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cond-mat.str-el2013★ 63 cited

A Novel High-Pressure Monoclinic Metallic Phase of V2O3

Yang Ding, Cheng-Chien Chen, Qiaoshi Zeng +11

Vanadium sesquioxide, V2O3, is a prototypical metal-to-insulator system where, in temperature-dependent studies, the transition always coincides with a corundum-to-monoclinic struc…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 523 cited

The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS). II. Bright Southern Stars

A. Sota, J. Maíz Apellániz, N. I. Morrell +5

We present the second installment of GOSSS, a massive spectroscopic survey of Galactic O stars, based on new homogeneous, high signal-to-noise ratio, R ~ 2500 digital observations…

astro-ph.CO2013

Metal abundances in the high-redshift intergalactic medium

Michele Fumagalli

Twenty years of high-resolution spectroscopy at the 8-10 m class telescopes have drastically expanded our view of the gas-phase metallicity in the z>2 universe. This contribution b…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 176 cited

Evolution of Broad-line Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei

Moshe Elitzur, Luis C. Ho, Jonathan R. Trump

Apart from viewing-dependent obscuration, intrinsic broad-line emission from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) follows an evolutionary sequence: Type …

astro-ph.GA2013★ 23 cited

Discovery of a transparent sightline at ρ < 20 kpc from an interacting pair of galaxies

Sean D. Johnson, Hsiao-Wen Chen, John S. Mulchaey +3

We report the discovery of a transparent sightline at projected distances of ρ < 20 kpc to an interacting pair of mature galaxies at z = 0.12. The sightline of the UV-bright quasar…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 369 cited

The incidence of stellar mergers and mass gainers among massive stars

S. E. de Mink, H. Sana, N. Langer +2

Because the majority of massive stars are born as members of close binary systems, populations of massive main-sequence stars contain stellar mergers and products of binary mass tr…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 57 cited

Unveiling the Structure of Barred Galaxies at 3.6 with the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (SG): I. Disk Breaks

Taehyun Kim, Dimitri A. Gadotti, Kartik Sheth +24

We have performed two-dimensional multicomponent decomposition of 144 local barred spiral galaxies using 3.6 images from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galax…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 80 cited

Optical and Near-IR Observations of the Faint and Fast 2008ha-like Supernova 2010ae

M. D. Stritzinger, E. Hsiao, S. Valenti +21

A comprehensive set of optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy is presented for the faint and fast 2008ha-like supernova (SN) 2010ae. Contingent on the adopted…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 28 cited

Possible astrometric discovery of a substellar companion to the closest binary brown dwarf system WISE J104915.57-531906.1

H. M. J. Boffin, D. Pourbaix, K. Muzic +7

Using FORS2 on the Very Large Telescope, we have astrometrically monitored over a period of two months the two components of the brown dwarf system WISE J104915.57-531906.1, the cl…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 170 cited

HD 106906 b: A planetary-mass companion outside a massive debris disk

Vanessa Bailey, Tiffany Meshkat, Megan Reiter +14

We report the discovery of a planetary-mass companion, HD 106906 b, with the new Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) + Clio2 system. The companion is detected with Clio2 in three band…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 172 cited

The ages of young star clusters, massive blue stragglers and the upper mass limit of stars: analysing age dependent stellar mass functions

Fabian R. N. Schneider, Robert G. Izzard, Selma E. de Mink +7

Massive stars rapidly change their masses through strong stellar winds and mass transfer in binary systems. We show that such mass changes leave characteristic signatures in stella…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 28 cited

Persistent C II Absorption in the Normal Type Ia Supernova 2002fk

Régis Cartier, Mario Hamuy, Giuliano Pignata +16

We present well-sampled photometry of SN 2002fk starting 12 days before maximum light through 122 days after peak brightness, along with a series of 15 optical spectra f…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 62 cited

Three Gravitationally Lensed Supernovae Behind CLASH Galaxy Clusters

Brandon Patel, Curtis McCully, Saurabh W. Jha +42

We report observations of three gravitationally lensed supernovae (SNe) in the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) Multi-Cycle Treasury program. These objects,…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 121 cited

ARRAKIS: Atlas of Resonance Rings As Known In the S4G

S. Comerón, H. Salo, E. Laurikainen +19

Resonance rings are the consequence of secular evolution processes that redistribute material and angular momentum in discs. We produced a Catalogue and an Atlas of the rings detec…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 40 cited

iPTF13beo: The Double-Peaked Light Curve of a Type Ibn Supernova Discovered Shortly after Explosion

Evgeny Gorbikov, Avishay Gal-Yam, Eran O. Ofek +13

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) supernova iPTF13beo. Detected by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory ~3 hours…

cond-mat.supr-con2013★ 25 cited

Formation of Nanofoam carbon and re-emergence of Superconductivity in compressed CaC6

Yan-Ling Li, Wei Luo, Xiao-Jia Chen +3

Pressure can tune material's electronic properties and control its quantum state, making some systems present disconnected superconducting region as observed in iron chalcogenides…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 59 cited

A Detailed Analysis of the HD 73526 2:1 Resonant Planetary System

Robert A. Wittenmyer, Xianyu Tan, Man Hoi Lee +15

We present six years of new radial-velocity data from the Anglo-Australian and Magellan Telescopes on the HD 73526 2:1 resonant planetary system. We investigate both Keplerian and…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 103 cited

Discovery of the Young L Dwarf WISE J1741102.78-464225.5

Adam C. Schneider, Michael C. Cushing, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +5

We report the discovery of the L dwarf WISE J174102.78464225.5, that was discovered as part of a search for nearby L dwarfs using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 10 cited

Non-Parametric Cell-Based Photometric Proxies for Galaxy Morphology: Methodology and Application to the Morphologically-Defined Star Formation -- Stellar Mass Relation of Spiral Galaxies in the Local Universe

M. W. Grootes, R. J. Tuffs, C. C. Popescu +3

(Abridged) We present a non-parametric cell-based method of selecting highly pure and largely complete samples of spiral galaxies using photometric and structural parameters as pro…

cond-mat.supr-con2013

Constrain on superconductivity of potassium intercalated phenanthrene

Qiao-Wei Huang, Guo-Hua Zhong, Jiang Zhang +4

Raman-scattering measurements are performed in Kphenanthrene with the nominal value ranging from 0 to 6.0 at room temperature. Based on the Raman spectra, two phases ($…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 32 cited

CHANG-ES III: UGC10288 -- An Edge-on Galaxy with a Background Double-lobed Radio Source

Judith Irwin, Marita Krause, Jayanne English +7

This 3rd paper in the CHANG-ES series shows the first results from our regular data taken with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA). The edge-on galaxy, UGC 10288, has been o…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 50 cited

Multi-Epoch High-Spectral-Resolution Observations of Neutral Sodium in 14 Type Ia Supernovae

A. Sternberg, A. Gal Yam, J. D. Simon +16

One of the main questions concerning Type Ia supernovae is the nature of the binary companion of the exploding white dwarf. A major discriminant between different suggested models…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 66 cited

Predictions for Shepherding Planets in Scattered Light Images of Debris Disks

Timothy J. Rodigas, Renu Malhotra, Philip M. Hinz

Planets can affect debris disk structure by creating gaps, sharp edges, warps, and other potentially observable signatures. However, there is currently no simple way for observers…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 118 cited

Giant Planet Formation, Evolution, and Internal Structure

Ravit Helled, Peter Bodenheimer, Morris Podolak +7

The large number of detected giant exoplanets offers the opportunity to improve our understanding of the formation mechanism, evolution, and interior structure of gas giant planets…