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astro-ph.HE2009★ 2 cited

The origin of the prompt GRB spectrum

F. Daigne, Z. Bosnjak, G. Dubus

Using a detailed model of the internal shock phase, we discuss the origin of the prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts. We focus on the identification of the dominant radiative proce…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 28 cited

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XX. Planets around the active star BD-08:2823

G. Hebrard, S. Udry, G. Lo Curto +13

We report the detection of a planetary system around BD-08:2823, that includes at least one Uranus-mass planet and one Saturn-mass planet. This discovery serendipitously originates…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 277 cited

Stellar Limb-Darkening Coefficients for CoRot and Kepler

David K. Sing

Transiting exoplanets provide unparalleled access to the fundamental parameters of both extrasolar planets and their host stars. We present limb-darkening coefficients (LDCs) for t…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 424 cited

The GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey. I. Gas Fraction Scaling Relations of Massive Galaxies and First Data Release

Barbara Catinella, David Schiminovich, Guinevere Kauffmann +23

We introduce the GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (GASS), an on-going large program that is gathering high quality HI-line spectra using the Arecibo radio telescope for an unbiased sample…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 7 cited

Self-annihilating dark matter and the CMB: reionizing the Universe and constraining cross sections

Fabio Iocco

I summarize the recent advances in determining the effects of self-annihilating WIMP dark matter on the modification of the recombination history, at times earlier than the formati…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 1 cited

A simple model to interpret the ultraviolet, optical and infrared SEDs of galaxies

Elisabete da Cunha, Stephane Charlot, David Elbaz

We present a simple, largely empirical but physically motivated model, which is designed to interpret consistently multi-wavelength observations from large samples of galaxies in t…

gr-qc2009★ 125 cited

Vector theories in cosmology

Gilles Esposito-Farese, Cyril Pitrou, Jean-Philippe Uzan

This article provides a general study of the Hamiltonian stability and the hyperbolicity of vector field models involving both a general function of the Faraday tensor and its dual…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 27 cited

The dusty, albeit ultraviolet bright infancy of galaxies

J. Devriendt, C. Rimes, C. Pichon +11

The largest galaxies acquire their mass early on, when the Universe is still youthful. Cold streams violently feed these young galaxies a vast amount of fresh gas, resulting in ver…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 66 cited

Thermal Relics in Modified Cosmologies: Bounds on Evolution Histories of the Early Universe and Cosmological Boosts for PAMELA

R. Catena, N. Fornengo, M. Pato +2

Alternative cosmologies, based on extensions of General Relativity, predict modified thermal histories in the Early Universe during the pre Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) era, epoc…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 32 cited

Forecast Constraints on Inflation from Combined CMB and Gravitational Wave Direct Detection Experiments

Sachiko Kuroyanagi, Christopher Gordon, Joseph Silk +1

We study how direct detection of the inflationary gravitational wave background constrains inflationary parameters and complements CMB polarization measurements. The error ellipsoi…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 34 cited

The y-sky: diffuse spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background

Cyril Pitrou, Francis Bernardeau, Jean-Philippe Uzan

The non-linear evolution of the energy density of the radiation is shown to induce spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background both at recombination and during the reio…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 29 cited

The spin-orbit alignment of the transiting exoplanet WASP-3b from Rossiter-McLaughlin observations

E. K. Simpson, D. Pollacco, G. Hebrard +7

We present an observation of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for the planetary system WASP-3. Radial velocity measurements were made during transit using the SOPHIE spectrograph at…

gr-qc2009★ 75 cited

A covariant and gauge invariant formulation of the cosmological "backreaction"

M. Gasperini, G. Marozzi, G. Veneziano

Using our recent proposal for defining gauge invariant averages we give a general-covariant formulation of the so-called cosmological "backreaction". Our effective covariant equati…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 37 cited

Limb-darkening measurements for a cool red giant in microlensing event OGLE 2004-BLG-482

M. Zub, A. Cassan, D. Heyrovsky +47

Aims: We present a detailed analysis of OGLE 2004-BLG-482, a relatively high-magnification single-lens microlensing event which exhibits clear extended-source effects. These events…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 24 cited

Bayesian model comparison in cosmology with Population Monte Carlo

Martin Kilbinger, Darren Wraith, Christian P. Robert +6

We use Bayesian model selection techniques to test extensions of the standard flat LambdaCDM paradigm. Dark-energy and curvature scenarios, and primordial perturbation models are c…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 111 cited

High-resolution CO and radio imaging of z~2 ULIRGs: extended CO structures, and implications for the universal star formation law

M. S. Bothwell, S. C. Chapman, L. Tacconi +14

We present high spatial resolution (0.4", ~3.5 kpc) PdBI interferometric data on three ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) at z~2: two submillimetre galaxies and one submilli…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 143 cited

On the existence of energetic atoms in the upper atmosphere of exoplanet HD209458b

Lotfi Ben-Jaffel, Sona Hosseini

Stellar irradiation and particles forcing strongly affect the immediate environment of extrasolar giant planets orbiting near their parent stars. Here, we use far-ultraviolet emiss…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 520 cited

The Canada-France High-z Quasar Survey: nine new quasars and the luminosity function at redshift 6

Chris J. Willott, Philippe Delorme, Celine Reyle +9

We present discovery imaging and spectroscopy for nine new z ~ 6 quasars found in the Canada-France High-z Quasar Survey (CFHQS) bringing the total number of CFHQS quasars to 19. B…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 4 cited

Interpretation of Strong Short-Term Central Perturbations in the Light Curves of Moderate-Magnification Microlensing Events

C. Han, K. -H. Hwang, D. Kim +87

To improve the planet detection efficiency, current planetary microlensing experiments are focused on high-magnification events searching for planetary signals near the peak of len…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 97 cited

A Multiwavelength Study of a Sample of 70 micron Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field I: Spectral Energy Distributions and Luminosities

Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, D. B. Sanders, E. Le Floc'h +26

We present a large robust sample of 1503 reliable and unconfused 70microm selected sources from the multiwavelength data set of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Using the Spit…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 34 cited

Environment of MAMBO galaxies in the COSMOS field

Manuel Aravena, Frank Bertoldi, Chris L. Carilli +9

Submillimeter galaxies (SMG) represent a dust-obscured high-redshift population undergoing massive star formation activity. Their properties and space density have suggested that t…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 74 cited

The [OIII] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS

A. Bongiorno, M. Mignoli, G. Zamorani +61

We present a catalog of 213 type-2 AGN selected from the zCOSMOS survey. The selected sample covers a wide redshift range (0.15<z<0.92) and is deeper than any other previous study,…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 10 cited

The Skeleton: Connecting Large Scale Structures to Galaxy Formation

Christophe Pichon, Christophe Gay, Dmitry Pogosyan +5

We report on two quantitative, morphological estimators of the filamentary structure of the Cosmic Web, the so-called global and local skeletons. The first, based on a global study…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 25 cited

Transit timing analysis of CoRoT-1b

Sz. Csizmadia, S. Renner, P. Barge +33

CoRoT, the pioneer space-based transit search, steadily provides thousands of high-precision light curves with continuous time sampling over periods of up to 5 months. The transits…