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astro-ph2008★ 9 cited

Infall and rotation motions in the HH 111 protostellar system: A flattened envelope in transition to a disk?

Chin-Fei Lee, Yao-Yuan Mao, Bo Reipurth

We have mapped the central region of the HH 111 protostellar system in 1.33 mm continuum, C18O(J=2-1), 13CO (J=2-1), and SO (N_J=5_6-4_5) emission at ~3" resolution with the Submil…

astro-ph2008★ 143 cited

Shattering and coagulation of dust grains in interstellar turbulence

Hiroyuki Hirashita, Huirong Yan

We investigate shattering and coagulation of dust grains in turbulent interstellar medium (ISM). The typical velocity of dust grain as a function of grain size has been calculated…

astro-ph2008★ 68 cited

Evolution of Magnetic Fields in High Mass Star Formation: SMA dust polarization image of the UCHII region G5.89-0.39

Ya-Wen Tang, Paul T. P. Ho, Josep Miquel Girart +3

We report high angular resolution (3") Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of the molecular cloud associated with the Ultra-Compact HII region G5.89-0.39. Imaged dust continuum…

astro-ph2008★ 3 cited

The shaping effect of collimated fast outflows in the Egg nebula

Dinh-V-Trung, Jeremy Lim

We present high angular resolution observations of the HCN J=5--4 line from the Egg nebula, which is the archetype of protoplanetary nebulae. We find that the HCN emi…

astro-ph2008★ 22 cited

Tracing the asymmetry in the envelope around the carbon star CIT 6

Dinh-V-Trung, Jeremy Lim

We present high angular resolution observations of HCN J=5--4 line and 7 mm continumm emission from the extreme carbon star CIT 6. We find that the 7 mm continuum emission is u…

astro-ph2008★ 38 cited

Molecular Superbubbles and Outflows from Starburst Galaxy NGC 2146

An-Li Tsai, Satoki Matsushita, Kouichiro Nakanishi +7

We present results from a deep (1 sigma = 5.7 mJy beam^{-1} per 20.8 km s^{-1} velocity channel) ^{12}CO(1-0) interferometric observation of the central 60" region of the nearby ed…

astro-ph2008★ 23 cited

The L723 low mass star forming protostellar system: resolving a double core

J. M. Girart, R. Rao, R. Estalella

We present 1.35 mm SMA observations around the low-mass Class 0 source IRAS 19156+1906, at the the center of the L723 dark cloud. We detected emission from dust as well as emission…

astro-ph2008★ 38 cited

Submillimeter narrow emission lines from the inner envelope of IRC+10216

Nimesh A. Patel, Ken H. Young, Sandra Brünken +8

A spectral-line survey of IRC+10216 in the 345 GHz band has been undertaken with the Submillimeter Array. Although not yet completed, it has already yielded a fairly large sample o…

astro-ph2008★ 14 cited

Tests of AMiBA Data Integrity

Hiroaki Nishioka, Fu-Cheng Wang, Jiun-Huei Proty Wu +26

We describe methods used to validate data from the Y.T. Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA), an interferometric array designed to measure the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich e…

astro-ph2008★ 59 cited

SMA CO(J=6-5) and 435 micron interferometric imaging of the nuclear region of Arp 220

Satoki Matsushita, Daisuke Iono, Glen R. Petitpas +11

We have used the Submillimeter Array (SMA) to make the first interferometric observations (beam size ~1") of the 12CO J=6-5 line and 435 micron (690 GHz) continuum emission toward…

astro-ph2008★ 17 cited

Galaxy Clusters at 0.9<z<1.7 in the AKARI NEP deep field

Tomotsugu Goto, Hitoshi Hanami, Myungshin Im +11

There is a huge gap between properties of red-sequence selected massive galaxy clusters at z<1 and Lyman-break selected proto-clusters at z>3. It is important to understand when an…

astro-ph2008★ 42 cited

High-resolution HNC 3-2 SMA observations of Arp220

S. Aalto, D. Wilner, M. Spaans +4

We present high resolution (0."4) observations of HNC J=3-2 with the SubMillimeter Array (SMA). We find luminous HNC 3-2 line emission in the western part of Arp220, centered on th…

astro-ph2008★ 3 cited

The peculiar molecular envelope around the post-AGB star IRAS 08544--4431

Dinh-V-Trung

Circumbinary disks have been hypothesized to exist around a number of binary post-AGB stars. Although most of the circumbinary disks have been inferred through the near IR excess,…

astro-ph2008★ 84 cited

First Confirmed Detection of a Bipolar Molecular Outflow from a Young Brown Dwarf

Ngoc Phan-Bao, Basmah Riaz, Chin-Fei Lee +6

Studying the earliest stages in the birth of stars is crucial for understanding how they form. Brown dwarfs with masses between that of stars and planets are not massive enough to…

astro-ph2008★ 35 cited

Resolving the Structure and Kinematics of the BN Object at Resolution

Luis F. Rodríguez, Luis A. Zapata, Paul T. P. Ho

We present sensitive 7 mm observations of the H53 recombination line and adjacent continuum, made toward the Orion BN/KL region. In the continuum we detect the BN object, the ra…

astro-ph2008★ 70 cited

Outer-gap vs. Slot-gap Models for Pulsar High Energy Emissions: The Case of the Crab Pulsar

Kouichi Hirotani

We analytically examine the capabilities of rotation-powered pulsars as the sources of gamma-rays and show that their phase-averaged gamma-ray flux is proportional to the product o…

astro-ph2008★ 143 cited

Further Constraints on Thermal Quiescent X-ray Emission from SAX J1808.4-3658

C. O. Heinke, P. G. Jonker, R. Wijnands +2

We observed SAX J1808.4-3658 (1808), the first accreting millisecond pulsar, in deep quiescence with XMM-Newton and (near-simultaneously) Gemini-South. The X-ray spectrum of 1808 i…

astro-ph2008★ 52 cited

Drastic changes in the molecular absorption at redshift z=0.89 toward the quasar PKS 1830-211

Sebastien Muller, Michel Guelin

A 12 year-long monitoring of the absorption caused by a z=0.89 spiral galaxy on the line of sight to the radio-loud gravitationally lensed quasar PKS 1830-211 reveals spectacular c…

astro-ph2008★ 71 cited

Dynamical Study of A1689 from Wide-Field VLT/VIMOS Spectroscopy: Mass Profile, Concentration Parameter, and Velocity Anisotropy

Doron Lemze, Tom Broadhurst, Yoel Rephaeli +2

We examine the dynamics structure of the rich cluster A1689, combining VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy with Subaru/Suprime-Cam imaging. The radial velocity distribution of cluste…

astro-ph2008★ 38 cited

The Yuan-Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy

Paul T. P. Ho, Pablo Altamirano, Chia-Hao Chang +52

The Yuan-Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA) is the first interferometer dedicated to studying the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation at 3mm wavelen…

astro-ph2008★ 5 cited

AMiBA Observations, Data Analysis and Results for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effects

J. -H. P. Wu, P. T. P. Ho, C. -W. L. Huang +28

We present observations, analysis and results for the first-year operation of AMiBA, an interferometric experiment designed to study cosmology via the measurement of Cosmic Microwa…

astro-ph2008★ 115 cited

Mass and Hot Baryons in Massive Galaxy Clusters from Subaru Weak Lensing and AMiBA SZE Observations

Keiichi Umetsu, Mark Birkinshaw, Guo-Chin Liu +30

We present a multiwavelength analysis of a sample of four hot (T_X>8keV) X-ray galaxy clusters (A1689, A2261, A2142, and A2390) using joint AMiBA Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) an…

astro-ph2008★ 36 cited

Common Envelope Mergers: A Possible Channel for Forming Single sdB Stars

Michael Politano, Ronald E. Taam, Marc van der Sluys +1

We quantify an evolutionary channel for single sdB stars based on mergers of binaries containing a red giant star and a lower mass main sequence or brown dwarf companion in our Gal…

astro-ph2008★ 29 cited

Far-Infrared Properties of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies Observed with AKARI/Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS)

Hiroyuki Hirashita, Hidehiro Kaneda, Takashi Onaka +1

We report basic far-infrared (FIR) properties of eight blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCDs) observed by AKARI. We measure the fluxes at the four FIS bands (wavelengths of 65 um, 90 u…