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Recent publications by Leiden Astronomers

(20 most recent)
arXiv:1305.4804v1 [pdf]
Title:The galaxy population of the complex cluster system Abell 3921
Authors: Florian Pranger, Asmus Böhm, Chiara Ferrari, Antonaldo Diaferio, Richard Hunstead, Sophie Maurogordato, Christophe Benoist, Jarle Brinchmann, Sabine Schindler
Comments: 15 pages, 37 figures
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1305.4768v1 [pdf]
Title:The Host Halos of OI Absorbers in the Reionization Epoch
Authors: K. Finlator, J. A. Muñoz, B. D. Oppenheimer, S. Peng Oh, F. Özel, R. Davé
Comments: 19 pages, 15 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1305.3550v1 [pdf]
Title:LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray
Authors: M. P. van Haarlem, M. W. Wise, A. W. Gunst, G. Heald, J. P. McKean, J. W. T. Hessels, A. G. de Bruyn, R. Nijboer, J. Swinbank, R. Fallows, M. Brentjens, A. Nelles, R. Beck, H. Falcke, R. Fender, J. Hörandel, L. V. E. Koopmans G. Mann, G. Miley, H. Röttgering, B. W. Stappers, R. A. M. J. Wijers, S. Zaroubi, M. van den Akker, A. Alexov, J. Anderson, K. Anderson, A. van Ardenne, M. Arts, A. Asgekar, I. M. Avruch, F. Batejat, L. Bähren, M. E. Bell, M. R. Bell, I. van Bemmel, P. Bennema, M. J. Bentum, G. Bernardi, P. Best, L. Bîrzan, A. Bonafede, A. -J. Boonstra, R. Braun, J. Bregman, F. Breitling, R. H. van de Brink, J. Broderick, P. C. Broekema, W. N. Brouw, M. Brüggen, H. R. Butcher, W. van Cappellen, B. Ciardi, T. Coenen, J. Conway, A. Coolen, A. Corstanje, S. Damstra, O. Davies, A. T. Deller, R. -J. Dettmar, G. van Diepen, K. Dijkstra, P. Donker, A. Doorduin, J. Dromer, M. Drost, A. van Duin, J. Eislöffel, J. van Enst, C. Ferrari, W. Frieswijk, H. Gankema, M. A. Garrett, F. de Gasparin, M. Gerbers, E. de Geus, J. -M. Grießmeier, T. Grit, P. Gruppen, J. P. Hamaker, T. Hassall, M. Hoeft, H. Holties, A. Horneffer, A. van der Horst, A. van Houwelingen, A. Huijgen, M. Iacobelli, H. Intema, N. Jackson, V. Jelic, A. de Jong, D. Kant, A. Karastergiou, A. Koers, H. Kollen, V. I. Kondratiev, E. Kooistra, Y. Koopman, A. Koster, M. Kuniyoshi, M. Kramer, G. Kuper, P. Lambropoulos, C. Law, J. van Leeuwen, J. Lemaitre, M. Loose, P. Maat, G. Macario, S. Markoff, J. Masters, D. McKay-Bukowski, H. Meijering, H. Meulman, M. Mevius, R. Millenaar, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, R. N. Mohan, J. D. Mol, J. Morawietz, R. Morganti, D. D. Mulcahy, E. Mulder, H. Munk, L. Nieuwenhuis, R. van Nieuwpoort, J. E. Noordam, M. Norden, A. Noutsos, A. R. Offringa, H. Olofsson, A. Omar, E. Orrú, R. Overeem, H. Paas, M. Pandey-Pommier, V. N. Pandey, R. Pizzo, A. Polatidis, D. Rafferty, S. Rawlings, W. Reich, J. -P. de Reijer, J. Reitsma, A. Renting, P. Riemers, E. Rol, J. W. Romein, J. Roosjen, M. Ruiter, A. Scaife, K. van der Schaaf, B. Scheers, P. Schellart, A. Schoenmakers, G. Schoonderbeek, M. Serylak, A. Shulevski, J. Sluman, O. Smirnov, C. Sobey, H. Spreeuw, M. Steinmetz, C. G. M. Sterks, H. -J. Stiepel, K. Stuurwold, M. Tagger, Y. Tang, C. Tasse, I. Thomas, S. Thoudam, M. C. Toribio, B. van der Tol, O. Usov, M. van Veelen, A. -J. van der Veen, S. ter Veen, J. P. W. Verbiest, R. Vermeulen, N. Vermaas, C. Vocks, C. Vogt, M. de Vos, E. van der Wal, R. van Weeren, H. Weggemans, P. Weltevrede, S. White, S. J. Wijnholds, T. Wilhelmsson, O. Wucknitz, S. Yatawatta, P. Zarka, A. Zensus, J. van Zwieten
Comments: 56 pages, 34 figures, accepted for publication by A&A
Subjects: astro-ph.IM
arXiv:1305.3151v1 [pdf]
Title:The Spatial Distribution of Organics toward the High-Mass YSO NGC 7538 IRS9
Authors: Karin I. Oberg, Mavis Dufie Boamah, Edith C. Fayolle, Robin T. Garrod, Claudia Cyganowski, Floris van der Tak
Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 33 pages including 15 figures
Subjects: astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1305.3286v1 [pdf]
Title:Scaling relations for galaxy clusters: properties and evolution
Authors: S. Giodini, L. Lovisari, E. Pointecouteau, S. Ettori, T. H. Reiprich, H. Hoekstra
Comments: 38 pages. Review paper. Accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews (eds: S. Ettori, M. Meneghetti). This is a product of the work done by an international team at the International Space Scie
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1305.3138v1 [pdf]
Title:Identifying gaps in flaring Herbig Ae/Be disks using spatially resolved mid-infrared imaging. Are all group I disks transitional?
Authors: K. M. Maaskant, M. Honda, L. B. F. M. Waters, A. G. G. M. Tielens, C. Dominik, M. Min, A. Verhoeff, G. Meeus, M. E. van den Ancker
Comments: 20 pages, 42 Figures
Subjects: astro-ph.SR
arXiv:1305.2761v1 [pdf]
Title:Mass entrainment and turbulence-driven acceleration of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in Centaurus A
Authors: Sarka Wykes, Judith H. Croston, Martin J. Hardcastle, Jean A. Eilek, Peter L. Biermann, Abraham Achterberg, Justin D. Bray, Geoffrey V. Bicknell, Alex Lazarian, Marijke Haverkorn, Ray J. Protheroe, Omer Bromberg
Comments: 13 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to A&A
Subjects: astro-ph.HE
arXiv:1305.1781v1 [pdf]
Title:Photodissociation of interstellar N2
Authors: Xiaohu Li, Alan N. Heays, Ruud Visser, Wim Ubachs, Brenton R. Lewis, Stephen T. Gibson, Ewine F. van Dishoeck
Comments: Online database: http://home.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~ewine/photo
Subjects: astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1305.1625v1 [pdf]
Title:On the origin of the B-stars in the Galactic center
Authors: Ann-Marie Madigan, Yuri Levin, Oliver Pfuhl, Reinhard Genzel, Hagai B. Perets
Comments: 19 pages, 21 figures, 3 tables, submitted to ApJ
Subjects: astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1305.0882v1 [pdf]
Title:The importance of major mergers in the build up of stellar mass in brightest cluster galaxies at z=1
Authors: C. Lidman, G. Iacobuta, A. E. Bauer, L. F. Barrientos, P. Cerulo, W. J. Couch, L. Delaye, R. Demarco, E. Ellingson, A. J. Faloon, D. Gilbank, M. Huertas-Company, S. Mei, J. Meyers, A. Muzzin, A. Noble, J. Nantais, A. Rettura, P. Rosati, R. Sanchez-Janssen, V. Strazzullo, T. M. A. Webb, G. Wilson, R. Yan, H. K. C. Yee
Comments: 15 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Reduced data will be made available through the ESO archive
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1305.0350v1 [pdf]
Title:Detection of galaxy assembly bias
Authors: Lan Wang, Simone M. Weinmann, Gabriella De Lucia, Xiaohu Yang
Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1305.0262v1 [pdf]
Title:On-sky characterisation of the VISTA NB118 narrow-band filters at 1.19 micron
Authors: B. Milvang-Jensen, W. Freudling, J. Zabl, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Moller, K. K. Nilsson, H. Joy McCracken, J. Hjorth, O. Le Fevre, L. Tasca, J. S. Dunlop, D. Sobral
Comments: Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics
Subjects: astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1305.0005v1 [pdf]
Title:Discovery of spectral curvature in the shock downstream region: CIZA J2242.8+5301
Authors: A. Stroe, R. J. van Weeren, H. T. Intema, H. J. A. Röttgering, M. Brüggen, M. Hoeft
Comments: 19 pages, 23 figures; accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Version with high resolution images: http://home.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~astroe/doc/CIZA_gmrt_wsrt_review.pdf
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1304.7408v1 [pdf]
Title:A CO J=3-2 map of M51 with HARP-B: Radial properties of the spiral structure
Authors: C. Vlahakis, P. van der Werf, F. P. Israel, R. P. J. Tilanus
Comments: 26 pages, 18 figures, 7 tables
Subjects: astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1304.7389v2 [pdf]
Title:Embedded Protostars in the Dust, Ice, and Gas In Time (DIGIT) Key Program: Continuum SEDs, and an Inventory of Characteristic Far-Infrared Lines from PACS Spectroscopy
Authors: Joel D. Green, Neal J. Evans II, Jes K. Jørgensen, Gregory J. Herczeg, Lars E. Kristensen, Jeong-Eun Lee, Odysseas Dionatos, Umut A. Yildiz, Colette Salyk, Gwendolyn Meeus, Jeroen Bouwman, Ruud Visser, Edwin A. Bergin, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Michelle R. Rascati, Agata Karska, Tim A. van Kempen, Michael M. Dunham, Johan E. Lindberg, Davide Fedele
Comments: 85 pages, 37 figures; accepted to ApJ
Subjects: astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1304.7126v1 [pdf]
Title:RAMSES-RT: Radiation hydrodynamics in the cosmological context
Authors: Joakim Rosdahl, Jeremy Blaizot, Dominique Aubert, Timothy Stranex, Romain Teyssier
Comments: 46 pages, 37 figures, submitted to MNRAS, comments are welcome
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1304.7156v1 [pdf]
Title:The M_BH - sigma relation for intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters
Authors: Nora Lützgendorf, Markus Kissler-Patig, Nadine Neumayer, Holger Baumgardt, Eva Noyola, P. Tim de Zeeuw, Karl Gebhardt, Behrang Jalali, Anja Feldmeier
Comments: 9 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in A&A
Subjects: astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO
arXiv:1304.6717v1 [pdf]
Title:Are there tangled magnetic fields on HgMn stars?
Authors: O. Kochukhov, V. Makaganiuk, N. Piskunov, S. V. Jeffers, C. M. Johns-Krull, C. U. Keller, M. Rodenhuis, F. Snik, H. C. Stempels, J. A. Valenti
Comments: 12 pages, 11 figures; accepted for publication in A&A
Subjects: astro-ph.SR
arXiv:1304.5436v1 [pdf]
Title:ALMA detection of the rotating molecular disk wind drom the young star HD 163296
Authors: P. D. Klaassen, A. Juhasz, G. S. Mathews, J. C. Mottram. I De Gregorio-Monsalvo, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. Takahashi, E. Akiyama, E. Chapillon, D. Espada, A. Hales, M. R. Hogerheijde, M. Rawlings, M. Schmalzl, L. Testi
Comments: re-submitted to A&A
Subjects: astro-ph.GA
arXiv:1304.5525v1 [pdf]
Title:The environmental dependence of the stellar mass function at z~1: Comparing cluster and field between the GCLASS and UltraVISTA surveys
Authors: Remco F. J. van der Burg, Adam Muzzin, Henk Hoekstra, Chris Lidman, Alessandro Rettura, Gillian Wilson, H. K. C. Yee, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Danilo Marchesini, Mauro Stefanon, Konrad Kuijken
Comments: 18 pages, 11 figures. Re-submitted to A&A after addressing the referee comments. Abstract abridged for arXiv submission
Subjects: astro-ph.CO
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