Category Archives: High Energy Astrophysics

Transcript: the pros & cons of pro/am collaboration

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Emma

The transcript of the 24th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/5349 or http://chirpstory.com/li/5349. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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Transcript: Dark dwarf galaxies & the missing satellite problem

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Emma

The transcript of the 20th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/4028 or http://chirpstory.com/li/4028. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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Review: two explanations for the Christmas Burst

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Emma

For the final astronomy twitter journal club meeting of 2011 we discussed the two recently published explanations for the peculiar gamma-ray burst GRB 101225A. This object was first seen on Christmas Day 2010 and hence was nicknamed the Christmas Burst, … Continue reading →

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Transcript: two explanations for the Christmas burst

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Emma

The transcript of the 19th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/3475 or http://chirpstory.com/li/3475. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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This week’s paper: two explanations for the Christmas burst

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Emma

This Thursday, 20:10 GMT, the astronomy twitter journal club goes festive with a discussion on GRB 101225A – the unusual gamma-ray burst which was detected by the SWIFT satellite on Christmas Day last year. The majority of gamma ray bursts … Continue reading →

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Transcript: does the Universe have a preferred axis?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Emma

The transcript of the 13th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/2900 or http://chirpstory.com/li/2900. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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Transcript: On the Origin of the Salpeter Slope for the Initial Mass Function

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Emma

The transcript of the 12th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/2829 or http://chirpstory.com/li/2829. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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Transcript: Are science careers in crisis?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Emma

The transcript of the 11th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/2763 or http://chirpstory.com/li/2763. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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Transcript: supernovae, white dwarves & the accelerating Universe

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Emma

The transcript of the 10th Astronomy Twitter Journal Club meeting is now online at Chirpstory: http://chirpstory.com/dialog_embed/2712 or http://chirpstory.com/li/2712. You can also download the PDF: Tweet transcript archive.

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Review: Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam (AKA faster than light neutrinos)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Kash Farooq

Astronomy Twitter Journal Club resumed after a short holiday with a discussion of the paper that everyone is talking about at the moment. There are some interesting links to read from our preview post, and you can also read the full Tweet … Continue reading →

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