Publication list of the members of the
¹ Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy,
² Wise Observatory,
guest observers, and co-authors.

> 1997	1997	1996	1995	< 1995

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Alcock, C., with 56 other authors, Heller ^1,2,A., .Kaspi ^1,2,S., Kovo^1,2,O., Maoz^1,2,D. and
Retter^1,2,A. included. "MACHO Alert 95-30: First Real-Time Observation of Extended Source Effects in Gravitational Microlensing", Ap. J. 491: 436-450, December 1997.

Alexander ^1,2,T. and Netzer^1,2,H. "Bloated stars as AGN broad-line clouds: the emission-line profiles", MNRAS, 284: 967-980, 1997

Alexander ^1,2,T. "Bloated Stars as AGN broad-line clouds: the emission-line reponse to continuum variations". MNRAS, 285: 891-897, March 1997.

Brosch^1,2,N., and Almoznino^1,2,E. "Extragalactic Dust VI: Arp 155", Astrophysical Letters and Communications, 35: 371-381.

Brosch^1,2,N., Formiggini^1,2,L., Almoznino^1,2,E., Sasseen, T., Lampton, M. and Bowyer, S. "FAUST Observations of Ultraviolet Sources toward the Virgo Cluster", Ap. J. Supplement Series, Vol. 111, No. 1, July 1997.

Brosch^1,2,N. and Almoznino^1,2,E. "Star Formation in BCD Galaxies of the Virgo Cluster", The Journal, Astrophysical Letters and Communications, 36:303-309, 1997.

Colafrancesco, S., Mazzotta, P., Rephaeli¹,Y. and Vittorio, N. "Intracluster Comptonization of the CMB: Mean Spectral Distortion and Cluster Number Counts", Ap. J. 479: 1-16, 1997.

Contini, M.¹ and Prialnik, D. "The shell of recurrent nova T-Pyxidis: a model based on shocks", Ap. J. 475: 803, 1997.

Contini, M.¹ "The Evolving Structure of AG Pegasi, Emerging from the Interpretation of the Emission Spectra at Different Phases", Ap. J. 483:887-898, July 1997.

Contini, M.¹ "Line spectra of Liners. The contribution of the different ionization mechanisms". Astronomy and Astrophysics, 323: 71, 1997.

Handler, G., Leibowitz^1,2,E. et al. "New Whole Earth Telescope observations of CD-24 7599: steps towards Delta Scuti star seismology", MNRAS, 286: 303 - 314, 1997.

Holzapfel, W. L., and eight other authors, Rephaeli¹,Y. included "Measurement of the Hubble Constant from X-ray and 2.1mm Observations of Abell 2163", Ap. J. 480: 449-465, 1997.

Holzapfel, W. L., and six other authors, Rephaeli¹,Y. included "Limits on the Peculiar Velocities of Two Distant Clusters Using the Kinematic S-Z Effect", Ap. J. 481: 35-48, 1997.

Kozlovsky¹,B. Z., Ramaty, R. and Lingenfelter, R. E. "Anisotropic Broad Nuclear Gamma-Ray Lines: Application to the COMPTEL Observations of Orion",Ap.J. 484: 286-295, July 1997.

Leibowitz^1,2,E., Ofek^1,2E. and Mattei, J. A. "New clues on the nature of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis from a light curve of the system spanning 40 years", MNRAS, 287: 634-640, May 1997.

Luhman, M. L., Sternberg¹,A., et al, "Near-Infrared H2 and Associated O and C2 Emission from Dense PDRs", Ap. J. 482: 298, 1997.

Mandzhavidze, N., Ramaty, R. and Kozlovsky¹,B. Z., "Solar Atmospheric and Solar Flare Helium Abundances from Gamma Ray Spectroscopy", Ap. J. Letters, October 1997.

Maoz^1,2,D., Ofek^1,2E. and Shemi, A. "Evidence for a new class of extreme UV Sources", MNRAS, 287: 293-306, May 1997.

Maoz^1,2,D., Rix, H.W., Gal-Yam^1,2,A., and Gould, A. "A survey for large image-separation lensed quasars", Ap. J. 486: 75-84, 1997.

Maoz^1,2,D. "Detectability of high redshift elliptical galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field", Ap. J.Letters, 490: L135-L139, 1997.

Mazeh^1,2,T., Martin, E. L., Goldberg^1,2, D. and Smith, H. A. "Detecting faint secondaries of spectroscopic binaries: HD 101177B and 149414A", MNRAS,284: 314-347, 1997.

Mazeh^1,2,T., Krymolowski, Y. and Rosenfeld, G. "The High Eccentricity of the Planet Orbiting 16 CygniB", Ap. J. 477: L 103-L106, March 1997.

Mazeh^1,2,T., Mayor, M. and Latham, D. W. "Eccentricity vs. Mass for Low-Mass Secondaries and Planets", Ap. J. 478: 367-372, 1997.

Netzer^1,2,H. and Turner, T. J. "Soft X-ray Lines and Gas Composition in NGC 1068" Ap. J. 488: 694-701, 1997.

Patterson, J., with 12 other authors, Retter^1,2,A. included, "Superhumps in Cataclysmic Binaries. XII. Cr Bootis, World's Shortest-Period Dwarf Nova", PASP, 109: 1100, 1997.

Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky¹,B. Z., Lingenfelter, R. E. "Issues Concerning the Orion Gamma-Ray Line Observations: Line Splitting and LiBeB Origin", In Proc.,2nd INTERGRAL Workshop. ed. C. Winkler et al. ESA SP-382, 41, 1997.

Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky¹,B. Z., Lingenfelter, R. E. and Reeves, H. "Light Elements and Cosmic Rays in the Early Galaxy", Ap. J. 488: 730-749, 1997.

Rephaeli¹,Y. and Yankovitch, D. "Relativistic Corrections in the Determination of H0 from X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich Measurements", Ap. J.481: L55-L58, 1997.

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Ofek^1,2E. "Permanent Superhumps in V1974-Cyg (1992) ", MNRAS, 286: 745-756, April 1997.

Rodriguez-Pascual, P.M., Netzer^1,2,H., Alexander ^1,2,T., Maoz^1,2,D., et al, "Steps topward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. IX. Ultraviolet observations of Fairall 9". The Ap. J. Supplement Series, 110: 9-20, May 1997.

Schaerer D., Contini, T.^1,2, Kunth D., Meynet G., 1997 "Detection of Wolf-Rayet Stars of WN and WC Subtype in Super Star Clusters of NGC 5253" Astrophysical Journal, 481, L75-L79.

Schinnerer, E., Eckart, A., Quirrenbach, A., Boker, T., Tacconi-Garman, L. E., Krabbe, A. and Sternberg¹,A. "The Circumnuclear Starburst in NGC 7552:

First Results from Near-Infrared Spectral Synthesis", Ap. J. 488: 174-195, 1997.

Silverberg, R. F., and 9 other authors including Rephaeli¹,Y. "Millimeter / Submillimeter Search for the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect in the Coma Cluster", Ap. J. 485: 22 - 25, August 1997.

Sternberg¹,A., Yan, M., and Dalgarno, A. "Photon-dominated and X-ray dominated Regions", IAU Symposium 178, "Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes", ed. E. F. van Dishoeck, pg. 141-153. 1997, IAU. Printed in the Netherlands.

Turner, J., Beck^1,2,S.C. and Hurt, R. "Accretion Induced Starburst in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5253? A CO Map". Ap. J. Letters, 474: L11 - L14, January 1997.

Wanders, I., and 89 other Authors including Netzer^1,2,H. and .Kaspi ^1,2,S. "Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. XI. Intensive monitoring of the ultraviolet spectrum of NGC 7469", Ap. J. Supplement Series, 113: 69-88, November 1997.

IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Mazeh^1,2,T., Latham, D. W. and Stefanik, R. P. "Radial Velocity Search for Low - Mass Companions of Nearby Stars", Acta Astronomica, in press.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Alexander ^1,2,T. "Are AGN properties correlated with variability? ZDCF analysis of samples of sparse light curves", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 163 - 166.

Brosch^1,2,N. "The Tel Aviv University UV Explorer (TAUVEX) and its contribution to time series studies", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 285 - 290.

Brosch^1,2,N. "Gazing into the MgF2 ball: UV Astronomy for the 3rd millenium", presented at the UV Universe at Low and High Redshift Meeting, University of Maryland, May 2-4, 1997. AIP Conference Proceedings 408. eds. Waller, W. H., Fanelli, M. N., Hollis, J. E. and Danks, A. C. pg. 447-457. AIP, New York.

Brosch^1,2,N. "TAUVEX - the UV imager on board SRG", proceedings of the Copenhagen Meeting held at DSRI in September 1997. "Exploiting Spectrum-XG and INTEGRAL". N. J. Westerlind et al., eds. Physica Scripta, in press.

Brosch^1,2,N. "TAUVEX - A Wide Field UV Imager", presented at ESA Meeting in Sevilla, Spain, 11-14th November 1997. "UV Astrophysics beyond the IUE Final Archive".

Contini, M.¹ , Collodel, L. and Rafanelli, P. "Nova V1974 Cygni 1992: Variability of the Spectra in the Nebular Phase", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel. December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997.

Goldman¹,I., "Generation and Implications of Post-Merger Turbulence in Clusters of Galaxies". IAU Symposium 188, The Hot Universe, Kyoto, Japan, 1997.

Goldman¹,I., Canuto, V. M., and Mazzitelli, I., "Selfconsistent Model for Turbulent Stellar Convection: Helioseismology, Ages of Globular Clusters and White Dwarfs Blue Edge", Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics, Hong Kong, 1997.

Kaspi ^1,2,S. "Reverberation Mapping of High Luminosity AGN", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 243 - 246.

Latham, D. W., Stefanik, R. P., Mazeh^1,2,T., Torres, G. and Carney, B. W. "Low - Mass Companions Found in a Large Radial-Velocity Survey", Brown Dwarfs and Extra-Solar Planets, Tenerife Meeting 1997, in press.

Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Ofek^1,2E. "Time Series Analysis of 40 years light curve of the Recurrent Nova T Coronae Borealis", printed in Proceedings of the International Conference, Koninki, Poland, June 16-19, 1996. "Physical Processes in Symbiotic Binaries", pp. 111-116. ed. J. Mikolajewska. 1997.

Leibowitz^1,2,E., Retter^1,2,A. and Kovo-Kariti, O. "Nova Aquilae 1995 - A Photometric Resemblance to Intermediate Polars", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 215 - 218.

Maoz^1,2,D., Gal-Yam^1,2,A., Rix, H. -W., and Gould, A., "Do galaxy clusters lens quasars?", in "Galactic Halos". ed. D. Zaritzky. (San Francisco: ASP) in press.

Mazeh^1,2,T. "Radial-velocity Searches for Planets around Nearby Stars", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 133 - 144.

Mazeh^1,2,T., Goldberg^1,2, D. and Latham, D. W. "On the Secondary mass Distribution of Spectroscopic Binaries", Brown Dwarfs and Extra-Solar Planets, Tenerife Meeting 1997, in press.

Netzer^1,2,H. and Peterson, B. "Reverberation Mapping of AGNs: Mass, Luminosity and the Physics of the Broad-Line Gas", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 85 - 108.

Patterson, J., with 14 other authors, Retter^1,2,A. included, 1997, "Superhumps and Outbursts in AM CVn Stars", in 13th North-American Workshop on CVs, eds. Howell, S., Kuulkers, E. and Woodward, C. in press (poster).

Patterson, J., with 9 other authors, <Retter^1,2,A. included, 1997, "Cr Bootis/CBA", in 13th North-American Workshop on CVs, ed. Howell, S., Kuulkers, E. and Woodward, C. in press. (poster)

Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky¹,B. Z. and Lingenfelter, R. E. "Light Elements and Cosmic Rays in the Early Galaxy", Proceedings Space Telescope/Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Symposium, 1997. In press.

Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky¹,B. Z. and Tatischeff, V. "Issues Concerning the Orion Gamma Ray Line Observations: Overview and X-ray Emission". Proceedings 4th COMPTON Symposium, 1997. In press.

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Ofek^1,2E. "Permanent Superhumps in Nova V1974 Cyg 1992", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, Israel, December 30th 1996 - January 1st 1997. D. Maoz et al. eds. "Astronomical Time Series". Kluwer Academic Press. pg. 199 - 202.

Retter^1,2,A. and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "The presence of Accretion Disks in Novae shortly after their outbursts", presented in North-American Workshop on CV's, 1997. eds. Howell, S., Kuulkers, E. and Woodword, C. in press.

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Kovo_Kariti^1,2,O. "Photometric Evidence for the Intermediate Polar Nature and for Accretion Activity in Nova V1425 Aquilae 1995", presented in North-American Workshop on CV's, 1997. eds. Howell, S., Kuulkers, E. and Woodword, C. in press.

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E., Ofek, E.O., 1997, "Photometric Evidence for the Presence of An Accretion Disk and for a Superhump - Like Phenomenon in the Classical Nova V1974 Cygni", in Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 163: 788. eds. Wickramashinghe, D. and Ferrario, L., Kluwer, Dordrecht, (poster)

Strelnitski, V. and Mazeh^1,2,T. "Natural Masers and Lasers in Bioastronomy", Bioastronomy Capri Meeting, 1997, in press.

Wozniak H., Contini, T.^1,2, Considère S., Davoust E., 1997 "Outflow of Molecular Gas in the Nucleus of Barred Starburst Galaxies", in "The Far Infrared and Submillimetre Universe", ESA Symp. Ser., M. Rowan-Robinson et al. (eds.), vol. 401, p. 343

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Becker, A., and 69 other authors including, Heller ^1,2,A., Kaspi ^1,2,S., Kovo^1,2,O., Maoz^1,2,D.,
Retter^1,2,A., "Global Microlensing Alert Network", BAAS, 191: 8305, 1997.

Patterson, J., with 9 other authors, Retter^1,2,A. included, "Cataclysmic Variables with the CBA", BAAS. 190: 3002, 1997.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Brosch^1,2,N. "Dwarf Galaxies". "Reports on Astronomy", 1997 Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Volume XXIIIA. I. Appenzeller, ed. pp. 455 -457. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

EDITING

Maoz^1,2,D., Sternberg¹,A., and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "Astronomical Time Series." Proceedings of the Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Beck^1,2,S.C., Turner, J. L., Ho, P. T. P., Lacy, J. H. and Kelly, D. M. "The Central Star Cluster of the Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5253", AP.J. 457: 610-615, February 1996.

Bertout, C., Harder, S., Malbet, F., Mennessier, C. and Regev, O. "Photometric Observations of YY Orionis: New insight into the Accretion Process", The Astronomical Journal, 112: #5, 2159-2167, November 1996.

Bond, E.H., Leibowitz^1,2,E., et al "Astroseismological Observations of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 1501", Astronomical Journal, vol. 11, p. 2699, 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N. and Hoffman, G. L. "VIII Zw 105 - A starburst galaxy at z-~ 0.06?", MNRAS, 279: 191-196, March 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N., Shemi, A., Blasberger, A. and Topaz, J. "The TAUVEX space astronomy experiment", ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, 38: 815-820, 1996. (Paper IAF-94-Q.2.331 presented at the 45th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 9-14 October, 1994).

Canuto, V.M., Goldman¹,I. and Mazzitelli, I, "Stellar Turbulent Convection: A Selfconsistent Model", Ap. J. December 1996.

Contini,, M.¹, Prieto, M.A. and Viegas, S. M. "The continuum and line spectra of the Syfert 2 galaxy NGC 5252 : radiation and shock contributions". "Science with the Hubble Telescope-II. Space Telescope Science Institute 1996, eds. Benvenuti, P., Macchetto, F.D. and Shreier, E.J., page 223.

Contini, M.¹. "X-ray rings by grain diffracation", APSS 238: 217, 1996.

Crenshaw, P. M., ....Kaspi ^1,2,S., Maoz^1,2,D., Netzer^1,2,H., et al "Multiwavelength Observations of Short Time-Scale Variability in NGC 4151. I. Ultraviolet Observations", Ap. J. 470: 322-335, October 10 1996.

Eckart, A., Cameron, M., Sternberg¹,A. et al."The Starburst in the Wolf-Rayet Nucleus of the Liner NGC 6764", Ap. J. 472: 588, 1996. UW_

Edelson, R. A., Alexander ^1,2,T., Crenshaw, D. M., Kaspi ^1,2,S., et al "Multiwavelength Observations of Short Time-scale Variability in NGC 4151. IV. Analysis of Multiwavelength Continuum Variability", Ap. J. 470: 364-377, October 10, 1996.

Kaspi ^1,2,S., Maoz^1,2,D., Netzer^1,2,H., Alexander ^1,2,T., Hemar, S., Kovo^1,2,O.,. et al. "Multiwavelength Observations of Short Time-Scale Variability in NGC 4151. II. Optical Observations", Ap. J. 470: 336-348, October 1996.

Goldman¹,I. and Kustanovich, T. "Limits On Long-Range Fields Derived from Binary Radio Pulsars", Ap. J. 460: 390-401, 1996.

Goldman¹,I. and Wandel, A. "Accretion Disks With Turbulent Convection","Science with the Hubble Telescope - II", eds. Benvenuti, P., Machetto,F.D. and Schreier, E.J. (1996), p. 375. 1996.

Kaspi ^1,2,S., Smith, P. S., Maoz^1,2,D., Netzer^1,2,H. and Jannuzi B. T. "Measurement of the broad line region size in two bright quasars". The Ap. J. Letters 471: L75-L78, 1996.

Loan, A. J., Maddox, S. J., Almoznino^1,2,E., Brosch^1,2,N., Goldberg, E. and Ofek. E. O. "Optical observations of Dwingeloo I, a nearby barred spiral galaxy behind the Milky Way", MNRAS, 280: 537-549, 1996.

Lutz, D., Genzel, R., Sternberg¹,A., Netzer^1,2,H., et al, "What Powers Luninous Infrared Galaxies?", A. A., 315: L137, 1996.

Lutz, D., Feuchtgruber, H., Sternberg¹,A., et al, "SWS Observations of the Galactic Center", A. A., 315: L133, 1996.

Maoz^1,2,D., Ofek^1,2E., Shemi, A., Barth, A. J., et al.. "Optical identification of Quasar 0917+7122 in the direction of an extreme - ultraviolet source". A & A, 308: 511-513, 1996.

Maoz^1,2,D., Barth, A. J., Sternberg¹,A, et al. "HST UV images of five circumnuclear star-forming rings", Astron. J. 111: 2248-2264, June 1996

Maoz^1,2,D., Fillippenko, Alexei V., et al.. "An Atlas of HST UV images of nearby galaxaies", Ap. J. Supplement Series. 107: 215-226, 1996

Netzer^1,2,H., Heller ^1,2,A., Loinger, F., Alexander ^1,2,T., et al. "Optical Monitoring of Luminous AGNs: 1. Radio-loud Quasars", MNRAS, 279: 429-446, 15th March, 1996.

Rigopoulou, D., Lutz, D., Sternberg¹,A., Netzer^1,2,H., et al, "SWS Spectroscopy of the Starburst Galaxy NGC 3256", A.A., 315:, L125, 1996.

Stoerzer, H., Stutzki, J., Sternberg¹,A. "FUV Irradiated Molecular Clumps: Spherical Geometry and Density Gradients", A.A., 313: 633, 1996.

Sturm, E., Lutz, D., Sternberg¹,A., et al, "ISO-SWS Spectroscopy of Arp 200 - A highly obscured Starburst Galaxy", A.A., 315: L133, 1996.

Tacconi-Garman, L. E., Sternberg¹,A., and Eckart, A. "Sub-Arcsecond 2.2mu m Imaging of the Starburst Galaxy NGC 1808: Infrared Observations of Super Star Clusters" A. J., 112, 918, 1996.

Timmermann, R., Bertoldi, F., Sternberg¹,A., et al, "H2 Infrared Line Emission ___ from S140: a Warm PDR", A.A., 315: L281, 1996.

van der Werf, P. P., Stutzki, J., Sternberg¹,A. and Krabbe, A. "Structure and Chemistry of the Orion bar photon-dominated region", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 313: 613, 1996.

IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Mazeh^1,2,T., Latham, D. W. and Stefanik, R. P. "Radial Velocity Search for Low - Mass Companions of Nearby Stars", Acta Astronomica, in press.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Alexander ^1,2,T. "Broad Emission Line Profiles from Bloated Stars", to be published in the proceedings of IAU Colloquim 159, Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques, 17 - 20 June 1996, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China.

Alexander ^1,2,T. "Are AGN properties correlated with variability? ZDCF analysis of small samples of sparse light curves", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997

Beck^1,2,S.C. "Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N. and Almoznino^1,2,E. "Star Formation Histories of the BCD Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster", From Stars to Galaxies: The Impact of Stellar Physics on Galaxy Evolution. Conference held at Porto Elounda Mare, Crete (Greece) 9-13 October 1995. ASP Conference Series, 98: 352-353, 1996

Brosch^1,2,N. and Bilenko, B. "The role of UV observations in understanding dust and its morphology", presented at the conference, "Cold Dust Morphology - New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa". To be published in the Proceedings of the January 1996 Conference. Kluwer Press.

Brosch^1,2,N. "Dust in early-type galaxies: New results on the wavelength dependence of the extinction", presented at the conference, "Cold Dust Morphology - New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa". To be published in the Proceedings of the January 1996 Conference. Kluwer Press.

Brosch^1,2,N. and Bilenko, B. "Dust in the Galaxy from Optical and UV Data", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N. "UV Imaging Detectors", presented at a Workshop on "Solid State UV Detectors", Ministry of Science and Technology, held at The Technion, Haifa, 12th June, 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N. "Star Formation Properties of Nearby Dwarf Galaxies: relatives of high-z starbursts?", presented at NORDITA - TAC workshop on The Universe at high redshifts, Copenhagen, July 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N. "The TAUVEX UV Imager", invited talk at The Seventh Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting of the IAU, Pusan National University, Korea. August 1996

Brosch^1,2,N. "Ultraviolet Sky Surveys", invited review for IAU 179 Symposium on Multi-wavelength Sky Surveys, Baltimore, USA. September 30th, 1996.

Brosch^1,2,N. "The Tel Aviv University UV Explorer (TAUVEX) and its contribution to time series studies", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997.

Heller ^1,2,A., Almoznino^1,2,E. and Brosch^1,2,N. "Morphology of BCD and LSB Dwarf Galaxies in Virgo" , From Stars to Galaxies: The Impact of Stellar Physics on Galaxy Evolution. Conference held at Porto Elounda Mare, Crete (Greece) 9-13 October 1995. ASP Conference Series, 98: 337-338, 1996.

Ibbetson ^1,2,P. and Mashal,^1,2E. "The Automation of the Wise Observatory", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Kaspi ^1,2,S. "Results from Five Years of Spectrophotometric Monitoring of 28 Palomar-Green Quasars", published in the proceedings of IAU Colloquium 159, Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques, pp 159 - 162. 17 - 20 June, 1996, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China.

Kaspi ^1,2,S. "Reverberation Mapping of High Luminosity AGNs" , presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997.

Kovetz ¹, A. "Element diffusion in novae", presented at the meeting on "Stellar Ecology", Elba, Italy, 23-29 June 1996.

Leibowitz^1,2,E. "Photometric Time Series of Novae", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Ofek^1,2E. "Clues on the Nature of the Recurrent Nova T Coronae Borialis from 50 years Light Curve of the System", presented at the International Symposium on Physical Processes in Symbiotic Biniaries and Related Systems. Koninki, Poland 16 - 19 June, 1996.

Maoz^1,2,D. "Limits on Dust in Rich Clusters of Galaxies From the Color of Background Quasars", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Maoz^1,2,D. "Reverberation Mapping and Broad - Line Region Models", to be published in the proceedings of IAU Colloquium 159, Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques, 17 - 20 June, 1996, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China.

Mazeh^1,2,T. "Evidence for the absence of low-mass secondaries in short-period binaries", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Mazeh^1,2,T. "Radial-velocity Searches for Planets around Nearby Stars", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997.

Netzer^1,2,H. "Monitoring Quasars and Active Galaxies at the Wise Observatory", presented at the First Joint Astrophysical Workshop with NRIAG, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, and Wise Observatory, Tel Aviv University, Israel, in Taba, Egypt, February 28-29, 1996.

Netzer^1,2,H. "Emission Lines at High Energy", to be published in the proceedings of IAU Colloquium 159, Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques, 17 - 20 June, 1996, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China.

Netzer^1,2,H. "Reverberation Mapping of AGNs: Mass, Luminosity and the Physics of the Broad-Line Gas", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997.

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Ofek^1,2E. "Photometric Evidence for the Presence of An Accretion Disk and for a Superhump-like Phenomenon", presented at the Port-Douglas Meeting, Australia 15-19 July, 1996.

Retter^1,2,A. "Permanent Superhumps in Nova V1974 Cyg", presented at The Florence and George Wise Observatory 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Astronomical Time Series", Tel Aviv University, December 30, 1996 - January 1, 1997.

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E., and Ofek^1,2E. "V1974 Cyg (Nova Cyg 1992) - A possible link to SU UMa stars", The Keele Conference Proceedings 1996 - Cataclysmic Varaiables and Related Objects. p. 321. (eds.) Evans, A. and Wood, J. H. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Steindling ^1,2,S., Rakos, K. and Brosch^1,2,N. "Diagnosing Galaxies by Stromgren Colors" , From Stars to Galaxies: The Impact of Stellar Physics on Galaxy Evolution. Conference held at Porto Elounda Mare, Crete (Greece) 9-13 October 1995. ASP Conference Series, 98: 60-61, 1996.

Viegas, Sueli M. and Contini, M.¹ "Shocks and photoionization in the Narrow Line Region", Proceedings of "Emission lines in Active Galactic Nuclei : New Methods and Techniques", 17 -20 June, 1996, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China.

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Maoz^1,2,D., Pratt, M., et al "The MACHO project: Exotic microlensing from GMAN", Bull. AAS, 1996.

Retter^1,2,A. and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "DN Geminorum". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAUC 6431, 9th July 1996

Retter^1,2,A., Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Kovo-Kariti^1,2,O. "Nova Aquilae 1995". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAUC 6527, 23 December 1996.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Kaspi ^1,2,S., Ibbetson ^1,2,P., Mashal,^1,2E. and Brosch^1,2,N. "The Wise Observatory Manual". Updated August 1996. (First Version: "The Wise Observatory Technical Report 1995").

PAPERS PRINTED IN JOURNALS

Alexander ^1,2,T. "The Signature of Microlensing in QSO Variability-Redshift Correlations", MNRAS, 274: 909. 1995.

Beck^1,2,S.C.. "Invisible Light", Sky and Telescope, June 1995, page 23.

Beck^1,2,S.C.. "Astronomy in Israel", Mercury - The Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Jan/Feb 1995. Vol.24 No.1. page 6.

Bouvier, J., Covino, E., Kovo^1,2,O., Martin, E.L., Mathews, J.M., Terranegra, L., and Beck^1,2,S.C.. "COYOTES II: spot properties and the origin of photometric period variations in T Tauri stars", Astron. and Astrophys. 299: 89, July 1995.

Breger, M., .....Mendelson, H., ..... et al. "The Delta Scuti star FG Virginis. I. Multiple pulsation frequencies determined with a combined DSN/WET campaign". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 297: 473-482, 1995.

Brosch^1,2,N. "The 1985 Stellar Occultation by Pluto", Mon. Not. R. Ast. Soc. 276: 571-578, September 1995.

Brosch^1,2,N. "The first UV Spectrum of 2060 Chiron", Mon. Not. R. Ast. Soc. 276: 1185-1190, October 1995.

Brosch^1,2,N., Almoznino^1,2,E.Le, Leibowitz^1,2,E., Netzer^1,2,H., Sasseen, T.P., Bowyer, S., Lampton, M., and Wu, X. "A Study of Ultraviolet Objects near the North Galactic Pole with FAUST". Center for EUV Astrophysics Publication #642. Ap. J. 450: 137-148, 1995 September 1.

Contini, M.¹, Orio, M. and Prialnik, D. "RS Ophiuci at day 201: a test case for shocks in nova shells", MNRAS, 275: 195, 1995.

Cuperman¹,S. Zoler, D. and Ashkenazy, J. "The Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium of Coronal Helmut Streamers", Astron. and Astrophys. 229: 389-413, 1995.

Formiggini^1,2,L., Contini, M.¹ and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "HM Sagittae: the shocked and photo-ionized interaction zone of two colliding stellar winds", MNRAS, 277: 1071-1079, July 1995.

Genzel, R., Weitzel, L.,......and Sternberg¹,A. "Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy of NGC 7469", Ap. J., 444: 129-145, 1995.

George, I. M., Turner, T. J., and Netzer^1,2,H. "The Discovery of and O VII Emission Line in the ASCA Spectrum of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 3783", Ap. J. 438: L67-L70, January 10th, 1995.

Goldberg, Y. and Brosch^1,2,N. "Imaging polarimetry of comet P/Swift-Tuttle", Mon. Not. R. Ast. Soc. 273: 431-442 (1995).

Goldman¹,I. and Wandel, A. "Turbulent convection in thin accretion disks". Ap.J. 443: 187, April 1995.

Goldshmidt, O. and Rephaeli¹,Y. "Compton X-ray emission from NGC 253", Ap. J.444: 113, May 1995.

Goldshmidt, O., and Sternberg¹,A. "Time-Dependent Fluorescent H2 Emission", Ap.J. 439: 256-263, 1995.

Gould, A., Bahcall, J. N., Maoz^1,2,D., and Yannay, B. "Star Counts from the HST Snapshot Survey II. Wide Binaries", Ap. J. 441: 200-208, 1995.

Kawaler, S.D.,...Leibowitz^1,2,E.,...et al. "Whole Earth Telescope Observations and Seismological Analysis of the Pre-White Dwarf PG 2131+066", Ap. J. 450: 350-363, 1995 September 1.

Kepler, S. O.,.... Leibowitz^1,2,E., Mendelson, H., Mazeh^1,2,T.,...et al "Whole Earth Telescope Observations of the DAV White Dwarf G226-29", Ap. J. 447: 874-879, 1995 July 10.

Korista, K.T.,...Netzer^1,2,H.,...Maoz^1,2,D.,...et al. "Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. VIII. An intensive HST, IUE, and ground -based study of NGC 5548". Ap. JS. 97: 285-330, 1995.

Krabbe., A., Genzel, R., ... Sternberg¹,A., et al. "The Nuclear Cluster of the Milky Way: Star Formation and Velocity Dispersion in the Central 0.2pc", Ap. J. Letters, 447: 95-99, 1995.

Leibowitz, D. and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "An Algorithm for a period search in a sparsely covered time series of a fixed phase", accepted for publication in the Journal of Time Series Analysis, 1995,15: 221-236.

Maoz^1,2,D., et al. "Detection of compact ultraviolet nuclear emission in LINER Galaxies", Ap. J. 440: 91-99, February 10, 1995.

Maoz^1,2,D. "Limits on Dust in Rich Clusters of Galaxies from the Color of Background Quasars", Ap. J. 455L: 115, December 1995.

Mazeh^1,2,T. and Goldman¹,I. "Similarities between the inner solar system and the planetary system of the PSR B1", P.A.S.P, 107: 250, 1995

Mazeh^1,2,T., Zucker^1,2,S., Goldberg^1,2, D., Latham, D.W., Stefanik, P. and Carney, B.W. "Study of Spectroscopic Binaries with TODCOR. II. The Highly Eccentric Binary HD 2909", Ap. J. 449: 909-915, August 20, 1995.

Netzer^1,2,H.,..et al. "The HST sample of Radio-loud Quasars: III The/Ratio", Ap. J. 448: 27-40, 1995 July 20.

Poglitsch, A., Herrmann. F...... and Sternberg¹,A. "A Multi-Wavelength Study of 30 Doradus: The Interstellar Medium in a Low-Metallicity Galaxy", Ap. J.,454: 293, 1995.

Prialnik, D., Brosch^1,2,N., and Ianovici, D. "Modelling the activity of 2060 Chiron", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 276: 1148-1154, 1995.

Prialnik, D. and Kovetz, A. "An extended grid of multi-cycle nova evolution models", Ap. J., 445, 789-810, 1995.

Provencal, J.L.,...,Leibowitz^1,2,E.,... et al, "The unusual Helium Variable AM CVn", Ap.J., 445: 927-938, 1995.

Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky¹,B.Z. and Lingenfelter, R.E. "Gamma-ray lines from the Orion complex". Ap. J. 438L: 21, January 1995.

Ramaty, R., Mandzhavidze, N., Kozlovsky¹,B.Z. and Murphy, R.J. "Solar Atmospheric Abundances and Energy Content in Flare Accelerated Ions from Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy", Ap. J. 455L: 193, December 1995.

Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky¹,B.Z. and Lingenfelter, R.E. "Light Isotopes, Extinct Radioisotopes, Gamma-Ray Lines from Low-Energy Cosmic Interactions", Ap. J. 456: 525, January 1996.

Rephaeli¹,Y. and Silk, J. "Energetic proton heating of gas in the Core of the Perseus cluster", Ap. J. 442: 91, March 1995.

Rephaeli¹,Y. "Cosmic Microwave Background Comptonization by Hot Intracluster< Gas", Ap. J. 445: 33, May 1995.

Rephaeli¹,Y., Gruber, D. and Persic, M. "X-ray Study of Starburst Galaxies",Astron. and Astrophys. 300: 91, August 1995.

Rephaeli¹,Y. "Comptonization of the Cosmic Microwave Background: the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect". An. Rev. Astron. and Astrophys. 1995, 33: 541-579.

Shemi, A. "Cosmic Rays from Accreting Isolated Neutron Stars", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 275: 115-120, 1995.

Shemi, A. "Are Unidentified EUV Sources the Closest Neutron Stars?", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 275, L7-L10, 1995.

Sternberg¹,A., and Dalgarno, A. "Chemistry in Dense Photon dominated regions",Ap. J. Supp. 99: 656-607, 1995.

Stoerzer, H., Stutzki, J., and Sternberg¹,A. "CO+ in the Orion-Bar, M17 and S140 Star-forming Regions", Astron. and Astrophys. 296. 9-12, 1995.

Torres, G., Stefanik, R.P., Latham, D.W. and Mazeh^1,2,T. "Study of Spectroscopic Binaries with TODCOR. IV. The Multiplicity of the Young Nearby Star HD 98800". Ap. J. 452: 870, October 1995.

Wills, B.J.,..Netzer^1,2,H.,..et al. "The HST sample of radio-loud quasars: II. HST/FOS spectra of 31 objects", Ap. J. 447: 139-158, July 1995.

Zucker^1,2,S., Torres, G. and Mazeh^1,2,T. "Study of Spectroscopic Binaries with TODCOR III. Application to Triple-lined Systems", Ap. J. 452: 863-869, October 1995.

IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Abergel, A., Boulanger, F., Delouis,, J. M., Duziak, G. and Steindling ^1,2,S. "Local correlations of the fluctuations at different scales of the 60 and 100 micron emissions of a high galactic latitude complex" , accepted for publication by Astron. and Astrophys., August 1995.

Handler, G.,..., Leibowitz^1,2,E., ...et al. "New WET Observations of the Delta Scuti Star CD-24 7599: amplitude variability and discovery of 13 pulsation modes" in "Astrophysical Applications of Stellar Pulsation", Proc. IAU Coll 155, eds. R.S. Stobie and P.A. Whitelock, PASPC, in press.

Mazeh^1,2,T., Latham, D.W. and Stefanik, R.P. "Radial Velocity Search for Low - Mass Companions of Nearby Stars", Acta Astronomica, in press 1995.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

Almoznino^1,2,E. and Brosch^1,2,N. "Stellar populations of dwarf galaxies" 1995 in Stellar Populations-IAU Symposium 164 P.C. van der Kruit and G.Gilmore (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, pp. 430-431

Beck^1,2,S.C. "The Extraordinary Starburst of NGC 5253", presented at the 11 Colloquium of the Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris, "The Interplay Between Massive Star Formation, the ISM and Galaxy Evolution", Paris France July 3-8 1995.

Brosch^1,2,N. "The UV content of Virgo cluster galaxies", 1995 in Stellar Populations-IAU Symposium 164 P.C. van der Kruit and G.Gilmore (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, pp. 450-451

Brosch^1,2,N. and Almoznino^1,2,E. "Late-Type Dwarfs in the Virgo Cluster", presented at International Workshop on Observational Cosmology: From Galaxies to Galaxy Systems, Italy 4-7th July 1995 (Astrophysical Letters and Communications, submitted).

Brosch^1,2,N. and Almoznino^1,2,E. "Late-Type Dwarfs in the Virgo Cluster", presented at "Galaxies to Galaxy Systems", meeting - Sesto Pusteria Italy, July 1995. To be printed in the proceedings under the title - "Star Formation in BCD Galaxies of the Virgo Cluster".

Brosch^1,2,N. and Almoznino^1,2,E. "Star Formation Histories of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster", presented at From Stars to Galaxies - The Impact of Stellar Physics on Galaxy Evolution, Crete, October 1995.

Brosch^1,2,N. and Bilenko ^1,2,B. "The role of UV observations in understanding dust and its morphology", Dust Morphology - New extragalactic perspectives in the new South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 1996 (invited talk)

Brosch^1,2,N. "Dust in early-type galaxies: New results on the wavelength - dependence of the extinction", Dust Morphology-New extragalactic perspectives in the new South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 1996.

Colafrancesco, S., Mazzotta, Y., Rephaeli¹,Y., and Vittorio, N. "Cosmic Microwave Background Due to Compton Scattering in Clusters of Galaxies>.Proceedings of the Texas Symposium, 1995 in press.

Contini, M.¹ "Shocks in novae and in symbiotic stars", presented at conference on Cataclismic Variables, Abano-Padova. Proceedings in press 1995.

Goldberg^1,2, D. and Mazeh^1,2,T. "The mass-ratio distribution of spectroscopic binaries". presented at the NASA Advanced Studies Institute, Cambridge, England July 1995.

Heller ^1,2,A., Almoznino^1,2,E. and Brosch^1,2,N. "Morphology of BCD and LSD Dwarf Galaxies in Virgo", presented at "From Stars to Galaxies - The Impact of Stellar Physics on Galaxy Evolution", Crete, October 1995.

Leibowitz^1,2,E. "Classical Novae as WET Objects". WET International Workshop, Ames, Iowa, USA, July 1995.

Maoz^1,2,D. "Echo Mapping of the broad-line region of AGN's - A Critical Appraisal" San Fransisco: ASP Conference Series, "Reverberation of the Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei". Volume 69: 95-110. Eds. Gondhalekar, P., Horne, K. and Petersen, B.M.

Maoz^1,2,D. "Ultraviolet Imaging and Spectroscopy of LINERS" in "The Physics of LINERS in View of Recent Observations". eds. M. Eracleous and C. Leitherer. (San Francisco: ASP), in press.

Mazeh^1,2,T. "The Search for Extra Solar Planets", The Israeli Physical Society Annual meeting, Bulletin of the Israeli Physical Society, 41: 13, 1995.

Mazeh^1,2,T., Latham, D.W. and Stefanik, R.P. "Radial Velocity Search for Low-Mass Companions of Nearby Stars", 45th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Acta Astronautica, in press, 1995.

Retter, A., Leibowitz^1,2,E. and Ofek^1,2E.O. "V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992) - A Possible Link to SU Ursae Majoris Stars". Presented at Keele Conference, England, June 1995. in press.

Steindling ^1,2,S., Rakos, K. and Brosch^1,2,N. "Diagnosing galaxies by Stroemgren colors - The Butcher-Oemler effect", presented at "From Stars to Galaxies: The Impact of Stellar Physics on Galaxy Evolution", Crete October 9-13, 1995.

Torres, G., Stefanik, R.P., Latham, D.W. and Mazeh^1,2,T. "The Multiple System HD 98800: Where is the Dust?", AAS 184th Meeting B.A.A.S. 26: 931, 1995

ASTRONOMICAL CIRCULARS AND BULLETINS

Mazeh^1,2,T. "The Search for Extra Solar Planets", Bulletin of the Israeli Physical Society, 41: page 13, 1995.

Retter, A., Ofek^1,2,E.O. and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "V1974 Cygni". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAU Circular Number 6158, 10th April 1995.

Retter, A. and Leibowitz^1,2,E. "V705 Cassiopeiae". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAU Circular Number 6234, September 21 1995.

Retter, A. "Periodic Changes in Nova Cygni 1992". Starlight, Bulletin of the Israeli Astronomical Association, 23: 142-144, December 1995.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Kaspi ^1,2,S., Ibbetson, P. A., Mashal, E. and Brosch^1,2,N. "The Wise Observatory Manual". July 1995. Wise Observatory Technical Report.

Alexander ^1,2,T. "Observations with TAUVEX", October 1995.