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astro-ph1998★ 173 cited

Extended Ly-alpha emission from a damped Ly-alpha absorber at z = 1.93, and the relation between DLAs and Lyman-break galaxies

J. U. Fynbo, P. Moller, S. J. Warren

The number of damped Ly-alpha absorbers (DLAs) currently known is about 100, but our knowledge of their sizes and morphologies is still very sparse as very few have been detected i…

astro-ph1998★ 45 cited

A search for solar-like oscillations and granulation in alpha Cen A

H. Kjeldsen, T. R. Bedding, S. Frandsen +1

We report the most sensitive search yet made for solar-like oscillations. We observed the star alpha Cen A in Balmer-line equivalent widths over six nights with both the 3.9m Anglo…

astro-ph1998★ 58 cited

Helioseismic analysis of the hydrogen partition function in the solar interior

S. Basu, W. Dappen, A. Nayfonov

The difference in the adiabatic gradient gamma_1 between inverted solar data and solar models is analyzed. To obtain deeper insight into the issues of plasma physics, the so-called…

astro-ph1998★ 104 cited

Possible Constraints on the Time Variation of the Fine Structure Constant from Cosmic Microwave Background Data

Steen Hannestad

The formation of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) provides a very powerful probe of the early universe at the epoch of recombination. Specifically, it is possible t…

astro-ph1998★ 51 cited

Spectroscopy of the roAp star Alpha-Cir -- II. The bisector and equivalent-width of the H-alpha line

I. K. Baldry, M. Viskum, T. R. Bedding +2

We present bisector measurements of the H-alpha line of the rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) star, Alpha-Cir, obtained from dual-site observations with medium-dispersion spectrographs…

astro-ph1998★ 218 cited

Physics and Astrophysics of Strange Quark Matter

Jes Madsen

3-flavor quark matter (strange quark matter; SQM) can be stable or metastable for a wide range of strong interaction parameters. If so, SQM can play an important role in cosmology,…