THE RAYMOND AND BEVERLY SACKLER INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY

PUBLICATIONS 2005

The following are publications of members of the Sackler Institute of Astronomy:

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

Research workers and graduate students:

Arielli, Y., Atar. O., Boger, G., Bromberg, O., Horesh, A., Gnat, O., Helled, R., Hoory, E., Lemze, D., Lipkin, Y., Markus, B., Medezinski, E., Moran, A., Naaman, M., Naoz, S., Ofek, E. O., Ofir, A., Peles. O., Polishook, D., Poznanski, D., Raban, D., Sadeh, S., Sharon, K., Schjvarg, L. S., Shelef, E., Shimon, M., Shotz, I., Sirotkin, A., Shporer, A., Zoren, O., and Zucker, S.

Guest observers and their co-authors.

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Almoznino, E., Brosch, N., Shara, M and Zurek, D. "The deepest Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet observations in the Large Magellanic Cloud", MNRAS, 357: 645, 2005.

Ardila, D. R., Lubow, S. H., Golimowski, D. A., Krist, J. E., Clampin, M., Ford, H. C., Hartig, G. F., Illingworth, G. D., Bartko, F., BenItez, N., and 29 coauthors including Broadhurst, T. "A Dynamical Simulation of the Debris Disk around HD 141569A", ApJ. 627: 986, 2005.

Barkana, R. and Loeb, A. "A Method for Separating the Physics from the Astrophysics of High-Redshift 21 Centimeter Fluctuations", AJ. 624: L65, 2005.

Barkana, R. and Loeb, A. "Detecting the Earliest Galaxies through Two New Sources of 21 Centimeter Fluctuations", ApJ. 626: 1, 2005.

Barkana, R. and Loeb, A. "Probing the epoch of early baryonic infall through 21-cm fluctuations", MNRAS, 363: L36, 2005.

Bender, C., Simon, M., Prato, L., Mazeh, T. and Zucker, S. "An Upper Bound on the 1.6 Micron Flux Ratio of the Companion to fho Coronae Borealis", AJ. 129: 402, 2005.

Beskin, G. et al including Brosch, N."FAVOR (Fast Variability Optical Registration) – Two-telescope Complex for Detection and Investigation of Short Optical Transients" II.Nuovo Cimento, Societa Italiana di Fisica. 2005.

Boger, Gai I. and Sternberg, Amiel. "CN and HCN in Dense Interstellar Clouds", AJ. 632: 302, 2005.

Broadhurst, T., Takada, M., Umetsu, K., Kong, X., Arimoto, N.., Chiba, M. and Futamase, T. "The Surprisingly Steep Mass Profile of A1689, from a Lensing Analysis of Subaru Images", ApJ. 619: L143, 2005.

Broadhurst, T., Benitez, N., Coe, D., Sharon, K., et al including Steindling, S. "Strong-Lensing Analyisis of A 1689 from Deep Advanced Camera Images", ApJ. 621: 53, 2005.

Cavaliere, A., Lapi, A. and Rephaeli, Y. "Intracluster Entropy from Joint X-Ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Observations", ApJ. 634: 784, 2005.

Chelouche, D. and Netzer, H. "Dynamical and Spectarl Modeling of the Ionises Gas and Nuclear Environment in NGC 3783", ApJ. 625: 95, 2005.

Côté, S., Wyse, R. F. G., Carignan, C., Freeman, K.C. and Broadhurst, T. "Probing Halos of Galaxies at Very Large Radii Using Background QSOs", ApJ. 618: 178, 2005.

Csák. B., Kiss, L. L., Retter, A., Jacob, A. and Kaspi, S. "Spectroscopic monitoring of the transition phase in nova V4745 Sgr", A&A. 429: 599, 2005.

Davies, R. I., Sternberg, A., Lehnert, M. D. Tacconi-Garman, L. E. "Molecular Hydrogen Excitation around Active Galactic Nuclei", ApJ. 633: 105, 2005.

Demarco, R., et al including Broadhurst, T. J. "A VLT spectroscopic survey of RX J0152.7-1357, a forming cluster of galaxies at z=0.837", A&A. 432: 381, 2005.

Diego, J. M., Sandvik, H. B., Protopapas, P., Tegmark, M., Benitez, N. and Broadhurst, T. "Non-parametric mass reconstruction of A1689 from strong lensing data with the Strong Lensing Analysis Package", MNRAS, 362: 1247, 2005.

Gabel, J.R., et al including Kaspi, S. and Netzer, H. "The Ionized Gas and Nuclear Environment in NGC 3783. V. Variability and Modeling of the Intrinsic Ultraviolet Absorption", ApJ. 631: 741-761, 2005.

Giovanelli, R., Haynes, M. P., Kent, B. R., et al including Brosch, N. "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey. I. Science Goals, Survey Design, and Strategy", AJ. 130: 2598, 2005.

Giovanelli, R., Haynes, M. P., Kent, B. R., et al including Brosch, N. "The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey. II. Results of Precursor Observations", AJ. 130: 2613, 2005.

Goto, T., et al including Broadhurst, T. J. "Luminosity Functions of the Galaxy Cluster MS 1054-0321 at z=0.83 based on ACS Photometry", ApJ. 621: 188, 2005.

Holczer, T., Behar, E., and Kaspi, S. "Is the Fe M-Shell Absorber Part of the Outflow in Active Galactic Nuclei?", ApJ. 632: 788, 2005.

Holden, B. P.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Postman, M.; Illingworth, G. D.; Demarco, R.; Franx, M.; Rosati, P.; Bouwens, R. J.; Martel, A. R.; Ford, H.; and 34 coauthors including Broadhurst, T. "Evolution in the Cluster Early-Type Galaxy Size-Surface Brightness Relation at z~=1", ApJ. 626: 809, 2005.

Homeier et al including Broadhurst, T. J. "The Transformation of Cluster Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift", ApJ. 621: 651, 2005.

Horesh, A., Ofek, E.O., Maoz, D., Bartelmann, M., Menghetti, M., Rix, H-W. "The Lensed Arc Production Efficiency of Galaxy Clusters: A Comparison of Matched Observed and Simulated Samples", ApJ. 633: 768, 2005.

Israel, G. I., et al including Rephaeli, Y. "The Discovery of Rapid X-Ray Oscillations in the Tail of the SGR 1806-20 Hyperflare", ApJ. 628: L53, 2005.

Kanaan, A., including Leibowitz, E. M., Ibbetson, P. and Mendelson, H. "Whole Earth Telescope observations of BPM 37093: A seismological test of crystallization theory in white dwarfs", A&A. 432: 219, 2005.

Kaspi, S., Maoz, D., Netzer, H., Peterson, B. M., Vestergaard, M. and Jannuzi, B.T. "The Relationship between Luminosity and Broad-Line Region Size in Active Galactic Nuclei", ApJ. 629: 61. 2005.

Kraemer, S. B., George, I. M., et al including Netzer, H. "Simultaneous Ultraviolet and X-Ray Observations of Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4151. I. Physical Conditions in the X-Ray Absorbers", ApJ. 633: 693, 2005.

Krist, J. H., et al including Broadhurst, T. "Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Coronagraphic Imaging of the AU Microscopii Debris Disk", AJ. 129: 1008. 2005.

Levinson, A., Melrose, D., Judge, A and Luo, O. "Large-Amplitude, Pair-creating Oscillations in Pulsar and Black Hole Magnestospheres", ApJ. 631: 456, 2005.

Levinson, A. and Eichler, D. "The Difference between the Amati and Ghirlanda Relations", ApJ. 629: L13, 2005.

Loeb, A., Barkana, R. and Hernquist, L. "Was the Universe Reionized at Redshift 10?" ApJ. 620: 553, 2005.

Lombardi, M., et al including Broadhurst, T. J. "Hubble Space Telescope ACS Weak-Lensing Analysis of the Galaxy Cluster RDCS 1252 9-2927at z = 1.24", AJ. 623: 42, 2005.

Lutz, D., Valiente, E., Sturm, E., Genzel, R., Tacconi, L. J., Lehnert, M. D., Sternberg A. and Baker, A. J. "Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Two Luminous Submillimeter Galaxies at z ~ 2.8" ApJ. 625: L83, 2005.

Maiz-Appellániz, J., Bond, H. E., Siegel, M. H., Lipkin,Y., Maoz, D., Ofek, E. O. and Poznanski, D. "Erratum: "The Progenitor of the Type II-P SN 2004dj in NGC 2403", (ApJ. 615: L113, 2004) ApJ. 618: L61, 2005.

Maoz, D. "Monitoring projects (review) 25 Years After the Discovery: Some Current Topics on Lensed QSOs" Edited by Luis J. Goicoechea (UC, Spain)

On-line at http://grupos.unican.es/glendama/e-Proc.htm, p1. 2005.

Maoz, D., Nagar, N. M., Falcke, H., and Wilson, A. S. "The Murmur of the Sleeping black Hole: Detection of Nuclear Ultraviolet Variability in LINER Galaxies", ApJ. 625: 699, 2005.

Maoz, D., Waxman, E. and Loeb, A. "The Remnants of Intergalactic Supernovae", ApJ. 632: 847, 2005.

Mazeh, T., Zucker, S. and Pont, F. "An intriguing correlation between the masses and periods of the transiting planets", MNRAS, 356: 955, 2005.

Mignoli, M.; Cimatti, A.; Zamorani, G.; Pozzetti, L.; Daddi, E.; Renzini, A.; Broadhurst, T.; Cristiani, S.; D'Odorico, S.; Fontana, A.; and 4 coauthors "The K20 survey. VII. The spectroscopic catalogue: Spectral properties and evolution of the galaxy population", A&A. 437: 883, 2005

Mugrauer, M., Neuhäuser, R., Seifahrt, A., Mazeh, T. and Guenther, E "Four new wide binaries among exoplanet host stars", A&A. 440: 1051, 2005.

Mugrauer, M., Neuhäuser, R., Guenther, E. and Mazeh, T. "The multiplicity of exoplanet host stars", Astron. Nachr., 326: 629, 2005.

Naoz, S. and Barkana, R. "Growth of linear perturbations before the era of the first galaxies", MNRAS. 362: 1047, 2005.

Netzer, H., Lemze, D., Kaspi, S., George, I.M., Turner, T.J., Lutz, D., Boller, T. and Chelouche, D. "XMM-Newton Spectroscopy of the Starburst-Dominated Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy NGC 6240", ApJ. 629: 739, 2005.

Oguri, M., Takada, M., Umetsu, K. and Broadhurst T. "Can the Steep Mass Profile of A 1689 Be Explained by a Triaxial Dark Hole". ApJ. 632: 841, 2005.

Peterson, B. M., Bentz, M. C., et al including Kaspi, S. "Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Dwarf Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4395. I. A Reverberation-based Measurement of the Black Hole Mass", ApJ. 632: 799, 2005.

Postman, M., et al including Broadhurst, T. "The Morphology-Density Relation in z ~ 1 Clusters" ApJ. 623: 721, 2005.

Pustilnik, S.A., Engels, D., Lipovetsky, V.A., Kniazev, A.Y., Pramskij, A.G., Ugryumov, A.V., Masegosa, J., Izotov, Y.I., Chaffee, F., Marquez, I., Teplyakova, A.L., Hopp, U., Brosch, N., Hagen, H.-J. and Martin, J.-M. "The Hamburg/SAO survey for emission-line galaxies. VI. The sixth list of 126 galaxies", A&A. 442: 109, 2005.

Pustilnik, S.A., Engels, D., Lipovetsky, V.A., Kniazev, A.Y., Pramskij, A.G., Ugryumov, A.V., Masegosa, J., Izotov, Y.I., Chaffee, F., Marquez, I., Teplyakova, A.L., Hopp, U., Brosch, N., Hagen, H.-J. and Martin, J.-M. "Hamburg/SAO Survey for ELGs. VI. (Pustilnik+, 2005) VizieR On-line Data Catalog. J/A+A/442/109. (Originally published in 2005A&A. 442:109)

Radovich, M., Cirio, S., Contini, M., Rafanelli, P., Afanasiev, V. L. and Dodonov, S. N. "The peculiar galaxy Mkn 298 revisited with integral field spectroscopy", A&A. 431: 813, 2005.

Rattenbury, N.J. et al including Maoz, D. "Determination of stellar shape in microlensing event MAO 2002-BLG-33", A&A. 439: 645, 2005.

Rodriguez-Ardila, A., Contini, M. and Viegas, S.M. "The continuum and narrow-line region of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 766", MNRAS, 357: 220, 2005.

Sadeh, S. and Rephaeli, Y. "Sunyaev Zeldovich cluster counts as a probe of intra-supercluster gas", New Astronomy, 10: 560, 2005.

Schweitzer, M., Sturm, E., et al including Sternberg, A. and Maoz, D. "Silicate emission in active galaxies – From LINERs to QSOs", Astron, Nachr., 326: 556, 2005.

Sharon, K, Ofek, O., Smith, G.P., Broadhurst, T., Maoz, D., Kochanek, C.S., Oguri, M., Suto, Y., Inada, N. and Falco, E.E. "Discovery of Multiply Imaged Galaxies behind the Cluster and Lensed Quasar SDSS J1004+4112", ApJ. 629: L73, 2005.

Shugarov, S. Y. et al, including Shemmer, O. and Lipkin, Y. "Photometric Evolution of the Orbital Light Curves of the Slow Nova V723 Cas", Astrophysics and Space Science, 296: 431, 2005.

Sturm, E., et al including Sternberg, A. and Maoz, D. "Silicate Emissions in Active Galaxies: From LINERS to QSOs", ApJ. 629: L21, 2005.

Tamuz, O., Mazeh, T. and Zucker, S. "Correcting systematic effects in a large set of photometric light curves", MNRAS, 356: 1466, 2005.

Umetsu, Keiichi., Broadhurst, Tom., Takada, Masahiro., Kong, Xu. "The Mass Profile of Abell 1689 from a Lensing Analysis of Deep Wide Field Subaru Images", JKAS, 38: 191, 2005.

Vignali, C., Brandt, W. N.., Schneider, D. P. and Kaspi, S. "X-Ray Lighthouses of the High-Redshift Universe. II. Further Snapshot Observations of the Most Luminous z>~4 Quasars with Chandra", AJ. 129: 2519, 2005.

Wood, M. A., Robertson, J. R., et al including Leibowitz, E. M. and Ibbetson, P. "DQ Herculis in Profile: Whole Earth Telescope Observations and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations of an Edge-on Cataclysmic Variable System", ApJ. 634: 570, 2005.

Zirm, Andrew W., Overzier, R. A., Miley, G. K., Blakeslee, J. P., Clampin, M.; De Breuck, C., Demarco, R., Ford, H. C., Hartig, G. F., Homeier, N., and 36 coauthors including Broadhurst, T. "Feedback and Brightest Cluster Galaxy Formation: ACS Observations of the Radio Galaxy TN J1338-1942 at z = 4.1", ApJ. 630: 68, 2005.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Choi, Y.J., Prialnick, D. and Brosch, N. "Thermal Structure of Centaur Objects", American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #37, #56.04. Published 2005.

Côté, S., Wyse, R.F.G., Carignan, C., Freeman, K.C. and Broadhurst, T. "Probing Galaxy Halos at Large Radii using Background QSOs", Extra-Planar Gas. ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 331. Edited by Robert Braun. Proceedings of the meeting held at Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, 7-11 June, 2004, San Francisco. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005, p.379.

Gal-Yam, A., Maoz, D., Sharon, K., Prada, F., Gubathakurta, P. and Filippenko, A.V. "Supernovae in Galaxy Clusters". Cosmic Explosions, On the 10^th Anniversary of SN1993J. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 192. Edited by J.M. Marcaide and Kurt W. Weiler. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol.99. Berlin: Springer, 2005. p. 367.

Gnat, O. and Sternberg, A. "Photo-ionized Gas in Dark-Matter Mini-halos in the Galactic halo and Local Group", Extra-Planar Gas, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 331. Edited by Robert Braun. Proceedings of the meeting held at Wingeloo, the Netherlands, 7-11 June, 2004. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005, p.97. 2005.

Kaspi, S. "High-resolution X-ray spectra of quasars". Dynamics of Populations of Planetary Systems, Proceedings of IAU Colloquium #197, held 31 August – 4 September, 2004 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Edited by Z. Knezevic and A. Milani. Cambridge University Press, p.41. Publication date 2005

Linder, S. M., Kriss, G., Lee, J., Brandt, W. N., Kaspi, S. Ogle, P. and Reynolds, C. "Properties of the Dust in IRAS 13349+2438 Warm Absorber", A.A.S. Meeting 206, #11.14

Maoz, D. "Supernova Rates in Galaxy Clusters", 1604-2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 342, Proceedings of the Conference held 15-19 June, 2004 in Padua, Italy. Edited by M. Turatto, S. Benetti, L. Zampieri and W. Shea. San Francisco Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005. p. 149.

Maoz, D. and Gal-Yam, A. "Constraints on SN Ia Progenitors and ICM Enrichment from Field and Cluster SN Rates". Cosmic Explosions, On the 10^th Anniversary of SN1993J. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 192. Edited by J.M. Marcaide and Kurt W. Weiler. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol.99. Berlin: Springer, 2005., p. 561.

Maoz D. "Quasar Lensing Statistics and Omega _Lambda.: What Went wrong?" Gravitational Lensing Impact on Cosmology, IAU Symposium, vol. 225. Edited by Yannick Mellier and Georges Meylan, ISBN 0521851963. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 413.

Masi, N., Calvo, L., Conversi, P. et al including Rephaeli, Y. "OLIMPO: a multi-frequency survey of galaxy clusters and of the cosmic millimetric background", proceedings of the Fermi School 'Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology', editors: F. Melchiorri and Y. Rephaeli, in press, 2005.

Mazeh, T. "The Transiting Planets", Stellar Astrophysics with the World's Largest Telescopes: First International Workshop on Stellar Astrophysics with the World's largest Telescopes, Proceeding of the conference held 7-10 September 2004 in Torun, Poland. Edited by Joanna Mikolajewska and Arkadiusz Olech. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 752. New York: American Institute of Physics, 2005: p. 29. 2005.

Melrose, D., Levinson. A., Judge, A., Luo, Q. "Oscillating pair creation in pulsar magnetospheres", Magnetic Fields in the Universe: From Laboratory and Stars to Primordial Structures. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 784: 274, 2005.

Netzer, H. "NLRs, BLRs and Starbursts at high redshift" Dynamics of Populations of Planetary Systems, Proceedings of IAU Colloquium #197, held 31 August – 4 September, 2004 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Edited by Z. Knezevic and A. Milani. Cambridge University Press, p.389. Publication date 2005

Orio, M., Rauch, T., Tepedelenlioghu, E. and Leibowitz, E. "White Dwarfs Undergoing Hydrogen Shell Burning in Single Degenerate Binary Systems", The Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Proceedings of ASP Conference Vol. 330. Edited by J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005., p.305.

Persic, M. and Rephaeli, Y. "2-100 keV Spectrum of an Actively Star Forming Galaxy", ESA SP-552: Proceedings of the 5^th INTEGRAL workshop, "The INTEGRAL Universe", editors: V. Schonfelder, G. Lichti and C. Winkler. 2005

Poznanski, D., Gal-Yam, A., Maoz, D., Filippenko, A.V., Leonard, D.C. and Matheson, T. "Using Multi-Band Photometry to Classify Supernovae". Cosmic Explosions, On the 10^th Anniversary of SN1993J. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 192. Edited by J.M. Marcaide and Kurt W. Weiler. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol.99. Berlin: Springer, 2005., p.373.

Poznanski, D., Sharon, K., Maoz, D. and Gal-Yam, A. "Deep and Wide Supernova Surveys", 1604-2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 342, Proceedings of the Conference held 15-19 June, 2004 in Padua, Italy. Edited by M. Turatto, S. Benetti, L. Zampieri and W. Shea. San Francisco Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005. p. 495..

Rephaeli, Y. "Aspects of Nonthermal Phenomena in Clusters" 35^th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18 – 25 July 2004, in Paris, France. p.2380. Publication date 2005.

Rephaeli, Y. "Relativistic Electrons and Magnetic Fields in Clusters of Galaxies", proceedings of the 10^th Marcel Grossmann meeting, eds. M. Novello, S. Perez-Bergliaffa and R. Ruffini, (World Scientific, Singapore) 2005.

Rephaeli, Y., Sadeh, S. and Shimon, M. "The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect", Proceedings of the Fermi School 'Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology', editors: F. Melchiorri and Y. Rephaeli, 2005, in press.

Sharon, K., Broadhurst, T., Benitez, N., Coe, D., Ford, H., ACS Science Team. "Strong Lensing Analysis of A1689 from Deep ACS Images", Gravitational Lensing Impact on Cosmology, IAU Symposium, Vol. 225. Edited by Yannick Mellier and Georges Meylan, ISBN 0521851963. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press, 2005, p.167.

Sharon, K., Poznanski, D. and Maoz, D. "Deep Supernova Searched and Supernova Rates: New Predictions and Comparison to Observations", 1604-2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 342, Proceedings of the Conference held 15-19 June, 2004 in Padua, Italy. Edited by M. Turatto, S. Benetti, L. Zampieri and W. Shea. San Francisco Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005. p. 503.

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Ofek, E. O. and Lipkin Y. GRB050410: null detection report. GRB Coordinates Network Circular Service, 3225, 1 (2005)

Ofek, E., Berwald, A., Polishook, D., Lipkin, Y. and Manulis I. "Minor Planet Observations" [097 Wise Observatory, Mitzpeh Ramon] MPC 53630, 6O, 02/2005.

Ofek, E., Berwald, A., Polishook, D. and Manulis, I. "Minor Planet Observations" [097 Wise Observatory, Mitzpeh Ramon] MPC 54345, 6O, 06/2005.

Smith, E., Swank, J., Markwardt, C., Rephaeli, Y., Gruber, D., Persic, M., Rothschild, R. "SGR 1806-20.RXTE-PCA observations of the 041227 super-flare" GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service, 2927, 1 (2005)

Woods et al including Rephaeli, Y. "SGR 1806-20. RXTE/PCA pulse frequency during flare" GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service, 2950, 1 (2005)

EDITED VOLUME

F. Melchiorri and Y. Rephaeli, "Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology", proceedings of a 2004 Enrico Fermi Summer School, 2005.