Interesting Astrophysics: 03-13 Aug, 2009

In addition to the usual crop of galaxy-related papers I tend to find most interesting there have been a rash of both interesting AGN and massive star stellar wind papers. Papers of particular note are Harris & Zaritsky (star formation history of the LMC), Behar (Seyfert galaxy outflows) and three papers by Parkin et. al., Pittard, and Owocki (all related to stellar wind theory).

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Galaxies and Starbursts

The Star Formation History of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Jason Harris, Dennis Zaritsky, arXiv:0908.1422 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 20 pages, with color figures. Accepted for publication in AJ

Dust-Corrected Star Formation Rates of Galaxies. I. Combinations of H-alpha and Infrared Tracers
Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr., Cai-Na Hao, Daniela Calzetti, John Moustakas, Daniel A. Dale, George Bendo, Charles W. Engelbracht, Benjamin D. Johnson, Janice C. Lee, arXiv:0908.0203 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 75 pages, 22 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

The properties of the stellar populations in ULIRGs I: sample, data and spectral synthesis modelling
J.Rodriguez-Zaurin, C.N.Tadhunter, R.M.Gonzalez-Delgado, arXiv:0908.0269 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: accepted for publication in MNRAS

Quantified Morphology of HI Disks in the Universe
B. W. Holwerda, W. J. G. de Blok, A. Bouchard, S-L. Blyth, K. van der Heyden, N. Prizkal, arXiv:0908.0693 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, proceeding of the conference "Panoramic Radio Astronomy: Wide-field 1-2 GHz research on galaxy evolution", June 02 - 05 2009, Groningen

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Black Holes and AGN

The OPTX Project III: X-ray versus Optical Spectral Type for AGNs
L. Trouille, A. J. Barger, L. L. Cowie, Y. Yang, R. F. Mushotzky, arXiv:0908.0002 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. 11 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables

Constraining the Spin of the Black Hole in Fairall 9 with Suzaku
S. Schmoll, J. M. Miller, M. Volonteri, E. Cackett, C. S. Reynolds, A. C. Fabian, L. W. Brenneman, G. Miniutti, L. C. Gallo, arXiv:0908.0013 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ

Isotropic Mid-Infrared Emission from the Central 100 pc of Active Galaxies
N. A. Levenson, J. T. Radomski, C. Packham, R. E. Mason, J. J. Schaefer, C. M. Telesco, arXiv:0908.0036 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures; accepted for publication in ApJ

AGN/starburst connection in action: the half million second RGS spectrum of NGC1365
M.Guainazzi, G.Risaliti, A.Nucita, Junfeng Wang, S.Bianchi, R.Soria, A.Zezas, arXiv:0908.0268 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 13 pages, 10 figures

Density Profiles in Seyfert Outflows
Ehud Behar, arXiv:0908.0539 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: submitted to ApJ

A 100-kpc inverse Compton X-ray halo around 4C60.07 at z=3.79
Ian Smail, B.D. Lehmer, R.J. Ivison, D.M. Alexander, R.G. Bower, J.A. Stevens, J.E. Geach, C.A. Scharf, K.E.K. Coppin, W.J.M. van Breugel, arXiv:0908.0819 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: ApJL, in press

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Stars, Supernovae and Planets

The interactions of winds from massive young stellar objects: X-ray emission, dynamics, and cavity evolution
E. R. Parkin, J. M. Pittard, M. G. Hoare, N. J. Wright, J. J. Drake, arXiv:0908.0468 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 19 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

3D models of radiatively driven colliding winds in massive O+O star binaries - II. Thermal radio to sub-mm emission
J. M. Pittard, arXiv:0908.1003 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 25 pages, 21 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Radiation Hydrodynamics of Line-Driven Winds
Stan Owocki, arXiv:0908.1565 [ps, pdf, other]
Comments: 14 pages. to appear in "Recent Directions in Astrophysical Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Hydrodynamics"