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most citedThe ACS Virgo Cluster Survey XV. The Formation Efficiencies of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: The Effects of Mass and Environment

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astro-ph2008★ 103 cited

Observability of the General Relativistic Precession of Periastra in Exoplanets

Andres Jordan, Gaspar A. Bakos

The general relativistic precession rate of periastra in close-in exoplanets can be orders of magnitude larger than the magnitude of the same effect for Mercury. The realization th…

astro-ph2008★ 24 cited

A Transient Black-Hole Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Candidate in Centaurus A

Gregory R. Sivakoff, Ralph P. Kraft, Andrés Jordán +14

We report the discovery of a bright transient X-ray source, CXOU J132518.2-430304, towards Centaurus A (Cen A) using six new Chandra X-Ray Observatory observations in 2007 March--M…

astro-ph2008★ 353 cited

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey XV. The Formation Efficiencies of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: The Effects of Mass and Environment

Eric W. Peng, Andres Jordan, Patrick Cote +8

The fraction of stellar mass contained in globular clusters (GCs), also measured by number as the specific frequency, is a fundamental quantity that reflects both a galaxy's early…

astro-ph2008★ 73 cited

The Formation of Polar Disk Galaxies

Chris B. Brook, Fabio Governato, Thomas Quinn +5

Polar Ring Galaxies, such as NGC4650A, are a class of galaxy which have two kinematically distinct components that are inclined by almost 90 degrees to each other. These striking g…

astro-ph2008★ 60 cited

On the Origin of Dynamically Cold Rings Around the Milky Way

Joshua D. Younger, Gurtina Besla, T. J. Cox +3

We present a scenario for the production of dynamically cold rings around the Milky Way via a high-eccentricity, flyby encounter. These initial conditions are more cosmologically m…