Monday, December 5

Articles that will be discussed today:


- arXiv:1111.1165: Dwarf spheroidal galaxy kinematics and spiral galaxy scaling laws. Paolo Salucci, Mark I. Wilkinson, Matthew G. Walker, Gerard F. Gilmore, Eva K. Grebel, Andreas Koch, Christiane Frigerio Martins, Rosemary F.G. Wyse (Gf)

- arXiv:1111.6609: The dark matter halos of dwarf galaxies: a challenge for the LCDM paradigm? Ismael Ferrero, Mario G. Abadi, Julio F. Navarro, Laura V. Sales, Sebastian Gurovich (Gf)

- arXiv:1111.5780: The effects of baryonic cooling on the concentration-mass relation. C. Fedeli (SA)

Monday, Nov 28 (2011)

We discuss today:

- arXiv:1111.5620
Halo expansion in cosmological hydro simulations: towards a baryonic solution of the cusp/core problem in massive spirals Andrea V. Maccio', Greg Stinson, Chris B. Brook, James Wadsley, H.M.P. Couchman, Sijing Shen, Brad K. Gibson, Tom Quinn

Monday, November 21, 2011

- Constraining Sterile Neutrino Warm Dark Matter with Chandra Observations of the Andromeda Galaxy (Watson, Li, Polley)

- Halos and Voids in f(R) Gravity (Li, Zhao, Koyama)

Monday, November 14, 2011

NEWS: First results from Double-Chooz:

sin²(2θ₁₃)= 0.085 +/- 0.029(stat) +/- 0.042(syst) at 68% CL. 

No preprint yet! 
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Papers to be discussed today:
1) arXiv:1111.2607  (posted by Gf)
Complementarity of Indirect and Accelerator Dark Matter Searches
G. Bertone, D. G. Cerdeno, M. Fornasa, L. Pieri, R. Ruiz de Austri, R. Trotta

Nijmegen12 Astroparticle Physics Summer School

Every three years the Netherlands hosts the 'Nijmegen' Astroparticle Physics Summer School for PhD students and postdocs. Topics include: Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, Gravitational Waves, Neutrinos, Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy. Lectures are given in the morning while the afternoons are reserved for a special training project aimed at acquiring skills in presenting, defending and reviewing modern research proposals in astroparticle physics.

The next school will take place from July 25-August 3 2012, at Schloss Gnadenthal, just across the German border from Nijmegen. The school website is not yet officially live, but you can get a first look at the line-up of lecturers (which is excellent!). Please consider sending your PhD students along to this!

http://nijmegen12.hef.ru.nl/