Last update: 2004.12.17

Publications in refereed journals, books

Altmann, M., Edelmann, H., de Boer, K.S. 2004, A&A, 414, 181-201; (astro-ph0310568)
Studying the populations of our galaxy using the kinematics of sdB stars

de Boer, K.S. 2004, A&A 419, 527-531; (astro-ph0402630)
The contribution of halo red giant mass loss to the high-velocity gas falling onto the Milky Way disk

Dirsch, B., Richtler, T., Geisler, D., Gebhardt, K., Hilker, M., Alonso, M.V., Forte, J.C., Grebel, E.K., Infante, L., Larsen, S., Minniti, D., Rejkuba, M. 2004, AJ, 127, 2114-2132; (astro-ph0401218)
The Globular Cluster System of NGC 1399. III. VLT Spectroscopy and Database

Drinkwater, M.J., Gregg, M.D., Couch, W.J., Ferguson, H.C., Hilker, M., Jones, J.B., Karick, A., Phillipps, S. 2004, PASA 21, 375-378
Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies in Galaxy Clusters

Edmonds, P.E., Kahabka, P., Heinke, C.O., 2004, ApJ, 611, 413-417;
HST Discovery of the Optical Counterpart to the Supersoft X-ray Source in the Globular Cluster M3

Heber, U., Drechsel, H., Ostensen, R., Karl, C., Napiwotzki, R., Altmann, M., Cordes, O., Solheim, J.-E., Voss, B., Koester, D., Folkes, S. 2004 A&A 420, 251;
HS 2333+3927: A new sdB+dM binary with a large reflection effect

Hilker, M., Kayser, A., Richtler, T., Willemsen, P. 2004, A&A 422, L9-L12
The extended star formation history of ω Centauri

Hughes, J., Wallerstein, G., van Leeuwen, F., Hilker, M. 2004, AJ, 127, 980-990
The Giant Branches of ω Centauri: Multi-Wavelength Observations of Evolved Stars

Kahabka, P. 2004, A&A, 416, 57-65
The hot and cool component of the symbiotic nova SMC 3 - A supersoft X-ray variable and a small-amplitude red variable

Kahabka, P., van den Heuvel, E.P.J., Rappaport, S.A., 2004, Scientific American, Vol. 14, No. 4, 76-83;
Supersoft X-ray Stars and Supernovae

Kroupa, P. 2004, NewAR, 48, 47-54
Massive stars: their birth sites and distribution

Kroupa, P., Theis, C., Boily C.M. 2004, A&A, astro-ph/0410421
The great disk of Milky-Way satellites and cosmological sub-structures

Letawe, G., Courbin, F., Magain, P., Hilker, M., Jablonka, P., Jahnke, K., Wisotzki, L. 2004, A&A, 424, 455-464
On-axis spectroscopy of the z =0.144 radio-loud quasar HE 1434-1600: an elliptical host with a highly ionized ISM

Marggraf, O., Bluhm, H., de Boer, K.S. 2004, A&A, 416, 251-262; (astro-ph0312065)
Intermediate scale structure of the interstellar medium towards NGC 6231 in Sco OB1 with FUSE

Metz, M., Geffert, M. 2004, A&A, 413, 771-777; (astro-ph0309780)
Formalism and quality of a proper motion link with extragalactic objects for astrometric satellite missions

Mieske, S., Hilker, M., Infante, L. 2004, A&A, 418, 445-458; (astro-ph0401610)
Fornax compact object survey FCOS: On the nature of Ultra Compact Dwarf galaxies

Moraux, E., Kroupa, P., Bouvier, J. 2004, A&A, 426, 75-80
The Pleiades mass function: Models versus observations

Penarrubia, J., Just, A., Kroupa, P. 2004, MNRAS, 349, 747-756
Dynamical friction in flattened systems: a numerical test of Binney's approach

Reed, M.D., Green, E.M., ...... Cordes, O., et 12 al. 2004, ApJ 607, 445;
Discovery of Gravity-Mode Pulsators among Subdwarf B Stars: PG 1716+426, the Class Prototype

Richtler, T., Dirsch, B., Gebhardt, K., Geisler, D., Hilker, M., Alonso, M.V., Forte, J.C., Grebel, E.K., Infante, L., Larsen, S., Minniti, D., Rejkuba, M. 2004, AJ, 127, 2094-2113 (astro-ph0401175)
The Globular Cluster System of NGC 1399. II. Kinematics of a Large Sample of Globular Clusters

Weidner, C., Kroupa, P. 2004, MNRAS, 348, 187-191
Evidence for a fundamental stellar upper mass limit from clustered star formation

Weidner, C., Kroupa, P., Larsen, S.S. 2004, MNRAS, 350, 1503-1510
Implications for the formation of star clusters from extragalactic star formation rates