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  • Space & astronomy 2008 Research Highlights

    • Quasars: Iron inflow

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 12 November 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.268

      Original article citation:

      Hu, C. et al. A systematic analysis of Fe II emission in quasars: Evidence for inflow to the central black hole. Astrophys. J. 687, 78–96 (2008).

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    • A cyclic universe: Phantom fix for black holes

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 15 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.242

      Original article citation:

      Sun, C. Y. Phantom energy accretion onto black holes in a cyclic universe. Phys. Rev. D 78, 064060 (2008).

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    • Symbiotic stars: Chemical clues this content is Open !

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 10 September 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.214

      Original article citation:

      Lü, G., Zhu, C., Han, Z. & Wang, Z. Chemical abundances in symbiotic stars. Astrophys. J. 683, 990–1005 (2008).

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    • Quintessence: Making black holes black

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 02 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.153

      Original article citation:

      Chen, S., Wang, B. & Su, R. Hawking radiation in a d-dimensional static spherically symmetric black hole surrounded by quintessence. Phys. Rev. D 77, 124011 (2008).

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    • Gamma-ray burst: Dust sees the light

      Xiaoling Zhang

      Published online: 21 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.118

      Original article citation:

      Li, Y., Li, A. & Wei, D. M. Determining the dust extinction of gamma-ray burst host galaxies: A direct method based on optical and X-ray photometry. Astrophys. J. 678, 1136–1141 (2008).

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    • Galactic bulge: Too much mass

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 07 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.103

      Original article citation:

      Zhu, C. H., Lu, G. L., Wang, Z. J. & Zhang, J. The lack of carbon stars in the Galactic bulge. Chin. Phys. B 17, 1518–1525 (2008).

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    • Solar activities: Jet flare sparks twin flames this content is Open !

      Felix Cheung

      Published online: 30 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.97

      Original article citation:

      Jiang, Y., Shen, Y., Yi, B., Yang, J. & Wang, J. Magnetic interaction: A transequatorial jet and interconnecting loops. Astrophys. J. 677, 699–703 (2008).

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    • Dark energy: Supernova signposts

      Tim Reid

      Published online: 12 March 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.57

      Original article citation:

      Wu, P. & Yu, H. Probing the cosmic acceleration history and the properties of dark energy from the ESSENCE supernova data with a model independent method. J. Cosmol. Astroparticle Phys. 02, 019 (2008).

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    • Pulsar glitches: Young and active

      Xiaoling Zhang

      Published online: 20 February 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.36

      Original article citation:

      Zou, W. Z. et al. Observations of six glitches in PSR B1737–30. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12674.x (2008).

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