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astro-ph.SR2010★ 77 cited

An Interferometric Spectral-line Survey of IRC+10216 in the 345 GHz Band

Nimesh A. Patel, Ken H. Young, Carl A. Gottlieb +10

We report a spectral-line survey of the extreme carbon star IRC+10216 carried out between 293.9 and 354.8 GHz with the Submillimeter Array. A total of 442 lines were detected, more…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 1 cited

The Interaction of Planets and Brown Dwarfs with AGB Stellar Winds

Hyosun Kim, Ronald E. Taam

Beyond the main sequence solar type stars undergo extensive mass loss, providing an environment where planet and brown dwarf companions interact with the surrounding material. To e…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 29 cited

Millimeter and submillimeter high angular resolution interferometric observations: dust in the heart of IRAS 18162-2048

M. Fernández-López, S. Curiel, J. M. Girart +3

The GGD27 complex includes the HH 80-81-80N system, which is one of the most powerful molecular outflows associated with a high mass star-forming region observed up to now. This ou…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 25 cited

High Velocity Molecular Outflows In Massive Cluster Forming Region G10.6-0.4

Hauyu Baobab Liu, Paul T. P. Ho, Qizhou Zhang

We report the arcsecond resolution SMA observations of the CO (2-1) transition in the massive cluster forming region G10.6-0.4. In these observations, the high velocity $^{1…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 80 cited

Near-Infrared Multi-Band Photometry of the Substellar Companion GJ 758 B

M. Janson, J. Carson, C. Thalmann +46

GJ 758 B is a cold (~600K) companion to a Sun-like star at 29 AU projected separation, which was recently detected with high-contrast imaging. Here we present photometry of the com…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 10 cited

Detection of Strong Millimeter Emission from the Circumstellar Dust Disk Around V1094 Sco: Cold and Massive Disk around a T Tauri Star in a Quiescent Accretion Phase?

Takashi Tsukagoshi, Masao Saito, Yoshimi Kitamura +16

We present the discovery of a cold massive dust disk around the T Tauri star V1094 Sco in the Lupus molecular cloud from the 1.1 millimeter continuum observations with AzTEC on AST…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 51 cited

Magnetic field structure in a high-mass outflow/disk system

H. Beuther, W. H. T. Vlemmings, R. Rao +1

To characterize the magnetic field structure of the outflow and core region within a prototypical high-mass star-forming region, we analyzed polarized CO(3-2) - for the first time…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 38 cited

The Decrease of Specific Angular Momentum and the Hot Toroid Formation: The Massive Clump G10.6-0.4

Hauyu Baobab Liu, Paul T. P. Ho, Qizhou Zhang +3

This is the first paper of our series of high resolution (1") studies of the massive star forming region G10.6--0.4. We present the emission line observations of the hot core type…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 1 cited

The Impact of Type Ia Supernova Ejecta on Binary Companions

P. M. Ricker, K. -C. Pan, R. E. Taam

We present adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) hydrodynamical simulations of the interaction between Type Ia supernovae and their companion stars within the context of the single-degene…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 1 cited

Masses and envelope binding energies of primary stars at the onset of a common envelope

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

We present basic properties of primary stars that initiate a common envelope (CE) in a binary, while on the giant branch. We use the population-synthesis code described in Politano…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 2 cited

Variability of Young Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster

K. Markakis, A. Z. Bonanos, G. Pietrzynski +2

We present preliminary results of the first near-infrared variability study of the Arches cluster, using adaptive optics data from NIRI/Gemini and NACO/VLT. The goal is to discover…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 229 cited

Ultra-bright optical transients are linked with type Ic supernovae

A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt, M. T. Botticella +41

Recent searches by unbiased, wide-field surveys have uncovered a group of extremely luminous optical transients. The initial discoveries of SN 2005ap by the Texas Supernova Search…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 78 cited

A wide-angle outflow with the simultaneous presence of a high-velocity jet in the high-mass Cepheus A HW2 system

J. M. Torrelles, N. A. Patel, S. Curiel +9

We present five epochs of VLBI water maser observations around the massive protostar Cepheus A HW2 with 0.4 mas (0.3 AU) resolution. The main goal of these observations was to foll…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 45 cited

A Detailed Study of Spitzer-IRAC Emission in Herbig-Haro Objects (I): Morphology and Flux Ratios of Shocked Emission

Michihiro Takami, Jennifer L. Karr, Haegon Koh +2

We present a detailed analysis of Spitzer-IRAC images obtained toward six Herbig-Haro objects (HH 54/211/212, L 1157/1448, BHR 71). Our analysis includes: (1) comparisons in morpho…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 24 cited

Magnetic Field Properties in High Mass Star Formation from Large to Small Scales - A Statistical Analysis from Polarization Data

Patrick M. Koch, Ya-Wen Tang, Paul T. P. Ho

Polarization data from high mass star formation regions (W51 e2/e8, Orion BN/KL) are used to derive statistical properties of the plane of sky projected magnetic field. Structure f…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 26 cited

Population Synthesis of Common Envelope Mergers: I. Giant Stars with Stellar or Substellar Companions

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

Using a population synthesis technique, we have calculated detailed models of the present-day field population of objects that have resulted from the merger of a giant primary and…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 37 cited

Adiabatic Mass Loss and the Outcome of the Common Envelope Phase of Binary Evolution

Christopher J. Deloye, Ronald E. Taam

We have developed a new method for calculating common envelope (CE) events based on explicit consideration of the donor star's structural response to adiabatic mass loss. In contra…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 135 cited

Imaging of a Transitional Disk Gap in Reflected Light: Indications of Planet Formation Around the Young Solar Analog LkCa 15

C. Thalmann, C. A. Grady, M. Goto +47

We present H- and Ks-band imaging data resolving the gap in the transitional disk around LkCa 15, revealing the surrounding nebulosity. We detect sharp elliptical contours delimiti…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 83 cited

Disk Formation Enabled by Enhanced Resistivity

Ruben Krasnopolsky, Zhi-Yun Li, Hsien Shang

Disk formation in magnetized cloud cores is hindered by magnetic braking. Previous work has shown that for realistic levels of core magnetization, the magnetic field suppresses the…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 115 cited

Extreme Active Molecular Jets in L1448C

Naomi Hirano, Paul P. T. Ho, Sheng-Yuan Liu +3

The protostellar jet driven by L1448C was observed in the SiO J=8-7 and CO J=3-2 lines and 350 GHz dust continuum at ~1" resolution with the Submillimeter Array (SMA). A narrow jet…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 25 cited

Fine-Structure Line Emission from the Outflows of Young Stellar Objects

Hsien Shang, Alfred Glassgold, Wei-Chieh Lin +1

The flux and line shape of the fine-structure transitions of \NeII\ and \NeIII\ at 12.8 and 15.55\,m and of the forbidden transitions of \OI\ are calculated for yo…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 72 cited

Spectroscopic characterization of 78 DENIS ultracool dwarf candidates in the solar neighborhood and the Upper Sco OB association

E. L. Martin, N. Phan-Bao, M. Bessell +6

Aims: Low-resolution optical spectroscopic observations for 78 very low-mass star and brown dwarf candidates that have been photometrically selected using the DENIS survey point so…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 8 cited

The TAOS Project Stellar Variability II. Detection of 15 Variable Stars

S. Mondal, C. C. Lin, W. P. Chen +20

The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) project has collected more than a billion photometric measurements since 2005 January. These sky survey data-covering timescales fr…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 40 cited

Deuterium Fractionation as an Evolutionary Probe in the Infrared Dark Cloud G28.34+0.06

Huei-Ru Chen, Sheng-Yuan Liu, Yu-Nung Su +1

We have observed the J=3-2 transition of N2H+ and N2D+ to investigate the trend of deuterium fractionation with evolutionary stage in three selected regions in the Infrared Dark Cl…