Book review of SUPERSTITION by Robert Park (2009)
The 2008 book Superstition: Belief in the age of science, by Robert Park, published by Princeton University Press is briefly reviewed.
Modeling atmospheric effects of the September 1859 Solar Flare (2006)
Thomas, Brian, Jackman, Charles, Melott, Adrian
We have modeled atmospheric effects, especially ozone depletion, due to a solar proton event which probably accompanied the extreme magnetic storm of 1-2 September 1859. We use an inferred proton...
Optimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis (2003)
Feldman, Hume A, Watkins, Richard, Melott, Adrian, Chambers, Will
We describe a new method of overcoming problems inherent in peculiar velocity surveys by using data compression as a filter with which to separate large-scale, linear flows from small-scale noise...
Optimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis (2003)
Feldman, Hume, Watkins, Richard, Melott, Adrian, Chambers, Will
We describe a new method of overcomingproblems inherent in peculiar velocity surveys by using data compression as a filter with which to separate large-scale, linear flows from small-scale noise that...
Optimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis (2003)
Feldman, Hume, Watkins, Richard, Melott, Adrian, Chambers, Will
We describe a new method of overcomingproblems inherent in peculiar velocity surveys by using data compression as a filter with which to separate large-scale, linear flows from small-scale noise that...
Simulated Versus Observed Cluster Eccentricity Evolution (2003)
Floor, Stephen, Melott, Adrian
The rate of galaxy cluster eccentricity evolution is useful in understanding large scale structure. Rapid evolution for $z < $ 0.13 has been found in two different observed cluster samples. We...
Eccentricity Evolution in Simulated Galaxy Clusters (2003)
Floor, Stephen, Melott, Adrian, Miller, Christopher, Bryan, Greg
Strong cluster eccentricity evolution for $z \le 0.13$ has appeared in a variety of observational data sets. We examine the evolution of eccentricity in simulated galaxy clusters using a variety of...
Optimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis (2003)
Feldman, Hume, Watkins, Richard, Melott, Adrian, Chambers, Will
We describe a new method of overcomingproblems inherent in peculiar velocity surveys by using data compression as a filter with which to separate large-scale, linear flows from small-scale noise that...
Optimal Moments for Velocity Fields Analysis (2003)
Feldman, Hume, Watkins, Richard, Melott, Adrian, Chambers, Will
We describe a new method of overcomingproblems inherent in peculiar velocity surveys by using data compression as a filter with which to separate large-scale, linear flows from small-scale noise that...
Universal Behavior of Phase Correlations in Non-linear Gravitational Clustering (2002)
Watts, Peter, Coles, Peter, Melott, Adrian
The large-scale structure of the Universe is thought to evolve by a process of gravitational amplification from low-amplitude Gaussian noise generated in the early Universe. The later, non-linear...
Environmental Dependence of the Fundamental Plane of Galaxy Clusters (1999)
Miller, Christopher J., Melott, Adrian, Gorman, Patrick
Galaxy clusters approximate a planar (FP) distribution in a three-dimensional parameter space which can be characterized by optical luminosity, half-light radius, and X-ray luminosity. Using a...
Bias and Hierarchical Clustering (1999)
Coles, Peter, Melott, Adrian, Munshi, Dipak
It is now well established that galaxies are biased tracers of the distribution of matter, although it is still not known what form this bias takes. In local bias models the propensity for a galaxy...
Cluster Winds Blow along Supercluster Axes (1998)
Novikov, Dmitri, Melott, Adrian, Wilhite, Brian, Kaufman, Michael, Burns, Jack, Miller, Christopher, ...
Within Abell galaxy clusters containing wide-angle tailed radio sources, there is evidence of a ``prevailing wind'' which directs the WAT jets. We study the alignment of WAT jets and nearby clusters...
Non-Linear Evolution of the Bispectrum of Cosmological Perturbations (1997)
Scoccimarro, Roman, Colombi, Stephane, Fry, J. N., Frieman, Joshua A., Hivon, Eric, Melott, Adrian
The bispectrum, the three-point function of density fluctuations in Fourier space, is the lowest order statistic that carries information about the spatial coherence of large-scale structures. For...
Voids in Real Space and in Redshift Space (1995)
Ryden, Barbara, Melott, Adrian
Using two-dimensional numerical simulations of gravitational clustering, with initial power spectra of a power-law form with index n, we compare the properties of voids in real space to their...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1981.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1981.