Interesting Astrophysics: Jan 12 - Jan 16

Another week, and another dose of preprints (and maybe some actual refereed papers too) that strike my fancy. There are a decent number of papers on or related to starbursts, and even a few papers that can be loosely considered as somewhat related to galactic winds as well, both of which are nice.

"Interesting Astrophysics" will return in two weeks time.

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Galaxies and Starbursts

Magnetic structure of our Galaxy: A review of observations
J. L. Han, arXiv:0901.1165 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 10+1 pages. Invited Review for IAU Symp.259: Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies (Tenerife, Spain. Nov.3-7, 2009). K.G. Strassmeier, A.G. Kosovichev & J.E. Beckman (eds.)

Yes, I know this is very similar to the Han conference proceedings (arXiv:0901.0040) in last week's Interesting Astrophysics.

Cosmic-ray driven dynamo in the medium of irregular galaxy
Hubert Siejkowski, Marian Soida, Katarzyna Otmianowska-Mazur, Michał Hanasz, Dominik Bomans, arXiv:0901.1566 [pdf, other]
Comments: 2 pages, 2 figures, To be published in "Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies", K.G. Strassmeier, A.G. Kosovichev & J.E. Beckman, eds., Proc. IAU Symp. 259, CUP

Cluster magnetic fields from galactic outflows
J. Donnert, K. Dolag, H. Lesch and E. Müller, 2008, MNRAS, 392, 1008
Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 55539K)

Modelling Starbursts in HII Galaxies: What do we need to fit the observations?
M. L. Martin-Manjon, M. Molla, A. I. Diaz, R. Terlevich, arXiv:0901.1186 [ps, pdf, other
Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, proceedings to "Star-forming Dwarf Galaxies:
Ariadne's Thread in the Cosmic Labyrinth", Crete, 2008

The role of E+A and post-starburst galaxies I. Models and model results
Marie Aylin Falkenberg, Uta Fritze, arXiv:0901.1665 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: accepted for publication in MNRAS; 14 pages, 21 figures;

Role of galactic gaseous halos in recycling enriched winds from bulges to disks: A new bulge-disk chemical connection
K. Bekki, T. Tsujimoto, M. Chiba, arXiv:0901.1355 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 13 pages, 4 figures (1 color), accepted by ApJL

I must take time out to read this at some point.

Radio Recombination Lines toward the Galactic Center Lobe
C. J. Law, D. Backer, F. Yusef-Zadeh, R. Maddalena, arXiv:0901.1480 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Accepted to ApJ. 17 pages, 9 figures, emulateapj style

An Ultra Compact Dwarf around the Sombrero galaxy (M104): the Nearest Massive UCD
George K. T. Hau, Lee R. Spitler, Duncan A. Forbes, Robert N. Proctor, Jay Strader, J. Trevor Mendel, Jean P. Brodie, William E. Harris, arXiv:0901.1693 [pdf, other]
Comments: 5 pages, MNRAS Letters accepted

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AGN and Black Holes

AGN and starburst in bright Seyfert galaxies: from IR photometry to IR spectroscopy
Luigi Spinoglio, Silvia Tommasin, Matthew A. Malkan, arXiv:0901.1212 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Invited talk at the conference "A Long Walk Through Astronomy: a celebration of the scientific contributions of Luis Carrasco on his 60th Birthday", October 15-17, 2008, Huatulco, Oaxaca (Mexico). Editors: E. Recillas, L. Aguilar, A. Luna, J.R. Valdes. To be published in the RevMexAA (Serie de Conferencias)

Do Moderate-Luminosity AGN Suppress Star Formation?
Kevin Schawinski, Shanil Virani, Brooke Simmons, C. Megan Urry, Ezequiel Treister, Sugata Kaviraj, Bronika Kushkuley, arXiv:0901.1663 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. 7 pages, 4 figures

Kinematic and Excitation Structure of the NGC 1068 Narrow-Line Region
Shinobu Ozaki, arXiv:0901.1704 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 18 pages, 17 figures. Accepted for publication in PASJ

This has some nice-looking work on radiation-driven clouds, which I really should spend some time reading more carefully.

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Numerical Astrophysics and Hydrodynamics

Gas Stripping in Simulated Galaxies with a Multiphase ISM
Stephanie Tonnesen, Greg L. Bryan, arXiv:0901.2115 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 17 pages, 12 figures, accepted in ApJ

3D numerical model of the Omega Nebula (M17): simulated thermal X-ray emission
J. Reyes-Iturbide, P. F. Velazquez, M. Rosado, A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, R. F. Gonzalez, A. Esquivel, arXiv:0901.2142 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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Stars, Star Clusters and Planets

Spitzer View of Young Massive Stars in the LMC HII Complex N44
C.-H. Rosie Chen, You-Hua Chu, Robert A. Gruendl, Karl D. Gordon, Fabian Heitsch, <arXiv:0901.1328 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 63 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication for ApJ; some figures
in jpeg format to meet the size limit; preprint with high resolution images
can be found at this http URL

Highly Accelerated Diamagnetic Plasmoids: A New X-ray Production Mechanism for OB Stellar Winds
Wayne L. Waldron, Joseph P. Cassinelli, arXiv:0901.1405 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters, 4 pages, 4 figures (color), 1 table