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physics.ao-ph2012★ 3 cited

On the applicability of the Hasselmann kinetic equation to the Phillips spectrum

A. O. Korotkevich, V. E. Zakharov

We investigate applicability of the Hasselmann kinetic equation to the spectrum of surface gravity waves at different levels of nonlinearity in the system, which is measured as ave…

math-ph2012★ 3 cited

Ground State Energy of Mean-field Model of Interacting Bosons in Bernoulli Potential

Michael Bishop, Jan Wehr

This paper explores a system of interacting `soft core' bosons in the Gross-Pitaevskii mean-field approximation in a random Bernoulli potential. First, a condition for delocalizati…

hep-ex2012★ 36 cited

Multi-channel search for squarks and gluinos in sqrt(s)=7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

A search for supersymmetric particles in final states with zero, one, and two leptons, with and without jets identified as originating from b-quarks, in 4.7 fb-1 of sqrt(s)=7 TeV p…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 247 cited

The UV Luminosity Function of star-forming galaxies via dropout selection at redshifts z ~ 7 and 8 from the 2012 Ultra Deep Field campaign

Matthew A. Schenker, Brant E. Robertson, Richard S. Ellis +13

We present a catalog of high redshift star-forming galaxies selected to lie within the redshift range z ~ 7-8 using the Ultra Deep Field 2012 (UDF12), the deepest near-infrared (ne…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 141 cited

Chemical Abundances in Field Red Giants from High-Resolution H-Band Spectra using the APOGEE Spectral Linelist

Verne V. Smith, Katia Cunha, Matthew D. Shetrone +8

High-resolution H-band spectra of five bright field K, M, and MS giants, obtained from the archives of the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 143 cited

Evolution of the Sizes of Galaxies over 7<z<12 Revealed by the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

Yoshiaki Ono, Masami Ouchi, Emma Curtis-Lake +14

We analyze the redshift- and luminosity-dependent sizes of dropout galaxy candidates in the redshift range z~7-12 using deep images from the UDF12 campaign, data which offers two d…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 13 cited

Deviation of Stellar Orbits from Test Particle Trajectories Around Sgr A* Due to Tides and Winds

Dimitrios Psaltis, Gongjie Li, Abraham Loeb

Monitoring the orbits of stars around Sgr A* offers the possibility of detecting the precession of their orbital planes due to frame dragging, of measuring the spin and quadrupole…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 58 cited

Testing Diagnostics of Nuclear Activity and Star Formation in Galaxies at z>1

Jonathan R. Trump, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Guillermo Barro +9

We present some of the first science data with the new Keck/MOSFIRE instrument to test the effectiveness of different AGN/SF diagnostics at z~1.5. MOSFIRE spectra were obtained in…

q-bio.PE2012★ 35 cited

Compensatory evolution and the origins of innovations

Etienne Rajon, Joanna Masel

Cryptic genetic sequences have attenuated effects on phenotypes. In the classic view, relaxed selection allows cryptic genetic diversity to build up across individuals in a populat…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 46 cited

MOA-2010-BLG-073L: An M-Dwarf with a Substellar Companion at the Planet/Brown Dwarf Boundary

R. A. Street, J. -Y. Choi, Y. Tsapras +129

We present an analysis of the anomalous microlensing event, MOA-2010-BLG-073, announced by the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics survey on 2010-03-18. This event was remark…

hep-ex2012★ 14 cited

Measurement of the combined rapidity and dependence of dijet azimuthal decorrelations in collisions at TeV

D0 Collaboration

We present the first combined measurement of the rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of dijet azimuthal decorrelations, based on the recently proposed quantity . Th…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 37 cited

Kinks and Dents in Protoplanetary Disks: Rapid Infrared Variability as Evidence for Large Structural Perturbations

Kevin Flaherty, james Muzerolle, George Rieke +4

We report on synoptic observations at 3.6 and 4.5micron of young stellar objects in IC 348 with 38 epochs covering 40 days. We find that among the detected cluster members, 338 at…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 52 cited

The baryon budget on the galaxy group/cluster boundary

Alastair J. R. Sanderson, Ewan O'Sullivan, Trevor J. Ponman +4

We present a study of the hot gas and stellar content of 5 optically-selected poor galaxy clusters, including a full accounting of the contribution from intracluster light (ICL) an…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 254 cited

Spiral Arms in the Asymmetrically Illuminated Disk of MWC 758 and Constraints on Giant Planets

C. A. Grady, T. Muto, J. Hashimoto +71

We present the first near-IR scattered light detection of the transitional disk associated with the Herbig Ae star MWC 758 using data obtained as part of the Strategic Exploration…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 18 cited

The debris disk around gamma Doradus resolved with Herschel

Hannah Broekhoven-Fiene, Brenda C. Matthews, Grant M. Kennedy +11

We present observations of the debris disk around gamma Doradus, an F1V star, from the Herschel Key Programme DEBRIS (Disc Emission via Bias-free Reconnaissance in the Infrared/Sub…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 170 cited

The 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF12): Observational Overview

Anton M. Koekemoer, Richard S Ellis, Ross J. McLure +15

We present the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field campaign (UDF12), a large 128-orbit Cycle 19 \HST\ program aimed at extending previous WFC3/IR observations of the UDF by quadrupling th…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 26 cited

Multi-Wavelength Study of a Complete IRAC 3.6micron-Selected Galaxy Sample: a Fair Census of Red and Blue Populations at Redshifts 0.4-1

J. -S. Huang, S. M. Faber, C. N. A. Willmer +14

We present a multi-wavelength study of a 3.6 m-selected galaxy sample in the Extended Groth strip. The sample is complete for galaxies with stellar mass \Msun and re…

quant-ph2012★ 7 cited

Quantum optomechanics with a mixture of ultracold atoms

H. Jing, X. Zhao, L. F. Buchmann

We study cavity optomechanics of a mixture of ultracold atoms with tunable nonlinear collisions. We show that atomic collisions provide linear couplings between fictitious condensa…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 27 cited

Results from HOPS: A Multiwavelength Census of Orion Protostars

William J. Fischer, S. Thomas Megeath, Amelia M. Stutz +6

Surveys with the Spitzer and Herschel space observatories are now enabling the discovery and characterization of large samples of protostars in nearby molecular clouds, providing t…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 28 cited

Intragroup and Galaxy-Linked Diffuse X-ray Emission in Hickson Compact Groups

Tyler D. Desjardins, Sarah C. Gallagher, Panayiotis Tzanavaris +9

Isolated compact groups of galaxies (CGs) present a range of dynamical states, group velocity dispersions, and galaxy morphologies with which to study galaxy evolution, particularl…

nlin.PS2012★ 23 cited

Quasibreathers in MMT model

A. Pushkarev, V. E. Zakharov

We report numerical detection of new type of localized structures in the frame of Majda-McLaughlin-Tabak (MMT) model adjusted for description of essentially nonlinear gravity waves…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 81 cited

The drivers of AGN activity in galaxy clusters: AGN fraction as a function of mass and environment

K. A. Pimbblet, S. S. Shabala, C. P. Haines +2

[Abridged] We present an analysis of optical spectroscopically-identified AGN to M*+1 in a sample of 6 self-similar SDSS galaxy clusters at z=0.07. These clusters are specifically…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 25 cited

Relic neutrinos: Physically consistent treatment of effective number of neutrinos and neutrino mass

Jeremiah Birrell, Cheng-Tao Yang, Pisin Chen +1

We perform a model independent study of the neutrino momentum distribution at freeze-out, treating the freeze-out temperature as a free parameter. Our results imply that measuremen…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 106 cited

Turbulent convection in stellar interiors. III. Mean-field analysis and stratification effects

Maxime Viallet, Casey Meakin, David Arnett +1

We present 3D implicit large eddy simulations (ILES) of the turbulent convection in the envelope of a 5 Msun red giant star and in the oxygen-burning shell of a 23 Msun supernova p…