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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★ 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★ 26 cited

Cosmic-ray electron signatures of dark matter

Martin Pohl

There is evidence for an excess in cosmic-ray electrons at about 500 GeV energy, that may be related to dark-matter annihilation. I have calculated the expected electron contributi…

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…

astro-ph2008★ 29 cited

Constraints to Energy Spectra of Blazars based on Recent EBL Limits from Galaxy Counts

F. Krennrich, E. Dwek, A. Imran

We combine the recent estimate of the contribution of galaxies to the 3.6 micron intensity of the extragalactic background light (EBL) with optical and near-infrared (IR) galaxy co…

astro-ph2008★ 47 cited

A seismic approach to testing different formation channels of subdwarf B stars

Haili Hu, M. -A. Dupret, C. Aerts +5

There are many unknowns in the formation of subdwarf B stars. Different formation channels are considered to be possible and to lead to a variety of helium-burning subdwarfs. All s…

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…

astro-ph2008★ 12 cited

Storm fronts over galaxy discs: Models of how waves generate extraplanar gas and its anomalous kinematics

Curtis Struck, Daniel C. Smith

The existence of partially ionized, diffuse gas and dust clouds at kiloparsec scale distances above the central planes of edge-on, galaxy discs was an unexpected discovery about 20…

astro-ph2008★ 14 cited

An Assessment of Broadband Optical Colours as Age Indicators for Star Clusters

M. Hancock, B. J. Smith, M. L. Giroux +1

We present an empirical assessment of the use of broadband optical colours as age indicators for unresolved extragalactic clusters and investigate stochastic sampling effects on in…

astro-ph2008★ 44 cited

Stochastic `Beads on a String' in the Accretion Tail of Arp 285

B. J. Smith, C. Struck, M. Hancock +6

We present Spitzer infrared, GALEX UV, and SDSS and SARA optical images of the peculiar interacting galaxy pair Arp 285 (NGC 2856/4), and compare with a new numerical model of the…

astro-ph2008★ 29 cited

Whole Earth Telescope observations of the hot helium atmosphere pulsating white dwarf EC 20058-5234

WET Collaboration, D. J. Sullivan, T. S. Metcalfe +22

We present the analysis of a total of 177h of high-quality optical time-series photometry of the helium atmosphere pulsating white dwarf (DBV) EC 20058-5234. The bulk of the observ…

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★ 61 cited

Parent Stars of Extrasolar Planets. IX. Lithium Abundances

Guillermo Gonzalez

We compare the Li abundances of a sample of stars with planets discovered with the Doppler method to a sample of stars without detected planets. We prepared the samples by combinin…

astro-ph2008★ 138 cited

Production of Magnetic Turbulence by Cosmic Rays Drifting Upstream of Supernova Remnant Shocks

Jacek Niemiec, Martin Pohl, Thomas Stroman +1

We present results of 2D and 3D PIC simulations of magnetic turbulence production by isotropic cosmic-ray ions drifting upstream of SNR shocks. The studies aim at testing recent pr…

astro-ph2008★ 40 cited

First Images of R Aquarii and its Asymmetric HO Shell

S. Ragland, H. Le Coroller, E. Pluzhnik +7

We report imaging observations of the symbotic long-period Mira variable R Aquarii (R Aqr) at near-infrared and radio wavelengths. The near-infrared observations were made with the…

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★ 15 cited

Sequential and Spontaneous Star Formation Around the Mid-Infrared Halo HII Region KR 140

C. R. Kerton, K. Arvidsson, Lewis B. G. Knee +1

We use 2MASS and MSX infrared observations, along with new molecular line (CO) observations, to examine the distribution of young stellar objects (YSOs) in the molecular cloud surr…