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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.GA2012★ 8 cited

Modelling of the radio spectrum evolution in the binary pulsar B125963

M. Dembska, J. Kijak, O. Koralewska +3

In this paper we give the first attempt to model the evolution of the spectrum of PSR B125963 radio emission while the pulsar orbits the companion Be star. As suggested by Kijak…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 146 cited

Evolution of Primordial Magnetic Fields from Phase Transitions

Tina Kahniashvili, Alexander G. Tevzadze, Axel Brandenburg +1

We consider the evolution of primordial magnetic fields generated during cosmological, electroweak or QCD, phase transitions. We assume that the magnetic field generation can be de…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 87 cited

The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: weighing the neutrino mass using the galaxy power spectrum of the CMASS sample

Gong-Bo Zhao, Shun Saito, Will J. Percival +15

We measure the sum of the neutrino particle masses using the three-dimensional galaxy power spectrum of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) Data Release 9 (…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 52 cited

Constraining primordial magnetic fields through large scale structure

Tina Kahniashvili, Yurii Maravin, Aravind Natarajan +2

We study primordial magnetic field effects on the matter perturbations in the Universe. We assume magnetic field generation prior to the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), i.e. during…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 56 cited

Torsional Alfvén waves in solar partially ionized plasma: effects of neutral helium and stratification

T. V. Zaqarashvili, M. L. Khodachenko, R. Soler

Ion-neutral collisions may lead to the damping of Alfven waves in chromospheric and prominence plasmas. Neutral helium atoms enhance the damping in certain temperature interval, wh…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 17 cited

Low-frequency variations of unknown origin in the Kepler Delta Scuti star KIC 5988140 = HD 188774

P. Lampens, A. Tkachenko, H. Lehmann +9

We used high-quality Kepler photometry and spectroscopic data to investigate the Kepler binary candidate KIC 5988140. Using the spectrum synthesis method, we derived the fundamenta…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 44 cited

Analysis of the rotation period of asteroids (1865) Cerberus, (2100) Ra-Shalom, and (3103) Eger - search for the YORP effect

J. Durech, D. Vokrouhlicky, A. R. Baransky +28

The spin state of small asteroids can change on a long timescale by the Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) effect, the net torque that arises from anisotropically scatter…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 26 cited

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of kink waves in photospheric twisted flux tubes

I. Zhelyazkov, T. V. Zaqarashvili

We investigate conditions under which kink magnetohydrodynamic waves propagating along photospheric uniformly twisted flux tubes with axial mass flows become unstable as a conseque…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 20 cited

Investigation of the Differential Rotation by H-Alpha Filaments and Long-Lived Magnetic Features for Solar Activity Cycles 20 and 21

M. Sh. Gigolashvili, D. R. Japaridze, V. J. Kukhianidze

For solar activity cycles 20 and 21 (1966-1985) the solar differential rotation has been investigated using Hα filaments and relatively small-scale long-lived magnetic features wit…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 24 cited

Observation of standing kink waves in solar spicules

H. Ebadi, T. V. Zaqarashvili, I. Zhelyazkov

We analyze the time series of CaII H-line obtained from Hinode/SOT on the solar limb. The time-distance analysis shows that the axis of spicule undergos quasi-periodic transverse d…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 151 cited

The Clustering of Galaxies in SDSS-III DR9 Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Constraints on Primordial Non-Gaussianity

Ashley J. Ross, Will J. Percival, Aurelio Carnero +36

We analyze the density field of 264,283 galaxies observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) and included in the SDSS data re…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 2.1k cited

The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey of SDSS-III

Kyle S. Dawson, David J. Schlegel, Christopher P. Ahn +162

The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) is designed to measure the scale of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the clustering of matter over a larger volume than the…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 1.5k cited

The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

III Collaboration, Christopher P. Ahn, Rachael Alexandroff +224

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) presents the first spectroscopic data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). This ninth data release (DR9) of the SDSS…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 65 cited

Multiwavelength Intraday Variability of the BL Lac S5 0716+714

Alok C. Gupta, T. P. Krichbaum, P. J. Wiita +31

We report results from a 1 week multi-wavelength campaign to monitor the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 (on December 9-16, 2009). In the radio bands the source shows rapid (~ (0.5-1.5)…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 34 cited

Cut-off wavenumber of Alfven waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere

T. V. Zaqarashvili, M. Carbonell, J. L. Ballester +1

Alfven wave dynamics in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere shows that there is indeed a cut-off wavenumber, i.e. the Alfven waves with wavenumbers higher than the cu…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 64 cited

Variability of the blazar 4C 38.41 (B3 1633+382) from GHz frequencies to GeV energies

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, P. S. Smith +74

The quasar-type blazar 4C 38.41 (B3 1633+382) experienced a large outburst in 2011, which was detected throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum. We present the results of low…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 65 cited

Multi-wavelength observations of blazar AO 0235+164 in the 2008-2009 flaring state

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, J. Ballet +208

The blazar AO 0235+164 (z = 0.94) has been one of the most active objects observed by Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) since its launch in Summer 2008. In addition to the continuou…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 85 cited

Magnetic Fields from QCD Phase Transitions

Alexander G. Tevzadze, Leonard Kisslinger, Axel Brandenburg +1

We study the evolution of QCD phase transition-generated magnetic fields in freely decaying MHD turbulence of the expanding Universe. We consider a magnetic field generation model…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 194 cited

The structure and emission model of the relativistic jet in the quasar 3C 279 inferred from radio to high-energy gamma-ray observations in 2008-2010

M. Hayashida, G. M. Madejski, K. Nalewajko +90

We present time-resolved broad-band observations of the quasar 3C 279 obtained from multi-wavelength campaigns conducted during the first two years of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Tel…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 221 cited

The Clustering of Galaxies in the SDSS-III DR9 Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Testing Deviations from and General Relativity using anisotropic clustering of galaxies

Lado Samushia, Beth A. Reid, Martin White +19

We use the joint measurement of geometry and growth from anisotropic galaxy clustering in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 9 CMASS sample reported by Reid e…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 48 cited

Evolution of inflation-generated magnetic field through phase transitions

Tina Kahniashvili, Axel Brandenburg, Leonardo Campanelli +2

We study the evolution of an inflation-generated magnetic field, due to its coupling to fluid motions, during cosmological phase transitions. We find that the magnetic field stays…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 43 cited

Probing deviations from General Relativity with the Euclid spectroscopic survey

Elisabetta Majerotto, Luigi Guzzo, Lado Samushia +10

We discuss the ability of the planned Euclid mission to detect deviations from General Relativity using its extensive redshift survey of more than 50 Million galaxies. Constraints…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 32 cited

On the pulse-width statistics in radio pulsars. III. Importance of the conal profile components

K. Maciesiak, J. Gil, G. Melikidze

This work is a continuation of two previous papers of a series, in which we examined the pulse-width statistics of normal radio pulsars. In the first paper we compiled the largest…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 427 cited

The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: measurements of the growth of structure and expansion rate at z=0.57 from anisotropic clustering

Beth A. Reid, Lado Samushia, Martin White +44

We analyze the anisotropic clustering of massive galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) Data Release 9 (DR9) sample, which co…