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astro-ph.GA2009★ 48 cited

On the spatial distribution and the origin of hypervelocity stars

Youjun Lu, Fupeng Zhang, Qingjuan Yu

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) escaping away from the Galactic halo are dynamical products of interactions of stars with the massive black hole(s) (MBH) in the Galactic Center (GC). Th…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 128 cited

The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy

Zhen-Yu Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +1

We present and analyze kinematics and orbits for a sample of 488 open clusters in the Galaxy. The velocity ellipsoid for our present sample is derived as (, , $σ_{W})…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 50 cited

Simulated SKA maps from Galactic 3D-emission models

X. H. Sun, W. Reich

(Abridged) We present maps for various Galactic longitudes and latitudes at 1.4 GHz, which is the frequency where deep SKA surveys are proposed. The maps are about 1.5 deg in size…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 87 cited

Narrow double-peaked emission lines of SDSS J131642.90+175332.5: signature of a single or a binary AGN in a merger, jet-cloud interaction, or unusual narrow-line region geometry

Dawei Xu, S. Komossa

We present an analysis of the active galaxy SDSS J131642.90+175332.5, which is remarkable because all of its narrow emission lines are double-peaked, and because it additionally sh…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 41 cited

Binaries of massive black holes in rotating clusters: Dynamics, gravitational waves, detection and the role of eccentricity

Pau Amaro-Seoane, Christoph Eichhorn, Edward K. Porter +1

The dynamical evolution of binaries of intermediate-massive black holes (IMBHs, massive black holes with a mass ranging between and ) in stellar clusters has…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 62 cited

Eddington ratio governs the equivalent width of MgII emission line in active galactic nuclei

Xiao-Bo Dong, Ting-Gui Wang, Jian-Guo Wang +4

We have investigated the ensemble regularities of the equivalent widths (EWs) of MgII 2800 emission line of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), using a uniformly selected sample of 2092…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 32 cited

Chemical Compositions of Kinematically Selected Outer Halo Stars

Lan Zhang, Miho Ishigaki, Wako Aoki +2

Chemical abundances of 26 metal-poor dwarfs and giants are determined from high-resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio spectra obtained with Subaru/HDS. The sample is selected s…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 11 cited

General Polytropic Magnetofluid under Self-Gravity: Voids and Shocks

Yu-Qing Lou, Ren-Yu Hu

We study the self-similar magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of a quasi-spherical expanding void (viz. cavity or bubble) in the centre of a self-gravitating gas sphere with a general polyt…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 67 cited

Major Dry-Mergers In Early-Type Brightest Cluster Galaxies

F. S. Liu, Shude Mao, Z. G. Deng +2

We search for ongoing major dry-mergers in a well selected sample of local Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) from the C4 cluster catalogue. 18 out of 515 early-type BCGs with redsh…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 25 cited

Radio properties of the low surface brightness SNR G65.2+5.7

L. Xiao, W. Reich, E. Fürst +1

Many physical properties of this SNR such as spectrum and polarization can only be investigated by radio observations. The 11 cm and 6\ cm continuum and polarization observat…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 18 cited

N-body simulations for testing the stability of triaxial galaxies in MOND

Xufen Wu, HongSheng Zhao, Yougang Wang +2

We perform a stability test of triaxial models in MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) using N-body simulations. The triaxial models considered here have densities that vary with $r^…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 9 cited

A Study of Active Galactic Nuclei in Low Surface Brightness Galaxies with Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectroscopy

Lin Mei, Weimin Yuan, Xiaobo Dong

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) in low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) have received little attention in previous studies. In this paper, we present detailed spectral analysis of…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 78 cited

What controls the Fe II strength in active galactic nuclei?

Xiaobo Dong, Jianguo Wang, Luis C. Ho +5

We used a large, homogeneous sample of 4178 z <= 0.8 Seyfert 1 galaxies and QSOs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the strength of Fe II emission and its co…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 149 cited

The spiral structure of our Milky Way Galaxy

L. G. Hou, J. L. Han, W. B. Shi

The spiral structure of our Milky Way Galaxy is not yet known. HII regions and giant molecular clouds are the most prominent spiral tracers. We collected the spiral tracer data of…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 53 cited

Ultra-cool dwarfs: new discoveries, proper motions, and improved spectral typing from SDSS and 2MASS photometric colors

Z. H. Zhang, R. S. Pokorny, H. R. A. Jones +6

Aims. We try to identify ultra-cool dwarfs from the seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR7) with SDSS i-z and r-z colors. We also obtain proper motion data…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 36 cited

Magnetic structure of our Galaxy: A review of observations

J. L. Han

The magnetic structure in the Galactic disk, the Galactic center and the Galactic halo can be delineated more clearly than ever before. In the Galactic disk, the magnetic structure…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 55 cited

A Catalog of Moving Group Candidates in The Solar Neighborhood

Jingkun Zhao, Gang Zhao, Yuqin Chen

Based on the kernel estimator and wavelet technique, we have identified 22 moving group candidates in the solar neighborhood from a sample which includes around 14,000 dwarfs and 6…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 87 cited

NTT, Spitzer and Chandra spectroscopy of SDSSJ095209.56+214313.3: the most luminous coronal-line supernova ever observed, or a stellar tidal disruption event ?

S. Komossa, H. Zhou, A. Rau +9

The galaxy SDSSJ0952+2143 showed remarkable emission-line properties first reported in 2008 (paper I), which are the consequence of a powerful high-energy flare. Here we report fol…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 102 cited

Estimating the H I gas fractions of galaxies in the local Universe

Wei Zhang, Cheng Li, Guinevere Kauffmann +5

We use a sample of 800 galaxies with H I mass measurements from the HyperLeda catalogue and optical photometry from the fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to calib…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 70 cited

An Orbit Fit for the Grillmair Dionatos Cold Stellar Stream

Benjamin A. Willett, Heidi Jo Newberg, Haotong Zhang +2

We use velocity and metallicity information from SDSS and SEGUE stellar spectroscopy to fit an orbit to the narrow stellar stream of Grillmair and Dionatos. The stars in…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 1 cited

Optical Variability of the Radio Source J 1128+5925 -- II. Confirmation of its Optical Quietness

Jianghua Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +3

The source J 1128+5925 was found recently to show strong intraday variability at radio wavelengths and its radio variability may come from interstellar scintillation. In optical, t…