13-17 Feb 2012

• (abs, pdf) Hopkins, Why Do Stars Form In Clusters? An Analytic Model for Stellar Correlation Functions
• (abs, pdf) Christian et al., Citizen Science: Contributions to Astronomy Research
• (abs, pdf) Baek et al., Joint Ly{\alpha} emitters – quasars reionization constraints
• (abs, pdf) François et al., Detailed abundances in stars belonging to ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies
• (abs, pdf) Petri et al., Supermassive black hole ancestors
• (abs, pdf) Qian & Wasserburg, Supernova-driven outflows and chemical evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies
• (abs, pdf) Sur et al., Magnetic field amplification during gravitational collapse – Influence of initial conditions on dynamo evolution and saturation
• (abs, pdf) Kobayashi, Elemental and isotopic abundances and chemical evolution of galaxies
• (abs, pdf) Li et al., Cosmological Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes. II. Evidence for Downsizing of Spin Evolution

10 Feb 2012

• (abs, pdf) Riechers, Driving the Gaseous Evolution of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe

“The Birth of a Galaxy” Published

In late November, our paper, “The Birth of a Galaxy: Primordial Metal Enrichment and Stellar Populations”, was accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. It was recently published in the January 20th issue.

In this paper, we followed the formation of over 300 Population III (metal-free) stars and accurately modeled the radiative feedback from their main sequence and studied the chemical enrichment from their supernovae. Our methods allowed us to follow a natural transition from Population III to Population II star formation, leading to the formation of 38 high-redshift dwarf galaxies with the most massive having M = 109 solar masses. We found that they produce a metallicity floor of 10-3 of solar metallicity in the vicinity (5-10 kpc) of their host halos. At redshift 7, about 14% of the cosmic mass is enriched above 10-6 of solar metallicity. This gives some clues on the origin of an observed metallicity floor of 10-3 in damped Lyman alpha absorbers.

06 Feb 2012

• (abs, pdf) Governato et al., Cuspy No More: How Outflows Affect the Central Dark Matter and Baryon Distribution in Lambda CDM Galaxies

02 Feb 2012

• (abs, pdf) Trenti et al., Gamma-Ray-Burst Host Galaxy Surveys at Redshift z>4: Probes of Star Formation Rate and Cosmic Reionization

01 Feb 2012

• (abs, pdf) Pilkington et al., Metallicity Gradients in Disks: Do Galaxies Form Inside-Out?
• (abs, pdf) Kaufmann et al., The fate of high redshift massive compact galaxies in dense environments

31 Jan 2012

• (abs, pdf) Karlsson et al., The Chemical Signature of a Relic Star Cluster in the Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy – Implications for Near-Field Cosmology
• (abs, pdf) Mackey, Radiation-MHD simulations of pillars and globules in HII regions
• (abs, pdf) Smith et al., Line Profiles of Cores within Clusters: I. The Anatomy of a Filament

30 Jan 2012

• (abs, pdf) Vanzella et al., On The Detection Of Ionizing Radiation Arising From Star-Forming Galaxies At Redshift z ~ 3-4 : Looking For Analogs Of
• (abs, pdf) Mackey, Accuracy and Efficiency of Raytracing Photoionisation Algorithms
• (abs, pdf) Lokas et al., How to make an ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy: tidal stirring of disky dwarfs with shallow dark matter density profiles

27 Jan 2012

• (abs, pdf) DeGraf et al., Growth of Early Supermassive Black Holes and the High-Redshift Eddington Ratio Distribution
• (abs, pdf) Kakiichi et al., Infra-red emission line tomography of the intergalactic medium during the Epoch of Reionization

23-26 Jan 2012

• (abs, pdf) Wise, First Light: A Brief Review
• (abs, pdf) Gnedin & Hollon, Cooling and Heating Functions of Photoionized Gas
• (abs, pdf) Raskutti et al., Thermal constraints on the reionisation of hydrogen by population-II stellar sources