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astro-ph.CO2009★ 7 cited

Environmental dependence of 8um luminosity functions of galaxies at z~0.8: Comparison between RXJ1716.4+6708 and the AKARI NEP deep field

Tomotsugu Goto, Yusei Koyama, T. Wada +20

We aim to reveal environmental dependence of infrared luminosity functions (IR LFs) of galaxies at z~0.8 using the AKARI satellite. We construct restframe 8um IR LFs in the cluster…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 11 cited

The Evolution of Density Structure of Starless and Protostellar Cores

Chao-Ling Hung, Shih-Ping Lai, Chi-Hung Yan

We present a near-infrared extinction study of nine dense cores at evolutionary stages between starless to Class I. Our results show that the density structure of all but one obser…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 1 cited

A Multiwavelength Study of a Young, Z-shaped, FR I Radio Galaxy NGC 3801

Ananda Hota, Jeremy Lim, Youichi Ohyama +3

We present preliminary results from a multi-wavelength study of a merger candidate, NGC3801, hosting a young FR I radio galaxy, with a Z-shaped structure. Analysing archival data f…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 29 cited

An Extremely Deep Wide-Field Near-Infrared Survey: Bright Galaxy Counts and Local Large Scale Structure

R. C. Keenan, L. Trouille, A. J. Barger +2

We present a deep, wide-field near-infrared (NIR) survey over five widely separated fields at high Galactic latitude covering a total of ~ 3 deg^2 in J, H, and Ks. The deepest area…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 10 cited

The Equilibrium Structure of Prolate Magnetized Molecular Cores

Michael J. Cai, Ronald E. Taam

The structure of molecular cloud cores supported by thermal pressure and a poloidal magnetic field is reinvestigated in the magnetohydrostatic and axisymmetric approximation. In ad…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 38 cited

Millimeter Dust Emission in the GQ Lup System

Yu Dai, David J. Wilner, Sean M. Andrews +1

We present Submillimeter Array observations of the GQ Lup system at 1.3 millimeters wavelength with $0\farcs4$ (60 AU) resolution. Emission is detected from the position of t…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 8 cited

The TAOS Project Stellar Variability I. Detection of Low-Amplitude delta Scuti Stars

D. -W. Kim, P. Protopapas, C. Alcock +22

We analyzed data accumulated during 2005 and 2006 by the Taiwan-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) in order to detect short-period variable stars (periods of <~ 1 hour) such as del…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 23 cited

Study of HST counterparts to Chandra X-ray sources in the Globular Cluster M71

R. H. H. Huang, W. Becker, P. D. Edmonds +3

We report on archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the globular cluster M71 (NGC 6838). These observations, covering the core of the globular cluster, were performe…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 4 cited

Candidate Coronagraphic Detections of Protoplanetary Disks around Four Young Stars

J. L. Karr, N. Ohashi, T. Kudo +1

We present potential detections of H-band scattered light emission around four young star, selected from a total sample of 45 young stars observed with the CIAO coronagraph of the…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 23 cited

Tidal and Magnetic Interactions between a Hot Jupiter and its Host Star in the Magnetospheric Cavity of a Protoplanetary Disk

Shih-Hsin Chang, Pin-Gao Gu, Peter Bodenheimer

We present a simplified model to study the orbital evolution of a young hot Jupiter inside the magnetospheric cavity of a proto-planetary disk. The model takes into account the dis…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 41 cited

Three intermediate-mass YSOs with different properties emerging from the same natal cloud in IRAS 00117+6412

Aina Palau, A. Sanchez-Monge, G. Busquet +5

We observed with the VLA, PdBI, and SMA the centimeter and millimeter continuum, N2H+(1-0), and CO(2-1) emission associated with a dusty cloud harboring a nascent cluster with inte…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 1 cited

Studies of Expolanets and Solar Systems with SPICA

Michihiro Takami, Motohide Tamura, Keigo Enya +13

The SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) is a proposed mid-to-far infrared (4-200 um) astronomy mission, scheduled for launch in 2017. A single, 3.5m ape…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 54 cited

The Initial Conditions of Clustered Star Formation. II. N2H+ Observations of the Ophiuchus B Core

R. K. Friesen, J. Di Francesco, Y. Shimajiri +1

We present a Nobeyama 45 m Radio Telescope map and Australia Telescope Compact Array pointed observations of N2H+ 1-0 emission towards the clustered, low mass star forming Oph B Co…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 16 cited

AMiBA: scaling relations between the integrated Compton-y and X-ray derived temperature, mass, and luminosity

Chih-Wei Locutus Huang, Jiun-Huei Proty Wu, Paul T. P. Ho +27

We investigate the scaling relations between the X-ray and the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) properties of clusters of galaxies, using data taken during 2007 by the Y.T.…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 4 cited

A contracting circumbinary molecular ring with an inner cavity of about 140 AU around Ori 139-409

Luis A. Zapata, Peter Schilke, Paul Ho

Sensitive and subarcsecond resolution ( 0.7\arcsec) CHOH(7 6) line and 890 m continuum observations made with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) tow…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 77 cited

Formation of an O-Star Cluster by Hierarchical Accretion in G20.08-0.14 N

Roberto Galván-Madrid, Eric Keto, Qizhou Zhang +3

Spectral line and continuum observations of the ionized and molecular gas in G20.08-0.14 N explore the dynamics of accretion over a range of spatial scales in this massive star-for…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 18 cited

GRB 070518: A Gamma-ray Burst with Optically Dim Luminosity

L. P. Xin, W. K. Zheng, J. Wang +6

We present our optical observations of {\em Swift} GRB 070518 afterglow obtained at the 0.8-m Tsinghua University-National Astronomical Observatory of China telescope (TNT) at Xing…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 23 cited

Searching for sub-kilometer TNOs using Pan-STARRS video mode lightcurves: Preliminary study and evaluation using engineering data

J. -H. Wang, P. Protopapas, W. -P. Chen +6

We present a pre-survey study of using Pan-STARRS high sampling rate video mode guide star images to search for TNOs. With suitable selection of the guide stars within the Pan-STAR…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 12 cited

Swifts GRB GRB071010B : outlier of the and correlations

Yuji Urata, Kuiyun Huang, Myungshin Im +12

We present multi-band results for GRB071010B based on \Swift, \Suzaku, and ground-based optical observations. This burst is an ideal target to evaluate the robustness of the ${\rm…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 32 cited

Direct detection of a flared disk around a young massive star HD200775 and its 10 to 1000AU scale properties

Yoshiko K. Okamoto, Hirokazu Kataza, M. Honda +9

We made mid-infrared observations of the 10Msun Herbig Be star HD200775 with the Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (COMICS) on the 8.2m Subaru Telescope. We discovered di…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 23 cited

Optical linear polarization in ultra cool dwarfs: A tool to probe dust in the ultra cool dwarf atmospheres

R. Tata, E. L. Martin, S. Sengupta +3

Aims.Recent studies have detected linear polarization in L dwarfs in the optical I band. Theoretical models have been developed to explain this polarization. These models predict h…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 16 cited

Upper Limits on the Number of Small Bodies in Sedna-Like Orbits by the TAOS Project

J. -H. Wang, M. J. Lehner, Z. -W. Zhang +21

We present the results of a search for occultation events by objects at distances between 100 and 1000 AU in lightcurves from the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS). We s…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 125 cited

IRAS 16293: A "Magnetic" Tale of Two Cores

Ramprasad Rao, Josep Miquel Girart, Daniel P. Marrone +2

We present polarization observations of the dust continuum emission from IRAS 16293 which is a Class 0 protostar and is known to have at least two components, source A and B. These…

astro-ph.IM2009

Platform Deformation Refined Pointing and Phase Correction for the AMiBA Hexapod Telescope

Patrick M. Koch, Michael Kesteven, Yu-Yen Chang +26

The Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA) is a radio interferometer for research in cosmology, currently operating 7 0.6m diameter antennas co-mounted on a 6m diameter…