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Near-Infrared Synthetic Images of Protostellar Disks and Envelopes
DOI: 10.1086/506926 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...649..900S

Stassun, K.; Wood, K.; Whitney, B. A. +1 more

We present a grid of near-infrared (IR) synthetic images of pre-main-sequence stars at different stages of evolution, which we simulate by varying envelope mass, disk radius and mass, and outflow cavity shape. Our aim is to determine how variations in physical properties of young stellar objects (e.g., mass infall rate, disk size) affect their obs…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 45
The BH mass of nearby QSOs: a comparison of the bulge luminosity and virial methods
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10878.x Bibcode: 2006MNRAS.373..551L

Falomo, R.; Uslenghi, M.; Treves, A. +1 more

We report on the analysis of the photometric and spectroscopic properties of a sample of 29 low-redshift (z < 0.6) QSOs for which both Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2 images and ultraviolet HST FOS spectra are available. For each object we measure the R-band absolute magnitude of the host galaxy, the CIV(1550Å) linewidth and the 1350Å contin…

2006 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 44
The Morphological Demographics of Galaxies in the Advanced Camera for Surveys Hubble Ultra Deep Parallel Fields
DOI: 10.1086/498344 Bibcode: 2006AJ....131..208M

Infante, Leopoldo; Benítez, Narciso; Blakeslee, John P. +4 more

We present a morphological analysis of distant field galaxies using the deep Advanced Camera for Surveys images from the public parallel Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer observations of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field obtained in the F435W (B435), F606W (V606), F775W (i775), and F850LP (z850

2006 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 44
Large-Scale Activities Associated with the 2003 October 29 X10 Flare
DOI: 10.1086/501000 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...642.1205L

Liu, Chang; Wang, Haimin; Deng, Na +2 more

We present a multiwavelength study focusing on the large-scale activities associated with the 2003 October 29 X10 flare and a halo CME. This event was strong enough to clearly show several large-scale activities, such as remote brightenings, Moreton waves at Hα off-bands, and type II radio bursts, which offers an excellent opportunity to clarify t…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 44
Multiwavelength Star Formation Indicators: Observations
DOI: 10.1086/501529 Bibcode: 2006ApJS..164...52S

Giavalisco, M.; Leitherer, C.; Armus, L. +5 more

We present a compilation of multiwavelength data on different star formation indicators for a sample of nearby star forming galaxies. Here we discuss the observations, reductions and measurements of ultraviolet images obtained with STIS on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), ground-based Hα, and VLA 8.46 GHz radio images. These observations ar…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
ISO eHST 44
The Flux-Rope Scaling of the Acceleration of Coronal Mass Ejections and Eruptive Prominences
DOI: 10.1086/506466 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...649..452C

Schuck, P. W.; Chen, J.; Vourlidas, A. +2 more

The new flux-rope scaling law of the acceleration of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) derived by Chen & Krall is quantitatively tested by comparing the theoretical prediction with the near-Sun acceleration profiles of 13 eruptive prominences (EPs) and four CMEs. A CME and associated EP are assumed to be organized by an underlying magnetic flux ro…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 44
Titan's surface albedo variations over a Titan season from near-infrared CFHT/FTS spectra
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.05.031 Bibcode: 2006P&SS...54.1225N

Lellouch, E.; Rannou, P.; Coustenis, A. +5 more

We have observed Titan in a series of campaigns from 1991 to 1996 with the Fourier Transform Spectrometer on the CFH telescope. The data acquired provide a lightcurve from the geometric albedos in the 0.9- 2.5µm spectral region. The 1991-1993 data were previously analyzed in Coustenis et al. [1995. Titan's surface: composition and variabilit…

2006 Planetary and Space Science
Cassini 44
Global fitting of globular cluster age indicators
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065133 Bibcode: 2006A&A...456.1085M

Weiss, A.; Meissner, F.

Context: .Stellar models and the methods for the age determinations of globular clusters are still in need of improvement.
Aims: .We attempt to obtain a more objective method of age determination based on cluster diagrams, avoiding the introduction of biases due to the preference of one single age indicator.
Methods: .We compute new stella…

2006 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 44
The Dwarf Novae during Quiescence
DOI: 10.1086/501430 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...642.1029U

Sion, Edward M.; Urban, Joel A.

We present a synthetic spectral analysis of nearly the entire far-ultraviolet (FUV) IUE archive of spectra of dwarf novae (DNe) in or near their quiescence. We have examined all of the systems for which the signal-to-noise ratio permitted an analysis. The study includes 53 systems of all DN subtypes both above and below the period gap. The spectra…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
IUE eHST 44
Could electron-positron annihilation lines in the Galactic center result from pulsar winds?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053559 Bibcode: 2006A&A...446..943W

Wang, W.; Pun, C. S. J.; Cheng, K. S.

Observations of a strong and extended positron-electron annihilation line emission in the Galactic center (GC) region by the Spectrometer on the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysical Laboratory (SPI/INTEGRAL) are challenging to the existing models of positron sources in the Galaxy. In this paper, we study the possibility that pulsar winds in the G…

2006 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 44