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astro-ph1996★ 6 cited

Self-Microlensing in Compact Binary Systems

Bo Qin, Xiang-Ping Wu, Zhenlong Zou

The signature of the self-microlensing in compact binaries (white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes) is a flare with the characteristic time of typically a few minutes. The pro…

astro-ph1996★ 158 cited

Cosmic Ray Protons and Magnetic Fields in Clusters of Galaxies and their Cosmological Consequences

T. A. Ensslin, P. L. Biermann, P. P. Kronberg +1

The masses of clusters of galaxies estimated by gravitational lensing exceed in many cases the mass estimates based on hydrostatic equilibrium. This may suggest the existence of no…

astro-ph1996★ 119 cited

Polarimetry of the Type Ia Supernova SN 1996X

Lifan Wang, J. Craig Wheeler, Peter Hoeflich

We present broad-band and spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 1996X obtained on April 14, 1996 (UT), and broad-band polarimetry of SN 1996X on May 22,1996, when the supernova was…

astro-ph1996★ 35 cited

Asteroseismological Observations of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 1501

H. E. Bond, S. Kawaler, R. Ciardullo +17

We report on a global CCD time-series photometric campaign to decode the pulsations of the nucleus of the planetary nebula NGC1501. The star is hot and hydrogen-deficient, similar…

astro-ph1996★ 29 cited

Comparisons of Cluster Mass Determinations by X-ray Observations and Gravitational Lensing

Xiang-Ping Wu, Li-Zhi Fang

Gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies has been detected on scales ranging from Mpc to Mpc, namely, arcs/arclets, weak lensing and quasar-cluster asso…

astro-ph1996★ 13 cited

Environmental Effect on the Associations of Background Quasars with Foreground Objects: I. Analytic Investigation

Xiang-Ping Wu, Li-Zhi Fang, Zonghong Zhu +1

The associations of the angular positions of background quasars with foreground galaxies, clusters of galaxies and quasars are often attributed to the statistical lensing by gravit…

astro-ph1996★ 8 cited

On the Possible Variations of the Hubble Constant with Distance

Xiang-Ping Wu, Bo Qin, Li-Zhi Fang

Current measurements of the Hubble constant on scale less than Mpc appear to be controversial, while the observations made at high redshift seem to provide a relati…

astro-ph1996★ 17 cited

Polarization of SN 1987A Revisited

Lifan Wang, J. C. Wheeler

The conventional picture for the origin of the polarization of a supernova is based on a model of Thomson or resonance scattering of photons traveling through an aspherical superno…

astro-ph1996★ 11 cited

Quasar-Cluster Associations and Gravitational Lensing by Large-Scale Matter Clumps

Xiang-Ping Wu, Li-Zhi Fang

Motivated by the significant overdensity of background bright quasars recently detected behind the foreground clusters of galaxies on scale of arcminutes, we have investigated…