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Friday, August 30, 2013

Shedding Light on the Matter of Abell 781. (arXiv:1308.6290v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Clustering Measurements of broad-line AGNs: Review and Future. (arXiv:1308.5976v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Viable f(T) models are practically indistinguishable from LCDM. (arXiv:1308.6142v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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A new equation of state for neutron star matter with nuclei in the crust and hyperons in the core. (arXiv:1308.6121v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and X-ray Surveys III: Measurement Biases and Cosmological Evolution of Gas and Stellar Mass Fractions. (arXiv:1209.4082v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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CIV Line-Width Anomalies: The Perils of Low S/N Spectra. (arXiv:1303.3889v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Multi-Wavelength Studies of Spectacular Ram Pressure Stripping of a Galaxy. I. Discovery of an X-ray Absorption Feature. (arXiv:1308.5760v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Sturm und Drang: Supernova-Driven Turbulence, Magnetic Fields, and Cosmic Rays in the Chaotic Starburst Interstellar Medium. (arXiv:1308.5232v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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X-ray photodesorption and proton destruction in protoplanetary disks: pyrimidine. (arXiv:1308.5245v1 [astro-ph.SR])





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Analytical Alignment Tolerances for Off-Plane Reflection Grating Spectroscopy. (arXiv:1308.5370v1 [astro-ph.IM])





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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Steve Ballmer, Meet Ibn Khaldun - NYTimes.com





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Steve Ballmer, Meet Ibn Khaldun - NYTimes.com





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Friday, August 23, 2013

Confirmation Via the Continuum-Fitting Method that the Spin of the Black Hole in Cygnus X-1 is Extreme. (arXiv:1308.4760v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Suppressing hot gas accretion to supermassive black holes by stellar winds. (arXiv:1206.6029v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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Measuring the X-ray Background in the Reionization Era with First Generation 21 cm Experiments. (arXiv:1305.5541v3 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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Thursday, August 22, 2013

EFF: DocuColor Tracking Dot Decoding Guide





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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A statistical analysis of circumstellar material in Type Ia supernovae. (arXiv:1308.3899v1 [astro-ph.SR])





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Saturday, August 17, 2013

YSO accretion shocks: magnetic, chromospheric or stochastic flow effects can suppress fluctuations of X-ray emission. (arXiv:1307.5389v1 [astro-ph.SR])





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Thursday, August 15, 2013

New X-ray Selected Pre-Main Sequence Members of the Serpens Molecular Cloud. (arXiv:1308.2967v1 [astro-ph.SR])





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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

PRIMUS: Infrared and X-ray AGN Selection Techniques at 0.2





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Measuring the Kerr spin parameter of a non-Kerr compact object with the continuum-fitting and the iron line methods. (arXiv:1305.5409v2 [gr-qc] UPDATED)





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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Resonant scattering in the Perseus Cluster: spectral model for constraining gas motions with Astro-H. (arXiv:1308.1956v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Kepler planets: a tale of evaporation. (arXiv:1303.3899v2 [astro-ph.EP] UPDATED)





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Friday, August 2, 2013

Fermi Rules Out the IC/CMB Model for the Large Scale Jet X-ray Emission of 3C 273. (arXiv:1307.8421v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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A setup for soft proton irradiation of X-ray detectors for future astronomical space missions. (arXiv:1307.4204v1 [astro-ph.IM])





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Black holes in Lorentz-violating gravity theories. (arXiv:1307.3359v1 [gr-qc])





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Azimuthally Resolved X-Ray Spectroscopy to the Edge of the Perseus Cluster. (arXiv:1307.3592v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Echoes of multiple outbursts of Sagittarius A* revealed by Chandra. (arXiv:1307.3954v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Tests of the Lorentz and CPT Symmetries at the Planck Energy Scale with X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Observations. (arXiv:1307.6946v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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X-ray observations of powerful AGN outflows - implications for feedback. (arXiv:1307.6700v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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A multi-wavelength view of cooling vs. AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581. (arXiv:1305.0050v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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The Starburst-Driven Molecular Wind in NGC 253 and the Suppression of Star Formation. (arXiv:1307.6259v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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A strongly magnetized pulsar within grasp of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. (arXiv:1307.6331v1 [astro-ph.GA])





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A Chandra/HETGS Census of X-ray Variability From Sgr A* During 2012. (arXiv:1307.5843v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Dissecting X-ray-emitting Gas around the Center of our Galaxy. (arXiv:1307.5845v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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The environment of bright QSOs at z ~ 6: Star forming galaxies and X-ray emission. (arXiv:1307.5854v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Empirical Constraints for the Magnitude and Composition of Galactic Winds. (arXiv:1307.5909v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Searching for Black Holes in Space - the key role of X-ray observations. (arXiv:1307.6136v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Probing the anisotropy of the Milky Way gaseous halo: Sight-lines toward Mrk 421 and PKS2155-304. (arXiv:1307.6195v1 [astro-ph.GA])





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Bringing Simulation and Observation Together to Better Understand the Intergalactic Medium. (arXiv:1307.2244v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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The Hot and Energetic Universe: The Optical Design of the Athena+ Mirror. (arXiv:1307.1709v1 [astro-ph.IM])





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The NuSTAR Extragalactic Survey: A First Sensitive Look at the High-Energy Cosmic X-ray Background Population. (arXiv:1307.1733v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Is There a Crisis in Neutron Star Physics?. (arXiv:1307.1832v1 [astro-ph.SR])





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K$\alpha$ iron line profile from accretion disks around regular and singular exotic compact objects. (arXiv:1307.2106v1 [gr-qc])





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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Selected Galaxy Clusters at 148 GHz from Three Seasons of Data. (arXiv:1301.0816v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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The hard X-ray spectrum of NGC 1365: scattered light, not black hole spin. (arXiv:1303.4309v2 [astro-ph.HE] UPDATED)





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Constraints on Neutrino Mass from Sunyaev--Zeldovich Cluster Surveys. (arXiv:1303.2081v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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Constraints on axion-like particles from X-ray observations of Hydra galaxy cluster. (arXiv:1304.0989v2 [astro-ph.HE] UPDATED)





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The Relative Role of Galaxy Mergers and Cosmic Flows in Feeding Black Holes. (arXiv:1307.0856v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Models of hydrostatic magnetar atmospheres at high luminosities. (arXiv:1208.4212v2 [astro-ph.HE] UPDATED)





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An Optimal and Model-Independent Measurement of the Intracluster Pressure Profile I: Methodology and First Applications. (arXiv:1304.6457v3 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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A Consistent Approach to Falsifying Lambda-CDM with Rare Galaxy Clusters. (arXiv:1210.4369v3 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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Testing Cosmology with Extreme Galaxy Clusters. (arXiv:1111.1184v3 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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The ultraluminous state revisited: fractional variability and spectral shape as diagnostics of super-Eddington accretion. (arXiv:1307.8044v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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PRIMUS: An observationally motivated model to connect the evolution of the AGN and galaxy populations out to z~1. (arXiv:1301.1689v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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The phase lags of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in four black-hole candidates. (arXiv:1308.0142v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Galactic and Cosmic Type Ia SN rates: is it possible to impose constraints on SNIa progenitors?. (arXiv:1308.0137v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Modeling the interaction of thermonuclear supernova remnants with circumstellar structures: The case of Tycho's supernova remnant. (arXiv:1307.8123v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Measuring cosmic distances with galaxy clusters. (arXiv:1307.8152v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Metals in the Intracluster Medium of MS 1512.4+3647 Observed with Suzaku: Implications for the Metal Enrichment History. (arXiv:1307.8334v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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What X-ray source counts can tell about large-scale matter distribution. (arXiv:1212.5891v2 [astro-ph.CO] UPDATED)





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The phase lags of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in four black-hole candidates. (arXiv:1308.0142v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Galactic and Cosmic Type Ia SN rates: is it possible to impose constraints on SNIa progenitors?. (arXiv:1308.0137v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Modeling the interaction of thermonuclear supernova remnants with circumstellar structures: The case of Tycho's supernova remnant. (arXiv:1307.8123v1 [astro-ph.HE])





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Measuring cosmic distances with galaxy clusters. (arXiv:1307.8152v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Metals in the Intracluster Medium of MS 1512.4+3647 Observed with Suzaku: Implications for the Metal Enrichment History. (arXiv:1307.8334v1 [astro-ph.CO])





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Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers with a Hot Nuclear Equation of State: Outflow and Neutrino-Cooled Disk for a Low-Mass, High-Spin Case. (arXiv:1304.3384v2 [astro-ph.HE] UPDATED)





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