Astronomy and Physics (week.15.to.19.03.2010)

Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2007if: First Total Mass Measurement of a Super-Chandrasekhar-Mass Progenitor

Leptophilic Dark Matter from the Lepton Asymmetry

Chiral gravity, log gravity, and extremal CFT

Majorana fermions in a tunable semiconductor device

Quantum ground state and single-phonon control of a mechanical resonator

Nanoscale Proximity Effect in the High-Temperature Superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

A transiting giant planet with a temperature between 250 K and 430 K