The Daily Brew
Selected astro-ph abstracts for Monday November 12
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A Population of Faint Extended Line Emitters and the Host Galaxies of
Optically Thick QSO Absorption Systems
Michael Rauch, Martin Haehnelt, Andrew Bunker, George Becker, Francine
Marleau, James Graham, Stefano Cristiani, Matt J. Jarvis, Cedric Lacey, Simon
Morris, Celine Peroux, Huub Roettgering, and Tom Theuns
arXiv:0711.1354
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The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. II. The Central Brightness Profiles of
Early-Type Galaxies: A Characteristic Radius on Nuclear Scales and the
Transition from Central Luminosity Deficit to Excess
Patrick Cote, Laura Ferrarese, Andres Jordan, John P. Blakeslee,
Chin-Wei Chen, Leopoldo Infante, David Merritt, Simona Mei, Eric W. Peng,
John L. Tonry, Andrew A. West, Michael J. West
arXiv:0711.1358
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Molecular Star Formation Rate Indicators in Galaxies
Desika Narayanan (Arizona), Thomas J. Cox (CfA), Yancy Shirley
(Arizona), Romeel Dave (Arizona), Lars Hernquist (CfA), Christopher K. Walker
(Arizona)
arXiv:0711.1361
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Searching for the Precursors of Life in External Galaxies
B. Lawton (1), C. W. Churchill (1), B. A. York (2), S. L. Ellison (2),
T. P. Snow (3), R. A. Johnson (4), S. G. Ryan (5), C. R. Benn (6) ((1) New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA, (2) University of Victoria,
Victoria, Canada, (3) University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, (4) Oxford
Astrophysics, Oxford, UK, (5) University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, (6)
Isaac Newton Group, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain)
arXiv:0711.1372
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The Formation of the First Stars II. Radiative Feedback Processes and
Implications for the Initial Mass Function
Christopher F. McKee (1), Jonathan C. Tan (2) ((1) Depts. of Physics
and Astronomy, UC Berkeley; (2) Dept. of Astronomy, University of Florida)
arXiv:0711.1377
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The Star Formation Demographics of Galaxies in the Local Volume
Janice C. Lee, Robert C. Kennicutt, Jose G. Funes, S.J., Shoko Sakai,
Sanae Akiyama
arXiv:0711.1390
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Exoplanet HD209458b: inflated hydrogen atmosphere but no sign of
evaporation
Lotfi Ben-Jaffel
arXiv:0711.1432
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Expected z>5 QSO number counts in large area deep near-infrared surveys
Fabio Fontanot, Rachel S. Somerville, Sebastian Jester
(Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg)
arXiv:0711.1440
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Integral-field spectroscopy of a Lyman-Break Galaxy at z=3.2: evidence
for merging
N.P.H. Nesvadba, M.D. Lehnert, R.I. Davies, A. Verma, F. Eisenhauer
arXiv:0711.1491
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The role of minor mergers in the recent star formation history of
early-type galaxies
S. Kaviraj, S. Peirani, S. Khochfar, J. Silk and S. Kay
arXiv:0711.1493
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Orbital Parameters and Chemical Composition of Four White Dwarfs in
Post-Common Envelope Binaries
Adela Kawka, Stephane Vennes, Jean Dupuis, Pierre Chayer, Thierry Lanz
arXiv:0711.1526
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