Astrophysics

Authors and titles for June 2007

[151] arXiv:0706.0893 [pdf, other]

Title: Clustering of Lyman alpha emitters at z ~ 4.5

Katarina Kovač, Rachel S. Somerville, James E. Rhoads, Sangeeta Malhotra, JunXian Wang

Comments: 23 pages in preprint format, 4 figures, ApJ accepted

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[152] arXiv:0706.0895 [pdf, other]

Title: Radiative Transfer Effect on Ultraviolet Pumping of the 21cm Line in the High Redshift Universe

Leonid Chuzhoy (1)Zheng Zheng (2) ((1) University of Texas at Austin, (2) Institute for Advanced Study)

Comments: 7 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[153] arXiv:0706.0896 [pdf, other]

Title: Constraining Warm Dark Matter using QSO gravitational lensing

M. Miranda (University of Zurich), A.V. Macciò (MPIA-Heidelberg)

Comments: One equation added, typo in eq: 5 corrected, minor changes to match the accepted version by MNRAS

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[154] arXiv:0706.0898 [pdf, other]

Title: Lensing, reddening and extinction effects of MgII absorbers from z=0.4 to z=2

Brice Ménard (1), Daniel Nestor (2), David Turnshek (3), Anna Quider (3), Gordon Richards (4), Doron Chelouche (5), Sandhya Rao (3); ((1) CITA, (2) IoA Cambridge, (3) Univ. of Pittsburgh, (4) Drexel Univ., (5) IAS)

Comments: Submitted

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[155] arXiv:0706.0899 [pdf, other]

Title: High Sensitivity Array Observations of the $z = 4.4$ QSO BRI 1335-0417

E. Momjian, C. L. Carilli, D. A. Riechers, F. Walter

Comments: 13 pages, 3 figures, AJ accepted

Journal-ref: Astron.J.134:694-697,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[156] arXiv:0706.0900 [pdf, other]

Title: Constraining white-dwarf kicks in globular clusters

Jeremy S. Heyl

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, changes to reflect version accepted for MNRAS Letters

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[157] arXiv:0706.0901 [pdf, other]

Title: The Ultraluminous X-ray Sources near the Center of M82

A.K.H. Kong (MIT), Y.J. Yang, P.-Y. Hsieh (ASIAA, Taiwan), D.S.Y. Mak, C.S.J. Pun (University of Hong Kong)

Comments: 9 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[158] arXiv:0706.0912 [pdf, other]

Title: Orbital evolution with white-dwarf kicks

Jeremy S. Heyl

Comments: 6 pages, 2 figures, added many intermediate equations, version accepted by MNRAS

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[159] arXiv:0706.0914 [pdf, other]

Title: Four quasars above redshift 6 discovered by the Canada-France High-z Quasar Survey

Chris J. Willott, Philippe Delorme, Alain Omont, Jacqueline Bergeron, Xavier Delfosse, Thierry Forveille, Loic Albert, Celine Reyle, Gary J. Hill, Michael Gully-Santiago, Phillip Vinten, David Crampton, John B. Hutchings, David Schade, Luc Simard, Marcin Sawicki, Alexandre Beelen, Pierre Cox

Comments: 15 pages, 9 figures, AJ, in press, minor changes to previous version

Journal-ref: Astron.J.134:2435-2450,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[160] arXiv:0706.0927 [pdf, other]

Title: SPEAR far UV spectral imaging of highly ionized emission from the North Galactic Pole Region

B.Y. Welsh, J. Edelstein, E. Korpela, et al

Comments: 5 figures

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[161] arXiv:0706.0930 [pdf, other]

Title: Gamma-Ray Bursts as Manifestation of Collisions of Primordial Black Holes with Stars

B.E. Zhilyaev

Comments: 8 pages, 3 figures

Journal-ref: Bull.Crim.Astrophys.Observ.103:58-64,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[162] arXiv:0706.0936 [pdf, other]

Title: Ray tracing of ion-cyclotron waves in a coronal funnel

R. Mecheri, E. Marsch (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research)

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures Modern Solar Facilities, Advanced Solar Science, Universitatsverlag Goettingen 2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[163] arXiv:0706.0938 [pdf, other]

Title: Measuring Dark Energy with Gamma-Ray Bursts and Other Cosmological Probes

F. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai, Zong-Hong Zhu

Comments: 28 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ. One reference added, one minor change in the final paragraph of section 1

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J.667:1-10,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[164] arXiv:0706.0945 [pdf, other]

Title: Correlation between Infrared Colors and Intensity Ratios of SiO Maser Lines

Jun-ichi Nakashima (ASIAA/UIUC), Shuji Deguchi (Nobeyama Radio Obs.)

Comments: 49 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ. Full resolution version available at this http URL

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[165] arXiv:0706.0950 [pdf, other]

Title: The Origin of the Arches Stellar Cluster Mass Function

Sami Dib (1), Jongsoo Kim (1), Mohsen Shadmehri (2,3) ((1) KASI, (2) DCU, (3) Ferdowsi U.)

Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted to MNRAS Letters

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[166] arXiv:0706.0961 [pdf, other]

Title: The InterHourly-Variability (IHV) Index of Geomagnetic Activity and its Use in Deriving the Long-term Variation of Solar Wind Speed

Leif Svalgaard, Edward W. Cliver

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[167] arXiv:0706.0965 [pdf, other]

Title: An evaluation of possible mechanisms for anomalous resistivity in the solar corona

K. A. P. Singh, Prasad Subramanian

Comments: Accepted, Solar Physics

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[168] arXiv:0706.0974 [pdf, other]

Title: Viable Palatini-f(R) cosmologies with generalized dark matter

Tomi Koivisto

Comments: 5 pages, no figures; To appear in PRD. V2: Typos in the appendix corrected

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D76:043527,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[169] arXiv:0706.0987 [pdf, other]

Title: Dynamical constraints on the component masses of the cataclysmic variable WZ Sge

D.Steeghs (CfA/Warwick), S.Howell (NOAO), C.Knigge (Southampton), B.Gaensicke (Warwick), E.Sion (Villanova), W.Welsh (SDSU)

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[170] arXiv:0706.0989 [pdf, other]

Title: Search for Coincidences in Time and Arrival Direction of Auger Data with Astrophysical Transients

Luis Anchordoqui (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)

Comments: To be published in Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 3 - 11, 2007, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[171] arXiv:0706.1024 [pdf, other]

Title: A Chameleon Primer

Ph. Brax, C. van de Bruck, A. C. Davis

Comments: 8 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond 2007 "Experimental Gravity and Gravitational Waves", La Thuile, 11-18 March 2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[172] arXiv:0706.1029 [pdf, other]

Title: Inhomogeneities in the Universe and the Fitting Problem

Marie-Noëlle Célérier (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon)

Comments: 7 pages, to be published in the Proceedings of the XIXth Rencontres de Blois, Matter and energy in the Universe, Blois, France, May 2007, modified comments, minor changes

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[173] arXiv:0706.1040 [pdf, other]

Title: H$_2$D$^+$ line emission in Proto-Planetary Disks

Andrés Asensio Ramos, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Moshe Elitzur

Comments: To appear in A&A

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[174] arXiv:0706.1047 [pdf, other]

Title: The Dynamics-Based Approach to Studying Terrestrial Exoplanets

David Charbonneau, Drake Deming

Comments: submitted to the Exoplanet Task Force (AAAC), 2 April 2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[175] arXiv:0706.1049 [pdf, other]

Title: The Evolution of Supernovae in Circumstellar Wind Bubbles II: Case of a Wolf-Rayet star

Vikram V. Dwarkadas

Comments: 50 pages, 19 figures. Accepted to the Astrophysical Journal. For a version with the original high-resolution color figures please download from this http URL

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J.667:226-247,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[176] arXiv:0706.1050 [pdf, other]

Title: The Discovery of an Active Galactic Nucleus in the Late-type Galaxy NGC 3621: Spitzer Spectroscopic Observations

S. Satyapal, D. Vega, T. Heckman, B. O'Halloran, R. Dudik

Comments: 5 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[177] arXiv:0706.1053 [pdf, other]

Title: Glimpsing through the high redshift neutral hydrogen fog

S. Gallerani, A. Ferrara, X. Fan, T. R. Choudhury

Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures, revised to match the accepted version including a detailed analysis of the foreground QSO redshift and of the relativistic effects on the HII region shape; MNRAS in press

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[178] arXiv:0706.1054 [pdf, other]

Title: The Compact X-ray Source 1E 1547.0-5408 and the Radio Shell G327.24-0.13: A New Proposed Association between a Candidate Magnetar and a Candidate Supernova Remnant

Joseph D. Gelfand, B. M. Gaensler

Comments: 11 pages, 5 figures, ApJ accepted

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[179] arXiv:0706.1067 [pdf, other]

Title: Stability and mode analysis of solar coronal loops using thermodynamic irreversible energy principles

Andrea Costa, Rafael Gonzalez

Comments: 29 pages 10 figures

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys.458:953,2006

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[180] arXiv:0706.1070 [pdf, other]

Title: A multi-wavelength study of z = 3.15 Lyman-alpha emitters in the GOODS South Field

Kim K. Nilsson (1,2), P. Moeller (1), O. Moeller (3), J.P.U. Fynbo (2), M.J. Michalowski (2), D. Watson (2), C. Ledoux (4), P. Rosati (1), K. Pedersen (2), L.F. Grove (2), ((1) ESO-Garching, (2) Dark Cosmology Centre, (3) MPA, (4) ESO-Chile)

Comments: 13 pages, 14 figures, 8 tables, Accepted for publication in A&A

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys. 471 (2007) 71-82

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[181] arXiv:0706.1071 [pdf, other]

Title: Anisotropic Magnification Distortion of the 3D Galaxy Correlation: I. Real Space

Lam Hui, Enrique Gaztanaga, Marilena LoVerde

Comments: 15 pages, revised to include a discussion of the pioneering paper by Matsubara (2000)

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D76:103502,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[182] arXiv:0706.1073 [pdf, other]

Title: The Merger in Abell 576: A Line of Sight Bullet Cluster?

Renato A. Dupke, Nestor Mirabal, Joel N. Bregman, August E. Evrard

Comments: 24 pages, 2 tables and 20 figures; accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. For full version with all figures click on this http URL

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[183] arXiv:0706.1074 [pdf, other]

Title: The Abundances of Light Neutron-Capture Elements in Planetary Nebulae II. s-process Enrichments and Interpretation

N. C. Sterling (1), Harriet L. Dinerstein (2) ((1) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; (2) University of Texas at Austin)

Comments: 105 pages, including 19 tables and 9 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJS

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[184] arXiv:0706.1076 [pdf, other]

Title: Clustering Properties of restframe UV selected galaxies II: Migration of Star Formation sites with cosmic time from GALEX and CFHTLS

Sebastien Heinis, Bruno Milliard, Stephane Arnouts, Jeremy Blaizot, David Schiminovich, Tamas Budavari, Olivier Ilbert, Marie Treyer, Ted K. Wyder, Henry J. McCracken, Tom A. Barlow, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, D. Christopher Martin, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, Mark Seibert, Todd Small, Luciana Bianchi, Timothy M. Heckman, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, R. Michael Rich, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, Sukyoung K. Yi, C. K. Xu

Comments: Accepted for Publication in the Special GALEX Ap. J. Supplement, December 2007 Version with full resolution fig1 available at this http URL

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[185] arXiv:0706.1079 [pdf, other]

Title: Co-orbital Oligarchy

Benjamin F. Collins, Re'em Sari

Comments: 10 pages, 8 figures. v2 includes major revisions including additional results motivated by the referee's comments

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[186] arXiv:0706.1083 [pdf, other]

Title: An X-ray Spectral Analysis of the Central Regions of NGC 4593

L.W. Brenneman (1), C.S. Reynolds (1), J. Wilms (2), M.E. Kaiser (3) ((1) Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park; (2) University of Erlangen-Nuremburg; (3) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University)

Comments: Accepted for publication by ApJ, 6/6/07

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J.666:817-827,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[187] arXiv:0706.1086 [pdf, other]

Title: Supernova Classes and Subclasses

M. Turatto, S. Benetti, A. Pastorello

Comments: 10 pages, 2 figure, review for "Supernova 1987A: 20 Years After: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursters" AIP, New York, eds. S. Immler, K.W. Weiler, and R. McCray

Journal-ref: AIPConf.Proc.937:187-197,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[188] arXiv:0706.1094 [pdf, other]

Title: Flame Evolution During Type Ia Supernovae and the Deflagration Phase in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Scenario

D. M. Townsley (1), A. C. Calder (1,2), S. M. Asida (3), I. R. Seitenzahl (1), F. Peng (1,4), N. Vladimirova (1), D. Q. Lamb (1), J. W. Truran (1,5) ((1) U of Chicago, (2) SUNY StonyBrook, (3) Hebrew U, Jerusalem, (4) Caltech, (5) Argonne)

Comments: 14 pages, 10 figures, accepted to the Astrophysical Journal

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[189] arXiv:0706.1105 [pdf, other]

Title: Hybrid Performance of the Pierre Auger Observatory

B.R. Dawson (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)

Comments: Contribution to the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida Mexico, July 2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[190] arXiv:0706.1111 [pdf, other]

Title: Cosmological Black Hole Formation due to QCD and Electroweak Phase Transitions

Joseph I. Kapusta, Todd Springer

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[191] arXiv:0706.1121 [pdf, other]

Title: Controversy on a dispersion relation for MHD waves

Suresh Chandra, B.K. Kumthekar

Comments: 5 pages

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[192] arXiv:0706.1122 [pdf, other]

Title: The richest superclusters. I. Morphology

M. Einasto, E. Saar, L.J. Liivam"agi, J. Einasto, E. Tago, V.J. Martinez, J.-L. Starck, V. M"uller, P. Hein"am"aki, P. Nurmi, M. Gramann, G. H"utsi

Comments: 14 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics

Journal-ref: Astron.Astrophys.476:697,2007

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[193] arXiv:0706.1126 [pdf, other]

Title: The richest superclusters. II. Galaxy populations

M. Einasto, E. Saar, J. Einasto, E. Tago, L.J. Liivam"agi, V.J. Martinez, J.-L. Starck, V. M"uller, P. Hein"am"aki, P. Nurmi, M. Gramann, G. H"utsi

Comments: 11 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[194] arXiv:0706.1129 [pdf, other]

Title: The nature of the infrared counterpart of IGR J19140+0951

D. C. Hannikainen (1), M. G. Rawlings (2), P. Muhli (1), O. Vilhu (1), J. Schultz (1), J. Rodriguez (3) ((1) Observatory, University of Helsinki, (2) Joint Astronomy Centre, (3) CEA Saclay)

Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[195] arXiv:0706.1132 [pdf, other]

Title: From the microcosm of the atomic nuclei to the macrocosm of the stars

M. Arnould, M. Katsuma

Comments: 6 pages, To appear in Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007 (ND2007), Nice, France

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[196] arXiv:0706.1140 [pdf, other]

Title: Physical Investigation of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (144898) 2004 VD17

F. De Luise, D. Perna, E. Dotto, S. Fornasier, I. N. Belskaya, A. Boattini, G.B. Valsecchi, A. Milani, A. Rossi, M. Lazzarin, P. Paolicchi, M. Fulchignoni

Comments: 32 pages, 7 figure, paper accepted for publication in Icarus

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[197] arXiv:0706.1145 [pdf, other]

Title: Search for Tidal Dwarf Galaxies Candidates in a Sample of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

A. Monreal-Ibero (1), L. Colina (2), S. Arribas (2), M. Garcia-Marin (2) ((1) Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, (2) Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (CSIC))

Comments: 14 pages, 7 figures; A&A accepted

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[198] arXiv:0706.1146 [pdf, other]

Title: Extended Theories of Gravity and their Cosmological and Astrophysical Applications

Salvatore Capozziello, Mauro Francaviglia

Comments: 44 pages, 11 figures

Journal-ref: Gen.Rel.Grav.40:357-420,2008

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

[199] arXiv:0706.1149 [pdf, other]

Title: OH main line masers in the M82 starburst

M.K. Argo, A. Pedlar, R.J. Beswick, T.W.B. Muxlow (Jodrell Bank Observatory)

Comments: MNRAS accepted. 16 pages, 13 figures

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

[200] arXiv:0706.1155 [pdf, other]

Title: Evolution of interstellar dust and stardust in the solar neighbourhood

Svitlana Zhukovska, Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff

Comments: 29 pages, 19 figures

Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)