Scientific Monographies

Wiren, S. 2000: Small Galaxy Group Mergers and Quasars - Turun yliopiston julkaisuja, Annales Universitatis Turkuensis, AI 261.

Refereed Articles in International Journals

Berdyugin A., Teerikorpi P., Haikala L. 2000: Interstellar polarization at high galactic latitudes from distant stars III. Distribution of the polarization vectors-evidence for the distinct zones - Astronomy and Astrophysics 358: 717-722

Berdyugina S., Berdyugin A., Ilyin I., Tuominen I. 2000: The long-period RS CVn binary IM Pegasi II. First surface images - Astronomy and Astrophysics 360: 272-280

Brandi, E., Garcia, L.G., Piirola, V., Scaltriti, F., Quiroga, C. 2000: Linear polarization of a group of symbiotic systems - Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 145: 197B

Chernin, A.D., Zasov, A.V., Arkhipova, V.P., Kratsova, A.S. 2000: Vorontsov-Velyaminov rows: morphology and physics - Astronomical Letters 26: 342 - 349

Chernin, A.D., Kontorovich, V.M. 2000: Interaction between a strong shock front and a dense cloud: shock front pattern and its topological evolution - New Astronomy 6: 327 - 334

Chernin, A.D. 2000: Using Hubble Space Telescope images to identify straight segments in galaxy nuclear spirals. - Monthly Notices of Royal Astonomical Society 318: L7-10

Chernin, A.D., Dolgachev, V.P., Domozhilova, L.M. 2000: Wide triplets of galaxies: collapse on spatial scale of 1 Mpc. - Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society 319: 851-859

Ekholm T., Lanoix P., Teerikorpi P., Fouque P., Paturel G. 2000: Investigations of the Local Supercluster Velocity Field III. Tracing the backside infall with distance moduli from the direct Tully-Fisher relation - Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: 835-847

Holmberg, J., Flynn, C. 2000: The local density of matter mapped by Hipparcos 2000 - Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society 313: 209 - 216

Katajainen, S., Lehto, H.J., Piirola, V., Karttunen, H. & Piironen, J. 2000: AM Herculis star EV UMA (RE 1307+535) in a high accretion state - Astronomy and Astrophysics 357: 677-680

Katajainen, S., Takalo, L. O., Sillanpää, A., Nilsson, K., Pursimo, T., Hanski, M., Heinämäki, P., Kotoneva, E., Lainela, M., Nurmi, P., Pietilä, H., Rekola, R., Riehokainen, A., Teerikorpi, P., Valtaoja, E., Lähteenmäki, A. 2000: Tuorla quasar monitoring - Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 143, 357-368

Kotilainen, J.K. & Falomo, R. 2000: Near-infrared imaging of the host galaxies of intermediate redshift steep spectrum radio quasars. - Astronomy & Astrophysics 364: 70 - 82

Kotilainen, J.K., Reunanen, J., Laine, S. & Ryder, S.D. 2000: Near-infrared line imaging of circumnuclear starburst rings in the active galaxies NGC 1097 and NGC 6574. - Astronomy & Astrophysics 353: 834 - 846

Lindegren, L., Melosh, J., Rickman, H., Valtonen, M., Zheng, J.Q. 2000: Risks threatening viable transfer of microbes between bodies in our solar system - Planetary and Space Science 48: 1107 - 1115

Mileikowsky, C., Cucinotta, F.A., Wilson, J.W., Gladman, B., Horneck, G., Lindegren, L., Melosh, J., Rickman, H., Valtonen, M., Zheng, J.Q. 2000: Natural transfer of biable microbes in space. 1. From Mars to Earth and Earth to Mars. - Icarus 145: 391-427

Mileikowsky, C., Cucinotta, F.A., Wilson, J.W., Gladman, B., Horneck, G., Lindegren, L., Melosh, J., Rickman, H., Valtonen, M., Zheng, J.Q. 2000: Risks threatening viable transfer of microbes between bodies in our solar system - Planetary and Space Science 48, 1107 - 1115

Oliver,S., Rowan-Robinson,M., Alexander,D.M., Almaini,O., Balcells,M., Baker,A.C., Barcons,X., Barden,M. et al. (including Kotilainen,J.K.) 2000: The European Large Area ISO Survey. I. Goals, definition and observations. - Monthly Notices of the Royal astronomical Society 316: 749 - 767

Ossipkov L.P., Mylläri A.A. 2000: Kinematics and galactic orbits of globular clusters. I. Kinematics. - Astrofizika 43 (2): 259 - 268

Palmer, P.L., Aarseth, S.J., Mikkola, S., Hashida, Y. 2000: High Precision Integration Methods for Orbit Propagation, Journal of Astronautical Sciences 46 (4): 329-342

Petry, D., Böttcher, M., Conaughton, V., Lähteenmäki, A., Pursimo, T., Raiteri, C.M., Schröder, F., Sillanpää, A., Sobrito, G., Takalo. L.O., Teräsranta, H., Tosti, G., Villata, M. 2000: Multiwavelength observations of Mkn 501 during the 1997 high state - Astrophysical Journal 536: 742-755

Potter, S. B., Cropper, M., Hakala, P.J. 2000: Stokes imaging of the accretion region in magnetic cataclysmic variables - II. V347 Pav - Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society 315: 423 - 431

Pursimo, T., Takalo, L. O., Sillanpää, A., Kidger, M., Lehto, H. J., Heidt, J., Charles, P. A., Aller, H., Aller, M., Beckmann, V., Benítez, E., Bock, H., Boltwood, P., Borgeest, U., de Diego, J. A., De Francesco, G., Dietrich, M., Dultzin-Hacyan, D., Efimov, Y., Fiorucci, M., Ghisellini, G., Gonz\alez-Perez, N., Hanski, M., Heinämäki, P., Honeycutt, R. K., Hughes, P., Karlamaa, K., Katajainen, S., Knee, L. B. G., Kurtanidze, O. M., Kümmel, M., Kühl, D., Lainela, M., Lanteri, L., Linde, J. V., Lähteenmäki, A., Maesano, M., Mahoney, T., Marchenko, S., Marscher, A., Massaro, E., Montagni, F., Nesci, R., Nikolashvili, M., Nilsson, K., Nurmi, P., Pietilä, H., Poyner, G., Raiteri, C. M., Rekola, R., Richter, G. M., Riehokainen, A., Robertson, J. W., Rodriguez-Espinoza, J.-M., Sadun, A., Shakhovskoy, N., Schramm, K. J., Schramm, T., Sobrito, G., Teerikorpi, P., Teräsranta, H., Tornikoski, M., Tosti, G., Turner, G. W., Valtaoja, E., Valtonen, M., Villata, M., Wagner, S. J., Webb, J., Weneit, W., Wiren, S. 2000: Intensive monitoring of OJ 287 - Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 146: 141-155

Pyatunina, T.B., Marchenko, S.G., Marscher, A.P., Aller, M.F., Aller, H.D., Teräsranta, H., Valtaoja, E. 2000: Radio variability of the gamma-ray blazar 0202+149 - Astron. Astrophys. 358: 451 - 461

Ramsay, G., Cropper, M., Wu, K., Mason, K.O., Hakala, P. 2000: Detection of the optical counterpart of the proposed double degenerate polar RX J1914+24, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society 311: 75 - 84

Reunanen, J., Kotilainen, J.K., Laine, S., Ryder, S.D. 2000: Near-infrared line imaging of the circumnuclear starburst ring in NGC 7771. - Astrophysical Journal 529: 853 - 858

Rocha-Pinto, H.J., Scalo, J., Maciel, W.J., Flynn, C. 2000: An Intermittent Star Formation History in a "Normal" Disk Galaxy: The Milky Way 2000 - Astrophysical Journal Letters 531: 115 - 118

Takalo, L.O., Nilsson, K., Sillanpää, A., Teräsranta, H. 2000: Optical properties of radio source 4C +08.45 - Astronomy and Astrophysics 357: 881-883

Tanikawa, K., Mikkola. S., 2000: Triple collisions in the one-dimensional three-body problem, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 76: 23-34

Teerikorpi, P. 2000: Evidence for the class of the most luminous quasars II. Variability, polarization, and the gap in the MV distribution - Astronomy and Astrophysics 353: 77-91

Tornikoski, M., Lainela, M., Valtaoja, E. 2000: The high radio frequency spectra and variablility of southern flat-spectrum radio sources - Astronomical Journal 1739: 2278 - 2283

Valtaoja, E., Teräsranta, H., Tornikoski, M., Sillanpää, A., Aller, M.F., Aller, H.D., Hughes, P.A. 2000: Radio Monitoring of OJ 287 and Binary Black Hole Models for Periodic Outbursts - Astrophysical Journal 531: 744V

Valtonen, M., Heinämäki, P. 2000: Double radio sources: two approaches - Astrophysical Journal 530, 107 - 123

Villata, M., Mattox, J.R., Massaro, E., Nesci, R., Catalano, S., Frasca, A., Raiteri, C.M., Sobrito, G., Tosti, G., Nuccariarelli, G., Takalo, L.O., Sillanpää, A., Karttunen, H., Maesano, M., Marilli, E., Ostorero, L., Piironen, J., Sclavi, S. 2000: The 0716+714 WEBT campaign of February 1999 - Astronomy and Astrophysics 363: 108-116

Wiegert, P., Innanen, K., Mikkola, S., 2000: Earth Trojan Asteroids: A study in support of Observational searches, Icarus 145: 33-43

Wiegert, P., Innanen, K., Mikkola, S. (2000): The Stability of Quasi Satellites in the Outer Solar System, Astronomical Journal 119: 1978-1984

Wiren, S., Liu, B. & Valtonen, M.J. 2000: Binary Galaxy Spin Correlations Arising from Mergers of Galaxies - Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: 532-536

Refereed Articles in International Edited Works and Conference Proceedings

Bergvall, N., Takalo, L., Piirola, V. (editors) 2000: The NOT in the 2000's. Proceedings of the workshop held on La Palma in April 12-15,2000 - NOTSA/University of Turku, 208 pages

Byrd, G., Valtonen, M.J. 2000: Tidal perturbation and active galaxy nuclei - Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M. Valtonen, C. Flynn, ASP Conference Series 209, 318 - 324

Casares, J., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Zurita, C., Shahbaz, T., Charles, P., Hynes, R., Abbott, T., Hakala, P. 2000: International Astronomical Union Circular (IAUC) 7451

Charles, P. A., Hynes, R. I., Casares, J., Israelian, G., Rodriguez-Gil, P., Shahbaz, T., Zurita, C., Abbott, T., Hakala, P., King, A. 2000: Fast Variability and Mini-Outbursts in the soft X-ray transient XTE J1859+226 - American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting 32: 31.11

Chernin, A.D., Dolgachev, V.P., Domozhilova, L.M. 2000: Wide triplets of galaxies - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.Valtonen, C.Flynn, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Serie 209: 373-377

Chernin, A.D., Lehto, H., Valtonen, M.J., Heinämäki, P. 2000: Three-body chaos. - in The Chaotic Universe, editors F.L.Zhi and R. Ruffini, Advanced Series in Astronomy and Cosmology 10: 559-567

Falomo, R., Kotilainen, J., Treves, A. 2000: VLT/ISAAC images of quasar hosts at z = 1.5. - ESO Messenger 101: 15 - 17

Flynn, C. 2000: Dark Matter in the Milky Way 2000 - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, editors M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, ASP Conference Series 209, 393 - 398

Hanski M.O., Teerikorpi P., Ekholm T., Theureau G., Baryshev Yu., Paturel G., Lanoix P. 2000: Evidence for dark matter on different scales from the KLUN galaxy sample - In Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, Eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series 209: 457-461

Heinämäki, P., Valtonen, M.J. 2000: Black hole ejections in mergers of small groups of galaxies - IAU Colloquium 174, Small Galaxy Groups, eds. M. Valtonen, C. Flynn. San Francisco. ASP Conference Series 209, 304 - 309

Hirabayashi, H., Edwards, P.G., Wehrle, A.E., Unwin, S.C., Piner, B.G., Lovell, J.E.J., Kobayashi, H., Okayasu, R., Makino, F., Kii, T., Valtaoja, E. 2000: The First Space VLBI Image of 3C279. Adv. Space. Res. 26, 689 - 692

Homer, L., Shih, I. C., Hakala, P., Charles, P. A., Muhli, P., Smale, A. P. 2000: Rossi 2000: Astrophysics with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. March 22-24, 2000 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA, E90

Israelian, G., Casares, J., Charles, P., Hynes, R., Abbott, T., Hakala, P. 2000: International Astronomical Union Circular (IAUC) 7451-2

Katajainen S., Piirola V., Lehto H. J., 2000: UBVRI polarimetry of the short period polars RX J1015.1+0904 and EV UMa. - In proceedings of the Warner Symposium on Cataclysmic Variables, (eds.) Charles, P.A., King A., O'Donoghue D., New Astronomy Reviews 44: P49

Katajainen S., Piirola V., Lehto H. J., 2000: Cataclysmic variables polarization studies with the NOT - In proceedings of the workshop "The NOT in the 2000's" held on La Palma in April 12-15, 2000 (eds.) Nils Bergvall, L. O. Takalo, V. Piirola, NOTSA/University of Turku, 82 - 87

Katajainen S., Scaltriti F., Anderlucci E., Piirola V., Lehto H. J., 2000: Simultaneous UBVRI-polarimetry of the polar RX J0203.8+2959. - In proceedings of the Warner Symposium on Cataclysmic Variables, (eds.) Charles, P.A., King A., O'Donoghue D., New Astronomy Reviews 44: P51

Lehto H.J, Heinämäki, P., Chernin, A.D., Valtonen, M.J. 2000: Masaai warrior shield: The life time of a three body system - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series 209: 314-317

Mylläri, A. A. 2000: On the Stability of Homographic N-body Configurations. - Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series 209: 453-456

Nilsson, K., Pursimo, T., Takalo, L.O., Sillanpää, A., Heidt, J., Laurent-Muehleisen, S.A. 2000: Host galaxies of the RGB BL Lacertae objects - in "The NOT in 2000's", eds. N. Bergvall, L.O. Takalo, V. Piirola, NOTSA/University of Turku, 100-107

Nilsson, K., Valtonen, M.J., Zheng, J.Q., Byrd, G., Korhonen, H., Andersen, M.I. 2000: Deducting the orbit of the radio galaxy 3C 129 - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, ASP Conference Series 209: 408 - 411

Piirola, V. 2000: Astronomy with the NOT and Nordic collaboration - in The NOT in the 2000's, Bergvall, N., Takalo, L., Piirola, V. (eds.), NOTSA/University of Turku, 20 - 27

Takalo, L.O., Sillanpää, A., Nilsson, K., Koskimies, M., Laurent-Muehleisen, S., Brinkmann, W. 2000: Optical identification of ROSAT/FIRST sources at the NOT, in "The NOT in 2000's", eds. N. Bergvall, L.O. Takalo, V. Piirola, NOTSA/University of Turku, 108 - 111

Valtaoja, E., Wiik, K. 2000: AGN shocks as cosmological standard rods? - Proceedings of the 2^nd Millimeter-VLBI Science Workshop, eds. A. Greve, T.P. Krichbaum, Granada, Spain, 21 - 24 [D]

Valtaoja, E., Wiik, K. 2000: The geometry of the universe from high resolution VLBI data of AGN shocks - Astrophysical Phenomena Revealed by Space VLBI, eds. H. Hirabayashi, P.G. Edwards and D.W. Murphy - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Japan, 253 - 256

Valtonen, M.J., Flynn, C. (editors) 2000: Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174 - Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series 209, 463 pages

Valtonen, M.J., Mikkola, S., Heinämäki P. 2000: Evolution of multiple black hole nuclei in merged galaxies - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, ASP Conference Series 209: 310 - 313

Vilhu, O., Muhli, P., Huovelin, J., Hakala, P., Hannikainen, D. C., Grande, M., Kellett, B. 2000: Cruise Science with the Compact X-ray Spectrometer (D-CIXS) of SMART-1 - American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting 32: 43.18

Wiik K., Valtaoja E. 2000: Comparison of Total Flux and VLBI Properties of a Sample of Fifteen AGN at 22 GHz - Astrophysical Phenomena Revealed by Space VLBI, The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Japan, 329

Wiren, S., Valtonen, M.J., Liu, B. 2000: Binary Galaxy Spin Correlations - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series 209: 296 - 298

Zheng, J.Q., Valtonen, M.J., Chernin, A.D., Wiren, S. 2000: Dynamics and merging in compact galaxy groups - in Small Galaxy Groups. IAU Colloquium 174, eds. M.J. Valtonen and C. Flynn, ASP Conference Series 209: 299 - 303