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astro-ph2008★ 7 cited

Search for Primordial Black Holes with SGARFACE

M. Schroedter, F. Krennrich, S. LeBohec +7

The Short GAmma Ray Front Air Cherenkov Experiment (SGARFACE) uses the Whipple 10 m telescope to search for bursts of rays. SGARFACE is sensitive to bursts with duration from a…

astro-ph2008★ 80 cited

A census of molecular hydrogen outflows and their sources along the Orion A molecular ridge: characteristics and overall distribution

C. J. Davis, D. Froebrich, T. Stanke +9

We present wide-field near-IR images of Orion A. K and H2 1-0S(1) images of a contiguous 8 sqr degree region are compared to photometry from Spitzer and dust-continuum maps obtaine…

astro-ph2008★ 112 cited

The June 2008 flare of Markarian 421 from optical to TeV energies

The Agile Collaboration, Webt Collaboration, Magic Collaboration +2

We present optical, X-ray, high energy ( GeV) and very high energy ( GeV; VHE) observations of the high-frequency peaked blazar Mrk 421 taken betwee…

astro-ph2008★ 60 cited

Discovery of Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Radiation from the BL Lac 1ES 0806+524

VERITAS Collaboration, V. Acciari, E. Aliu +90

The high-frequency-peaked BL-Lacertae object \objectname{1ES 0806+524}, at redshift z=0.138, was observed in the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray regime by VERITAS between November…

math.GR2008★ 14 cited

Wythoff polytopes and low-dimensional homology of Mathieu groups

Mathieu Dutour Sikiric, Graham Ellis

We describe two methods for computing the low-dimensional integral homology of the Mathieu simple groups and use them to make computations such as $H_5(M_{23},\ZZ)=\ZZ_7$ and $H_3(…

math.QA2008

Exceptional Vertex Operator Algebras and the Virasoro Algebra

Michael P. Tuite

We consider exceptional vertex operator algebras for which particular Casimir vectors constructed from the primary vectors of lowest conformal weight are Virasoro descendants of th…

math.MG2008

A congruence problem for polyhedra

Alexander Borisov, Mark Dickinson, Stuart Hastings

It is well known that to determine a triangle up to congruence requires three measurements: three sides, two sides and the included angle, or one side and two angles. We consider v…

math.GT2008★ 41 cited

Injections of mapping class groups

Javier Aramayona, Christopher J. Leininger, Juan Souto

We construct new monomorphisms between mapping class groups of surfaces. The first family of examples injects the mapping class group of a closed surface into that of a different c…

cs.LO2008★ 48 cited

Embedding Non-Ground Logic Programs into Autoepistemic Logic for Knowledge Base Combination

Jos de Bruijn, Thomas Eiter, Axel Polleres +1

In the context of the Semantic Web, several approaches to the combination of ontologies, given in terms of theories of classical first-order logic and rule bases, have been propose…

astro-ph2008

NEAR-IR Spectroscopy of Young Stars in the Braid Nebula Star Formation Region in Cygnus Ob7

Colin Aspin, Tracy L. Beck, Tae-Soo Pyo +8

We present 1.4 to 2.5 um integral field spectroscopy of 16 stars in the Braid Nebula star formation region in Cygnus OB7. These data forms one aspect of a large-scale multi-wavelen…

math.RT2008★ 4 cited

Quiver Presentations for Descent Algebras of Exceptional Type

Goetz Pfeiffer

The descent algebra of a finite Coxeter group is a basic algebra, and as such it has a presentation as quiver with relations. In recent work, we have developed a combinatorial…

astro-ph2008★ 11 cited

Investigations of the magnetospheric plasma distribution in the vicinity of a pulsar - I Basic formulation

John Mc Donald, Andrew Shearer

The magnetospheric plasma distribution in the vicinity of a pulsar at various inclination angles is investigated using a new relativistic, parallel 3D Particle-In-Cell (PIC) code D…

astro-ph2008★ 99 cited

VERITAS Discovery of >200GeV Gamma-ray Emission from the Intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lac Object W Comae

VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +80

We report the detection of very high-energy gamma-ray emission from the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object W Comae (z=0.102) by VERITAS. The source was observed betwe…

math.RA2008

Algebraic constructions of LDPC codes with no short cycles

Ted Hurley, Paul McEvoy, Jakub Wenus

An algebraic group ring method for constructing codes with no short cycles in the check matrix is derived. It is shown that the matrix of a group ring element has no short cycles i…

astro-ph2008★ 8 cited

Optical Observations of PSR J0205+6449

A. Shearer, V. V. Neustroev

PSR J0205+6449 is a X-ray and radio pulsar in supernova remnant 3C 58. We report on observations of the central region of 3C 58 using the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope with the…

astro-ph2008★ 48 cited

Simultaneous Absolute Timing of the Crab Pulsar at Radio and Optical Wavelengths

T. Oosterbroek, I. Cognard, A. Golden +7

The Crab pulsar emits across a large part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Determining the time delay between the emission at different wavelengths will allow to better constrain t…

astro-ph2008★ 41 cited

A Mini-survey of Ultracool Dwarfs at 4.9 GHz

A. Antonova, J. G. Doyle, G. Hallinan +2

A selection of ultracool dwarfs are known to be radio active, with both gyrosynchrotron emission and the electron cyclotron maser instability being given as likely emission mechani…

astro-ph2008★ 246 cited

Confirmation of the Electron Cyclotron Maser Instability as the Dominant Source of Radio Emission from Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

G. Hallinan, A. Antonova, J. G. Doyle +3

We report on radio observations of the M8.5 dwarf LSR J1835+3259 and the L3.5 dwarf 2MASS J00361617+1821104, which provide the strongest evidence to date that the electron cyclotro…

astro-ph2008★ 21 cited

Reference-less detection, astrometry, and photometry of faint companions with adaptive optics

Szymon Gladysz, Julian C. Christou

We propose a complete framework for the detection, astrometry, and photometry of faint companions from a sequence of adaptive optics corrected short exposures. The algorithms explo…

astro-ph2008★ 29 cited

Cyclic brightening in the short-period WZ Sge-type cataclysmic variable SDSS J080434.20+510349.2

S. V. Zharikov, G. H. Tovmassian, V. V. Neustroev +8

We have observed a new cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSS J080434.20+510349.2 and study the origin of a long-term variability found in its light curve. Multi-longitude time-resolved ph…

astro-ph2008★ 154 cited

VERITAS Observations of the gamma-Ray Binary LS I +61 303

V. A. Acciari, M. Beilicke, G. Blaylock +74

LS I +61 303 is one of only a few high-mass X-ray binaries currently detected at high significance in very high energy gamma-rays. The system was observed over several orbital cycl…

astro-ph2008★ 103 cited

Observation of gamma-ray emission from the galaxy M87 above 250 GeV with VERITAS

V. A. Acciari, M. Beilicke, G. Blaylock +74

The multiwavelength observation of the nearby radio galaxy M87 provides a unique opportunity to study in detail processes occurring in Active Galactic Nuclei from radio waves to Te…

astro-ph2008★ 51 cited

A Search for Dark Matter Annihilation with the Whipple 10m Telescope

M. Wood, G. Blaylock, S. M. Bradbury +33

We present observations of the dwarf galaxies Draco and Ursa Minor, the local group galaxies M32 and M33, and the globular cluster M15 conducted with the Whipple 10m gamma-ray tele…

astro-ph2008★ 17 cited

BF Eridani: a cataclysmic variable with a massive white dwarf and an evolved secondary

V. V. Neustroev, S. Zharikov

We present high- and medium-resolution spectroscopic observations of the cataclysmic variable BF Eri during its low and bright states. The orbital period of this system was found t…