Astrophysics

Authors and titles for May 2013

[401] arXiv:1305.2821 [pdf, other]

Title: Introducing the Eulalia and new Polana asteroid families: re-assessing primitive asteroid families in the inner Main Belt

Kevin J. Walsh, Marco Delbó, William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlický, Dante S. Lauretta

Comments: 49 pages, 22 figures, Accepted to Icarus

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[402] arXiv:1305.2825 [pdf, other]

Title: A resonant family of dynamically cold small bodies in the near-Earth asteroid belt

C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos

Comments: 5 pages, 5 figures, 2 embedded animations, 2 tables, abstract abridged. Revised to reflect final version published in MNRAS Letters

Journal-ref: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 434, Issue 1, p.L1-L5 (2013)

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[403] arXiv:1305.2873 [pdf, other]

Title: The stellar IMF determined in early-type galaxies from a non-degenerate set of optical line indices

Chiara Spiniello, Scott Trager, Léon V.E. Koopmans, Charlie Conroy

Comments: 19 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication on MNRAS

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[404] arXiv:1305.2879 [pdf, other]

Title: Seed particle formation for silicate dust condensation by SiO nucleation

H.-P. Gail, S. Wetzel, A. Pucci, A. Tamanai

Comments: 11 pages, 11 figures

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[405] arXiv:1305.2893 [pdf, other]

Title: Large Scale Structure. The seventies & Forty years later: From Clusters to Clusters

Guido Chincarini

Comments: 43 pages, 28 figures. To be published in Proceedings of the 13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (Stockholm 1-7 July 2012)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[406] arXiv:1305.2894 [pdf, other]

Title: Herschel Observations of Gas and Dust in the Unusual 49 Ceti Debris Disk

A. Roberge, I. Kamp, B. Montesinos, W. R. F. Dent, G. Meeus, J. K. Donaldson, J. Olofsson, A. Moor, J.-C. Augereau, C. Howard, C. Eiroa, W.-F. Thi, D. R. Ardila, G. Sandell, P. Woitke

Comments: 11 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Journal-ref: ApJ 771 (2013) 69

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[407] arXiv:1305.2912 [pdf, other]

Title: Broad Band X-Ray Spectra of Two Low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei NGC 1566 and NGC 4941

Taiki Kawamuro, Yoshihiro Ueda, Fumie Tazaki, Yuichi Terashima

Comments: 11 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[408] arXiv:1305.2913 [pdf, other]

Title: A model for cosmological simulations of galaxy formation physics

Mark Vogelsberger (1), Shy Genel (1), Debora Sijacki (1,2), Paul Torrey (1), Volker Springel (3), Lars Hernquist (1) ((1) Harvard/CfA, (2) IoA Cambridge, (3) HITS)

Comments: 38 pages, 16 figures, MNRAS accepted (including corrections of erratum). Volume-rendering movies and high-resolution images can be found at this http URL

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[409] arXiv:1305.2915 [pdf, other]

Title: The Growth of Cool Cores and Evolution of Cooling Properties in a Sample of 83 Galaxy Clusters at 0.3 < z < 1.2 Selected from the SPT-SZ Survey

M. McDonald, B. A. Benson, A. Vikhlinin, B. Stalder, L. E. Bleem, H. W. Lin, K. A. Aird, M. L. N. Ashby, M. W. Bautz, M. Bayliss, S. Bocquet, M. Brodwin, J. E. Carlstrom, C. L. Chang, H. M. Cho, A. Clocchiatti, T. M. Crawford, A. T. Crites, T. de Haan, S. Desai, M. A. Dobbs, J. P. Dudley, R. J. Foley, W. R. Forman, E. M. George, D. Gettings, M. D. Gladders, A. H. Gonzalez, N. W. Halverson, F. W. High, G. P. Holder, W. L. Holzapfel, S. Hoover, J. D. Hrubes, C. Jones, M. Joy, R. Keisler, L. Knox, A. T. Lee, E. M. Leitch, J. Liu, M. Lueker, D. Luong-Van, A. Mantz, D. P. Marrone, J. J. McMahon, J. Mehl, S. S. Meyer, E. D. Miller, L. Mocanu, J. J. Mohr, T. E. Montroy, S. S. Murray, D. Nurgaliev, S. Padin, T. Plagge, C. Pryke, C. L. Reichardt, A. Rest, J. Ruel, J. E. Ruhl, B. R. Saliwanchik, A. Saro, J. T. Sayre, K. K. Schaffer, E. Shirokoff, J. Song, R. Suhada, H. G. Spieler, S. A. Stanford, Z. Staniszewski, A. A. Stark, K. Story, A. van Engelen, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, R. Williamson, O. Zahn, A. Zenteno

Comments: 17 pages with 15 figures, plus appendix. Published in ApJ

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[410] arXiv:1305.2917 [pdf, other]

Title: Halo Stochasticity from Exclusion and non-linear Clustering

Tobias Baldauf, Uroš Seljak, Robert E. Smith, Nico Hamaus, Vincent Desjacques

Comments: 27 pages, 15 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 88, 083507 (2013)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[411] arXiv:1305.2922 [pdf, other]

Title: Alignment Between Flattened Protostellar Infall Envelopes and Ambient Magnetic Fields

Nicholas L. Chapman, Jacqueline A. Davidson, Paul F. Goldsmith, Martin Houde, Woojin Kwon, Zhi-Yun Li, Leslie W. Looney, Brenda Matthews, Tristan G. Matthews, Giles Novak, Ruisheng Peng, John E. Vaillancourt, Nikolaus H. Volgenau

Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 16 pages, 8 figures in emulateapj format

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[412] arXiv:1305.2923 [pdf, other]

Title: Mapping dust through emission and absorption in nearby galaxies

K. Kreckel, B. Groves, E. Schinnerer, B. D. Johnson, G. Aniano, D. Calzetti, K. V. Croxall, B. T. Draine, K. D. Gordon, A. F. Crocker, D. A. Dale, L. K. Hunt, R. C. Kennicutt, S. E. Meidt, J. D. T. Smith, F. S. Tabatabaei

Comments: 17 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[413] arXiv:1305.2925 [pdf, other]

Title: Balance among gravitational instability, star formation, and accretion determines the structure and evolution of disk galaxies

John C. Forbes, Mark R. Krumholz, Andreas Burkert, Avishai Dekel

Comments: 28 pages, 17 figures, submitted to MNRAS (comments welcome) - conspicuous typos corrected

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[414] arXiv:1305.2926 [pdf, other]

Title: Resolving the optical emission lines of Lya blob 'B1' at z=2.38: another hidden quasar

R. A. Overzier, N. P. H. Nesvadba, M. Dijkstra, N. A. Hatch, M. D. Lehnert, M. Villar-Martín, R. J. Wilman, A. W. Zirm

Comments: ApJ, Accepted (12 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[415] arXiv:1305.2927 [pdf, other]

Title: Physics of a partially ionized gas relevant to galaxy formation simulations -- the ionization potential energy reservoir

Bert Vandenbroucke, Sven De Rijcke, Joeri Schroyen, Natalie Jachowicz

Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

Journal-ref: ApJ, 771, 36 (2013)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[416] arXiv:1305.2933 [pdf, other]

Title: A Potential Super-Venus in the Kepler-69 System

Stephen R. Kane, Thomas Barclay, Dawn M. Gelino

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJL

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[417] arXiv:1305.2936 [pdf, other]

Title: GRO J1008-57: an (almost) predictable transient X-ray binary

M. Kühnel, S. Müller, I. Kreykenbohm, F. Fürst, K. Pottschmidt, R. E. Rothschild, I. Caballero, V. Grinberg, G. Schönherr, C. Shrader, D. Klochkov, R. Staubert, C. Ferrigno, J.-M. Torrejón, S. Martínez-Núñez, J. Wilms

Comments: A&A accepted on 13 May 2013, 15 pages, 16 figures

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[418] arXiv:1305.2939 [pdf, other]

Title: Spectroscopic indication of suprathermal ions in the solar corona

E. Lee, D. R. Williams, G. Lapenta

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[419] arXiv:1305.2940 [pdf, other]

Title: On the Origin of Lopsidedness in Galaxies as Determined from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)

Dennis Zaritsky, Heikki Salo, Eija Laurikainen, Debra Elmegreen, E. Athanassoula, Albert Bosma, Sébastian Comerón, Santiago Erroz-Ferrer, Bruce Elmegreen, Dimitri A. Gadotti, Armando Gil de Paz, Joannah L. Hinz, Luis C. Ho, Benne W. Holwerda, Taehyun Kim, Johan H. Knapen, Jarkko Laine, Seppo Laine, Barry F. Madore, Sharon Meidt, Karin Menendez-Delmestre, Trisha Mizusawa, Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos, Michael W. Regan, Mark Seibert, Kartik Sheth

Comments: Accepted for Publication in ApJ (revised version only includes corrections to affiliations)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[420] arXiv:1305.2941 [pdf, other]

Title: Radio Constraints on Heavily-Obscured Star-Formation within Dark Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies

D. A. Perley, R. A. Perley

Comments: Accepted to ApJ

Journal-ref: ApJ 778, 172 (2013)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[421] arXiv:1305.2945 [pdf, other]

Title: Kinematic classification of non-interacting spiral galaxies

Theresa Wiegert, Jayanne English

Comments: 41 pages, 21 figures, Wiegert, T. & English, J., "Kinematic classification of non-interacting spiral galaxies", New Astronomy (2013)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[422] arXiv:1305.2946 [pdf, other]

Title: Do quiescent and active galaxies have different M_BH-sigma relations?

Jong-Hak Woo, Andreas Schulze, Daeseong Park, Wol-Rang Kang, Sang Chul Kim, Dominik Riechers

Comments: ApJ in press, 10 pages, 4 figures

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[423] arXiv:1305.2953 [pdf, other]

Title: Numerical simulations of the possible origin of the two sub-parsec scale and counter-rotating stellar disks around SgrA*

C. Alig, M. Schartmann, A. Burkert, K. Dolag

Comments: 14 pages, 12 figures, submitted to ApJ

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[424] arXiv:1305.2958 [pdf, other]

Title: Hot versus Cold: the Dichotomy in Spherical Accretion of Cooling Flows onto Supermassive Black Holes in Elliptical Galaxies, Galaxy Groups and Clusters

Fulai Guo, William G. Mathews

Comments: Significantly revised version accepted for publication in ApJ. 18 pages, 13 figures

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[425] arXiv:1305.2964 [pdf, other]

Title: On the origin of the warm-hot absorbers in the Milky Way's halo

A. Marasco, F. Marinacci, F. Fraternali

Comments: 15 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[426] arXiv:1305.2984 [pdf, other]

Title: On the Full Spectrum Fitting of Luminous Red Galaxies by Using ULySS and STARLIGHT

Gaochao Liu, Youjun Lu, Xuelei Chen, Wei Du, Yongheng Zhao

Comments: 16 pages, 11 figures

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[427] arXiv:1305.2991 [pdf, other]

Title: Challenges of Relativistic Astrophysics

Reuven Opher

Comments: Plenary Talk and in the Proceedings of the 26th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 15-20, 2012

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[428] arXiv:1305.3003 [pdf, other]

Title: Anomalous Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Spectrum of Herschel 36. I. Observations of Rotationally Excited CH and CH+ Absorption and Strong, Extended Redward Wings on Several DIBs

Julie Dahlstrom (1), Donald G. York (2), Daniel E. Welty (2), Takeshi Oka (2), L. M. Hobbs (2), Sean Johnson (2), Scott D. Friedman (3), Zihao Jiang (2), Brian L. Rachford (4), Reid Sherman (2), Theodore P. Snow (5), Paule Sonnentrucker (3) ((1) Carthage College, (2) Univ. of Chicago, (3) STScI, (4) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., (5) Univ. of Colorado)

Comments: 36 pages; 8 figures; accepted to ApJ; higher quality versions of figures 1 and 2 may be found at this http URL

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[429] arXiv:1305.3017 [pdf, other]

Title: Optical Spectra of Flat-Spectrum ICRF Radio Sources

Oleg Titov, Laura M. Stanford, Helen M. Johnston, Tapio Pursimo, Richard W. Hunstead, David L. Jauncey, K. Maslennikov, A. Boldycheva

Comments: Accepted to AJ 2013

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[430] arXiv:1305.3020 [pdf, other]

Title: Turbulence in the SuperModel: Mass Reconstruction with Nonthermal Pressure for Abell 1835

R. Fusco-Femiano (1), A. Lapi (2,3) (1-IAPS/INAF Roma, Italy, 2-Univ. 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy, 3-SISSA, Trieste, Italy)

Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted by ApJ

Journal-ref: Astrophys. J. 771 (2013), 102

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[431] arXiv:1305.3023 [pdf, other]

Title: Probing the Shallow Convection Zone: Rising Motion of Subsurface Magnetic Fields in the Solar Active Region

Shin Toriumi, Stathis Ilonidis, Takashi Sekii, Takaaki Yokoyama

Comments: 19 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJL

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[432] arXiv:1305.3036 [pdf, other]

Title: Radio properties of the magnetar near Sagittarius A* from observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array

Ryan M. Shannon, Simon Johnston (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science)

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures, published in MNRAS Letters

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[433] arXiv:1305.3044 [pdf, other]

Title: Planck constraints on single-field inflation

Shinji Tsujikawa, Junko Ohashi, Sachiko Kuroyanagi, Antonio De Felice

Comments: 28 pages, 8 figures

Journal-ref: Phys.Rev.D88:023529,2013

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

[434] arXiv:1305.3059 [pdf, other]

Title: Spectral matching for abundances of 848 stars of the giant branches of the globular cluster {\omega} Centauri

Jeffrey. D. Simpson, P. L. Cottrell

Comments: 12 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[435] arXiv:1305.3089 [pdf, other]

Title: Characterizing Exoplanets in the Visible and Infrared: A Spectrometer Concept for the EChO Space Mission

A. M. Glauser (1), R. van Boekel (1), O. Krause (1), Th. Henning (1), B. Benneke (2), J. Bouwman (1), P. E. Cubillos (3,1), I. J. M. Crossfield (1), Ö. H. Detre (1), M. Ebert (1), U. Grözinger (1), M. Güdel (4), J. Harrington (3,1), K. Justtanont (5), U. Klaas (1), R. Lenzen (1), N. Madhusudhan (6), M. R. Meyer (7), C. Mordasini (1), F. Müller (1), R. Ottensamer (4), J.-Y. Plesseria (8), S. P. Quanz (7), A. Reiners (9), E. Renotte (8), R.-R. Rohloff (1), S. Scheithauer (1), H. M. Schmid (7), J.-R. Schrader (10), U. Seemann (9), D. Stam (10), B. Vandenbussche (11), U. Wehmeier (7) ((1) Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (3) University of Central Florida, (4) University of Vienna, (5) Onsala Space Observatory, (6) Yale University, (7) ETH Zurich, (8) Centre Spatial de Liège, (9) Institut für Astrophysik Göttingen, (10) SRON, (11) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Comments: 20 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in the Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[436] arXiv:1305.3091 [pdf, other]

Title: A low-level accretion flare during the quiescent state of the neutron-star X-ray transient SAX J1750.8-2900

Rudy Wijnands, Nathalie Degenaar

Comments: Accepted for publication in MNRAS Main Journal on June 18th, 2013. Minor changes to the original submission to incorporate the comments of the referee

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[437] arXiv:1305.3106 [pdf, other]

Title: Supernova constraints on Multi-coupled Dark Energy

Arpine Piloyan (1), Valerio Marra (2), Marco Baldi (3 and 4), Luca Amendola (2) ((1) Yerevan State University (2) Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg (3) Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna (4) INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna)

Comments: 10 pages, 7 figures. Matches version accepted for publication in JCAP

Journal-ref: JCAP 07 (2013) 042

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

[438] arXiv:1305.3109 [pdf, other]

Title: A thermophysical analysis of the (1862) Apollo Yarkovsky and YORP effects

Ben Rozitis, Sam R. Duddy, Simon F. Green, Stephen C. Lowry

Comments: 15 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables. Accepted by A&A

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[439] arXiv:1305.3112 [pdf, other]

Title: WSRT observations and surface photometry of two unusual spiral galaxies

A.S. Saburova, G.I.G. Józsa, A.V. Zasov, D.V. Bizyaev

Comments: 14 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[440] arXiv:1305.3130 [pdf, other]

Title: HERschel Observations of Edge-on Spirals (HEROES). I: Far-infrared morphology and dust mass determination

J. Verstappen (1), J. Fritz (1), M. Baes (1), M. W. L. Smith (2), F. Allaert (1), S. Bianchi (3), J. A. D. L. Blommaert (4 and 5), G. De Geyter (1), I. De Looze (1), G. Gentile (1 and 5), K. D. Gordon (6 and 1), B. W. Holwerda (7), S. Viaene (1), E. M. Xilouris (8) ((1) Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, (2) School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, (3) INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, (4) Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, K. U. Leuven, (5) Vakgroep Fysica en Sterrenkunde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, (6) Space Telescope Science Institute, (7) European Space Agency, ESTEC, (8) Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens)

Comments: 21 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[441] arXiv:1305.3138 [pdf, other]

Title: Identifying gaps in flaring Herbig Ae/Be disks using spatially resolved mid-infrared imaging. Are all group I disks transitional?

K. M. Maaskant, M. Honda, L.B.F.M. Waters, A.G.G.M. Tielens, C. Dominik, M. Min, A. Verhoeff, G. Meeus, M. E. van den Ancker

Comments: 20 pages, 42 Figures

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[442] arXiv:1305.3151 [pdf, other]

Title: The Spatial Distribution of Organics toward the High-Mass YSO NGC 7538 IRS9

Karin I. Oberg, Mavis Dufie Boamah, Edith C. Fayolle, Robin T. Garrod, Claudia Cyganowski, Floris van der Tak

Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 33 pages including 15 figures

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[443] arXiv:1305.3152 [pdf, other]

Title: Supernova 2012aw - a high-energy clone of archetypal type IIP SN 1999em

Subhash Bose, Brijesh Kumar, Firoza Sutaria, Brajesh Kumar, Rupak Roy, V. K. Bhatt, S. B. Pandey, H. C. Chandola, Ram Sagar, Kuntal Misra, Sayan Chakraborti

Comments: 22 pages, 18 figures, 7 tables, Accepted to MNRAS

Journal-ref: MNRAS, 433, 1871 (2013)

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[444] arXiv:1305.3165 [pdf, other]

Title: Thermal emission in the early X-ray afterglows of GRBs: following the prompt phase to the late times

Mette Friis, Darach Watson

Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures, ApJ accepted

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[445] arXiv:1305.3176 [pdf, other]

Title: A GIANO-TNG high resolution IR spectrum of the airglow emission

E. Oliva (1), L. Origlia (2), R. Maiolino (3), C. Baffa (1), V. Biliotti (1), P. Bruno (4), G. Falcini (1), V. Gavriousev (1), F. Ghinassi (5), E. Giani (1), M. Gonzalez (5), F. Leone (6), M. Lodi (5), F. Massi (1), P. Montegriffo (2), I. Mochi (7), M. Pedani (5), E. Rossetti (8), S. Scuderi (5), M. Sozzi (1), A. Tozzi (1), E. Valenti (9) ((1) INAF-Arcetri, (2) INAF-Bologna, (3) Cavendish Laboratory, (4) INAF-Catania, (5) INAF-Fundacion Galileo Galilei, (6) Universita' di Catania, (7) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, (8) Universita' di Bologna, (9) ESO)

Comments: 11 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[446] arXiv:1305.3181 [pdf, other]

Title: The double RGB in M 2: C, N, Sr and Ba abundances

C. Lardo, E. Pancino, A. Mucciarelli, M. Bellazzini, M. Rejkuba, S. Marinoni, G. Cocozza, G. Altavilla, S. Ragaini

Comments: 11 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[447] arXiv:1305.3192 [pdf, other]

Title: Comment on "Origin of cosmic magnetic fields"

Ruth Durrer, Giovanni Marozzi, Massimiliano Rinaldi

Comments: 1 page, 1 figure. Typos fixed, minor corrections, a comment added, version published in PRL

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 229001 (2013)

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

[448] arXiv:1305.3194 [pdf, other]

Title: Models and possible progenitors of gamma-ray bursts at the test field of the observations

B. Gendre (Artemis/IRAP), G. Stratta (OaR/INAF) (on behalf of the FIGARO collaboration)

Comments: Proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond 2013, Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe session, 4 pages, 3 color figures

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[449] arXiv:1305.3196 [pdf, other]

Title: The stochastic background: scaling laws and time to detection for pulsar timing arrays

Xavier Siemens, Justin Ellis, Fredrick Jenet, Joseph D. Romano

Comments: Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity for Focus Issue on Pulsar Timing Arrays. 15 pages, 5 figures

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[450] arXiv:1305.3205 [pdf, other]

Title: Recovering Joys Law as a Function of Solar Cycle, Hemisphere, and Longitude

Bruce H. McClintock, Aimee A. Norton

Comments: 13 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)