Fall 2007 Journal Club

September 18

Zhiyuan Li

Paper: Chandra Detection of Diffuse Hot Gas In and Around the M31 Bulge

(ApJ Letters, in press, astro-ph/0708.3077)

Authors: Z. Li and Q. D. Wang

Kim Scott

Paper: Dynamical Properties of z~2 Star Forming Galaxies and a Universal Star Formation Relation

(ApJ, in press, astro-ph/0706.2656)

Authors: N. Bouche et al.

September 25

Yuxi Chen

Paper: Strong Size Evolution of the Most Massive Galaxies Since z~2

(MNRAS, in press, astro-ph/0709.0621)

Authors: I. Trujillo, C. Conselice, K. Bundy, M. C. Cooper, P. Eisenhardt, and R. S. Ellis

Guilin Liu

Paper: Dust and Atomic Gas in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies of the M81 Group: the SINGS and THINGS View

(ApJ, in press, astro-ph/0702378)

Authors: F. Walter et al.

October 2

Yu Lu

Paper: The Formation of Galaxy Disks in a Hierarchical Universe

(MNRAS, in press, astro-ph/0703380

Authors: M. J. Stringer and A. J. Benson

Yun Li

Paper: The Evolution of Dark Matter Halo Properties in Clusters, Filaments,

Sheets and Voids

(MNRAS, in press, astro-ph/0704.2595)

Authors: O. Hahn, C. Marcella Carollo, C. Porciani, and A. Dekel

October 9

NO JOURNAL CLUB (Monday class schedule will be followed)

October 16

Shikui Tang

Paper: On the onset of galactic winds in quiescent star forming galaxies

(A&A, submitted, astro-ph/0707.3376)

Authors: Y. Dubois & R. Teyssier

Sanchayetta Borthakur

Paper: Relationships Between the HI 21-cm Line Strength, MgII Equivalent Width and Metallicity in Damped Lyman-alpha Absorption Systems

(MNRAS, in press, astro-ph/0709.2207)

Authors: S. J. Curran, P. Tzanavaris, Y. M. Pihlstroem, J. K. Webb

October 23

Yicheng Guo

Paper: Image Decomposition of Barred Galaxies and AGN Hosts

(MNRAS, submitted, astro-ph/0708.3870)

Authors: D. A. Gadotti

Jay Austermann

Paper: Environments of z > 5 Quasars: Searching for Protoclusters at Submillimeter wavelengths

(MNRAS, submitted, astro-ph/0709.0610)

Authors: R. S. Priddey, R. J. Ivison, and K. G. Issak

October 30

Hui Dong

Paper: HCN Observations of Dense Star-Forming Gas in High-Redshift Galaxies

(ApJ Letters, 2007, 660, L93)

Authors: Y. Gao, C. Carilli, P. Solomon, and P. Vanden Bout

Bing Jiang

Paper: Chandra View of DA 530: A Sub-Energetic Supernova Remnant with a Pulsar Wind Nebula?

(ApJ, in press, astro-ph/0708.0953)

Authors: B. Jiang, Y. Chen, and Q. D. Wang

November 6

Will Fischer

Paper: Magnetospheric Accretion-Ejection Processes in the Classical T Tauri Star

AA Tauri

(A&A, 2007, 463, 1017)

Authors: J. Bouvier et al.

Limin Song

Paper: A Large Population of Metal-Rich, Compact, Intergalactic C IV Absorbers - Evidence for Poor Small-Scale Metal Mixing

(MNRAS, 2007, 379, 1169)

Authors: J. Schaye, R. F. Carswell, and T.-S. Kim

November 13

Cindy Wu

Paper: Abundant Dust Found in Intergalactic Space

(ApJ Letters, 2006, 651, L107)

Authors: E. Xilouris, P. Alton, J. Alikakos, K. Xilouris, P. Boumis, and C. Goudis

Seth Johnson

Paper: Reborn Fireballs in Gamma-Ray Bursts

(MNRAS Letters, in press, astro-ph/0709.1945)

Authors: G. Ghisellini, A. Celotti, G. Ghirlanda, C. Firmani, and L. Nava

November 20

No journal club this week

November 27

Jiangtao Li

Paper: HST/STIS spectroscopy of the environment in the starburst core of M82

(ApJ, in press, astro-ph/0708.3311)

Authors: M. S. Westmoquette, L. J. Smith, J. S. Gallagher, R. W. O'Connell, D. J. Rosario, and R. de Gris

Yiming Li

Paper: Three-Dimensional Simulations of Inflows Irradiated by a Precessing Accretion Disk in Active Galactic Nuclei: Formation of Outflows

(ApJ, submitted, astro-ph/0709.0951)

Authors: R. Kurasawa and D. Proga

December 4

Christina Williams

Paper: H2D+ Line Emission in Proto-Planetary Disks

(A&A, 2007, 471, 187)

Authors: A. Asenio Ramos, C. Ceccarelli, and M. Elitzur

Neil Patel

Paper: How Galaxies Lose their Angular Momentum

(MNRAS, 2006, 372, 1525)

Authors: E. D'Onghia, A. Burkert, G. Murante, and S. Khochfar

December 11

Ilsang Yoon

Paper: The Kinematics of the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites: Solving the

Missing Satellite Problem

(ApJ, in press, astro-ph/0706.0516)

Authors: J. D. Simon and M. Geha

Sungryong Hong

Paper: Mapping Large-Scale Gaseous Outflows in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with Keck II ESI Spectra: Spatial Extent of the Outflow

(ApJ 2006, 647, 222)

Authors: C. L. Martin