Tuesday, January 31, 2012

1201.5966 (T. S. Metcalfe et al.)

Asteroseismology of the solar analogs 16 Cyg A & B from Kepler observations    [PDF]

T. S. Metcalfe, W. J. Chaplin, T. Appourchaux, R. A. Garcia, S. Basu, I. Brandao, O. L. Creevey, S. Deheuvels, G. Dogan, P. Eggenberger, C. Karoff, A. Miglio, D. Stello, M. Yildiz, Z. Celik, H. M. Antia, O. Benomar, R. Howe, C. Regulo, D. Salabert, T. Stahn, T. R. Bedding, G. R. Davies, Y. Elsworth, L. Gizon, S. Hekker, S. Mathur, B. Mosser, S. T. Bryson, M. D. Still, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, R. L. Gilliland, S. D. Kawaler, H. Kjeldsen, K. A. Ibrahim, T. C. Klaus, J. Li

Monday, January 30, 2012

1201.5730 (Jonathan Horner et al.)

The Curious Case of HU Aquarii - Dynamically Testing Proposed Planetary Systems    [PDF]

Jonathan Horner, Robert A Wittenmyer, Jonathan P Marshall, Chris G Tinney, Oliver W Butters

1201.5409 (Eric B. Ford et al.)

Transit Timing Observations from Kepler: II. Confirmation of Two Multiplanet Systems via a Non-parametric Correlation Analysis    [PDF]

Eric B. Ford, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Jason H. Steffen, Joshua A. Carter, Francois Fressin, Matthew J. Holman, Jack J. Lissauer, Althea V. Moorhead, Robert C. Morehead, Darin Ragozzine, Jason F. Rowe, William F. Welsh, Christopher Allen, Natalie M. Batalha, William J. Borucki, Stephen T. Bryson, Lars A. Buchhave, Christopher J. Burke, Douglas A. Caldwell, David Charbonneau, Bruce D. Clarke, William D. Cochran, Jean-Michel Désert, Michael Endl, Mark E. Everett, Debra A. Fischer, Thomas N. Gautier III, Ron L. Gilliland, Jon M. Jenkins, Michael R. Haas, Elliott Horch, Steve B. Howell, Khadeejah A. Ibrahim, Howard Isaacson, David G. Koch, David W. Latham, Jie Li, Philip Lucas, Phillip J. MacQueen, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Sean McCauliff, Fergal R. Mullally, Samuel N. Quinn, Elisa Quintana, Avi Shporer, Martin Still, Peter Tenenbaum, Susan E. Thompson, Guillermo Torres, Joseph D. Twicken, Bill Wohler

1201.5412 (Jason H. Steffen et al.)

Transit Timing Observations from Kepler: III. Confirmation of 4 Multiple Planet Systems by a Fourier-Domain Study of Anti-correlated Transit Timing Variations    [PDF]

Jason H. Steffen, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Joshua A. Carter, Jean-Michel Desert, Francois Fressin, Matthew J. Holman, Jack J. Lissauer, Althea V. Moorhead, Jason F. Rowe, Darin Ragozzine, William F. Welsh, Natalie M. Batalha, William J. Borucki, Lars A. Buchhave, Steve Bryson, Douglas A. Caldwell, David Charbonneau, David R. Ciardi, William D. Cochran, Michael Endl, Mark E. Everett, Thomas N. Gautier III, Ron L. Gilliland, Forrest R. Girouard, Jon M. Jenkins, Elliott Horch, Steve B. Howell, Howard Isaacson, Todd C. Klaus, David G. Koch, David W. Latham, Jie Li, Philip Lucas, Phillip J. MacQueen, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Sean McCauliff, Christopher K. Middour, Robert L. Morris, Fergal R. Mullally, Samuel N. Quinn, Elisa V. Quintana, Avi Shporer, Martin Still, Peter Tenenbaum, Susan E. Thompson, Joseph D. Twicken, Jeffery Van Cleve

1201.5415 (Daniel C. Fabrycky et al.)

Transit Timing Observations from Kepler: IV. Confirmation of 4 Multiple Planet Systems by Simple Physical Models    [PDF]

Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Jason H. Steffen, Jason F. Rowe, Joshua A. Carter, Althea V. Moorhead, Natalie M. Batalha, William J. Borucki, Steve Bryson, Lars A. Buchhave, Jessie L. Christiansen, David R. Ciardi, William D. Cochran, Michael Endl, Michael N. Fanelli, Debra Fischer, Francois Fressin, John Geary, Michael R. Haas, Jennifer R. Hall, Matthew J. Holman, Jon M. Jenkins, David G. Koch, David W. Latham, Jie Li, Jack J. Lissauer, Philip Lucas, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Tsevi Mazeh, Sean McCauliff, Samuel Quinn, Darin Ragozzine, Dimitar Sasselov, Avi Shporer

1201.5424 (Jack J. Lissauer et al.)

Almost All of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates are Planets    [PDF]

Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Jason F. Rowe, Stephen T. Bryson, Elisabeth Adams, Lars A. Buchhave, David R. Ciardi, William D. Cochran, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Francois Fressin, John Geary, Ronald L. Gilliland, Matthew J. Holman, Steve B. Howell, Jon M. Jenkins, Karen Kinemuchi, David G. Koch, Robert C. Morehead, Darin Ragozzine, Shawn E. Seader, Peter G. Tanenbaum, Guillermo Torres, Joseph D. Twicken

Thursday, January 26, 2012

1201.5125 (Gabriel G. Ycas et al.)

Demonstration of On-Sky Calibration of Astronomical Spectra using a 25 GHz near-IR Laser Frequency Comb    [PDF]

Gabriel G. Ycas, Franklyn Quinlan, Scott A. Diddams, Steve Osterman, Suvrath Mahadevan, Stephen Redman, Ryan Terrien, Lawrence Ramsey, Chad F. Bender, Brandon Botzer, Steinn Sigurdsson

1201.5177 (Kevin J. Walsh et al.)

A low mass for Mars from Jupiter's early gas-driven migration    [PDF]

Kevin J. Walsh, Alessando Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, David P. O'Brien, Avi M. Mandell

1201.5075 (B. Sato et al.)

HAT-P-38b: A Saturn-Mass Planet Transiting a Late G Star    [PDF]

B. Sato, J. D. Hartman, G. Á. Bakos, B. Béky, G. Torres, D. W. Latham, G. Kovács, Z. Csubry, K. Penev, R. W. Noyes, L. A. Buchhave, S. N. Quinn, M. Everett, G. A. Esquerdo, D. A. Fischer, A. W. Howard, J. A. Johnson, G. W. Marcy, D. D. Sasselov, T. Szklenár, J. Lázár, I. Papp, P. Sári

1201.5104 (A. N. Heays et al.)

High-resolution Fourier-transform XUV photoabsorption spectroscopy of 14N15N    [PDF]

A. N. Heays, G. D. Dickenson, E. J. Salumbides, N. de Oliveira, D. Joyeux, L. Nahon, B. R. Lewis, W. Ubachs

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

1201.4282 (Fredrik Windmark et al.)

Planetesimal formation by sweep-up: How the bouncing barrier can be beneficial to growth    [PDF]

Fredrik Windmark, Til Birnstiel, Carsten Güttler, Jürgen Blum, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Thomas Henning

1201.4318 (N. Biver et al.)

Ammonia and other parent molecules in comet 10P/Tempel 2 from Herschel/HIFI and ground-based radio observations    [PDF]

N. Biver, J. Crovisier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, S. Szutowicz, D. C. Lis, P. Hartogh, M. de Val-Borro, R. Moreno, J. Boissier, M. Kidger, M. Küppers, G. Paubert, N. Dello Russo, R. Vervack, H. Weaver, HssO team

1201.4353 (Jasper F. Kok et al.)

The physics of wind-blown sand and dust    [PDF]

Jasper F. Kok, Eric J. R. Parteli, Timothy I. Michaels, Diana Bou Karam

1201.3921 (J. Patience et al.)

Spectroscopy across the brown dwarf/planetary mass boundary - I. Near-infrared JHK spectra    [PDF]

J. Patience, R. R. King, R. J. De Rosa, A. Vigan, S. Witte, E. Rice, Ch. Helling, P. Hauschildt

1201.3623 (M. Goto et al.)

Kinematics of Ionized Gas at 0.01 AU of TW Hya    [PDF]

M. Goto, A. Carmona, H. Linz, B. Stecklum, Th. Henning, G. Meeus, T. Usuda

1201.3622 (Sean N. Raymond et al.)

Debris disks as signposts of terrestrial planet formation. II Dependence of exoplanet architectures on giant planet and disk properties    [PDF]

Sean N. Raymond, Philip J. Armitage, Amaya Moro-Martin, Mark Booth, Mark C. Wyatt, John C. Armstrong, Avi M. Mandell, Franck Selsis, Andrew A. West

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

1201.3029 (Junhan Kim et al.)

Multiband Optical Observation of P/2010 A2 Dust Tail    [PDF]

Junhan Kim, Masateru Ishiguro, Hidekazu Hanayama, Sunao Hasegawa, Fumihiko Usui, Kenshi Yanagisawa, Yuki Sarugaku, Jun-ichi Watanabe, Michitoshi Yoshida

1110.4783 (M. Gillon et al.)

Improved precision on the radius of the nearby super-Earth 55 Cnc e    [PDF]

M. Gillon, B. -O. Demory, B. Benneke, D. Valencia, D. Deming, S. Seager, C. Lovis, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, Damien Segransan, S. Udry

1201.2687 (Louis E. Strigari et al.)

Nomads of the Galaxy    [PDF]

Louis E. Strigari, Matteo Barnabe, Philip J. Marshall, Roger D. Blandford

1201.2789 (M. Gillon et al.)

The TRAPPIST survey of southern transiting planets. I. Thirty eclipses of the ultra-short period planet WASP-43 b    [PDF]

M. Gillon, A. H. M. J. Triaud, J. J. Fortney, B. -O. Demory, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. Magain, P. Kabath, D. Queloz, R. Alonso, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, A. Fumel, L. Hebb, C. Hellier, A. Lanotte, P. F. L. Maxted, N. Mowlavi, B. Smalley

1201.2587 (Andrea Milani et al.)

Identification of known objects in solar system surveys    [PDF]

Andrea Milani, Zoran Knezevic, Davide Farnocchia, Fabrizio Bernardi, Robert Jedicke, Larry Denneau, Richard J. Wainscoat, William Burgett, Tommy Grav, Nick Kaiser, Eugene Magnier, Paul A. Price

1201.2596 (H. Le Coroller et al.)

Tests with a Carlina-type diluted telescope; Primary coherencing    [PDF]

H. Le Coroller, J. Dejonghe, X. Regal, R. Sottile, D. Mourard, D. Ricci, O. Lardiere, A. Le Vansuu, M. Boer, M. De Becker, J. M. Clausse, C. Guillaume, J. P. Meunier

1201.2622 (M. D. Knudson et al.)

Probing the interiors of the ice giants: Shock compression of water to 700 GPa and 3.8 g/ccm    [PDF]

M. D. Knudson, M. P. Desjarlais, R. W. Lemke, T. R. Mattsson, M. French, N. Nettelmann, R. Redmer

1201.2662 (S. Rappaport et al.)

Possible Disintegrating Short-Period Super-Mercury Orbiting KIC 12557548    [PDF]

S. Rappaport, A. Levine, E. Chiang, I. El Mellah, J. Jenkins, B. Kalomeni, M. Kotson, L. Nelson, L. Rousseau-Nepton, K. Tran

1201.1911 (G. M. Kennedy et al.)

99 Herculis: Host to a Circumbinary Polar-ring Debris Disk    [PDF]

G. M. Kennedy, M. C. Wyatt, B. Sibthorpe, G. Duchene, P. Kalas, B. C. Matthews, J. S. Greaves, K. Y. L. Su, M. P. Fitzgerald

1201.1930 (D. Polishook et al.)

Asteroid rotation periods from the Palomar Transient Factory survey    [PDF]

D. Polishook, E. O. Ofek, A. Waszczak, S. R. Kulkarni, A. Gal-Yam, O. Aharonson, R. Laher, J. Surace, C. Klein, J. Bloom, N. Brosch, D. Prialnik, C. Grillmair, S. B. Cenko, M. Kasliwal, N. Law, D. Levitan, P. Nugent, D. Poznanski, R. Quimby

1201.1939 (Jade C. Carter-Bond et al.)

Low Mg/Si planetary host stars and their Mg-depleted terrestrial planets    [PDF]

Jade C. Carter-Bond, David P. O'Brien, Elisa Delgado Mena, Garik Israelian, Nuno C. Santos, Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez

1201.1873 (Jason H. Steffen et al.)

Transit Timing Observations from Kepler: VII. Potentially interesting candidate systems from Fourier-based statistical tests    [PDF]

Jason H. Steffen, Eric B. Ford, Jason F. Rowe, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Matthew J. Holman, William F. Welsh, William J. Borucki, Natalie M. Batalha, Steve Bryson, Douglas A. Caldwell, David R. Ciardi, Jon M. Jenkins, Hans Kjeldsen, David G. Koch, Andrej Prsa, Dwight T. Sanderfer, Shawn Seader, Joseph D. Twicken

1201.1892 (Eric B. Ford et al.)

Transit Timing Observations from Kepler: VI. Transit Timing Variation Candidates in the First Seventeen Months from Polynomial Models    [PDF]

Eric B. Ford, Darin Ragozzine, Jason F. Rowe, Jason H. Steffen, Thomas Barclay, Natalie M. Batalha, William J. Borucki, Stephen T. Bryson, Douglas A. Caldwell, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Thomas N. Gautier III, Matthew J. Holman, Khadeejah A. Ibrahim, Hans Kjeldsen, Karen Kinemuchi, David G. Koch, Jack J. Lissauer, Martin Still, Peter Tenenbaum, Kamal Uddin, William Welsh

Monday, January 9, 2012

1201.1002 (J. C. Yee et al.)

MOA-2011-BLG-293Lb: A testbed for pure survey microlensing planet detections    [PDF]

J. C. Yee, Y. Shvartzvald, A. Gal-Yam, I. A. Bond, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, C. Han, A. Gould, J. Skowron, D. Suzuki, the MOA Collaboration, the OGLE Collaboration, the MicroFUN Collaboration

1201.1048 (Peter Tenenbaum et al.)

Detection of Potential Transit Signals in the First Three Quarters of Kepler Mission Data    [PDF]

Peter Tenenbaum, Jessie L. Christiansen, Jon M. Jenkins, Jason F. Rowe, Shawn Seader, Douglas A. Caldwell, Bruce D. Clarke, Jie Li, Elisa V. Quintana, Jeffrey C. Smith, Martin C. Stumpe, Susan E. Thompson, Joseph D. Twicken, Jeffrey Van Cleve, William J. Borucki, Miles T. Cote, Michael R. Haas, Dwight T. Sanderfer, Forrest R. Girouard, Todd C. Klaus, Christopher K. Middour, Bill Wohler, Natalie M. Batalha, Thomas Barclay, James E. Nickerson

1201.0659 (G. Á. Bakos et al.)

HAT-P-34b -- HAT-P-37b: Four Transiting Planets More Massive Than Jupiter Orbiting Moderately Bright Stars    [PDF]

G. Á. Bakos, J. D. Hartman, G. Torres, B. Béky, D. W. Latham, L. A. Buchhave, Z. Csubry, G. Kovács, A. Bieryla, S. Quinn, T. Szklenár, G. A. Esquerdo, A. Shporer, R. W. Noyes, D. A. Fischer, J. A. Johnson, A. W. Howard, G. W. Marcy, B. Sato, K. Penev, M. Everett, D. D. Sasselov, R. P. Stefanik, J. Lázár, I. Papp, P. Sári

1201.0937 (Eric Schindhelm et al.)

Characterizing CO Fourth Positive Emission in Young Circumstellar Disks    [PDF]

Eric Schindhelm, Kevin France, Eric Burgh, Gregory Herczeg, James C. Green, Alexander Brown, Joanna M. Brown, Jeff A. Valenti