12 papers
Astro-Ph explores the fundamental nature of our universe, from the birth of stars and the behavior of black holes to the vast structures of galaxies and the invisible forces shaping cosmic evolution. This dynamic field seeks to answer profound questions about how the cosmos works, blending theoretical models with observations from powerful telescopes that peer back to the dawn of time.
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This paper derives exact and expanded formulas for Inverse Compton Scattering of charged particles onto Black Body Radiation, demonstrating their utility in modeling accelerator thermal effects, explaining high-energy astrophysical phenomena like GRBs and SGRs, and predicting detectable gamma-ray fluxes from sources such as SN1006 and blazars.
This paper utilizes Hipparcos parallaxes and K-band magnitudes to identify two distinct period-luminosity sequences for Miras and semiregular variables, suggesting that semiregulars are Mira progenitors and that the transition between sequences reflects changes in pulsation mode or stellar structure near the tip of the AGB luminosity function.