

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[314] arXiv:astro-ph/0403314 [pdf, other]

Title: The Distribution of Quasars and Galaxies in Radio Color-Color and Morphology Diagrams

Z. Ivezic, R.J. Siverd, W. Steinhardt, A.S. Jagoda, G.R. Knapp, R.H. Lupton, D. Schlegel, P.B. Hall, G.T. Richards, J.E. Gunn, M.A. Strauss, M. Juric, P. Wiita, M. Gacesa, V. Smolcic

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys", Cozumel, Dec 8 - 12, 2003

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[315] arXiv:astro-ph/0403315 [pdf, other]

Title: Modulated fluctuations from hybrid inflation

Francis Bernardeau (Saclay), Lev Kofman (CITA), Jean-Philippe Uzan (Orsay & IAP)

Comments: 15 p, 2 figs

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 083004

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[316] arXiv:astro-ph/0403316 [pdf, other]

Title: Magnetoelliptic Instabilities

Norman R. Lebovitz, Ellen G. Zweibel

Comments: Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 301-312

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[317] arXiv:astro-ph/0403317 [pdf, other]

Title: Observations of Non-radial Pulsations in Radio Pulsars

J. Christopher Clemens, R. Rosen

Comments: 28 pages, 9 figures (as separate png files), Astrophysical Journal, in press

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 340-353

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[318] arXiv:astro-ph/0403318 [pdf, other]

Title: Abundances in Planetary Nebulae An Autopsy of Low and Intermediate Mass Stars

James F. Buell

Comments: 164 pages, 37 figure, Ph.D thesis 1997

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[319] arXiv:astro-ph/0403319 [pdf, other]

Title: Variable Faint Optical Sources Discovered by Comparing POSS and SDSS Catalogs

B.Sesar, D. Svilkovic, Z. Ivezic, R.H. Lupton, J.A. Munn, D. Finkbeiner, W. Steinhardt, R. Siverd, D.E. Johnston, G.R. Knapp, J.E. Gunn, C. Rockosi, D. Schlegel, D.E. Vanden Berk, P. Hall, D.P. Schneider, R.J. Brunner

Comments: 59 pages, 26 figures, submitted to AJ, high res. available as this http URL

Journal-ref: Astron.J.131:2801-2825,2006

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[320] arXiv:astro-ph/0403320 [pdf, other]

Title: Sub-milliarcsecond Imaging of Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei III. Kinematics of Parsec-Scale Radio Jets

K. I. Kellermann (NRAO), M. L. Lister (NRAO and Purdue U.), D. C. Homan (NRAO and Denison U.), R. C. Vermeulen (ASTRON), M. H. Cohen (Caltech), E. Ros (MPIfR), M. Kadler (MPIfR), J. A. Zensus (MPIfR and NRAO), Y. Y. Kovalev (NRAO and ASC LPI)

Comments: 25 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 539

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[321] arXiv:astro-ph/0403321 [pdf, other]

Title: Magnetic activity in late-type giant stars: Numerical MHD simulations of non-linear dynamo action in Betelgeuse

S.B.F. Dorch

Comments: 7 pages, 9 figures (2 in color), submitted to A&A

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 423 (2004) 1101-1107

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[322] arXiv:astro-ph/0403322 [pdf, other]

Title: Neutrinos from Dark Matter annihilations at the Galactic Centre

Gianfranco Bertone, Emmanuel Nezri, Jean Orloff, Joseph Silk

Comments: 8 pages, 7 figures, submitted to PRD

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 063503

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[323] arXiv:astro-ph/0403323 [pdf, other]

Title: Low reheating temperature and the visible sterile neutrino

G. Gelmini, S. Palomares-Ruiz, S. Pascoli

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 081302

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[324] arXiv:astro-ph/0403324 [pdf, other]

Title: Dark Matter and Dark Energy

Varun Sahni

Comments: 40 pages, 11 figures, Lectures presented at the Second Aegean Summer School on the Early Universe, Syros, Greece, September 2003, New References added Final version to appear in the Proceedings; typo's corrected. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0910.5406, arXiv:0808.0826, arXiv:1105.1087 by other authors

Journal-ref: Lect.NotesPhys.653:141-180,2004

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[325] arXiv:astro-ph/0403325 [pdf, other]

Title: The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. Abazajian et al. (the SDSS Collaboration)

Comments: 24 pages, submitted to AJ. See this ftp URL for high-resolution figures

Journal-ref: Astron.J.128:502-512,2004

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[326] arXiv:astro-ph/0403326 [pdf, other]

Title: Black hole mass estimation from X-ray variability measurements in AGN

M.Nikolajuk (1), I.E. Papadakis (2), B. Czerny (1) ((1) N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland, (2) University of Crete, Greece)

Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letter. Added minor change on page 5 - corrected mistake (1/T < nu => 1/T > nu)

Journal-ref: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 350 (2004) L26

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[327] arXiv:astro-ph/0403327 [pdf, other]

Title: Have we detected one of the sources responsible for an early reionisation of the Universe?

Massimo Ricotti, Martin G. Haehnelt, Max Pettini, Martin J. Rees

Comments: 6 pages including 4 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS letters

Journal-ref: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 352 (2004) L21

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[328] arXiv:astro-ph/0403328 [pdf, other]

Title: The physics of rotational flattening and the point core model

Hanno Essen

Comments: 23 pages, 2 figures, one table

Journal-ref: International Journal of Geosciences 5 (2014) pp. 555 - 570

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[329] arXiv:astro-ph/0403329 [pdf, other]

Title: Wind accretion in binary stars - I. Mass accretion ratio

T. Nagae, K. Oka, T. Matsuda, H. Fujiwara, I. Hachisu, H.M.J. Boffin

Comments: 8 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 419 (2004) 335-343

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[330] arXiv:astro-ph/0403330 [pdf, other]

Title: The detectability of extrasolar planet surroundings - I. Reflected-light photometry of unresolved rings

Luc Arnold (Observatoire de Haute-Provence, CNRS)Jean Schneider (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, CNRS)

Comments: Keywords: Stars: planetary systems -- Planets: rings -- Extrasolar planet characterization. 10 pages, 16 figures. Published version is A&A 420, 1153-1162 (2004), available online at this http URL

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 420 (2004) 1153-1162

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[331] arXiv:astro-ph/0403331 [pdf, other]

Title: Core Formation by a Population of Massive Remnants

David Merritt, Slawomir Piatek, Simon Portegies Zwart, Marc Hemsendorf

Comments: 5 pages

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 608 (2004) L25-L28

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[332] arXiv:astro-ph/0403332 [pdf, other]

Title: The First 1-2 Gyrs of Galaxy Formation: Dropout Galaxies from z~3-6

Garth Illingworth (UCSC), Rychard Bouwens (UCSC)

Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the ESO/USM/MPE Workshop on "Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution", eds. R. Bender and A. Renzini, left-hand axis to Figure 5a corrected

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[333] arXiv:astro-ph/0403333 [pdf, other]

Title: On the nature of the unidentified MeV gamma-ray source GRO 1411-64

Gustavo E. Romero, Mariana Orellana, Diego F. Torres

Comments: Presented at 5th INTEGRAL Workshop: The INTEGRAL Universe, Munich, Germany, 16-20 Feb 2004. To be published in the proceedings. Version #2, with minimal changes after Referee's comments

Journal-ref: ESA Spec.Publ. 552 (2004) 707-713

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[334] arXiv:astro-ph/0403334 [pdf, other]

Title: Optical Variability of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

Elizabeth S. Klimek, C. Martin Gaskell, Cecelia H. Hedrick

Comments: Astrophysical Journal in press (tentatively scheduled for Vol. 608, June 2004 issue);47 pages; 19 figures. Electronic tables not included (contact first author if needed)

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 69-79; Erratum-ibid. 627 (2005) 1072

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[335] arXiv:astro-ph/0403335 [pdf, other]

Title: Nearly Minimal Magnetogenesis

Tomislav Prokopec, Ewald Puchwein

Comments: 11 pages, 3 eps figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 043004

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

[336] arXiv:astro-ph/0403336 [pdf, other]

Title: Power-laws from critical gravitational collapse: The mass distribution of subsolar objects

Matt Visser (Victoria University of Wellington)Nicolas Yunes (Pennsylvania State University)

Comments: 12 pages: plain LaTeX

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[337] arXiv:astro-ph/0403337 [pdf, other]

Title: Structure and evolution of low mass W UMa type systems

Lifang Li, Zhanwen Han, Fenghui Zhang

Comments: 12 pages, 10 figures, to be published in MNRAS

Journal-ref: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 137

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[338] arXiv:astro-ph/0403338 [pdf, other]

Title: Discovery of a Solitaire Dwarf Galaxy in the APPLES Survey

A. Pasquali (ETH), S. Larsen (ESO/ST-Ecf), I. Ferreras (ETH), O.Y. Gnedin (STScI), S. Malhotra (STScI), J.E. Rhoads (STScI), N. Pirzkal (STScI), J.R. Walsh (ESO/ST-Ecf)

Comments: 46 pages, 13 figures, AJ accepted

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[339] arXiv:astro-ph/0403339 [pdf, other]

Title: Testing the homogeneity of bright radio sources at 15 GHz

T.G. Arshakian, E. Ros, J.A. Zensus, M.L. Lister

Comments: 2 pages, to be published in the Proceedings of "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys", Cozumel, Dec 8 - 12, 2003

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[340] arXiv:astro-ph/0403340 [pdf, other]

Title: Understanding the relationship between the environment of the black hole and the radio jet: optical spectroscopy of compact AGN

T.G. Arshakian, V.H. Chavushyan, E. Ros, J.A. Zensus

Comments: 2 pages, to be published in the Proceedings of "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys", Cozumel, Dec 8 - 12, 2003

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[341] arXiv:astro-ph/0403341 [pdf, other]

Title: Twin peaks kHz QPOs: mathematics of the 3:2 orbital resonance

Paola Rebusco

Comments: Published (25 June 2004) on PASJ, 56, 553

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[342] arXiv:astro-ph/0403342 [pdf, other]

Title: Cryogenic Capacitive Transimpedance Amplifier for Astronomical Infrared Detectors

Hirohisa Nagata (1), Hiroshi Shibai (2), Takanori Hirao (2), Toyoki Watabe (2), Manabu Noda (3), Yasunori Hibi (2), Mitsunobu Kawada (2), Takao Nakagawa (4) ((1) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, (2) Nagoya University, (3) Nagoya City Science Museum, Japan, (4) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Comments: 22 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables

Journal-ref: IEEE Trans.Electron.Dev. 51 (2004) 270-278

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[343] arXiv:astro-ph/0403343 [pdf, other]

Title: Raising the Dead: Clues to Type Ia Supernova Physics from the Remnant 0509-67.5

Jessica S. Warren, John P. Hughes (Rutgers University)

Comments: 34 pages, 9 figures (1 color), accepted to ApJ (10 June 2004 issue); correction made to calculation of magnetic field, small sentence changes

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 608 (2004) 261-273

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[344] arXiv:astro-ph/0403344 [pdf, other]

Title: Anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background

Anthony Challinor

Comments: Lecture notes. Proceedings of the 2nd Aegean Summer School on the Early Universe (Springer LNP), 22-30 September 2003

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[345] arXiv:astro-ph/0403345 [pdf, other]

Title: The Damping Wing of the Gunn-Peterson Absorption and Lyman-Alpha Emitters in the Pre-Reionization Era

Nickolay Y. Gnedin, Francisco Prada

Comments: submitted to ApJ

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 608 (2004) L77-L80

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[346] arXiv:astro-ph/0403346 [pdf, other]

Title: Origin of coherent magnetic fields in high redshift objects

A. Kandus, R. Opher, S. R. M. Barros

Comments: 22 pages, 5 figures. Uses AASTEX style

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[347] arXiv:astro-ph/0403347 [pdf, other]

Title: Unconventional AGN from the SDSS

Patrick B. Hall (Princeton), G. R. Knapp, G. T. Richards, M. A. Strauss, S. F. Anderson, D. P. Schneider, D. A. Vanden Berk, D. G. York, K. S. J. Anderson, J. Brinkmann, S. A. Snedden

Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys," ed. R. Mujica & R. Maiolino

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[348] arXiv:astro-ph/0403348 [pdf, other]

Title: A new Unidentified Far Infrared Band in NGC7027

Javier R. Goicoechea, Jose Cernicharo, Helena Masso, Maria Luisa Senent

Comments: 15 pages, 2 figures, accepted in ApJ part I

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 225-230

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[349] arXiv:astro-ph/0403349 [pdf, other]

Title: H2 Mid-IR Pure Rotational Emission from Young Stars: The TEXES/IRTF Survey

Matthew J. Richter (1), John H. Lacy (2), Thomas K. Greathouse (2), Daniel T. Jaffe (2), Geoffrey A. Blake (3) ((1) UC Davis, (2) UT Austin, (3) CalTech)

Comments: 6 pages, to appear in Proceedings of the ESO Workshop on "High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy" held in Garching, Germany, 18-21 November 2003

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[350] arXiv:astro-ph/0403350 [pdf, other]

Title: Compact Radio Sources in Orion: New Detections, Time Variability, and Objects in OMC-1S

Luis A. Zapata, Luis F. Rodriguez, Stanley E. Kurtz, C. R. O'Dell

Comments: 29 pages, 9 figures

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)