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On the binary nature of SS 433

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE 304:1-4 (2006) 271-274

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Linda Schmidtobreick, Katherine Blundell
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Blue Luminous Stars in Nearby Galaxies: Quantitative Spectral Analysis of M33 B-Type Supergiant Stars**The WHT is operated on the island of La Palma by the ING in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. ****Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 635:1 (2005) 311-335

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MA Urbaneja, A Herrero, R-P Kudritzki, F Najarro, SJ Smartt, J Puls, DJ Lennon, LJ Corral
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Astrophysics and space science: From X-ray binaries to quasars: Black holes on all mass scales

, 2005

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TJ MacCarone, RP Fender, LC Ho

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This volume brings together contributions from many of the world's leading authorities on black hole accretion. The papers within represent part of a new movement to make use of the relative advantages of studying stellar mass and supermassive black holes, and to bring together the knowledge gained from the two approaches. The topics discussed include observational and theoretical work-variability, spectroscopy, disk-jet connections, and multi-wavelength campaigns on black holes. © Springer 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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A Millimeter Continuum Survey for Massive Protoclusters in the Outer Galaxy

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series American Astronomical Society 161:2 (2005) 361-393

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R Klein, B Posselt, K Schreyer, J Forbrich, Th Henning
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Cosmic ray transport and acceleration

PLASMA PHYS CONTR F 47 (2005) B667-B678

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P Duffy, KM Blundell

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We review the theory of cosmic ray transport and acceleration with an emphasis on the underlying plasma physics and examine how that theory can be applied to sources such as supernova remnants and giant radio galaxies. Starting with Fermi's original model for scattering off moving magnetized clouds, we discuss quasilinear transport theory and its application to the acceleration of particles at shock fronts. We discuss problems of injection and the excitation of MHD turbulence by the accelerated particles. In the diffusive limit and at strong shocks this mechanism produces a differential energy spectrum of N(E) (proportional to E-2. Recent observations of supernova remnants suggest that their spectra may be steeper than this value. We discuss the transport and acceleration of energetic particles in highly correlated magnetic field structures. In this case particles have an enhanced probability of escape from the shock as they are trapped on field lines and the resulting spectrum is steepened up to a value of 2.5. Fast particle transport also seems to be required by observations of the structures of giant radio galaxy lobes as a function of frequency.
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