THE RAYMOND AND BEVERLY SACKLER INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY

PUBLICATIONS 2007

The following are publications in refereed journals of members of the Sackler Institute of Astronomy:

Almoznino, E., Barkana, R., Beck, S. C., Brosch, N., Broadhurst, T. J., Contini, M., Formiggini, L., Goldman, I., Kaspi, S., Kozlovsky, B-Z., Leibowitz, E. M., Levinson, A., Maoz, D., Mazeh, T., Netzer, H., Rephaeli, Y., Sternberg, A. and Zucker, S.

Research workers and graduate students:

Almog. U., Angeloni, R., Arielli, Y., Bar-Or, C., Barzillay, Y., Boger, G., Bromberg, O., Finkelman, I., Dzigan, Y., Horesh, A., Gemel, S., Gnat, O., Hoory, E., Lemze, D., Lipkin, Y., Medezinski, E., Moran, A., Naaman, M., Naoz, S., Ofir, A., Polishook, D., Poznanski, D., Rathouse, B., Tamuz, O., Sadeh, S., Segal, Y., Sharon, K., Schjvarg, L. S., Sirotkin, A., Shporer, A., Trakhtenbrot, B., and Zoran, O.

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Angeloni, R., Contini, M., Ciroi, S. and Rafanelli, P. "Silicates in D-type symbiotic stars: an ISO overview", AJ. 134: 205-213, 2007.

Angeloni, R., Contini, M., Ciroi, S. and Rafanelli, P. "The symbiotic star H1-36. A composite model of line and continuum spectra from radio to ultraviolet", A&A. 471: 825-832, 2007.

Angeloni, R., Contini, M., Ciroi, S. and Rafanelli, P. "Gas and dust spectra of the D' type symbiotic star HD 330036 ", A&A. 472: 497, 2007.

Bakos, G. A., et al including Mazeh, T., Shporer, A. "HD147506b: A Supermassive Planet in an Eccentric Orbit Transiting a Bright Star", ApJ. 670: 826, 2007.

Bakos, G. A. et al including Shporer, A. and Mazeh, T. "HAT-P-5b: A Jupiter-like Hot Jupiter Transiting a Bright Star", ApJ. 671: L173, 2007.

Barkana, R. "On correlated random walks and 21-cm fluctuations during cosmic reionization", MNRAS, 376: 1784-1792, 2007.

Beck, S. C., Turner, J. L. and Kloosterman, J. "The Extraordinary Infrared Spectrum of NGC 1222 (Markarian 603)", AJ. 134: 1237-1244, 2007.

Blustin, A. J., Kriss, G. A., Holczer, T., Behar, E., Kaastra, J. S., Page, M. J., Kaspi, S., Branduardi-Raymont, G. and Steenbrugge, K. C. "The mass-energy budget of the ionized outflow in NGC 7469", A&A. 466: 107-118, 2007.

Bouché, N. et al including Sternberg, A. "Dynamical Properties of z~2 Star-forming Galaxies and a Universal Star formation Relation", ApJ. 671: 303, 2007.

Bromberg, O. and Levinson A. "Hydrodynamic Collimation of Relativistic Outflows: Semianalytic Solutions and application to Gamma-Ray Burst", ApJ. 671: 678, 2007.

Brosch, N., Davies, J., Festou, M. and Gérard, J. C. "A View to the Future: Ultraviolet Studies of the Solar System", Astrophys. Space. Sci. (2005) 303: 103-122.

Brosch, N., Kniazev, A. Y. et al. "The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited"* MNRAS, 382: 1809, 2007.

*based on observations obtained with the South African Large Telescope (SALT)

Contini, M. and Contini, T. "Comparison of dust-to-gas ratios in luminous, ultraluminous and hyper luminous infrared galaxies", Astronomical Notes (Astronomische Nachrichten), 328: 953, 2007

Davies, R., et al including Sternberg, A. "A Close Look at Star Formation around Active Galactic Nuclei", ApJ. 671: 1388, 2007.

Demory, B.-O. et al including Mazeh, T. "Characterization of the hot Neptune GJ 436 b with Spitzer and ground-based observations", A&A. 475: 1125, 2007.

Eggenberger, A., Udry, S., Mazeh, T., Segal, Y. and Mayor, M. "No evidence of a hot Jupiter around HD 188753 A", A&A. 466: 1179-1183, 2007.

Fohlmeister, J., et al including Maoz, D. "A Time Delay for the Cluster-Lensed Quasar SDSS J1004+4112", ApJ. 662: 62-71, 2007.

Frye, B. L., et al including Broadhurst, T. and Sharon, K. "The Sextet Arcs: A Strongly Lensed Lyman Break Galaxy in the ACS Spectroscopic Galaxy Survey toward Abell 1689", ApJ. 665: 921-935, 2007.

Fu, J-N., et al including Leibowitz, E. and Lipkin, Y. "Asteroseismology of the PG 1159 star PG 0122+200", A&A. 467: 237-248, 2007.

Gillon, M., et al including Mazeh, T. "Accurate Spitzer infrared radius measurement for the hot Neptune GJ 436b", A&A. 471: L51-L54, 2007.

Gillon, M., et al, including Mazeh, T. and Shporer, A. "Detection of transits of the nearby hot Neptune GJ 436b", A&A. 472: L13-L16, 2007.

Giovanelli, R., et al including Brosch, N. "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: III. HI Source Catalog of the Northern Virgo Cluster region", AJ. 133: 2569-2583, 2007.

Gnat, O. and Sternberg, A. "Time-dependent Ionization in Radiatively Cooling Gas", ApJ. Supp. 168: 213, 2007.

Henry, A.L., et al including Beck, S. C. "Brackett Lines from the Super Star Cluster Nebulae in HE 2-10", AJ. 133: 757, 2007.

Holczer Tomer, Behar Ehud, and Kaspi Shai. "Absorption Measure Distribution of the Outflow in IRAS 13349+2438: Direct Observation of Thermal Instability?" ApJ. 663:799-807, 2007.

Jee, M. J. et al including Broadhurst, T. J. "Discovery of a Ringlike Dark Matter Structure in the Core of the Galaxy Cluster Cl 0024+17", ApJ. 661: 728-749, 2007.

Kaspi, S., Brandt, W.N., Maoz, D., Netzer, H., Schneider, D. P., and Shemmer, O. "Reverberation Mapping of High-Luminosity Quasars: First Results", ApJ. 659: 997-1007, 2007.

Kent, B. R., et al including Brosch, N. "Optically Unseen H I Detections toward the Virgo Cluster Detected in the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey", AJ. 665: L15-L18, 2007.

Levinson, A. "On the Origin of Rapid Flares in TeV Blazers", ApJ. 671: L29, 2007.

Lutz, D., et al including Netzer, H., "PAH emission and star formation in the host of the z~2/56 Cloverleaf QSO", ApJ. 661: L25-L28, 2007.

Maiolino, R., Shemmer, O., Imanishi, M., Netzer, H., Oliva, E., Lutz, D., Sturm, E. "Dust covering factor, silicate emission and star formation in luminous QSOs" A&A, 468: 979-992, 2007.

Mannucci, F., et al including Maoz, D., Sharon, K. "The supernova rate in local galaxy clusters", MNRAS, on line early, 2007

Maoz, D. "Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei: Are They UV-Faint and Radio Loud?" MNRAS, 377: 1696-1710, 2007.

Medezinski, E., Broadhurst, T., Rephaeli, Y. et al. "Using weak-Lensing Dilution to Improve Measurements of the Luminous and Dark Matter in A1689", ApJ. 663: 717-733, 2007.

Mugrauer, M., Neuhaeuser, R. and Mazeh, T. "The multiplicity of exoplanet host stars - Spectroscopic confirmation of the companions GJ3021B and HD27442B, one new planet host triple-star system, and global statistics", A&A, 469: 755-770, 2007.

Murphy, R. J., Kozlovsky B., Share, G. H., Hua, X.-M. and Lingenfelter, R. E. "Using Gamma-Ray and Neutron Emission to Determine Solar Flare Accelerated Particle Spectra and Composition and the Conditions within the Flare Magnetic Loop", ApJ. Supp. 168: 167, 2007.

Naoz, S. and Barkana, R. "The formation and gas content ot high-redshift galaxies and minihaloes", MNRAS, 377: 667-676, 2007.

Naoz, S. and Shaviv, N. J. "Open cluster birth analysis and multiple spiral arm sets in the Milky Way", New Astronomy, Volume 12, Issue 5: 410-421, 2007.

Nati, F., et al including Rephaeli, Y. "The OLIMPO experiment", New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 51, Issue 3-4: 385, 2007.

Netzer, H. and Trakhtenbrot, B. "Cosmic Evolution of Mass Accretion Rate and Metallicity in Active Galactic Nuclei", ApJ. 654: 754, 2007.

Netzer, H. et al. "Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST). II. The Spectral Energy Distributions of Palomer-Green Quasars". ApJ. 666: 806-816, 2007.

Netzer, H., Lira, P., Trakhtenbrot, B., Shemmer, O. and Cury, I. "Black Hole Mass and Growth Rate at High Redshift", ApJ. 671: 1256, 2007.

Orosz, J.A. et al, including Shporer, A. and Mazeh T. "A 15.65-solar-mass black hole in an eclipsing binary in the nearby spiral galaxy M 33", Nature, Volume 449, Issue 7164, pp. 872-875, 2007.

Persic, M. and Rephaeli, Y. "Galactic star formation rates gauged by stellar endproducts", A&A. 463: 481, 2007.

Pont, F., et al including Mazeh, T. "The "666" collaboration on OGLE transits. I Accurate radius of the planets OGLE-TR-10b and OGLE-TR-56b with VLT deconvolution photometry", A&A. 465: 1069-1074, 2007.

Poznanski, D., Maoz, D. and Gal-Yam, A. "Bayesian single-Epoch Photometric Classification of Supernovae", AJ. 134: 1285-1297, 2007.

Poznanski, D., Maoz, D., Sharon, K., et al. "Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field: an initial sample and Type Ia rate out to redshift 1.6", MNRAS, 382: 1169, 2007.

Rephaeli, Y., Sadeh, S. and Shimon, M. "Modeling integrated properties and the polarization of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect", New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 51, Issue 3-4: 350, 2007.

Röllig, M. et al including Sternberg, A. "A PDR-Code Comparison Study", A&A. 467: 187-206, 2007.

Sadeh, S., Rephaeli, Y. and Silk, J. "Cluster abundances and Sunyaev-Zeldovich power spectra: effects of non-Gaussianity and early dark energy", MNRAS, 380: 637-645, 2007.

Schoedel, R. et al including Sternberg, A. "The structure of the nuclear stellar cluster of the Milky Way", A&A. 469: 125-146, 2007.

Shara, M. et al including Ofek, E. and Brosch, N. "An ancient nova shell around the dwarf nova Z Camelopardalis" Nature, 446: L159, 2007.

Sharon, K., Gal-Yam, A., Maoz, D., Filippenko, A. V. and Guhathakurta, P. "Supernovae in Low-Redshift Galaxy Clusters: The Type Ia Supernova Rate", ApJ. 660: 1165-1175, 2007.

Shporer, A., Hartman, J., Mazeh, T. and Pietsch, W. "Photometric analysis of the optical counterpart of the black hole HMXB M 33 X-7" A&A. 462: 1091, 2007.

Shporer, A., Tamuz, O., Zucker, S., and Mazeh, T. "Photometric follow-up of the transiting planet WASP-1b", MNRAS, 376: 1296-1300, 2007.

Silvotti, R. et al., including Leibowitz, E. "A giant planet orbiting the 'extreme horizontal branch' star V391 Pegasi", Nature, Volume 449, Issue 7159, pp. 189-191, 2007.

Umetsu, K., Takada, M. and Broadhurst, T. "Probing the Cluster Mass Distribution using Subaru Weak Lensing Data", astro-ph. 2007.

Winn, J. N., et al including Shporer, A. and Mazeh, T. "The Transit Light Curve Project. V. System Parameters and Stellar Rotation Period of HD 189733", AJ. 133: 1828-1835, 2007.

Yahata, K. et al including Broadhurst, T. "The Effect of FIR Emission from SDSS Galaxies on the SFD Galactic Extinction Map", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol. 59, No.1: 205-219, 2007.

Zucker, S. and Mazeh, T. Erratum: "TIRAVEL-Template-Independent RAdial VELocity measurement", MNRAS. 379: 399-399, 2007.

Zucker, S., Mazeh, T. and Alexander, T. "Beaming Binaries: A New Observational Category of Photometric Binary Stars". ApJ. 670: 1326, 2007.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Angeloni, R., Contini, M., Ciroi, S. and Rafanelli, P. "Gas and dust spectral analysis of the D'-type symbiotic star HD330036", to appear in the proceedings of Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae IV Meeting - La Palma, Spain, June 2007.

Davies, R. et al including Sternberg, A. "Eddington-limited Starbursts in the Central 10 pc of AGN and the Torus in NGC 1068", The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, vol. 373, proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October 2006 at Xi'ann Jioatong University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang, p.639

Gnat, O. and Sternberg, A. "Time-Dependent Cooling", 2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #113.08.

Kaspi, S. "Advances in Reverberation Mapping", The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, vol. 373, proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October 2006 at Xi'ann Jioatong University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang, p.13.

Levinson A. and Bromberg, O. "Collimation and Radiative Deceleration of Jets in TeV AGN's", Proceedings of "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows", held in Dublin Ireland, September 24-28, 2007.

Levinson, A. "Neutrino-Driven Mass Loading of GRMHD Outflows", The Multicolored Landscape of Compact Objects and Their Explosive Origins. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 924, pp. 26-31 (2007) American Institute of Physics.

Levinson, A. "Phenomenology of Gamma-Ray Jets", Proceedings, Huangshan meeting on "Astrophysics of Compact Objects".

Mazeh, T., Tamuz, O. and North, P. "Analysis of the Eclipsing Binaries in the LMC Discovered by OGLE: Period Distribution and Frequency of the Short-Period Binaries" Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #240, held 22-25 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Edited by W. I. Hartkopf, E. F. Guinan and P. Harmanec. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 230-235.

Melrose, D. B., et al including Kozlovsky, B-Z. "Commission 10: Solar Activity". IAU Transaction, Vol. 26A, Reports on Astronomy 2002-2005. Edited by O. Engvold. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. pp. 75-88.

Moutou, C., et al including Mazeh, T., Tamuz, O. and Zucker, S. "Expected Performance of the CoRoT Planet Search from Light Curve Beauty Contests", Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop ASP Conference Series, Vol. 366, Proceedings of the conference held 25-28 September, 2006 at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. Edited by C. Afonso, D. Weldrake and Th. Henning. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007, p. 127.

Mugrauer, M., Neuhaeuser, R., Mazeh, T. and Guenther, E. W. "Multiplicity study of Exoplanet host Stars", Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, International Astronomical Union Symposium # 240, held 22-25 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, S240, p. 329.

Netzer, H. and Shields, J.C. "Conference Summary", The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, vol. 373, proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October 2006 at Xi'ann Jioatong University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang, p.753

Okuda, H. et al including Brosch, N. "Commission 44: Space and High Energy Astrophysics" IAU Transaction, Vol. 26A, Reports on Astronomy 2002-2005. Edited by O. Engvold. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. pp. 319-326.

Orio, M. et al including Leibowitz, E. "X-ray grating spectra of RS Ophiuchi in outburst", The Multicolored Landscape of Compact Objects and Their Explosive Origins. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 924, pp. 540-545, (2007) American Institute of Physics.

Retter, A., Zhang, B., Siess, L., Levinson, A. and Marom, A. "The planets-Capture Model of V838 Monocerotis", The Nature of V838 Mon and its Light Echo Asp Conference Series, Vol. 324, Proceedings of the conference held 16-19 May 2006 in Los Concajos, La Palma, Spain. Edited by Romano, L. M. Corradi and Ulisse Munari. San Francisco: ASP. 2007, p.271.

Rupke, D. et al including Netzer, H., Sternberg, A. and Maoz, D. "Uncovering the Active Galactic Nuclei in Low-ionization Nuclear Emission-line Regions with Spitzer", The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, vol. 373, proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October 2006 at Xi'ann Jioatong University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang, p.525.

Schweitzer, M. et al including Netzer, H. and Sternberg, A. "Silicate Emission in AGN: Emission from the Torus or (and) extended Emission?" The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, vol. 373, proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October 2006 at Xi'ann Jioatong University, Xi'an, China. Edited by Luis C. Ho and Jian-Min Wang, p.501

Sharon, K. et al., including Maoz, D. "Survey for Supernovae in Massive High-Redshift Clusters", The Multicolored Landscape of Compact Objects and Their Explosive Origins. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 924, pp. 460-463, (2007) American Institute of Physics.

Shporer, A., Mazeh, T., Moran, A., Bakos, G., Kovacs, G. "Searching for Variables in one of the WHAT fields", Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop ASP Conference Series, Vol. 366, Proceedings of the conference held 25-28 September, 2006 at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. Edited by C. Afonso, D. Weldrake and Th. Henning. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007, p.99.

Sullivan, D. J., et al including Leibowitz, E. M. and Ibbetson, P. "The Hottest Known DBV White Dwarf", 15th European Workshop on White Dwarfs SP Conference Series, Vol. 372, proceedings of the conference held 7-11 August, 2006 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Edited by Ralf Napiwotzki and Mathew R. Burleigh. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007, p.629.

Vauclair, G., et al including Leibowitz, E. M. and Lipkin, Y. "Abell 43 and PG 0122+200: a Look at the Beginning and at the End of the PG 1159 Instability Strip", 15th European Workshop on White Dwarfs SP Conference Series, Vol. 372, proceedings of the conference held 7-11 August, 2006 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Edited by Ralf Napiwotzki and Mathew R. Burleigh. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007, p.641.

Vignali, C., Brandt, W. N., Shemmer, O., Steffen A., Schneider, D. P. and Kaspi, S. "The Realm of the First Quasars in the Universe: the X-ray view", "Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei" (Xi'an, China, October 2006). Eds. Ho, L. C. and Wang, J-M., ASP conference series. 2007. p.724.

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Almoznino, E. "TAUVEX on GSAT4444: Observational prospects and constraints" Bull. Astr, Soc. India, 35: 209-222, 2007.

Brosch, N. and Almoznino, E. "Galaxy surveys and science with TAUVEX", Bull. Astr, Soc. India, 35: 283-293, 2007.

Brosch, N., Almoznino, E., Netzer, H., Naaman, M., Yacoby, E. R., Topaz, J. and Saar, N. "Calibrating TAUEX: turning space hardware into a scientific instrument", Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 35: 187-208, 2007.

Netzer, H. "AGN research with TAUVEX", Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 35: 255-260, 2007.

IN PRESS

Leibowitz, E. M. and Formiggini, L. "Activity cycle of the giant star of Z Andromedae and its spin period", accepted for publication in MNRAS, 2007.

Nelson, T., et al including Leibowitz, E. M. "X-ray Spectroscopy of the 2006 Outburst of RS Oph", accepted for publication in the ApJ. 2007.

Saintonge, A., et al including Brosch, N. "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey: V. HI Source Catalog of the Anti-Virgo Region at dec=27 degrees", accepted for publication in the AJ. 2007.