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Selected astro-ph abstracts for Tuesday 2009 April 21

A blind HI survey in the Canes Venatici region.
K. Kovac, T. A. Oosterloo, J. M. van der Hulst
arXiv:0904.2775v1
Very high efficiency photospheric emission in long duration gamma-ray bursts.
Davide Lazzati (NCSU), Brian J. Morsony (Wisconsin), Mitch Begelman (JILA)
arXiv:0904.2779v1
On The Maximum Mass of Stellar Black Holes.
Krzysztof Belczynski, Tomasz Bulik, Chris L. Fryer, Ashley Ruiter, Jorick S. Vink, Jarrod R. Hurley
arXiv:0904.2784v1
Old, Rich, and Eccentric: Two Jovian Planets Orbiting Evolved Metal-Rich Stars.
Kathryn M. G. Peek, John Asher Johnson, Debra A. Fischer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Gregory W. Henry, Andrew W. Howard, Jason T. Wright, Thomas B. Lowe, Sabine Reffert, Christian Schwab, Peter K. G. Williams, Howard Isaacson, Matthew J. Giguere
arXiv:0904.2786v1
A complete sample of 21-cm absorbers at z~1.3: Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Survey Using MgII Systems.
N. Gupta (ATNF), R. Srianand (IUCAA), P. Petitjean (IAP), P. Noterdaeme (IUCAA), D. J. Saikia (NCRA)
arXiv:0904.2878v1
Molecular Clouds as Cosmic-Ray Barometers.
S. Casanova, F. A. Aharonian, Y. Fukui, S. Gabici, D. I. Jones, A. Kawamura, T. Onishi, G. Rowell, K. Torii, H. Yamamoto
arXiv:0904.2887v1
Deep 2MASS Photometry of M67 and Calibration of the Main Sequence J-Ks Color Difference as an Age Indicator.
Ata Sarajedini, Aaron Dotter, Allison Kirkpatrick
arXiv:0904.2907v1
Measurement of the scintillation time spectra and pulse-shape discrimination of low-energy beta and nuclear recoils in liquid argon with DEAP-1.
M.G. Boulay, B. Cai, M. Chen, V.V. Golovko, P. Harvey, R. Mathew, J.J. Lidgard, A.B. McDonald, P. Pasuthip, T. Pollman, P. Skensved, K. Graham, A.L. Hallin, D.N. McKinsey, W.H. Lippincott, J. Nikkel, C.J. Jillings, F. Duncan, B. Cleveland, I. Lawson
arXiv:0904.2930v1
How to suppress the shot noise in galaxy surveys.
U. Seljak, N. Hamaus, V. Desjacques
arXiv:0904.2963v2
Bulk composition of the transiting hot Neptune around GJ 436.
P. Figueira, F. Pont, C. Mordasini, Y. Alibert, C. Georgy, W. Benz
arXiv:0904.2979v1
Determination of the cosmic far-infrared background level with the ISOPHOT instrument.
M. Juvela (1), K. Mattila (1), D. Lemke (2), U. Klaas (2), C. Leinert (2), Cs. Kiss (3) ((1) Observatory, University of Helsinki, (2) Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie, Heidelberg, (3) Konkoly Observatory, Budapest)
arXiv:0904.2997v1
On the derivation of dynamical masses of the stellar clusters in the circumnuclear region of NGC2903.
Guillermo F. Hagele, Angeles I. Diaz, Monica V. Cardaci, Elena Terlevich, Roberto Terlevich
arXiv:0904.3006v1
The density, the cosmic microwave background, and the proton-to-electron mass ratio in a cloud at redshift 0.9.
C. Henkel, K.M. Menten, M.T. Murphy, N. Jethava, V.V. Flambaum, J.A. Braatz, S. Muller, J. Ott, R.Q. Mao
arXiv:0904.3081v1
On the Metal-Richness of M Dwarfs with Planets.
John A. Johnson, Kevin Apps
arXiv:0904.3092v1

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