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math.DS2012★ 3 cited

The entropy of co-compact open covers

Zheng Wei, Yangeng Wang, Guo Wei

Co-compact entropy is introduced as an invariant of topological conjugation for perfect mappings defined on any Hausdorff space(compactness and metrizability not necessarily requir…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 41 cited

Very Metal-Poor Outer-Halo Stars with Round Orbits

Kohei Hattori, Yuzuru Yoshii, Timothy C. Beers +2

The orbital motions of halo stars in the Milky Way reflect the orbital motions of the progenitor systems in which they formed, making it possible to trace the mass-assembly history…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 141 cited

Chemical Abundances in Field Red Giants from High-Resolution H-Band Spectra using the APOGEE Spectral Linelist

Verne V. Smith, Katia Cunha, Matthew D. Shetrone +8

High-resolution H-band spectra of five bright field K, M, and MS giants, obtained from the archives of the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS…

nucl-ex2012★ 56 cited

Medium modification of jet fragmentation in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV measured in direct photon-hadron correlations

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +559

The jet fragmentation function is measured with direct photon-hadron correlations in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV. The p_T of the photon is an excellent approxima…

nucl-ex2012★ 19 cited

An rf-carpet electrospray ion source to provide isobaric mass calibrants for trans-uranium elements

S. Naimi, S. Nakamura, Y. Ito +8

For trans-uranium elements, stable atomic isobars do not exist. In order to provide isobaric reference ions for the mass measurement of trans-uranium elements, an electrospray ion…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 96 cited

Effects of baryon removal on the structure of dwarf spheroidal galaxies

Kenza S. Arraki, Anatoly Klypin, Surhud More +1

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are extremely gas-poor, dark matter-dominated galaxies, which make them ideal to test the predictions of the cold dark matter (CDM) model. We argu…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 92 cited

The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Luminosity and Color Dependence and Redshift Evolution

Hong Guo, Idit Zehavi, Zheng Zheng +40

We measure the luminosity and color dependence and the redshift evolution of galaxy clustering in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Ninth Dat…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 126 cited

The Stellar Metallicity Distribution Function of the Galactic Halo from SDSS Photometry

Deokkeun An, Timothy C. Beers, Jennifer A. Johnson +6

We explore the stellar metallicity distribution function of the Galactic halo based on SDSS ugriz photometry. A set of stellar isochrones is calibrated using observations of severa…

math.AC2012★ 4 cited

Integrally closed rings in birational extensions of two-dimensional regular local rings

Bruce Olberding, Francesca Tartarone

Let be an integrally closed local Noetherian domain of Krull dimension 2, and let be a nonzero element of such that has prime radical. We consider when an integral…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 28 cited

Herschel Observations of Cataclysmic Variables

Thomas E. Harrison, Ryan T. Hamilton, Claus Tappert +2

We have used the PACS instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory to observe eight cataclysmic variables at 70 and 160 microns. Of these eight objects, only AM Her was detected. W…

nucl-ex2012★ 30 cited

Upsilon (1S+2S+3S) production in d+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV and cold-nuclear matter effects

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +491

The three Upsilon states, Upsilon(1S+2S+3S), are measured in d+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV and rapidities 1.2<|y|<2.2 by the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic H…

hep-ph2012★ 45 cited

Pion momentum distributions in the nucleon in chiral effective theory

M. Burkardt, K. S. Hendricks, Chueng-Ryong Ji +2

We compute the light-cone momentum distributions of pions in the nucleon in chiral effective theory using both pseudovector and pseudoscalar pion-nucleon couplings. For the pseudov…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 81 cited

Modeling the distribution of Mg II absorbers around galaxies using Background Galaxies & Quasars

R. Bordoloi, S. J. Lilly, G. G. Kacprzak +1

We present joint constraints on the distribution of MgII absorption around galaxies, by combining the MgII absorption seen in stacked background galaxy spectra and the distribution…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 160 cited

MAGIICAT II. General Characteristics of the MgII Absorbing Circumgalactic Medium

Nikole M. Nielsen, Christopher W. Churchill, Glenn G. Kacprzak

We examine the MgII absorbing circumgalactic medium (CGM) for the 182 intermediate redshift (0.072 < z < 1.120) galaxies in the "MgII Absorber-Galaxy Catalog" (MAGIICAT, Nielsen et…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 53 cited

The Self-Similarity of the Circumgalactic Medium with Galaxy Virial Mass: Implications for Cold-Mode Accretion

Christopher W. Churchill, Nikole M. Nielsen, Glenn G. Kacprzak +1

We apply halo abundance matching to obtain galaxy virial masses, M_h, and radii, Rvir, for the 183 isolated galaxies in the "MgII Absorber-Galaxy Catalog" (MAGIICAT, Nielsen et al.…

math.AT2012

A Comparison of Products in Hochschild Cohomology

Jerry Lodder

We transport Steenrod's cup-i products from the singular cochains on the free loop space Maps(S^1, BG) to Hochschild's original cochain complex Hom (k[G]^*, k[G]) defining Hochschi…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 101 cited

The SEGUE K giant survey II: A Catalog of Distance Determinations for the SEGUE K giants in the Galactic Halo

Xiang-Xiang Xue, Zhibo Ma, Hans-Walter Rix +13

We present an online catalog of distance determinations for K giants, most of which are members of the Milky Way's stellar halo. Their medium-resolution spectra from SDS…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 146 cited

The velocity shear tensor: tracer of halo alignment

Noam I. Libeskind, Yehuda Hoffman, Jaime Forero-Romero +4

The alignment of DM halos and the surrounding large scale structure (LSS) is examined in the context of the cosmic web. Halo spin, shape and the orbital angular momentum of subhalo…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 21 cited

Full 3-D MHD calculations of accretion flow Structure in magnetic cataclysmic variable stars with strong and complex magnetic fields

A. G. Zhilkin, D. V. Bisikalo, P. A. Mason

We performed 3D MHD calculations of stream accretion in cataclysmic variable stars for which the white dwarf primary star possesses a strong and complex magnetic field. These calcu…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 79 cited

Survey of Period Variations of Superhumps in SU UMa-Type Dwarf Novae. IV: The Fourth Year (2011-2012)

Taichi Kato, Franz-Josef Hambsch, Hiroyuki Maehara +85

Continuing the project described by Kato et al. (2009, arXiv:0905.1757), we studied 86 SU UMa-type dwarf novae. We confirmed the general trends such as the relation between period…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 45 cited

The Nature of Starbursts: III. The Spatial Distribution of Star Formation

Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Evan D. Skillman, Julianne J. Dalcanton +5

We map the spatial distribution of recent star formation over a few x 100 Myr timescales in fifteen starburst dwarf galaxies using the location of young blue helium burning stars i…

hep-lat2012★ 88 cited

Strange quark contributions to nucleon mass and spin from lattice QCD

M. Engelhardt

Contributions of strange quarks to the mass and spin of the nucleon, characterized by the observables f_Ts and Delta s, respectively, are investigated within lattice QCD. The calcu…

nucl-ex2012★ 36 cited

Inclusive cross section and single-transverse-spin asymmetry for very forward neutron production in polarized p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +379

The energy dependence of the single-transverse-spin asymmetry, A_N, and the cross section for neutron production at very forward angles were measured in the PHENIX experiment at RH…

hep-ex2012★ 10 cited

Double Spin Asymmetry of Electrons from Heavy Flavor Decays in p+p Collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +381

We report on the first measurement of double-spin asymmetry, A_LL, of electrons from the decays of hadrons containing heavy flavor in longitudinally polarized p+p collisions at sqr…