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astro-ph2009★ 132 cited

On the Origin of Cores in Simulated Galaxy Clusters

N. L. Mitchell, I. G. McCarthy, R. G. Bower +2

(Abridged) The thermal state of the intracluster medium results from a competition between gas cooling and heating. The heating comes from two distinct sources: gravitational heati…

astro-ph2008★ 48 cited

Abell 851 and the Role of Starbursts in Cluster Galaxy Evolution

A. Oemler, A. Dressler, D. Kelson +5

We use extensive new observations of the very rich z ~ 0.4 cluster of galaxies A851 to examine the nature and origin of starburst galaxies in intermediate-redshift clusters. New HS…

astro-ph2008★ 33 cited

Simultaneous H.E.S.S. and Chandra observations of Sagittarius A* during an X-ray flare

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

The rapidly varying (~10 minute timescale) non-thermal X-ray emission observed from Sgr A* implies that particle acceleration is occuring close to the event horizon of the supermas…

astro-ph2008★ 62 cited

Nucleosynthetic osmium isotope anomalies in acid leachates of the Murchison meteorite

L. Reisberg, N. Dauphas, A. Luguet +3

We present osmium isotopic results obtained by sequential leaching of the Murchison meteorite, which reveal the existence of very large internal anomalies of nucleosynthetic origin…

astro-ph2008★ 62 cited

Very high energy gamma-ray observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

Aims: The nearby galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 are studied in the very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) band to investigate VHE cosmic rays (CRs) in this class of objects wh…

astro-ph2008★ 228 cited

Phase-space structure in the local dark matter distribution and its signature in direct detection experiments

Mark Vogelsberger, Amina Helmi, Volker Springel +6

We study predictions for dark matter phase-space structure near the Sun based on high-resolution simulations of six galaxy halos taken from the Aquarius Project. The local DM densi…

astro-ph2008★ 64 cited

Testing the predictions of the cold dark matter model for the sizes, colours, morphologies and luminosities of galaxies with the SDSS

J. E. Gonzalez, C. G. Lacey, C. M. Baugh +2

The huge size and uniformity of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey makes possible an exacting test of current models of galaxy formation. We compare the predictions of the GALFORM semi-a…

astro-ph2008★ 117 cited

Balancing the Energy Budget between Star-Formation and AGN in High Redshift Infrared Luminous Galaxies

E. J. Murphy, R. -R. Chary, D. M. Alexander +5

(abridged) We present deep Spitzer mid-infrared spectroscopy, along with 16, 24, 70, and 850um photometry, for 22 galaxies located in GOODS-N. The sample spans a redshift range of…

astro-ph2008

A New Window of Exploration in the Mass Spectrum: Strong Lensing by Galaxy Groups in the SL2S

M. Limousin, R. Cabanac, R. Gavazzi +21

The existence of strong lensing systems with Einstein radii (Re) covering the full mass spectrum, from ~1-2" (produced by galaxy scale dark matter haloes) to >10" (produced by gala…

astro-ph2008★ 156 cited

Morphological Composition of z~0.4 groups: The site of S0 formation

D. J. Wilman, A. Oemler, J. S. Mulchaey +3

The low redshift Universe (z<~0.5) is not a dull place. Processes leading to the suppression of star formation and morphological transformation are prevalent: this is particularly…

astro-ph2008

Towards micro-arcsecond spatial resolution with Air Cherenkov Telescope arrays as optical intensity interferometers

W. J. de Wit, S. LeBohec, J. A. Hinton +3

In this poster contribution we highlight the equivalence between an Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) array and an Intensity Interferometer for a range of technical requiremen…

astro-ph2008★ 32 cited

The location and kinematics of the coronal-line emitting regions in AGN

J. R. Mullaney, M. J. Ward, C. Done +2

We use the photoionisation code Cloudy to determine both the location and the kinematics of the optical forbidden, high ionisation line (hereafter, FHIL) emitting gas in the narrow…

astro-ph2008★ 3 cited

Highly ionized gas on galaxy scales: mapping the interacting Seyfert galaxy LEDA 135736

J. Gerssen, D. J. Wilman, L. Christensen +2

We have used the VIMOS IFU to map the properties of the Seyfert 1.9 galaxy LEDA 135736. These maps reveal a number of interesting features including: an Extended Narrow Line Region…

astro-ph2008★ 638 cited

The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons at TeV energies

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

The very large collection area of ground-based gamma-ray telescopes gives them a substantial advantage over balloon/satellite based instruments in the detection of very-high-energy…

astro-ph2008★ 1 cited

Extremely Red Objects in a hierarchical universe

V. Gonzalez-Perez, C. M. Baugh, C. G. Lacey +1

We analyse whether hierarchical formation models based on Lambda cold dark matter cosmology can produce enough massive red galaxies to match observations. For this purpose, we comp…

astro-ph2008★ 28 cited

Massive, red galaxies in a hierarchical universe I. Counts of Extremely Red Objects and basic properties

V. Gonzalez-Perez, C. M. Baugh, C. G. Lacey +1

We present predictions for the abundance and nature of Extremely Red Objects (EROs) in the Lambda cold dark matter model. EROs are red, massive galaxies observed at z>= 1 and their…

astro-ph2008★ 93 cited

Alignment between galaxies and large-scale structure

A. Faltenbacher, Cheng Li, Simon D. M. White +3

Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR6 (SDSS) and Millennium Simulation (MS) we investigate the alignment between galaxies and large-scale structure. For this purpose we develop…

astro-ph2008★ 414 cited

Science with ASKAP - the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

S. Johnston, R. Taylor, M. Bailes +47

[ABRIDGED VERSION] The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries. The SKA will be…

astro-ph2008★ 132 cited

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The spectroscopic QSO catalogue

Scott M. Croom, Gordon T. Richards, Tom Shanks +27

We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) Survey. This is a deep, 18<g<21.85 (extinction corrected), sample aimed at probing in detail…

astro-ph2008★ 113 cited

Limits on an Energy Dependence of the Speed of Light from a Flare of the Active Galaxy PKS 2155-304

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian

In the past few decades, several models have predicted an energy-dependence of the speed of light in the context of quantum gravity. For cosmological sources such as active galaxie…

astro-ph2008★ 112 cited

Discovery of gamma-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant RCW 86 with H.E.S.S

HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

The shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 86, possibly associated with the historical supernova SN 185, with its relatively large size (about 40' in diameter) and the presence of…

astro-ph2008★ 62 cited

The spatial distribution of polar hydrogen deposits on the Moon

V. R. Eke, L. F. A. Teodoro, R. C. Elphic

A new analysis of the Lunar Prospector epithermal neutron data is presented, providing an improved map of the distribution of hydrogen near to the lunar poles. This is achieved usi…

astro-ph2008★ 115 cited

The Fate of Substructures in Cold Dark Matter Haloes

R. E. Angulo, C. G. Lacey, C. M. Baugh +1

We use the Millennium Simulation, a large, high resolution N-body simulation of the evolution of structure in a LambdaCDM cosmology, to study the properties and fate of substructur…

astro-ph2008★ 393 cited

Statistical Analysis of Galaxy Surveys - I. Robust error estimation for 2-point clustering statistics

Peder Norberg, Carlton M. Baugh, Enrique Gaztanaga +1

We present a test of different error estimators for 2-point clustering statistics, appropriate for present and future large galaxy redshift surveys. Using an ensemble of very large…