Mon, 18 Dec 2006

[**]gr-qc/0612096 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :
Title: Binary black hole merger in the extreme mass ratio limit
Authors: Alessandro Nagar, Thibault Damour, Angelo Tartaglia
Comments: 14 pages, six figures. Submitted to the CQG special issue based on New Frontiers in Numerical Relativity conference, Golm (Germany), July 17-21 2006

gr-qc/0609117 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :
Title: Generation of Closed Timelike Curves with Rotating Superconductors
Authors: Clovis Jacinto de Matos
Comments: 8 pages. Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity

astro-ph/0611685 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :
Title: Formation and Evolution of Structure in Loop Cosmology
Authors: Martin Bojowald, Hector Hernandez, Mikhail Kagan, Parampreet Singh, Aureliano Skirzewski
Comments: 4 pages
Journal-ref: Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 123512

astro-ph/0612404 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :
Title: The fundamental difference between alpha viscosity and turbulent magnetorotational stresses
Authors: Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis (University of Arizona)
Comments: Submitted to MNRAS, 8 pages, 1 figure

astro-ph/0612435 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :
Title: Strong gravity effects: X-ray spectra, variability and polarimetry
Authors: A.C. Fabian (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK)
Comments: 8 pages, 16 figures, For proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 238 "Black Holes - From Stars to Galaxies" edited by Vladimir Karas & Giorgio Matt

[***]astro-ph/0612440 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :
Title: Neutron Star Observations: Prognosis for Equation of State Constraints
Authors: James M. Lattimer, Maddapa Prakash
Comments: 70 pages, 19 figures, submitted to Hans Bethe Centennial Physics Reports