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Abstracts of Interest: 2003 ArchiveOther years' archives: 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Abstract: astro-ph/0312618 Possible Spectra of Cosmic Rays Accelerated in Extragalactic SourcesAuthors: A.V.UrysonComments: Pages: 8 Bibl: 25 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312614 The Magnetized UniverseAuthors: Massimo GiovanniniComments: 146 pages, 14 included figures. Review article Report-no: CERN-TH/2003-307 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312591 Cosmic Rays and High-Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray BurstsAuthors: C.D. Dermer (NRL), A. Atoyan (UdM)Comments: 8 pages, 1 figure, in 2nd VERITAS Symposium on TeV Astrophysics, ed. L. Fortson and S. Swordy, in press, New Astronomy Reviews Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312590 Blazar Flaring Rates Measured with GLASTAuthors: C.D. Dermer (NRL), B.L. Dingus (LANL)Comments: 7 pages, 2 figures, in 2nd VERITAS Symposium on TeV Astrophysiscs, ed. L. Fortson and S. Swordy, in press, New Astronomy Reviews Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312585 TeV Gamma-Ray Observations and the Origin of Cosmic Rays IIIAuthors: H.J. VoelkComments: 19 pages, 10 figures, Plenary Talk at the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 31 - August 7, 2003, in Tsukuba, Japan. To be published 2003 by Universal Academy Press, Inc. - Tokyo, Japan. Changes are in captions of Figs. 3, 7a, and 8b Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312576 Reflections of AGN Outbursts in the Gaseous Atmosphere of M87Authors: W. Forman, P. Nulsen, S. Heinz, F. Owen, J. Eilek, A. Vikhlinin, M. Markevitch, R. Kraft, E. Churazov, C. JonesComments: Several references added Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312563 Ultra High Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: Pasquale Blasi (INAF/Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory)Comments: Invited Review Talk at the workshop "Thinking, Observing and Mining the Universe", Sorrento (Italy), September 22-27, 2003 Report-no: ARC-12-57 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312558 High Energy Neutrino AstrophysicsAuthors: Teresa Montaruli (Bari University and INFN)Comments: 7 pages, 2 figures, uses espcrc2.sty. Proceedings of 8th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2003), Sep. 5-9, 2003, Seattle, to appear in Nucl. Phys. B Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312545 AGN Unification: An UpdateAuthors: C. Megan Urry (Yale University)Comments: 12 pp, invited review at Princeton meeting on "AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" (July 2003), ed. G. T. Richards and P. B. Hall, ASP Conf. Series, in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312504 A Unified Jet Model of X-Ray Flashes, X-ray Rich GRBs and GRBsAuthors: D. Q. Lamb, T. Q. Donaghy, C. GrazianiComments: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in proc. 3rd Rome Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era, 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312475 Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays: the present position and the need for mass composition measurementsAuthors: A. A. WatsonComments: 11 pages with 5 figures. Based on invited talk at `Thinking, Observing and Mining the Universe', Sorrento Italy: 22 - 27 September 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312468 Composition of Cosmic Rays with the Energy more than 4x10^{19} eVAuthors: A.A. MikhailovComments: 5 pages, 4 figures. Contributed talk presented at 28-th ICRC, Thusuba, Aug., 2003; Sem. Inst. Nucl. Phys., Lodz, Oct. 2003; Sem.Piatkowe OAUJ,Krakov, Oct. 2003. Accepted in journal "Nauka and Tecnika in Yakutia", 2004, n.1, Yakutsk Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312295 Astrophysics of the Knee in the Cosmic Ray Energy SpectrumAuthors: A.Haungs et al. (KASCADE collaboration)Comments: Proceedings to XXXIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD), Krakow, Poland, 5-11 September 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312275 Signatures of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Composition from Propagation of Nuclei in Intergalactic Photon FieldsAuthors: Tokonatsu Yamamoto, Keiichi Mase, Masahiro Takeda, Naoto Sakaki, Masahiro TeshimaComments: 15 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics Journal-ref: Astropart.Phys. 20 (2004) 405-412 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312260 Log-parabolic spectra and particle acceleration in the BL Lac object Mkn 421: spectral analysis of the complete BeppoSAX wide band X-ray data setAuthors: E. Massaro, M. Perri, P. Giommi, R. NesciComments: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics (16 pages, 11 figures) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312254 Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic NucleiAuthors: N. Vlahakis (1), A. Konigl (2) ((1) Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens, (2) Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Univ. of Chicago)Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, ed. G. T. Richards & P. B. Hall (ASP Conf. Ser.) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0312223 New physics from ultrahigh energy cosmic raysAuthors: Subir Sarkar (Oxford)Comments: 12 pages; invited talk at the XXXIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Krakow, 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0312221 Space-Time Foam and Cosmic-Ray InteractionsAuthors: Marcin Jankiewicz, Thomas W. Kephart, Thomas J. WeilerComments: 20 pages, 8 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312213 High-Energy Cosmic Rays from Galactic and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray BurstsAuthors: S. D. Wick, C. D. Dermer (NRL), A. Atoyan (U Montreal)Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe, NM Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312190 Searching for sources of the highest energy cosmic rays: low statistics, pitfalls, and possible cluesAuthors: William S. Burgett, Mark R. O'MalleyComments: Paper presented at 8th Intl. Workshop in Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312179 TeV Gamma-ray Observations and the Origin of Cosmic Rays: IAuthors: T. C. WeekesComments: 12 pages, 8 figures, Plenary Talk at the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312177 Was the X-ray Afterglow of GRB 970815 Detected?Authors: N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, E. V. Gotthelf, R. MukherjeeComments: 4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 2003 GRB Conference Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312170 Doppler tomography of accretion in binariesAuthors: D. Steeghs (CfA)Comments: 4 pages, two color figures, to appear in the proceedings of IAU JD9, "Astro-tomography", eds. A.Cameron, A.Schwope and S.Vrielmann, movies available at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312154 Dark Matter in Galaxies: Observational overviewAuthors: A. BosmaComments: 12 pages, 4 figures, includes style file, invited review at IAU Symposium 220, eds. S. Ryder, D.J. Pisano, M. Walker & K.C. Freeman, has 2 page appendix with historical notes Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312128 High-energy gamma-rays from stellar associationsAuthors: Diego F. Torres, Eva Domingo-Santamaria, Gustavo E. RomeroComments: 10 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312103 Particle Acceleration and Radiation associated with Magnetic Field Generation from Relativistic Collisionless ShocksAuthors: K.-I. Nishikawa, P. Hardee, G. Richardson, R. Preece, H. Sol, G. J. FishmanComments: 4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Proceedings of 2003 Gamma Ray Burst Conference Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312102 Discovery of the Faint Near-IR Afterglow of GRB 030528Authors: A. Rau, J. Greiner, S. Klose, J. M. Castro Ceron, A. Fruchter, A. Kupcu Yoldas, J. Gorosabel, A.J. Levan, J.E. Rhoads, N.R. Tanvir (for the GRACE collaboration)Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures, aipproc.cls, to appear in the Proceedings of the 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312048 The Theory and Simulation of Relativistic Jet Formation: Towards a Unified Model For Micro- and MacroquasarsAuthors: David L. Meier (JPL)Comments: 6 pages, 1 figure; in The physics of relativistic jets in the CHANDRA and XMM era, Bologna, 23-27 Sept 2002 Journal-ref: Published in New Astronomy Reviews, 47, 667-672, 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0312047 The Theory of Relativistic Jet Formation in Galactic Sources: Towards a Unified MOdelAuthors: David L. Meier (JPL)Comments: 8 pages, 1 figure; 4th Microquasar Workshop Journal-ref: Published in New Views on Microquasars, ed. P. Durouchoux, et al., (Center for Space Physics:Kolkata, India), 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311484 A White Dwarf Merger Paradigm for Supernovae and Gamma-Ray BurstsAuthors: John MiddleditchComments: 11 pages, 0 figures Report-no: LAUR 03-8498 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311483 Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Detection of High Energy Galactic Sources: An UpdateAuthors: G. P. Rowell (MPIK, Heidelberg)Comments: 8 pages, 1 figure. To appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, Sydney Australia July 2003, ASP Conference Proceedings), eds F. Camilo and B. M. Gaensler Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311478 Dissecting the knee - Air shower measurements with KASCADEAuthors: J.R. Hoerandel et al (KASCADE Collaboration)Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311466 Ultra High Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: R.J. Protheroe, R.W. ClayComments: 44 pages, 17 figures. Invited review, PASA, in press Report-no: ADP-AT-03-Rev-1 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311442 Simulation of Ultra-High Energy Photon Propagation in the Geomagnetic FieldAuthors: P. Homola, D. Gora, D. Heck, H. Klages, J. Pekala, M. Risse, B. Wilczynska, H. WilczynskiComments: 40 pages, 9 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311438 Photon Pickup by Intense Poynting FlowsAuthors: David EichlerComments: 7 pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311435 Open Problems in CosmologyAuthors: P. J. E. PeeblesComments: Contribution to TAUP 2003, Seattle, September, 2003; five pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311397 Constraints on the Very High Energy Emission from BL Lacertae ObjectsAuthors: D. Horan, for the VERITAS CollaborationComments: 30 pages, 9 Tables, 3 Figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, 1 March 2003 edition Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311369 Cosmic Ray Scattering by Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic TurbulenceAuthors: Huirong Yan, A. LazarianComments: 27 papes, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311362 Separating Thermal and Non-Thermal X-Rays in Supernova Remnants II: Spatially Resolved Fits to SN1006 ADAuthors: K.K. Dyer, S.P. Reynolds, K.J. BorkowskiComments: 14 pages, emulateapj, accepted ApJ January 10, 2004 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311345 Constraints On the Diffusive Shock Acceleration From the Nonthermal X-ray Thin Shells In SN1006 NE RimAuthors: Ryo Yamazaki (1), Tatsuo Yoshida (2), Toshio Terasawa (3), Aya Bamba (1), Katsuji Koyama (1) ((1)Kyoto University, (2)Ibaraki University, (3)University of Tokyo)Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311310 Spot Sizes on Sun-like StarsAuthors: S. K. Solanki, Y. C. UnruhComments: 10 pages with 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311275 Particle acceleration in cooling flow clusters of galaxies: the case of Abell 2626Authors: Myriam Gitti (1,2,3), Gianfranco Brunetti (3), Luigina Feretti (3), Giancarlo Setti (2,3) ((1) Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Innsbruck, (2) Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita' di Bologna, (3) IRA-CNR Bologna)Comments: 12 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311217 The Hydrogen Clouds in the Galactic HaloAuthors: Felix J. Lockman (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)Comments: 6 pages include 3 figures. To be published in "Recycling Intergalactic and Interstellar Matter", IAU Symp. 217, ed. P-A Duc, J. Braine and E. Brinks Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311214 GRB afterglows in the deep Newtonian phaseAuthors: Y. F. Huang, K. S. Cheng, Z. G. Dai, T. LuComments: 7 pages, 13 eps figures; poster at the 2003 GRB conference (Santa Fe, Sept 8 -- 12, 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311212 Emission processes in quiescent neutron star transientsAuthors: Sergio Campana (INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Brera)Comments: 6 pages, talk presented at the Symposium: "Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe: new insights and new challenges", September 16-19, 2003, Como, Italy. Macros included Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311190 Quasi-universal Gaussian jets: a unified picture for gamma-ray bursts and X-ray flashesAuthors: Bing Zhang (1), Xinyu Dai (1), Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning (2), Peter Meszaros (1,3) ((1) PSU (2) LANL (3) IAS)Comments: emulateapj style, 6 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ Letters Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311180 Curvature radiation and giant subpulses in the Crab pulsarAuthors: Janusz Gil, George I. MelikidzeFull-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0311172 Signatures of supernova neutrino oscillations in the Earth mantle and coreAuthors: A. S. Dighe, M. Kachelriess, G. G. Raffelt, R. TomasComments: 17 pages, 9 figures Report-no: MPP-2003-126 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311161 Month-Timescale Optical Variability in the M87 JetAuthors: Eric S. Perlman (UMBC), D. E. Harris (SAO), John A. Biretta (STScI), William B. Sparks (STScI), F. Duccio Macchetto (STScI/ESA)Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, ApJ Lett., in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311150 MeV Dark Matter In Dwarf Spheroidals: A Smoking Gun?Authors: Dan Hooper, Francesc Ferrer, Céline Boehm, Joseph Silk, Jacques Paul, N. Wyn Evans, Michel CasseComments: 4 pages, no figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311089 Hot Gas in the Local Group and Low-Redshift Intergalactic MediumAuthors: Kenneth R. Sembach (Space Telescope Science Institute)Comments: 14 pages, includes 5 figures and cupconf.cls style file. To be published in the proceedings of the 2003 STScI May Symposium "The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory" Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311063 Aberration and the Speed of Gravity in the Jovian Deflection ExperimentAuthors: Sergei M. Kopeikin, Edward B. FomalontComments: 16 pages, 2 figures Subj-class: Astrophysics; Classical Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311033 A new paradigm for the universe (preliminary version)Authors: Colin RourkeComments: 21 pages, 5 figures (some bitmapped) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311004 High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy: from AMANDA to IcecubeAuthors: F. HalzenComments: Talk presented at the IAU XXV General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, July 2003. 8 pages, Latex2e with graphicx.sty, 4 postscript figures Report-no: MADPH-03-1347 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0311002 Galactic Point Sources of TeV AntineutrinosAuthors: Luis A. Anchordoqui, Haim Goldberg, Francis Halzen, Thomas J. WeilerComments: 4 pages revtex Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310902 Mapping deflections of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays in Constrained Simulations of Extragalactic Magnetic FieldsAuthors: Klaus Dolag, Dario Grasso, Volker Springel, Igor TkachevComments: Comments: Latex, 4 pages, 2 figures. Additional graphical material can be found here: this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310893 Strong GeV Emission Accompanying TeV Blazar H1426+428Authors: Y. Z. Fan, Z. G. Dai, D. M. WeiComments: 5 pages, 1 figure. A&A in Press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310862 Confirmation of strong magnetic field amplification and nuclear cosmic ray acceleration in SN 1006Authors: E. G. Berezhko, L. T. Ksenofontov, H. J. VoelkComments: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310833 Cosmic Ray Acceleration at Relativistic ShocksAuthors: Michal Ostrowski (Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University)Comments: A review presented at the meeting "Selected topics in astronomy and astrophysics", Lvov, Ukraine (2002); an extended and updated version of astro-ph/9808233 Journal-ref: Journal of Physical Studies, 6, 393-400 (2002) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310823 A Millennium Scale Sunspot Number Reconstruction: Evidence For an Unusually Active Sun Since the 1940'sAuthors: Ilya G. Usoskin, Sami K. Solanki, Manfred Schuessler, Kalevi Mursula, Katja AlankoComments: 4 pages, LaTeX, revtex4 macros; Phys. Rev. Let., in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310821 Near-infrared flares from accreting gas around the supermassive black hole at the Galactic CentreAuthors: R. Genzel, R. Schoedel, T. Ott, A. Eckart, T. Alexander, F. Lacombe, D. Rouan, B. AschenbachComments: 5 pages, 3 figures to appear in the Oct 30 issue of Nature Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310810 The Effect of Clouds on Air Showers Observation from SpaceAuthors: T. Abu-Zayyad, C.C.H. Jui, E.C. LohComments: 31 pages, 13 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310808 Expanding Confusion: common misconceptions of cosmological horizons and the superluminal expansion of the UniverseAuthors: Tamara M. Davis, Charles H. LineweaverComments: To appear in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 26 pages (preprint format), 6 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310795 Multifrequency Radiation of Extragalactic Large-Scale JetsAuthors: L. StawarzComments: 29 pages. Review talk presented at the Workshop `Multifrequency Behavior of High Energy Cosmic Sources', Vulcano, May 2003; Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys., submitted Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310747 Magnetic Driving of Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Interpretation of Parsec-Scale AccelerationsAuthors: Nektarios Vlahakis, Arieh KoniglComments: 6 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310736 Status of the ANTARES ProjectAuthors: U.F. Katz (Univ. Erlangen), for the ANTARES CollaborationComments: 3 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Proc. HEP2003 Europhysics Conf., Aachen, Germany, 17-23 July 2003 Report-no: FAU-PI1-03-01 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310717 Feeding Accretion Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei with Stars Crashing on the Disk: A Possible Explanation of the M-sigma RelationAuthors: Jordi Miralda-Escude (1 and 2), Juna A. Kollmeier (1) ((1) Ohio State University, (2) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya/ICREA)Comments: submitted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310667 High-Energy Cosmic Rays from Gamma-Ray BurstsAuthors: Stuart D. Wick, Charles D. Dermer (NRL), Armen Atoyan (UMontreal)Comments: 52 pages, 22 figures, submitted to Astroparticle Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310651 A Method for energy estimation and mass composition determination of primary cosmic rays at Chacaltaya observation level based on atmospheric Cerenkov light techniqueAuthors: S. Mavrodiev, A. Mishev, J. StamenovComments: 12 pages, 10 figures, submitted in NIM-A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310592 Evolution of the Synchrotron Spectrum in Mrk421 during the 1998 CampaignAuthors: Chiharu Tanihata (ISAS, Univ. of Tokyo), Tadayuki Takahashi (ISAS), Jun Kataoka (TITech), Greg M. Madejski (SLAC)Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures, to appear in ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310590 Black hole masses and Doppler factors of $\gamma$-ray active galactic nucleiAuthors: Zhong-Hui Fan, Xinwu CaoComments: 22 pages, accepted by ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310571 A Map of the UniverseAuthors: J. Richard Gott III, Mario Juri\'c, David Schlegel, Fiona Hoyle, Michael Vogeley, Max Tegmark, Neta Bahcall, Jon BrinkmannComments: Additional material accessible on the web at: this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310538 High energy emission from microquasarsAuthors: Rob Fender, Tom Maccarone (University of Amsterdam)Comments: Contributing chapter to the book Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources, K.S. Cheng and G.E. Romero (eds.), to be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2004. (19 pages) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310507 Non-linear shock acceleration in the presence of seed particlesAuthors: Pasquale BlasiComments: To appear in Astroparticle Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310417 GRB941017: A Case Study of Neutrino Production in Gamma Ray BurstsAuthors: Jaime Alvarez-Muñiz, Francis Halzen, Dan HooperReport-no: MADPH-03-1354 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310308 Recent Results from HEGRA (Gamma-Ray Observations with the HEGRA Stereoscopic System of 5 Cherenkov Telescopes)Authors: Niels Goetting, for the HEGRA CollaborationComments: to appear in the Proceedings of the HEP2003 Europhysics Conference in Aachen, Germany (July 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310241 An X-ray jet discovered by Chandra in the z=4.3 radio-selected quasar GB 1508+5714Authors: Aneta Siemiginowska (1), Randall K. Smith (1), Thomas L. Aldcroft (1), D.A. Schwartz (1), Frederic Paerels (2), Andreea O. Petric (2) ((1) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (2) Columbia University)Comments: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ. Letters on Aug.13, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters on Oct.8 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310234 Indirect determination of the missing energy content in extensive air showersAuthors: H.M.J. Barbosa, F. Catalani, J. A. Chinellato, C. DobrigkeitComments: 12 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310233 Constraining the Topology of the UniverseAuthors: Neil J. Cornish, David N. Spergel, Glenn D. Starkman, Eiichiro KomatsuComments: Submitted to PRL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310232 Experimental Limit on the Cosmic Diffuse Ultra-high Energy Neutrino FluxAuthors: P. W. Gorham, C. L. Hebert (Univ. of Hawaii), K. M. Liewer, C. J. Naudet (JPL), D. Saltzberg, D. Williams (UCLA)Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures, revtex4 style. New intro section, Fig. 2, Fig 4; in final PRL review Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310150 The X-ray flaring activity of the galactic nucleus observed with XMM-NewtonAuthors: E. Brion (1), A. Goldwurm (2), P. Goldoni (2), P. Ferrando (2), F. Daigne (3), A. Decourchelle (2) ((1) CENBG Bordeaux, (2) CEA Saclay, (3) IAP Paris)Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, proc. of the SF2A conf. held in Bordeaux, France, June 2003, eds.: F. Combes, D. Barret and T. Contini, EdP-Sciences Conf. Series Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310130 The ANTARES neutrino project: status reportAuthors: I.Sokalski (INFN/Bari), for the ANTARES CollaborationComments: Talk given at 4th International Conference on Non-Accelerator New Physics, Dubna, Russia, June 23--28, 2003 (SPIRES Conf Num: C03/06/23.1). To appear in Proceedings. 7 pages, 4 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310122 Galactic magnetic fields, from radio polarimetry of the WIMAuthors: M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, A. G. de Bruyn, F. HeitschComments: 4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of "How does the Galaxy work? A Galactic Tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds", eds Alfaro, Perez & Franco Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310120 Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of KeralaAuthors: Godfrey Louis, A. Santhosh KumarComments: 20 pages, 5 figures, paper to be submitted to Nature Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310106 Aborted jets and the X-ray emission of radio-quiet AGNsAuthors: G. Ghisellini (OAB Milano), F. Haardt (UNI. Insubria, Como), G. Matt (Uni. Roma III, Roma)Comments: 11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0310079 High energy cosmic-rays: puzzles, models, and giga-ton neutrino telescopesAuthors: E. WaxmanComments: 12 pages, 7 figures; Summary of review talk, PASCOS 03 (Mumbai, India) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0310054 Footprints of Super-GZK Cosmic Rays in the Pilliga State ForestAuthors: Luis Anchordoqui, Haim GoldbergComments: 7 pages revtex, 7 figures Report-no: NUB-3241-TH-03 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309756 Cosmology calculations almost without general relativityAuthors: Thomas F. JordanComments: 34 pages, 31 problems, 1 figure, submitted to American Journal of Physics, refereed, revised, recommended for publication by referee Subj-class: Astrophysics; Physics Education Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309733 GRB 011121: A collimated outflow into wind-blown surroundingsAuthors: J. Greiner, S. Klose, M. Salvato, A. Zeh, R. Schwarz, D.H. Hartmann, N. Masetti, B. Stecklum, G. Lamer, N. Lodieu, R.D. Scholz, C. Sterken, J. Gorosabel, I. Burud, J. Rhoads, I. Mitrofanov, M. Litvak, A. Sanin, V. Grinkov, M.I. Andersen, J.M. Castro Ceron, A.J. Castro-Tirado, A. Fruchter, J.U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, L. Kaper, C. Kouveliotou, E. Palazzi, E. Pian, E. Rol, N.R. Tanvir, P.M. Vreeswijk, R.A.M.J. Wijers, E. van den HeuvelComments: 22 pages ApJ style, accepted for publication Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309714 The Diversity of Cosmic Explosions: Gamma-Ray Bursts and Type Ib/c SupernovaeAuthors: Edo Berger (Caltech)Comments: To appear in proceeding of "3-D signatures in stellar explosions", June 10-13 2003, Austin, Texas, USA Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309695 Signatures of Magnetized Large Scale Structure in Ultra-High Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: Guenter Sigl (GReCO, IAP), Francesco Miniati, Torsten Ensslin (MPA, Garching)Comments: 4 revtex pages, 4 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309684 Topics in Core-Collapse Supernova TheoryAuthors: Adam Burrows, Christian D. Ott, Casey MeakinComments: 10 pages, 2 color figures, to be published in the proceedings of ``3-D Signatures in Stellar Explosions: A Workshop honoring J. Craig Wheeler's 60th birthday," held June 10-13, 2003, Austin, Texas, USA Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309683 Electromagnetic Mechanism for the Origin of Knots in Parsec Scale JetsAuthors: V.I. Pariev (1,2), Ya.N. Istomin (2), A.R. Beresnyak (2) ((1) University of Rochester, (2) Lebedev Physical Institute)Comments: 3 pages, to be published in the ASP Conference Series, Proceedings of the meeting "Future Directions in High Resolution Astronomy: A Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the VLBA", held June 8 - 12, 2003, in Socorro, New Mexico, USA Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309676 Observational Aspects of Wave Acceleration in Open Magnetic RegionsAuthors: Steven R. Cranmer (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)Comments: 10-page review paper (single PDF file), 6 figures, to be published in the proceedings of the SOHO-13 Symposium: Waves, Oscillations, and Small-scale Events in the Solar Atmosphere, 29 September to 3 October 2003, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ESA SP-547 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309637 The Surroundings of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Constraints on ProgenitorsAuthors: Roger A. ChevalierComments: 10 pages, review, IAU Colloq. 192, Apr. 22-26, 2003, Supernovae: 10 Years of 1993J, eds. J.M. Marcaide, K.W. Weiler, Springer Verlag Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309622 Radio Emission from Cosmic Ray Air Showers: Coherent Geosynchrotron RadiationAuthors: Tim Huege (MPIfR Bonn), Heino Falcke (MPIfR Bonn/ASTRON/University of Nijmegen)Comments: 17 pages, 18 figures, accepted for publication by Astronomy & Astrophysics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309605 Distribution of Faraday Rotation Measure in Jets from Active Galactic Nuclei I. Prediction from our Sweeping Magnetic Twist ModelAuthors: Y. Uchida, H. Kigure, S. Hirose, M. Nakamura, R. CameronComments: Accepted for publication in ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309585 Search for extraterrestrial point sources of neutrinos with AMANDA-IIAuthors: AMANDA Collaboration: J. Ahrens, et alComments: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, submitted to PRL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309579 Is the dark halo of our Galaxy spherical?Authors: Amina Helmi (Kapteyn Institute)Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to MNRAS. High-resolution figures available from this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309529 The depolarisation properties of powerful radio sources: breaking the radio-power vs. redshift degeneracyAuthors: J.A.Goodlet (Southampton University), C. R. Kaiser (Southampton University), P.N.Best (Edinburgh University), J.Dennett-Thorpe (Dwingeloo, the Netherlands)Comments: 21 pages, very low resolution version 33 figures. Accepted to MNRAS. High resolution paper at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309526 Generic description of CMB power spectraAuthors: S.Plaszczynski, F. CouchotFull-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309524 Outflows from Quasars and Ultraluminous X-ray SourcesAuthors: A. R. King (University of Leicester, UK)Comments: 6 pages, no figures; to appear in Proc. of the II BeppoSAX Meeting: "The Restless High-Energy Universe" (Amsterdam, May 5-8, 2003), E.P.J. van den Heuvel, J.J.M. in 't Zand, and R.A.M.J. Wijers (Eds); typos corrected Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309518 Inferring the coronal flaring patterns in AGN from reverberation mapsAuthors: R. Goyder, A. N. LasenbyComments: Submitted to MNRAS. A version with higher-resolution figures is available for download at this http URL as are colour versions of some figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309516 Gamma-rays From Neutralino Annihilation in Milky Way Substructure: What Can We Learn?Authors: Savvas M. Koushiappas, Andrew R. Zentner, Terrence P. Walker (The Ohio State University)Comments: To be appear in the conference proceedings of the IVth Marseille International Cosmology Conference Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309511 A Test for the Origin of Quasar RedshiftsAuthors: Piotr Popowski, Wolfgang Weinzierl (MPA)Comments: 10 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, submitted to MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309505 Review of Coronal Oscillations - An Observer's ViewAuthors: Markus J. AschwandenComments: 5 Figures Journal-ref: 2003, Review of Coronal Oscillations - An Observer's View, in Turbulence, Waves, and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma, NATO Advanced Research Workshops, 16-20 Sept 2002, held in Budapest, Hungary, (eds. R. von Fay-Siebenburgen, K. Petrovay, B. Roberts, and M.J. Aschwanden) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309504 Gamma-ray bursts from alternating-current jetsAuthors: M. Sikora (1, 2), M.C. Begelman (2, 3), P. Coppi (2, 4), D. Proga (2) ((1) Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, (2) JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, (3) also Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, (4) Department of Astronomy, Yale University)Comments: submitted in ApJ Letters Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309497 Diffuse X-rays from the Inner 3 Parsecs of the GalaxyAuthors: Gabriel Rockefeller, Chris L. Fryer, Fulvio Melia, Michael S. WarrenComments: 23 pages, 9 figures, submitted to ApJ Report-no: LAUR-03-6680 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309445 XMM-Newton Observations of PSR B1706-44Authors: Katherine E. McGowan (1), Silvia Zane (2), Mark Cropper (2), Jamie A. Kennea (3), France A. Cordova (3), Cheng Ho (1), Tim Sasseen (4), W. Thomas Vestrand (1) ((1) LANL, (2) MSSL, (3) UCR, (4) UCSB)Comments: 21 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309443 TeV Blazars - Observations and ModelsAuthors: Henric KrawczynskiComments: Accepted for publication in New Astronomy Reviews; Invited Talk at the "2nd VERITAS Symposium on TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources", April 24-26, 2003, Chicago; 8 Pages, 2 Figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309421 Do we observe ultra high energy cosmic rays above the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff due to violation of Lorentz invariance?Authors: Nayantara Gupta (IMSc, Chennai)Comments: 8 pages latex Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309419 The bright optical afterglow of the nearby gamma-ray burst of 29 March 2003Authors: P. A. Price, D. W. Fox, S. R. Kulkarni, B. A. Peterson, B. P. Schmidt, A. M. Soderberg, S. A. Yost, E. Berger, S. G. Djorgovski, D. A. Frail, F. A. Harrison, R. Sari, A. W. Blain, S. C. ChapmanComments: 13 pages, 4 figures. Original text Journal-ref: 2003, Nature, 423, 844 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309415 Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction?Authors: A. Melott, B. Lieberman, C. Laird, L. Martin, M. Medvedev, B. Thomas (University of Kansas), J. Cannizzo, N. Gehrels, C. Jackman (NASA-Goddard)Comments: 10 pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309368 New Constraints on $\Omega_M$, $\Omega_\Lambda$, and w from an Independent Set of Eleven High-Redshift Supernovae Observed with HSTAuthors: R. A. Knop, G. Aldering, R. Amanullah, P. Astier, G. Blanc, M. S. Burns, A. Conley, S. E. Deustua, M. Doi, R. Ellis, S. Fabbro, G. Folatelli, A. S. Fruchter, G. Garavini, S. Garmond, K. Garton, R. Gibbons, G. Goldhaber, A. Goobar, D. E. Groom, D. Hardin, I. Hook, D. A. Howell, A. G. Kim, B. C. Lee, C. Lidman, J. Mendez, S. Nobili, P. E. Nugent, R. Pain, N. Panagia, C. R. Pennypacker, S. Perlmutter, R. Quimby, J. Raux, N. Regnault, P. Ruiz-Lapuente, G. Sainton, B. Schaefer, K. Schahmaneche, E. Smith, A. L. Spadafora, V. Stanishev, M. Sullivan, N. A. Walton, L. Wang, W. M. Wood-Vasey, N. Yasuda (THE SUPERNOVA COSMOLOGY PROJECT)Comments: Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal; For data tables and full-resolution figures, see this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309285 Parsec Scale Properties of Markarian 501Authors: M. Giroletti, G. Giovannini, L. Feretti, W. D. Cotton, P. G. Edwards, L. Lara, A. P. Marscher, J. R. Mattox, B. G. Piner, T. VenturiComments: accepted for publication in ApJ; 24 pages with 17 figures (fig. 1 and fig. 2 available only as .jpg files) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309242 Universal spectral shape of high accretion rate AGNAuthors: B. Czerny (1), M. Nikolajuk (1), A. Rozanska (1), A.-M. Dumont (2), Z. Loska (1), P.T. Zycki (1), ((1) N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland, (2) Observatoire Paris-Meudon, France)Comments: 14 pages, 14 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309240 Large-scale surveys and cosmic structureAuthors: J.A. Peacock (University of Edinburgh)Comments: 61 pages. Lectures delivered at the 2002 Tenerife Winter School, "Dark matter and dark energy in the universe" Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309205 New constraints on varying $\alpha$Authors: G. Rocha (Cambridge, CAUP), R. Trotta (Geneva), C.J.A.P. Martins (CAUP, Cambridge, IAP), A. Melchiorri (Oxford), P.P. Avelino (Porto), P.T.P. Viana (CAUP)Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, to appear in New Astronomy Reviews, Proceedings of the 2nd CMBNET workshop, 20-21 February 2003, Oxford, UK Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309203 INTEGRAL-RXTE observations of Cygnus X-1Authors: K. Pottschmidt, J. Wilms, M. Chernyakova, M.A. Nowak, J. Rodriguez, A.A. Zdziarski, V. Beckmann, P. Kretschmar, T. Gleissner, G.G. Pooley, S. Martinez-Nunez, T.J.-L. Courvoisier, V. Schoenfelder, R. StaubertComments: 6 pages, 3 figures. Figs. 2 and 3 are best viewed in color. Accepted for publication in the INTEGRAL special edition of A&AL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309201 On the Central Engine of short Gamma-ray BurstsAuthors: Stephan Rosswog, Enrico Ramirez-RuizComments: 5 pages, 3 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309170 Constraints on the mass spectrum of primordial black holes and braneworld parameters from the high-energy diffuse photon backgroundAuthors: Yuuiti Sendouda, Shigehiro Nagataki, Katsuhiko Sato (Univ. of Tokyo)Comments: 16 pages, 8 figures, REVTeX4; accepted for publication in PRD Report-no: UTAP-449, RESCEU-20/03 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309159 On the Evidence for Clustering in the Arrival Directions of AGASA's Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: Chad B. Finley, Stefan Westerhoff (Columbia University)Comments: 13 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Astropart. Phys Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309140 INTEGRAL observations of SS433, a supercritically accreting microquasar with hard spectrumAuthors: A.M.Cherepashchuk (Sternberg Astronomical Institute), R.A.Sunyaev (Space Research Institute, Moscow), E.V. Seifina, I.E. Panchenko (SAI), S.V. Molkov (SRI), K.A.Postnov (SAI)Comments: 5 pages, 6 figures. Accepted to A&A INTEGRAL special volume Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309137 The Connection Between Radio Quiet AGN and the High/Soft State of X-Ray BinariesAuthors: T.J. Maccarone, E. Gallo, R. Fender (Amsterdam)Comments: 5 pages, accepted to MNRAS pink pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309123 Hadronic gamma-ray emission from windy microquasarsAuthors: Gustavo E. Romero, Diego F. Torres, M. M. Kaufman Bernado, I. F. MirabelComments: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics as a Letter to the Editor Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309108 Study of the angular resolution of the ARGO-YBJ detectorAuthors: Giuseppe Di Sciascio, Elvira Rossi (for the ARGO-YBJ Collaboration)Comments: 10 pages, Presented at the "Incontro Nazionale di Astrofisica delle Alte Energie", Rome 15-16 May 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309091 Simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of GRS 1915+105Authors: Yael Fuchs (1), J. Rodriguez (1,2), I.F. Mirabel (1,3), S. Chaty (1,4), M. Ribo (1), V. Dhawan (5), P. Goldoni (1), P. Sizun (1), G.G. Pooley (6), A.A. Zdziarski (7), D.C. Hannikainen (8), P. Kretschmar (9,2), B. Cordier (1), N. Lund (10) ((1) SAp CEA/Saclay; (2) ISDC; (3) IAFE/CONICET; (4) Univ. Paris 7, APC; (5) NRAO; (6) Mullard Radio Astronomy Obs., Cavendish Lab.; (7) N. Copernicus Astronomical Center; (8) Univ. of Helsinki; (9) MPI fuer Extraterrestrische Physik; (10) Danish Space Research Institute)Comments: 5 pages, 5 figures (4 colour figures), accepted by A&A Letters Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309040 IR emission from AGNsAuthors: Moshe Elitzur, Maia Nenkova, Zeljko IvezicComments: Invited review at "The Neutral ISM in Starburst Galaxies", Marstrand, Sweden, June 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309027 Cosmic Physics: The High Energy FrontierAuthors: F.W. Stecker (NASA/GSFC)Comments: Topical Review Paper to be published in the Journal of Physics G, 50 pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0309005 The Case for a 30m Diameter Submillimeter Telescope on the Antarctic PlateauAuthors: Antony A. StarkComments: 2 pages, 1 figure, for Highlights of Astronomy, ASP Conference Series, Vol 13. 2003 ed. O. Engvold & M. G. Burton Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308512 Hybrid Performance of the Pierre Auger Observatory and Reconstruction of Hybrid EventsAuthors: B. Fick (University of Chicago), for the Pierre Auger CollaborationComments: Talk given at 28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2003 Journal-ref: Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences, Tsukuba, Japan, (2003) 449-452 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308494 The Anisotropy Search Program For the Pierre Auger ObservatoryAuthors: Roger Clay, for the Pierre Auger CollaborationComments: 4 pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308473 3EG J2027+3429 another Blazar behind the Galactic PlaneAuthors: V. Sguera, A. Malizia, L. Bassani, J. B. Stephen, G. Di CoccoComments: 6 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308470 The Most Likely Sources of High Energy Cosmic-Ray Electrons in Supernova RemnantsAuthors: T. Kobayashi, Y. Komori, K. Yoshida, J. NishimuraComments: 32 pages, 6 figures, submitted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308273 The Slow Decay of Some Radio Afterglows, a Puzzle for the Simplest GRB Fireball ModelAuthors: A. Panaitescu, P. KumarComments: submitted to MNRAS, 15 pages, 1 color figure Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308257 Gamma-Ray Bursts and Magnetars as Possible Sources of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays: Correlation of Cosmic Ray Event Positions with IRAS GalaxiesAuthors: Shwetabh Singh, Chung-Pei Ma, Jonathan Arons (UC Berkeley)Comments: 15 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to Phys Rev D Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308247 The optical system of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Part II: mirror alignment and point spread functionAuthors: R. Cornils, S. Gillessen, I. Jung., W. Hofmann, M. Beilicke, K. Bernloehr, O. Carrol, S. Elfahem, G. Heinzelmann, G. Hermann, D. Horns, R. Kankanyan, A. Katona, H. Krawczynski, M. Panter, S. Rayner, G. Rowell, M. Tluczykont, R. van StaaComments: 23 pages, 13 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308246 The optical system of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Part I: layout and components of the systemAuthors: K. Bernloehr, O. Carrol, R. Cornils, S. Elfahem, P. Espigat, S. Gillessen, G. Heinzelmann, G. Hermann, W. Hofmann, D. Horns, I. Jung, R. Kankanyan, A. Katona, B. Khelifi, H. Krawczynski, M. Panter, M. Punch, S. Rayner, G. Rowell, M. Tluczykont, R. van StaaComments: 28 pages, 20 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308239 Neutrino signatures of the supernova - gamma ray burst relationshipAuthors: Soebur Razzaque, Peter Meszaros, Eli WaxmanComments: 7 pages, 2 figures. New version uses revised photon data resulting in lower neutrino fluxes Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308238 The Changing AGN PopulationAuthors: A.T.Steffen, A.J. Barger, L.L. Cowie, R.F. Mushotzky, Y.YangComments: Accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 5 pages Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308214 Constraints on Lorentz Invariance Violating Quantum Gravity and Large Extra Dimensions Models using High Energy Gamma Ray ObservationsAuthors: F.W. Stecker (NASA/GSFC)Comments: Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics, nine pages, no figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308141 Time-dependent diffusion of Cosmic Rays from discrete sources: I- Method and analytical solutionsAuthors: Richard Taillet, Pierre Salati, David Maurin, Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam, Michel CasséComments: 11 figures (bitmap eps, mail the first author for better quality figures), submitted to ApJ Report-no: LAPTH-993/03 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308040 The Central Engines of Radio-Loud QuasarsAuthors: Jian-Min Wang (1,2), Luis C. Ho (3), Ruediger Staubert (1) (1 IAAT Tuebingen, Germany; 2. IHEP Beijing, P.R. China; 3. OCIW Pasadena, USA)Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308026 A brief (blazar oriented) overview on topics for multi-wavelength observations with TeV photonsAuthors: L. Costamante (MPI-K)Comments: 8 pages, 6 figures. Invited talk at the 2nd Veritas Symposium: "TeV Astrophysics of extragalactic sources". April 2003, Chicago Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0308025 Constraining the Cosmic Background Light with four BL Lac TeV spectraAuthors: L. Costamante, F. Aharonian, D. Horns, G. GhiselliniComments: 4 pages, 8 figures; to appear in the proceedings of the 2nd Veritas Symposium: "TeV Astrophysics of extragalactic sources". April 2003, Chicago Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307535 Multiscale image analysis applied to gamma/hadron discrimination for VHE gamma-ray astronomy with ARGO-YBJAuthors: I. De Mitri, G.Marsella, F.Salamida (for the ARGO-YBJ Collaboration)Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures, Presented at the "Incontro Nazionale di Astrofisica delle Alte Energie", Rome 15-16 May 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307499 Gamma-Ray emission from Clusters of GalaxiesAuthors: Stefano Gabici (Universita' di Firenze)Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures. Proceeding of the National Meeting on High Energy Astrophysics, Roma 15-16 May 2003. To appear in the Frascati Physics Series Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307491 Using Fractal Dimensionality in the Search for Source Models of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: B.T. Stokes, C.C.H. Jui, J.N. MatthewsComments: LaTeX, 22 pages, 41 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307453 Model Dependence of Lateral Distribution Functions of High Energy Cosmic Ray Air ShowersAuthors: Hans-Joachim Drescher, Marcus Bleicher, Sven Soff, Horst StoeckerComments: 8 pages, 18 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307439 Effects of the Cosmological Constant as the Origin of the Cosmic-Ray ParadoxAuthors: Zhe Chang, Shao-Xia ChenComments: 8 pages, 2 figures, Latex files Report-no: BIHEP-TH-2003-24 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307413 Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays and de Sitter VacuaAuthors: Gian Luigi Alberghi, Kevin Goldstein, David A. LoweComments: 10 pages, revtex4 Report-no: BROWN-HET-1367 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307334 HEGRA Contributions to the 28th International Cosmic Ray ConferenceAuthors: HEGRA Collaboration, in particular: N. Goetting (2), G. Heinzelmann (2), W. Hofmann (1), D.Horns (1), D. Kranich (3), G. Puehlhofer (1), G. Rowell (1), M. Tluczykont (2), N. Tonello (3), V. Vitale (3) ((1) Max-Planck Institut f. Kernphysik, Heidelberg, (2) Institut f. Exp.Physik, Universitaet Hamburg, (3) Max-Planck Institut f. Physik, Muenchen)Comments: 56 pages, 25 figures. Individual contributions appear in the Proc. of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference ( see this http URL) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307330 Systematic bias in interstellar magnetic field estimatesAuthors: Rainer Beck (1), Anvar Shukurov (1,2), Dmitry Sokoloff (3), Richard Wielebinski (1) ((1) MPI fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany, (2) Univ. of Newcastle, UK, (3) Moscow State University, Russia)Comments: 10 pages with 2 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307287 Status of the H.E.S.S. ExperimentAuthors: U. Schwanke (Humboldt University Berlin), for the H.E.S.S. CollaborationComments: 3 pages, Latex, two eps figures, uses pic03.sty, to be published in the proceedings of the XXIII Physics in Collision conference (PIC03), PSN FRAP16 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0307279 Fragmentation functions in SUSY QCD and UHECR spectra produced in top-down modelsAuthors: R. Aloisio, V. Berezinsky, M. KachelriessComments: LATEX, 20 pages, 19 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307255 A Hubble Space Telescope Survey of Extended [OIII]5007A Emission in a Far-Infrared Selected Sample of Seyfert Galaxies: ResultsAuthors: H.R. Schmitt, J.L. Donley, R.R.J. Antonucci, J.B. Hutchings, A.L. Kinney, J.E. PringleComments: 17 pages including 12 figures, to appear in ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307253 Supergalactic winds driven by multiple superstar clustersAuthors: G. Tenorio-Tagle, S. Silich, C. Munoz-TunonComments: 10 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307251 On the methods of determining the radio emission geometry from pulsar magnetospheresAuthors: J. Dyks, B. Rudak, A. K. HardingComments: submitted to ApJ, 22 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307236 High-energy Emission from Pulsar Outer MagnetospheresAuthors: Kouichi HirotaniComments: 24 pages, 11 figures; to appear in the inaugural (Sep) issue of Progress in Astrophysics Researches (a new book series) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307220 First results from the INTEGRAL Galactic plane scansAuthors: C. Winkler (ESA-Estec), N. Gehrels (NASA-GSFC) V. Schoenfelder (MPE), J.-P. Roques (CESR), A.W. Strong (MPE), C. Wunderer (MPE), P. Ubertini (IASF/CNR) F. Lebrun (CEA-Saclay), A. Bazzano (IASF/CNR), M. Del Santo (IASF/CNR) N. Lund (DSRI), N.J. Westergaard (DSRI), V. Beckmann (ISDC), P. Kretschmar (ISDC), S. Mereghetti (CNR-Ias)Comments: 7 pages, 5 figures, Latex. A&A (submitted) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307216 Gamma-rays and cosmic-rays from a pulsar in Cygnus OB2Authors: W. Bednarek (University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland)Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures, MNRAS accepted Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307192 Analysis of 6cm VLBI polarization observations of a complete sample of northern BL Lacertae ObjectsAuthors: D. C. Gabuzda, A. B. Pushkarev, T. V. CawthorneComments: 15 pages, 14 figures, 5 tables Journal-ref: MNRAS, 319, 1109-1124 (2000) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307188 Variability of EGRET Gamma-Ray SourcesAuthors: P. L. Nolan (1), W. F. Tompkins (2), I. A. Grenier (3), P. F. Michelson (1) ((1) Stanford, (2) Geophysical Associates, (3) Saclay)Comments: Accepted by ApJ. 13 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Machine-readable copies of Table 1 are at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307124 The Environment of AGNs in the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyAuthors: Christopher J. Miller (1), Robert C. Nichol (1), Percy Gomez (1), Andrew Hopkins (2), Mariangela Bernardi (1) ((1) Carnegie Mellon University, (2) University of Pittsburgh)Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 10 pages, 12 Figures. Uses emulateapj.cls Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307079 On the cross correlation between the arrival direction of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, BL Lacertae, and EGRET detections: A new way to identify EGRET sources?Authors: Diego F. Torres, Stephen Reucroft, Olaf Reimer, Luis A. AnchordoquiComments: 4 pages, 4 .eps figures Report-no: NUB-3238-TH-03 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307067 The Small Scale Anisotropies, the Spectrum and the Sources of Ultra High Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: Pasquale Blasi (INAF/Arcetri), Daniel De Marco (Universita' di Genova)Comments: Submitted to Astropart. Phys Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0307038 A New Method for Calculating Arrival Distribution of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays above 10^19 eV with Modifications by the Galactic Magnetic FieldAuthors: H. Yoshiguchi, S. Nagataki, K. SatoComments: 10 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the Astrophysical Journal Report-no: UTAP-446 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306632 Rigidity dependent knee and cosmic ray induced high energy neutrino fluxesAuthors: Julián Candia, Esteban RouletComments: 20 pages, 5 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306614 Jet-dominated states: an alternative to advection across black hole event horizons in `quiescent' X-ray binariesAuthors: R.P. Fender, E. Gallo (Amsterdam), P.G. Jonker (Cambridge)Comments: Accepted for publication as a letter in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306613 Boundary Conditions of the HeliosphereAuthors: Priscilla C. FrischFull-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306582 Measurement of Cosmic-Ray Proton and Antiproton Spectra at Mountain AltitudeAuthors: T. Sanuki, M. Fujikawa, H. Matsunaga, K. Abe, K. Anraku, H. Fuke, S. Haino, M. Imori, K. Izumi, T. Maeno, Y. Makida, N. Matsui, H. Matsumoto, J. Nishimura, M. Nozaki, S. Orito, M. Sasaki, Y. Shikaze, J. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, A. Yamamoto, Y. Yamamoto, K. Yamato, T. Yoshida, K. YoshimuraComments: 10 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to Phys. Lett. B Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306569 Spectrum of Cosmic X-ray Background observed by RXTE/PCAAuthors: M. Revnivtsev (1,2), M. Gilfanov (1,2), R. Sunyaev (1,2), K.Jahoda (3), C.Markwardt (3) (1- MPA, Garching, 2- IKI, Moscow, 3- LHEA, GSFC)Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306558 The spiral galaxy M33 mapped in the FIR by ISOPHOT: A spatially resolved study of the warm and cold dustAuthors: H. Hippelein, M. Haas, R.J. Tuffs, D. Lemke, M. Stickel, U. Klaas, H.J. VoelkComments: 10 pages, 9 figures; the full resolution images of Fig.1 can be obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.mpia.de /pub/iso-arch Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306557 A Fast Simulator for the Sky Map Observed by the GLAST ExperimentAuthors: C.Cecchi, F.Marcucci, M.Pepe, G.TostiComments: 5 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of: Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments: between Astrophysics and Astroparticle Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306548 Model for Relaxation Oscillations of Luminous Accretion Disk in GRS1915+105: Variable Inner EdgeAuthors: Ken-ya Watarai, Shin MineshigeComments: 11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306462 Pulsar PSR B0656+14, the Monogem Ring, and the Origin of the `Knee' in the Primary Cosmic Ray SpectrumAuthors: S. E. Thorsett (1), R. A. Benjamin (2), Walter F. Brisken (3), A. Golden (4), W. M. Goss (3) ((1) UCSC, (2) Wisconsin, (3) NRAO, (4) Galway)Comments: 4 pages, to appear in the Astrophys. J. Lett. Full size color figure can be found at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306429 Extreme blazarsAuthors: G. Ghisellini (Osserv. Astr. di Brera, Merate, Italy)Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures. Invited talk at the 2nd Veritas Symposyum: "TeV Astrophysics of extragalactic souces". April 2003, Chicago Report-no: OAB 111 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306371 A Proportional Wire Chamber Array: GRAND's StatusAuthors: J. Poirier, C. D'Andrea, M. Lopez del Puerto, E. Strahler, J. VermedahlComments: To be presented at the XXVIII International Cosmic Ray Conference, Tsukuba, Japan Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306369 On the Detectability of Gamma Rays from Clusters of Galaxies: Mergers versus Secondary InfallAuthors: Stefano Gabici (Universita' di Firenze), Pasquale Blasi (INAF/Arcetri)Comments: 20 pages, 3 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306368 Antiprotons in CR: What Do They Tell Us?Authors: I. V. Moskalenko (NASA/GSFC), A. W. Strong (MPE, Garching), S. G. Mashnik (LANL), J. F. Ormes (NASA/GSFC)Comments: 4 pages, tsukuba.sty, to appear in the Proc. 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Report-no: LANL Report LA-UR-03-3405 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306363 A Study of the Ground Level Event of April 15, 2001 with GRANDAuthors: C. D'Andrea, J. PoirierComments: To be presented at the XXVIII International Cosmic Ray Conference, Tsukuba, Japan Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306349 Propagation of Light Elements in the GalaxyAuthors: I. V. Moskalenko (NASA/GSFC), A. W. Strong (MPE, Garching), S. G. Mashnik (LANL), F. C. Jones (NASA/GSFC)Comments: 4 pages, 6 ps-figures, tsukuba.sty, to appear in the Proc. 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003). More details can be found at this http URL Report-no: LANL Report LA-UR-03-3406 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306347 A very energetic supernova associated with the gamma-ray burst of 29 March 2003Authors: Jens Hjorth, Jesper Sollerman, Palle Møller, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Stan E. Woosley, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Nial R. Tanvir, Jochen Greiner, Michael I. Andersen, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, José María Castro Cerón, Andrew S. Fruchter, Javier Gorosabel, Páll Jakobsson, Lex Kaper, Sylvio Klose, Nicola Masetti, Holger Pedersen, Kristian Pedersen, Elena Pian, Eliana Palazzi, James E. Rhoads, Evert Rol, Edward P. J. van den Heuvel, Paul M. Vreeswijk, Darach Watson, Ralph A. M. J. WijersComments: 19 pages, 3 figures Journal-ref: Nature 423, 847-850 (2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306333 VHE gamma-rays From Extragalactic Large Scale JetsAuthors: L. Stawarz, M. Ostrowski, M. SikoraComments: 4 pages. Proceedings of The 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Tsukuba, Aug. 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306288 X-ray emission from GPS/CSS sourcesAuthors: Aneta Siemiginowska (1), Thomas L. Aldcroft (1), Jill Bechtold (2), Gianfranco Brunetti (3), Martin Elvis (1) Carlo Stanghellini (4), ((1) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (2) Steward Observatory, (3) CNR Noto (4) CNR Bologna)Comments: contribution to the Third Workshop on CSS/GPS Radio Sources, Kerastari, Greece, May 2002. Published in PASA, 2003 vol 20, p.113 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306285 Dynamical Processes in the Central Kpc and Active Galactic NucleiAuthors: Isaac Shlosman (UK, Lexington)Comments: 9 pages, 3 figures, 1 style file; invited talk at Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy; ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 290 (2003), S. Collin et al. (editors) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306284 Delayed soft X-ray emission lines in the afterglow of GRB 030227Authors: D. Watson (1), J. N. Reeves (2 and 3), J. Hjorth (1), P. Jakobsson (1), K. Pedersen (1) ((1) University of Copenhagen, (2) NASA/GSFC, (3) USRA)Comments: Submitted to ApJL. 14 pages, 3 figures with AASLaTeX Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306282 Superheavy dark matter as UHECR source versus the SUGAR dataAuthors: M. Kachelriess, D.V. SemikozComments: 12 pages, 9 figures Report-no: MPI-PhT 2003-27 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306281 The long time-scale X-ray variability of the radio-quiet quasar PG 0804+761Authors: I.E. Papadakis, P. Reig, K. NandraComments: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306280 FUSE Survey of the Local Interstellar Medium within 200 ParsecAuthors: N. Lehner, E.B. Jenkins, C. Gry, H.W. Moos, P. Chayer, S. LacourComments: Accepted for publication in the ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306273 A Multiwavelength study of NLS1s galaxies from the Second Byurakan SurveyAuthors: J. A. Stepanian, E. Benitez, Y. Krongold, I. Cruz-Gonzalez, J. A. de Diego, V. Chavushyan, R. Mujica, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, T. VerdugoComments: 44 pages, 8 figures, published ApJ May 2003 Journal-ref: 2003 ApJ,588,746 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306267 Long Term Variability of SDSS QuasarsAuthors: Wim de Vries (1,2), Bob Becker (1,2), Rick White (3) ((1) University of California, Davis, (2) IGPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (3) Space Telescope Science Institute)Comments: 16 pages, accepted for publication in AJ, Sept issue Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306258 Probing the Cosmic Ray Population of the Giant Elliptical Galaxy M 87 with Observed TeV Gamma-RaysAuthors: Christoph Pfrommer (MPA), Torsten A. Ensslin (MPA)Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure. Revised version accepted for publication in A&A Letter. Improved and extended discussion Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306251 High Energy gamma-rays From FR I JetsAuthors: L. Stawarz, M. Sikora, M. OstrowskiComments: 39 pages, 6 figures included. Modified version, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306173 Formation Scenarios for Intermediate-Mass Black HolesAuthors: M. Coleman Miller (University of Maryland)Comments: 10 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources, College Park, MD, 24-26 April 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306169 An AGN Sample with High X-ray-to-optical Flux Ratio from RASS II.Optical Emission Line Properties of Seyfert 1 Type AGNAuthors: D.W. Xu, Stefanie Komossa, J.Y. Wei, Y. Qian, X.Z. ZhengComments: ApJ in press, 7 figures included Journal-ref: Astrophys.J., 590 (2003) 73-85 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306159 An experimental foundation for electromagnetic shower formation in the geomagnetic fieldAuthors: U.I. UggerhøjComments: 7 pages, 7 figures, presented at the International Symposium of Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions, CERN (2002) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306145 North--South anisotropy in the arrival directions of the extremely high energy cosmic raysAuthors: D.S. Gorbunov, S.V. TroitskyComments: 5 pages, 4 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306130 Stellar Orbits Around the Galactic Center Black HoleAuthors: A. M. Ghez, S. Salim, S. D. Hornstein, A. Tanner, M. Mor ris, E. E. Becklin, G. DucheneComments: Abridged abstract, 35 pages, 5 figures, ApJ submitted Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306123 The Technical Performance of the HEGRA System of Imaging Air Cherenkov TelescopesAuthors: G. Puehlhofer, O. Bolz, N. Goetting, et al., the HEGRA CollaborationComments: 26 pages, 16 figures. Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics. This version uses espcrc2.sty Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306109 A relativistic jet in the radio-quiet quasar PG1407+263Authors: Katherine Blundell (Oxford), Tony Beasley (OVRO, Caltech), Geoff Bicknell (ANU, Canberra)Comments: 4 pages, uses emulateapj5.sty; accepted by ApJ Letters Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306085 Dwarf Nova Oscillations and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Cataclysmic Variables: III. A New Kind of Dwarf Nova Oscillation, and Further Examples of the Similarities to X-Ray BinariesAuthors: Brian Warner (Univ. of Cape Town), Patrick A. Woudt (Univ. of Cape Town), Magaretha L. Pretorius (Univ. of Cape Town)Comments: 19 pages, 30 figures. To appear in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306058 COBE Observations of the Cosmic Infrared BackgroundAuthors: E. L. Wright (UCLA)Comments: Invited paper presented at the 2nd VERITAS Symposium on TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources, April 24-26, 2003 at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. 8 pages LaTeX with 3 embedded figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0306015 Tests of Statistical Significance and Background Estimation in Gamma Ray Air Shower ExperimentsAuthors: R. Fleysher, L. Fleysher, P. Nemethy, A. I. Mincer, T. J. HainesComments: 12 pages, 7 figures. Submitted to ApJ, submission number: 58334 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0306008 TeV black hole fragmentation and detectability in extensive air-showersAuthors: Eun-Joo Ahn, Maximo Ave, Marco Cavaglia, Angela V. OlintoComments: RevTeX 4, 31 pages, 9 color figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305592 TeV Observations of the Galactic CenterAuthors: K. Kosack (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305585 Whipple Telescope Observations of Potential TeV Gamma-Ray Sources Found by the Tibet Air Shower ArrayAuthors: G. Walker (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305584 Search for TeV annihilation radiation from supersymmetric dark matter in nearby galaxiesAuthors: V. V. Vassiliev (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 5 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305583 Intensive TeV Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Observations of the Blazar Mrk 421 in December 2002 and January 2003Authors: P. Rebillot (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305582 Observation of M87 with the Whipple 10m telescopeAuthors: S. LeBohec (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305581 Search for a WIMP annihilation signature in the core of the globular cluster M15Authors: S. LeBohec (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305580 A Search for Pulsed TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Crab Pulsar using the Whipple High Resolution GRANITE III CameraAuthors: J. Kildea (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305579 Observations of H1426+428 from 1999 to 2002 with The Whipple Observatory 10 m TelescopeAuthors: D. Horan (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305578 VHE Observations of BL Lacertae Objects: 1995-2000Authors: D. Horan (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305577 Whipple observations of 1ES1959+650: an UpdateAuthors: J. Holder (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305576 Very High Energy Observations of PSR B1823-13Authors: T. A. Hall (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305575 Search for TeV Emission at the Location of Milagro Sky Survey Hot Spot Using the Whipple Gamma-Ray TelescopeAuthors: A. Falcone (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305573 Search for Very High Energy Gamma Rays from an X-ray Selected Blazar SampleAuthors: I. de la Calle Perez (for the VERITAS Collaboration)Comments: 4 pages to be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan 2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305562 Cosmology from the Top DownAuthors: Stephen HawkingComments: Talk presented at Davis Inflation Meeting, 2003 (astro-ph/0304225) Report-no: DavisInflation/2003/pelly Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305540 Search for the Optical Counterpart of the Vela Pulsar X-ray NebulaAuthors: R.P. Mignani, A. De Luca, O. Kargaltsev, G.G. Pavlov, S. Zaggia, P.A. Caraveo, W. BeckerComments: 19 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305523 Kaluza-Klein Burst: a New Mechanism for Generating Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic RaysAuthors: Je-An GuComments: 12 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305510 The Variable Jet of the Vela PulsarAuthors: G. G. Pavlov, M. A. Teter, O. Kargaltsev, D. SanwalComments: 13 pages, including 10 figures and 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ. The Vela Pulsar Jet movie and full resolution images are avaliable at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305503 Superlong Gamma-Ray BurstsAuthors: Ya.Tikhomirova, B.E.SternComments: 6 pages, 4 figures, in Proceedings of XXII Moriond Astrophysics Meetings, The Gamma-Ray Universe, Les Arcs, 9-16 March 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305487 The Local Interstellar Spectrum of Cosmic Ray ElectronsAuthors: D. Casadei, V. BindiComments: 4 pages, 1 figure with 2 plots. Proc. of the 28th ICRC (2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305389 Pierre Auger Atmosphere-Monitoring Lidar SystemAuthors: A. Filipcic (1), M. Horvat (1), D. Veberic (1), D. Zavrtanik (1), M. Zavrtanik (1), M. Chiosso (2), R. Mussa (2), G. Sequeiros (2), M.A. Mostafa (2,3), M.D. Roberts (3) ((1) Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, Nova Gorica Polytechnic, Slovenia, (2) INFN-Torino, Italy, (3) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA)Comments: 4 pages, 6 figures, ICRC 2003 conference proceeding Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305369 Secondary proton flux induced by cosmic ray interactions with the atmosphereAuthors: B. Baret, L. Derome, C.Y. Huang, M. BuenerdComments: 7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305363 Correlations and Charge Composition of UHECR without Knowledge of Galactic Magnetic FieldAuthor: P. Tinyakov, I. TkachevComments: To be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305351 An Estimate Of The Primary Mass Of Cosmic Rays At $10^{18}$ eV As Inferred From Volcano Ranch DataAuthors: M. T. Dova, M. E. Mancenido, A. G. Mariazzi, T. P. McCauley, A. A. WatsonComments: To be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305336 The GZK Feature in the Spectrum of UHECRs: What is it Telling Us?Authors: Daniel De Marco (Genoa), Pasquale Blasi (INAF/Arcetri), Angela V. Olinto (Chicago)Comments: 4 pages. To be published in the Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305325 The primary cosmic ray composition between 10**15 and 10**16 eV from Extensive Air Showers electromagnetic and TeV muon dataAuthors: EAS-TOP Collaboration, MACRO CollaborationComments: Submitted to Astroparticle Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305308 Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection TechniqueAuthors: The Milagro CollaborationComments: 22 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Astrophysical Journal Report-no: LA-UR-033188 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305302 Results from the BAIKAL neutrino telescopeAuthors: R.Wischnewski (for the Baikal collaboration)Comments: 4 pages, 7 figures, contribution to the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Tsukuda, Japan, July 31 - August 7, 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305280 Summary TalkAuthor: B.E.J. Pagel (Astronomy Centre, Sussex University)Comments: 13 pages LaTeX, one figure. To appear in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 4: Origin and Evolution of the Elements, ed. A. McWilliam and M. Rauch (Cambridge University Press) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305261 A fundamental plane of black hole activityAuthors: Andrea Merloni, Sebastian Heinz, Tiziana Di Matteo (MPA)Comments: 20 pages, 8 figures (2 in colour). MNRAS, submitted Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305176 3C459: A highly asymmetric radio galaxy with a starburstAuthors: P. Thomasson (1), D.J. Saikia (1,2), T.W.B. Muxlow (1) ((1) Jodrell Bank Observatory, England; (2) TIFR, NCRA, India)Comments: 10 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables Journal-ref: MNRAS, 341, 91 (2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305168 A Multi-Frequency Radio Study of Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8 and its Pulsar Wind NebulaAuthors: B. M. Gaensler (1), B. J. Wallace (2) ((1) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (2) Defence R&D Canada - Ottawa)Comments: 11 pages of text, plus 7 embedded EPS figures. Accepted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305167 Relic Radio Bubbles and Cluster Cooling FlowsAuthors: David S. De Young (NOAO)Comments: 7 pages, 1 figure, to be published in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305079 Active galactic nuclei and the minor merger hypothesisAuthors: Philip Kendall, John Magorrian, J. E. PringleComments: Accepted for publication by MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305075 The Galactic Center as a Dark Matter Gamma-Ray SourceAuthors: Alessandro Cesarini, Francesco Fucito, Andrea Lionetto, Aldo Morselli, Piero UllioComments: 26 pages, 22 eps figures, v2: + 2 new figures, Version accepted by Astroparticle Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305066 High Energy Photons, Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from Gamma-Ray BurstsAuthors: P. Meszaros, S. Kobayashi, S. Razzaque, B. Zhang (Pennsylvania State University)Comments: Invited talk to appear in Procs. of the first Niels Bohr Summer Institute, "Beaming and Jets in Gamma Ray Bursts", Eds. R. Ouyed, J. Hjorth and A. Nordlund (2003), 14 pages, 6 figures, uses econfmacros.tex Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305056 Search for relic neutralinos with MilagroAuthors: Lazar FleysherComments: Ph.D. thesis, 142 pages, 36 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305053 The energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 10^15 eV as derived from air Cherenkov light measurements in YakutskAuthors: A.A. Ivanov, S.P. Knurenko, I.Ye. SleptsovComments: 11 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplements) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305042 History of the Local GroupAuthors: Sidney van den Bergh (Dominion Astrophsyical Observatory, Herzberg Institute of Astrophsyics, National Research Council of Canada)Comments: 22 pages. 2 figures. To be published in "The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory" Cambridge University Press 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0305029 Magnetically Arrested Disk: An Energetically Efficient Accretion FlowAuthors: Ramesh Narayan, Igor V. Igumenshchev, Marek A. AbramowiczComments: 11 pages, 1 figure, submitted to ApJL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304566 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304560 New constraints on space-time Planck scale fluctuations from established high energy astronomy observationsAuthors: R. Le GallouComments: Submitted to Astroparticle Physics on 15/04/2003. A few minor changes since then. 9 pages, no figure Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304527 Tests of Quantum Gravity and Large Extra Dimensions Models Using High Energy Gamma Ray ObservationsAuthor: F.W. Stecker (NASA/GSFC)Comments: Invited paper presented at the 2nd Veritas Symp. on the TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources, Chicago, Il, April, 2003. To be published in the Proceedings Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304506 Faster Background Determination - a method for gaining time coverage and flux measurement accuracy with Cherenkov telescopesAuthors: Dirk PetryComments: LaTeX, 13 pages, 4 figures, Astropart. Phys., in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304356 Search for TeV gamma-rays from SN 1987A in 2001Authors: R. Enomoto, L.T. Ksenofontov, H. Katagiri, K. Tsuchiya, CANGAROO-II collaborationComments: 8 pages, 3 figures, submitted for publication, style file added Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304336 The Status of Very High Energy AstronomyAuthors: Rene A. OngComments: 15 pages, 7 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304295 Evidence of TeV gamma-ray emission from the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253Authors: C. Itoh, R. Enomoto, S. Yanagita, T. Yoshida, T. Tanimori, K. Okumura, CANGAROO-II collaborationComments: 16 pages, 27 figures, aa.cls Report-no: ICRR-Report-498-2003-2 Journal-ref: A&A 402, 443-455 (2003) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304274 The Relation between Black Hole Mass, Bulge Mass, and Near-Infrared LuminosityAuthors: Alessandro Marconi, Leslie K. HuntComments: Astrophysical Journal Letters, in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304263 Review of low-mass X-ray binaries near the Galactic centerAuthors: A.Lutovinov, S.Grebenev, S.Molkov, R.SunyaevComments: 5 pages, 8 figures, submitted to the Proceeding of the Galactic Center Workshop 2002, Hawaii, 5-8 November 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304261 Spectral and Temporal Behavior of the Black Hole Candidate XTE J1118+480 as Observed with BeppoSAXAuthors: F. Frontera, L. Amati, A. A. Zdziarski, T. Belloni, S. Del Sordo, N. Masetti, M. Orlandini, E. PalazziComments: 26 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304256 Relativistic and slowing down: the flow in the hotspots of powerful radio galaxies and quasarsAuthors: Markos Georganopoulos, Demosthenes KazanasComments: to appear in ApJL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304252 The First Heroic Decade of MicrolensingAuthors: N.W. Evans (Cambridge)Comments: 30 pages, Invited Review, to appear in "Gravitational Lensing: A Unique Tool For Cosmology",eds D. Valls-Gabaud, J.-P. Kneib. (Small changes and extra references in this revised version) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304245 Radio Observations of the Magnetic Fields in GalaxiesAuthor: M. Krause (MPI fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany)Comments: 9 pages with 4 figures. To be published in Acta Astronomica Sinica Vol. 44, 2003 (Conf. Proc. "Radio Studies of Galactic Objects, Galaxies and AGNs", eds. J.L. Han et al.). Final published version also available at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304241 Multi-TeV Gamma-Ray Flares from Markarian 421 in 2000 and 2001 Observed with the Tibet Air Shower ArrayAuthors: M. Amenomori, et al (The Tibet AS Gamma Collaboration)Comments: 22 pages, 10 figures, submitted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304239 The Host Galaxies of AGNAuthors: Guinevere Kauffmann, Timothy M. Heckman, Christy Tremonti, Jarle Brinchmann, Stephane Charlot, Simon D.M. White, Susan Ridgway, Jon Brinkmann, Masataka Fukugita, Patrick Hall, Zeljko Ivezic, Gordon Richards, Donald SchneiderComments: submitted to MNRAS, 44 pages, version with full resolution figures available at this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304206 Theoretical Aspects of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic RaysAuthor: Pasquale Blasi (INAF/Arcetri)Comments: Invited Review Talk at the XXI Texas Symposium, December 2002, Florence, Italy Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304190 Host galaxies and black hole masses of low and high luminosity radio loud active nucleiAuthors: Renato Falomo (1), Nicoletta Carangelo (2), Aldo Treves (2) ((1) INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy, (2) University of Insubria, Como, Italy)Comments: Accepted for publication in MNRAS; 7 pages, 5 postscript figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304183 Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Summary and Future DirectionsAuthors: John Ellis (CERN)Comments: 20 pages, 14 figures, Concluding talk at Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Dark Matter and Dark Energy, January 2003 Report-no: CERN-TH/2003-086 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304180 Physics with Cosmic Neutrinos, PeV to ZeVAuthor: Thomas J. WeilerComments: 19 pages including 6 figures, Proc. YITP "Neutrinos" Oct. 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304168 Quasar Hosts and the Black Hole-Spheroid ConnectionAuthor: James S. Dunlop (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh)Comments: Invited review, to appear in "Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1 - Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies," ed. L. C. Ho (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press). 16 pages with 9 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304150 The Evolution of QuasarsAuthors: Patrick S. Osmer (The Ohio State University)Comments: 16 pages, 9 figures, caps.cls, cupbook.cls, ociwsymp1.sty included. To appear in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, ed. L. C. Ho (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304126 X-ray flares from Sgr A*: star-disk interactions?Authors: Sergei Nayakshin (1), Jorge Cuadra (1), Rashid Sunyaev (1,2) ((1) MPA Garching; (2) IKI)Comments: sumbitted to A&A. 18 pages and 6 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304122 Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei and Obscured AccretionAuthors: A.C. Fabian (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK)Comments: 14 pages, 5 figures to appear in "Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies," ed. L. C. Ho (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304120 Physical Processes in Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron StarsAuthors: Alice K. Harding (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)Comments: 11 pages, invited talk at Pulsars, AXPs and SGRs Observed with BeppoSAX and Other Observatories, Marsala, Sicily, Sept. 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304114 Evidence for Jet Collimation in SS 433 with the Chandra HETGSAuthors: Masaaki Namiki, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kotani, Kazuo MakishimaComments: 20 pages, 8 figure Journal-ref: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2003, Vol. 55, No.1 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304108 Cosmology with SupernovaeAuthors: P. Ruiz-LapuenteComments: 20 pages, 10 Postscript figures. Invited review presented at the JENAM 2002 (Porto, Portugal). To appear in "3K, SNs, Clusters: Hunting the Cosmological Parameters", ed. D. Barbosa et al. (Kluwer Acad. Publ.) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304102 Measurements of Proton, Helium and Muon Spectra at Small Atmospheric Depths with the BESS SpectrometerAuthors: K. Abe, T. Sanuki, K. Anraku, Y. Asaoka, H. Fuke, S. Haino, N. Ikeda, M. Imori, K. Izumi, T. Maeno, Y. Makida, S. Matsuda, N. Matsui, T. Matsukawa, H. Matsumoto, J. W. Mitchell, A. A. Moiseev, J. Nishimura, M. Nozaki, S. Orito, J. F. Ormes, M. Sasaki, E. S. Seo, Y. Shikaze, T. Sonoda, R. E. Streitmatter, J. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, K. Tanizaki, T. Yamagami, A. Yamamoto, Y. Yamamoto, K. Yamato, T. Yoshida, K. YoshimuraComments: 21 pages, 11 figures, 4 tables Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304099 Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow Models of Sgr A*Authors: Eliot Quataert (UC Berkeley)Comments: 9 pages; to appear in Astron. Nachr., Vol. 324, No. S1 (2003), Special Supplement "The central 300 parsecs of the Milky Way", Eds. A. Cotera, H. Falcke, T. R. Geballe, S. Markoff Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0304059 A Search for Intraday Variability in the Blazar PKS 2005-489Authors: T.A. Rector, E.S. PerlmanComments: Accepted, AJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303522 Gamma ray and infrared emission from the M87 jet and torusAuthors: A.-C. Donea, R.J. ProtheroeComments: 7 pages, submitted to Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl., ps file Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303496 New radiative transfer models for obscuring tori in active galaxiesAuthors: I.M. van Bemmel, C.P. DullemondComments: 20 pages including 15 figures, accepted for publication by A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303489 A new white dwarf constraint on the rate of change of the gravitational constantAuthors: Marek Biesiada, Beata MalecComments: 9 pages, submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303484 Conceptual Design of a Cosmic Ray Detector Operating Between 10^17 and 10^19 eV for the Study of the Galactic CenterAuthors: Todd Adams, Eugene C. Loh, Segev BenZvi, Stefan WesterhoffComments: 21 pages, 7 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303404 Acceleration of Cosmic Rays at Cosmic ShocksAuthors: Hyesung Kang (Pusan Nat'l Univ. and Univ. of Minnesota)Comments: 12 pages, To appear in Journal of Korean Astronomical Society, March, 2003 issue Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303402 Long-term X-ray Variability of Circinus X-1Authors: P.M. Saz Parkinson, D.M. Tournear, E.D. Bloom, W.B. Focke, K.T. Reilly (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University), K.S. Wood, P.S. Ray, M.T. Wolff (E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory), Jeffrey D. Scargle (Space Science Division, NASA/Ames Research Center)Comments: 19 pages, 8 figures, Latex Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303399 The First Measurement of Cassiopeia A's Forward Shock Expansion RateAuthors: T. DeLaney, L. RudnickComments: accepted to ApJ Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303361 Relativistic parsec-scale jets: II. Synchrotron emissionAuthors: V.I. Pariev (1,2), Ya.N. Istomin (1), A.R. Beresnyak (1) ((1) Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow; (2) University of Rochester)Comments: 14 pages, 5 figures, Astron. Astroph. in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303332 Quasar Evolution Driven by Galaxy Encounters in Hierarchical StructuresAuthors: N. Menci (1), A. Cavaliere (2), A. Fontana (1), E. Giallongo (1), F. Poli (1), V. Vittorini (1) ((1) INAF, Osserv. Astronomico di Roma, (2) Dip. Fisica, II Univ. Roma)Comments: 5 pages. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters Report-no: OAR/03/250 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303201 Annual modulation in the scattering of J1819+3845: peculiar plasma velocity and anisotropyAuthors: J. Dennett-Thorpe, A.G. de BruynComments: Accepted for publication in A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303178 An Advanced Analysis Technique for Transient Searches in Wide-Field Gamma-Ray ObservatoriesAuthors: M. F. Morales, D. A. Williams, T. DeYoungComments: Submitted to Astroparticle Physics, 19 pages 5 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303177 Low Statistics of EHECRsAuthors: Angela V. Olinto (CfCP, UC), Daniel De Marco (Genoa), Pasquale Blasi (INAF/Arcetri)Comments: Proceedings of the International Workshopon Extremely High Energy Cosmic Rays, RIKEN, Japan Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303161 Clumps in large scale relativistic jetsAuthors: F. Tavecchio, G. Ghisellini, A. CelottiComments: 9 figures, accepted by A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303123 On the Luminosity of the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays SourcesAuthors: Todor StanevComments: 10 pages, 5 postscript figures, uses high.sty Report-no: BRI-03-02 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303107 Synchrotron-Self Compton Spectral Evolution of PKS 2155-304Authors: Stefano Ciprini (1, 2), Gino Tosti (1, 2), ((1) Physics Department & Astronomical Observatory, University of Perugia, Italy, (2) INFN Perugia Section, Perugia, Italy)Comments: 4 pages, 6 PS figures, 1 table. Poster at the International Workshop "High Energy Blazar Astronomy" celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tuorla Observatory (Tuorla Observatory, Turku, Finland, 17-21 June 2002). Proceedings to be published in the PASP Conference Series, Eds. A. Sillanpaa, L. O. Takalo, and E. Valtaoja Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303078 Energetic Particles in Clusters of Galaxies and Starburst GalaxiesAuthors: H. J. Voelk (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany)Comments: 14 pages, 5 figures: Invited paper presented at "The Universe Viewed in Gamma-Rays" held on 25-28 Sept. 2002 in Kashiwa Japan. See this http URL Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303068 High Energy Neutrino Astronomy: The Experimental RoadAuthors: Christian SpieringComments: 11 pages, 15 figures. Talk given at the 18th European Cosmic Ray Conference, Moscow 2002, and the 8th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, Siena 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303063 Extended Emission from Cygnus X-3 Detected with ChandraAuthors: W. A. Heindl, J. A. Tomsick, R. Wijnands, D. M. SmithComments: Submitted to ApJ Letters. 5 pages, 2 figures (1 color). Uses emulateapj Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0303059 The Central Engines of Low-Luminosity AGNsAuthors: Luis C. Ho (Carnegie Observatories)Comments: To appear in Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy, ed. S. Collin, F. Combes, & I. Shlosman (San Francisco: ASP), in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302572 The Far-Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of X-ray-selected Active GalaxiesAuthors: J. Kuraszkiewicz, B. J. Wilkes, E. J. Hooper, K. Wood, J. Bjorkman, K. Delain, B. Whitney, D. H. Hughes, K. K. McLeod, M. Elvis, C. Impey, C. Lonsdale, M. Malkan, J. C. McDowellComments: 40 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal, V. 590, June 10, 2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302565 Stellar coronal astronomy - a reviewAuthors: Fabio Favata, Giuseppina MicelaComments: Space Science Reviews, in press, 132 pages (full paper available at this ftp URL) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302523 Extragalactic Astronomy with the VLTI: a new window on the UniverseAuthors: Alessandro Marconi, Roberto Maiolino, Romain G. PetrovComments: invited contribution, to appear in the proceedings of the JENAM 2002 Workshop WS-VLTI "The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: Challenges for the Future", Editors: P.J.V. Garcia, A. Glindemann, Th. Henning, F. Malbet, Ap&SS, Kluwer, in press Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302508 Arrival Distribution of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: Prospects for the FutureAuthors: Hiroyuki Yoshiguchi, Shigehiro Nagataki, Katsuhiko SatoComments: 10 pages, 9 figures. submitted to ApJ Report-no: UTAP-437 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302491 On the energy determination of extensive air showers through the fluorescence techniqueAuthors: J. Alvarez-Muñiz, E. Marqués, R.A. Vázquez, E. Zas (Departamento de Fisica de Particulas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302489 Multi-Messenger Astronomy: Cosmic Rays, Gamma-Rays, and NeutrinosAuthors: F. HalzenComments: 26 pages, Latex2e with ws-procs9x6.cls (included), 13 postscript illustrations (placed using graphicx.sty). Talk presented at "Texas in Tuscany", 21st Symposium oon Relavitistic Astrophysics, Florence, Italy, Dec. 2002 Report-no: MADPH-03-1320 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302483 Signatures of protons in UHECRAuthors: V.Berezinsky, A.Gazizov, S.GrigorievaComments: Extended version of the paper to be published in Proc. of Int. Workshop "Extremely High Enegry Cosmic Rays" (Tokyo, November 2002) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302455 Supermassive black holes in radio-loud AGNAuthors: R.J. McLureComments: 8 pages, 4 figures, To appear in "Radio galaxies: past, present & future". eds. M. Jarvis et al., Leiden, Nov 2002 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302388 Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays in a Structured and Magnetized UniverseAuthors: Guenter Sigl (GReCO, IAP), Francesco Miniati, Torsten Ensslin (MPA)Comments: 10 revtex pages, 10 postscript figures included Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302380 High-energy cosmic gamma rays from the `Single Source'Authors: A.D. Erlykin, A.W. WolfendaleComments: 11 pages, 4 figures, accepted by J.Phys.G: Nucl.Part.Phys Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302375 XMM-Newton observations of an absorbed z=0.67 QSO: no dusty torus?Authors: I. Georgantopoulos (1), A. Georgakakis (1), G.C. Stewart (2), A. Akylas (1,3), B.J. Boyle (4), T. Shanks (5), R.E. Griffiths (6) ((1) Athens Observatory, (2) Leicester, (3) University of Athens, (4) AAT, (5) Durham, (6) Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh)Comments: To appear in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302374 The Vela Pulsar's proper motion and parallax derived from VLBI observationsAuthors: R. Dodson, D. Legge, J.E. Reynolds, P.M. McCullochComments: Corrected for some minor errors and referee's comments Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302373 The Vela Pulsar's Radio NebulaAuthors: R. Dodson., D. Lewis, D. McConnell, A.A. DeshpandeComments: 17 pages, to appear in MNRAS Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302367 A View through Faraday's fog: Parsec scale rotation measures in AGNAuthors: R. T. Zavala (1 and 2), G. B. Taylor (2) ((1) National Radio Astronomy Observatory, (2) New Mexico State University)Comments: Accepted to the Astrophysical Journal: 58 pages, 33 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302347 Search for TeV gamma ray emission from the Andromeda galaxyAuthors: the HEGRA Collaboration: F. Aharonian, et alComments: Latex, 7 pages, 4 Figures, submitted to A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302346 Intercalibration of Cherenkov Telescopes in Telescope ArraysAuthors: Werner HofmannComments: Latex, 5 pages, 1 Figure, submitted to Astroparticle Physics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302342 CHANDRA/VLA Follow-up of TeV J2032+4131, the Only Unidentified TeV Gamma-ray SourceAuthors: Yousaf Butt, Paula Benaglia, Jorge Combi, Michael Corcoran, Thomas Dame, Jeremy Drake, Marina Kaufman Bernado, Peter Milne, Francesco Miniati, Martin Pohl, Olaf Reimer, Gustavo Romero, Michael RupenComments: 40 pages; use of the exact radio-synchrotron kernel modifies Fig 11 & 12, and strengthens previous conclusions of a likely hadronic origin of TeV J2032+4131 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302290 X-ray Variability and Emission Process of the Radio Jet in M87Authors: D. E. HarrisComments: 4 pages with 2 embedded figures (1 in color). To be published in the proceedings of the Bologna Jet Workshop "The Physics of Relativistic Jets in the CHANDRA and XMM Era", 23-27 September 2002, Brunetti, Harris, Sambruna, and Setti, editors. 2003, New Ast. Rev Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302275 X-ray emission from expanding cocoonsAuthors: C. Zanni, G. Bodo, P. Rossi, S. Massaglia, A. Durbala, A. FerrariComments: 15 pages, 12 figures, to appear on Astronomy and Astrophysics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302265 Chandra Observations of Nuclear X-ray Emission from a Sample of Radio SourcesAuthors: J. K. Gambill (1), R. M. Sambruna (1), G. Chartas (2), C. C. Cheung (3), L. Maraschi (4), F. Tavecchio (4), C. M. Urry (5), J. E. Pesce (1), ((1) George Mason University, (2) Penn State University, (3) Brandeis University, (4) Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, (5) Yale University)Comments: 14 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302226 The Phenomena of High Energy AstrophysicsAuthors: R. D. Blandford (Caltech)Comments: To appear in "High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics, IAU Symposium 214", X. Li, Z. Wang, V. Trimble (eds) Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: hep-ph/0302161 New hadrons as ultra-high energy cosmic raysAuthors: M. Kachelriess, D.V. Semikoz, M.A. TortolaComments: 17 pages, revtex style; v2: shortened, as to appear in PRD Report-no: MPI-PhT 2003-07 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302155 Is the Giant Radio Galaxy M87 a TeV Gamma-Ray Emitter?Authors: HEGRA Collaboration: F. Aharonian, A. Akhperjanian, M. Beilicke, et alComments: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to A&A Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0302149 Signatures of hadronic cosmic rays in starbursts? High-energy photons and neutrinos from NGC253Authors: Gustavo E. Romero, Diego F. TorresComments: To appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters. One reference added Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0301336 Cuts and penalties: comment on ``The clustering of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and their sources''Author: P. Tinyakov, I. TkachevComments: Latex, 5 pages, 2 figures Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0301183 X-Ray IGM in the Local GroupAuthors: Andrew Rasmussen, Steven M. Kahn, Frits Paerels (Columbia University)Comments: 6 pages, 1 table and 2 figs. Latex. To appear in "The IGM/Galaxy Connection: The Distribution of Baryons at z=0" to be published by Kluwer Academic Publishing. Resubmitted with 2 typos corrected, page 5 and figure 2. Thanks to Masao Sako for pointing these out Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Abstract: astro-ph/0301147 Galactic Gamma-Ray Halo of the Nearby Starburst Galaxy NGC 253Authors: C. Itoh, R. Enomoto, S. Yanagita, T. Yoshida, T.G.TsuruComments: 11 pages, 1 figure. submitted to ApJL Journal-ref: Astrophys.J.,584,L65-L68,2003 Full-text: PostScript, PDF, or Other formats Links to: arXiv, astro-ph, find, abs
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