arXiv.org: astro-ph hits for IAU Symposium 266, "Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks throughout time and space"

1. arXiv:0911.1806 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: HST's hunt for intermediate-mass black holes in star clusters

Authors: Julio Chanamé (1), Justice Bruursema (2), Rupali Chandar (3), Jay Anderson (4), Roeland van der Marel (4), Holland Ford (2) ((1) Carnegie DTM, (2) Johns Hopkins University, (3) University of Toledo, (4) Space Telescope Science Institute)

Comments: 7 pages; invited talk at IAU Symposium 266 "Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks" (Rio de Janeiro, 10-14 August 2009), R. de Grijs and J. R. D. Lépine, eds.

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

2. arXiv:0911.1732 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: A deep dive into NGC 604 with Gemini/NIRI imaging

Authors: Cecilia Fariña, Guillermo L. Bosch, Rodolfo H. Barba

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266, Star Clusters: Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time and Space, eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

3. arXiv:0911.1459 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Observational properties of the open cluster system of the Milky Way and what they tell us about our Galaxy

Authors: Andre Moitinho

Comments: 11 pages, 3 figures, to appear in proc. IAUS 266 "Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks" (eds. R. de Grijs, J. R. D. Lépine)

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

4. arXiv:0911.0701 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: On the origin of globular cluster bimodality

Authors: Oleg Y. Gnedin

Comments: Invited talk at IAU Symposium 266 "Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks", Rio de Janeiro, August 2009

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

5. arXiv:0910.5796 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: The origin of very wide binary systems

Authors: M. B. N. Kouwenhoven (1,2), S.P. Goodwin (2), Richard J. Parker (2), M. B. Davies (3), D. Malmberg (3), P. Kroupa (4) ((1) KIAA at Peking University, (2) University of Sheffield, (3) Lund Observatory, (4) AIfA Bonn)

Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266, eds. R. de Grijs & J. R. D. Lépine

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

6. arXiv:0910.4863 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Nuclear Star Clusters

Authors: Torsten Böker

Comments: invited talk at IAU Symp. 266 "Star Clusters: Galactic Building Blocks throughout Space and Time"

Subjects: Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

7. arXiv:0910.4638 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: The Nature and Nurture of Star Clusters

Authors: Bruce G. Elmegreen (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center)

Comments: to be published in IAUS266: Star Clusters Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time And Space, eds. Richard de Grijs and Jacques Lépine, Cambridge University Press, 11 pages

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

8. arXiv:0910.3767 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Massive binaries and the enrichment of the interstellar medium in globular clusters

Authors: S.E. de Mink, O.R. Pols, N. Langer, R.G. Izzard

Comments: 6 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266, "Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space", 10-14 August 2009, at the general assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

9. arXiv:0910.3139 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Star clusters with dual red clumps

Authors: Leo Girardi (OAPadova), Stefano Rubele (OA Padova, Dip.Astro. Padova), Leandro Kerber (UESC, Ilheus)

Comments: contributed talk at IAUS 266 'Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks', eds R. de Grijs and J. Lépine. A high-resolution version of Fig. 1 is available in this http URL

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

10. arXiv:0910.2545 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Primordial Binary Evolution and Blue Stragglers

Authors: X. Chen, Z. Han

Comments: Oral talk at IAUS 266

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

11. arXiv:0910.2305 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Lithium abundances of Main Sequence and Sub-Giant stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397

Authors: J. I. González Hernández, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, M. Steffen, H.-G. Ludwig, N. Behara, L. Sbordone, R. Cayrel, S. Zaggia

Comments: Poster contribution presented at IAU Symposium 266

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

12. arXiv:0910.2228 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Early dynamical evolution of star cluster systems

Authors: Genevieve Parmentier

Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures. Invited talk. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp. 266 (Star clusters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2009), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

13. arXiv:0910.1478 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: The spatial distribution of stars in open clusters

Authors: Nestor Sánchez, Emilio J. Alfaro

Comments: To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266: "Star Clusters: Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time And Space", eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

14. arXiv:0910.1367 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Globular clusters as laboratories for stellar evolution

Authors: M. Catelan (1), A. A. R. Valcarce (1), A. V. Sweigart (2) ((1) PUC-Chile, (2) NASA-GSFC)

Comments: 12 pages, 6 figures. Invited review, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp. 266 (eds. R. de Grijs & J. R. D. Lépine)

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

15. arXiv:0910.0871 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Constraining star cluster disruption mechanisms

Authors: I. S. Konstantopoulos (1,2), N. Bastian (3), M. Gieles (2), H. J. G. L. M. Lamers (4) ((1) University College London, (2) European Southern Observatory, (3) IoA Cambridge, (4) Utrecht University)

Comments: To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266: "Star Clusters: Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time And Space", eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

16. arXiv:0910.0278 [pdf, other]

Title: Non-radial Pulsations in the Open Cluster NGC 3766

Authors: Rachael M. Roettenbacher, Ernest C. Amouzou, M. Virginia McSwain

Comments: 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266: Star Clusters

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

17. arXiv:0910.0275 [pdf, other]

Title: Analysis of B and Be Star Populations of the Double Cluster h and chi Persei

Authors: Amber N. Marsh, M. Virginia McSwain, Thayne Currie

Comments: 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266: Star Clusters

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

18. arXiv:0910.0226 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Star clusters as building blocks for dSph galaxies formation

Authors: P. Assmann (1), M. Fellhauer (1), M. I. Wilkinson (2) ((1) Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile, (2) Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK)

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of IAU symposium 266 'Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks'

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

19. arXiv:0910.0127 [pdf, other]

Title: An optical/near-infrared survey of GCs in early-type galaxies

Authors: A. L. Chies-Santos, S. S. Larsen, E. M. Wehner, H. Kuntschner, J. Strader, J. P. Brodie, J. F. C. Santos, Jr.

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, contributed talk to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp. 266 (Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

20. arXiv:0910.0108 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Membership Probability via Control Field Colour-Magnitude Decontamination

Authors: Wagner J. B. Corradi, Francisco F. S. Maia, Joao F. C. Santos, Jr.

Comments: 4-page paper from IAU Symposium 266. Contains 13 figures and the document class 'iau.cls'

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

21. arXiv:0909.5616 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Open Cluster Characterization via Cross-Correlation with Spectral Library

Authors: Francisco F. S. Maia, Joao F. C. Santos, Jr., Wagner J. B. Corradi, Andres E. Piatti

Comments: 4-page paper from IAU symposium 266. Contains 3 eps figures and IAU document class file 'iau.cls'

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

22. arXiv:0909.5230 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Globular Cluster Abundances and What They Can Tell Us About Galaxy Formation

Authors: Judith G. Cohen

Comments: Invited Talk: IAU Symp. 266, Star Clusters - Basic Building Blocks Throughout Time and Space, proceedings to be published by Cambridge University Press

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

23. arXiv:0909.4929 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: High-velocity runaway stars from three-body encounters

Authors: V. V. Gvaramadze, A. Gualandris, S. Portegies Zwart

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space, Proceed. of IAU Symp. 266, eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Journal-ref: IAU Symp. 266 (2009) 413-416

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

24. arXiv:0909.4928 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: On the origin of the hypervelocity runaway star HD271791

Authors: V. V. Gvaramadze

Comments: 6 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space, Proceed. of IAU Symp. 266, eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Journal-ref: IAU Symp. 266 (2009) 272-277

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

25. arXiv:0909.4712 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Astrophysical properties of binary star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Authors: J. F. C. Santos, Jr., A. A. Schmidt, E. Bica

Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure. To appear in Proc. IAU Symp. 266 (Star clusters), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

26. arXiv:0909.4613 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: The Massive Star Forming Region, Cygnus OB2

Authors: N. J. Wright, J. J. Drake (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266, Star Clusters: Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time and Space, eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

27. arXiv:0909.4317 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Star cluster disruption

Authors: M. Gieles (European Southern Observatory)

Comments: 12 pages, 5 figures. Invited review talk. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp. 266 (Star clusters), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine. Corrected small typos in version 1

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

28. arXiv:0909.3431 [pdf, other]

Title: Close pairs: keys to comprehension of the evolution of star clusters

Authors: Dany Vanbeveren

Comments: Summary of two reviews presented at the meeting Binaries - key to comprehension of the universe, July 8-12 2009, Brno, Czech Republic and at IAU 266 Star clusters - basic galactic building blocs, Aug 10-14, at the GA in Rio 12 pages, 4 figures

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

29. arXiv:0909.2322 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: Young massive star clusters: Achievements and challenges

Authors: Richard de Grijs (KIAA; University of Sheffield; NAOC-CAS)

Comments: 9 pages, 3 figures. Review talk. To appear in Proc. IAU Symp. 266 (Star clusters), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

30. arXiv:0909.1652 [pdf, other]

Title: The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

Authors: C. J. Evans, N. Bastian, Y. Beletsky, I. Brott, M. Cantiello, J. S. Clark, P. A. Crowther, A. de Koter, S. de Mink, P. L. Dufton, P. Dunstall, M. Gieles, G. Graefener, V. Henault-Brunet, A. Herrero, I. D. Howarth, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, J. Maíz Apellániz, N. Markova, F. Najarro, J. Puls, H. Sana, S. Simon-Diaz, S. J. Smartt, V. E. Stroud, W. D. Taylor, C. Trundle, J. Th. van Loon, J. S. Vink, N. R. Walborn

Comments: 6 pages, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 266 "Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time and Space", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2009

Subjects: Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

31. arXiv:0909.1113 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: MASSCLEAN - MASSive CLuster Evolution and ANalysis Package - Description, Tests, and Results

Authors: Bogdan Popescu, M. M. Hanson

Comments: 4 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 266, Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space, Editors: Richard de Grijs & Jacques R. D. Lépine

Subjects: Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)

32. arXiv:0908.2060 [ps, pdf, other]

Title: The range of validity of cluster masses and ages derived from broad-band photometry

Authors: J. Maíz Apellániz

Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in IAU Symposium 266 on Star Clusters

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); Galaxy Astrophysics (astro-ph.GA)