Wednesday, December 21, 2011

1112.4476 (Nikku Madhusudhan et al.)

Analytic models for albedos, phase curves and polarization of reflected light from exoplanets    [PDF]

Nikku Madhusudhan, Adam Burrows

1112.4514 (Thomas N. Gautier III et al.)

Kepler-20: A Sun-like Star with Three Sub-Neptune Exoplanets and Two Earth-size Candidates    [PDF]

Thomas N. Gautier III, David Charbonneau, Jason F. Rowe, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Howard Isaacson, Guillermo Torres, Francois Fressin, Leslie A. Rogers, Jean-Michel Désert, Lars A. Buchhave, David W. Latham, Samuel N. Quinn, David R. Ciardi, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Ronald L. Gilliland, Lucianne M. Walkowicz, Stephen T. Bryson, William D. Cochran, Michael Endl, Debra A. Fischer, Steve B. Howel, Elliott P. Horch, Thomas Barclay, Natalie Batalha, William J. Borucki, Jessie L. Christiansen, John C. Geary, Christopher E. Henze, Matthew J. Holman, Khadeejah Ibrahim, Jon M. Jenkins, Karen Kinemuchi, David G. Koch, Jack J. Lissauer, Dwight T. Sanderfer, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Sara Seager, Kathryn Silverio, Jeffrey C. Smith, Martin Still, Martin C. Stumpe, Peter Tenenbaum, Jeffrey Van Cleve

1112.4550 (Francois Fressin et al.)

Two Earth-sized planets orbiting Kepler-20    [PDF]

Francois Fressin, Guillermo Torres, Jason F. Rowe, David Charbonneau, Leslie A. Rogers, Sarah Ballard, Natalie M. Batalha, William J. Borucki, Stephen T. Bryson, Lars A. Buchhave, David R. Ciardi, Jean-Michel Desert, Courtney D. Dressing, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Thomas N. Gautier III, Christopher E. Henze, Matthew J. Holman, Andrew W. Howard, Steve B. Howell, Jon M. Jenkins, David G. Koch, David W. Latham, Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Samuel N. Quinn, Darin Ragozzine, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Sara Seager, Thomas Barclay, Fergal Mullally, Shawn E. Seader, Martin Still, Joseph D. Twicken, Susan E. Thompson, Kamal Uddin

1112.4770 (Anita L. Cochran et al.)

Thirty Years of Cometary Spectroscopy from McDonald Observatory    [PDF]

Anita L. Cochran, Edwin S. Barker, Candace L. Gray

1112.4819 (Giovanni M. Mirouh et al.)

A new model for mixing by double-diffusive convection (semi-convection): I. The conditions for layer formation    [PDF]

Giovanni M. Mirouh, Pascale Garaud, Stephan Stellmach, Adrienne L. Traxler, Toby S. Wood

1112.4822 (Ruth A. Murray-Clay et al.)

Disruption of a Proto-Planetary Disk by the Black Hole at the Milky Way Centre    [PDF]

Ruth A. Murray-Clay, Abraham Loeb