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hep-ph2009★ 4 cited

Final State Interactions and the Transverse Structure of the Pion

Leonard Gamberg, Marc Schlegel

In the factorized picture of semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering the naive time reversal-odd parton distributions exist by virtue of the gauge link which is intrinsic to their…

math.DG2009★ 27 cited

Generalized Contact Structures

Yat Sun Poon, Aissa Wade

We study integrability of generalized almost contact structures, and find conditions under which the main associated maximal isotropic vector bundles form Lie bialgebroids. These c…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 38 cited

A Deep Chandra Observation of the Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant 0540-69.3 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Sangwook Park, John P. Highes, Patrick O. Slane +2

Using our deep ~120 ks Chandra observation, we report on the results from our spatially-resolved X-ray spectral analysis of the "oxygen-rich" supernova remnant (SNR) 0540-69.3 in t…

hep-th2009★ 49 cited

Quantum AdS_5 x S^5 superstring in the AdS light-cone gauge

S. Giombi, R. Ricci, R. Roiban +2

We consider the AdS_5 x S^5 superstring in the light-cone gauge adapted to a massless geodesic in AdS5 in the Poincare patch. The resulting action has a relatively simple structure…

physics.bio-ph2009★ 12 cited

Adhesion of Multi-component Vesicle Membranes

Yanxiang Zhao, Sovan Das, Qiang Du

In this work, we study the adhesion of multi-component vesicle membrane to both flat and curved substrates, based on the conventional Helfrich bending energy for multi-component ve…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2009★ 25 cited

Phase Diagrams and Domain Splitting in Thin Ferroelectric Films with Incommensurate Phases

A. N. Morozovska, E. A. Eliseev, JianJun Wang +4

We studied the phase diagram of thin ferroelectric films with incommensurate phases and semiconductor properties within the framework of Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory. We perfo…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 8 cited

The z = 0.0777 C III Absorber Towards PHL 1811 as a Case Study of a Low Redshift Weak Metal Line Absorber

Brian C. Lacki, Jane C. Charlton

We consider the physical conditions and origin of the z = 0.0777 absorption system observed in C III, C II, Si III, C IV, O VI, and H I absorption along the line of sight towards t…

physics.optics2009

Empirical model of optical sensing via spectral shift of circular Bragg phenomenon

Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Setting up an empirical model of optical sensing to exploit the circular Bragg phenomenon displayed by chiral sculptured thin films (CSTFs), we considered a CSTF with and without a…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 205 cited

Fermi observations of Cassiopeia and Cepheus: diffuse gamma-ray emission in the outer Galaxy

LAT collaboration

We present the analysis of the interstellar gamma-ray emission measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope toward a region in the second Galactic quadrant at 100 deg < l < 145 deg a…

hep-ph2009★ 46 cited

Final state interactions and the transverse structure of the pion using non-perturbative eikonal methods

Leonard Gamberg, Marc Schlegel

In the factorized picture of semi-inclusive hadronic processes the naive time reversal-odd parton distributions exist by virtue of the gauge link which renders it color gauge invar…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 15 cited

Chandra Observations of WR147 Reveal a Double X-ray Source

Svetozar A. Zhekov, Sangwook Park

We report the first results from deep X-ray observations of the Wolf-Rayet binary system WR147 with the Chandra HETG. Analysis of the zeroth order data reveals that WR147 is a doub…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 8 cited

A Detailed Study of the Lobes of Eleven Powerful Radio Galaxies

Ruth A. Daly, Preeti Kharb, Christopher P. O'Dea +5

Radio lobes of a sample of eleven very powerful classical double radio galaxies were studied. Each source was rotated so that the symmetry axis of the source was horizontal, and ve…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 50 cited

Radio Quiet AGNs as Possible Sources of Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays

Asaf Pe'er, Kohta Murase, Peter Mészáros

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been one of the most widely discussed sources of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). The recent results of Pierre Auger observatory (PAO) have…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 32 cited

The California Planet Survey II. A Saturn-Mass Planet Orbiting the M Dwarf Gl649

John Asher Johnson, Andrew W. Howard, Geoffrey W. Marcy +6

We report precise Doppler measurements of the nearby (d = 10.34 pc) M dwarf Gl649 that reveal the presence of a planet with a minimum mass Msini = 0.328 Mjup in an eccentric (e = 0…

hep-lat2009★ 3 cited

The role of multigrid algorithms for LQCD

Ronald Babich, James Brannick, Richard C. Brower +4

We report on the first successful QCD multigrid algorithm which demonstrates constant convergence rates independent of quark mass and lattice volume for the Wilson Dirac operator.…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 1k cited

The Spectral Energy Distribution of Fermi bright blazars

A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +107

(Abridged) We have conducted a detailed investigation of the broad-band spectral properties of the γ-ray selected blazars of the Fermi LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). By combining ou…

nucl-ex2009★ 65 cited

Studying Parton Energy Loss in Heavy-Ion Collisions via Direct-Photon and Charged-Particle Azimuthal Correlations

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Charged-particle spectra associated with direct photon () and are measured in + and Au+Au collisions at center-of-mass energy GeV with…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 76 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Cosmic-Ray Induced gamma-ray Emission of the Earth's Atmosphere

LAT collaboration

We report on measurements of the cosmic-ray induced gamma-ray emission of Earth's atmosphere by the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The LAT has ob…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2009★ 175 cited

The Deposition of High-Quality HfO2 on Graphene and the Effect of Remote Oxide Phonon Scattering

Ke Zou, Xia Hong, Derek Keefer +1

We demonstrate the atomic layer deposition of high-quality HfO2 film on graphene and report the magnitude of remote oxide phonon (ROP) scattering in dual-oxide graphene transistors…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 14 cited

Swift monitoring of the new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGRJ17511-3057 in outburst

E. Bozzo, C. Ferrigno, M. Falanga +3

A new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar, IGR J17511-3057, was discovered in outburst on 2009 September 12 during the INTEGRAL Galactic bulge monitoring programme. To study the evo…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 74 cited

Early and Late-Time Observations of SN 2008ha: Additional Constraints for the Progenitor and Explosion

Ryan J. Foley, Peter J. Brown, Armin Rest +3

We present a new maximum-light optical spectrum of the the extremely low luminosity and exceptionally low energy Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2008ha, obtained one week before the earl…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 78 cited

Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from PKS 1424+240 and multiwavelength constraints on its redshift

The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, The Fermi Collaboration +4

We report the first detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission above 140 GeV from PKS 1424+240, a BL Lac object with an unknown redshift. The photon spectrum above 140…

astro-ph.CO2009

A deep look at the inner regions of the mini-BAL QSO PG 1126-041 with XMM-Newton

M. Giustini, M. Cappi, G. Chartas +3

A long XMM-Newton observation of the mini-BAL QSO PG 1126-041 allowed us to detect a highly ionized phase of X-ray absorbing gas outflowing at v~15000 km/s. Physical implications a…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 48 cited

Cross-correlating WMAP5 with 1.5 million LRGs: a new test for the ISW effect

U. Sawangwit, T. Shanks, R. D. Cannon +3

We present the cross-correlation of the density map of LRGs and the temperature fluctuation in the CMB as measured by the WMAP5 observations. The LRG samples were extracted from im…