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astro-ph2000★ 4 cited

An Extremely Red Nucleus in an Absorbed QSO at z=0.65

Masayuki Akiyama, Kouji Ohta

The results of K-band-imaging observations of a candidate of an absorbed QSO at z=0.653, AX J131831+3341, are presented. The B-K color of the object is 4.85 mag, which is much redd…

astro-ph2000★ 5 cited

Deep-Imaging Observations of a Candidate of an Absorbed QSO at z=0.653, AX J131831+3341

M. Akiyama, K. Ohta, N. Tamura +12

The results of deep-imaging observations of a candidate of an absorbed QSO at z=0.653, AX J131831+3341, are presented. AX J131831+3341 was found during the course of optical follow…

astro-ph2000★ 10 cited

Discovery of a 9-s X-Ray Pulsar, AX J0049-732, in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Masaru Ueno, Jun Yokogawa, Kensuke Imanishi +1

We report the ASCA discovery of a new X-ray pulsar, AX J0049-732, in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The pulse shape is sinusoidal with a barycentric period of 9.1320 +/- 0.0004…

astro-ph2000★ 59 cited

ASCA Discovery of Diffuse 6.4 keV Emission Near the Sgr C Complex: A New X-ray Reflection Nebula

H. Murakami, K. Koyama, M. Tsujimoto +2

We present an ASCA discovery of diffuse hard X-ray emission from the Sgr C complex with its peak in the vicinity of the molecular cloud core. The X-ray spectrum is characterized by…

astro-ph2000★ 60 cited

Evidence for a source size of less than 2000 AU in Quasar 2237+0305

Atsunori Yonehara

Recently, OGLE team have reported clear quasar microlensing signal in Q2237+0305. We have analyzed the microlens event of ``image C'' by using their finely and densely sampled ligh…

astro-ph2000★ 14 cited

Possible direct method to determine the radius of a star from the spectrum of gravitational wave signals II : Spectra for various cases

Motoyuki Saijo, Takashi Nakamura

We compute the spectrum and the waveform of gravitational waves generated by the inspiral of a disk or a spherical like dust body into a Kerr black hole. We investigate the effect…

astro-ph2000★ 48 cited

A comment on trans-Planckian physics in inflationary universe

Takahiro Tanaka

There are several works searching for a clue of trans-Planckian physics on the primordial density perturbation spectrum. Here we would like to point out an important aspect which h…

astro-ph2000★ 14 cited

On the Nature of AX J2049.6+2939 and AX J2050.0+2914

Emi Miyata, Kouji Ohta, Kenichi Torii +4

AX J2049.6+2939 is a compact X-ray source in the vicinity of the southern blow-up region of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant (Miyata et al. 1998a). This source was the brightest X…

astro-ph2000★ 184 cited

Slim Disk Model for Ultra-Luminous X-Ray Sources

Ken-ya Watarai, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Shin Mineshige

The Ultra Luminous X-ray Sources (ULXs) are unique in exhibiting moderately bright X-ray luminosities, , and relatively high blackbody t…

astro-ph2000★ 35 cited

Fast magnetic reconnection in free space: self-similar evolution process

S. Nitta, S. Tanuma, K. Shibata +1

We present a new model for time evolution of fast magnetic reconnection in free space, which is characterized by self-similarity. Reconnection triggered by locally enhanced resisti…

astro-ph2000★ 7 cited

On the Origin of Faint Intracluster Starlight in Coma

Vladimir Korchagin, Toshio Tsuchiya, Shoken M. Miyama

Using N-body numerical simulations, we examine possible mechanisms for the origin of the intracluster starlight features recently discovered in the Coma cluster of galaxies. We sho…

astro-ph2000★ 29 cited

Discovery of the Slowest X-Ray Pulsar in the SMC, AX J0049.5-7323, with ASCA

Jun Yokogawa, Kensuke Imanishi, Masaru Ueno +1

The discovery of coherent pulsations with ASCA from an X-ray source, AX J0049.5-7323, is reported. The barycentric period was determined to be 755.5 +/- 0.6 s, which is the longest…

astro-ph2000★ 23 cited

Emission from Dust in Galaxies: Metallicity Dependence

H. Hirashita, A. K. Inoue, H. Kamaya +1

Infrared (IR) dust emission from galaxies is frequently used as an indicator of star formation rate (SFR). However, the effect of the dust-to-gas ratio (i.e., amount of the dust) o…

astro-ph2000★ 31 cited

Resistive Magnetohydrodynamics of Jet Formation and Magnetically Driven Accretion

T. Kuwabara, K. Shibata, R. Matsumoto

We carried out 2.5-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the effects of magnetic diffusivity on magnetically driven mass accretion and jet formation. We fo…

astro-ph2000★ 5 cited

Determining the Equation of State of the Expanding Universe Using a New Independent Variable

Takashi Nakamura, Takeshi Chiba

To determine the equation of state of the universe, we propose to use a new independent variable , where and are the present Hubble pa…

astro-ph2000★ 77 cited

Formation of a Massive Black Hole at the Center of the Superbubble in M82

S. Matsushita, R. Kawabe, H. Matsumoto +5

We performed 12CO(1-0), 13CO(1-0), and HCN(1-0) interferometric observations of the central region (about 450 pc in radius) of M82 with the Nobeyama Millimeter Array, and have succ…

astro-ph2000★ 10 cited

Discovery of 101-s Pulsations from AX J0057.4-7325 in the SMC with ASCA

Jun Yokogawa, Ken'ichi Torii, Takayoshi Kohmura +2

The results from two ASCA observations of AX J0057.4-7325 = RX J0057.3-7325 are presented. Coherent pulsations with a barycentric period of 101.45 +/- 0.07 s were discovered in the…

astro-ph2000★ 198 cited

A Local Void and the Accelerating Universe

Kenji Tomita

Corresponding to the recent observational claims that we are in a local void (an underdense region) on scales of 200 - 300 Mpc, the magnitude-redshift relation in a cosmological mo…

astro-ph2000

Vacuum Selection by Collapsing

Nobuhiro Maekawa

In this talk, we discuss the possibility that the vacuum is dynamically determined in the history of the universe. The point is that some of the bubbles with a certain vacuum shrin…

astro-ph2000★ 220 cited

Discovery of a Luminous, Variable, Off-Center Source in the Nucleus of M82 with the Chandra HRC

H. Matsumoto, T. G. Tsuru, K. Koyama +8

We present results from observations of the most famous starburst galaxy M82 with the High-Resolution Camera onboard the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. We found nine sources in the cen…

astro-ph2000★ 57 cited

Exploring Galaxy Evolution from Infrared Number Counts and Cosmic Infrared Background

Tsutomu T. Takeuchi, Takako T. Ishii, Hiroyuki Hirashita +4

Recently reported infrared (IR) galaxy number counts and cosmic infrared background (CIRB) all suggest that galaxies have experienced a strong evolution sometime in their lifetime.…

astro-ph2000★ 29 cited

Unusual Properties of X-Ray Emission near the Galactic Center

Y. Tanaka, K. Koyama, Y. Maeda +1

The X-ray spectrum in a region of the Galactic center observed with the ASCA satellite is examined in detail, following the first report by Koyama et al.…

astro-ph2000★ 113 cited

Subaru Deep Survey I. Near-Infrared Observations

T. Maihara, F. Iwamuro, H. Tanabe +30

Deep near-infrared images of a blank 2'x2' section of sky near the Galactic north pole taken by Subaru Telescope are presented. The total integration times of the J and K' bands ar…

astro-ph2000★ 8 cited

Structural Model of Molecular Cloud Complexes: Mass, Size, and External Pressure

A. K. Inoue, H. Kamaya

We investigate the structure of the molecular cloud complexes (MCCs) as a group of several giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the Galaxy. Then, we find that the mass-size relation wh…