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ON THE MAXIMUM LUMINOSITY OF GALAXIES AND THEIR CENTRAL BLACK HOLES: FEEDBACK FROM MOMENTUM-DRIVEN WINDS
- N. Murray, E. Quataert, T. Thompson
- Physics
- 2 June 2004
We investigate large-scale galactic winds driven by momentum deposition. Momentum injection is provided by (1) radiation pressure produced by the continuum absorption and scattering of photons on… Expand
Radiation Pressure-supported Starburst Disks and Active Galactic Nucleus Fueling
- T. Thompson, E. Quataert, N. Murray
- Physics
- 1 March 2005
We consider the structure of marginally Toomre-stable starburst disks under the assumption that radiation pressure on dust grains provides the dominant vertical support against gravity. This… Expand
Six months of multiwavelength follow-up of the tidal disruption candidate asassn-14li and implied tde rates from asas-sn
- T. Holoien, C. Kochanek, +21 authors P. Wozniak
- Physics
- 6 July 2015
We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the candidate tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-14li, found at the center of PGC043234 (d ' 90 Mpc) by the All-Sky… Expand
Magnetic Fields in Starburst Galaxies and the Origin of the FIR-Radio Correlation
- T. Thompson, E. Quataert, E. Waxman, N. Murray, C. Martin
- Physics
- 26 January 2006
We estimate minimum energy magnetic fields (Bmin) for a sample of galaxies with measured gas surface densities, spanning more than four orders of magnitude in surface density, from normal spirals to… Expand
The Relationship between Molecular Gas Tracers and Kennicutt-Schmidt Laws
- M. Krumholz, T. Thompson
- Physics
- 5 April 2007
We provide a model for how Kennicutt-Schmidt (KS) laws, which describe the correlation between star formation rate and gas surface or volume density, depend on the molecular line chosen to trace the… Expand
The Cosmic Core-collapse Supernova Rate does not match the Massive-Star Formation Rate
- S. Horiuchi, J. Beacom, C. Kochanek, J. Prieto, K. Stanek, T. Thompson
- Physics
- 9 February 2011
We identify a "supernova rate problem": the measured cosmic core-collapse supernova rate is a factor of ~ 2 smaller (with significance ~ 2 sigma) than that predicted from the measured cosmic… Expand
A 4,700-Year Record of Lake Level and Isostasy for Lake Michigan
- S. J. Baedke, T. Thompson
- Geology
- 2000
Abstract Four relative lake-level curves (RLLCs), produced from five sites bordering Lake Michigan, show similar timings of high and low lake-levels during the late Holocene. However, glacial… Expand
The Physics of Proto-Neutron Star Winds: Implications for r-Process Nucleosynthesis
- T. Thompson, A. Burrows, B. Meyer
- Physics
- 1 May 2001
We solve the general-relativistic steady-state eigenvalue problem of neutrino-driven proto-neutron star winds, which immediately follow core-collapse supernova explosions. We provide velocity,… Expand
Discovery of the Dust-Enshrouded Progenitor of SN 2008S with Spitzer
- J. Prieto, M. Kistler, +7 authors J. Bechtold
- Physics
- 4 March 2008
We report the discovery of the progenitor of the recent Type IIn SN 2008S in the nearby galaxy NGC 6946. Surprisingly, it was not found in deep, preexplosion optical images of its host galaxy taken… Expand
The PdBI Arcsecond Whirlpool Survey (PAWS): Environmental Dependence of Giant Molecular Cloud Properties in M51
- D. Colombo, A. Hughes, +9 authors C. Kramer
- Physics
- 7 January 2014
Using data from the PdBI Arcsecond Whirlpool Survey (PAWS), we have generated the largest extragalactic giant molecular cloud (GMC) catalog to date, containing 1507 individual objects. GMCs in the… Expand