Kavli Affiliate: David Charbonneau | First 5 Authors: David Charbonneau, , , , | Summary: I present a review of observational efforts to study known extrasolar planets by methods that are complementary to the radial velocity technique. I describe the current state of attempts to detect and characterize such planets by astrometry, by reflected light, […]
Kavli Affiliate: John Carlstrom | First 5 Authors: J. E. Carlstrom, J. Kovac, E. M. Leitch, C. Pryke, | Summary: We review the current status and future plans for polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, as well as the cosmology these measurements will address. After a long period of increasingly sensitive upper limits, […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael Gladders | First 5 Authors: Michael D. Gladders, Henk Hoekstra, H. K. C. Yee, Patrick B. Hall, L. Felipe Barrientos | Summary: The incidence of giant arcs due to strong-lensing clusters of galaxies is known to be discrepant with current theoretical expectations. This result derives from a comparison of several cluster samples […]
Kavli Affiliate: Andrey V. Kravtsov | First 5 Authors: Andrey V. Kravtsov, , , , | Summary: One of the most puzzling properties of observed galaxies is the universality of the empirical correlation between the star formation rate and average gas surface density on kiloparsec scales (the Schmidt law). In this study I present results […]
Kavli Affiliate: Wayne Hu | First 5 Authors: Wayne Hu, , , , | Summary: Cluster number counts offer sensitive probes of the dark energy if and only if the_evolution_ of the cluster mass versus observable relation(s) is well calibrated. We investigate the potential for internal calibration by demanding consistency in the counts as a […]
Kavli Affiliate: Richard D. Robinson | First 5 Authors: Richard D. Robinson, Myron A. Smith, Gregory W. Henry, , | Summary: gamma Cas (B0.5e) is known to be a unique X-ray source because ot its moderate L_x, hard X-ray spectrum, and light curve punctuated by ubiquitous flares and slow undulations. Its X-ray peculiarities have led […]
Kavli Affiliate: Robert Rosner | First 5 Authors: Alexandros Alexakis, Yuan-Nan Young, Robert Rosner, , | Summary: We study the weakly non-linear development of shear-driven gravity waves, and investigate the mixing properties of the finite amplitude solutions. Calculations to date have been restricted to the linear theory, which predicts that gravity waves are amplified by […]
Kavli Affiliate: Wendy Freedman | First 5 Authors: Wendy L. Freedman, , , , | Summary: New, large, ground and space telescopes are contributing to an exciting and rapid period of growth in observational cosmology. The subject is now far from its earlier days of being data-starved and unconstrained, and new data are fueling a […]
Kavli Affiliate: Jonathan L. Rosner | First 5 Authors: Jonathan L. Rosner, , , , | Summary: An elementary description of CP violation for the non-specialist is presented. This article, for publication in {it Macmillan Encylopedia of Physics, Supplement: Elementary Particle Physics}, is being submitted to the Archive for comments by colleagues. | Search Query: […]
Kavli Affiliate: Emil Martinec | First 5 Authors: Emil Martinec, Will McElgin, , , | Summary: We consider worldsheet string theory on $Z_N$ orbifolds of $AdS_3$ associated with conical singularities. If the orbifold action includes a similar twist of $S^3$, supersymmetry is preserved, and there is a moduli space of vacua arising from blowup modes […]