01/01/2026 - High-Energy

The Feasibility of Using Fe XXIII Metastable Transitions as a Density Diagnostic...

Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) occasionally show signs of outflowing material from the accretion disk. Studying these outflows can inform the understanding of the geometry of the systems, as well as…

Authors: Moutard, Corrales, Tomaru, Done, Neilsen, Behar, Costantini, Díaz-Trigo, Yamada

Bibcode: 2026ApJ...996...34M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae260c

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.21501

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01/01/2026 - High-Energy

XRISM Observations of Accretion Disk Corona in Cyg X-2

We present the high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Z-source Cygnus X-2, obtained with the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). The observations have enabled a precise characterization of the Fe─K…

Authors: Mizumoto, Takahashi, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Corrales, Costantini, Diaz-Trigo, Miller, Miller

Bibcode: 2026ApJ...996...49M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae267b

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2512.00589

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01/01/2026 - High-Energy

XRISM Observations of the Prototypical Cold Front in A3667

We present high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the merging galaxy cluster A3667 with XRISM/Resolve. Two observations, targeting the cluster X-ray core and the prototypical cold front, were performed with exposures of…

Authors: Omiya, Ichinohe, Nakazawa, Awaki, Eckert, Fujita, Hatsukade, Markevitch, Mernier, Mitsuishi, Ota, Simionescu, Uchida, Ueda, Zhuravleva, Zuhone

Bibcode: 2026ApJ...996L..15O

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae2a28

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01/01/2026 - Exoplanets

HARPS-N, TESS, and CHEOPS discover a transiting sub-Neptune and two outer companions...

We provide a detailed characterization of the planetary system orbiting HD 85426 (TOI-1774). This bright G-type star ($M_{ast }$: 0.99 $text{M}_{odot }$; $R_{ast }$: 1.13 $text{R}_{odot }$; age: 7.4 Gyr;…

Authors: Lienhard, Mortier, Cameron, Cretignier, Borsato, John, Egger, Stalport, Wilson, Deline, Fortier, Latham, Malavolta, Maxted, Sousa, Grimm, Buchhave, Alibert, Lakeland, Dumusque, Cabrera, Naponiello, Correia, Rescigno, Fossati, Sozzetti, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros,…

Bibcode: 2026MNRAS.545S1934L

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1934

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01/01/2026 - Exoplanets

Spectropolarimetric characterisation of exoplanet host stars in preparation of the Ariel mission:...

Aims. We update the status of the spectropolarimetric campaign dedicated to characterise the magnetic field properties of a sample of known exoplanet-hosting stars included in the current target list of…

Authors: Bellotti, Lavail, Evensberget, Vidotto, Danielski, Edwards, Hussain, Lüftinger, Morin, Petit, Boro Saikia, Micela, López Ariste

Bibcode: 2026A&A...705A..40B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202557581

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01/12/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of Cygnus X-1: Highly ionized iron absorption structures

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectral analysis of Cygnus X-1 using XRISM. The observation wa3s carried out from 2024 April 7 to 10, covering the orbital phase range 0.65─0.17…

Authors: Yamada, Hell, Costantini, Adegoke, Brumback, Draghis, Ebisawa, Garcia, Hodges-Kluck, Kitamoto, Kobayashi, Kohmura, Kubota, Miller, Mizumoto, Mizuno, Ninoyu, Takahashi, Uchida, Yamaoka, Zhang

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77.1210Y

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf104

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01/12/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM/Resolve view of Abell 2319: Turbulence, sloshing, and ICM dynamics

We present results from XRISM/Resolve observations of the core of the galaxy cluster Abell 2319, focusing on its kinematic properties. The intracluster medium (ICM) exhibits temperatures of approximately 8 keV…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77.1278X

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf109

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01/12/2025 - Exoplanets

Improved characterization of the TOI-2141 system: A dense sub-Neptune with non-transiting inner...

Aims. We aim to refine the fundamental parameters of the TOI-2141 planetary system, which includes a transiting sub-Neptune orbiting a Sun-like star on a relatively long orbit of 18.26 days,…

Authors: Luque, Lam, Cabrera, Bonfanti, Eschen, Olofsson, Benz, Billot, Brandeker, Correia, Fossati, Gandolfi, Osborn, Pezzotti, Sousa, Wilson, Wolf, Alibert, Alonso, Asquier, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros, Baumjohann, Biondi, Borsato, Broeg, Collier Cameron, Csizmadia,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...704A.174L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202556515

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01/12/2025 - High-Energy

Probing Accretion Disk Winds of Stratified Nature with Fe XXVI Doublet in...

Powerful ionized accretion disk winds are often observed during episodic outbursts in Galactic black hole transients. Among those X-ray absorbers, Fe XXVI doublet structure (Lyα1+Lyα2 with ∼20 eV apart) has…

Authors: Fukumura, Ogawa, Tanimoto, Tombesi, Luminari, Parra, Shidatsu, Gu, Behar

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...994..218F

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae19e2

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.19539

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01/12/2025 - Exoplanets

Mean Opacity Tables for Probing the Interior and Atmosphere of Giant Planets

We present new Rosseland and Planck mean opacity tables relevant to the shallow interiors and atmospheres of giant planets. The tables span metallicities from 0.31 to 50 times solar, temperatures…

Authors: Siebenaler, Miguel

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.tmp.2075S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf2205

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01/12/2025 - Exoplanets

Eclipse mapping with Ariel: future prospects for a population-level mapping survey

Eclipse mapping is a powerful tool for measuring 3D profiles of exoplanet atmospheres. To date, only JWST has been capable of widely applying this technique, but as a general observatory,…

Authors: Valentine, Wakeford, Hammond, Challener, Edwards, Lüftinger, Günther

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.544.3647V

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1721

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.03147

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01/12/2025 - Exoplanets

An ultra-short period super-Earth and sub-Neptune spanning the Radius Valley orbiting the...

A crucial chemical link between stars and their orbiting exoplanets is thought to exist. If universal, this connection could affect the formation and evolution of all planets. Therefore, this potential…

Authors: Eschen, Wilson, Bonfanti, Persson, Sousa, Lendl, Heitzmann, Simon, Olofsson, Castro-González, Egger, Fossati, Mustill, Osborn, Vivien, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Borsato, Brandeker, Broeg, Buder, Caldwell, Cameron, Correia,…

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.544.2614E

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1806

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.12783

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01/12/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-mass Black Hole GRS 1915+105

GRS 1915+105 was the stellar-mass black hole that best reproduced key phenomena that are also observed in type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In recent years, however, it has evolved…

Authors: Miller, Gu, Raymond, Brenneman, Gallo, Gandhi, Kallman, Kobayashi, Mao, Rogantini, Shidatsu, Ueda, Xiang, Zoghbi

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...995L..14M

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae2123

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.25089

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01/12/2025 - High-Energy

X-ray properties of massive compact relic galaxies

We present the X-ray analysis of seven local compact elliptical galaxies (cEGs), selected for their morphological resemblance to high-redshift red nuggets. As likely descendants of the red nugget population, cEGs…

Authors: Kovács, Werner, Bogdán, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2025A&A...704A.196K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555575

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01/11/2025 - Exoplanets

The Hourglass-shaped Magnetic Fields and Dust Filaments in the HH 211 Protostellar Envelope

Magnetic fields influence the structure and evolution of protostellar systems; thus, understanding their role is essential for probing the earliest stages of star formation. We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…

Authors: Choi, Kwon, Looney, Stephens, Li, van der Tak, Tobin

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...993..200C

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae0710

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.25764

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01/11/2025 - Exoplanets

Detection of CO2, CO, and H2O in the atmosphere of the warm...

Context. The chemical composition of warm gas giant exoplanet atmospheres (with Teq < 1000 K) is not well known due to the lack of observational constraints. Aims. HAT-P-12 b is…

Authors: Crouzet, Edwards, Konings, Bouwman, Min, Lagage, Waters, Pye, Heinke, Guedel, Henning, Vandenbussche, Absil, Argyriou, Barrado, Boccaletti, Cossou, Coulais, Decin, Gastaud, Glasse, Glauser, Lahuis, Olofsson, Patapis, Rouan, Royer, Whiteford, Colina, Östlin,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...703A.264C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450690

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.18722

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01/11/2025 - Exoplanets

HARPS-N, TESS, and CHEOPS discover a transiting sub-Neptune and two outer companions...

We provide a detailed characterisation of the planetary system orbiting HD 85426 (TOI-1774). This bright G-type star (M*: 0.99 M⊙; R*: 1.13 R⊙; age: 7.4 Gyr; V mag: 8.25) hosts…

Authors: Lienhard, Mortier, Cameron, Cretignier, Borsato, John, Egger, Stalport, Wilson, Deline, Fortier, Latham, Malavolta, Maxted, Sousa, Grimm, Buchhave, Alibert, Lakeland, Dumusque, Cabrera, Naponiello, Correia, Rescigno, Fossati, Sozzetti, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros,…

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.tmp.1875L

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1934

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.08473

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01/11/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM/Resolve view of Abell 2319: Turbulence, sloshing, and ICM dynamics

We present results from XRISM/Resolve observations of the core of the galaxy cluster Abell 2319, focusing on its kinematic properties. The intracluster medium (ICM) exhibits temperatures of approximately 8 keV…

Authors: Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo, García, Gu,…

Bibcode: 2025PASJ..tmp..116A

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf109

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.05067

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01/11/2025 - High-Energy

Comparing XRISM Cluster Velocity Dispersions with Predictions from Cosmological Simulations: Are Feedback...

The dynamics of the intracluster medium (ICM), the hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, are shaped by gravity-driven cluster mergers and feedback from supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the cluster…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...993L..11X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae100c

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.06322

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01/11/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM Constraints on Unidentified X-Ray Emission Lines, Including the 3.5 keV Line,...

We stack 3.75 Ms of early XRISM Resolve observations of 10 galaxy clusters to search for unidentified spectral lines in the E = 2.5─15 keV band (rest frame), including the…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...994L..28X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae17ad

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.24560

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01/11/2025 - High-Energy

Distribution of metals and multitemperature gas in the cores of nearby galaxy groups

Previous studies of galaxy clusters have focused extensively on the effects of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) feedback on the chemical evolution of the intra-cluster medium (ICM). However, similar studies on…

Authors: Chatzigiannakis, Simionescu, Mernier

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.543.3684C

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1614

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.18258

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01/11/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM view of a stellar flare: High-resolution Fe K spectra of HR...

A high-resolution X-ray spectroscopic observation was made of the RS CVn-type binary star HR 1099 using the Resolve instrument onboard XRISM for its calibration purposes. During the $sim$400 ks telescope…

Authors: Kurihara, Tsujimoto, Loewenstein, Maeda, Audard, Behar, Eckart, Foster, Gu, Guainazzi, Hamaguchi, Hell, Inoue, Ishihara, Katsuda, Kilbourne, Leutenegger, Miller, Nagashima, Porter, Sawada, Tsuboi, Kashyap, Brooks

Bibcode: 2025PASJ..tmp..117K

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf124

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01/11/2025 - High-Energy

The thermodynamic structure and large-scale structure filament in MACS J0717.5+3745

We present the results of Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray imaging and spatially resolved spectroscopy, along with new MUSTANG2 90 GHz observations of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect on MACS J0717.5+3745.…

Authors: Breuer, Werner, Plšek, Mernier, Umetsu, Simionescu, Devlin, Di Mascolo, Dibblee-Barkman, Dicker, Mason, Mroczkowski, Romero, Sarazin, Sievers

Bibcode: 2025A&A...703A.231B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452908

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08103

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01/11/2025 - Exoplanets

JWST/MIRI observations of the young TWA 27 system: Hydrocarbon disk chemistry, silicate...

Context. The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) enables the characterisation of young self-luminous gas giants in a previously inaccessible wavelength range, revealing insights into…

Authors: Patapis, Morales-Calderón, Arabhavi, Kühnle, Gasman, Cugno, Mollière, Matthews, Mâlin, Whiteford, Lagage, Waters, Guedel, Henning, Vandenbussche, Absil, Argyriou, Barrado, Baudoz, Boccaletti, Bouwman, Cossou, Coulais, Decin, Gastaud, Glasse, Glauser, Grant, Min, Kamp,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...704A...5P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202556296

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.08961

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01/11/2025 - Exoplanets

Occurrence rate of stellar Type II radio bursts from a 100 star-year...

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are major drivers of space weather in the Solar System, but their occurrence rate on other stars is unknown. A characteristic (deca-)metric radio burst with a…

Authors: Konijn, Vedantham, Tasse, Shimwell, Hardcastle, Callingham, Ilin, Drabent, Zarka, van der Tak, Bloot

Bibcode: 2025A&A...703A.198K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202554317

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.09296

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01/10/2025 - Exoplanets

Possible Evidence for the Presence of Volatiles on the Warm Super-Earth TOI-270 b

The search for atmospheres on rocky exoplanets is a crucial step in understanding the processes driving atmosphere formation, retention, and loss. Past studies have revealed the existence of planets interior…

Authors: Coulombe, Benneke, Krissansen-Totton, L'Heureux, Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Radica, Roy, Ahrer, Cadieux, Miguel, Schlichting, Delgado-Mena, Monaghan, Adamski, Raul, Cloutier, Komacek, Taylor, Gapp, Allart, Bouchy, Canto Martins, Cook, Doyon, Evans-Soma, Larue, Suárez Mascareño, Wardenier

Bibcode: 2025AJ....170..226C

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/adfc6a

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.14224

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01/10/2025 - Exoplanets

TrES-1 b: A Case Study in Detecting Secular Evolution of Exoplanet Orbits

We present a comprehensive analysis of transit, eclipse, and radial velocity data of the hot Jupiter TrES-1 b and confirm evidence of orbital variations on secular timescales. Apparent variations due…

Authors: Hagey, Edwards, Tsiaras, Boley, Kokori, Narita, Sada, Walter, Zellem, A-thano, Alton, Álava Amat, Benni, Besson, Brandebourg, Bretton, Caló, Crow, Dalouzy, Deldem, Eenmäe, Ferratfiat, Guerra, Vander Haagen, Hose, Jones, Jongen, Laloum,…

Bibcode: 2025AJ....170..197H

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aded15

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.15075

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01/10/2025 - Exoplanets

Transit timing variations in HIP 41378: CHEOPS and TESS confirm a non-transiting...

In multiple-planet systems, gravitational interactions of exoplanets could lead to transit timing variations (TTVs), whose amplitude becomes significantly enhanced when planets are in or near mean-motion resonances (MMRs), making them…

Authors: Leonardi, Borsato, Pagliaro, Kubyshkina, Egger, Wilson, Heitzmann, Brandeker, Günther, Nascimbeni, Leleu, Bonfanti, Sousa, Mantovan, Piotto, Fossati, Nardiello, Zingales, Adibekyan, Pezzotti, Akinsanmi, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Broeg,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...702A.211L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555253

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.14156

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01/10/2025 - Exoplanets

Eclipse Mapping with Ariel: Future Prospects for a Population-Level Mapping Survey

Eclipse mapping is a powerful tool for measuring 3D profiles of exoplanet atmospheres. To date, only JWST has been capable of widely applying this technique, but as a general observatory,…

Authors: Valentine, Wakeford, Hammond, Challener, Edwards, Lüftinger, Günther

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.tmp.1756V

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1721

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.03147

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01/10/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of Cygnus X-1: Highly ionized iron absorption structures

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectral analysis of Cygnus X-1 using XRISM. The observation wa3s carried out from 2024 April 7 to 10, covering the orbital phase range 0.65-0.17…

Authors: Yamada, Hell, Costantini, Adegoke, Brumback, Draghis, Ebisawa, Garcia, Hodges-Kluck, Kitamoto, Kobayashi, Kohmura, Kubota, Miller, Mizumoto, Mizuno, Ninoyu, Takahashi, Uchida, Yamaoka, Zhang

Bibcode: 2025PASJ..tmp..103Y

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf104

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01/10/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM Reveals Complex Ionization and Velocity Structures in the GX 340+0 X-Ray Binary

We present the first high-resolution XRISM spectrum of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 340+0, revealing unprecedented detail in its emission and absorption features. The spectrum reveals a rich…

Authors: Chakraborty, Smith, Corrales, Costantini, Díaz Trigo, Foster, Kilbourne, Ludlam, Nakagawa, Porter, Psaradaki, Takahashi, Yaqoob, Zeegers

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...991..224C

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adfb65

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.09359

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01/10/2025 - High-Energy

Delving into the depths of NGC 3783 with XRISM: II. Cross-calibration of...

Context. Accurate X-ray spectroscopic measurements are fundamental for deriving basic physical parameters of the most abundant baryon components in the Universe. The plethora of X-ray observatories currently operational enables a…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Díaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...702A.147X

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202556000

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.08649

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01/10/2025 - High-Energy

Stratified wind from a super-Eddington X-ray binary is slower than expected

Accretion disks in strong gravity ubiquitously produce winds, seen as blueshifted absorption lines in the X-ray band of both stellar mass X-ray binaries (black holes and neutron stars)1, 2, 3–4…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Enoto, Eguchi, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo, García,…

Bibcode: 2025Natur.646...57X

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09495-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.14555

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Spectroscopic diagnostics of high-temperature plasma in stellar coronae using Fe XXIV–XXIV K-shell...

The RS CVn type binary star GT Muscae was observed during its quiescence using the Resolve X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer onboard XRISM. The main and satellite lines of the Fe XXIV–XXIV…

Authors: Kurihara, Tsujimoto, Audard, Behar, Gu, Hamaguchi, Hell, Kilbourne, Maeda, Porter, Sugai, Tsuboi

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S..50K

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf045

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2504.06663

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Revisiting the Perseus Cluster. I. Resolving the Si/S/Ar/Ca Ratios by Stellar Convection

Chemical abundance measurements from stars in the Milky Way to the intragalactic medium in the Perseus Cluster have challenged the spherical explosion models. Models in the literature cannot closely match…

Authors: Leung, Nomoto, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...990..207L

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adf430

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.21032

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Extreme AGN feedback in the fossil galaxy group SDSSTG 4436

Supermassive black hole feedback is the currently favoured mechanism to regulate the star formation rate of galaxies and prevent the formation of ultra-massive galaxies (M⋆ > 1012 M⊙). However, the…

Authors: Eckert, Gastaldello, Lovisari, McGee, Pasini, Brienza, Kolokythas, O'Sullivan, Simionescu, Sun, Ayromlou, Bourne, Chen, Cui, Ettori, Finoguenov, Gozaliasl, Kale, Mernier, Oppenheimer, Schellenberger, Seppi, Tempel

Bibcode: 2025A&A...701A.127E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555212

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.13907

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM observations of Cassiopeia A: Overview, atomic data, and spectral models

Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is the youngest known core-collapse supernova remnant in the Galaxy and is perhaps the best-studied supernova remnant in X-rays. Cas A has a line-rich spectrum dominated…

Authors: Plucinsky, Agarwal, Gu, Foster, Sato, Bamba, Vink, Ichihashi, Matsunaga, Mori, Nakajima, Porter, Sonoda, Suzuki, Tateishi, Terada, Uchida, Yamaguchi

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.171P

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf091

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.01089

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Thermal and kinematic properties of ejecta in SN1987A revealed by XRISM

We present an analysis of high-resolution spectra from the shock-heated plasmas in SN 1987A, based on an observation using the Resolve instrument onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM).…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Díaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Enoto, Eguchi, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.193X

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf056

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.07479

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Constraining gas motion and non-thermal pressure beyond the core of the Abell...

We report on a detailed spectroscopic study of the gas dynamics and hydrostatic mass bias of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029, utilizing high-resolution observations from XRISM Resolve. Abell 2029, known…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Díaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.242X

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf055

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.06533

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is a joint mission between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in collaboration with the…

Authors: Tashiro, Kelley, Watanabe, Maejima, Reichenthal, Toda, Hartz, Santovincenzo, Matsushita, Yamaguchi, Petre, Williams, Guainazzi, Costantini, Takei, Ishisaki, Fujimoto, Henegar-Leon, Sneiderman, Tomida, Mori, Nakajima, Terada, Holland, Loewenstein, Miller, Sawada, Kallman, Kaastra, Done,…

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S...1T

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf023

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01/09/2025 - Exoplanets

Metal-enriched Atmospheres in Warm (Super- and Sub-) Neptunes Induced by Extreme Atmospheric Escape

Planet formation impacts exoplanet atmospheres by accreting metals in solid form, leading to atmospheric carbon-to-oxygen ratios (C/O) and sulfur-to-nitrogen ratios (S/N) that deviate from those of their host stars. Recent…

Authors: Louca, Miguel

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...991..121L

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/add736

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.06013

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01/09/2025 - Exoplanets

The CHEOPS view of HD 95338b: Refined transit parameters, and a search...

Context. Despite the ever-increasing number of known exoplanets, no uncontested detections have been made of their satellites, known as exomoons. Aims. The quest to find exomoons is at the forefront…

Authors: Kálmán, Simon, Deline, Csizmadia, Szabó, Ehrenreich, Wilson, Günther, Heitzmann, Sousa, Farnir, Bonfanti, Smith, Pal, Scandariato, Adibekyan, Brandeker, Charnoz, Akinsanmi, Barros, Song, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Navascues, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Biondi, Borsato,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...701A.240K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202554040

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.15318

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01/09/2025 - Exoplanets

Volcanic Satellites Tidally Venting Na, K, SO2 in Optical & Infrared Light

Recent infrared spectroscopy from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spurred analyses of common volcanic gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), alongside alkali metals sodium (Na…

Authors: Oza, Gebek, Westram, Tokadjian, Piro, Hu, Unni, Chari, Bello-Arufe, Schmidt, Louca, Miguel, Estrela, Yang, Damiano, Hasegawa, Welbanks, Powell, Garg, Gupta, Yung, Lopes

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.tmp.1555O

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf1526

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.08349

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM Constrains Atmospheric Motion and Turbulent Dissipation in the Archetypal Radio-mode Feedback...

We present XRISM Resolve observations centered on Hydra-A, a redshift z = 0.054 brightest cluster galaxy, which hosts one of the largest and most powerful FR-I radio sources in the…

Authors: Rose, McNamara, Meunier, Fabian, Russell, Nulsen, Dizdar, Heckman, McDonald, Markevitch, Paerels, Simionescu, Werner, Coil, Hodges-Kluck, Miller, Wise

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...990...42R

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adf32d

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Measuring the asymmetric expansion of the Fe ejecta of Cassiopeia A with XRISM/Resolve

The expansion structure of supernova remnants is important for understanding not only how heavy elements are distributed into space, but also how supernovae explode. The ejecta expansion structure of the…

Authors: Bamba, Agarwal, Vink, Plucinsky, Terada, Behar, Katsuda, Mori, Sawada, Matsumoto, Corrales, Foster, Fujimoto, Gu, Ichikawa, Matsunaga, Mizuno, Murakami, Nakajima, Sato, Sonoda, Suzuki, Tateishi, Uchida, Ichihashi, Nobukawa, Orlando

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.144B

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf041

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2504.03268

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

The structure of the relativistic Fe line in GX 340+0 as viewed...

We present a $152$ ks XRISM/Resolve observation of the persistently accreting Z source GX 340$+$0. Simultaneous observations also occurred with NuSTAR and NICER for $22.47$ ks and $2.7$ ks, respectively.…

Authors: Ludlam, Ballhausen, Chakraborty, Costantini, Corrales, Hall, Kilbourne, Moutard, Nakagawa, Porter, Psaradaki, Sudha, Smith, Takahashi, Done, García

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.117L

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf085

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.06289

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01/09/2025 - High-Energy

Benchmark of the Fe XXV 𝓡 ratio in photoionized plasma during eclipse...

The $mathcal {R}$ ratio is a useful diagnostic of the X-ray emitting astrophysical plasmas and is defined as the intensity ratio of the forbidden over the inter-combination lines in the…

Authors: Mochizuki, Tsujimoto, Leutenegger, Gu, Ballhausen, Behar, Draghis, Hell, Pradhan

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S..63M

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf098

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.10441

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01/08/2025 - High-Energy

Transition Edge Sensors for DC Operation and Low Magnetic Field Sensitivity

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is an imaging spectrometer based on a large array of Transition Edge Sensors (TES) measured using Time Domain Multiplexing (TDM). For the development of…

Authors: de Wit, Gottardi, Nagayoshi, Taralli, Vaccaro, Ravensberg, Bruijn, van der Kuur, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2025ITAS...3521900D

DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2024.3521900

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01/08/2025 - High-Energy

The Population of NuSTAR Black Hole X-Ray Binaries

The spin of a black hole (BH) encodes information about its formation and evolution history. Yet the understanding of the distribution of BH spins in X-ray binaries (XBs), of the…

Authors: Draghis, Miller, Brenneman, Costantini, Gallo, Reynolds, Tomsick, Zoghbi

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...989..227D

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adec85

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.12121

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01/08/2025 - High-Energy

Kinematic Evidence for Bipolar Ejecta Flows in the Galactic Supernova Remnant W49B

W49B is a unique Galactic supernova remnant with centrally peaked, “bar”-like ejecta distribution, which was once considered evidence for a hypernova origin that resulted in a bipolar ejection of the…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Díaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...988L..58X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ade138

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.05455

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01/08/2025 - Exoplanets

The KELT-7b atmospheric thermal-inversion conundrum revisited with CHEOPS, TESS, and additional data

Context. Early theoretical works suggested that ultrahot Jupiters have inverted temperature-pressure (T–P) profiles in the presence of optical absorbers, such as TiO and VO. Recently, an inverted T–P profile of…

Authors: Garai, Krenn, Cubillos, Bruno, Smith, Wilson, Brandeker, Günther, Heitzmann, Carone, Singh, Lendl, Demangeon, Alibert, Alonso, Asquier, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Borsato, Broeg, Collier Cameron, Correia, Csizmadia, Davies, Deleuil,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...700A...5G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452560

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.20432

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01/08/2025 - Exoplanets

Direct imaging discovery of a young giant planet orbiting on Solar System scales

Context. HD 135344 AB is a young visual binary system that is best known for the protoplanetary disk around the secondary star. The circumstellar environment of the A0-type primary star,…

Authors: Stolker, Samland, Waters, van den Ancker, Balmer, Lacour, Sitko, Wang, Nowak, Maire, Kammerer, Otten, Abuter, Amorim, Benisty, Berger, Beust, Blunt, Boccaletti, Bonnefoy, Bonnet, Bordoni, Bourdarot, Brandner, Cantalloube, Caselli, Charnay, Chauvin,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...700A..21S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555064

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.06206

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01/07/2025 - High-Energy

X-ray investigation of the remarkable galaxy group Nest200047

Context. Galaxy groups are more susceptible to feedback from the central active galactic nuclei (AGNs) due to their lower gravitational binding energy compared to clusters. This makes them ideal laboratories…

Authors: Majumder, Simionescu, Plšek, Brienza, Churazov, Khabibullin, Gastaldello, Botteon, Röttgering, Brüggen, Lyskova, Rajpurohit, Sunyaev, Wise

Bibcode: 2025A&A...699A.375M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202554682

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01/07/2025 - High-Energy

Delving into the depths of NGC 3783 with XRISM: I. Kinematic and...

We present our study of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) observation of the Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 3783. XRISM’s Resolve microcalorimeter has enabled, for the first time, a detailed…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kaastra, Eckart, Gu, Ballhausen, Behar, Diez, Fukumura, Guainazzi, Hagino, Kallman, Kara, Li, Miller, Mizumoto, Noda, Ogawa, Panagiotou, Tanimoto, Zhao

Bibcode: 2025A&A...699A.228M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555623

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.09395

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01/07/2025 - Exoplanets

Cloud and haze parameterization in atmospheric retrievals: Insights from Titan’s Cassini data...

Context. Before JWST, telescope observations were not sensitive enough to constrain the nature of clouds in exo-atmospheres. Recent observations, however, have inferred cloud signatures as well as haze-enhanced scattering slopes…

Authors: Changeat, Bardet, Chubb, Dyrek, Edwards, Ohno, Venot

Bibcode: 2025A&A...699A.219C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453186

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.18715

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01/07/2025 - High-Energy

Comprehensive Laboratory Benchmark of K-shell Dielectronic Satellites of Fe XXV─XXI Ions

We report on comprehensive laboratory studies of the K-shell dielectronic recombination resonances of Fe XXV─XXI ions that prominently contribute to the hard X-ray spectrum of hot astrophysical plasmas. By scanning…

Authors: Shah, Amaro, Grilo, Gu, Gu, Santos, Porter, Pfeifer, Leutenegger, Crespo López-Urrutia

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...987...36S

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/addaba

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.14833

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01/07/2025 - Exoplanets

Dark skies of the slightly eccentric WASP-18 b from its optical-to-infrared dayside emission

Context. Ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are gas giant exoplanets that are strongly irradiated by their star, setting intense molecular dissociation that leads to atmospheric chemistry dominated by ions and atoms. These…

Authors: Deline, Cubillos, Carone, Demory, Lendl, Benz, Brandeker, Günther, Heitzmann, Barros, Kreidberg, Bruno, Kitzmann, Bonfanti, Farnir, Persson, Sousa, Wilson, Ehrenreich, Singh, Iro, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Baumjohann, Bergomi, Billot, Borsato,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...699A.150D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450939

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.01544

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01/07/2025 - High-Energy

Investigating Silicate, Carbon, and Water in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium: The First...

The dusty interstellar medium (ISM) of the Milky Way is distributed in a complex, cloudy structure. It is fundamental to the radiation balance within the Milky Way, provides a reaction…

Authors: Zeegers, Marshall, Gordon, Misselt, Otten, Bouwman, Chiar, Decleir, Dharmawardena, Kemper, Li, Narang, Potapov, Puravankara, Scicluna, Tyagi, Zari, Wei, Kaper, Backs, Bromley, Chu, Costantini, Geballe, Green, Gunasekera, Günay, Henning, Jones, Mariñoso…

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...987...25Z

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/add73b

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.20033

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01/06/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM insights for interstellar sulfur

The X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) provides the best spectral resolution with which to study sulfur (S) K-shell photoabsorption features from the interstellar medium (ISM). For the first time, we…

Authors: Corrales, Costantini, Zeegers, Gu, Takahashi, Moutard, Shidatsu, Miller, Mizumoto, Smith, Ballhausen, Chakraborty, Díaz Trigo, Ludlam, Nakagawa, Psaradaki, Yamada, Kilbourne

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.107C

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf068

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.08751

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01/06/2025 - High-Energy

ALMAGAL: IV. Morphological comparison of molecular and thermal dust emission using the...

Context. The study of molecular line emission is crucial to unveil the kinematics and the physical conditions of gas in star-forming regions. We use data from the ALMAGAL survey, which…

Authors: Mininni, Molinari, Soler, Sánchez-Monge, Coletta, Benedettini, Traficante, Schisano, Elia, Pezzuto, Nucara, Schilke, Battersby, Ho, Beltrán, Beuther, Fuller, Jones, Klessen, Zhang, Walch, Tang, Ahmadi, Allande, Avison, Brogan, De Angelis, Fontani, Hennebelle,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...699A..34M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452700

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2504.12963

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01/06/2025 - High-Energy

Mapping Cassiopeia A’s silicon/sulfur Doppler velocities with XRISM/Resolve

Young supernova remnants (SNRs) provide crucial insights into explosive nucleosynthesis products and their velocity distribution soon after the explosion. However, these velocities are influenced by the dynamics of the circumstellar…

Authors: Vink, Agarwal, Bamba, Gu, Plucinsky, Behar, Corrales, Foster, Fujimoto, Ichihashi, Ichikawa, Katsuda, Matsumoto, Matsunaga, Mizuno, Mori, Murakami, Nakajima, Sato, Sawada, Sonoda, Suzuki, Tateishi, Terada, Uchida

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77S.154V

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psaf053

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.04691

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01/06/2025 - Exoplanets

Retrieving interior properties of hot Jupiters with Love numbers and atmospheric measurements

Understanding exoplanet interiors is crucial for interpreting atmospheric observations and constraining their evolution and formation. However, due to limited observational constraints, interiors structures remain poorly understood. In this work, we…

Authors: van Dijk, Miguel

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.540.1544V

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf814

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.10304

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01/06/2025 - High-Energy

A New Shock in the Premerging Cluster Pair 1E2215-2216

The galaxy cluster pair 1E2216.0-0401 and 1E2215.7-0404 represents a major cluster merger in its early stages, a phase that has been scarcely explored in previous studies. Within this system, both…

Authors: Chen, Gu, Simionescu, Jiang, Huang, Cui

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...986..152C

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/add933

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.24323

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01/06/2025 - High-Energy

Suzaku Observation of Merging Clusters A222 and A223

Previous X-ray and optical studies of the galaxy cluster pair A222/223 suggested the possible presence of a filamentary structure connecting the two clusters, a result that appears to be supported…

Authors: Chen, Cui, Simionescu, Huang, Hu

Bibcode: 2025RAA....25f5009C

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/add3a4

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.01289

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01/05/2025 - Exoplanets

Toward High-precision Mass Measurements of Two Sub-Neptunes in the K2-266 Planetary System...

Sub-Neptunes have been found to be one of the most common types of exoplanets, yet their physical parameters and properties are poorly determined and in need of further investigation. In…

Authors: Jiang, Yeh, Edwards, Yang, Stassun, A-thano

Bibcode: 2025AJ....169..243J

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/adbe7a

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.08905

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01/05/2025 - Exoplanets

Escaping Helium and a Highly Muted Spectrum Suggest a Metal-enriched Atmosphere on...

Sub-Neptunes, the most common planet type, remain poorly understood. Their atmospheres are expected to be diverse, but their compositions are challenging to determine, even with JWST. Here, we present the…

Authors: Ahrer, Radica, Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Raul, Wiser, Welbanks, Acuña, Allart, Coulombe, Louca, MacDonald, Saidel, Evans-Soma, Benneke, Christie, Beatty, Cadieux, Cloutier, Doyon, Fortney, Gagnebin, Gapp, Innes, Knutson, Komacek, Krissansen-Totton, Miguel, Pierrehumbert, Roy, Schlichting

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...985L..10A

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/add010

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2504.20428

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01/05/2025 - High-Energy

PSZ2 G181.06+48.47. II. Radio Analysis of a Low-mass Cluster with Exceptionally Distant...

We report upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and Karl J. Jansky Very Large Array radio observations of a low-mass merging galaxy cluster PSZ2 G181.06+48.47. This exceptional galaxy cluster hosts two…

Authors: Rajpurohit, Stroe, O'Sullivan, Ahn, Lee, Cho, Jee, van Weeren, Lovisari, Finner, Simionescu, Forman, Shimwell, Jones, Zhu, Randall

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...984...25R

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adbbb9

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.08390

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01/05/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM Forecast for the Coma Cluster: Stormy, with a Steep Power Spectrum

The XRISM Resolve microcalorimeter array measured the velocities of hot intracluster gas at two positions in the Coma galaxy cluster: 3’×3′ squares at the center and at 6 ‘ (170…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...985L..20X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/add2f6

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2504.20928

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01/05/2025 - High-Energy

Structured ionized winds shooting out from a quasar at relativistic speeds

Evidence indicates that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) exist at the centres of most galaxies. Their mass correlates with the galactic bulge mass1, suggesting a coevolution with their host galaxies2, most…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Enoto, Eguchi, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo, García,…

Bibcode: 2025Natur.641.1132X

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08968-2

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.09171

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01/05/2025 - High-Energy

X-ray absorption lines in FUV-detected quasars: I. Sample and analysis of the...

This paper presents initial results of a systematic search for resonance X-ray absorption lines from H–like O VIII and $He$–like O VII caused by the intervening warm–hot intergalactic medium (WHIM).…

Authors: Spence, Bonamente, Ahoranta, Wijers, Tuominen, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.539.2088S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2590

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.00989

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01/05/2025 - High-Energy

PSZ2 G181.06+48.47. I. X-Ray Exploration of a Low-mass Cluster with Exceptionally Distant...

Relics are diffuse, highly polarized radio sources that trace merger-driven shocks at the periphery of merging galaxy clusters. The Low Frequency Array survey recently discovered a rare example of double…

Authors: Stroe, Rajpurohit, Zhu, Lovisari, Simionescu, O'Sullivan, Randall, Forman, Akamatsu, van Weeren, Jee, Lee, Cho, Ahn, Finner, Jones

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...984...24S

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adb731

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.07651

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01/05/2025 - Low-Energy

Classifying merger stages with adaptive deep learning and cosmological hydrodynamical simulations

Aims. Hierarchical merging of galaxies plays an important role in galaxy formation and evolution. Mergers could trigger key evolutionary phases such as starburst activities and active accretion periods onto supermassive…

Authors: de Graaff, Margalef-Bentabol, Wang, La Marca, Pearson, Rodriguez-Gomez, Walmsley

Bibcode: 2025A&A...697A.207D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452659

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.06254

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01/05/2025 - Low-Energy

Extended source fringe flats for the JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer

Context. The detectors of the JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) form low-finesse resonating cavities that cause periodic count rate modulations (fringes) with peak amplitudes of up to…

Authors: Crouzet, Mueller, Sargent, Lahuis, Kester, Yang, Argyriou, Gasman, Kavanagh, Labiano, Larson, Law, Álvarez-Márquez, Brandl, Glasse, Patapis, Roelfsema, Tychoniec, van Dishoeck, Wright

Bibcode: 2025A&A...698A..77C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452903

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2504.11328

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01/05/2025 - Low-Energy

Euclid: I. Overview of the Euclid mission

The current standard model of cosmology successfully describes a variety of measurements, but the nature of its main ingredients, dark matter and dark energy, remains unknown. Euclid is a medium-class…

Authors: Euclid Collaboration, Mellier, Abdurro'uf, Acevedo Barroso, Achúcarro, Adamek, Adam, Addison, Aghanim, Aguena, Ajani, Akrami, Al-Bahlawan, Alavi, Albuquerque, Alestas, Alguero, Allaoui, Allen, Allevato, Alonso-Tetilla, Altieri, Alvarez-Candal, Alvi, Amara, Amendola, Amiaux, Andika,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...697A...1E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450810

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.13491

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01/05/2025 - Exoplanets

Characterising the atmosphere of 55 Cancri e: 1D forward model grid for...

Recent JWST observations with NIRCam and MIRI of the ultra-short-period super-Earth 55 Cancri e indicate a possible volatile atmosphere surrounding the planet. Previous analysis of the NIRCam spectra suggested potential…

Authors: Zilinskas, van Buchem, Zieba, Miguel, Sandford, Hu, Patel, Bello-Arufe, Janssen, Tsai, Dragomir, Zhang

Bibcode: 2025A&A...697A..34Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202554062

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.15844

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01/04/2025 - Exoplanets

Searching for hot water world candidates with CHEOPS: Refining the radii and...

Studying the composition of exoplanets is one of the most promising approaches to observationally constrain planet formation and evolution processes. However, this endeavour is complicated for small exoplanets by the…

Authors: Egger, Kubyshkina, Alibert, Osborn, Bonfanti, Wilson, Brandeker, Günther, Lendl, Kitzmann, Fossati, Mordasini, Sousa, Adibekyan, Fridlund, Pezzotti, Gandolfi, Ulmer-Moll, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Borsato, Broeg, Collier Cameron,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...696A..28E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453325

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.07887

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

The X-ray Integral Field Unit at the end of the Athena reformulation phase

The Athena mission entered a redefinition phase in July 2022, driven by the imperative to reduce the mission cost at completion for the European Space Agency below an acceptable target,…

Authors: Peille, Barret, Cucchetti, Albouys, Piro, Simionescu, Cappi, Bellouard, Cénac-Morthé, Daniel, Pradines, Finoguenov, Kelley, Mas-Hesse, Paltani, Rauw, Rozanska, Svoboda, Wilms, Audard, Bozzo, Costantini, Dadina, Dauser, Decourchelle, den Herder, Goldwurm, Jonker, Markowitz,…

Bibcode: 2025ExA....59...18P

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-025-09984-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.10866

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

Collision-energy-sensitive State Selectivity and Line Ratios in Charge Exchange between N5+ and He

Astrophysical charge-exchange modeling depends on an accurate database of state-resolved and velocity-dependent cross sections. The cross sections, resolved by the quantum state with principal n and orbital angular momentum ℓ,…

Authors: Zhu, Zhang, Zhang, Mitrani, Gu, Gao, Zhang, Ma

Bibcode: 2025ApJS..277...35Z

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/adb72a

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

ALMAGAL: II. The ALMA evolutionary study of high-mass protocluster formation in the...

Context. Stars form preferentially in clusters embedded inside massive molecular clouds, many of which contain high-mass stars. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of star formation requires a robust and statistically well-constrained…

Authors: Sánchez-Monge, Brogan, Hunter, Ahmadi, Avison, Beltrán, Beuther, Coletta, Fuller, Johnston, Jones, Liu, Mininni, Molinari, Schilke, Schisano, Su, Traficante, Zhang, Battersby, Benedettini, Elia, Ho, Klaassen, Klessen, Law, Lis, Liu, Maud, Möller,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...696A.150S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452703

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.05559

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

Non-thermal filaments and AGN recurrent activity in the galaxy group Nest200047: A...

Nest200047 is one of the clearest examples of multiple radio bubbles from an active galactic nucleus (AGN) observed in a galaxy group. It also features a complex system of non-thermal…

Authors: Brienza, Rajpurohit, Churazov, Heywood, Brüggen, Hoeft, Vazza, Bonafede, Botteon, Brunetti, Gastaldello, Khabibullin, Lyskova, Majumder, Röttgering, Shimwell, Simionescu, van Weeren

Bibcode: 2025A&A...696A.239B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202553676

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.18244

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

ALMAGAL: III. Compact source catalog: Fragmentation statistics and physical evolution of the...

The physical mechanisms behind the fragmentation of high-mass dense clumps into compact star-forming cores and the properties of these cores are fundamental topics that are heavily investigated in current astrophysical…

Authors: Coletta, Molinari, Schisano, Traficante, Elia, Benedettini, Mininni, Soler, Sánchez-Monge, Schilke, Battersby, Fuller, Beuther, Zhang, Beltrán, Jones, Klessen, Walch, Fontani, Avison, Brogan, Clarke, Hatchfield, Hennebelle, Ho, Hunter, Johnston, Klaassen, Koch, Kuiper,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...696A.151C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452706

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.05663

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

ALMAGAL: I. The ALMA evolutionary study of high-mass protocluster formation in the...

Context. A large fraction of stars form in clusters containing high-mass stars, which subsequently influences the local and galaxy-wide environment. Aims. Fundamental questions about the physics responsible for fragmenting molecular…

Authors: Molinari, Schilke, Battersby, Ho, Sánchez-Monge, Traficante, Jones, Beltrán, Beuther, Fuller, Zhang, Klessen, Walch, Tang, Benedettini, Elia, Coletta, Mininni, Schisano, Avison, Law, Nucara, Soler, Stroud, Wallace, Wells, Ahmadi, Brogan, Hunter, Liu,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...696A.149M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452702

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.05555

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01/04/2025 - High-Energy

Investigating the complex absorbers of Mrk 766 with XMM-Newton

Aims. We examine the high-energy resolution X-ray spectrum of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 766 using four observations taken with XMM-Newton in 2005 to investigate the properties of the…

Authors: Matamoro Zatarain, Costantini, Juráňová, Rogantini

Bibcode: 2025A&A...696A..50M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451710

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.11562

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01/03/2025 - High-Energy

XRISM Reveals Low Nonthermal Pressure in the Core of the Hot, Relaxed...

We present XRISM Resolve observations of the core of the hot, relaxed galaxy cluster Abell 2029 (A2029). We find that the line-of-sight bulk velocity of the intracluster medium (ICM) within…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...982L...5X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ada7cd

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.05514

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01/03/2025 - Exoplanets

Advancing European high-contrast imaging R&D towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will enable a transformative leap in the direct imaging and characterization of Earth-like exoplanets. For this, NASA is focusing on early investment in technology development…

Authors: Laginja, Carrión-González, Laugier, Matthews, Leboulleux, Potier, Lau, Absil, Baudoz, Biller, Boccaletti, Brandner, Carlotti, Chauvin, Choquet, Doelman, Dohlen, Ferrari, Hinkley, Huby, Karlsson, Krause, Kühn, Le Duigou, Mazoyer, Mesa, Min, Mouillet, Mugnier,…

Bibcode: 2025Ap&SS.370...29L

DOI: 10.1007/s10509-025-04417-8

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.12707

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01/03/2025 - Exoplanets

Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 μm JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of...

The first James Webb Space Telescope/MIRI photometric observations of TRAPPIST-1 b allowed for the detection of the thermal emission of the planet at 15 μm, suggesting that the planet could…

Authors: Ducrot, Lagage, Min, Gillon, Bell, Tremblin, Greene, Dyrek, Bouwman, Waters, Güdel, Henning, Vandenbussche, Absil, Barrado, Boccaletti, Coulais, Decin, Edwards, Gastaud, Glasse, Kendrew, Olofsson, Patapis, Pye, Rouan, Whiteford, Argyriou, Cossou, Glauser,…

Bibcode: 2025NatAs...9..358D

DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02428-z

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.11627

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01/03/2025 - Exoplanets

LavAtmos 2.0: Incorporating volatile species in vaporisation models

Context. Due to strong irradiation, hot rocky exoplanets are able to sustain lava oceans. Direct interaction between these oceans and overlying atmospheres can provide insight into planetary interiors. In order…

Authors: van Buchem, Zilinskas, Miguel, van Westrenen

Bibcode: 2025A&A...695A.154V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450992

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.10863

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01/03/2025 - Exoplanets

Water depletion and 15NH3 in the atmosphere of the coldest brown dwarf...

Context. With a temperature of ∼285 K, WISEJ0855–0714 (hereafter, WISE 0855) is the coldest brown dwarf observed thus far. Studying such cold gas giants allows us to probe the atmospheric…

Authors: Kühnle, Patapis, Mollière, Tremblin, Matthews, Glauser, Whiteford, Vasist, Absil, Barrado, Min, Lagage, Waters, Guedel, Henning, Vandenbussche, Baudoz, Decin, Pye, Royer, van Dishoeck, Östlin, Ray, Wright

Bibcode: 2025A&A...695A.224K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452547

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.10933

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01/03/2025 - Exoplanets

A joint effort to discover and characterize two resonant mini-Neptunes around TOI-1803...

Context. The discovery and characterization of mini-Neptunes hold a potentially crucial impact on planetary formation and evolution theories. Estimating their orbital parameters and atmospheric properties would provide valuable hints to…

Authors: Zingales, Malavolta, Borsato, Turrini, Bonfanti, Polychroni, Mantovan, Nardiello, Nascimbeni, Lanza, Bekkelien, Sozzetti, Broeg, Naponiello, Lendl, Bonomo, Simon, Desidera, Piotto, Mancini, Hooton, Bignamini, Egger, Maggio, Alibert, Locci, Delrez, Biassoni, Fossati, Cabona,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...695A.273Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451180

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.05423

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01/03/2025 - High-Energy

Connecting Dust and Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei: The Intriguing Case of...

Cosmic dust plays a crucial role in the evolution of galaxies, significantly influencing star formation and the interstellar medium. However, in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), the role and origin of…

Authors: Psaradaki, Mehdipour, Rogantini, Costantini, Schulz, Zeegers, Caruso

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...981..137P

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adb4e9

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01/02/2025 - High-Energy

A failed wind candidate in NGC 3783 from the 2001 campaign with Chandra/HETGS

We reanalyse the Chandra/HETGS observations of NGC 3783 from the campaign in the year 2001 and identify significant spectral variations in the Fe unresolved transition array (UTA) over timescales of…

Authors: Li, Kaastra, Gu, Rogantini, Juráňová, Mehdipour, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2025A&A...694A.302L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452911

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.16880

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01/02/2025 - High-Energy

The clus model in SPEX: Projection and resonant scattering effects on the...

In this paper we introduce the clus model, which has been newly implemented in the X-ray spectral fitting software package SPEX. Based on 3D radial profiles of the gas density,…

Authors: Štofanová, Simionescu, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2025A&A...694A.149S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451431

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.13252

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01/02/2025 - High-Energy

Overionized plasma in the supernova remnant Sagittarius A East anchored by XRISM observations

Sagittarius A East is a supernova remnant with a unique surrounding environment, as it is located in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, Sagittarius…

Authors: XRISM Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz-Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Enoto, Eguchi, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo, García,…

Bibcode: 2025PASJ...77L...1X

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psae111

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01/02/2025 - High-Energy

The bulk motion of gas in the core of the Centaurus galaxy cluster

Galaxy clusters contain vast amounts of hot ionized gas known as the intracluster medium (ICM). In relaxed cluster cores, the radiative cooling time of the ICM is shorter than the…

Authors: XRISM Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Enoto, Eguchi, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo, García, Gu,…

Bibcode: 2025Natur.638..365X

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08561-z

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.08722

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01/02/2025 - High-Energy

A Comprehensive Study of Type I (Thermonuclear) Bursts in the New Transient...

We report an analysis of Insight-HXMT observations of the newly discovered accreting millisecond pulsar SRGA J144459.2–604207. During the outburst, detected in 2024 February by SRG/ART-XC, the broadband persistent spectrum was…

Authors: Fu, Li, Pan, Ji, Chen, Kuiper, Galloway, Falanga, Xu, Li, Ge, Song, Zhang, Zhang

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...980..161F

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adadee

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.05779

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01/02/2025 - Exoplanets

Transit-timing variations in the AU Mic system observed with CHEOPS

Context. AU Mic is a very active M dwarf star with an edge-on debris disk and two known transiting sub-Neptunes with a possible third planetary companion. The two transiting planets…

Authors: Boldog, Szabó, Kriskovics, Borsato, Gandolfi, Lendl, Günther, Heitzmann, Wilson, Brandeker, Garai, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Broeg, Collier Cameron, Correia, Csizmadia, Cubillos, Davies, Deleuil, Deline, Demangeon,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...694A.137B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452699

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.13575

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01/02/2025 - Exoplanets

Characterization of seven transiting systems, including four warm Jupiters from SOPHIE and TESS

While several thousand exoplanets are now confirmed, the number of known transiting warm Jupiters (10 d < period < 200 d) remains relatively small. These planets are generally believed to…

Authors: Heidari, Hébrard, Martioli, Eastman, Jackson, Delfosse, Jordán, Correia, Sousa, Dragomir, Forveille, Boisse, Giacalone, Díaz, Brahm, Almasian, Almenara, Bieryla, Barkaoui, Baker, Barros, Bonfils, Carmona, Collins, Cortés-Zuleta, Deleuil, Demangeon, Edwards, Eberhardt, Espinoza,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...694A..36H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451519

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.08527

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01/02/2025 - Low-Energy

Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS): Exploring the nature of ultra-diffuse...

Context. This paper focuses on a class of galaxies characterised by an extremely low surface brightness: ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs). We used new integral-field (IF) spectroscopic data, obtained with the ESO…

Authors: Buttitta, Iodice, Doll, Hartke, Hilker, Forbes, Corsini, Rossi, Arnaboldi, Cantiello, D'Ago, Falcón-Barroso, Gullieuszik, La Marca, Mieske, Mirabile, Paolillo, Rejkuba, Spavone, Spiniello, Sarzi

Bibcode: 2025A&A...694A.276B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452915

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.16190

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01/01/2025 - High-Energy

Power Consumption in SQUID Multiplexers for Space-Based Applications

Several proposed space-based X-ray observatories apply TES-based micro-calorimeters as energy-dispersive imaging detector. The number of independently readout pixels is an important figure of merit for the scientific yield of such…

Authors: van der Kuur, Kiviranta, de Lange, Vaccaro, de Wit, Gottardi, Akamatsu, Jackson, Nagayoshi, Bruijn, Taralli, Ravensberg, den Herder

Bibcode: 2025JLTP..218....1V

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-024-03228-5

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01/01/2025 - High-Energy

The NewAthena mission concept in the context of the next decade of...

Large X-ray observatories such as Chandra and XMM-Newton have been delivering scientific breakthroughs in research fields as diverse as our Solar System, the astrophysics of stars, stellar explosions and compact…

Authors: Cruise, Guainazzi, Aird, Carrera, Costantini, Corrales, Dauser, Eckert, Gastaldello, Matsumoto, Osten, Petrucci, Porquet, Pratt, Rea, Reiprich, Simionescu, Spiga, Troja

Bibcode: 2025NatAs...9...36C

DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02416-3

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.03100

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01/01/2025 - Exoplanets

A possible misaligned orbit for the young planet AU Mic c

The AU Microscopii planetary system is only 24 Myr old, and its geometry may provide clues about the early dynamical history of planetary systems. Here, we present the first measurement…

Authors: Yu, Garai, Cretignier, Szabó, Aigrain, Gandolfi, Bryant, Correia, Klein, Brandeker, Owen, Günther, Winn, Heitzmann, Cegla, Wilson, Gill, Kriskovics, Barragán, Boldog, Nielsen, Billot, Lafarga, Meech, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado, Barros, Baumjohann,…

Bibcode: 2025MNRAS.536.2046Y

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2655

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.16958

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01/01/2025 - Exoplanets

Deep radio interferometric search for decametre radio emission from the exoplanet Tau...

Context. Detection of electron cyclotron maser (ECM) emission from exoplanets in the 10–40 MHz radio band is likely the only way to measure an exoplanet’s magnetic field directly. However, no…

Authors: Cordun, Vedantham, Brentjens, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2025A&A...693A.162C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452868

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.06301

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01/01/2025 - Exoplanets

Conditions for radiative zones in the molecular hydrogen envelope of Jupiter and...

Context. Interior models of gas giants in the Solar System traditionally assume a fully convective molecular hydrogen envelope. However, recent observations from the Juno mission suggest a possible depletion of…

Authors: Siebenaler, Miguel, de Regt, Guillot

Bibcode: 2025A&A...693A.308S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452860

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.03756

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01/01/2025 - Exoplanets

A new pathway to SO2: Revealing the NUV driven sulfur chemistry in...

Context. Photochemistry is a key process that drives planetary atmospheres away from local thermodynamic equilibrium. Recent observations of the H2 dominated atmospheres of hot gas giants have detected SO2 as…

Authors: de Gruijter, Tsai, Min, Waters, Konings, Decin

Bibcode: 2025A&A...693A.132D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450598

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.04781

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01/01/2025 - Exoplanets

The Mega-MUSCLES Treasury Survey: X-Ray to Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of a...

We present 5–1 × 107 Å spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 12 M dwarf stars covering spectral types M0–M8. Our SEDs are provided for community use as a sequel to…

Authors: Wilson, Froning, Duvvuri, Youngblood, France, Brown, Schneider, Berta-Thompson, Buccino, Linsky, Loyd, Miguel, Newton, Pineda, Redfield, Roberge, Rugheimer, Vieytes

Bibcode: 2025ApJ...978...85W

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad9251

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.07394

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01/01/2025 - Exoplanets

CHEOPS observations confirm nodal precession in the WASP-33 system

Aims. We aim to observe the transits and occultations of WASP-33 b, which orbits a rapidly rotating δ Scuti pulsator, with the goal of measuring the orbital obliquity via the…

Authors: Smith, Csizmadia, Van Grootel, Lendl, Persson, Olofsson, Ehrenreich, Günther, Heitzmann, Barros, Bonfanti, Brandeker, Cabrera, Demangeon, Fossati, Harre, Hooton, Hoyer, Kalman, Salmon, Sousa, Szabó, Wilson, Alibert, Alonso, Asquier, Bárczy, Barrado, Baumjohann,…

Bibcode: 2025A&A...693A.128S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202452151

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.08557

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01/12/2024 - Exoplanets

The effect of dynamic temperatures on pebble dynamics and planet formation

Context. To date, more than 5000 exoplanets have been discovered. The large majority of these planets have a mass between 1 and 17 M⊕, making them so-called super-Earths and mini-Neptunes.…

Authors: Castrejon, Min, Kamp, Jørgensen

Bibcode: 2024A&A...692A...7C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347347

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.22737

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01/12/2024 - Exoplanets

Hints of a close outer companion to the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109 b

Context. Hot Jupiters (HJs) with close-by planetary companions are rare, with only a handful of them having been discovered so far. This could be due to their suggested dynamical histories,…

Authors: Harre, Smith, Barros, Singh, Korth, Brandeker, Collier Cameron, Lendl, Wilson, Borsato, Csizmadia, Cabrera, Parviainen, Correia, Akinsanmi, Rosario, Leonardi, Serrano, Alibert, Alonso, Asquier, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Broeg, Busch,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...692A.254H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451068

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.07797

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01/12/2024 - Exoplanets

Temporal variability in transmission spectra of H2-dominated exoplanets: The influence of thermal...

Planets and their host stars undergo evolutionary changes over time, resulting in variations in internal temperature and incoming radiation, which significantly impact the temperature structure and composition of their atmospheres.…

Authors: Kecskeméthy, Louca, Miguel

Bibcode: 2024NewA..11302296K

DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2024.102296

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01/12/2024 - Exoplanets

A Global Perspective with Updated Constraints on the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-19b: Atmospheric...

We present a detailed reanalysis of the atmospheric properties of WASP-19b, an ultra-hot Jupiter (1.14 M Jup, 1.41 R Jup) orbiting an active Sun-like star every 0.79 day. We reanalyze…

Authors: Tumborang, Spake, Knutson, Weiner Mansfield, Paragas, Edwards, Kataria, Evans-Soma, Lewis, Ballester

Bibcode: 2024AJ....168..296T

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad863f

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.03739

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01/12/2024 - Exoplanets

Architecture of TOI-561 planetary system

We present new observations from CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) and TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) to clarify the architecture of the planetary system hosted by the old Galactic thick disc…

Authors: Piotto, Zingales, Borsato, Egger, Correia, Simon, Florén, Sousa, Maxted, Nardiello, Malavolta, Wilson, Alibert, Adibekyan, Bonfanti, Luque, Santos, Hooton, Fossati, Smith, Salmon, Lacedelli, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Beck, Benz,…

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.535.2763P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2440

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.18169

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01/12/2024 - Exoplanets

The CHEOPS view of the climate of WASP-3 b

Context. Hot Jupiters are giant planets subject to intense stellar radiation. The physical and chemical properties of their atmosphere make them the most amenable targets for atmospheric characterization. Aims. In…

Authors: Scandariato, Carone, Cubillos, Maxted, Zingales, Günther, Heitzmann, Lendl, Wilson, Bonfanti, Bruno, Krenn, Meier Valdes, Singh, Swayne, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Borsato, Brandeker, Broeg, Buder, Busch,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...692A.129S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451049

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.16268

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01/12/2024 - High-Energy

Is the low-energy tail of shock-accelerated protons responsible for over-ionized plasma in...

Over-ionized, recombining plasma is an emerging class of X-ray bright supernova remnants (SNRs). This unique thermal state, where the ionization temperature ($T_{rm z}$) is significantly higher than the electron temperature…

Authors: Sawada, Gu, Yamazaki

Bibcode: 2024PASJ...76.1158S

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psae077

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.14937

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01/12/2024 - High-Energy

The XRISM/Resolve View of the Fe K Region of Cyg X-3

The X-ray binary system Cygnus X-3 (4U 2030+40, V1521 Cyg) is luminous but enigmatic owing to the high intervening absorption. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy uniquely probes the dynamics of the photoionized…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Díaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Eguchi, Enoto, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...977L..34X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad8ed0

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.00597

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01/12/2024 - High-Energy

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XIV. Finding terrestrial protoplanets in the galactic neighborhood

Context. The increased brightness temperature of young rocky protoplanets during their magma ocean epoch makes them potentially amenable to atmospheric characterization at distances from the Solar System far greater than…

Authors: Cesario, Lichtenberg, Alei, Carrión-González, Dannert, Defrère, Ertel, Fortier, García Muñoz, Glauser, Hansen, Helled, Huber, Ireland, Kammerer, Laugier, Lillo-Box, Menti, Meyer, Noack, Quanz, Quirrenbach, Rugheimer, van der Tak, Wang, Anger, Balsalobre-Ruza,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...692A.172C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450764

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.13457

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01/11/2024 - Low-Energy

VEGAS-SSS: Tracing globular cluster populations in the interacting NGC 3640 galaxy group

Context. Globular clusters (GCs) are among the oldest stellar systems in the universe. As such, GC populations are valuable fossil tracers of galaxy formation and interaction history. This paper is…

Authors: Mirabile, Cantiello, Lonare, Ragusa, Paolillo, Hazra, La Marca, Iodice, Spavone, Mieske, Rejkuba, Hilker, Riccio, Habas, Brocato, Schipani, Grado, Limatola

Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A.104M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451273

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.21620

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01/11/2024 - Exoplanets

ExoLyn: A golden mean approach to multispecies cloud modeling in atmospheric retrieval

Context. Clouds are ubiquitous in exoplanets’ atmospheres and play an important role in setting the opacity and chemical inventory of the atmosphere. Understanding clouds is a critical step in interpreting…

Authors: Huang, Ormel, Min

Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A.291H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451112

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.18181

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01/11/2024 - Exoplanets

Dust mineralogy and variability of the inner PDS 70 disk: Insights from...

Context. The inner disk of the young star PDS 70 may be a site of rocky planet formation, with two giant planets detected further out. Recently, James Webb Space Telescope/Mid-Infrared…

Authors: Jang, Waters, Kaeufer, Tamanai, Perotti, Christiaens, Kamp, Henning, Min, Arabhavi, Barrado, van Dishoeck, Gasman, Grant, Güdel, Lagage, Lahuis, Schwarz, Tabone, Temmink

Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A.148J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451589

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.16367

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01/11/2024 - Exoplanets

HD 21520 b: a warm sub-Neptune transiting a bright G dwarf

We report the discovery and validation of HD 21520 b, a transiting planet found with Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and orbiting a bright G dwarf (V = 9.2, $T_{rm eff}…

Authors: Nies, Mireles, Bouchy, Dragomir, Nicholson, Eisner, Sousa, Collins, Howell, Ziegler, Hellier, Addison, Ballard, Bowler, Briceño, Clark, Conti, Dumusque, Edwards, Gnilka, Hobson, Horner, Kane, Kielkopf, Lavie, Law, Lendl, Littlefield, Liu, Mann,…

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.534.3744N

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2079

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2406.09595

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01/11/2024 - High-Energy

Broadband X-ray spectral and timing properties of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar...

We report on the broadband spectral and timing properties of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17498‑2921 during its April 2023 outburst. We used data from NICER (1–10 keV), NuSTAR…

Authors: Li, Kuiper, Pan, Falanga, Poutanen, Chen, Xu, Ge, Huang, Song, Zhang, Lu, Zhang

Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A..92L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451260

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.12786

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01/10/2024 - High-Energy

Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays: mission overview

We give an overview of the science objectives and mission design of the “Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays” observatory, which has been proposed as a NASA probe-class (∼$1.5B)…

Authors: Ray, Roming, Argan, Arzoumanian, Ballantyne, Bogdanov, Bonvicini, Brandt, Bursa, Cackett, Chakrabarty, Christophersen, Coderre, De Geronimo, Monte, DeRosa, Dietz, Evangelista, Feroci, Ford, Froning, Fryer, Gendreau, Goldstein, Gonzalez, Hartmann, Hernanz, Hutcheson, in't…

Bibcode: 2024JATIS..10d2504R

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.042504

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01/10/2024 - Low-Energy

Dust and power: Unravelling the merger-active galactic nucleus connection in the second...

Aims. Galaxy mergers represent a fundamental physical process under hierarchical structure formation, but their role in triggering active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is still unclear. We aim to investigate the merger-AGN…

Authors: La Marca, Margalef-Bentabol, Wang, Gao, Goulding, Martin, Rodriguez-Gomez, Trager, Yang, Davé, Dubois

Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.326L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348188

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.18238

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01/10/2024 - High-Energy

System performance of a cryogenic test-bed for the time-division multiplexing readout for...

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is an instrument of European Space Agency’s future NewAthena space observatory, with the goal to provide high-energy resolution (<4 eV at X-ray energies up…

Authors: Vaccaro, van der Kuur, van der Hulst, Vos, de Wit, Gottardi, Ravensberg, Taralli, Adams, Bandler, Bennett, Chervenak, Doriese, Durkin, Gard, Reintsema, Sakai, Smith, Ullom, Wakeham, den Herder, Jackson, Khosropanah, Gao,…

Bibcode: 2024JATIS..10d6002V

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.046002

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.05643

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01/10/2024 - Low-Energy

Star and planet formation with the Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe...

The Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies (SALTUS) is a far-infrared space mission concept with unprecedented spatial and spectral resolution. SALTUS consists of a 14-m inflatable primary, providing 16×…

Authors: Schwarz, Tielens, Najita, Bergner, Kral, Anderson, Chin, Leisawitz, Wilner, Roelfsema, van der Tak, Young, Walker

Bibcode: 2024JATIS..10d2307S

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.042307

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.13430

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01/10/2024 - Exoplanets

Disentangling the dust and gas contributions of the JWST/MIRI spectrum of Sz 28

Context. Recent spectra of protoplanetary disks around very low-mass stars (VLMS), captured by the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), reveal a rich carbon chemistry.…

Authors: Kaeufer, Woitke, Kamp, Kanwar, Min

Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.100K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450891

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.06077

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01/10/2024 - Exoplanets

The K2-24 planetary system revisited by CHEOPS

The planetary system K2-24 is composed of two transiting low-density Neptunians locked in an almost perfect 2:1 resonance and showing large transit time variations (TTVs), and it is an excellent…

Authors: Nascimbeni, Borsato, Leonardi, Sousa, Wilson, Fortier, Heitzmann, Mantovan, Luque, Zingales, Piotto, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Beck, Benz, Billot, Biondi, Brandeker, Broeg, Busch, Collier Cameron, Correia, Csizmadia, Cubillos,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.349N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450852

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.02995

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01/10/2024 - Exoplanets

Why heterogeneous cloud particles matter: Iron-bearing species and cloud particle morphology affect...

Context. The possibility of observing spectral features in exoplanet atmospheres with space missions like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) necessitates the accurate…

Authors: Kiefer, Samra, Lewis, Schneider, Min, Carone, Decin, Helling

Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.244K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450526

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.01121

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01/10/2024 - Exoplanets

JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich “Steam World” Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d

With sizable volatile envelopes but smaller radii than the solar system ice giants, sub-Neptunes have been revealed as one of the most common types of planet in the galaxy. While…

Authors: Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Benneke, Radica, Raul, Coulombe, Ahrer, Kubyshkina, Howard, Krissansen-Totton, MacDonald, Roy, Louca, Christie, Fournier-Tondreau, Allart, Miguel, Schlichting, Welbanks, Cadieux, Dorn, Evans-Soma, Fortney, Pierrehumbert, Lafrenière, Acuña, Komacek, Innes, Beatty, Cloutier, Doyon,…

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...974L..10P

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f00

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.03527

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01/10/2024 - High-Energy

An atlas of gas motions in the TNG-Cluster simulation: From cluster cores...

Galaxy clusters are unique laboratories for studying astrophysical processes and their impact on halo gas kinematics. Despite their importance, the full complexity of gas motion within and around these clusters…

Authors: Ayromlou, Nelson, Pillepich, Rohr, Truong, Li, Simionescu, Lehle, Lee

Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A..20A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348612

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.06339

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01/10/2024 - High-Energy

The STROBE-X wide field monitor instrument

The wide-field monitor (WFM) is one of the three instruments on the “Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays” (STROBE-X) mission, which was proposed in response to the National Aeronautics…

Authors: Remillard, Hernanz, Zand, Ray, Bonvicini, Brandt, Brandt, Carmona, Evangelista, Franco, Froning, Galvez, De Geronimo, Grim, Kalemci, Kuiper, Kuvvetli, Maccarone, Nowosielski, Pasham, Patruno, Persyn, Roming, Santangelo, Schanne, Tenzer, Wilson-Hodge, Zampa, Zwart

Bibcode: 2024JATIS..10d2505R

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.042505

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.12015

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01/10/2024 - High-Energy

Dynamical accretion flows: ALMAGAL: Flows along filamentary structures in high-mass star-forming clusters

Context. Investigating the flow of material along filamentary structures towards the central core can help provide insights into high-mass star formation and evolution. Aims. Our main motivation is to answer…

Authors: Wells, Beuther, Molinari, Schilke, Battersby, Ho, Sánchez-Monge, Jones, Scheuck, Syed, Gieser, Kuiper, Elia, Coletta, Traficante, Wallace, Rigby, Klessen, Zhang, Walch, Beltrán, Tang, Fuller, Lis, Möller, van der Tak, Klaassen, Clarke,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.185W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449794

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.08299

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01/10/2024 - High-Energy

A Growing Braking Index and Spin-down Swings for the Pulsar PSR B0540–69

The way pulsars spin down is not understood in detail, but a number of possible physical mechanisms produce a spin-down rate that scales as a power of the rotation rate…

Authors: Espinoza, Kuiper, Ho, Antonopoulou, Arzoumanian, Harding, Ray, Younes

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...973L..39E

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad778c

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.10759

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01/09/2024 - High-Energy

Indications of an offset merger in Abell 3667

Context. Cluster mergers are the most energetic events, releasing kinetic energies of up to 1064 erg and involving megaparsec(Mpc)-scale shocks in their intra-cluster medium (ICM). In merging clusters, cold fronts…

Authors: Omiya, Nakazawa, Tamura, Akamatsu, Matsushita, Okabe, Sato, Fujita, Gu, Simionescu, Ichinohe, Riseley, Akahori, Ito, Sakai, Kurahara

Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.173O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449992

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.10150

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01/09/2024 - Low-Energy

Euclid preparation: XLIII. Measuring detailed galaxy morphologies for Euclid with machine learning

The Euclid mission is expected to image millions of galaxies at high resolution, providing an extensive dataset with which to study galaxy evolution. Because galaxy morphology is both a fundamental…

Authors: Euclid Collaboration, Aussel, Kruk, Walmsley, Huertas-Company, Castellano, Conselice, Delli Veneri, Domínguez Sánchez, Duc, Knapen, Kuchner, La Marca, Margalef-Bentabol, Marleau, Stevens, Toba, Tortora, Wang, Aghanim, Altieri, Amara, Andreon, Auricchio, Baldi, Bardelli,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.274E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449609

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.10187

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01/09/2024 - High-Energy

XRISM Spectroscopy of the Fe Kα Emission Line in the Seyfert Active...

We present an analysis of the first two XRISM/Resolve spectra of the well-known Seyfert-1.5 active galactic nucleus (AGN) in NGC 4151, obtained in 2023 December. Our work focuses on the…

Authors: Xrism Collaboration, Audard, Awaki, Ballhausen, Bamba, Behar, Boissay-Malaquin, Brenneman, Brown, Corrales, Costantini, Cumbee, Diaz Trigo, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Eckert, Enoto, Eguchi, Ezoe, Foster, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukazawa, Fukushima, Furuzawa, Gallo,…

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...973L..25X

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad7397

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.14300

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01/09/2024 - Low-Energy

Galaxy populations in the Hydra I cluster from the VEGAS survey: III....

In this paper, we analyse the light distribution in the Hydra I cluster of galaxies to explore their low surface brightness features, measure the intra-cluster light, and address the assembly…

Authors: Spavone, Iodice, Lohmann, Arnaboldi, Hilker, La Marca, Calvi, Cantiello, Corsini, D'Ago, Forbes, Mirabile, Rejkuba

Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.306S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451346

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.01501

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01/09/2024 - Exoplanets

Revisiting Physical Parameters of the Benchmark Brown Dwarf LHS 6343 C through...

The LHS 6343 system consists of a resolved M-dwarf binary with an evolved, negligibly irradiated brown dwarf (BD), LHS 6343 C, orbiting the primary star. Such BD eclipsing binaries present…

Authors: Frost, Albert, Doyon, Gagné, Montet, Fontanive, Artigau, Johnson, Edwards, Benneke

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...972..199F

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad5da7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.05173

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01/09/2024 - Exoplanets

Characterisation of the warm-Jupiter TOI-1130 system with CHEOPS and a photo-dynamical approach

Context. Among the thousands of exoplanets discovered to date, approximately a few hundred gas giants on short-period orbits are classified as ‘lonely’ and only a few are in a multi-planet…

Authors: Borsato, Degen, Leleu, Hooton, Egger, Bekkelien, Brandeker, Collier Cameron, Günther, Nascimbeni, Persson, Bonfanti, Wilson, Correia, Zingales, Guillot, Triaud, Piotto, Gandolfi, Abe, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Beck, Bendjoya, Benz,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A..52B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450974

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.06097

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01/09/2024 - Exoplanets

High-energy spectra of LTT 1445A and GJ 486 reveal flares and activity

The high-energy radiative output, from the X-ray to the ultraviolet, of exoplanet host stars drives photochemical reactions and mass loss in the upper regions of planetary atmospheres. In order to…

Authors: Diamond-Lowe, King, Youngblood, Brown, Howard, Winters, Wilson, France, Mendonça, Buchhave, Corrales, Kreidberg, Medina, Bean, Berta-Thompson, Evans-Soma, Froning, Duvvuri, Kempton, Miguel, Pineda, Schneider

Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A..48D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450107

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.00165

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01/08/2024 - Exoplanets

Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain. Exploring the robustness of transit-timing...

Context. The TOI-178 system consists of a nearby, late-K-dwarf with six transiting planets in the super-Earth to mini-Neptune regime, with radii ranging from to 2.9 R⊕ and orbital periods between…

Authors: Leleu, Delisle, Delrez, Bryant, Brandeker, Osborn, Hara, Wilson, Billot, Lendl, Ehrenreich, Chakraborty, Günther, Hooton, Alibert, Alonso, Alves, Anderson, Apergis, Armstrong, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Battley, Baumjohann, Bayliss, Beck, Benz, Borsato,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A.211L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450212

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.13732

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01/08/2024 - Exoplanets

Unveiling the internal structure and formation history of the three planets transiting...

Multiplanetary systems spanning the radius valley are ideal testing grounds for exploring the different proposed explanations for the observed bimodality in the radius distribution of close-in exoplanets. One such system…

Authors: Egger, Osborn, Kubyshkina, Mordasini, Alibert, Günther, Lendl, Brandeker, Heitzmann, Leleu, Damasso, Bonfanti, Wilson, Sousa, Haldemann, Delrez, Hooton, Zingales, Luque, Alonso, Asquier, Bárczy, Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Benz, Billot, Borsato, Broeg, Buder,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A.223E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450472

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2406.18653

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01/08/2024 - Low-Energy

Probabilistic and progressive deblended far-infrared and sub-millimetre point source catalogues. I. Methodology...

Context. Single-dish far-infrared (far-IR) and sub-millimetre (sub-mm) point source catalogues and their connections with galaxy catalogues at other wavelengths are of paramount importance to studying galaxy evolution. However, due to…

Authors: Wang, La Marca, Gao, Pearson, Margalef-Bentabol, Béthermin, Bing, Donnellan, Hurley, Oliver, Hale, Jarvis, Marchetti, Vaccari, Whittam

Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A..20W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202349055

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.18290

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01/07/2024 - Exoplanets

Bayesian analysis of the molecular emission and dust continuum of protoplanetary disks

Context. The MIRI instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope probes the chemistry and dust mineralogy of the inner regions of protoplanetary disks. The observed spectra are unprecedented in…

Authors: Kaeufer, Min, Woitke, Kamp, Arabhavi

Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A.209K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449936

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.06486

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01/07/2024 - High-Energy

Systematically Revisiting All NuSTAR Spins of Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries

We extend our recent work on black hole spin in X-ray binary systems to include an analysis of 189 archival NuSTAR observations from 24 sources. Using self-consistent data reduction pipelines,…

Authors: Draghis, Miller, Costantini, Gallo, Reynolds, Tomsick, Zoghbi

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...969...40D

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad43ea

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.16225

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01/07/2024 - High-Energy

Localizing the non-thermal X-ray emission of PSR J2229+6114 from its multi-wavelength pulse profiles

Context. Pulsars are detected over the whole electromagnetic spectrum, from radio wavelengths up to very high energies, in the GeV-TeV range. While the radio emission site for young pulsars is…

Authors: Pétri, Guillot, Guillemot, Mitra, Kerr, Kuiper, Cognard, Theureau

Bibcode: 2024A&A...687L..13P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450538

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2406.01244

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01/07/2024 - Low-Energy

Galaxy merger challenge: A comparison study between machine learning-based detection methods

Aims: Various galaxy merger detection methods have been applied to diverse datasets. However, it is difficult to understand how they compare. Our aim is to benchmark the relative performance of…

Authors: Margalef-Bentabol, Wang, La Marca, Blanco-Prieto, Chudy, Domínguez-Sánchez, Goulding, Guzmán-Ortega, Huertas-Company, Martin, Pearson, Rodriguez-Gomez, Walmsley, Bickley, Bottrell, Conselice, O'Ryan

Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A..24M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348239

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.15118

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01/07/2024 - High-Energy

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays: SUBWAYS. III. A population study on...

The detection of blueshifted absorption lines likely associated with ionized iron K-shell transitions in the X-ray spectra of many active galactic nuclei (AGNs) suggests the presence of a highly ionized…

Authors: Gianolli, Bianchi, Petrucci, Brusa, Chartas, Lanzuisi, Matzeu, Parra, Ursini, Behar, Bischetti, Comastri, Costantini, Cresci, Dadina, De Marco, De Rosa, Fiore, Gaspari, Gilli, Giustini, Guainazzi, King, Kraemer, Kriss, Krongold, La Franca,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A.235G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348908

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.09538

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01/06/2024 - Exoplanets

HIP 41378 observed by CHEOPS: Where is planet d?

HIP 41378 d is a long-period planet that has only been observed to transit twice, three years apart, with K2. According to stability considerations and a partial detection of the…

Authors: Sulis, Borsato, Grouffal, Osborn, Santerne, Brandeker, Günther, Heitzmann, Lendl, Fridlund, Gandolfi, Alibert, Alonso, Bárczy, Barrado Navascues, Barros, Baumjohann, Beck, Benz, Bergomi, Billot, Bonfanti, Broeg, Collier Cameron, Corral van Damme, Correia,…

Bibcode: 2024A&A...686L..18S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449689

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.20077

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01/06/2024 - Exoplanets

A secondary atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e

Characterizing rocky exoplanets is a central aim of astronomy, and yet the search for atmospheres on rocky exoplanets has so far resulted in either tight upper limits on the atmospheric…

Authors: Hu, Bello-Arufe, Zhang, Paragas, Zilinskas, van Buchem, Bess, Patel, Ito, Damiano, Scheucher, Oza, Knutson, Miguel, Dragomir, Brandeker, Demory

Bibcode: 2024Natur.630..609H

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07432-x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.04744

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01/06/2024 - High-Energy

Mapping the intracluster medium in the era of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy

High-resolution spectroscopy in soft X-rays will open a new window to map multiphase gas in galaxy clusters and probe physics of the intracluster medium (ICM), including chemical enrichment histories, circulation…

Authors: Zhang, Zhuravleva, Markevitch, ZuHone, Mernier, Biffi, Bogdán, Chakraborty, Churazov, Dolag, Ettori, Forman, Hernquist, Jones, Khabibullin, Kilbourne, Kraft, Lau, Lin, Nagai, Nelson, Ogorzałek, Rasia, Sarkar, Simionescu, Su, Vogelsberger, Walker

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.530.4234Z

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1022

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.02225

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01/06/2024 - High-Energy

Spectral and timing analysis of NGC 7314

The analysis of X rays observations from the active galactic nuclei is a good tool to study the properties of the supermassive black hole, the physics of the accretion disk…

Authors: Kalli, Zoghbi, Costantini

Bibcode: 2024PhyS...99f5041K

DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ad48c6

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01/06/2024 - High-Energy

The outflowing ionised gas of I Zw 1 observed by HST COS

Aims: We present an analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph spectrum of I Zw 1 aiming to probe the absorbing medium associated with the active galactic nucleus…

Authors: Juráňová, Costantini, Kriss, Mehdipour, Brandt, Di Gesu, Fabian, Gallo, Giustini, Rogantini, Wilkins

Bibcode: 2024A&A...686A..99J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449544

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.10060

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01/06/2024 - High-Energy

Developments on Frequency Domain Multiplexing Readout for Large Arrays of Transition-Edge Sensor...

At SRON, we have been developing X-ray TES micro-calorimeters as backup technology for the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) of the Athena mission, demonstrating excellent resolving powers both under DC…

Authors: Vaccaro, Akamatsu, Gottardi, de Wit, Bruijn, van der Kuur, Nagayoshi, Taralli, Ravensberg, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2024JLTP..tmp..143V

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-024-03099-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.02989

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01/05/2024 - Exoplanets

Cool Gaseous Exoplanets: surveying the new frontier with Twinkle

Cool gaseous exoplanets (1.75 R⊕ < Rp < 3 RJ, 200 K <Teq < 1000 K) are an as-yet understudied population, with great potential to expand our understanding of planetary…

Authors: Booth, Sarkar, Griffin, Edwards

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.530.2166B

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae461

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.06488

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01/05/2024 - High-Energy

System Performance of a TDM Test-Bed with Long Flex Harness Toward the...

SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) is developing the focal plane assembly (FPA) for Athena X-IFU, whose demonstration model (DM) will use for the first time a time domain multiplexing…

Authors: Vaccaro, de Wit, van der Kuur, Gottardi, Ravensberg, Taralli, Adams, Bandler, Chervenak, Doriese, Durkin, Reintsema, Sakai, Smith, Wakeham, Jackson, Khosropanah, Gao, den Herder, Roelfsema

Bibcode: 2024JLTP..215..225V

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-024-03088-z

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.02978

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01/05/2024 - High-Energy

Elemental Abundances in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium from Joint Far-ultraviolet and X-Ray...

In this study, we investigate interstellar absorption lines along the line of sight toward the galactic low-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-2. We combine absorption line data obtained from high-resolution X-ray…

Authors: Psaradaki, Corrales, Werk, Jensen, Costantini, Mehdipour, Cilley, Schulz, Kaastra, García, Valencic, Kallman, Paerels

Bibcode: 2024AJ....167..217P

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad306b

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.02664

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01/04/2024 - Exoplanets

Correlation between accretion rate and free-free emission in protoplanetary disks. A multiwavelength...

Context. The inner regions of protoplanetary disks are believed to be the primary locations of planet formation and the processes that influence the global evolution of the disk, such as…

Authors: Rota, Meijerhof, van der Marel, Francis, van der Tak, Sellek

Bibcode: 2024A&A...684A.134R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348387

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.05798

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01/03/2024 - Low-Energy

The TNG50-SKIRT Atlas: Post-processing methodology and first data release

Galaxy morphology is a powerful diagnostic to assess the realism of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. Determining the morphology of simulated galaxies requires the generation of synthetic images through 3D radiative transfer…

Authors: Baes, Gebek, Trčka, Camps, van der Wel, Abdurro'uf, Andreadis, Tulu, Emana, Fritz, Kelly, Kovačić, La Marca, Martorano, Mosenkov, Nersesian, Rodriguez-Gomez, Tortora, Vander Meulen, Wang

Bibcode: 2024A&A...683A.181B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348418

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.04224

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01/03/2024 - Low-Energy

The TNG50-SKIRT Atlas: Wavelength dependence of the effective radius

Galaxy sizes correlate with many other important properties of galaxies, and the cosmic evolution of galaxy sizes is an important observational diagnostic for constraining galaxy evolution models. The effective radius…

Authors: Baes, Mosenkov, Kelly, Abdurro'uf, Andreadis, Bokona Tulu, Camps, Tassama Emana, Fritz, Gebek, Kovačić, La Marca, Martorano, Nersesian, Rodriguez-Gomez, Tortora, Trčka, Vander Meulen, van der Wel, Wang

Bibcode: 2024A&A...683A.182B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348419

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.04225

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01/03/2024 - High-Energy

Chandra/HETG Doppler velocity measurements in stellar coronal sources

Stellar coronal sources have been observed in the past not only for their astrophysical interest in the field of binary system evolution and interaction but also for their invaluable roles…

Authors: Bozzo, Huenemoerder, Falanga, Paltani, Costantini, de Plaa, Gu

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.528.4591B

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae275

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.13290

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01/02/2024 - Exoplanets

Is the Atmosphere of the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b Variable?

We present a comprehensive analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope observations of the atmosphere of WASP-121 b, an ultra-hot Jupiter. After reducing the transit, eclipse, and phase-curve observations with a…

Authors: Changeat, Skinner, Cho, Nättilä, Waldmann, Al-Refaie, Dyrek, Edwards, Mikal-Evans, Joshua, Morello, Skaf, Tsiaras, Venot, Yip

Bibcode: 2024ApJS..270...34C

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad1191

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.01465

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01/02/2024 - Exoplanets

Measuring Tracers of Planet Formation in the Atmosphere of WASP-77A b: Substellar...

We present a comprehensive atmospheric retrieval study of the hot Jupiter WASP-77A b using eclipse observations from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and JWST. Using atmospheric retrievals, the spectral features…

Authors: Edwards, Changeat

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...962L..30E

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad2000

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.18574

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01/02/2024 - Exoplanets

Sulfur dioxide in the mid-infrared transmission spectrum of WASP-39b

The recent inference of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere of the hot (approximately 1,100 K), Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-39b from near-infrared JWST observations1-3 suggests that photochemistry is a key process…

Authors: Powell, Feinstein, Lee, Zhang, Tsai, Taylor, Kirk, Bell, Barstow, Gao, Bean, Blecic, Chubb, Crossfield, Jordan, Kitzmann, Moran, Morello, Moses, Welbanks, Yang, Zhang, Ahrer, Bello-Arufe, Brande, Casewell, Crouzet, Cubillos, Demory, Dyrek,…

Bibcode: 2024Natur.626..979P

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07040-9

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.07965

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01/02/2024 - High-Energy

First High-resolution Spectroscopy of X-Ray Absorption Lines in the Obscured State of...

Multiwavelength spectroscopy of NGC 5548 revealed remarkable changes due to the presence of an obscuring wind from the accretion disk. This broadened our understanding of obscuration and outflows in active…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Kaastra, Costantini, Gu, Landt, Mao, Rogantini

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...962..155M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad1bcb

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.03019

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01/02/2024 - High-Energy

Decoding the thermal history of the merging cluster Cygnus A

We report on a detailed spatial and spectral analysis of the large-scale X-ray emission from the merging cluster Cygnus A. We use 2.2 Ms Chandra and 40 ks XMM-Newton archival…

Authors: Majumder, Wise, Simionescu, de Vries

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.528.1037M

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae063

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.02912

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01/01/2024 - High-Energy

From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS

The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) family of instruments is optimized to measure the relative abundances of the rare, ultra-heavy galactic cosmic rays (UHGCRs) with atomic number (Z) Z ≥…

Authors: Rauch, Zober, Abarr, Akaike, Binns, Borda, Bose, Brandt, Braun, Buckley, Cannady, Coutu, Crabill, Dowkontt, Israel, Kandula, Krizmanic, Labrador, Labrador, Lisalda, Martins, McPherson, Mewaldt, Mitchell, Mitchell, Mognet, Murphy, de Nolfo, Nutter,…

Bibcode: 2024Instr...8....4R

DOI: 10.3390/instruments8010004

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01/01/2024 - High-Energy

Sulphur X-ray absorption in the local ISM

We present a study S K-edge using high-resolution HETGS Chandra spectra of 36 low-mass X-ray binaries. For each source, we have estimated column densities for S I, S II, S…

Authors: Gatuzz, Gorczyca, Hasoglu, Costantini, García, Kallman

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.1648G

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3231

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.11498

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01/01/2024 - High-Energy

Study of the optical to X-ray broad emission lines of Mrk 110

Aims: In order to shed light on the characteristics of the broad line region (BLR) in a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy, we present an analysis of X-ray, UV, and optical…

Authors: Juráňová, Costantini, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaastra, Korista, Kriss, Mehdipour, Piconcelli, Rogantini

Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A.101J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348067

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.03459

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01/01/2024 - High-Energy

Prospects for detecting the circum- and intergalactic medium in X-ray absorption using...

The warm-hot plasma in cosmic web filaments is thought to comprise a large fraction of the gas in the local Universe. So far, the search for this gas has focused…

Authors: Štofanová, Simionescu, Wijers, Schaye, Kaastra, Bahé, Arámburo-García

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.5776S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3554

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.10062

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01/01/2024 - High-Energy

CAvity DEtection Tool (CADET): pipeline for detection of X-ray cavities in hot...

The study of jet-inflated X-ray cavities provides a powerful insight into the energetics of hot galactic atmospheres and radio-mechanical AGN feedback. By estimating the volumes of X-ray cavities, the total…

Authors: Plšek, Werner, Topinka, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.3315P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3371

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.05457

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01/01/2024 - Exoplanets

FlopPITy: Enabling self-consistent exoplanet atmospheric retrievals with machine learning

Context. Interpreting the observations of exoplanet atmospheres to constrain physical and chemical properties is typically done using Bayesian retrieval techniques. Since these methods require many model computations, a compromise must…

Authors: Ardévol Martínez, Min, Huppenkothen, Kamp, Palmer

Bibcode: 2024A&A...681L..14A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348367

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2401.04168

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01/01/2024 - Exoplanets

Hydrocarbon chemistry in the inner regions of planet-forming disks

Context. The analysis of the mid-infrared spectra helps understanding the composition of the gas in the inner, dense and warm terrestrial planet forming region of disks around young stars. ALMA…

Authors: Kanwar, Kamp, Woitke, Rab, Thi, Min

Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A..22K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346262

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.04505

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01/01/2024 - Exoplanets

New Mass and Radius Constraints on the LHS 1140 Planets: LHS 1140...

The two-planet transiting system LHS 1140 has been extensively observed since its discovery in 2017, notably with Spitzer, HST, TESS, and ESPRESSO, placing strong constraints on the parameters of the…

Authors: Cadieux, Plotnykov, Doyon, Valencia, Jahandar, Dang, Turbet, Fauchez, Cloutier, Cherubim, Artigau, Cook, Edwards, Hallatt, Charnay, Bouchy, Allart, Mignon, Baron, Barros, Benneke, Canto Martins, Cowan, De Medeiros, Delfosse, Delgado-Mena, Dumusque, Ehrenreich,…

Bibcode: 2024ApJ...960L...3C

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad1691

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.15490

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01/01/2024 - Exoplanets

SO2, silicate clouds, but no CH4 detected in a warm Neptune

WASP-107b is a warm (approximately 740 K) transiting planet with a Neptune-like mass of roughly 30.5 M⊕ and Jupiter-like radius of about 0.94 RJ (refs. 1,2), whose extended atmosphere is…

Authors: Dyrek, Min, Decin, Bouwman, Crouzet, Mollière, Lagage, Konings, Tremblin, Güdel, Pye, Waters, Henning, Vandenbussche, Ardevol Martinez, Argyriou, Ducrot, Heinke, van Looveren, Absil, Barrado, Baudoz, Boccaletti, Cossou, Coulais, Edwards, Gastaud, Glasse,…

Bibcode: 2024Natur.625...51D

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06849-0

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.12515

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01/01/2024 - Exoplanets

On the difficulties of obtaining absolute transit depths with HST WFC3: KELT-11...

The study of exoplanetary atmospheres with low-resolution transmission spectroscopy relies on measuring minute changes in the transit depth with wavelength and a number of ground- and space-based instruments have been…

Authors: Edwards, Tsiaras, Changeat, Yip

Bibcode: 2024RASTI...3..415E

DOI: 10.1093/rasti/rzae023

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01/01/2024 - Exoplanets

Two mini-Neptunes transiting the adolescent K-star HIP 113103 confirmed with TESS and CHEOPS

We report the discovery of two mini-Neptunes in near 2:1 resonance orbits (P = 7.610303 d for HIP 113103 b and P = 14.245651 d for HIP 113103 c) around…

Authors: Lowson, Zhou, Huang, Wright, Edwards, Nabbie, Venner, Quinn, Collins, Gillen, Battley, Triaud, Hellier, Seager, Winn, Jenkins, Wohler, Shporer, Schwarz, Murgas, Pallé, Anderson, West, Wittenmyer, Bowler, Horner, Kane, Kielkopf, Plavchan, Zhang,…

Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.1146L

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2756

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2309.04137

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01/12/2023 - Exoplanets

Exploring the hypothesis of an inverted Z gradient inside Jupiter

Context. Reconciling models of Jupiter’s interior with measurements of the atmospheric composition still poses a significant challenge. Interior models favour a subsolar or solar abundance of heavy elements, Z, whereas…

Authors: Howard, Guillot, Markham, Helled, Müller, Stevenson, Lunine, Miguel, Nettelmann

Bibcode: 2023A&A...680L...2H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348129

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.07646

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01/12/2023 - Exoplanets

Tracing Evolution in Massive Protostellar Objects – I. Fragmentation and emission properties...

The role of massive (≥ 8$, {rm M}_{odot }$) stars in defining the energy budget and chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium in their host galaxy is significant. In this…

Authors: Avison, Fuller, Frimpong, Etoka, Hoare, Jones, Peretto, Traficante, van der Tak, Pineda, Beltrán, Wyrowski, Thompson, Lumsden, Nagy, Hill, Viti, Fontani, Schilke

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.526.2278A

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2824

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2309.05772

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01/12/2023 - Exoplanets

Exploring the potential of Twinkle to unveil the nature of LTT 1445 Ab

We explore the prospects for Twinkle to determine the atmospheric composition of the nearby terrestrial-like planet LTT 1445 Ab, including the possibility of detecting the potential biosignature ammonia (NH3). At…

Authors: Phillips, Wang, Edwards, Rodríguez Martínez, Asnodkar, Gaudi

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.526.2251P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2822

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.12919

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01/12/2023 - Exoplanets

15NH3 in the atmosphere of a cool brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs serve as ideal laboratories for studying the atmospheres of giant exoplanets on wide orbits, as the governing physical and chemical processes within them are nearly identical1,2. Understanding the…

Authors: Barrado, Mollière, Patapis, Min, Tremblin, Ardevol Martinez, Whiteford, Vasist, Argyriou, Samland, Lagage, Decin, Waters, Henning, Morales-Calderón, Guedel, Vandenbussche, Absil, Baudoz, Boccaletti, Bouwman, Cossou, Coulais, Crouzet, Gastaud, Glasse, Glauser, Kamp, Kendrew,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.624..263B

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06813-y

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.08054

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01/12/2023 - High-Energy

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky. VI. LoTSS-DR2: Properties of radio relics

Context. It is well established that shock waves in the intracluster medium launched by galaxy cluster mergers can produce synchrotron emission, which is visible to us at radio frequencies as…

Authors: Jones, de Gasperin, Cuciti, Botteon, Zhang, Gastaldello, Shimwell, Simionescu, Rossetti, Cassano, Akamatsu, Bonafede, Brüggen, Brunetti, Camillini, Di Gennaro, Drabent, Hoang, Rajpurohit, Natale, Tasse, van Weeren

Bibcode: 2023A&A...680A..31J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245102

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.07814

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01/12/2023 - High-Energy

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky. V. LoTSS-DR2: Mass-radio halo power...

Context. Many galaxy clusters show diffuse cluster-scale emission in the form of radio halos, showing that magnetic fields and relativistic electrons are mixed in with the intracluster medium. There is…

Authors: Cuciti, Cassano, Sereno, Brunetti, Botteon, Shimwell, Bruno, Gastaldello, Rossetti, Zhang, Simionescu, Brüggen, van Weeren, Jones, Akamatsu, Bonafede, De Gasperin, Di Gennaro, Pasini, Röttgering

Bibcode: 2023A&A...680A..30C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346755

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.04564

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01/12/2023 - High-Energy

Density calculations of NGC 3783 warm absorbers using a time-dependent photoionisation model

Outflowing wind, as one type of AGN feedback involving non-collimated ionised winds such as those prevalent in Seyfert-1 AGNs, impacts the host galaxy by carrying kinetic energy outwards. However, the…

Authors: Li, Kaastra, Gu, Mehdipour

Bibcode: 2023A&A...680A..44L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346520

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2308.13446

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01/12/2023 - High-Energy

Broadband X-Ray Timing and Spectral Characteristics of the Accretion-powered Millisecond X-Ray Pulsar MAXIJ1816-195

We studied the broadband X-ray timing and spectral behaviors of the newly confirmed accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar MAXI J1816-195 during its 2022 outburst. We used data from the Insight-HXMT Medium…

Authors: Li, Kuiper, Ge, Falanga, Poutanen, Ji, Pan, Huang, Xu, Song, Qu, Zhang, Lu, Zhang

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...958..177L

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad0296

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.11603

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01/11/2023 - Exoplanets

YunMa: Enabling Spectral Retrievals of Exoplanetary Clouds

In this paper, we present YunMa, an exoplanet cloud simulation and retrieval package, which enables the study of cloud microphysics and radiative properties in exoplanetary atmospheres. YunMa simulates the vertical…

Authors: Ma, Ito, Al-Refaie, Changeat, Edwards, Tinetti

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...957..104M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acf8ca

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.13708

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01/11/2023 - Low-Energy

Diagnosing the interstellar medium of galaxies with far-infrared emission lines. II. [C...

Context. Gas cooling processes in the interstellar medium (ISM) are key to understanding how star formation occurs in galaxies. Far-infrared (FIR) fine-structure emission lines can be used to infer gas…

Authors: Ramos Padilla, Wang, van der Tak, Trager

Bibcode: 2023A&A...679A.131R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243358

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2205.11955

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01/11/2023 - High-Energy

Time-dependent photoionization spectroscopy of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 3783

We present an investigation into the spectroscopic properties of non-equilibrium photoionization processes operating in a time-evolving mode. Through a quantitative comparison between equilibrium and time-evolving models, we find that the…

Authors: Gu, Kaastra, Rogantini, Mehdipour, Juráňová, Costantini, Li

Bibcode: 2023A&A...679A..43G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347430

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2309.05322

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01/11/2023 - Low-Energy

Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS): Exploring the nature of ultra-diffuse...

Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS) is an ESO large observing programme that aims at obtaining the first homogeneous integral-field spectroscopic survey of 30 extremely low-surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies in…

Authors: Iodice, Hilker, Doll, Mirabile, Buttitta, Hartke, Mieske, Cantiello, D'Ago, Forbes, Gullieuszik, Rejkuba, Spavone, Spiniello, Arnaboldi, Corsini, Greggio, Falcón-Barroso, Fahrion, Fritz, La Marca, Paolillo, Angela Raj, Rampazzo, Sarzi, Capasso

Bibcode: 2023A&A...679A..69I

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347129

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2308.11493

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01/10/2023 - Exoplanets

Characterizing a World Within the Hot-Neptune Desert: Transit Observations of LTT 9779...

We present an atmospheric analysis of LTT 9779 b, a rare planet situated in the hot-Neptune desert, that has been observed with Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/WFC3 with G102 and G141.…

Authors: Edwards, Changeat, Tsiaras, Allan, Behr, Hagey, Himes, Ma, Stassun, Thomas, Thompson, Boley, Booth, Bouwman, France, Lowson, Meech, Phillips, Vidotto, Yip, Bieger, Gressier, Janin, Jiang, Leonardi, Sarkar, Skaf, Taylor, Yang, Ward-Thompson

Bibcode: 2023AJ....166..158E

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/acea77

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.13645

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01/10/2023 - Exoplanets

Metallicity and Spectral Evolution of WASP 39b: The Limited Role of Hydrodynamic Escape

The recent observations on WASP-39 b by JWST have revealed hints of high metallicity within the atmosphere compared to its host star. There are various theories on how these high…

Authors: Louca, Miguel, Kubyshkina

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...956L..19L

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/acfaec

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2309.09605

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01/10/2023 - Exoplanets

Retrieval study of cool, directly imaged exoplanet 51 Eri b

Retrieval methods are a powerful analysis technique for modelling exoplanetary atmospheres by estimating the bulk physical and chemical properties that combine in a forward model to best fit an observed…

Authors: Whiteford, Glasse, Chubb, Kitzmann, Ray, Phillips, Biller, Palmer, Rice, Waldmann, Changeat, Skaf, Wang, Edwards, Al-Refaie

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.525.1375W

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad670

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.07939

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01/10/2023 - High-Energy

Outskirts of Abell 1795: Probing gas clumping in the intracluster medium

Contact. The outskirts of galaxy clusters host complex interactions between the intracluster and circumcluster media. During the evolution of clusters, ram-pressure stripped gas clumps from infalling substructures break the uniformity…

Authors: Kovács, Zhu, Werner, Simionescu, Bogdán

Bibcode: 2023A&A...678A..91K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347201

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.10101

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01/10/2023 - High-Energy

Investigating the outskirts of Abell 133 with Suzaku and Chandra observations

Context. Past observations and simulations have predicted an increasingly inhomogeneous gas distribution towards the outskirts of galaxy clusters. However, the exact properties of such gas clumping are not yet well…

Authors: Zhu, Kovács, Simionescu, Werner

Bibcode: 2023A&A...678A.122Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347191

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.10110

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01/10/2023 - High-Energy

Discovery of inverse-Compton X-ray emission and estimate of the volume-averaged magnetic field...

Observed in a significant fraction of clusters and groups of galaxies, diffuse radio synchrotron emission reveals the presence of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields permeating large scale systems of galaxies.…

Authors: Mernier, Werner, Bagchi, Gendron-Marsolais, Gopal-Krishna, Guainazzi, Richard-Laferrière, Shimwell, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.524.4939M

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2093

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.10092

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01/10/2023 - High-Energy

Systematic Uncertainties of Atomic Data in Photoionization Modeling

Fitting plasma models to high-quality spectra is a crucial tool for deriving diagnostics about the physical conditions in various astrophysical sources. Despite decades of model development, this prescription often provides…

Authors: Ballhausen, Kallman, Gu, Paerels

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...956...65B

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aced49

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01/09/2023 - Exoplanets

Using a neural network approach to accelerate disequilibrium chemistry calculations in exoplanet atmospheres

In this era of exoplanet characterization with JWST, the need for a fast implementation of classical forward models to understand the chemical and physical processes in exoplanet atmospheres is more…

Authors: Hendrix, Louca, Miguel

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.524..643H

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1763

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.07074

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01/08/2023 - Exoplanets

LavAtmos: An open-source chemical equilibrium vaporization code for lava worlds

To date, over 500 short-period rocky planets with equilibrium temperatures above 1500 K have been discovered. Such planets are expected to support magma oceans, providing a direct interface between the…

Authors: van Buchem, Miguel, Zilinskas, van Westrenen

Bibcode: 2023M&PS...58.1149V

DOI: 10.1111/maps.13994

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.10463

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01/08/2023 - Exoplanets

Dense gas and star formation in the outer Milky Way

We present maps and spectra of the HCN(1−0) and HCO+(1−0) lines in the extreme outer Galaxy, at galactocentric radii between 14 and 22 kpc, with the 13.7 m Delingha telescope.…

Authors: Braine, Sun, Shimajiri, van der Tak, Fang, André, Chen, Gao

Bibcode: 2023A&A...676A..27B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039923

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.05013

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01/08/2023 - Exoplanets

Exoplanet interior retrievals: core masses and metallicities from atmospheric abundances

The mass and distribution of metals in the interiors of exoplanets are essential for constraining their formation and evolution processes. Never the less, with only masses and radii measured, the…

Authors: Bloot, Miguel, Bazot, Howard

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.523.6282B

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1873

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.11354

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01/08/2023 - High-Energy

A search for the missing baryons with X-ray absorption lines towards the...

This paper presents an analysis of XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray spectra of the quasar 1ES 1553+113, in search for absorption lines from the intervening warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM). A search…

Authors: Spence, Bonamente, Nevalainen, Tuominen, Ahoranta, de Plaa, Liu, Wijers

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.523.2329S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1345

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.01587

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01/08/2023 - High-Energy

A NICER View on the 2020 Magnetar-like Outburst of PSR J1846-0258

We report on our monitoring of the strong-field magnetar-like pulsar PSR J1846-0258 with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and the timing and spectral evolution during its outburst in…

Authors: Hu, Kuiper, Harding, Younes, Blumer, Ho, Enoto, Espinoza, Gendreau

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...952..120H

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd850

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.00902

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01/07/2023 - High-Energy

The diffuse radio emission in the high-redshift cluster PSZ2 G091.83+26.11: Total intensity...

Context. Diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters, namely radio halos and radio relics, is usually associated with merger events. Despite the tremendous advances in observations in the last decades, the…

Authors: Di Gennaro, Brüggen, van Weeren, Simionescu, Brunetti, Cassano, Forman, Hoeft, Ignesti, Röttgering, Shimwell

Bibcode: 2023A&A...675A..51D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202345905

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.05893

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01/07/2023 - High-Energy

Dimming of Continuum Captured in Mrk 841: New Clues on the Nature...

We report on a remarkable change in the spectral energy distribution (SED) of Mrk 841, providing new insights on how the soft X-ray excess emission in active galactic nuclei (AGNs)…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Kaastra, Costantini, Mao

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...952L...5M

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ace053

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.11960

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01/07/2023 - Low-Energy

A multi-band AGN-SFG classifier for extragalactic radio surveys using machine learning

Context. Extragalactic radio continuum surveys play an increasingly more important role in galaxy evolution and cosmology studies. While radio galaxies and radio quasars dominate at the bright end, star-forming galaxies…

Authors: Karsten, Wang, Margalef-Bentabol, Best, Kondapally, La Marca, Morganti, Röttgering, Vaccari, Sabater

Bibcode: 2023A&A...675A.159K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346770

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.05062

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01/07/2023 - Exoplanets

Retrieving planet formation parameters of WASP-77Ab using SimAb

Context. The atmospheric compositions of planets offer a unique view into their respective formation processes. State-of-the-art observatories and techniques are finally able to provide high-precision data on atmospheric composition that…

Authors: Khorshid, Min, Désert

Bibcode: 2023A&A...675A..95K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245469

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.15702

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01/07/2023 - Exoplanets

The MUSCLES Extension for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy: UV and X-Ray Host-star Observations...

X-ray through infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are essential for understanding a star’s effect on exoplanet atmospheric composition and evolution. We present a catalog of panchromatic SEDs, hosted on the…

Authors: Behr, France, Brown, Duvvuri, Bean, Berta-Thompson, Froning, Miguel, Pineda, Wilson, Youngblood

Bibcode: 2023AJ....166...35B

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/acdb70

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.05322

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01/06/2023 - High-Energy

A detailed analysis of X-ray emission-line velocities of Capella from over 20...

Capella is the brightest chromospherically active binary in the sky, hosting a cooler G8III giant (Aa) and a hotter G1III companion (Ab). The source has been extensively observed in the…

Authors: Bozzo, Huenemoerder, Produit, Falanga, Paltani, Costantini

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.522L..66B

DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slad040

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.13924

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01/06/2023 - Exoplanets

Retrieval Survey of Metals in Six Ultrahot Jupiters: Trends in Chemistry, Rain-out,...

Ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy (HRS) has detected numerous chemical species and atmospheric dynamics in exoplanets, most notably ultrahot Jupiters (UHJs). However, quantitative estimates on abundances have been challenging but are essential…

Authors: Gandhi, Kesseli, Zhang, Louca, Snellen, Brogi, Miguel, Casasayas-Barris, Pelletier, Landman, Maguire, Gibson

Bibcode: 2023AJ....165..242G

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/accd65

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.17228

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01/06/2023 - Exoplanets

The energetic particle environment of a GJ 436 b-like planet

A key first step to constrain the impact of energetic particles in exoplanet atmospheres is to detect the chemical signature of ionization due to stellar energetic particles and Galactic cosmic…

Authors: Rodgers-Lee, Rimmer, Vidotto, Louca, Taylor, Mesquita, Miguel, Venot, Helling, Barth, Lacy

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.521.5880R

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad900

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.07058

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01/05/2023 - Exoplanets

Photochemically produced SO2 in the atmosphere of WASP-39b

Photochemistry is a fundamental process of planetary atmospheres that regulates the atmospheric composition and stability1. However, no unambiguous photochemical products have been detected in exoplanet atmospheres so far. Recent observations…

Authors: Tsai, Lee, Powell, Gao, Zhang, Moses, Hébrard, Venot, Parmentier, Jordan, Hu, Alam, Alderson, Batalha, Bean, Benneke, Bierson, Brady, Carone, Carter, Chubb, Inglis, Leconte, Line, López-Morales, Miguel, Molaverdikhani, Rustamkulov, Sing, Stevenson,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.617..483T

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05902-2

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.10490

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01/05/2023 - Exoplanets

The impact of time-dependent stellar activity on exoplanet atmospheres

M-dwarfs are thought to be hostile environments for exoplanets. Stellar events are very common on such stars. These events might cause the atmospheres of exoplanets to change significantly over time.…

Authors: Louca, Miguel, Tsai, Froning, Loyd, France

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.521.3333L

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1220

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2204.10835

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01/04/2023 - Exoplanets

Analysing the SEDs of protoplanetary disks with machine learning

Context. The analysis of spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of protoplanetary disks to determine their physical properties is known to be highly degenerate. Hence, a full Bayesian analysis is required to…

Authors: Kaeufer, Woitke, Min, Kamp, Pinte

Bibcode: 2023A&A...672A..30K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245461

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.04629

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01/04/2023 - Exoplanets

Jupiter’s interior from Juno: Equation-of-state uncertainties and dilute core extent

Context. The Juno mission has provided measurements of Jupiter’s gravity field with an outstanding level of accuracy, leading to better constraints on the interior of the planet. Improving our knowledge…

Authors: Howard, Guillot, Bazot, Miguel, Stevenson, Galanti, Kaspi, Hubbard, Militzer, Helled, Nettelmann, Idini, Bolton

Bibcode: 2023A&A...672A..33H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245625

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.09082

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01/04/2023 - High-Energy

Background rates of x-ray transition-edge sensor micro-calorimeters under a frequency domain multiplexing...

We report on the x-ray background rate measured with transition-edge sensors (TES) micro-calorimeters under frequency-domain multiplexing (FDM) readout as a possible technology for future experiments aiming at a direct detection…

Authors: Vaccaro, Gottardi, Akamatsu, van der Kuur, Nagayoshi, Taralli, de Wit, Ravensberg, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2023RScI...94d3104V

DOI: 10.1063/5.0142367

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01/04/2023 - High-Energy

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky. III. LoTSS-DR2: Dynamic states and...

Context. The footprint of the recent second data release of the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS-DR2) covers 309 Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) selected galaxy clusters, 83 of which host a radio…

Authors: Zhang, Simionescu, Gastaldello, Eckert, Camillini, Natale, Rossetti, Brunetti, Akamatsu, Botteon, Cassano, Cuciti, Bruno, Shimwell, Jones, Kaastra, Ettori, Brüggen, de Gasperin, Drabent, van Weeren, Röttgering

Bibcode: 2023A&A...672A..42Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244761

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.07284

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01/04/2023 - High-Energy

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky. IV. LoTSS-DR2: Statistics of radio...

Context. Diffuse cluster-scale synchrotron radio emission is discovered in an increasing number of galaxy clusters in the form of radio haloes, probing the presence of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields…

Authors: Cassano, Cuciti, Brunetti, Botteon, Rossetti, Bruno, Simionescu, Gastaldello, van Weeren, Brüggen, Dallacasa, Zhang, Akamatsu, Bonafede, Di Gennaro, Shimwell, de Gasperin, Röttgering, Jones

Bibcode: 2023A&A...672A..43C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244876

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.08052

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01/04/2023 - High-Energy

The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system...

The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory. Athena is a versatile…

Authors: Barret, Albouys, Herder, Piro, Cappi, Huovelin, Kelley, Mas-Hesse, Paltani, Rauw, Rozanska, Svoboda, Wilms, Yamasaki, Audard, Bandler, Barbera, Barcons, Bozzo, Ceballos, Charles, Costantini, Dauser, Decourchelle, Duband, Duval, Fiore, Gatti, Goldwurm, Hartog,…

Bibcode: 2023ExA....55..373B

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-022-09880-7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.14562

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01/03/2023 - Exoplanets

Beam Waist Properties of Spiral Antenna Coupled HEB Mixers at Supra-THz Frequencies

We have simulated and measured the beam properties of lens-antenna coupled hot electron bolometer mixers at a few supra-terahertz frequencies between 1.4 and 5.3 THz. The quasi-optical structures consist of…

Authors: Gaspar Silva, Finkel, Laauwen, Yates, Mirzaei, Vercruyssen, Young, Kulesa, Walker, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2023ITTST..13..167G

DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2022.3230742

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01/03/2023 - Exoplanets

What does a typical full disc around a post-AGB binary look like?....

Context. Stable circumbinary discs around evolved post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binary systems composed of gas and dust show many similarities with protoplanetary discs around young stellar objects. These discs can…

Authors: Corporaal, Kluska, Van Winckel, Kamath, Min

Bibcode: 2023A&A...671A..15C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245689

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.02622

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01/03/2023 - Exoplanets

Observability of silicates in volatile atmospheres of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Exploring the...

Many of the confirmed short-period super-Earths and smaller sub-Neptunes are sufficiently irradiated for the surface silicates to be sustained in a long-lasting molten state. While there is no direct evidence…

Authors: Zilinskas, Miguel, van Buchem, Snellen

Bibcode: 2023A&A...671A.138Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245521

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01/03/2023 - High-Energy

A Systematic View of Ten New Black Hole Spins

The launch of NuSTAR and the increasing number of binary black hole (BBH) mergers detected through gravitational wave observations have exponentially advanced our understanding of BHs. Despite the simplicity owed…

Authors: Draghis, Miller, Zoghbi, Reynolds, Costantini, Gallo, Tomsick

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...946...19D

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acafe7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.02479

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01/03/2023 - High-Energy

Charge exchange between highly charged ions and atomic H for modelling comet...

Solar wind (SW) charge exchange (CX) is an important mechanism responsible for X-ray emissions in comets’ coma and many other astrophysical environments. By incorporating the experimentally derived total cross-sections and…

Authors: Zhang, Liao, Zhang, Zou, Guo, Gao, Gu, Zhu, Zhang, Ma

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.520.1417Z

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad040

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01/03/2023 - Low-Energy

Euclid preparation. XXVI. The Euclid Morphology Challenge: Towards structural parameters for billions...

The various Euclid imaging surveys will become a reference for studies of galaxy morphology by delivering imaging over an unprecedented area of 15 000 square degrees with high spatial resolution.…

Authors: Euclid Collaboration, Bretonnière, Kuchner, Huertas-Company, Merlin, Castellano, Tuccillo, Buitrago, Conselice, Boucaud, Häußler, Kümmel, Hartley, Alvarez Ayllon, Bertin, Ferrari, Ferreira, Gavazzi, Hernández-Lang, Lucatelli, Robotham, Schefer, Wang, Cabanac, Domínguez Sánchez, Duc, Fotopoulou,…

Bibcode: 2023A&A...671A.102E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245042

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.12907

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS

The Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-39b has been the subject of extensive efforts to determine its atmospheric properties using transmission spectroscopy1-4. However, these efforts have been hampered by modelling degeneracies between composition…

Authors: Feinstein, Radica, Welbanks, Murray, Ohno, Coulombe, Espinoza, Bean, Teske, Benneke, Line, Rustamkulov, Saba, Tsiaras, Barstow, Fortney, Gao, Knutson, MacDonald, Mikal-Evans, Rackham, Taylor, Parmentier, Batalha, Berta-Thompson, Carter, Changeat, dos Santos, Gibson,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.614..670F

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05674-1

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.10493

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Heterodyne performance and characteristics of terahertz MgB2 hot electron bolometers

We have studied THz heterodyne detection in sub-micrometer MgB2 hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers based on superconducting MgB2 films of ~ 5 nm (HEB-A), corresponding to a critical temperature (Tc)…

Authors: Gan, Mirzaei, Silva, Cherednichenko, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2023JAP...133g4503G

DOI: 10.1063/5.0128791

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H

Measuring the abundances of carbon and oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres is considered a crucial avenue for unlocking the formation and evolution of exoplanetary systems1,2. Access to the chemical inventory of…

Authors: Alderson, Wakeford, Alam, Batalha, Lothringer, Adams Redai, Barat, Brande, Damiano, Daylan, Espinoza, Flagg, Goyal, Grant, Hu, Inglis, Lee, Mikal-Evans, Ramos-Rosado, Roy, Wallack, Batalha, Bean, Benneke, Berta-Thompson, Carter, Changeat, Colón, Crossfield,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.614..664A

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05591-3

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.10488

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01/02/2023 - High-Energy

Diffuse radio source candidate in CIZA J1358.9-4750

We report on results of our upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) observations for an early-stage merging galaxy cluster, CIZA J1358.9-4750 (CIZA1359), in Band-3 (300-500 MHz). We achieved the image…

Authors: Kurahara, Akahori, Kale, Akamatsu, Fujita, Gu, Intema, Nakazawa, Okabe, Omiya, Parekh, Shimwell, Takizawa, Van Weeren

Bibcode: 2023PASJ...75S.138K

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psac098

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.04750

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a key chemical species that is found in a wide range of planetary atmospheres. In the context of exoplanets, CO2 is an indicator of the metal…

Authors: JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team, Ahrer, Alderson, Batalha, Batalha, Bean, Beatty, Bell, Benneke, Berta-Thompson, Carter, Crossfield, Espinoza, Feinstein, Fortney, Gibson, Goyal, Kempton, Kirk, Kreidberg, López-Morales, Line, Lothringer,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.614..649J

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05269-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.11692

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01/02/2023 - High-Energy

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays: SUBWAYS. I. Ultra-fast outflows in quasars...

We present a new X-ray spectroscopic study of 22 luminous (2 × 1045 ≲ Lbol/erg s‒1 ≲ 2 × 1046) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at intermediate redshifts (0.1 ≲ z…

Authors: Matzeu, Brusa, Lanzuisi, Dadina, Bianchi, Kriss, Mehdipour, Nardini, Chartas, Middei, Piconcelli, Gianolli, Comastri, Longinotti, Krongold, Ricci, Petrucci, Tombesi, Luminari, Zappacosta, Miniutti, Gaspari, Behar, Bischetti, Mathur, Perna, Giustini, Grandi, Torresi, Vignali,…

Bibcode: 2023A&A...670A.182M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245036

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2212.02960

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Large Interferometer for Exoplanets: VIII. Where Is the Phosphine? Observing Exoplanetary PH3...

Phosphine could be a key molecule in the understanding of exotic chemistry happening in (exo)planetary atmospheres. While it has been detected in the Solar System’s giant planets, it has not…

Authors: Angerhausen, Ottiger, Dannert, Miguel, Sousa-Silva, Kammerer, Menti, Alei, Konrad, Wang, Quanz, LIFE Collaboration

Bibcode: 2023AsBio..23..183A

DOI: 10.1089/ast.2022.0010

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.04975

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01/02/2023 - High-Energy

Oxygen and iron in interstellar dust: An X-ray investigation

Understanding the chemistry of the interstellar medium (ISM) is fundamental for the comprehension of Galactic and stellar evolution. X-rays provide an excellent way to study the dust chemical composition and…

Authors: Psaradaki, Costantini, Rogantini, Mehdipour, Corrales, Zeegers, de Groot, den Herder, Mutschke, Trasobares, de Vries, Waters

Bibcode: 2023A&A...670A..30P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244110

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.05778

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

H2S and SO2 detectability in hot Jupiters. Sulphur species as indicators of...

Context. The high cosmic abundance, the intermediate volatility, and the chemical properties of sulphur allow sulphur-bearing species to be used as tracers of the chemical processes in the atmospheres of…

Authors: Polman, Waters, Min, Miguel, Khorshid

Bibcode: 2023A&A...670A.161P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244647

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.00469

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01/02/2023 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton view of the shock heating in an early merging cluster, CIZA J1358.9-4750

CIZA J1358.9-4750 is a nearby galaxy cluster in the early phase of a major merger. The two-dimensional temperature map using XMM-Newton EPIC-PN observation confirms the existence of a high-temperature region,…

Authors: Omiya, Nakazawa, Matsushita, Kobayashi, Okabe, Sato, Tamura, Fujita, Gu, Kitayama, Akahori, Kurahara, Yamaguchi

Bibcode: 2023PASJ...75...37O

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psac087

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.02145

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam

Measuring the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio in exoplanet atmospheres is a fundamental step towards constraining the dominant chemical processes at work and, if in equilibrium, revealing planet formation histories.…

Authors: Ahrer, Stevenson, Mansfield, Moran, Brande, Morello, Murray, Nikolov, Petit dit de la Roche, Schlawin, Wheatley, Zieba, Batalha, Damiano, Goyal, Lendl, Lothringer, Mukherjee, Ohno, Batalha, Battley, Bean, Beatty, Benneke, Berta-Thompson, Carter,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.614..653A

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05590-4

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.10489

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01/02/2023 - High-Energy

Supermassive Black Hole Winds in X-rays: SUBWAYS. II. HST UV spectroscopy of...

We present a UV spectroscopic study of ionized outflows in 21 active galactic nuclei (AGN), observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The targets of the Supermassive Black Hole Winds…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Brusa, Matzeu, Gaspari, Kraemer, Mathur, Behar, Bianchi, Cappi, Chartas, Costantini, Cresci, Dadina, De Marco, De Rosa, Dunn, Gianolli, Giustini, Kaastra, King, Krongold, La Franca, Lanzuisi, Longinotti, Luminari, Middei,…

Bibcode: 2023A&A...670A.183M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245047

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2212.02961

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01/02/2023 - Exoplanets

Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM

Transmission spectroscopy1-3 of exoplanets has revealed signatures of water vapour, aerosols and alkali metals in a few dozen exoplanet atmospheres4,5. However, these previous inferences with the Hubble and Spitzer Space…

Authors: Rustamkulov, Sing, Mukherjee, May, Kirk, Schlawin, Line, Piaulet, Carter, Batalha, Goyal, López-Morales, Lothringer, MacDonald, Moran, Stevenson, Wakeford, Espinoza, Bean, Batalha, Benneke, Berta-Thompson, Crossfield, Gao, Kreidberg, Powell, Cubillos, Gibson, Leconte, Molaverdikhani,…

Bibcode: 2023Natur.614..659R

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05677-y

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.10487

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01/01/2023 - Exoplanets

Interior and Evolution of the Giant Planets

The giant planets were the first to form and hold the key to unveiling the solar system’s formation history in their interiors and atmospheres. Furthermore, the unique conditions present in…

Authors: Miguel, Vazan

Bibcode: 2023RemS...15..681M

DOI: 10.3390/rs15030681

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.07656

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01/01/2023 - High-Energy

Frequency domain multiplexing readout for large arrays of transition-edge sensors

We report our most recent progress and demonstration of a frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) readout technology for transition-edge sensor (TES) arrays, both of which we have been developing in the…

Authors: Vaccaro, Akamatsu, Gottardi, van der Kuur, Nagayoshi, Taralli, de Wit, Bruijn, van der Linden, van Leeuwen, van der Hulst, Ravensberg, de Vries, Kiviranta, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2023NIMPA104667727V

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167727

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.12604

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01/01/2023 - High-Energy

The NuSTAR and Chandra View of CL 0217+70 and Its Tell-tale Radio Halo

Mergers of galaxy clusters are the most energetic events in the universe, driving shock and cold fronts, generating turbulence, and accelerating particles that create radio halos and relics. The galaxy…

Authors: Tümer, Wik, Zhang, Hoang, Gaspari, van Weeren, Rudnick, Stuardi, Mernier, Simionescu, Rojas Bolivar, Kraft, Akamatsu, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2023ApJ...942...79T

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aca1b5

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.09228

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01/01/2023 - Exoplanets

Clouds form on the hot Saturn JWST ERO target WASP-96b

Context. WASP-96b is a hot Saturn exoplanet, with an equilibrium temperature of ≈1300 K. This is well within the regime of thermo-dynamically expected extensive cloud formation. Prior observations with Hubble/WFC3,…

Authors: Samra, Helling, Chubb, Min, Carone, Schneider

Bibcode: 2023A&A...669A.142S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244939

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.00633

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01/01/2023 - High-Energy

Chandra measurements of gas homogeneity and turbulence at intermediate radii in the...

We present a Chandra study of surface brightness fluctuations in the diffuse intracluster medium of the Perseus Cluster. Our study utilizes deep, archival imaging of the cluster core as well…

Authors: de Vries, Mantz, Allen, Morris, Zhuravleva, Canning, Ehlert, Ogorzałek, Simionescu, Werner

Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.518.2954D

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3285

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.07680

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01/12/2022 - Exoplanets

Frequency division multiplexing readout of a transition edge sensor bolometer array with...

We demonstrate multiplexed readout of 43 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers operating at 90 mK using a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) readout chain with bias frequencies ranging from 1 to…

Authors: Wang, Khosropanah, van der Kuur, de Lange, Audley, Aminaei, Ilyas, Ridder, van der Linden, Bruijn, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2022RScI...93l4901W

DOI: 10.1063/5.0108786

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01/12/2022 - High-Energy

The relation between accretion rate and jet power in early-type galaxies with...

We use Chandra X-ray data and Very Large Array radio observations for a sample of 20 nearby, massive, X-ray bright, early-type galaxies to investigate the relation between the Bondi accretion…

Authors: Plšek, Werner, Grossová, Topinka, Simionescu, Allen

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.517.3682P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2770

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.15809

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01/12/2022 - Exoplanets

Detecting life outside our solar system with a large high-contrast-imaging mission

In this White Paper, which was submitted in response to the European Space Agency (ESA) Voyage 2050 Call, we recommend the ESA plays a proactive role in developing a global…

Authors: Snellen, Snik, Kenworthy, Albrecht, Anglada-Escudé, Baraffe, Baudoz, Benz, Beuzit, Biller, Birkby, Boccaletti, van Boekel, de Boer, Brogi, Buchhave, Carone, Claire, Claudi, Demory, Désert, Desidera, Gaudi, Gratton, Gillon, Grenfell, Guyon, Henning,…

Bibcode: 2022ExA....54.1237S

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09803-y

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01/12/2022 - High-Energy

R-matrix Electron-impact Excitation Data for the H- and He-like Ions with Z...

Plasma models built on extensive atomic data are essential to interpreting observed cosmic spectra. H-like Lyman series and He-like triplets observable in the X-ray band are powerful diagnostic lines to…

Authors: Mao, Del Zanna, Gu, Zhang, Badnell

Bibcode: 2022ApJS..263...35M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac9c57

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.13427

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01/12/2022 - High-Energy

TPHO: A Time-dependent Photoionization Model for AGN Outflows

Outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGN) are considered a promising candidate for driving AGN feedback at large scales. However, without information on the density of these outflows we cannot determine…

Authors: Rogantini, Mehdipour, Kaastra, Costantini, Juráňová, Kara

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...940..122R

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac9c01

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.16338

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01/11/2022 - Exoplanets

SimAb: A simple, fast, and flexible model to assess the effects of...

Context. The composition of exoplanet atmospheres provides us with vital insight into their formation scenario. Conversely, planet formation processes shape the composition of atmospheres and imprint their specific signatures. In…

Authors: Khorshid, Min, Désert, Woitke, Dominik

Bibcode: 2022A&A...667A.147K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141455

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2111.00279

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

The multi-epoch X-ray tale of I Zwicky 1 outflows

The narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy $rm I,,Zwicky, 1$ shows a unique and complex system of ionized gas in outflow, which consists of an ultra-fast wind and a two-component warm absorber.…

Authors: Rogantini, Costantini, Gallo, Wilkins, Brandt, Mehdipour

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.516.5171R

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2552

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.02747

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

Susceptibility Study of TES Micro-calorimeters for X-ray Spectroscopy Under FDM Readout

We present a characterization of the sensitivity of TES X-ray micro-calorimeters to environmental conditions under frequency-domain multiplexing (FDM) readout. In the FDM scheme, each TES in a readout chain is…

Authors: Vaccaro, Akamatsu, Gottardi, van der Kuur, Taralli, de Wit, Bruijn, den Hartog, Kiviranta, van der Linden, Nagayoshi, Ravensberg, Ridder, Visser, Jackson, Gao, Hoogeveen, den Herder

Bibcode: 2022JLTP..209..562V

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-022-02850-5

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.10875

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

The chemical and thermal structure of the hot atmosphere of the elliptical...

We present a robust representation of the chemical and thermal structure in the galaxy group NGC 5813 using archival, deep X-ray observations, and employing a multitemperature spectral model based on…

Authors: Chatzigiannakis, Simionescu, Mernier

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.516.6194C

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2645

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.09276

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

Lateral Inverse Proximity Effect in Ti/Au Transition Edge Sensors

We report measured Tc of superconducting Ti/Au bilayer strips with a width W varying from 5 to 50 µm. The strips were fabricated based on a Ti/Au bilayer that consists…

Authors: Nagayoshi, de Wit, Taralli, Visser, Ridder, Gottardi, Akamatsu, Vaccaro, Bruijn, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2022JLTP..209..540N

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-022-02828-3

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

Small Size Transition-Edge Sensors for Future X-Ray Applications

Large arrays of transition edge sensors (TESs) are the baseline for a number of future space observatories. For instance, the X-ray integral field unit (X-IFU) instrument on board the ATHENA…

Authors: Taralli, de Wit, Gottardi, Nagayoshi, Visser, Ridder, Akamatsu, Vaccaro, Bruijn, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2022JLTP..209..256T

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-022-02709-9

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

Timing Six Energetic Rotation-powered X-Ray Pulsars, Including the Fast-spinning Young PSR J0058-7218...

Measuring a pulsar’s rotational evolution is crucial to understanding the nature of the pulsar. Here, we provide updated timing models for the rotational evolution of six pulsars, five of which…

Authors: Ho, Kuiper, Espinoza, Guillot, Ray, Smith, Bogdanov, Antonopoulou, Arzoumanian, Bejger, Enoto, Esposito, Harding, Haskell, Lewandowska, Maitra, Vasilopoulos

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...939....7H

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8743

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2205.02865

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01/11/2022 - High-Energy

ATHENA X-IFU Demonstration Model: First Joint Operation of the Main TES Array...

The X-IFU is the cryogenic spectrometer onboard the future ATHENA X-ray observatory. It is based on a large array of TES microcalorimeters, which work in combination with a Cryogenic AntiCoincidence…

Authors: D'Andrea, Ravensberg, Argan, Brienza, Lotti, Macculi, Minervini, Piro, Torrioli, Chiarello, Ferrari Barusso, Biasotti, Gallucci, Gatti, Rigano, Akamatsu, Dercksen, Gottardi, de Groote, den Hartog, den Herder, Hoogeveen, Jackson, McCalden, Rosman, Taralli,…

Bibcode: 2022JLTP..209..433D

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-022-02786-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.15150

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01/10/2022 - High-Energy

On the scientific impact of the uncertainties in the Athena mirror effective area

The design of space missions faces resource limitations that may severely restrict the extent of ground-based calibration programs. Ensuring that the knowledge requirements on key scientific performance are commensurate to…

Authors: Guainazzi, Willingale, Brenneman, Bulbul, den Herder, Kuulkers, Ness, Natalucci

Bibcode: 2022JATIS...8d4002G

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.4.044002

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01/09/2022 - Exoplanets

Exoplanet Atmosphere Retrievals in 3D Using Phase Curve Data with ARCiS: Application...

Aims: Our goal is to create a retrieval framework which encapsulates the three-dimensional (3D) nature of exoplanet atmospheres, and to apply it to observed emission phase curve and transmission spectra…

Authors: Chubb, Min

Bibcode: 2022A&A...665A...2C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142800

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.09738

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01/09/2022 - Exoplanets

Exogenous delivery of water to Mercury

Radar and spacecraft observations show the permanently shadowed regions around Mercury’s North Pole to contain water ice and complex organic material. One possible source of this material are impacts by…

Authors: Frantseva, Nesvorný, Mueller, van der Tak, ten Kate, Pokorný

Bibcode: 2022Icar..38314980F

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114980

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2204.11825

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01/09/2022 - High-Energy

Galaxy cluster photons alter the ionization state of the nearby warm-hot intergalactic medium

The physical properties of the faint and extremely tenuous plasma in the far outskirts of galaxy clusters, the circumgalactic media of normal galaxies, and filaments of the cosmic web remain…

Authors: Štofanová, Simionescu, Wijers, Schaye, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.515.3162S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1854

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.10069

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01/09/2022 - High-Energy

Detection of an unidentified soft X-ray emission feature in NGC 5548

Context. NGC 5548 is an X-ray bright Seyfert 1 active galaxy. It exhibits a variety of spectroscopic features in the soft X-ray band, in particular including the absorption by the…

Authors: Gu, Mao, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Pinto, Grafton-Waters, Bianchi, Landt, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, Ebrero, Petrucci, Behar, di Gesu, De Marco, Matt, Mitchell, Peretz, Ursini, Ward

Bibcode: 2022A&A...665A..93G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244075

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.09114

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01/09/2022 - High-Energy

Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227. III. Photoionization modeling of the...

Context. A growing number of transient X-ray obscuration events in type I active galactic nuclei suggest that our line of sight to the central engine is not always free. Multiple…

Authors: Mao, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Kriss, Wang, Grafton-Waters, Branduardi-Raymont, Pinto, Landt, Walton, Costantini, Di Gesu, Bianchi, Petrucci, De Marco, Ponti, Fukazawa, Ebrero, Behar

Bibcode: 2022A&A...665A..72M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142637

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2204.06813

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01/09/2022 - High-Energy

Diffuse radio emission from non-Planck galaxy clusters in the LoTSS-DR2 fields

Context. The presence of large-scale magnetic fields and ultra-relativistic electrons in the intra-cluster medium (ICM) is confirmed through the detection of diffuse radio synchrotron sources, so-called radio halos and relics.…

Authors: Hoang, Brüggen, Botteon, Shimwell, Zhang, Bonafede, Bruno, Bonnassieux, Cassano, Cuciti, Drabent, de Gasperin, Gastaldello, Di Gennaro, Hoeft, Jones, Pignataro, Röttgering, Simionescu, van Weeren

Bibcode: 2022A&A...665A..60H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243105

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.04666

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01/08/2022 - High-Energy

10 Yr Transformation of the Obscuring Wind in NGC 5548

A decade ago, the archetypal Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 5548 was discovered to have undergone major spectral changes. The soft X-ray flux had dropped by a factor of 30 while new…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Costantini, Gu, Kaastra, Landt, Mao

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...934L..24M

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac822f

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.09464

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01/08/2022 - High-Energy

Mitigation of the Magnetic Field Susceptibility of Transition-Edge Sensors Using a Superconducting Groundplane

Transition-edge-sensor (TES) microcalorimeters and bolometers are used for a variety of applications. The sensors are based on the steep temperature-dependent resistance of the normal-to-superconducting transition, and are thus intrinsically sensitive…

Authors: de Wit, Gottardi, Ridder, Nagayoshi, Taralli, Akamatsu, Vaccaro, den Herder, Bruijn, Gao

Bibcode: 2022PhRvP..18b4066D

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.024066

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2208.10775

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01/08/2022 - High-Energy

Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in the...

We present a targeted search for continuous gravitational waves (GWs) from 236 pulsars using data from the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo (O3) combined with data from the…

Authors: Abbott, Abe, Acernese, Ackley, Adhikari, Adhikari, Adkins, Adya, Affeldt, Agarwal, Agathos, Agatsuma, Aggarwal, Aguiar, Aiello, Ain, Ajith, Akutsu, Albanesi, Alfaidi, Allocca, Altin, Amato, Anand, Anand, Ananyeva, Anderson, Anderson, Ando, Andrade,…

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...935....1A

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6acf

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2111.13106

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01/08/2022 - High-Energy

X-ray spectra of the Fe-L complex. III. Systematic uncertainties in atomic data

There has been a growing request from the X-ray astronomy community for a quantitative estimate of systematic uncertainties originating from the atomic data used in plasma codes. Though there have…

Authors: Gu, Shah, Mao, Raassen, de Plaa, Pinto, Akamatsu, Werner, Simionescu, Mernier, Sawada, Mohanty, Amaro, Gu, Porter, López-Urrutia, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2022A&A...664A..62G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039943

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.07134

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01/08/2022 - Exoplanets

Juno Spacecraft Measurements of Jupiter’s Gravity Imply a Dilute Core

The Juno spacecraft measured Jupiter’s gravity field and determined the even and odd zonal harmonics, J n , with unprecedented precision. However, interpreting these observations has been a challenge because…

Authors: Militzer, Hubbard, Wahl, Lunine, Galanti, Kaspi, Miguel, Guillot, Moore, Parisi, Connerney, Helled, Cao, Mankovich, Stevenson, Park, Wong, Atreya, Anderson, Bolton

Bibcode: 2022PSJ.....3..185M

DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac7ec8

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01/08/2022 - Exoplanets

K2 and Spitzer phase curves of the rocky ultra-short-period planet K2-141 b...

K2-141 b is a transiting, small (1.5 R⊕) ultra-short-period (USP) planet discovered by the Kepler space telescope orbiting a K-dwarf host star every 6.7 h. The planet’s high surface temperature…

Authors: Zieba, Zilinskas, Kreidberg, Nguyen, Miguel, Cowan, Pierrehumbert, Carone, Dang, Hammond, Louden, Lupu, Malavolta, Stevenson

Bibcode: 2022A&A...664A..79Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142912

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.00370

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01/07/2022 - High-Energy

The Coma Cluster at LOFAR Frequencies. II. The Halo, Relic, and a...

We present LOw Frequency ARray observations of the Coma Cluster field at 144 MHz. The cluster hosts one of the most famous radio halos, a relic, and a low surface…

Authors: Bonafede, Brunetti, Rudnick, Vazza, Bourdin, Giovannini, Shimwell, Zhang, Mazzotta, Simionescu, Biava, Bonnassieux, Brienza, Brüggen, Rajpurohit, Riseley, Stuardi, Feretti, Tasse, Botteon, Carretti, Cassano, Cuciti, de Gasperin, Gastaldello, Rossetti, Rottgering, Venturi, van…

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...933..218B

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac721d

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.01958

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01/07/2022 - Exoplanets

A target list for searching for habitable exomoons

We investigate the habitability of hypothetical moons orbiting known exoplanets. This study focuses on big, rocky exomoons that are capable of maintaining a significant atmosphere. To determine their habitability, we…

Authors: Dobos, Haris, Kamp, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.513.5290D

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1180

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2204.11614

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01/07/2022 - Exoplanets

Dents in the Veil: protostellar feedback in Orion

Context. Interest in stellar feedback has recently increased because new studies suggest that radiative and mechanical feedback from young massive stars significantly regulates the physical and chemical composition of the…

Authors: Kavak, Bally, Goicoechea, Pabst, van der Tak, Tielens

Bibcode: 2022A&A...663A.117K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243332

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.12025

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01/06/2022 - Exoplanets

Bandwidth of a 4.7 THz beam multiplexer based on Fourier grating

We present an analysis of the bandwidth of an asymmetric 8-beam Fourier grating as the beam multiplexer for a 4.7 THz local oscillator used in a heterodyne receiver. We take…

Authors: Gan, Mirzaei, Silva, Laauwen, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2022JOpt...24f4006G

DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/ac62e9

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01/06/2022 - Exoplanets

Jupiter’s inhomogeneous envelope

Context. While Jupiter’s massive gas envelope consists mainly of hydrogen and helium, the key to understanding Jupiter’s formation and evolution lies in the distribution of the remaining (heavy) elements. Before…

Authors: Miguel, Bazot, Guillot, Howard, Galanti, Kaspi, Hubbard, Militzer, Helled, Atreya, Connerney, Durante, Kulowski, Lunine, Stevenson, Bolton

Bibcode: 2022A&A...662A..18M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243207

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.01866

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01/06/2022 - Exoplanets

Convolutional neural networks as an alternative to Bayesian retrievals for interpreting exoplanet...

Context. Exoplanet observations are currently analysed with Bayesian retrieval techniques to constrain physical and chemical properties of their atmospheres. Due to the computational load of the models used to analyse…

Authors: Ardévol Martínez, Min, Kamp, Palmer

Bibcode: 2022A&A...662A.108A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142976

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.01236

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01/05/2022 - High-Energy

Acceleration and cooling of the corona during X-ray flares from the Seyfert...

We report on X-ray flares that were observed from the active galactic nucleus I Zwicky 1 (I Zw 1) in 2020 January by the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observatories. The X-ray…

Authors: Wilkins, Gallo, Costantini, Brandt, Blandford

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.512..761W

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac416

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.06958

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01/05/2022 - High-Energy

The galaxy group NGC 507: Newly detected AGN remnant plasma transported by sloshing

Jets from active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known to recurrently enrich their surrounding medium with mildly relativistic particles and magnetic fields. Here, we present a detailed multi-frequency analysis of the…

Authors: Brienza, Lovisari, Rajpurohit, Bonafede, Gastaldello, Murgia, Vazza, Bonnassieux, Botteon, Brunetti, Drabent, Hardcastle, Pasini, Riseley, Röttgering, Shimwell, Simionescu, van Weeren

Bibcode: 2022A&A...661A..92B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142579

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.04591

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01/05/2022 - High-Energy

UV Counterpart of an X-Ray Ultrafast Outflow in IRAS 17020+4544

We report on the discovery of a UV absorption counterpart of a low-ionization X-ray ultrafast outflow (UFO) in the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy IRAS 17020+4544. This UV signature of the…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Krongold, Longinotti, Costantini, Gupta, Mathur, Nicastro, Panessa, Som

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...930..166M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac5681

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.08405

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01/05/2022 - Exoplanets

Revelations on Jupiter’s formation, evolution and interior: Challenges from Juno results

The Juno mission has revolutionized and challenged our understanding of Jupiter. As Juno transitioned into its extended mission, we review the major findings of Jupiter’s internal structure relevant to understanding…

Authors: Helled, Stevenson, Lunine, Bolton, Nettelmann, Atreya, Guillot, Militzer, Miguel, Hubbard

Bibcode: 2022Icar..37814937H

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114937

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.10041

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01/05/2022 - Exoplanets

Observability of evaporating lava worlds

Lava worlds belong to a class of short orbital period planets reaching dayside temperatures high enough to melt their silicate crust. Theory predicts that the resulting lava oceans outgas their…

Authors: Zilinskas, van Buchem, Miguel, Louca, Lupu, Zieba, van Westrenen

Bibcode: 2022A&A...661A.126Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142984

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.04759

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01/04/2022 - Exoplanets

A retrieval challenge exercise for the Ariel mission

The Ariel mission, due to launch in 2029, will obtain spectroscopic information for 1000 exoplanets, providing an unprecedented opportunity for comparative exoplanetology. Retrieval codes – parameteric atmospheric models coupled with…

Authors: Barstow, Changeat, Chubb, Cubillos, Edwards, MacDonald, Min, Waldmann

Bibcode: 2022ExA....53..447B

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09821-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2203.00482

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01/04/2022 - Exoplanets

Exploring the link between star and planet formation with Ariel

The goal of the Ariel space mission is to observe a large and diversified population of transiting planets around a range of host star types to collect information on their…

Authors: Turrini, Codella, Danielski, Fedele, Fonte, Garufi, Guarcello, Helled, Ikoma, Kama, Kimura, Kruijssen, Maldonado, Miguel, Molinari, Nikolaou, Oliva, Panić, Pignatari, Podio, Rickman, Schisano, Shibata, Vazan, Wolkenberg

Bibcode: 2022ExA....53..225T

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09754-4

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2108.11869

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01/04/2022 - Exoplanets

Breaking Orion’s Veil with fossil outflows

Context. The role of feedback in the self-regulation of star formation is a fundamental question in astrophysics. The Orion Nebula is the nearest site of ongoing and recent massive star…

Authors: Kavak, Goicoechea, Pabst, Bally, van der Tak, Tielens

Bibcode: 2022A&A...660A.109K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141367

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.04711

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01/04/2022 - Exoplanets

Chemical variation with altitude and longitude on exo-Neptunes: Predictions for Ariel phase-curve observations

Using two-dimensional (2D) thermal structure models and pseudo-2D chemical kinetics models, we explore how atmospheric temperatures and composition change as a function of altitude and longitude within the equatorial regions…

Authors: Moses, Tremblin, Venot, Miguel

Bibcode: 2022ExA....53..279M

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09749-1

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2103.07023

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01/04/2022 - High-Energy

The cycle of metals in the infalling elliptical galaxy NGC 1404

Hot atmospheres pervading galaxy clusters, groups, and early-type galaxies are rich in metals, produced during epochs and diffused via processes that are still to be determined. While this enrichment has…

Authors: Mernier, Werner, Su, Pinto, Grossová, Simionescu, Iodice, Sarzi, Görgei

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.511.3159M

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac253

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.05161

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01/04/2022 - High-Energy

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky. I. LoTSS-DR2: New detections and...

Context. Relativistic electrons and magnetic fields permeate the intra-cluster medium (ICM) and manifest themselves as diffuse sources of synchrotron emission observable at radio wavelengths, namely radio halos and radio relics.…

Authors: Botteon, Shimwell, Cassano, Cuciti, Zhang, Bruno, Camillini, Natale, Jones, Gastaldello, Simionescu, Rossetti, Akamatsu, van Weeren, Brunetti, Brüggen, Groeneveld, Hoang, Hardcastle, Ignesti, Di Gennaro, Bonafede, Drabent, Röttgering, Hoeft, de Gasperin

Bibcode: 2022A&A...660A..78B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202143020

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.11720

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01/04/2022 - High-Energy

Probing Multiphase Gas in Local Massive Elliptical Galaxies via Multiwavelength Observations

We investigate the cold and warm gas content, kinematics, and spatial distribution of six local massive elliptical galaxies to probe the origin of the multiphase gas in their atmospheres. We…

Authors: Temi, Gaspari, Brighenti, Werner, Grossova, Gitti, Sun, Amblard, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...928..150T

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac5036

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.09330

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01/04/2022 - Exoplanets

Ariel planetary interiors White Paper

The recently adopted Ariel ESA mission will measure the atmospheric composition of a large number of exoplanets. This information will then be used to better constrain planetary bulk compositions. While…

Authors: Helled, Werner, Dorn, Guillot, Ikoma, Ito, Kama, Lichtenberg, Miguel, Shorttle, Tackley, Valencia, Vazan

Bibcode: 2022ExA....53..323H

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09739-3

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2103.08481

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01/03/2022 - Exoplanets

Investigating the detectability of hydrocarbons in exoplanet atmospheres with JWST

Aims: We investigate at what abundances various hydrocarbon molecules (e.g. acetylene (C2H2), ethylene (C2H4), and methane (CH4)) become detectable when observing the atmospheres of various planets using the James Webb…

Authors: Gasman, Min, Chubb

Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A.114G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141468

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2202.01151

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01/03/2022 - High-Energy

Spectral-timing of AGN ionized outflows with Athena

Spectral-timing techniques have proven valuable in studying the interplay between the X-ray corona and the accretion disc in variable active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Under certain conditions, photoionized outflows emerging from…

Authors: Juráňová, Costantini, Uttley

Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.510.4225J

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab3731

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.02640

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01/03/2022 - High-Energy

The sharp ALMA view of infall and outflow in the massive protocluster G31.41+0.31

Context. To better understand the formation of high-mass stars, it is fundamental to investigate how matter accretes onto young massive stars, how it is ejected, and how all this differs…

Authors: Beltrán, Rivilla, Cesaroni, Galli, Moscadelli, Ahmadi, Beuther, Etoka, Goddi, Klaassen, Kuiper, Kumar, Lorenzani, Peters, Sánchez-Monge, Schilke, van der Tak, Vig

Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A..81B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142703

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.10438

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01/02/2022 - Exoplanets

Self-consistent modelling of the dust component in protoplanetary and circumplanetary disks: the...

Context. Direct observations of young stellar objects are important to test established theories of planet formation. PDS 70 is one of the few cases where robust evidence favours the presence…

Authors: Portilla-Revelo, Kamp, Rab, van Dishoeck, Keppler, Min, Muro-Arena

Bibcode: 2022A&A...658A..89P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141764

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2111.08648

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01/02/2022 - Exoplanets

A population of transition disks around evolved stars: Fingerprints of planets. Catalog...

Context. Post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binaries are surrounded by massive disks of gas and dust that are similar to the protoplanetary disks that are known to surround young stars. Aims:…

Authors: Kluska, Van Winckel, Coppée, Oomen, Dsilva, Kamath, Bujarrabal, Min

Bibcode: 2022A&A...658A..36K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141690

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.13155

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01/01/2022 - High-Energy

Changing-look Event in NGC 3516: Continuum or Obscuration Variability?

The Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 3516 has undergone major spectral changes in recent years. In 2017 we obtained Chandra, NuSTAR, and Swift observations during its new low-flux state. Using these observations,…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Brenneman, Costantini, Kaastra, Branduardi-Raymont, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Mao

Bibcode: 2022ApJ...925...84M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac42ca

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2112.06297

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01/01/2022 - High-Energy

Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227. II. Warm absorbers and obscuration...

The relationship between warm absorber (WA) outflows of active galactic nuclei and nuclear obscuration activities caused by optically thick clouds (obscurers) crossing the line of sight is still unclear. NGC…

Authors: Wang, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Mao, Costantini, Kriss, Pinto, Ponti, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, De Marco, Grafton-Waters, Petrucci, Ebrero, Walton, Kaspi, Xue, Paltani, di Gesu, He

Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A..77W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141599

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2110.07861

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01/01/2022 - High-Energy

Uncertainties in Atomic Data for Modeling Astrophysical Charge Exchange Plasmas

Relevant uncertainties of theoretical atomic data are vital to determining the accuracy of plasma diagnostics in a number of areas, including, in particular, the astrophysical study. We present a new…

Authors: Gu, Shah, Zhang

Bibcode: 2022Senso..22..752G

DOI: 10.3390/s22030752

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.06146

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01/12/2021 - High-Energy

A snapshot of the oldest active galactic nuclei feedback phases

Active galactic nuclei inject large amounts of energy into their host galaxies and surrounding environment, shaping their properties and evolution1,2. In particular, active-galactic-nuclei jets inflate cosmic-ray lobes, which can rise…

Authors: Brienza, Shimwell, de Gasperin, Bikmaev, Bonafede, Botteon, Brüggen, Brunetti, Burenin, Capetti, Churazov, Hardcastle, Khabibullin, Lyskova, Röttgering, Sunyaev, van Weeren, Gastaldello, Mandal, Purser, Simionescu, Tasse

Bibcode: 2021NatAs...5.1261B

DOI: 10.1038/s41550-021-01491-0

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2110.09189

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01/12/2021 - High-Energy

Deep Chandra observations of merging galaxy cluster ZwCl 2341+0000

Context. Knowledge of X-ray shock and radio relic connection in merging galaxy clusters has been greatly extended in terms of both observation and theory over the last decade. ZwCl 2341+0000…

Authors: Zhang, Simionescu, Stuardi, van Weeren, Intema, Akamatsu, de Plaa, Kaastra, Bonafede, Brüggen, ZuHone, Ichinohe

Bibcode: 2021A&A...656A..59Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141540

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2110.02094

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01/12/2021 - High-Energy

A 3.5 Mpc long radio relic in the galaxy cluster ClG 0217+70

Context. Megaparsec-scale radio sources in the form of halos and relics are often detected in dynamically disturbed galaxy clusters. Although they are associated with merger-induced turbulence and shocks, respectively, their…

Authors: Hoang, Zhang, Stuardi, Shimwell, Bonafede, Brüggen, Brunetti, Botteon, Cassano, de Gasperin, Di Gennaro, Hoeft, Intema, Rajpurohit, Röttgering, Simionescu, van Weeren

Bibcode: 2021A&A...656A.154H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141428

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2106.00679

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01/12/2021 - Exoplanets

Implementation of disequilibrium chemistry to spectral retrieval code ARCiS and application to...

Context. The retrieval approach is currently a standard method for deriving atmospheric properties from observed spectra of exoplanets. However, the approach ignores disequilibrium chemistry in most current retrieval codes, which…

Authors: Kawashima, Min

Bibcode: 2021A&A...656A..90K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141548

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2110.13443

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01/11/2021 - High-Energy

New radiative loss curve from updates to collisional excitation in the low-density,...

Understanding and modelling astrophysical plasmas on atomic levels while taking into account various assumptions (for example, collisional ionisation equilibrium or photoionisation equilibrium) became essential with the progress of high-resolution X-ray…

Authors: Štofanová, Kaastra, Mehdipour, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2021A&A...655A...2S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037768

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2109.04184

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01/11/2021 - High-Energy

Demonstration of MHz frequency domain multiplexing readout of 37 transition edge sensors...

We report on the development and demonstration of MHz frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) technology to readout arrays of cryogenic transition edge sensor (TES) x-ray microcalorimeters. In our FDM scheme, TESs…

Authors: Akamatsu, Vaccaro, Gottardi, van der Kuur, de Vries, Kiviranta, Ravensberg, D'Andrea, Taralli, de Wit, Bruijn, van der Hulst, den Hartog, van Leeuwen, van der Linden, McCalden, Nagayoshi, Nieuwenhuizen, Ridder, Visser,…

Bibcode: 2021ApPhL.119r2601A

DOI: 10.1063/5.0066240

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2111.01797

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01/11/2021 - Exoplanets

Low noise MgB2 hot electron bolometer mixer operated at 5.3 THz and...

We have demonstrated a low noise superconducting MgB2 hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer working at the frequency of 5.3 terahertz (THz) with 20 K operation temperature. The bolometer consists of…

Authors: Gan, Mirzaei, Silva, Chang, Cherednichenko, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2021ApPhL.119t2601G

DOI: 10.1063/5.0070153

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01/11/2021 - Exoplanets

Frequency division multiplexing readout of 60 low-noise transition-edge sensor bolometers

We demonstrate multiplexing readout of 60 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers operating at 90 mK using a frequency division multiplexing readout chain with bias frequencies ranging from 1 to 3.5…

Authors: Wang, Khosropanah, van der Kuur, de Lange, Audley, Aminaei, Ridder, van der Linden, Bruijn, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2021ApPhL.119r2602W

DOI: 10.1063/5.0065570

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01/11/2021 - Low-Energy

The formation of planetary systems with SPICA

In this era of spatially resolved observations of planet-forming disks with Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and large ground-based telescopes such as the Very Large Telescope (VLT), Keck, and Subaru,…

Authors: Kamp, Honda, Nomura, Audard, Fedele, Waters, Aikawa, Banzatti, Bowey, Bradford, Dominik, Furuya, Habart, Ishihara, Johnstone, Kennedy, Kim, Kral, Lai, Larsson, McClure, Miotello, Momose, Nakagawa, Naylor, Nisini, Notsu, Onaka, Pantin, Podio,…

Bibcode: 2021PASA...38...55K

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2021.31

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2106.13782

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01/10/2021 - High-Energy

Origin of metals in old Milky Way halo stars based on GALAH...

Stellar and supernova nucleosynthesis in the first few billion years of the cosmic history have set the scene for early structure formation in the Universe, while little is known about…

Authors: Ishigaki, Hartwig, Tarumi, Leung, Tominaga, Kobayashi, Magg, Simionescu, Nomoto

Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.506.5410I

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1982

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.04194

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01/10/2021 - High-Energy

Impact of the Absorber-Coupling Design for Transition-Edge-Sensor X-Ray Calorimeters

Transition-edge sensors (TESs) are the selected technology for future spaceborne x-ray observatories, such as Athena, Lynx, and HUBS. These missions demand thousands of pixels to be operated simultaneously with high…

Authors: de Wit, Gottardi, Taralli, Nagayoshi, Ridder, Akamatsu, Bruijn, Hoogeveen, van der Kuur, Ravensberg, Vaccaro, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2021PhRvP..16d4059D

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.044059

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.09552

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01/09/2021 - High-Energy

Elemental Abundances of the Hot Atmosphere of Luminous Infrared Galaxy Arp 299

Hot atmospheres of massive galaxies are enriched with metals. Elemental abundances measured in the X-ray band have been used to study the chemical enrichment of supernova remnants, elliptical galaxies, groups,…

Authors: Mao, Zhou, Simionescu, Su, Fukazawa, Gu, Akamatsu, Zhu, de Plaa, Mernier, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2021ApJ...918L..17M

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac1945

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.14500

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01/08/2021 - High-Energy

Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227. I. Continuum model for the...

From Swift monitoring of a sample of active galactic nuclei (AGN) we found a transient X-ray obscuration event in Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 3227, and thus triggered our joint XMM-Newton, NuSTAR,…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kriss, Kaastra, Wang, Mao, Costantini, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Brotherton, Cappi, De Marco, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Grafton-Waters, Kaspi, Matt, Paltani, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti, Ursini, Walton

Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A.150M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141324

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2106.14957

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01/08/2021 - High-Energy

A shock near the virial radius of the Perseus Cluster

Context. Previous X-ray studies of the Perseus Cluster, consisting of 85 Suzaku pointings along eight azimuthal directions, revealed a particularly steep decrease in the projected temperature profile near the virial…

Authors: Zhu, Simionescu, Akamatsu, Zhang, Kaastra, de Plaa, Urban, Allen, Werner

Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A.147Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140673

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.01663

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01/07/2021 - High-Energy

Light bending and X-ray echoes from behind a supermassive black hole

The innermost regions of accretion disks around black holes are strongly irradiated by X-rays that are emitted from a highly variable, compact corona, in the immediate vicinity of the black…

Authors: Wilkins, Gallo, Costantini, Brandt, Blandford

Bibcode: 2021Natur.595..657W

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03667-0

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.13555

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01/07/2021 - High-Energy

Frequency shift algorithm: Design of a baseband phase locked loop for frequency-domain...

The Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) is an extremely sensitive device, which is used to measure the energy of individual x-ray photons. For astronomical spectrometry applications, SRON develops a frequency domain multiplexing…

Authors: van der Hulst, van der Kuur, Nieuwenhuizen, Vaccaro, Akamatsu, van Winden, van Leeuwen, den Herder

Bibcode: 2021RScI...92g3101V

DOI: 10.1063/5.0044968

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.02754

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01/06/2021 - High-Energy

Gamma-ray astrophysics in the MeV range

The energy range between about 100 keV and 1 GeV is of interest for a vast class of astrophysical topics. In particular, (1) it is the missing ingredient for understanding…

Authors: De Angelis, Tatischeff, Argan, Brandt, Bulgarelli, Bykov, Costantini, Curado da Silva, Grenier, Hanlon, Hartmann, Hernanz, Kanbach, Kuvvetli, Laurent, Mazziotta, McEnery, Morselli, Nakazawa, Oberlack, Pearce, Rico, Tavani, Ballmoos, Walter, Wu, Zane,…

Bibcode: 2021ExA....51.1225D

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09706-y

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2102.02460

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01/06/2021 - Exoplanets

Bringing high spatial resolution to the far-infrared

The far-infrared (FIR) regime is one of the wavelength ranges where no astronomical data with sub-arcsecond spatial resolution exist. None of the medium-term satellite projects like SPICA, Millimetron, or the…

Authors: Linz, Beuther, Gerin, Goicoechea, Helmich, Krause, Liu, Molinari, Ossenkopf-Okada, Pineda, Sauvage, Schinnerer, van der Tak, Wiedner, Amiaux, Bhatia, Buinhas, Durand, Förstner, Graf, Lezius

Bibcode: 2021ExA....51..661L

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09719-7

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01/06/2021 - Exoplanets

Multi-wavelength VLTI study of the puffed-up inner rim of a circumbinary disc

Context. The presence of stable, compact circumbinary discs of gas and dust around post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binary systems has been well established. We focus on one such system, IRAS…

Authors: Corporaal, Kluska, Van Winckel, Bollen, Kamath, Min

Bibcode: 2021A&A...650L..13C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141154

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2106.01955

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01/06/2021 - High-Energy

Voyage through the hidden physics of the cosmic web

The majority of the ordinary matter in the local Universe has been heated by strong structure formation shocks and resides in a largely unexplored hot, diffuse, X-ray emitting plasma that…

Authors: Simionescu, Ettori, Werner, Nagai, Vazza, Akamatsu, Pinto, de Plaa, Wijers, Nelson, Pointecouteau, Pratt, Spiga, Vacanti, Lau, Rossetti, Gastaldello, Biffi, Bulbul, Collon, Herder, Eckert, Fraternali, Mingo, Pareschi, Pezzulli, Reiprich, Schaye, Walker,…

Bibcode: 2021ExA....51.1043S

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09720-0

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1908.01778

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01/06/2021 - High-Energy

Substructures in the core of Abell 2319

We analysed the deep archival Chandra observations of the high-temperature galaxy cluster Abell 2319 to investigate the prominent cold front in its core. The main sharp arc of the front…

Authors: Ichinohe, Simionescu, Werner, Markevitch, Wang

Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.504.2800I

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1060

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2011.11227

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01/06/2021 - High-Energy

The Metal Content of the Hot Atmospheres of Galaxy Groups

Galaxy groups host the majority of matter and more than half of all the galaxies in the Universe. Their hot (107 K), X-ray emitting intra-group medium (IGrM) reveals emission lines…

Authors: Gastaldello, Simionescu, Mernier, Biffi, Gaspari, Sato, Matsushita

Bibcode: 2021Univ....7..208G

DOI: 10.3390/universe7070208

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2106.13258

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01/06/2021 - High-Energy

The high energy Universe at ultra-high resolution: the power and promise of...

We propose the development of X-ray interferometry (XRI), to reveal the Universe at high energies with ultra-high spatial resolution. With baselines which can be accommodated on a single spacecraft, XRI…

Authors: Uttley, Hartog, Bambi, Barret, Bianchi, Bursa, Cappi, Casella, Cash, Costantini, Dauser, Trigo, Gendreau, Grinberg, Herder, Ingram, Kara, Markoff, Mingo, Panessa, Poppenhäger, RóŻańska, Svoboda, Wijers, Willingale, Wilms, Wise

Bibcode: 2021ExA....51.1081U

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09724-w

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1908.03144

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01/05/2021 - High-Energy

The Merger Dynamics of the Galaxy Cluster A1775: New Insights from Chandra...

We present a new study of the merger dynamics of A1775 by analyzing the high-quality Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data. We confirm/identify an arc-shaped edge (i.e., the head) at ∼48…

Authors: Hu, Xu, Zhu, Shan, Zhu, Fan, Zhao, Liu, Siew, Zhang, Gu, Johnston-Hollitt, Kang, Tan, Chang, Wu

Bibcode: 2021ApJ...913....8H

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abf09e

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2103.03382

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01/05/2021 - High-Energy

Broadband X-ray spectra and timing of the accreting millisecond pulsar Swift J1756.9-2508...

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar Swift J1756.9-2508 launched into an outburst in April 2018 and June 2019 – 8.7 years after the previous period of activity. We investigated the temporal,…

Authors: Li, Kuiper, Falanga, Poutanen, Tsygankov, Galloway, Bozzo, Pan, Huang, Zhang, Zhang

Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A..76L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140360

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2102.11687

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01/05/2021 - Exoplanets

The role of planetary interior in the long-term evolution of atmospheric CO2...

Context. The long-term carbonate silicate cycle plays an important role in the evolution of Earth’s climate and, therefore, may also be an important mechanism in the evolution of the climates…

Authors: Oosterloo, Höning, Kamp, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A..15O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039664

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2103.09505

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01/05/2021 - Exoplanets

Cloud property trends in hot and ultra-hot giant gas planets (WASP-43b, WASP-103b,...

Context. Ultra-hot Jupiters are the hottest exoplanets that have been discovered so far. Observations begin to provide insight into the composition of their extended atmospheres and their chemical day/night asymmetries.…

Authors: Helling, Lewis, Samra, Carone, Graham, Herbort, Chubb, Min, Waters, Parmentier, Mayne

Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A..44H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039911

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2102.11688

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01/04/2021 - High-Energy

Fragmentation in the massive G31.41+0.31 protocluster

Context. ALMA observations at 1.4 mm and ~0.”2 (~750 au) angular resolution of the Main core in the high-mass star-forming region G31.41+0.31 have revealed a puzzling scenario. On the one…

Authors: Beltrán, Rivilla, Cesaroni, Maud, Galli, Moscadelli, Lorenzani, Ahmadi, Beuther, Csengeri, Etoka, Goddi, Klaassen, Kuiper, Kumar, Peters, Sánchez-Monge, Schilke, van der Tak, Vig, Zinnecker

Bibcode: 2021A&A...648A.100B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040121

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2103.04953

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01/04/2021 - Low-Energy

Mid-IR cosmological spectrophotometric surveys from space: Measuring AGN and star formation at...

We use the SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) project as a template to demonstrate how deep spectrophotometric surveys covering large cosmological volumes over extended fields (1–$15, rm{deg^2}$)…

Authors: Spinoglio, Mordini, Fernández-Ontiveros, Alonso-Herrero, Armus, Bisigello, Calura, Carrera, Cooray, Dannerbauer, Decarli, Egami, Elbaz, Franceschini, González Alfonso, Graziani, Gruppioni, Hatziminaoglou, Kaneda, Kohno, Labiano, Magdis, Malkan, Matsuhara, Nagao, Naylor, Pereira-Santaella, Pozzi, Rodighiero,…

Bibcode: 2021PASA...38...21S

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2021.13

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2103.03584

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01/04/2021 - Low-Energy

Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as...

Context. Water is a key molecule in the physics and chemistry of star and planet formation, but it is difficult to observe from Earth. The Herschel Space Observatory provided unprecedented…

Authors: van Dishoeck, Kristensen, Mottram, Benz, Bergin, Caselli, Herpin, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, Liseau, Nisini, Tafalla, van der Tak, Wyrowski, Baudry, Benedettini, Bjerkeli, Blake, Braine, Bruderer, Cabrit, Cernicharo, Choi, Coutens, de Graauw, Dominik,…

Bibcode: 2021A&A...648A..24V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039084

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2102.02225

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01/03/2021 - High-Energy

Measurement of n-resolved State-selective Charge Exchange in Ne(8,9)+ Collision with He and H2

Charge exchange between highly charged ions and neutral atoms and molecules has been considered as one of the important mechanisms controlling soft X-ray emissions in many astrophysical objects and environments.…

Authors: Xu, Xu, Zhang, Zhu, Feng, Gu, Liang, Guo, Gao, Zhao, Zhang, Su, Ma

Bibcode: 2021ApJS..253...13X

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/abd020

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2105.04438

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01/03/2021 - Exoplanets

The inner circumstellar dust of the red supergiant Antares as seen with VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL

The processes by which red supergiants lose mass are not fully understood thus-far and their mass-loss rates lack theoretical constraints. The ambient surroundings of the nearby M0.5 Iab star Antares…

Authors: Cannon, Montargès, de Koter, Decin, Min, Lagadec, Kervella, Sundqvist, Sana

Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.502..369C

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab018

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2101.02785

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01/02/2021 - Exoplanets

The ExoMolOP database: Cross sections and k-tables for molecules of interest in...

Here we present a publicly available database of opacities for molecules of astrophysical interest named ExoMolOP that has been compiled for over 80 species, and is based on the latest…

Authors: Chubb, Rocchetto, Yurchenko, Min, Waldmann, Barstow, Mollière, Al-Refaie, Phillips, Tennyson

Bibcode: 2021A&A...646A..21C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038350

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.00687

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01/02/2021 - High-Energy

X-ray study of Abell 3365 with XMM-Newton

We present an X-ray spectral analysis using XMM-Newton/EPIC observations (∼100 ks) of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 3365 (z = 0.093). Previous radio observations suggested the presence of a peripheral…

Authors: Urdampilleta, Simionescu, Kaastra, Zhang, Di Gennaro, Mernier, de Plaa, Brunetti

Bibcode: 2021A&A...646A..95U

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937160

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01/02/2021 - High-Energy

Timing Calibration of the NuSTAR X-Ray Telescope

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission is the first focusing X-ray telescope in the hard X-ray (3-79 keV) band. Among the phenomena that can be studied in this energy…

Authors: Bachetti, Markwardt, Grefenstette, Gotthelf, Kuiper, Barret, Cook, Davis, Fürst, Forster, Harrison, Madsen, Miyasaka, Roberts, Tomsick, Walton

Bibcode: 2021ApJ...908..184B

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd1d6

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.10347

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01/02/2021 - High-Energy

UV and X-ray observations of the neutron star LMXB EXO 0748-676 in...

The accretion behaviour in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) at low luminosities, especially at <1034 erg s-1, is not well known. This is an important regime to study to obtain a…

Authors: Parikh, Degenaar, Hernández Santisteban, Wijnands, Psaradaki, Costantini, Modiano, Miller

Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.501.1453P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3734

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01/02/2021 - High-Energy

A Study of Gas Entropy Profiles of 47 Galaxy Clusters and Groups...

Some observations, such as those presented in Walker et al., show that the observed entropy profiles of the intracluster medium (ICM) deviate from the power-law prediction of adiabatic simulations. This…

Authors: Zhu, Xu, Hu, Shan, Zhu, Fan, Zhao, Gu, Wu

Bibcode: 2021ApJ...908...17Z

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abd327

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2101.05947

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01/02/2021 - Exoplanets

Evidence for chromium hydride in the atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-31b

Context. The characterisation of exoplanet atmospheres has shown a wide diversity of compositions. Hot Jupiters have the appropriate temperatures to host metallic compounds, which should be detectable through transmission spectroscopy.…

Authors: Braam, van der Tak, Chubb, Min

Bibcode: 2021A&A...646A..17B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039509

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2011.10558

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01/01/2021 - Low-Energy

Diagnosing the interstellar medium of galaxies with far-infrared emission lines. I. The...

Context. Atomic fine structure lines have been detected in the local Universe and at high redshifts over the past decades. The [C II] emission line at 158 μm is an…

Authors: Ramos Padilla, Wang, Ploeckinger, van der Tak, Trager

Bibcode: 2021A&A...645A.133R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038207

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2011.13441

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01/01/2021 - Exoplanets

Search for radio jets from massive young stellar objects. Association of radio...

Context. Recent theoretical and observational studies debate the similarities of the formation process of high- (>8 M⊙) and low-mass stars. The formation of low-mass stars is directly associated with the…

Authors: Kavak, Sánchez-Monge, López-Sepulcre, Cesaroni, van der Tak, Moscadelli, Beltrán, Schilke

Bibcode: 2021A&A...645A..29K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037652

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2011.14729

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01/01/2021 - High-Energy

The hot interstellar medium towards 4U 1820-30: a Bayesian analysis

Context. High-ionisation lines in the soft X-ray band are generally associated to either interstellar hot gas along the line of sight or to photoionised gas intrinsic to the source. In…

Authors: Rogantini, Costantini, Mehdipour, Kuiper, Ranalli, Waters

Bibcode: 2021A&A...645A..98R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037773

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2012.01381

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01/01/2021 - High-Energy

The Coma Cluster at LOw Frequency ARray Frequencies. I. Insights into Particle...

Radio synchrotron emission from the bridges of low-density gas connecting galaxy clusters and groups is a challenge for particle acceleration processes. In this work, we analyze the Coma radio bridge…

Authors: Bonafede, Brunetti, Vazza, Simionescu, Giovannini, Bonnassieux, Shimwell, Brüggen, van Weeren, Botteon, Brienza, Cassano, Drabent, Feretti, de Gasperin, Gastaldello, di Gennaro, Rossetti, Rottgering, Stuardi, Venturi

Bibcode: 2021ApJ...907...32B

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abcb8f

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2011.08856

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01/12/2020 - Exoplanets

Re-analysis of the 267 GHz ALMA observations of Venus. No statistically significant...

Context. ALMA observations of Venus at 267 GHz that show the apparent presence of phosphine (PH3) in its atmosphere have been presented in the literature. Phosphine currently has no evident…

Authors: Snellen, Guzman-Ramirez, Hogerheijde, Hygate, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2020A&A...644L...2S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039717

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2010.09761

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01/12/2020 - Exoplanets

Planet formation and disc mass dependence in a pebble-driven scenario for low-mass stars

Measured disc masses seem to be too low to form the observed population of planetary systems. In this context, we develop a population synthesis code in the pebble accretion scenario,…

Authors: Dash, Miguel

Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.499.3510D

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3041

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.14228

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01/12/2020 - High-Energy

The INTEGRAL view of the pulsating hard X-ray sky: from accreting and...

In the last 25 years a new generation of X-ray satellites imparted a significant leap forward in our knowledge of X-ray pulsars. The discovery of accreting and transitional millisecond pulsars…

Authors: Papitto, Falanga, Hermsen, Mereghetti, Kuiper, Poutanen, Bozzo, Ambrosino, Coti Zelati, De Falco, de Martino, Di Salvo, Esposito, Ferrigno, Forot, Götz, Gouiffes, Iaria, Laurent, Li, Li, Mineo, Moran, Neronov, Paizis, Rea,…

Bibcode: 2020NewAR..9101544P

DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2020.101544

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2012.01346

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01/12/2020 - High-Energy

High aspect ratio transition edge sensors for x-ray spectrometry

We are developing large Transition Edge Sensor (TES) arrays in combination with a frequency domain multiplexing readout for the next generation of X-ray space observatories. For operation under an AC-bias,…

Authors: de Wit, Gottardi, Taralli, Nagayoshi, Ridder, Akamatsu, Bruijn, D'Andrea, van der Kuur, Ravensberg, Vaccaro, Visser, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2020JAP...128v4501D

DOI: 10.1063/5.0029669

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.09525

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01/11/2020 - Exoplanets

Mapping the H2D+ and N2H+ emission toward prestellar cores. Testing dynamical models...

Context. The study of prestellar cores is critical as they set the initial conditions in star formation and determine the final mass of the stellar object. To date, several hypotheses…

Authors: Koumpia, Evans, Di Francesco, van der Tak, Oudmaijer

Bibcode: 2020A&A...643A..61K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038457

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.08857

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01/11/2020 - Exoplanets

The High-energy Radiation Environment around a 10 Gyr M Dwarf: Habitable at Last?

Recent work has demonstrated that high levels of X-ray and UV activity on young M dwarfs may drive rapid atmospheric escape on temperate, terrestrial planets orbiting within the habitable zone.…

Authors: France, Duvvuri, Egan, Koskinen, Wilson, Youngblood, Froning, Brown, Alvarado-Gómez, Berta-Thompson, Drake, Garraffo, Kaltenegger, Kowalski, Linsky, Loyd, Mauas, Miguel, Pineda, Rugheimer, Schneider, Tian, Vieytes

Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..237F

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abb465

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.01259

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01/10/2020 - Exoplanets

The ARCiS framework for exoplanet atmospheres. Modelling philosophy and retrieval

Aims: We present ARCiS, a novel code for the analysis of exoplanet transmission and emission spectra. The aim of the modelling framework is to provide a tool able to link…

Authors: Min, Ormel, Chubb, Helling, Kawashima

Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A..28M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937377

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2006.12821

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01/10/2020 - High-Energy

X-ray study of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 3411-3412 with XMM-Newton and Suzaku

Context. Previous Chandra observations of the Abell 3411-3412 merging galaxy cluster system revealed an outbound bullet-like sub-cluster in the northern part and many surface brightness edges at the southern periphery,…

Authors: Zhang, Simionescu, Akamatsu, Kaastra, de Plaa, van Weeren

Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A..89Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037965

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2007.15976

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01/10/2020 - High-Energy

ClG 0217+70: A massive merging galaxy cluster with a large radio halo...

We present an analysis of archival Chandra data of the merging galaxy cluster ClG 0217+70. The Fe XXV Heα X-ray emission line is clearly visible in the 25 ks observation,…

Authors: Zhang, Simionescu, Kaastra, Akamatsu, Hoang, Stuardi, van Weeren, Rudnick, Kraft, Brown

Bibcode: 2020A&A...642L...3Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039028

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.07580

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01/10/2020 - High-Energy

Interstellar oxygen along the line of sight of Cygnus X-2

Interstellar dust permeates our Galaxy and plays an important role in many physical processes in the diffuse and dense regions of the interstellar medium (ISM). High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy, coupled with…

Authors: Psaradaki, Costantini, Mehdipour, Rogantini, de Vries, de Groot, Mutschke, Trasobares, Waters, Zeegers

Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A.208P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038749

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.06244

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01/09/2020 - High-Energy

High-energy characteristics of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar IGR J17591-2342 during its 2018...

IGR J17591-2342 is an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar, discovered with INTEGRAL, which went into outburst around July 21, 2018. To better understand the physics acting in these systems during the…

Authors: Kuiper, Tsygankov, Falanga, Mereminskiy, Galloway, Poutanen, Li

Bibcode: 2020A&A...641A..37K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037812

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2002.12154

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01/09/2020 - High-Energy

Low-noise microwave SQUID multiplexed readout of 38 x-ray transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters

We report very-low-noise, fast-response, middle-scale multiplexing in a microwave superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer (MW-Mux) as a transition-edge sensor (TES) readout. Our MW-Mux is able to read 40 channels with…

Authors: Nakashima, Hirayama, Kohjiro, Yamamori, Nagasawa, Sato, Yamada, Hayakawa, Yamasaki, Mitsuda, Nagayoshi, Akamatsu, Gottardi, Taralli, Bruijn, Ridder, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2020ApPhL.117l2601N

DOI: 10.1063/5.0016333

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01/09/2020 - High-Energy

X-ray spectra of the Fe-L complex. II. Atomic data constraints from the...

The Hitomi results for the Perseus cluster have shown that accurate atomic models are essential to the success of X-ray spectroscopic missions and just as important as the store of…

Authors: Gu, Shah, Mao, Raassen, de Plaa, Pinto, Akamatsu, Werner, Simionescu, Mernier, Sawada, Mohanty, Amaro, Gu, Porter, Crespo López-Urrutia, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2020A&A...641A..93G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037948

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2007.03843

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01/09/2020 - High-Energy

Magnesium and silicon in interstellar dust: X-ray overview

Context. The dense Galactic environment is a large reservoir of interstellar dust. Therefore, this region represents a perfect laboratory to study the properties of cosmic dust grains. X-rays are the…

Authors: Rogantini, Costantini, Zeegers, Mehdipour, Psaradaki, Raassen, de Vries, Waters

Bibcode: 2020A&A...641A.149R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936805

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2007.03329

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01/09/2020 - Exoplanets

Mineral cloud and hydrocarbon haze particles in the atmosphere of the hot...

Context. Having a short orbital period and being tidally locked makes WASP-43b an ideal candidate for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) phase curve measurements. Phase curve observations of an…

Authors: Helling, Kawashima, Graham, Samra, Chubb, Min, Waters, Parmentier

Bibcode: 2020A&A...641A.178H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037633

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.14595

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01/07/2020 - Low-Energy

EREBUS: the EuRopean Extinction BUmp Survey

Dust in the Interstellar Medium (ISM) is intimately linked to the life cycle of stars. Despite being of such fundamental importance to galaxy evolution, the dynamic behaviour and composition of…

Authors: Capitanio, Bartylak, Cui, Engegaard, Gassner, Heinemann, Kargl, Latzko, Madonia, May, Postel, Rodriguez Munoz, Schwarzkopf, Shipman, Skalidis, Trivino Herrero, Wikman

Bibcode: 2020ExA....50..145C

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-020-09667-8

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01/07/2020 - High-Energy

Evidence for Resonance Scattering in the X-Ray Grating Spectrum of the Supernova...

Resonance scattering (RS) is an important process in astronomical objects, because it affects measurements of elemental abundances and distorts surface brightness of the object. It is predicted that RS can…

Authors: Amano, Uchida, Tanaka, Gu, Tsuru

Bibcode: 2020ApJ...897...12A

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab90fc

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.04626

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01/07/2020 - High-Energy

The mergers in Abell 2256: displaced gas and its connection to the...

We present the results of deep Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray imaging and spatially resolved spectroscopy of Abell 2256, a nearby (z = 0.058) galaxy cluster experiencing multiple mergers and displaying…

Authors: Breuer, Werner, Mernier, Mroczkowski, Simionescu, Clarke, ZuHone, Di Mascolo

Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.495.5014B

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1492

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.10263

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01/07/2020 - High-Energy

The Beautiful Mess in Abell 2255

We present LOFAR observations of one of the most spectacular objects in the radio sky: Abell 2255. This is a nearby (z = 0.0806) merging galaxy cluster hosting one of…

Authors: Botteon, Brunetti, van Weeren, Shimwell, Pizzo, Cassano, Iacobelli, Gastaldello, Bîrzan, Bonafede, Brüggen, Cuciti, Dallacasa, de Gasperin, Di Gennaro, Drabent, Hardcastle, Hoeft, Mandal, Röttgering, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2020ApJ...897...93B

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9a2f

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2006.04808

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01/07/2020 - Exoplanets

Aluminium oxide in the atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-43b

We have conducted a re-analysis of publicly available Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (HST WFC3) transmission data for the hot-Jupiter exoplanet WASP-43b, using the Bayesian retrieval package Tau-REx.…

Authors: Chubb, Min, Kawashima, Helling, Waldmann

Bibcode: 2020A&A...639A...3C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937267

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2004.13679

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01/07/2020 - Exoplanets

Gas and dust cooling along the major axis of M 33 (HerM33es)....

Context. M 33 is a gas rich spiral galaxy of the Local Group. Its vicinity allows us to study its interstellar medium (ISM) on linear scales corresponding to the sizes…

Authors: Kramer, Nikola, Anderl, Bertoldi, Boquien, Braine, Buchbender, Combes, Henkel, Hermelo, Israel, Relaño, Röllig, Schuster, Tabatabaei, van der Tak, Verley, van der Werf, Wiedner, Xilouris

Bibcode: 2020A&A...639A..61K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936754

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.03683

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01/07/2020 - Exoplanets

Mineral snowflakes on exoplanets and brown dwarfs. Effects of micro-porosity, size distributions,...

Context. Exoplanet atmosphere characterisation has become an important tool in understanding exoplanet formation, evolution, and it also is a window into potential habitability. However, clouds remain a key challenge for…

Authors: Samra, Helling, Min

Bibcode: 2020A&A...639A.107S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037553

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2004.13502

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01/07/2020 - Exoplanets

Inflation of migrated hot Jupiters

The observed low densities of gas giant planets with a high equilibrium temperature (hot Jupiters) can be simulated in models when a fraction of the surface radiation is deposited deeper…

Authors: Mol Lous, Miguel

Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.495.2994M

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1405

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.04927

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01/06/2020 - High-Energy

Implications of the mild gas motion found with Hitomi in the core...

Based mainly on X-ray observations, we study the interactions between the intracluster medium (ICM) in clusters of galaxies and their member galaxies. Through (magneto)hydrodynamic and gravitational channels, moving galaxies are…

Authors: Gu, Makishima, Matsumoto, Nakazawa, Shimasaku, Inada, Kodama, Xu, Kawaharada

Bibcode: 2020A&A...638A.138G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936437

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.01883

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01/06/2020 - Exoplanets

Enrichment of the HR 8799 planets by minor bodies and dust

Context. In the Solar System, minor bodies and dust deliver various materials to planetary surfaces. Several exoplanetary systems are known to host inner and outer belts, analogues of the main…

Authors: Frantseva, Mueller, Pokorný, van der Tak, ten Kate

Bibcode: 2020A&A...638A..50F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936783

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2005.13562

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01/05/2020 - High-Energy

Roadmap on cosmic EUV and x-ray spectroscopy

Cosmic EUV/x-ray spectroscopists, including both solar and astrophysical analysts, have a wide range of high-resolution and high-sensitivity tools in use and a number of new facilities in development for launch.…

Authors: Smith, Hahn, Raymond, Kallman, Ballance, Polito, Del Zanna, Gu, Hell, Cumbee, Betancourt-Martinez, Costantini, Corrales

Bibcode: 2020JPhB...53i2001S

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/ab69aa

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01/04/2020 - Exoplanets

The subsurface habitability of small, icy exomoons

Context. Assuming our Solar System as typical, exomoons may outnumber exoplanets. If their habitability fraction is similar, they would thus constitute the largest portion of habitable real estate in the…

Authors: Tjoa, Mueller, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2020A&A...636A..50T

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937035

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2003.09231

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01/04/2020 - Exoplanets

Exploring the formation pathways of formamide. Near young O-type stars

Context. As a building block for amino acids, formamide (NH2CHO) is an important molecule in astrobiology and astrochemistry, but its formation path in the interstellar medium is not understood well.…

Authors: Allen, van der Tak, López-Sepulcre, Sánchez-Monge, Rivilla, Cesaroni

Bibcode: 2020A&A...636A..67A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935791

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1912.12347

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01/04/2020 - Exoplanets

The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA): Current Status, Recent Updates, and...

The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA) collects spectroscopic information and collisional rate coefficients for molecules, atoms, and ions of astrophysical and astrochemical interest. We describe the developments of the…

Authors: van der Tak, Lique, Faure, Black, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2020Atoms...8...15V

DOI: 10.3390/atoms8020015

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2004.11230

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01/03/2020 - High-Energy

Study of TES Detector Transition Curve to Optimize the Pixel Design for...

Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) are highly sensitive detectors. Based on the outstanding performance on spectral resolution, the X-ray integral field unit (X-IFU) instrument on-board athena will be equipped with a…

Authors: Ridder, Nagayoshi, Bruijn, Gottardi, Taralli, Khosropanah, Akamatsu, van der Kuur, Ravensberg, Visser, Nieuwenhuizen, Gao, den Herder

Bibcode: 2020JLTP..199..962R

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-020-02401-w

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01/02/2020 - Exoplanets

ALMA and ROSINA detections of phosphorus-bearing molecules: the interstellar thread between star-forming...

To understand how phosphorus (P)-bearing molecules are formed in star-forming regions, we have analysed the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of PN and PO towards the massive star-forming region…

Authors: Rivilla, Drozdovskaya, Altwegg, Caselli, Beltrán, Fontani, van der Tak, Cesaroni, Vasyunin, Rubin, Lique, Marinakis, Testi, Rosina Team, Balsiger, Berthelier, de Keyser, Fiethe, Fuselier, Gasc, Gombosi, Sémon, Tzou

Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.492.1180R

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3336

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1911.11647

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01/02/2020 - High-Energy

Incoherent fast variability of X-ray obscurers. The case of NGC 3783

Context. Obscuration events caused by outflowing clumps or streams of high column density and low ionised gas, shown to absorb the X-ray continuum heavily, have been witnessed across a number…

Authors: De Marco, Adhikari, Ponti, Bianchi, Kriss, Arav, Behar, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, Costanzo, di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaastra, Kaspi, Mao, Markowitz, Matt, Mehdipour, Middei, Paltani, Petrucci, Pinto, Różańska, Walton

Bibcode: 2020A&A...634A..65D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936470

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1911.12772

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01/02/2020 - High-Energy

How do atomic code uncertainties affect abundance measurements in the intracluster medium?

Accurate chemical abundance measurements of X‑ray‑emitting atmospheres pervading massive galaxies, galaxy groups, and clusters provide essential information on the star formation and chemical enrichment histories of these large‑scale structures. Although…

Authors: Mernier, Werner, Lakhchaura, de Plaa, Gu, Kaastra, Mao, Simionescu, Urdampilleta

Bibcode: 2020AN....341..203M

DOI: 10.1002/asna.202023779

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1911.09684

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01/02/2020 - High-Energy

The Athena space X‑ray observatory and the astrophysics of hot plasma†

The properties (temperature, density, chemical composition, velocity) of hot astrophysical plasma and the physical processes affecting them (heating/cooling, turbulence, shocks, acceleration) can be probed by high‑resolution X‑ray spectroscopy, to be…

Authors: Barret, Decourchelle, Fabian, Guainazzi, Nandra, Smith, den Herder

Bibcode: 2020AN....341..224B

DOI: 10.1002/asna.202023782

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1912.04615

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01/01/2020 - Exoplanets

ALMA and NACO observations towards the young exoring transit system J1407 (V1400 Cen)

Aims: Our aim was to directly detect the thermal emission of the putative exoring system responsible for the complex deep transits observed in the light curve for the young Sco-Cen…

Authors: Kenworthy, Klaassen, Min, van der Marel, Bohn, Kama, Triaud, Hales, Monkiewicz, Scott, Mamajek

Bibcode: 2020A&A...633A.115K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936141

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1912.03314

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01/01/2020 - Low-Energy

Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Processing Terahertz Spectroscopic Data

We present the data reduction software and the distribution of Level 1 and Level 2 products of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2 (STO2). STO2, a balloon-borne Terahertz telescope, surveyed star-forming…

Authors: Seo, Goldsmith, Tolls, Shipman, Kulesa, Peters, Walker, Melnick

Bibcode: 2020JAI.....950011S

DOI: 10.1142/S2251171720500117

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.2009.01203

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01/01/2020 - Exoplanets

Noise Measurements of a Low-Noise Amplifier in the FDM Readout System for SAFARI

The SPICA-SAFARI instrument requires extremely sensitive transition edge sensor (TES) arrays with a noise equivalent power of 2 ×10-19W/√{Hz} and a readout system with an output noise that is dominated…

Authors: Wang, Audley, Khosropanah, van der Kuur, de Lange, Aminaei, Boersma, van der Tak, Gao

Bibcode: 2020JLTP..199..817W

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-019-02328-x

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01/01/2020 - High-Energy

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469. VI. Photoionisation modelling of the emission line...

Aims: We aim to investigate and characterise the photoionised X-ray emission line regions within the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469. Methods: We applied the photoionisation model, PION, within the spectral…

Authors: Grafton-Waters, Branduardi-Raymont, Mehdipour, Page, Behar, Kaastra, Arav, Bianchi, Costantini, Ebrero, Di Gesu, Kaspi, Kriss, De Marco, Mao, Middei, Peretz, Petrucci, Ponti

Bibcode: 2020A&A...633A..62G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935815

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1907.01946

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01/01/2020 - High-Energy

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469. V. Analysis of the HST/COS observations: Super...

Context. AGN outflows are thought to influence the evolution of their host galaxies and their super massive black holes. To better understand these outflows, we executed a deep multiwavelength campaign…

Authors: Arav, Xu, Kriss, Chamberlain, Miller, Behar, Kaastra, Ely, Peretz, Mehdipour, Branduardi-Raymont, Bianchi, Cappi, Costantini, De Marco, di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaspi, Middei, Petrucci, Ponti

Bibcode: 2020A&A...633A..61A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935342

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1910.11249

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01/01/2020 - High-Energy

Direct Detection of Black Hole-driven Turbulence in the Centers of Galaxy Clusters

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are thought to provide energy that prevents catastrophic cooling in the centers of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters. However, it remains unclear how this “feedback” process…

Authors: Li, Gendron-Marsolais, Zhuravleva, Xu, Simionescu, Tremblay, Lochhaas, Bryan, Quataert, Murray, Boselli, Hlavacek-Larrondo, Zheng, Fossati, Li, Emsellem, Sarzi, Arzamasskiy, Vishniac

Bibcode: 2020ApJ...889L...1L

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab65c7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1911.06329

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01/11/2019 - Low-Energy

Origin of hydrogen fluoride emission in the Orion Bar. An excellent tracer...

Context. The hydrogen fluoride (HF) molecule is seen in absorption in the interstellar medium (ISM) along many lines of sight. Surprisingly, it is observed in emission toward the Orion Bar,…

Authors: Kavak, van der Tak, Tielens, Shipman

Bibcode: 2019A&A...631A.117K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936127

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1910.00707

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01/11/2019 - Exoplanets

Origin of the PN molecule in star-forming regions: the enlarged sample

Phosphorus nitride (PN) is the P-bearing species with the highest number of detections in star-forming regions. Multiline studies of the molecule have shown that the excitation temperature of PN is…

Authors: Fontani, Rivilla, van der Tak, Mininni, Beltrán, Caselli

Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.489.4530F

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2446

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1908.11280

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01/11/2019 - Low-Energy

Effect of galaxy mergers on star-formation rates

Context. Galaxy mergers and interactions are an integral part of our basic understanding of how galaxies grow and evolve over time. However, the effect that galaxy mergers have on star-formation…

Authors: Pearson, Wang, Alpaslan, Baldry, Bilicki, Brown, Grootes, Holwerda, Kitching, Kruk, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2019A&A...631A..51P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936337

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1908.10115

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01/11/2019 - Exoplanets

VLTI/PIONIER survey of disks around post-AGB binaries. Dust sublimation physics rules

Context. Post-asymptotic giant branch (AGB) binaries are surrounded by circumbinary disks of gas and dust that are similar to protoplanetary disks found around young stars. Aims: We aim to understand…

Authors: Kluska, Van Winckel, Hillen, Berger, Kamath, Le Bouquin, Min

Bibcode: 2019A&A...631A.108K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935785

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1909.03692

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01/10/2019 - High-Energy

Interstellar dust along the line of sight of GX 3+1

Context. Studying absorption and scattering of X-ray radiation by interstellar dust grains allows us to access the physical and chemical properties of cosmic grains even in the densest regions of…

Authors: Rogantini, Costantini, Zeegers, de Vries, Mehdipour, de Groot, Mutschke, Psaradaki, Waters

Bibcode: 2019A&A...630A.143R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935883

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1909.00652

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01/10/2019 - Low-Energy

Data Processing of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory-2 [CII] Survey

The second flight of the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO-2) was a balloon mission to survey parts of the Galactic Plane at [CII] transition at 1.9 THz. STO-2 surveyed approximately 2.5…

Authors: Shipman, Seo, Tolls, Peters, Kavak, Kulesa, Walker

Bibcode: 2019ASPC..523..617S

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01/09/2019 - High-Energy

Iron abundance distribution in the hot gas of merging galaxy clusters

We present XMM-Newton/EPIC observations of six merging galaxy clusters and study the distributions of their temperature, iron (Fe) abundance and pseudo-entropy along the merging axis. For the first time, we…

Authors: Urdampilleta, Mernier, Kaastra, Simionescu, de Plaa, Kara, Ercan

Bibcode: 2019A&A...629A..31U

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935452

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1906.08067

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01/09/2019 - High-Energy

X-ray extinction from interstellar dust. Prospects of observing carbon, sulfur, and other...

Aims: We present a study on the prospects of observing carbon, sulfur, and other lower abundance elements (namely Al, Ca, Ti, and Ni) present in the interstellar medium using future…

Authors: Costantini, Zeegers, Rogantini, de Vries, Tielens, Waters

Bibcode: 2019A&A...629A..78C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833820

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1906.08653

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01/08/2019 - High-Energy

Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. VIII. Time Variability of Emission...

We model the ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope during the 6 month reverberation mapping campaign in 2014. Our model of…

Authors: Kriss, De Rosa, Ely, Peterson, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Ferland, Dehghanian, Mathur, Edelson, Korista, Arav, Barth, Bentz, Brandt, Crenshaw, Dalla Bontà, Denney, Done, Eracleous, Fausnaugh, Gardner, Goad, Grier, Horne, Kochanek, McHardy, Netzer,…

Bibcode: 2019ApJ...881..153K

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3049

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1907.03874

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01/08/2019 - High-Energy

A study of the composite supernova remnant MSH 15-56 with Suzaku

The Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) MSH 15-56 is a member of the class of composite SNRs that consists of the remnant shell and a displaced pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The…

Authors: Cesur, Sezer, de Plaa, Vink

Bibcode: 2019AdSpR..64..759C

DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.05.010

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1905.12473

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01/08/2019 - Exoplanets

Probing the cold magnetised Universe with SPICA-POL (B-BOP)

Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA), the cryogenic infrared space telescope recently pre-selected for a `Phase A’ concept study as one of the three remaining candidates for European…

Authors: André, Hughes, Guillet, Boulanger, Bracco, Ntormousi, Arzoumanian, Maury, Bernard, Bontemps, Ristorcelli, Girart, Motte, Tassis, Pantin, Montmerle, Johnstone, Gabici, Efstathiou, Basu, Béthermin, Beuther, Braine, Francesco, Falgarone, Ferrière, Fletcher, Galametz, Giard, Hennebelle,…

Bibcode: 2019PASA...36...29A

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2019.20

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1905.03520

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01/07/2019 - High-Energy

Substructures in the Keplerian disc around the O-type (proto-)star G17.64+0.16

We present the highest angular resolution (∼20 × 15 mas-44 × 33 au) Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) observations that are currently possible of the proto-O-star G17.64+0.16 in Band 6.…

Authors: Maud, Cesaroni, Kumar, Rivilla, Ginsburg, Klaassen, Harsono, Sánchez-Monge, Ahmadi, Allen, Beltrán, Beuther, Galván-Madrid, Goddi, Hoare, Hogerheijde, Johnston, Kuiper, Moscadelli, Peters, Testi, van der Tak, de Wit

Bibcode: 2019A&A...627L...6M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935633

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1906.06548

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01/07/2019 - Exoplanets

Highly Ordered and Pinched Magnetic Fields in the Class 0 Protobinary System...

We have carried out polarimetric observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array toward the Class 0 protostellar system L1448 IRS 2, which is a protobinary embedded within a flattened, rotating…

Authors: Kwon, Stephens, Tobin, Looney, Li, van der Tak, Crutcher

Bibcode: 2019ApJ...879...25K

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab24c8

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1805.07348

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01/07/2019 - High-Energy

The impact of improved plasma diagnostics on modeling the X-ray Universe

The high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Perseus galaxy cluster observed with the Hitomi satellite challenges astrophysical collisional ionized plasma models that are widely used in the community. Although Hitomi spun…

Authors: Mao, Mernier, Kaastra, Gu, Mehdipour, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2019JInst..14C7012M

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/07/C07012

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1907.05963

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01/07/2019 - High-Energy

Magnetic fields and extraordinarily bright radio emission in the X-ray faint galaxy...

MRC 0116 + 111 is a nearby (z = 0.132) poor galaxy group, which was previously known for exhibiting a bright diffuse radio emission with no central point-like source, presumably…

Authors: Mernier, Werner, Bagchi, Simionescu, Böhringer, Allen, Jacob

Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.486.5430M

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1228

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1902.09560

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01/07/2019 - High-Energy

Dust absorption and scattering in the silicon K-edge

Context. The composition and properties of interstellar silicate dust are not well understood. In X-rays, interstellar dust can be studied in detail by making use of the fine structure features…

Authors: Zeegers, Costantini, Rogantini, de Vries, Mutschke, Mohr, de Groot, Tielens

Bibcode: 2019A&A...627A..16Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935050

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1905.06560

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01/07/2019 - High-Energy

X-ray spectra of the Fe-L complex

The Hitomi results on the Perseus cluster have led to improvements in our knowledge of atomic physics that are crucial for the precise diagnostic of hot astrophysical plasma observed with…

Authors: Gu, Raassen, Mao, de Plaa, Shah, Pinto, Werner, Simionescu, Mernier, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2019A&A...627A..51G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833860

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1905.07871

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01/06/2019 - Low-Energy

Identifying galaxy mergers in observations and simulations with deep learning

Context. Mergers are an important aspect of galaxy formation and evolution. With large upcoming surveys, such as Euclid and LSST, accurate techniques that are fast and efficient are needed to…

Authors: Pearson, Wang, Trayford, Petrillo, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2019A&A...626A..49P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935355

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1902.10626

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01/06/2019 - Exoplanets

Consistent Dust and Gas Models for Protoplanetary Disks. III. Models for Selected...

The European FP7 project DIANA has performed a coherent analysis of a large set of observational data of protoplanetary disks by means of thermo-chemical disk models. The collected data include…

Authors: Woitke, Kamp, Antonellini, Anthonioz, Baldovin-Saveedra, Carmona, Dionatos, Dominik, Greaves, Güdel, Ilee, Liebhardt, Menard, Min, Pinte, Rab, Rigon, Thi, Thureau, Waters

Bibcode: 2019PASP..131f4301W

DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aaf4e5

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1812.02741

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01/06/2019 - High-Energy

Observations of a pre-merger shock in colliding clusters of galaxies

Clusters of galaxies are the largest known gravitationally bound structures in the Universe. When clusters collide, they create merger shocks on cosmological scales, which transform most of the kinetic energy…

Authors: Gu, Akamatsu, Shimwell, Intema, van Weeren, de Gasperin, Mernier, Mao, Urdampilleta, de Plaa, Parekh, Röttgering, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2019NatAs...3..838G

DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0798-8

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1906.10285

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01/06/2019 - High-Energy

Probing ISM Structure in Trumpler 14 and Carina I Using the Stratospheric...

We present observations of the Trumpler 14/Carina I region carried out using the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2. The Trumpler 14/Carina I region is in the western part of the Carina…

Authors: Seo, Goldsmith, Walker, Hollenbach, Wolfire, Kulesa, Tolls, Bernasconi, Kavak, van der Tak, Shipman, Gao, Tielens, Burton, Yorke, Young, Peters, Young, Groppi, Davis, Pineda, Langer, Kawamura, Stark, Melnick, Rebolledo, Wong, Horiuchi,…

Bibcode: 2019ApJ...878..120S

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2043

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1903.09517

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01/06/2019 - High-Energy

Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO...

Isolated spinning neutron stars, asymmetric with respect to their rotation axis, are expected to be sources of continuous gravitational waves. The most sensitive searches for these sources are based on…

Authors: Abbott, Abbott, Abbott, Abraham, Acernese, Ackley, Adams, Adhikari, Adya, Affeldt, Agathos, Agatsuma, Aggarwal, Aguiar, Aiello, Ain, Ajith, Allen, Allocca, Aloy, Altin, Amato, Ananyeva, Anderson, Anderson, Angelova, Antier, Appert, Arai, Araya,…

Bibcode: 2019PhRvD..99l2002A

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.122002

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1902.08442

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01/05/2019 - Low-Energy

Multi-line Herschel/HIFI observations of water reveal infall motions and chemical segregation around...

Context. The physical conditions during high-mass star formation are poorly understood. Outflow and infall motions have been detected around massive protostellar objects, but their dependence on mass, luminosity, and age…

Authors: van der Tak, Shipman, Jacq, Herpin, Braine, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A.103V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833788

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1903.11305

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01/05/2019 - Exoplanets

Consistent dust and gas models for protoplanetary disks. IV. A panchromatic view...

Context. Consistent modeling of protoplanetary disks requires the simultaneous solution of both continuum and line radiative transfer, heating and cooling balance between dust and gas and, of course, chemistry. Such…

Authors: Dionatos, Woitke, Güdel, Degroote, Liebhart, Anthonioz, Antonellini, Baldovin-Saavedra, Carmona, Dominik, Greaves, Ilee, Kamp, Ménard, Min, Pinte, Rab, Rigon, Thi, Waters

Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A..66D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832860

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1902.11204

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01/05/2019 - High-Energy

Relation between winds and jets in radio-loud AGN

We have investigated the relation between the two modes of outflow (wind and jet) in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). For this study we have carried out a systematic and…

Authors: Mehdipour, Costantini

Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A..25M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935205

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1903.11605

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01/04/2019 - Low-Energy

The data processing pipeline for the Herschel1- HIFI instrument

The HIFI data processing pipeline was developed to systematically process diagnostic, calibration and astronomical observations taken with the HIFI science instrument as part of the Herschel mission. The HIFI pipeline…

Authors: Edwards, Shipman, Kester, Lorenzani, Melchior

Bibcode: 2019A&C....27..156E

DOI: 10.1016/j.ascom.2019.04.003

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1905.04029

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01/04/2019 - High-Energy

Cooling in the X-ray halo of the rotating, massive early-type galaxy NGC 7049

The relative importance of the physical processes shaping the thermodynamics of the hot gas permeating rotating, massive early-type galaxies is expected to be different from that in non-rotating systems. Here,…

Authors: Juráňová, Werner, Gaspari, Lakhchaura, Nulsen, Sun, Canning, Allen, Simionescu, Oonk, Connor, Donahue

Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.484.2886J

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz185

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1808.05761

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01/03/2019 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XVI. Continued HST/COS monitoring of the far-ultraviolet spectrum

Aims: To elucidate the location, physical conditions, mass outflow rate, and kinetic luminosity of the outflow from the active nucleus of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509, we used coordinated…

Authors: Kriss, Arav, Edmonds, Ely, Kaastra, Bianchi, Cappi, Costantini, Ebrero, Mehdipour, Paltani, Petrucci, Ponti

Bibcode: 2019A&A...623A..82K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834816

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1901.07432

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01/02/2019 - High-Energy

Constraining Gas Motions in the Intra-Cluster Medium

The detailed velocity structure of the diffuse X-ray emitting intra-cluster medium (ICM) remains one of the last missing key ingredients in understanding the microphysical properties of these hot baryons and…

Authors: Simionescu, ZuHone, Zhuravleva, Churazov, Gaspari, Nagai, Werner, Roediger, Canning, Eckert, Gu, Paerels

Bibcode: 2019SSRv..215...24S

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-019-0590-1

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1902.00024

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01/02/2019 - High-Energy

Observatory science with eXTP

In this White Paper we present the potential of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission for studies related to Observatory Science targets. These include flaring stars, supernova remnants,…

Authors: in't Zand, Bozzo, Qu, Li, Amati, Chen, Donnarumma, Doroshenko, Drake, Hernanz, Jenke, Maccarone, Mahmoodifar, de Martino, De Rosa, Rossi, Rowlinson, Sala, Stratta, Tauris, Wilms, Wu, Zhou, Agudo, Altamirano, Atteia, Andersson,…

Bibcode: 2019SCPMA..6229506I

DOI: 10.1007/s11433-017-9186-1

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1812.04023

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01/02/2019 - High-Energy

Constraints on the chemical enrichment history of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies...

High-resolution spectroscopy of the core of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies, using the Hitomi satellite above 2 keV and the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer at lower energies, provides reliable constraints…

Authors: Simionescu, Nakashima, Yamaguchi, Matsushita, Mernier, Werner, Tamura, Nomoto, de Plaa, Leung, Bamba, Bulbul, Eckart, Ezoe, Fabian, Fukazawa, Gu, Ichinohe, Ishigaki, Kaastra, Kilbourne, Kitayama, Leutenegger, Loewenstein, Maeda, Miller, Mushotzky, Noda, Pinto,…

Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.483.1701S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty3220

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1806.00932

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01/02/2019 - High-Energy

High Forbidden-to-resonance Line Ratio of O VII Discovered from the Cygnus Loop

Charge exchange (CX) is an important process in shock physics because it indicates an interaction between downstream ions and ambient neutral hydrogen, suggesting the presence of a collisionless shock. We…

Authors: Uchida, Katsuda, Tsunemi, Mori, Gu, Cumbee, Petre, Tanaka

Bibcode: 2019ApJ...871..234U

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf8a6

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1812.06616

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01/02/2019 - High-Energy

Substructures associated with the sloshing cold front in the Perseus cluster

X-ray substructures in clusters of galaxies provide indirect clues about the microphysical properties of the intracluster medium (ICM), which are still not very well known. In order to investigate X-ray…

Authors: Ichinohe, Simionescu, Werner, Fabian, Takahashi

Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.483.1744I

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty3257

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.07380

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01/02/2019 - High-Energy

A Machine Learning Based Morphological Classification of 14,245 Radio AGNs Selected from...

We present a morphological classification of 14,245 radio active galactic nuclei (AGNs) into six types, i.e., typical Fanaroff-Riley Class I/II (FRI/II), FRI/II-like bent-tailed, X-shaped radio galaxy, and ringlike radio galaxy,…

Authors: Ma, Xu, Zhu, Hu, Li, Shan, Zhu, Gu, Li, Liu, Wu

Bibcode: 2019ApJS..240...34M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/aaf9a2

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1812.07190

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01/02/2019 - Exoplanets

ARCiS framework for exoplanet atmospheres. The cloud transport model

Context. Understanding of clouds is instrumental in interpreting current and future spectroscopic observations of exoplanets. Modeling clouds consistently is complex, since it involves many facets of chemistry, nucleation theory, condensation…

Authors: Ormel, Min

Bibcode: 2019A&A...622A.121O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833678

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1812.05053

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01/01/2019 - High-Energy

Photoionized emission and absorption features in the high-resolution X-ray spectra of NGC 3783

Our Swift monitoring program triggered two joint XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and HST observations on 11 and 21 December 2016 targeting NGC 3783 because its soft X-ray continuum was heavily obscured. Consequently,…

Authors: Mao, Mehdipour, Kaastra, Costantini, Pinto, Branduardi-Raymont, Behar, Peretz, Bianchi, Kriss, Ponti, De Marco, Petrucci, Di Gesu, Middei, Ebrero, Arav

Bibcode: 2019A&A...621A..99M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833191

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1811.11579

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01/01/2019 - High-Energy

The Physics of Galaxy Cluster Outskirts

As the largest virialized structures in the universe, galaxy clusters continue to grow and accrete matter from the cosmic web. Due to the low gas density in the outskirts of…

Authors: Walker, Simionescu, Nagai, Okabe, Eckert, Mroczkowski, Akamatsu, Ettori, Ghirardini

Bibcode: 2019SSRv..215....7W

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0572-8

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.00890

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01/01/2019 - High-Energy

Nitrogen abundance in the X-ray halos of clusters and groups of galaxies

Context. Chemical abundances in the X-ray halos (also known as the intracluster medium, ICM) of clusters and groups of galaxies can be measured via prominent emission line features in their…

Authors: Mao, de Plaa, Kaastra, Pinto, Gu, Mernier, Yan, Zhang, Akamatsu

Bibcode: 2019A&A...621A...9M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730931

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1809.04870

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01/01/2019 - High-Energy

HST/COS observations of the newly discovered obscuring outflow in NGC 3783

Aims: To understand the nature of transient obscuring outflows in active galactic nuclei, we use simultaneous multiwavelength observations with XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and the Max Planck…

Authors: Kriss, Mehdipour, Kaastra, Rau, Bodensteiner, Plesha, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, De Marco, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaspi, Mao, Middei, Miller, Paltani, Peretz, Peterson, Petrucci, Ponti, Ursini, Walton, Xu

Bibcode: 2019A&A...621A..12K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834326

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.12206

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01/01/2019 - High-Energy

A Study of the Merger History of the Galaxy Group HCG 62...

We chose the bright compact group HCG 62, which has been found to exhibit both excess X-ray emission and high Fe abundance to the southwest of its core, as an…

Authors: Hu, Xu, Kang, Li, Zhu, Ma, Shan, Zhang, Gu, Liu, Zheng, Wu

Bibcode: 2019ApJ...870...61H

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf16c

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1811.05782

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01/12/2018 - High-Energy

Enrichment of the Hot Intracluster Medium: Observations

Four decades ago, the firm detection of an Fe-K emission feature in the X-ray spectrum of the Perseus cluster revealed the presence of iron in its hot intracluster medium (ICM).…

Authors: Mernier, Biffi, Yamaguchi, Medvedev, Simionescu, Ettori, Werner, Kaastra, de Plaa, Gu

Bibcode: 2018SSRv..214..129M

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0565-7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1811.01967

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01/12/2018 - Exoplanets

Probing the high-redshift universe with SPICA: Toward the epoch of reionisation and beyond

With the recent discovery of a dozen dusty star-forming galaxies and around 30 quasars at z > 5 that are hyper-luminous in the infrared (μ L IR > 1013 L⊙,…

Authors: Egami, Gallerani, Schneider, Pallottini, Vallini, Sobacchi, Ferrara, Bianchi, Bocchio, Marassi, Armus, Spinoglio, Blain, Bradford, Clements, Dannerbauer, Fernández-Ontiveros, González-Alfonso, Griffin, Gruppioni, Kaneda, Kohno, Madden, Matsuhara, Najarro, Nakagawa, Oliver, Omukai, Onaka, Pearson,…

Bibcode: 2018PASA...35...48E

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2018.41

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1809.07710

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01/12/2018 - High-Energy

Mixed H/He bursts in SAX J1748.9-2021 during the spectral change of its...

SAX J1748.9-2021 is a transiently accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar. It is also known as an X-ray burster source discovered by Beppo-SAX. We analyzed the persistent emission and type-I X-ray burst…

Authors: Li, De Falco, Falanga, Bozzo, Kuiper, Poutanen, Cumming, Galloway, Zhang

Bibcode: 2018A&A...620A.114L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833857

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.05490

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01/12/2018 - High-Energy

Modelling the disc atmosphere of the low mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676

Low mass X-ray binaries exhibit ionized emission from an extended disc atmosphere that surrounds the accretion disc. However, the atmosphere’s nature and geometry is still unclear. In this work we…

Authors: Psaradaki, Costantini, Mehdipour, Díaz Trigo

Bibcode: 2018A&A...620A.129P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834000

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1809.06864

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01/12/2018 - High-Energy

The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) of the Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena) large-scale mission of ESA will provide spatially resolved high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy from 0.2 to 12 keV,…

Authors: Pajot, Barret, Lam-Trong, den Herder, Piro, Cappi, Huovelin, Kelley, Mas-Hesse, Mitsuda, Paltani, Rauw, Rozanska, Wilms, Barbera, Douchin, Geoffray, den Hartog, Kilbourne, Le Du, Macculi, Mesnager, Peille

Bibcode: 2018JLTP..193..901P

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-018-1904-5

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01/12/2018 - High-Energy

The Performance of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit at Very High...

The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) will operate at 90 mK a hexagonal matrix of 3840 Transition Edge Sensor pixels providing spatially resolved high-resolution spectroscopy (2.5 eV FWHM up…

Authors: Peille, Dauser, Kirsch, den Hartog, Cucchetti, Wilms, Barret, den Herder, Piro

Bibcode: 2018JLTP..193..940P

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-018-1964-6

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01/12/2018 - High-Energy

Detection of polarized gamma-ray emission from the Crab nebula with the Hitomi...

We present the results from the Hitomi Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) observation of the Crab nebula. The main part of SGD is a Compton camera, which in addition to being…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70..113H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psy118

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.00704

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01/11/2018 - High-Energy

Chasing discs around O-type (proto)stars. ALMA evidence for an SiO disc and...

We present high angular resolution ( 0.2″) continuum and molecular emission line Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of G17.64+0.16 in Band 6 (220-230 GHz) taken as part of a…

Authors: Maud, Cesaroni, Kumar, van der Tak, Allen, Hoare, Klaassen, Harsono, Hogerheijde, Sánchez-Monge, Schilke, Ahmadi, Beltrán, Beuther, Csengeri, Etoka, Fuller, Galván-Madrid, Goddi, Henning, Johnston, Kuiper, Lumsden, Moscadelli, Mottram, Peters, Rivilla, Testi,…

Bibcode: 2018A&A...620A..31M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833908

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.03920

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01/11/2018 - High-Energy

Recurring obscuration in NGC 3783

Context. Obscuration of the continuum emission from active galactic nuclei by streams of gas with relatively high velocity (>1000 km s-1) and column density (>3 × 1025 m-2) has been…

Authors: Kaastra, Mehdipour, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Brenneman, Cappi, Costantini, De Marco, di Gesu, Ebrero, Kriss, Mao, Peretz, Petrucci, Ponti, Walton

Bibcode: 2018A&A...619A.112K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832629

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1805.03538

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01/11/2018 - High-Energy

Discovery of synchronous X-ray and radio moding of PSR B0823+26

Simultaneous observations of PSR B0823+26 with ESA’s XMM-Newton, the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and international stations of the Low Frequency Array revealed synchronous X-ray/radio switching between a radio-bright (B) mode…

Authors: Hermsen, Kuiper, Basu, Hessels, Mitra, Rankin, Stappers, Wright, Grießmeier, Serylak, Horneffer, Tiburzi, Ho

Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.480.3655H

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2075

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1808.01901

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01/11/2018 - High-Energy

Probing the nature and origin of dust in the reddened quasar IC...

Cosmic dust is a key tracer of structure formation and evolution in the universe. In active galactic nuclei (AGN) the origin and role of dust are uncertain. Here, we have…

Authors: Mehdipour, Costantini

Bibcode: 2018A&A...619A..20M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833706

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1808.04628

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01/11/2018 - High-Energy

Early Science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: An Energy-driven Wind Revealed by...

We report on the coexistence of powerful gas outflows observed in millimeter and X-ray data of the radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy IRAS 17020+4544. Thanks to the large collecting power…

Authors: Longinotti, Vega, Krongold, Aretxaga, Yun, Chavushyan, Feruglio, Gómez-Ruiz, Montaña, León-Tavares, Olguín-Iglesias, Giroletti, Guainazzi, Kotilainen, Panessa, Zapata, Cruz-Gonzalez, Patiño-Álvarez, Rosa-Gonzalez, Carramiñana, Carrasco, Costantini, Dultzin, Guichard, Puerari, Santos-Lleo

Bibcode: 2018ApJ...867L..11L

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aae5fd

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1810.01941

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01/11/2018 - Exoplanets

A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL

Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with a huge range of masses, sizes and orbits: from rocky Earth-like planets to large gas giants grazing the surface of their host…

Authors: Tinetti, Drossart, Eccleston, Hartogh, Heske, Leconte, Micela, Ollivier, Pilbratt, Puig, Turrini, Vandenbussche, Wolkenberg, Beaulieu, Buchave, Ferus, Griffin, Guedel, Justtanont, Lagage, Machado, Malaguti, Min, Nørgaard-Nielsen, Rataj, Ray, Ribas, Swain, Szabo, Werner,…

Bibcode: 2018ExA....46..135T

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-018-9598-x

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01/10/2018 - High-Energy

The variability of the warm absorber in I Zwicky 1 as seen...

We present new XMM-Newton observations of the intriguing warm absorber in I Zwicky 1. This luminous and nearby narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy shows ionized absorption by two components of outflowing…

Authors: Silva, Costantini, Giustini, Kriss, Brandt, Gallo, Wilkins

Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.480.2334S

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1938

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1807.07294

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01/10/2018 - High-Energy

X-Ray Spectroscopy of Galaxy Clusters: Beyond the CIE Modeling

X-ray spectra of galaxy clusters are dominated by the thermal emission from the hot intracluster medium. In some cases, besides the thermal component, spectral models require additional components associated, e.g.,…

Authors: Gu, Zhuravleva, Churazov, Paerels, Kaastra, Yamaguchi

Bibcode: 2018SSRv..214..108G

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0544-z

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1811.02101

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01/10/2018 - High-Energy

X-ray study of the double radio relic Abell 3376 with Suzaku

We present an X-ray spectral analysis of the nearby double radio relic merging cluster Abell 3376 (z = 0.046), observed with the Suzaku XIS instrument. These deep (∼360 ks) observations…

Authors: Urdampilleta, Akamatsu, Mernier, Kaastra, de Plaa, Ohashi, Ishisaki, Kawahara

Bibcode: 2018A&A...618A..74U

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732496

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1806.07817

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01/10/2018 - High-Energy

Solar chemical composition in the hot gas of cool-core ellipticals, groups, and...

The hot intracluster medium (ICM) pervading galaxy clusters and groups is rich in metals, which were synthesized by billions of supernovae and have accumulated in cluster gravitational wells for several…

Authors: Mernier, Werner, de Plaa, Kaastra, Raassen, Gu, Mao, Urdampilleta, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.480L..95M

DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly134

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1806.11145

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01/10/2018 - Exoplanets

Chromatic transit light curves of disintegrating rocky planets

Context. Kepler observations have revealed a class of short-period exoplanets, of which Kepler-1520 b is the prototype, which have comet-like dust tails thought to be the result of small, rocky…

Authors: Ridden-Harper, Keller, Min, van Lieshout, Snellen

Bibcode: 2018A&A...618A..97R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731947

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1807.07973

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01/08/2018 - Low-Energy

SPICA-A Large Cryogenic Infrared Space Telescope: Unveiling the Obscured Universe

Measurements in the infrared wavelength domain allow direct assessment of the physical state and energy balance of cool matter in space, enabling the detailed study of the processes that govern…

Authors: Roelfsema, Shibai, Armus, Arrazola, Audard, Audley, Bradford, Charles, Dieleman, Doi, Duband, Eggens, Evers, Funaki, Gao, Giard, di Giorgio, González Fernández, Griffin, Helmich, Hijmering, Huisman, Ishihara, Isobe, Jackson, Jacobs, Jellema, Kamp,…

Bibcode: 2018PASA...35...30R

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2018.15

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.10438

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01/08/2018 - Exoplanets

The perturbed sublimation rim of the dust disk around the post-AGB binary IRAS08544-4431

Context. Post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binaries are surrounded by stable dusty and gaseous disks similar to the ones around young stellar objects. Whereas, significant effort has been spent on modeling…

Authors: Kluska, Hillen, Van Winckel, Manick, Min, Regibo, Royer

Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A.153K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832983

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1805.04501

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01/08/2018 - Exoplanets

Complex cyanides as chemical clocks in hot cores

Context. In the high-mass star-forming region G35.20-0.74N, small scale ( 800 AU) chemical segregation has been observed in which complex organic molecules containing the CN group are located in a…

Authors: Allen, van der Tak, Walsh

Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A..67A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732553

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1804.02041

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01/07/2018 - Low-Energy

Main sequence of star forming galaxies beyond the Herschel confusion limit

Context. Deep far-infrared (FIR) cosmological surveys are known to be affected by source confusion, causing issues when examining the main sequence (MS) of star forming galaxies. In the past this…

Authors: Pearson, Wang, Hurley, Małek, Buat, Burgarella, Farrah, Oliver, Smith, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2018A&A...615A.146P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832821

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1804.03482

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01/07/2018 - High-Energy

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469. III. Spectral energy distribution and the AGN...

We investigate the physical structure of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) wind in the Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 7469 through high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with Chandra HETGS and photoionisation modelling. Contemporaneous data…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kaastra, Costantini, Behar, Kriss, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Ebrero, Di Gesu, Kaspi, Mao, De Marco, Middei, Peretz, Petrucci, Ponti, Ursini

Bibcode: 2018A&A...615A..72M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832604

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.08525

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01/07/2018 - High-Energy

Multi-wavelength campaign on NCG 7469. IV. The broad-band X-ray spectrum

We conducted a multi-wavelength 6-month campaign to observe the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 7469, using the space-based observatories HST, Swift, XMM-Newton and NuSTAR. We report the results of the spectral analysis…

Authors: Middei, Bianchi, Cappi, Petrucci, Ursini, Arav, Behar, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, De Marco, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaastra, Kaspi, Kriss, Mao, Mehdipour, Paltani, Peretz, Ponti

Bibcode: 2018A&A...615A.163M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832726

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.07334

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01/07/2018 - High-Energy

Accelerating infall and rotational spin-up in the hot molecular core G31.41+0.31

As part of our effort to search for circumstellar disks around high-mass stellar objects, we observed the well-known core G31.41 +0.31 with ALMA at 1.4 mm with an angular resolution…

Authors: Beltrán, Cesaroni, Rivilla, Sánchez-Monge, Moscadelli, Ahmadi, Allen, Beuther, Etoka, Galli, Galván-Madrid, Goddi, Johnston, Klaassen, Kölligan, Kuiper, Kumar, Maud, Mottram, Peters, Schilke, Testi, van der Tak, Walmsley

Bibcode: 2018A&A...615A.141B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832811

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.05300

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01/07/2018 - High-Energy

Mass-invariance of the iron enrichment in the hot haloes of massive ellipticals,...

X-ray measurements find systematically lower Fe abundances in the X-ray emitting haloes pervading groups (kT ≲ 1.7 keV) than in clusters of galaxies. These results have been difficult to reconcile…

Authors: Mernier, de Plaa, Werner, Kaastra, Raassen, Gu, Mao, Urdampilleta, Truong, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.478L.116M

DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly080

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.06296

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01/07/2018 - Exoplanets

Delivery of organics to Mars through asteroid and comet impacts

Given rapid photodissociation and photodegradation, the recently discovered organics in the Martian subsurface and atmosphere were probably delivered in geologically recent times. Possible parent bodies are C-type asteroids, comets, and…

Authors: Frantseva, Mueller, ten Kate, van der Tak, Greenstreet

Bibcode: 2018Icar..309..125F

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.03.006

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.03270

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01/06/2018 - Exoplanets

Laboratory mid-IR spectra of equilibrated and igneous meteorites. Searching for observables of...

Meteorites contain minerals from Solar System asteroids with different properties (like size, presence of water, core formation). We provide new mid-IR transmission spectra of powdered meteorites to obtain templates of…

Authors: de Vries, Skogby, Waters, Min

Bibcode: 2018Icar..307..400D

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.029

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.11306

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01/06/2018 - Low-Energy

Dust modeling of the combined ALMA and SPHERE datasets of HD 163296....

Context. Multiwavelength observations are indispensable in studying disk geometry and dust evolution processes in protoplanetary disks. Aims: We aim to construct a three-dimensional model of HD 163296 that is capable…

Authors: Muro-Arena, Dominik, Waters, Min, Klarmann, Ginski, Isella, Benisty, Pohl, Garufi, Hagelberg, Langlois, Menard, Pinte, Sezestre, van der Plas, Villenave, Delboulbé, Magnard, Möller-Nilsson, Pragt, Rabou, Roelfsema

Bibcode: 2018A&A...614A..24M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732299

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1802.03328

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01/06/2018 - High-Energy

Hitomi X-ray observation of the pulsar wind nebula G21.5-0.9

We present results from the Hitomi X-ray observation of a young composite-type supernova remnant (SNR) G21.5-0.9, whose emission is dominated by the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) contribution. The X-ray spectra…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...38A

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psy027

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1802.05068

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01/06/2018 - High-Energy

ATCA 16 cm observation of CIZA J1358.9-4750: Implication of merger stage and...

We report the Australia Telescope Compact Array 16 cm observation of CIZA J1358.9-4750. Recent X-ray studies imply that this galaxy cluster is composed of merging, binary clusters. Using the EW367…

Authors: Akahori, Kato, Nakazawa, Ozawa, Gu, Takizawa, Fujita, Nakanishi, Okabe, Makishima

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...53A

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psy042

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1611.06647

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01/04/2018 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. IX. Photoionized emission features in...

The X-ray narrow emission line region (NELR) of the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 has been interpreted as a single-phase photoionized plasma that is absorbed by some of the…

Authors: Mao, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Gu, Costantini, Kriss, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Behar, Di Gesu, Ponti, Petrucci, Ebrero

Bibcode: 2018A&A...612A..18M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732162

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1712.07852

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01/04/2018 - High-Energy

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission is the sixth Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite developed by a large international collaboration, including Japan, USA, Canada, and Europe. The mission aimed to provide the highest…

Authors: Takahashi, Kokubun, Mitsuda, Kelley, Ohashi, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Anabuki, Angelini, Arnaud, Asai, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Azzarello, Baluta, Bamba, Bando, Bautz, Bialas, Blandford, Boyce, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Canavan, Chernyakova,…

Bibcode: 2018JATIS...4b1402T

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402

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01/04/2018 - High-Energy

The evolution of young HII regions. I. Continuum emission and internal dynamics

Context. High-mass stars form in much richer environments than those associated with isolated low-mass stars, and once they reach a certain mass, produce ionised (HII) regions. The formation of these…

Authors: Klaassen, Johnston, Urquhart, Mottram, Peters, Kuiper, Beuther, van der Tak, Goddi

Bibcode: 2018A&A...611A..99K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731727

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01/04/2018 - High-Energy

Ground calibration of the Astro-H (Hitomi) soft x-ray spectrometer

The Astro-H (Hitomi) Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) was a pioneering imaging x-ray spectrometer with 5 eV energy resolution at 6 keV. The instrument used a microcalorimeter array at the focus…

Authors: Eckart, Adams, Boyce, Brown, Chiao, Fujimoto, Haas, den Herder, Hoshino, Ishisaki, Kilbourne, Kitamoto, Leutenegger, McCammon, Mitsuda, Porter, Sato, Sawada, Seta, Sneiderman, Szymkowiak, Takei, Tashiro, Tsujimoto, de Vries, Watanabe, Yamada, Yamasaki

Bibcode: 2018JATIS...4b1406E

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021406

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Charge exchange in galaxy clusters

Context. Though theoretically expected, the charge exchange emission from galaxy clusters has never been confidently detected. Accumulating hints were reported recently, including a rather marginal detection with the Hitomi data…

Authors: Gu, Mao, de Plaa, Raassen, Shah, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2018A&A...611A..26G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731861

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.04784

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Hitomi observations of the LMC SNR N 132 D: Highly redshifted X-ray...

We present Hitomi observations of N 132 D, a young, X-ray bright, O-rich core-collapse supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Despite a very short observation of only 3.7…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...16H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx151

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1712.02365

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Glimpse of the highly obscured HMXB IGR J16318-4848 with Hitomi

We report on a Hitomi observation of IGR J16318-4848, a high-mass X-ray binary system with an extremely strong absorption of NH ∼ 1024 cm-2. Previous X-ray studies revealed that its…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...17H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx154

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.07727

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

The Fermi-LAT detection of magnetar-like pulsar PSR J1846-0258 at high-energy gamma-rays

We report the detection of the pulsed signal of the radio-quiet magnetar-like pulsar PSR J1846-0258 in the high-energy γ-ray data of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT). We produced…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen, Dekker

Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.475.1238K

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx3128

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1709.00899

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Measurements of resonant scattering in the Perseus Cluster core with Hitomi SXS

Thanks to its high spectral resolution (∼5 eV at 6 keV), the Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) on board Hitomi enables us to measure the detailed structure of spatially resolved emission…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...10H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx127

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.04648

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Hitomi observation of radio galaxy NGC 1275: The first X-ray microcalorimeter spectroscopy...

The origin of the narrow Fe-Kα fluorescence line at 6.4 keV from active galactic nuclei has long been under debate; some of the possible sites are the outer accretion disk,…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...13H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx147

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.06289

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Hitomi X-ray studies of giant radio pulses from the Crab pulsar

To search for giant X-ray pulses correlated with the giant radio pulses (GRPs) from the Crab pulsar, we performed a simultaneous observation of the Crab pulsar with the X-ray satellite…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...15H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx083

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.08801

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Atmospheric gas dynamics in the Perseus cluster observed with Hitomi

Extending the earlier measurements reported in Hitomi collaboration (2016, Nature, 535, 117), we examine the atmospheric gas motions within the central 100 kpc of the Perseus cluster using observations obtained…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Canning, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70....9H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx138

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.00240

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Temperature structure in the Perseus cluster core observed with Hitomi

The present paper explains the temperature structure of X-ray emitting plasma in the core of the Perseus cluster based on 1.8-20.0 keV data obtained with the Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS)…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...11H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psy004

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1712.06612

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Atomic data and spectral modeling constraints from high-resolution X-ray observations of the...

The Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer spectrum of the Perseus cluster, with ∼5 eV resolution in the 2-9 keV band, offers an unprecedented benchmark of the atomic modeling and database for…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...12H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx156

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1712.05407

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01/03/2018 - High-Energy

Search for thermal X-ray features from the Crab nebula with the Hitomi...

The Crab nebula originated from a core-collapse supernova (SN) explosion observed in 1054 AD. When viewed as a supernova remnant (SNR), it has an anomalously low observed ejecta mass and…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, de Vries, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...14H

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx072

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.00054

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01/01/2018 - High-Energy

In-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite

We summarize all of the in-orbit operations of the soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) onboard the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) satellite. The satellite was launched on February 17, 2016, and the communication with…

Authors: Tsujimoto, Mitsuda, Kelley, den Herder, Bialas, Boyce, Chiao, de Vries, DiPirro, Eckart, Ezoe, Fujimoto, Hoshino, Ishikawa, Ishisaki, Kilbourne, Koyama, Leutenegger, Masters, Mitsuishi, Noda, Okajima, Okamoto, Porter, Sato, Sato, Savinell, Sawada,…

Bibcode: 2018JATIS...4a1205T

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011205

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01/01/2018 - High-Energy

Investigating the interstellar dust through the Fe K-edge

Context. The chemical and physical properties of interstellar dust in the densest regions of the Galaxy are still not well understood. X-rays provide a powerful probe since they can penetrate…

Authors: Rogantini, Costantini, Zeegers, de Vries, Bras, de Groot, Mutschke, Waters

Bibcode: 2018A&A...609A..22R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731664

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1709.05359

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01/01/2018 - Exoplanets

X-ray radiative transfer in protoplanetary disks. The role of dust and X-ray...

Context. The X-ray luminosities of T Tauri stars are about two to four orders of magnitude higher than the luminosity of the contemporary Sun. As these stars are born in…

Authors: Rab, Güdel, Woitke, Kamp, Thi, Min, Aresu, Meijerink

Bibcode: 2018A&A...609A..91R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731443

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.07249

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01/01/2018 - High-Energy

Pulsar spin-down: the glitch-dominated rotation of PSR J0537-6910

The young, fast-spinning X-ray pulsar J0537-6910 displays an extreme glitch activity, with large spin-ups interrupting its decelerating rotation every ~100 d. We present nearly 13 yr of timing data from…

Authors: Antonopoulou, Espinoza, Kuiper, Andersson

Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.473.1644A

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2429

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1708.09459

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01/01/2018 - High-Energy

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469. II. Column densities and variability in the...

We have investigated the ionic column density variability of the ionized outflows associated with NGC 7469, to estimate their location and power. This could allow a better understanding of galactic…

Authors: Peretz, Behar, Kriss, Kaastra, Arav, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, De Marco, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaspi, Mehdipour, Middei, Paltani, Petrucci, Ponti, Ursini

Bibcode: 2018A&A...609A..35P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731655

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1709.09633

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01/01/2018 - Low-Energy

Probing the Baryon Cycle of Galaxies with SPICA Mid- and Far-Infrared Observations

The SPICA mid- and far-infrared telescope will address fundamental issues in our understanding of star formation and ISM physics in galaxies. A particular hallmark of SPICA is the outstanding sensitivity…

Authors: van der Tak, Madden, Roelfsema, Armus, Baes, Bernard-Salas, Bolatto, Bontemps, Bot, Bradford, Braine, Ciesla, Clements, Cormier, Fernández-Ontiveros, Galliano, Giard, Gomez, González-Alfonso, Herpin, Johnstone, Jones, Kaneda, Kemper, Lebouteiller, De Looze, Matsuura,…

Bibcode: 2018PASA...35....2V

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.67

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.11327

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01/01/2018 - High-Energy

Calibration sources and filters of the soft x-ray spectrometer instrument on the...

The soft x-ray spectrometer was designed to operate onboard the Japanese Hitomi (ASTRO-H) satellite. In the beam of this instrument, there was a filter wheel containing x-ray filters and active…

Authors: de Vries, Haas, Yamasaki, Herder, Paltani, Kilbourne, Tsujimoto, Eckart, Leutenegger, Costantini, Dercksen, Dubbeldam, Frericks, Laubert, van Loon, Lowes, McCalden, Porter, Ruijter, Wolfs

Bibcode: 2018JATIS...4a1204D

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011204

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01/12/2017 - High-Energy

Behind the dust curtain: the spectacular case of GRB 160623A

We report on the X-ray dust-scattering features observed around the afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 160623A. With an XMM-Newton observation carried out ∼2 d after the burst, we found…

Authors: Pintore, Tiengo, Mereghetti, Vianello, Salvaterra, Esposito, Costantini, Giuliani, Bosnjak

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.472.1465P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2062

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1708.08835

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01/12/2017 - High-Energy

Improved measurements of turbulence in the hot gaseous atmospheres of nearby giant...

We present significantly improved measurements of turbulent velocities in the hot gaseous haloes of nearby giant elliptical galaxies. Using deep XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) observations and a combination of…

Authors: Ogorzalek, Zhuravleva, Allen, Pinto, Werner, Mantz, Canning, Fabian, Kaastra, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.472.1659O

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2030

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1702.04364

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01/12/2017 - High-Energy

Chandra imaging of the kpc extended outflow in 1H 0419-577

The Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H 0419-577 hosts a kpc extended outflow that is evident in the [O III] image and that is also detected as a warm absorber in the…

Authors: Di Gesu, Costantini, Piconcelli, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Paltani

Bibcode: 2017A&A...608A.115D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731853

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.04714

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01/12/2017 - Low-Energy

Data processing pipeline for Herschel HIFI

Context. The HIFI instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory performed over 9100 astronomical observations, almost 900 of which were calibration observations in the course of the nearly four-year Herschel mission.…

Authors: Shipman, Beaulieu, Teyssier, Morris, Rengel, McCoey, Edwards, Kester, Lorenzani, Coeur-Joly, Melchior, Xie, Sanchez, Zaal, Avruch, Borys, Braine, Comito, Delforge, Herpin, Hoac, Kwon, Lord, Marston, Mueller, Olberg, Ossenkopf, Puga, Akyilmaz-Yabaci

Bibcode: 2017A&A...608A..49S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731385

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1709.04327

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01/11/2017 - Low-Energy

SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust

The physical processes driving the chemical evolution of galaxies in the last 11Gyr cannot be understood without directly probing the dust-obscured phase of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei. This…

Authors: Fernández-Ontiveros, Armus, Baes, Bernard-Salas, Bolatto, Braine, Ciesla, De Looze, Egami, Fischer, Giard, González-Alfonso, Granato, Gruppioni, Imanishi, Ishihara, Kaneda, Madden, Malkan, Matsuhara, Matsuura, Nagao, Najarro, Nakagawa, Onaka, Oyabu, Pereira-Santaella, Pérez Fournon,…

Bibcode: 2017PASA...34...53F

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.43

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.02150

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01/11/2017 - Low-Energy

Tracing the Evolution of Dust Obscured Star Formation and Accretion Back to...

Our current knowledge of star formation and accretion luminosity at high redshift (z > 3-4), as well as the possible connections between them, relies mostly on observations in the rest-frame…

Authors: Gruppioni, Ciesla, Hatziminaoglou, Pozzi, Rodighiero, Santini, Armus, Baes, Braine, Charmandaris, Clements, Christopher, Dannerbauer, Efstathiou, Egami, Fernández-Ontiveros, Fontanot, Franceschini, González-Alfonso, Griffin, Kaneda, Marchetti, Monaco, Nakagawa, Onaka, Papadopoulos, Pearson, Pérez-Fournon, Peréz-González, Roelfsema,…

Bibcode: 2017PASA...34...55G

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.49

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.02353

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01/11/2017 - Low-Energy

Feedback and Feeding in the Context of Galaxy Evolution with SPICA: Direct...

A far-infrared observatory such as the SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics, with its unprecedented spectroscopic sensitivity, would unveil the role of feedback in galaxy evolution during the last…

Authors: González-Alfonso, Armus, Carrera, Charmandaris, Efstathiou, Egami, Fernández-Ontiveros, Fischer, Granato, Gruppioni, Hatziminaoglou, Imanishi, Isobe, Kaneda, Koziel-Wierzbowska, Malkan, Martín-Pintado, Mateos, Matsuhara, Miniutti, Nakagawa, Pozzi, Rico-Villas, Rodighiero, Roelfsema, Spinoglio, Spoon, Sturm, van der…

Bibcode: 2017PASA...34...54G

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.46

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.02356

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01/11/2017 - Exoplanets

Polarized scattered light from self-luminous exoplanets. Three-dimensional scattering radiative transfer with ARTES

Context. Direct imaging has paved the way for atmospheric characterization of young and self-luminous gas giants. Scattering in a horizontally-inhomogeneous atmosphere causes the disk-integrated polarization of the thermal radiation to…

Authors: Stolker, Min, Stam, Mollière, Dominik, Waters

Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A..42S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730780

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1706.09427

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01/11/2017 - Exoplanets

Variable Dynamics in the Inner Disk of HD 135344B Revealed with Multi-epoch...

We present multi-epoch Very Large Telescope/Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (VLT/SPHERE) observations of the protoplanetary disk around HD 135344B (SAO 206462). The J-band scattered light imagery reveal, with high spatial resolution…

Authors: Stolker, Sitko, Lazareff, Benisty, Dominik, Waters, Min, Perez, Milli, Garufi, de Boer, Ginski, Kraus, Berger, Avenhaus

Bibcode: 2017ApJ...849..143S

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa886a

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.02532

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01/11/2017 - High-Energy

Solar abundance ratios of the iron-peak elements in the Perseus cluster

The metal abundance of the hot plasma that permeates galaxy clusters represents the accumulation of heavy elements produced by billions of supernovae. Therefore, X-ray spectroscopy of the intracluster medium provides…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Enoto,…

Bibcode: 2017Natur.551..478H

DOI: 10.1038/nature24301

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1711.10035

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01/11/2017 - High-Energy

Revealing structure and evolution within the corona of the Seyfert galaxy I...

X-ray spectral timing analysis is presented of XMM-Newton observations of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy I Zwicky 1 taken in 2015 January. After exploring the effect of background flaring on…

Authors: Wilkins, Gallo, Silva, Costantini, Brandt, Kriss

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.4436W

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1814

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.05782

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01/11/2017 - High-Energy

The cooling, mass and radius of the neutron star in EXO 0748-676...

We analyse four XMM-Newton observations of the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676 in quiescence. We fit the spectra with an absorbed neutron-star atmosphere model, without the need for a…

Authors: Cheng, Méndez, Díaz-Trigo, Costantini

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.2605C

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1452

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1706.04784

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01/11/2017 - High-Energy

CHEERS: The chemical evolution RGS sample

Context. The chemical yields of supernovae and the metal enrichment of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) are not well understood. The hot gas in clusters of galaxies has been enriched with…

Authors: de Plaa, Kaastra, Werner, Pinto, Kosec, Zhang, Mernier, Lovisari, Akamatsu, Schellenberger, Hofmann, Reiprich, Finoguenov, Ahoranta, Sanders, Fabian, Pols, Simionescu, Vink, Böhringer

Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A..98D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629926

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.05076

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01/11/2017 - High-Energy

Density diagnostics of ionized outflows in active galactic nuclei. X-ray and UV...

Context. Ionized outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are thought to influence their nuclear and local galactic environment. However, the distance of the outflows with respect to the central engine…

Authors: Mao, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Raassen, Gu, Miller

Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A.100M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731378

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.09552

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01/11/2017 - Low-Energy

Unbiased Large Spectroscopic Surveys of Galaxies Selected by SPICA Using Dust Bands

The mid-infrared range contains many spectral features associated with large molecules and dust grains such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and silicates. These are usually very strong compared to fine-structure gas…

Authors: Kaneda, Ishihara, Oyabu, Yamagishi, Wada, Armus, Baes, Charmandaris, Czerny, Efstathiou, Fernández-Ontiveros, Ferrara, González-Alfonso, Griffin, Gruppioni, Hatziminaoglou, Imanishi, Kohno, Kwon, Nakagawa, Onaka, Pozzi, Scott, Smith, Spinoglio, Suzuki, van der Tak, Vaccari,…

Bibcode: 2017PASA...34...59K

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.56

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.07103

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01/11/2017 - Low-Energy

Galaxy Evolution Studies with the SPace IR Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics...

IR spectroscopy in the range 12-230 μm with the SPace IR telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) will reveal the physical processes governing the formation and evolution of galaxies and…

Authors: Spinoglio, Alonso-Herrero, Armus, Baes, Bernard-Salas, Bianchi, Bocchio, Bolatto, Bradford, Braine, Carrera, Ciesla, Clements, Dannerbauer, Doi, Efstathiou, Egami, Fernández-Ontiveros, Ferrara, Fischer, Franceschini, Gallerani, Giard, González-Alfonso, Gruppioni, Guillard, Hatziminaoglou, Imanishi, Ishihara, Isobe,…

Bibcode: 2017PASA...34...57S

DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2017.48

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.02189

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01/10/2017 - Exoplanets

Random sampling technique for ultra-fast computations of molecular opacities for exoplanet atmospheres

Context. Opacities of molecules in exoplanet atmospheres rely on increasingly detailed line-lists for these molecules. The line lists available today contain for many species up to several billions of lines.…

Authors: Min

Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A...9M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731612

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1710.01997

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01/10/2017 - High-Energy

Deep LOFAR observations of the merging galaxy cluster CIZA J2242.8+5301

Previous studies have shown that CIZA J2242.8+5301 (the ‘Sausage’ cluster, z = 0.192) is a massive merging galaxy cluster that hosts a radio halo and multiple relics. In this paper,…

Authors: Hoang, Shimwell, Stroe, Akamatsu, Brunetti, Donnert, Intema, Mulcahy, Röttgering, van Weeren, Bonafede, Brüggen, Cassano, Chyży, Enßlin, Ferrari, de Gasperin, Gu, Hoeft, Miley, Orrú, Pizzo, White

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.1107H

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1645

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1706.09903

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01/10/2017 - High-Energy

Chasing obscuration in type-I AGN: discovery of an eclipsing clumpy wind at...

In 2016 we carried out a Swift monitoring programme to track the X-ray hardness variability of eight type-I AGN over a year. The purpose of this monitoring was to find…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kaastra, Kriss, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, Ebrero, Di Gesu, Kaspi, Mao, De Marco, Matt, Paltani, Peretz, Peterson, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti, Ursini, de Vries, Walton

Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A..28M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731175

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.04671

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01/09/2017 - Exoplanets

Experimental Phase Functions of Millimeter-sized Cosmic Dust Grains

We present the experimental phase functions of three types of millimeter-sized dust grains consisting of enstatite, quartz, and volcanic material from Mount Etna, respectively. The three grains present similar sizes…

Authors: Muñoz, Moreno, Vargas-Martín, Guirado, Escobar-Cerezo, Min, Hovenier

Bibcode: 2017ApJ...846...85M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7ff2

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.04158

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01/08/2017 - Exoplanets

Connecting the shadows: probing inner disk geometries using shadows in transitional disks

Aims: Shadows in transitional disks are generally interpreted as signs of a misaligned inner disk. This disk is usually beyond the reach of current day high contrast imaging facilities. However,…

Authors: Min, Stolker, Dominik, Benisty

Bibcode: 2017A&A...604L..10M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730949

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1704.01844

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01/08/2017 - Exoplanets

Detecting Proxima b’s Atmosphere with JWST Targeting CO2 at 15 μm Using...

Exoplanet Proxima b will be an important laboratory for the search for extraterrestrial life for the decades ahead. Here, we discuss the prospects of detecting carbon dioxide at 15 μm…

Authors: Snellen, Désert, Waters, Robinson, Meadows, van Dishoeck, Brandl, Henning, Bouwman, Lahuis, Min, Lovis, Dominik, Van Eylen, Sing, Anglada-Escudé, Birkby, Brogi

Bibcode: 2017AJ....154...77S

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aa7fbc

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.08596

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01/08/2017 - High-Energy

Science with hot astrophysical plasmas

We present some recent highlights and prospects for the study of hot astrophysical plasmas. Hot plasmas can be studied primarily through their X-ray emission and absorption. Most astrophysical objects, from…

Authors: Kaastra, Gu, Mao, Mehdipour, Mernier, de Plaa, Raassen, Urdampilleta

Bibcode: 2017JInst..12C8008K

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/08/C08008

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.01251

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01/07/2017 - High-Energy

The transitional millisecond pulsar IGR J18245-2452 during its 2013 outburst at X-rays...

IGR J18245-2452/PSR J1824-2452I is one of the rare transitional accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars, showing direct evidence of switches between states of rotation-powered radio pulsations and accretion-powered X-ray pulsations, dubbed transitional…

Authors: De Falco, Kuiper, Bozzo, Ferrigno, Poutanen, Stella, Falanga

Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A..16D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730600

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1704.04181

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01/07/2017 - High-Energy

Line Ratios for Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Comets

Charge exchange (CX) has emerged in X-ray emission modeling as a significant process that must be considered in many astrophysical environments—particularly comets. Comets host an interaction between solar wind ions…

Authors: Mullen, Cumbee, Lyons, Gu, Kaastra, Shelton, Stancil

Bibcode: 2017ApJ...844....7M

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7752

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1707.09096

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01/07/2017 - Low-Energy

De-blending deep Herschel surveys: A multi-wavelength approach

Aims: Cosmological surveys in the far-infrared are known to suffer from confusion. The Bayesian de-blending tool, XID+, currently provides one of the best ways to de-confuse deep Herschel SPIRE images,…

Authors: Pearson, Wang, van der Tak, Hurley, Burgarella, Oliver

Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A.102P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630105

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1704.02192

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01/07/2017 - Exoplanets

The chemical structure of the Class 0 protostellar envelope NGC 1333 IRAS 4A

Context. It is not well known what drives the chemistry of a protostellar envelope, in particular the role of the stellar mass and the protostellar outflows on the chemical enrichment…

Authors: Koumpia, Semenov, van der Tak, Boogert, Caux

Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A..88K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630160

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1705.00908

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01/07/2017 - Exoplanets

NH3 (10-00) in the pre-stellar core L1544

Pre-stellar cores represent the initial conditions in the process of star and planet formation, therefore it is important to study their physical and chemical structure. Because of their volatility, nitrogen-bearing…

Authors: Caselli, Bizzocchi, Keto, Sipilä, Tafalla, Pagani, Kristensen, van der Tak, Walmsley, Codella, Nisini, Aikawa, Faure, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2017A&A...603L...1C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731121

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1706.03063

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01/07/2017 - Exoplanets

Chemical segregation in hot cores with disk candidates. An investigation with ALMA

Context. In the study of high-mass star formation, hot cores are empirically defined stages where chemically rich emission is detected toward a massive YSO. It is unknown whether the physical…

Authors: Allen, van der Tak, Sánchez-Monge, Cesaroni, Beltrán

Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A.133A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629118

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1705.06346

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01/07/2017 - High-Energy

Radial metal abundance profiles in the intra-cluster medium of cool-core galaxy clusters,...

The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) permeating galaxy clusters and groups is not pristine, as it has been continuously enriched by metals synthesised in Type Ia (SNIa) and core-collapse (SNcc) supernovae…

Authors: Mernier, de Plaa, Kaastra, Zhang, Akamatsu, Gu, Kosec, Mao, Pinto, Reiprich, Sanders, Simionescu, Werner

Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A..80M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630075

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1703.01183

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01/06/2017 - High-Energy

Radio Pulse Search and X-Ray Monitoring of SAX J1808.4-3658: What Causes Its...

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 shows a peculiar orbital evolution that proceeds at a very fast pace. It is important to identify the underlying mechanism responsible for this…

Authors: Patruno, Jaodand, Kuiper, Bult, Hessels, Knigge, King, Wijnands, van der Klis

Bibcode: 2017ApJ...841...98P

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6f5b

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1611.06023

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01/06/2017 - High-Energy

Chasing discs around O-type (proto)stars: Evidence from ALMA observations

Context. Circumstellar discs around massive stars could mediate the accretion onto the star from the infalling envelope, and could minimize the effects of radiation pressure. Despite such a crucial role,…

Authors: Cesaroni, Sánchez-Monge, Beltrán, Johnston, Maud, Moscadelli, Mottram, Ahmadi, Allen, Beuther, Csengeri, Etoka, Fuller, Galli, Galván-Madrid, Goddi, Henning, Hoare, Klaassen, Kuiper, Kumar, Lumsden, Peters, Rivilla, Schilke, Testi, van der Tak, Vig,…

Bibcode: 2017A&A...602A..59C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630184

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01/06/2017 - Exoplanets

Distribution of water in the G327.3-0.6 massive star-forming region

Aims: Following our past study of the distribution of warm gas in the G327.3-0.6 massive star-forming region, we aim here at characterizing the large-scale distribution of water in this active…

Authors: Leurini, Herpin, van der Tak, Wyrowski, Herczeg, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2017A&A...602A..70L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730387

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1703.08973

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01/05/2017 - High-Energy

Multi-wavelength campaign on NGC 7469. I. The rich 640 ks RGS spectrum

Aims: Outflows in active galaxies (AGNs) are common, although their launching mechanism, location, and physical impact on the host galaxy remain controversial. We conducted a multi-wavelength six-month campaign to observe…

Authors: Behar, Peretz, Kriss, Kaastra, Arav, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, De Marco, Di Gesu, Ebrero, Kaspi, Mehdipour, Paltani, Petrucci, Ponti, Ursini

Bibcode: 2017A&A...601A..17B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629943

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1612.07508

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01/05/2017 - High-Energy

The effect of X-ray dust scattering on a bright burst from the...

A bright burst, followed by an X-ray tail lasting ∼10 ks, was detected during an XMM-Newton observation of the magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408 carried out on 2009 February 3. The burst,…

Authors: Pintore, Mereghetti, Tiengo, Vianello, Costantini, Esposito

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.467.3467P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx368

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1702.02127

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01/05/2017 - High-Energy

Charge exchange in the ultraviolet: implication for interacting clouds in the core...

Context. Charge exchange emission is known to provide a key diagnostic to the interface between hot and cold matter in many astrophysical environments. Most of the recent charge exchange studies…

Authors: Gu, Mao, O'Dea, Baum, Mehdipour, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2017A&A...601A..45G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730596

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1703.01151

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01/05/2017 - Exoplanets

Effects of disc mid-plane evolution on CO snowline location

Temperature changes in the planet forming disc mid-planes carry important physico-chemical consequences, such as the effect on the locations of the condensation fronts of molecules – the snowlines. Snowlines impose…

Authors: Panić, Min

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.467.1175P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx114

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1703.09708

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01/04/2017 - High-Energy

Simultaneous X-ray and radio observations of the radio-mode-switching pulsar PSR B1822-09

We report on simultaneous X-ray and radio observations of the radio-mode-switching pulsar PSR B1822-09 with ESA’s XMM-Newton and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and Lovell radio…

Authors: Hermsen, Kuiper, Hessels, Mitra, Rankin, Stappers, Wright, Basu, Szary, van Leeuwen

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.466.1688H

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3135

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1612.04392

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01/04/2017 - High-Energy

Coexistence of a non-thermal jet and a complex ultra-fast X-ray outflow in...

Context. Recent XMM-Newton observations have revealed that IRAS 17020+4544 is a very unusual example of black hole wind-produced feedback by a moderately luminous AGN in a spiral galaxy. Aims: Since…

Authors: Giroletti, Panessa, Longinotti, Krongold, Guainazzi, Costantini, Santos-Lleo

Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A..87G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630161

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1701.07298

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01/04/2017 - Exoplanets

Observing transiting planets with JWST. Prime targets and their synthetic spectral observations

Context. The James Webb Space Telescope will enable astronomers to obtain exoplanet spectra of unprecedented precision. The MIRI instrument especially may shed light on the nature of the cloud particles…

Authors: Mollière, van Boekel, Bouwman, Henning, Lagage, Min

Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A..10M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629800

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1611.08608

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01/04/2017 - Exoplanets

The molecular gas mass of M 33

Do some environments favor efficient conversion of molecular gas into stars? To answer this, we need to be able to estimate the H2 mass. Traditionally, this is done using CO…

Authors: Gratier, Braine, Schuster, Rosolowsky, Boquien, Calzetti, Combes, Kramer, Henkel, Herpin, Israel, Koribalski, Mookerjea, Tabatabaei, Röllig, van der Tak, van der Werf, Wiedner

Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A..27G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629300

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1609.03791

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01/03/2017 - Exoplanets

Herschel/HIFI spectral line survey of the Orion Bar. Temperature and density differentiation...

Context. Photon dominated regions (PDRs) are interfaces between the mainly ionized and mainly molecular material around young massive stars. Analysis of the physical and chemical structure of such regions traces…

Authors: Nagy, Choi, Ossenkopf-Okada, van der Tak, Bergin, Gerin, Joblin, Röllig, Simon, Stutzki

Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A..22N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628916

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1611.07470

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01/03/2017 - Exoplanets

Interferometric evidence for quantum heated particles in the inner region of protoplanetary...

Context. To understand the chemical composition of planets, it is important to know the chemical composition of the region where they form in protoplanetary disks. Because of its fundamental role…

Authors: Klarmann, Benisty, Min, Dominik, Berger, Waters, Kluska, Lazareff, Le Bouquin

Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A..80K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628820

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1612.06311

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01/03/2017 - Exoplanets

BP Piscium: its flaring disc imaged with SPHERE/ZIMPOL★

Whether BP Piscium (BP Psc) is either a pre-main sequence T Tauri star at d ≈ 80 pc, or a post-main sequence G giant at d ≈ 300 pc is…

Authors: de Boer, Girard, Canovas, Min, Sitko, Ginski, Jeffers, Mawet, Milli, Rodenhuis, Snik, Keller

Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.466L...7D

DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw219

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1610.06609

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01/03/2017 - Exoplanets

A mid-IR interferometric survey with MIDI/VLTI: resolving the second-generation protoplanetary disks around...

Aims: We present a mid-IR interferometric survey of the circumstellar environment of a specific class of post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binaries. For this class the presence of a compact dusty…

Authors: Hillen, Van Winckel, Menu, Manick, Debosscher, Min, de Wit, Verhoelst, Kamath, Waters

Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A..41H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629161

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1610.09930

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01/03/2017 - Low-Energy

Three Radial Gaps in the Disk of TW Hydrae Imaged with SPHERE

We present scattered light images of the TW Hya disk performed with the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument in Polarimetric Differential Imaging mode at 0.63, 0.79, 1.24, and 1.62 μm.…

Authors: van Boekel, Henning, Menu, de Boer, Langlois, Müller, Avenhaus, Boccaletti, Schmid, Thalmann, Benisty, Dominik, Ginski, Girard, Gisler, Lobo Gomes, Menard, Min, Pavlov, Pohl, Quanz, Rabou, Roelfsema, Sauvage, Teague, Wildi, Zurlo

Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837..132V

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d68

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1610.08939

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01/03/2017 - High-Energy

Absorption and scattering by interstellar dust in the silicon K-edge of GX 5-1

Context. We study the absorption and scattering of X-ray radiation by interstellar dust particles, which allows us to access the physical and chemical properties of dust. The interstellar dust composition…

Authors: Zeegers, Costantini, de Vries, Tielens, Chihara, de Groot, Mutschke, Waters, Zeidler

Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A.117Z

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628507

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1612.07988

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01/03/2017 - High-Energy

Hitomi Constraints on the 3.5 keV Line in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy with Hitomi was expected to resolve the origin of the faint unidentified E≈ 3.5 {keV} emission line reported in several low-resolution studies of various massive systems, such…

Authors: Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Angelini, Arnaud, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Bulbul, Brenneman, Brown, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa, Eckart, Enoto, Ezoe,…

Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837L..15A

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa61fa

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.07420

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01/03/2017 - High-Energy

Athena: ESA’s X-ray observatory for the late 2020s

Observations of the X-ray sky after the next decade will most likely be dominated by Athena (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics), the second large mission of ESA’s Cosmic Vision…

Authors: Barcons, Barret, Decourchelle, den Herder, Fabian, Matsumoto, Lumb, Nandra, Piro, Smith, Willingale

Bibcode: 2017AN....338..153B

DOI: 10.1002/asna.201713323

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01/03/2017 - High-Energy

Future perspectives for abundance measurements in clusters of galaxies with XMM-Newton

The CHEERS (CHEmical enrichment reflection grating spectrometer sample) observations of clusters of galaxies with XMM-Newton have shown to be valuable to constrain the chemical evolution of the universe. The soft…

Authors: de Plaa, Mernier

Bibcode: 2017AN....338..299D

DOI: 10.1002/asna.201713346

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1611.03723

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01/03/2017 - High-Energy

The 2015 outburst of the accretion-powered pulsar IGR J00291+5934: INTEGRAL and Swift observations

The pulsar IGR J00291+5934 is the fastest-known accretion-powered X-ray pulsar, discovered during a transient outburst in 2004. In this paper, we report on INTEGRAL and Swift observations during the 2015…

Authors: De Falco, Kuiper, Bozzo, Galloway, Poutanen, Ferrigno, Stella, Falanga

Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A..88D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629575

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1611.08218

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01/03/2017 - Exoplanets

Near-infrared scattered light properties of the HR 4796 A dust ring. A...

Context. HR 4796 A is surrounded by a debris disc, observed in scattered light as an inclined ring with a high surface brightness. Past observations have raised several questions. First,…

Authors: Milli, Vigan, Mouillet, Lagrange, Augereau, Pinte, Mawet, Schmid, Boccaletti, Matrà, Kral, Ertel, Chauvin, Bazzon, Ménard, Beuzit, Thalmann, Dominik, Feldt, Henning, Min, Girard, Galicher, Bonnefoy, Fusco, de Boer, Janson, Maire, Mesa,…

Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A.108M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527838

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1701.00750

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01/01/2017 - Low-Energy

Shadows and spirals in the protoplanetary disk HD 100453

Context. Understanding the diversity of planets requires studying the morphology and physical conditions in the protoplanetary disks in which they form. Aims: We aim to study the structure of the…

Authors: Benisty, Stolker, Pohl, de Boer, Lesur, Dominik, Dullemond, Langlois, Min, Wagner, Henning, Juhasz, Pinilla, Facchini, Apai, van Boekel, Garufi, Ginski, Ménard, Pinte, Quanz, Zurlo, Boccaletti, Bonnefoy, Beuzit, Chauvin, Cudel, Desidera,…

Bibcode: 2017A&A...597A..42B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629798

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1610.10089

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01/01/2017 - High-Energy

Direct probe of the inner accretion flow around the supermassive black hole...

Aims: NGC 2617 is a nearby (z 0.01) active galaxy that recently switched from being a Seyfert 1.8 to be a Seyfert 1.0. At the same time, it underwent a…

Authors: Giustini, Costantini, De Marco, Svoboda, Motta, Proga, Saxton, Ferrigno, Longinotti, Miniutti, Grupe, Mathur, Shappee, Prieto, Stanek

Bibcode: 2017A&A...597A..66G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628686

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.00233

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01/12/2016 - High-Energy

Timing the warm absorber in NGC 4051

We investigated, using spectral-timing analysis, the characterization of highly ionized outflows in Seyfert galaxies, the so-called warm absorbers. Here, we present our results of the extensive 600 ks of XMM-Newton…

Authors: Silva, Uttley, Costantini

Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A..79S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628555

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.01065

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01/12/2016 - Exoplanets

Scattered light mapping of protoplanetary disks

Context. High-contrast scattered light observations have revealed the surface morphology of several dozen protoplanetary disks at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Inclined disks offer the opportunity to measure part of the…

Authors: Stolker, Dominik, Min, Garufi, Mulders, Avenhaus

Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A..70S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629098

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1609.09505

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01/12/2016 - High-Energy

Laboratory Measurements Compellingly Support a Charge-exchange Mechanism for the ’Dark Matter’ ~3.5...

The reported observations of an unidentified X-ray line feature at ∼3.5 keV have driven a lively discussion about its possible dark matter origin. Motivated by this, we have measured the…

Authors: Shah, Dobrodey, Bernitt, Steinbrügge, Crespo López-Urrutia, Gu, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...833...52S

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/833/1/52

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.04751

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01/11/2016 - High-Energy

Origin of central abundances in the hot intra-cluster medium. II. Chemical enrichment...

The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) is rich in metals, which are synthesised by supernovae (SNe) and accumulate over time into the deep gravitational potential well of clusters of galaxies. Since…

Authors: Mernier, de Plaa, Pinto, Kaastra, Kosec, Zhang, Mao, Werner, Pols, Vink

Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A.126M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628765

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.03888

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01/11/2016 - High-Energy

A Deep Campaign to Characterize the Synchronous Radio/X-Ray Mode Switching of PSR B0943+10

Observations of PSR B0943+10 with XMM-Newton and the LOFAR, LWA, and Arecibo radio telescopes in 2014 November confirm the synchronous X-ray/radio switching between a radio-bright (B) mode and a radio-quiet…

Authors: Mereghetti, Kuiper, Tiengo, Hessels, Hermsen, Stovall, Possenti, Rankin, Esposito, Turolla, Mitra, Wright, Stappers, Horneffer, Oslowski, Serylak, Grießmeier

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...831...21M

DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/831/1/21

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.07735

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01/11/2016 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XV. Global modeling of the broad emission...

Aims: We model the broad emission lines present in the optical, UV, and X-ray spectra of Mrk 509, a bright type 1 Seyfert galaxy. The broad lines were simultaneously observed…

Authors: Costantini, Kriss, Kaastra, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, De Marco, Ebrero, Mehdipour, Petrucci, Paltani, Ponti, Steenbrugge, Arav

Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A.106C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527956

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1606.06579

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01/11/2016 - High-Energy

Calibration of the microcalorimeter spectrometer on-board the Hitomi (Astro-H) observatory (invited)

The Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) was a pioneering non-dispersive imaging x-ray spectrometer with 5 eV FWHM energy resolution, consisting of an array of 36 silicon-thermistor microcalorimeters at the focus…

Authors: Eckart, Boyce, Brown, Chiao, Fujimoto, Haas, den Herder, Ishisaki, Kelley, Kilbourne, Leutenegger, McCammon, Mitsuda, Porter, Sawada, Sneiderman, Szymkowiak, Takei, Tashiro, Tsujimoto, de Vries, Watanabe, Yamada, Yamasaki

Bibcode: 2016RScI...87kD503E

DOI: 10.1063/1.4961075

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01/11/2016 - Exoplanets

Dusty tails of evaporating exoplanets. II. Physical modelling of the KIC 12557548b...

Context. Evaporating rocky exoplanets, such as KIC 12557548b, eject large amounts of dust, which can trail the planet in a comet-like tail. When such objects occult their host star, the…

Authors: van Lieshout, Min, Dominik, Brogi, de Graaff, Hekker, Kama, Keller, Ridden-Harper, van Werkhoven

Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A..32V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629250

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1609.00275

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01/11/2016 - Low-Energy

Shadows cast on the transition disk of HD 135344B. Multiwavelength VLT/SPHERE polarimetric...

Context. The protoplanetary disk around the F-type star HD 135344B (SAO 206462) is in a transition stage and shows many intriguing structures both in scattered light and thermal (sub-)millimeter emission…

Authors: Stolker, Dominik, Avenhaus, Min, de Boer, Ginski, Schmid, Juhasz, Bazzon, Waters, Garufi, Augereau, Benisty, Boccaletti, Henning, Langlois, Maire, Ménard, Meyer, Pinte, Quanz, Thalmann, Beuzit, Carbillet, Costille, Dohlen, Feldt, Gisler, Mouillet,…

Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A.113S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201528039

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1603.00481

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01/11/2016 - Exoplanets

Analysis of the Herschel/Hexos Spectral Survey Toward Orion South: A Massive Protostellar...

We present results from a comprehensive submillimeter spectral survey toward the source Orion South, based on data obtained with the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared instrument on board the Herschel…

Authors: Tahani, Plume, Bergin, Tolls, Phillips, Caux, Cabrit, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Johnstone, Lis, Pagani, Menten, Müller, Ossenkopf-Okada, Pearson, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...832...12T

DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/12

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.06320

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01/11/2016 - Exoplanets

Direct detection of scattered light gaps in the transitional disk around HD...

Aims: We studied the well-known circumstellar disk around the Herbig Ae/Be star HD 97048 with high angular resolution to reveal undetected structures in the disk which may be indicative of…

Authors: Ginski, Stolker, Pinilla, Dominik, Boccaletti, de Boer, Benisty, Biller, Feldt, Garufi, Keller, Kenworthy, Maire, Ménard, Mesa, Milli, Min, Pinte, Quanz, van Boekel, Bonnefoy, Chauvin, Desidera, Gratton, Girard, Keppler, Kopytova, Lagrange,…

Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A.112G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629265

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1609.04027

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01/10/2016 - High-Energy

Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations of the North Polar Spur: Charge exchange or...

By revisiting the Suzaku and XMM-Newton data of the North Polar Spur, we discovered that the spectra are inconsistent with the traditional model consisting of pure thermal emission and neutral…

Authors: Gu, Mao, Costantini, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2016A&A...594A..78G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628609

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.08334

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01/10/2016 - High-Energy

The warm absorber in the radio-loud quasar 4C +74.26

Outflows of photoionized gas are commonly detected in the X-ray spectra of Seyfert 1 galaxies. However, the evidence for this phenomenon in broad line radio galaxies, which are analogous to…

Authors: Di Gesu, Costantini

Bibcode: 2016A&A...594A..88D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628670

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.01943

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01/10/2016 - Exoplanets

Evolutionary status of dense cores in the NGC 1333 IRAS 4 star-forming region

Context. Protostellar evolution after the formation of the protostar is becoming reasonably well characterized, but the evolution from a prestellar core to a protostar is not well known, although the…

Authors: Koumpia, van der Tak, Kwon, Tobin, Fuller, Plume

Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A..51K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201528042

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.07661

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01/10/2016 - Exoplanets

Structure and kinematics of the clouds surrounding the Galactic mini-starburst W43 MM1

Massive stars have a major influence on their environment, yet their formation is difficult to study as they form quickly in highly obscured regions and are rare, hence more distant…

Authors: Jacq, Braine, Herpin, van der Tak, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A..66J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628653

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.08776

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01/09/2016 - High-Energy

Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations of the newly discovered early-stage cluster merger of...

We present the results of Suzaku and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the cluster pair 1E2216.0-0401 and 1E2215.7-0404. We discover an X-ray bridge between the clusters. Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations revealed…

Authors: Akamatsu, Gu, Shimwell, Mernier, Mao, Urdampilleta, de Plaa, Röttgering, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2016A&A...593L...7A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629275

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1608.01669

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01/09/2016 - High-Energy

Insights into the location and dynamics of the coolest X-ray emitting gas...

We extend our previous study of the cool gas responsible for the emission of O VII X-ray lines in the cores of clusters and groups of galaxies. This is the…

Authors: Pinto, Fabian, Ogorzalek, Zhuravleva, Werner, Sanders, Zhang, Gu, de Plaa, Ahoranta, Finoguenov, Johnstone, Canning

Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.461.2077P

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1444

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1606.04954

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01/09/2016 - Exoplanets

The ionization rates of galactic nuclei and disks from Herschel/HIFI observations of...

Context. Dense gas in galactic nuclei is known to feed central starbursts and AGN, but the properties of this gas are poorly known because of the high obscuration by dust.…

Authors: van der Tak, Weiß, Liu, Güsten

Bibcode: 2016A&A...593A..43V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628120

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1606.09428

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01/09/2016 - Exoplanets

Determining the mid-plane conditions of circumstellar discs using gas and dust modelling:...

The mass of gas in protoplanetary discs is a quantity of great interest for assessing their planet formation potential. Disc gas masses are, however, traditionally inferred from measured dust masses…

Authors: Boneberg, Panić, Haworth, Clarke, Min

Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.461..385B

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1325

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1605.07938

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01/08/2016 - High-Energy

Origin of central abundances in the hot intra-cluster medium. I. Individual and...

The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) is rich in metals, which are synthesised by supernovae (SNe) explosions and accumulate over time into the deep gravitational potential well of clusters of galaxies.…

Authors: Mernier, de Plaa, Pinto, Kaastra, Kosec, Zhang, Mao, Werner

Bibcode: 2016A&A...592A.157M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527824

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1606.01165

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01/08/2016 - High-Energy

Observations of asymmetric velocity fields and gas cooling in the NGC 4636...

Aims: This study aims to probe the thermodynamic properties of the hot intragroup medium (IGM) plasma in the core regions of the NGC 4636 galaxy group by detailed measurements of…

Authors: Ahoranta, Finoguenov, Pinto, Sanders, Kaastra, de Plaa, Fabian

Bibcode: 2016A&A...592A.145A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527523

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.07444

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01/08/2016 - Exoplanets

The abundance and thermal history of water ice in the disk surrounding...

Context. The presence or absence of ice in protoplanetary disks is of great importance to the formation of planets. By enhancing solid surface density and increasing sticking efficiency, ice catalyzes…

Authors: Min, Bouwman, Dominik, Waters, Pontoppidan, Hony, Mulders, Henning, van Dishoeck, Woitke, Evans, DIGIT Team

Bibcode: 2016A&A...593A..11M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425432

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1606.07266

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01/08/2016 - Exoplanets

Star Formation and Feedback: A Molecular Outflow-Prestellar Core Interaction in L1689N

We present Herschel,11 ALMA Compact Array (ACA), and Caltech Submillimeter Observatory observations of the prestellar core in L1689N, which has been suggested to be interacting with a molecular outflow driven…

Authors: Lis, Wootten, Gerin, Pagani, Roueff, van der Tak, Vastel, Walmsley

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...827..133L

DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/827/2/133

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1605.01239

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01/07/2016 - High-Energy

Development of the superconducting detectors and read-out for the X-IFU instrument on...

The Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics (Athena) has been selected by ESA as its second large-class mission. The future European X-ray observatory will study the hot and energetic Universe with…

Authors: Gottardi, Akamatsu, Bruijn, den Hartog, den Herder, Jackson, Kiviranta, van der Kuur, van Weers

Bibcode: 2016NIMPA.824..622G

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.072

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1604.00670

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01/07/2016 - High-Energy

Galaxy Infall by Interacting with Its Environment: A Comprehensive Study of 340...

To study systematically the evolution of the angular extents of the galaxy, intracluster medium (ICM), and dark matter components in galaxy clusters, we compiled the optical and X-ray properties of…

Authors: Gu, Wen, Gandhi, Inada, Kawaharada, Kodama, Konami, Nakazawa, Xu, Makishima

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...826...72G

DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/826/1/72

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1602.01524

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01/07/2016 - High-Energy

TES-Based X-ray Microcalorimeter Performances Under AC Bias and FDM for Athena

Athena is a European X-ray observatory, scheduled for launch in ∼ 2028. Athena will employ a high-resolution imaging spectrometer called X-ray integral field unit (X-IFU), consisting of an array of…

Authors: Akamatsu, Gottardi, de Vries, Adams, Bandler, Bruijn, Chervenak, Eckart, Finkbeiner, Gao, den Herder, den Hartog, Hoevers, Kelley, Khosropanah, Kilbourne, van der Kuur, Lee, van den Linden, Porter, Ravensberg, Sadleir, Smith,…

Bibcode: 2016JLTP..184..436A

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-016-1525-9

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01/07/2016 - High-Energy

The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster

Clusters of galaxies are the most massive gravitationally bound objects in the Universe and are still forming. They are thus important probes of cosmological parameters and many astrophysical processes. However,…

Authors: Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, Akamatsu, Akimoto, Allen, Anabuki, Angelini, Arnaud, Audard, Awaki, Axelsson, Bamba, Bautz, Blandford, Brenneman, Brown, Bulbul, Cackett, Chernyakova, Chiao, Coppi, Costantini, de Plaa, den Herder, Done, Dotani, Ebisawa,…

Bibcode: 2016Natur.535..117H

DOI: 10.1038/nature18627

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1607.04487

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01/06/2016 - High-Energy

Suzaku observation of a high-entropy cluster Abell 548W

Abell 548W, one of the galaxy clusters located in the Abell 548 region, has about an order of magnitude lower X-ray luminosity compared to ordinal clusters in view of the…

Authors: Nakazawa, Kato, Gu, Kawaharada, Takizawa, Fujita, Makishima

Bibcode: 2016PASJ...68S..21N

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psv129

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1512.01315

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01/06/2016 - Exoplanets

Constraining turbulence mixing strength in transitional discs with planets using SPHERE and ALMA

We investigate the effect that the turbulent mixing strength parameter αturb plays on near-infrared polarimetric and sub-millimetre interferometric imaging observations of transitional discs (TDs) with a gap carved by a…

Authors: de Juan Ovelar, Pinilla, Min, Dominik, Birnstiel

Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.459L..85D

DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw051

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1603.09357

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01/06/2016 - High-Energy

A Chandra Study of the Image Power Spectra of 41 Cool Core...

In this work we propose a new diagnostic to segregate cool core (CC) clusters from non-CC (NCC) clusters by studying the two-dimensional power spectra of the X-ray images observed with…

Authors: Zhang, Xu, Zhu, Li, Hu, Wang, Gu, Gu, Zhang, Liu, Zhu, Wu

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...823..116Z

DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/116

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1604.04127

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01/06/2016 - Exoplanets

Study of the inner dust envelope and stellar photosphere of the AGB...

Context. On the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) low- and intermediate-mass stars eject a large fraction of their envelope, but the mechanism driving these outflows is still poorly understood. For oxygen-rich…

Authors: Khouri, Maercker, Waters, Vlemmings, Kervella, de Koter, Ginski, De Beck, Decin, Min, Dominik, O'Gorman, Schmid, Lombaert, Lagadec

Bibcode: 2016A&A...591A..70K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628435

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1605.05504

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01/05/2016 - Exoplanets

Water in star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH). VI. Constraints on UV and...

Context. Hydrides are simple compounds containing one or a few hydrogen atoms bonded to a heavier atom. They are fundamental precursor molecules in cosmic chemistry and many hydride ions have…

Authors: Benz, Bruderer, van Dishoeck, Melchior, Wampfler, van der Tak, Goicoechea, Indriolo, Kristensen, Lis, Mottram, Bergin, Caselli, Herpin, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, Liseau, Nisini, Tafalla, Visser, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2016A&A...590A.105B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525835

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1603.08721

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01/04/2016 - High-Energy

Plasma code for astrophysical charge exchange emission at X-ray wavelengths

Charge exchange X-ray emission provides unique insight into the interactions between cold and hot astrophysical plasmas. Besides its own profound science, this emission is also technically crucial to all observations…

Authors: Gu, Kaastra, Raassen

Bibcode: 2016A&A...588A..52G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527615

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1601.05958

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01/04/2016 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. VII. Swift study of obscuration...

We present our investigation into the long-term variability of the X-ray obscuration and optical-UV-X-ray continuum in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. In 2013 and 2014, the Swift observatory monitored…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kaastra, Kriss, Cappi, Petrucci, De Marco, Ponti, Steenbrugge, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, Ebrero, Di Gesu, Matt, Paltani, Peterson, Ursini, Whewell

Bibcode: 2016A&A...588A.139M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527729

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1602.03017

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01/03/2016 - Exoplanets

Herschel-HIFI view of mid-IR quiet massive protostellar objects

Aims: We present Herschel/HIFI observations of 14 water lines in a small sample of Galactic massive protostellar objects: NGC 6334I(N), DR21(OH), IRAS 16272-4837, and IRAS 05358+3543. Using water as a…

Authors: Herpin, Chavarría, Jacq, Braine, van der Tak, Wyrowski, van Dishoeck, Baudry, Bontemps, Kristensen, Schmalzl, Mata

Bibcode: 2016A&A...587A.139H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527786

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1601.04599

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01/03/2016 - High-Energy

The contribution of young core-collapse supernova remnants to the X-ray emission near...

Appreciable star formation, and, therefore, numerous massive stars, are frequently found near supermassive black holes (SMBHs). As a result, core-collapse supernovae in these regions should also be expected. In this…

Authors: Rimoldi, Rossi, Costantini, Portegies Zwart

Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.456.2537R

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2799

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1511.07882

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01/03/2016 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. VI. Long-term variability of the...

Context. We observed the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 in 2013-2014 in the context of an extensive multiwavelength campaign involving several satellites, which revealed the source to be in…

Authors: Ebrero, Kaastra, Kriss, Di Gesu, Costantini, Mehdipour, Bianchi, Cappi, Boissay, Branduardi-Raymont, Petrucci, Ponti, Pozo Núñez, Seta, Steenbrugge, Whewell

Bibcode: 2016A&A...587A.129E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527808

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1601.02385

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01/02/2016 - Exoplanets

Velocity resolved [C II] spectroscopy of the center and the BCLMP 302...

Context. The forbidden fine structure transition of C+ at 158 μm is one of the major cooling lines of the interstellar medium (ISM). Aims: We aim to understand the contribution…

Authors: Mookerjea, Israel, Kramer, Nikola, Braine, Ossenkopf, Röllig, Henkel, van der Werf, van der Tak, Wiedner

Bibcode: 2016A&A...586A..37M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527366

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1512.00904

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01/01/2016 - Exoplanets

Linking low- to high-mass young stellar objects with Herschel-HIFI observations of water

Context. Water probes the dynamics in young stellar objects (YSOs) effectively, especially shocks in molecular outflows. It is therefore a key molecule for exploring whether the physical properties of low-mass…

Authors: San José-García, Mottram, van Dishoeck, Kristensen, van der Tak, Braine, Herpin, Johnstone, van Kempen, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2016A&A...585A.103S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525708

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1511.00357

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01/01/2016 - Exoplanets

Multiwavelength optical properties of compact dust aggregates in protoplanetary disks

Context. In protoplanetary disks micron-size dust grains coagulate to form larger structures with complex shapes and compositions. The coagulation process changes the absorption and scattering properties of particles in the…

Authors: Min, Rab, Woitke, Dominik, Ménard

Bibcode: 2016A&A...585A..13M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526048

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1510.05426

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01/01/2016 - High-Energy

A Chandra Study of Temperature Distributions of the Intracluster Medium in 50...

To investigate the spatial distribution of the intracluster medium temperature in galaxy clusters in a quantitative way and probe the physics behind it, we analyze the X-ray spectra from a…

Authors: Zhu, Xu, Wang, Gu, Li, Hu, Zhang, Gu, An, Liu, Zhang, Zhu, Wu

Bibcode: 2016ApJ...816...54Z

DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/816/2/54

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1511.04699

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01/12/2015 - High-Energy

A novel scenario for the possible X-ray line feature at ~3.5 keV....

Motivated by recent claims of a compelling ~3.5 keV emission line from nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters, we investigate a novel plasma model incorporating a charge exchange component obtained from…

Authors: Gu, Kaastra, Raassen, Mullen, Cumbee, Lyons, Stancil

Bibcode: 2015A&A...584L..11G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527634

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1511.06557

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01/11/2015 - High-Energy

X-Ray High-resolution Spectroscopy Reveals Feedback in a Seyfert Galaxy from an Ultra-fast...

Winds outflowing from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) may carry significant amounts of mass and energy out to their host galaxies. In this paper we report the detection of a sub-relativistic…

Authors: Longinotti, Krongold, Guainazzi, Giroletti, Panessa, Costantini, Santos-Lleo, Rodriguez-Pascual

Bibcode: 2015ApJ...813L..39L

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/813/2/L39

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1511.01165

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01/11/2015 - Low-Energy

The JCMT Plane Survey: early results from the ℓ = 30° field

We present early results from the JCMT (James Clerk Maxwell Telescope) Plane Survey (JPS), which has surveyed the northern inner Galactic plane between longitudes ℓ = 7° and ℓ =…

Authors: Moore, Plume, Thompson, Parsons, Urquhart, Eden, Dempsey, Morgan, Thomas, Buckle, Brunt, Butner, Carretero, Chrysostomou, deVilliers, Fich, Hoare, Manser, Mottram, Natario, Olguin, Peretto, Polychroni, Redman, Rigby, Salji, Summers, Berry, Currie, Jenness,…

Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.453.4264M

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1833

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1509.00318

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01/10/2015 - High-Energy

Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a...

Tidal forces close to massive black holes can violently disrupt stars that make a close approach. These extreme events are discovered via bright X-ray and optical/ultraviolet flares in galactic centres.…

Authors: Miller, Kaastra, Miller, Reynolds, Brown, Cenko, Drake, Gezari, Guillochon, Gultekin, Irwin, Levan, Maitra, Maksym, Mushotzky, O'Brien, Paerels, de Plaa, Ramirez-Ruiz, Strohmayer, Tanvir

Bibcode: 2015Natur.526..542M

DOI: 10.1038/nature15708

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1510.06348

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01/09/2015 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. V. A clear view of...

Context. Our consortium performed an extensive multi-wavelength campaign of the nearby Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 in 2013-14. The source appeared unusually heavily absorbed in the soft X-rays, and signatures…

Authors: Whewell, Branduardi-Raymont, Kaastra, Mehdipour, Steenbrugge, Bianchi, Behar, Ebrero, Cappi, Costantini, De Marco, Di Gesu, Kriss, Paltani, Peterson, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti

Bibcode: 2015A&A...581A..79W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526742

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1509.00274

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01/08/2015 - Exoplanets

Fine-structure line deficit in S 140

Aims: We try to understand the gas heating and cooling in the S 140 star-forming region by spatially and spectrally resolving the distribution of the main cooling lines with GREAT/SOFIA…

Authors: Ossenkopf, Koumpia, Okada, Mookerjea, van der Tak, Simon, Pütz, Güsten

Bibcode: 2015A&A...580A..83O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526231

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1506.01991

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01/08/2015 - Exoplanets

Infrared dark clouds on the far side of the Galaxy

Context. Infrared dark clouds are the coldest and densest portions of giant molecular clouds. The most massive ones represent some of the most likely birthplaces for the next generation of…

Authors: Giannetti, Wyrowski, Leurini, Urquhart, Csengeri, Menten, Bronfman, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2015A&A...580L...7G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526474

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1507.05808

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01/08/2015 - Exoplanets

Temperatures of dust and gas in S 140

Context. In dense parts of interstellar clouds (≥105 cm-3), dust and gas are expected to be in thermal equilibrium, being coupled via collisions. However, previous studies have shown that in…

Authors: Koumpia, Harvey, Ossenkopf, van der Tak, Mookerjea, Fuente, Kramer

Bibcode: 2015A&A...580A..68K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525669

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1504.05000

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01/08/2015 - High-Energy

Discovery of a nearby early-phase major cluster merger CIZA J1358.9-4750

CIZA J1358.9-4750 is a nearby (z = 0.074) pair of clusters of galaxies located close to the Galactic plane. It consists of two X-ray extended humps at the northwest and…

Authors: Kato, Nakazawa, Gu, Akahori, Takizawa, Fujita, Makishima

Bibcode: 2015PASJ...67...71K

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psv029

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1504.02708

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01/07/2015 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. IV. The short-term variability of...

During an extensive multiwavelength campaign that we performed in 2013-2014, we found the prototypical Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 in an unusual condition of heavy and persistent obscuration. The newly…

Authors: Di Gesu, Costantini, Ebrero, Mehdipour, Kaastra, Ursini, Petrucci, Cappi, Kriss, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, De Marco, De Rosa, Kaspi, Paltani, Pinto, Ponti, Steenbrugge, Whewell

Bibcode: 2015A&A...579A..42D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525934

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1505.02562

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01/06/2015 - Exoplanets

Measuring star formation with resolved observations: the test case of M 33

Context. Measuring star formation on a local scale is important to constrain star formation laws. It is not clear yet, however, whether and how the measure of star formation is…

Authors: Boquien, Calzetti, Aalto, Boselli, Braine, Buat, Combes, Israel, Kramer, Lord, Relaño, Rosolowsky, Stacey, Tabatabaei, van der Tak, van der Werf, Verley, Xilouris

Bibcode: 2015A&A...578A...8B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201423518

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1502.01347

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01/06/2015 - High-Energy

The soft γ-ray pulsar population: a high-energy overview

At high-energy γ-rays (>100 MeV), the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi satellite already detected more than 145 rotation-powered pulsars (RPPs), while the number of pulsars seen at soft…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen

Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.449.3827K

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv426

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1502.06769

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01/06/2015 - High-Energy

Developments of Frequency-Domain Multiplexing of TES Arrays for a Future X-Ray Satellite Mission

Arrays of transition-edge sensors (TESs) X-ray microcalorimeters can provide high energy resolution and a large area necessary for the future X-ray mission Athena (2028∼). An array with 4000 TESs will…

Authors: Akamatsu, Gottardi, Adams, Bandler, Bruijn, Chervenak, Eckart, Finkbeiner, den Hartog, den Herder, Hoevers, Jambunathan, Kelley, Kilbourne, Lee, van der Kuur, van den Linden, Porter, Sadleir, Smith, Kiviranta, Wassell

Bibcode: 2015ITAS...2583353A

DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2014.2383353

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01/05/2015 - High-Energy

Structures and Components in Galaxy Clusters: Observations and Models

Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally bounded structures in the Universe dominated by dark matter. We review the observational appearance and physical models of plasma structures in clusters of…

Authors: Bykov, Churazov, Ferrari, Forman, Kaastra, Klein, Markevitch, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2015SSRv..188..141B

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-014-0129-4

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1512.01456

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01/05/2015 - Exoplanets

Physical and chemical differentiation of the luminous star-forming region W49A. Results from...

Context. The massive and luminous star-forming region W49A is a well-known Galactic candidate to probe the physical conditions and chemistry similar to those expected in external starburst galaxies. Aims: We…

Authors: Nagy, van der Tak, Fuller, Plume

Bibcode: 2015A&A...577A.127N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425014

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1502.03187

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01/05/2015 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. II. The spatial, temporal, and...

Context. AGN outflows are thought to influence the evolution of their host galaxies and of super massive black holes. Our deep multiwavelength campaign on NGC 5548 has revealed a new,…

Authors: Arav, Chamberlain, Kriss, Kaastra, Cappi, Mehdipour, Petrucci, Steenbrugge, Behar, Bianchi, Boissay, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, Ely, Ebrero, di Gesu, Harrison, Kaspi, Malzac, De Marco, Matt, Nandra, Paltani, Peterson, Pinto, Ponti, Pozo Nuñez,…

Bibcode: 2015A&A...577A..37A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425302

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1411.2157

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01/05/2015 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. III. The high-energy view with...

We describe the analysis of the seven broad-band X-ray continuum observations of the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 that were obtained with XMM-Newton or Chandra, simultaneously with high-energy (>10…

Authors: Ursini, Boissay, Petrucci, Matt, Cappi, Bianchi, Kaastra, Harrison, Walton, di Gesu, Costantini, De Marco, Kriss, Mehdipour, Paltani, Peterson, Ponti, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2015A&A...577A..38U

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425401

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1501.03426

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01/04/2015 - Exoplanets

Observations of water with Herschel/HIFI toward the high-mass protostar AFGL 2591

Context. Water is an important chemical species in the process of star formation, and a sensitive tracer of physical conditions in star-forming regions because of its rich line spectrum and…

Authors: Choi, van der Tak, van Dishoeck, Herpin, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2015A&A...576A..85C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322717

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1412.4818

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01/03/2015 - High-Energy

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. I. A global model for...

An extensive multi-satellite campaign on NGC 5548 has revealed this archetypal Seyfert-1 galaxy to be in an exceptional state of persistent heavy absorption. Our observations taken in 2013-2014 with XMM-Newton,…

Authors: Mehdipour, Kaastra, Kriss, Cappi, Petrucci, Steenbrugge, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Boissay, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, Ebrero, Di Gesu, Harrison, Kaspi, De Marco, Matt, Paltani, Peterson, Ponti, Pozo Nuñez, De Rosa, Ursini, de Vries,…

Bibcode: 2015A&A...575A..22M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425373

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1501.01188

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01/03/2015 - High-Energy

Abundance and temperature distributions in the hot intra-cluster gas of Abell 4059

Using the EPIC and RGS data from a deep (200 ks) XMM-Newton observation, we investigate the temperature structure (kT and σT) and the abundances of nine elements (O, Ne, Mg,…

Authors: Mernier, de Plaa, Lovisari, Pinto, Zhang, Kaastra, Werner, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2015A&A...575A..37M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425282

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1412.5369

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01/03/2015 - High-Energy

Chemical Enrichment RGS cluster Sample (CHEERS): Constraints on turbulence

Context. Feedback from active galactic nuclei, galactic mergers, and sloshing are thought to give rise to turbulence, which may prevent cooling in clusters. Aims: We aim to measure the turbulence…

Authors: Pinto, Sanders, Werner, de Plaa, Fabian, Zhang, Kaastra, Finoguenov, Ahoranta

Bibcode: 2015A&A...575A..38P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425278

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1501.01069

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01/02/2015 - Exoplanets

The HIFI spectral survey of AFGL 2591 (CHESS). III. Chemical structure of...

Aims: The aim of this work is to understand the richness of chemical species observed in the isolated high-mass envelope of AFGL 2591, a prototypical object for studying massive star…

Authors: Kaźmierczak-Barthel, Semenov, van der Tak, Chavarría, van der Wiel

Bibcode: 2015A&A...574A..71K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424657

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1412.5763

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01/02/2015 - Exoplanets

Herschel Survey of Galactic OH+, H2O+, and H3O+: Probing the Molecular Hydrogen...

In diffuse interstellar clouds the chemistry that leads to the formation of the oxygen-bearing ions OH+, H2O+, and H3O+ begins with the ionization of atomic hydrogen by cosmic rays, and…

Authors: Indriolo, Neufeld, Gerin, Schilke, Benz, Winkel, Menten, Chambers, Black, Bruderer, Falgarone, Godard, Goicoechea, Gupta, Lis, Ossenkopf, Persson, Sonnentrucker, van der Tak, van Dishoeck, Wolfire, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2015ApJ...800...40I

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/40

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1412.1106

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01/01/2015 - High-Energy

Calibration and in-orbit performance of the reflection grating spectrometer onboard XMM-Newton

Context. XMM-Newton was launched on 10 December 1999 and has been operational since early 2000. One of the instruments onboard XMM-Newton is the reflection grating spectrometer (RGS). Two identical RGS…

Authors: de Vries, den Herder, Gabriel, Gonzalez-Riestra, Ibarra, Kaastra, Pollock, Raassen, Paerels

Bibcode: 2015A&A...573A.128D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201423704

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1410.5251

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01/12/2014 - High-Energy

Discovery of O VII line emitting gas in elliptical galaxies

In the cores of ellipticals, clusters, and groups of galaxies, the gas has a cooling time shorter than 1 Gyr. It is possible to probe cooling flows through the detection…

Authors: Pinto, Fabian, Werner, Kosec, Ahoranta, de Plaa, Kaastra, Sanders, Zhang, Finoguenov

Bibcode: 2014A&A...572L...8P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425270

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1411.0709

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01/12/2014 - Exoplanets

Water in star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH). V. The physical conditions in...

Context. Outflows are an important part of the star formation process as both the result of ongoing active accretion and one of the main sources of mechanical feedback on small…

Authors: Mottram, Kristensen, van Dishoeck, Bruderer, San José-García, Karska, Visser, Santangelo, Benz, Bergin, Caselli, Herpin, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, van Kempen, Liseau, Nisini, Tafalla, van der Tak, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2014A&A...572A..21M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424267

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1409.5704

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01/12/2014 - Exoplanets

A non-equilibrium ortho-to-para ratio of water in the Orion PDR

Context. The ortho-to-para ratio (OPR) of H2O is thought to be sensitive to the temperature of water formation. The OPR of H2O is thus useful for studying the formation mechanism…

Authors: Choi, van der Tak, Bergin, Plume

Bibcode: 2014A&A...572L..10C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424007

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1409.1600

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01/12/2014 - Exoplanets

Water deuterium fractionation in the high-mass star-forming region G34.26+0.15 based on Herschel/HIFI data

Understanding water deuterium fractionation is important for constraining the mechanisms of water formation in interstellar clouds. Observations of HDO and H_2^{18}O transitions were carried out towards the high-mass star-forming region…

Authors: Coutens, Vastel, Hincelin, Herbst, Lis, Chavarría, Gérin, van der Tak, Persson, Goldsmith, Caux

Bibcode: 2014MNRAS.445.1299C

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu1816

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1409.1092

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01/11/2014 - Exoplanets

Filamentary structure and Keplerian rotation in the high-mass star-forming region G35.03+0.35 imaged...

Context. Theoretical scenarios propose that high-mass stars are formed by disk-mediated accretion. Aims: To test the theoretical predictions on the formation of massive stars, we wish to make a thorough…

Authors: Beltrán, Sánchez-Monge, Cesaroni, Kumar, Galli, Walmsley, Etoka, Furuya, Moscadelli, Stanke, van der Tak, Vig, Wang, Zinnecker, Elia, Schisano

Bibcode: 2014A&A...571A..52B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424031

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01/10/2014 - Exoplanets

Herschel HIFI Observations of O2 toward Orion: Special Conditions for Shock Enhanced Emission

We report observations of molecular oxygen (O2) rotational transitions at 487 GHz, 774 GHz, and 1121 GHz toward Orion Peak A. The O2 lines at 487 GHz and 774 GHz…

Authors: Chen, Goldsmith, Viti, Snell, Lis, Benz, Bergin, Black, Caselli, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Goicoechea, Hjalmarson, Hollenbach, Kaufman, Melnick, Neufeld, Pagani, van der Tak, van Dishoeck, Yıldız

Bibcode: 2014ApJ...793..111C

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/793/2/111

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1408.1962

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01/10/2014 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XIV. Chandra HETGS spectra

Context. We present in this paper the results of a 270 ks Chandra HETGS observation in the context of a large multiwavelength campaign on the Seyfert galaxy Mrk 509. Aims:…

Authors: Kaastra, Ebrero, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, Kriss, De Marco, Mehdipour, Paltani, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti, Steenbrugge, de Vries

Bibcode: 2014A&A...570A..73K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424662

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1409.2021

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01/10/2014 - Low-Energy

The physical conditions in IRDC clumps from Herschel/HIFI observations of H2O

Context. The earliest phases of high-mass star formation are poorly understood. Aims: Our goal is to determine the physical conditions and kinematic structure of massive starforming cloud clumps. Methods: We…

Authors: Shipman, van der Tak, Wyrowski, Herpin, Frieswijk

Bibcode: 2014A&A...570A..51S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201423912

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1408.1515

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01/09/2014 - Exoplanets

A necklace of dense cores in the high-mass star forming region G35.20-0.74...

Context. The formation process of high-mass stars (with masses >8 M⊙) is still poorly understood, and represents a challenge from both the theoretical and observational points of view. The advent…

Authors: Sánchez-Monge, Beltrán, Cesaroni, Etoka, Galli, Kumar, Moscadelli, Stanke, van der Tak, Vig, Walmsley, Wang, Zinnecker, Elia, Molinari, Schisano

Bibcode: 2014A&A...569A..11S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424032

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1406.4081

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01/07/2014 - Exoplanets

The HIFI spectral survey of AFGL 2591 (CHESS). II. Summary of the survey

Aims: This paper presents the richness of submillimeter spectral features in the high-mass star forming region AFGL 2591. Methods: As part of the Chemical Herschel Survey of Star Forming Regions…

Authors: Kaźmierczak-Barthel, van der Tak, Helmich, Chavarría, Wang, Ceccarelli

Bibcode: 2014A&A...567A..53K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322819

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1405.4761

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01/07/2014 - Exoplanets

The IRAM M 33 CO(2-1) survey. A complete census of molecular gas...

To study the interstellar medium and the interplay between the atomic and molecular components in a low-metallicity environment, we present a complete high angular and spectral resolution map and position-position-velocity…

Authors: Druard, Braine, Schuster, Schneider, Gratier, Bontemps, Boquien, Combes, Corbelli, Henkel, Herpin, Kramer, van der Tak, van der Werf

Bibcode: 2014A&A...567A.118D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201423682

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1405.5884

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01/07/2014 - High-Energy

A fast and long-lived outflow from the supermassive black hole in NGC 5548

Supermassive black holes in the nuclei of active galaxies expel large amounts of matter through powerful winds of ionized gas. The archetypal active galaxy NGC 5548 has been studied for…

Authors: Kaastra, Kriss, Cappi, Mehdipour, Petrucci, Steenbrugge, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Boissay, Branduardi-Raymont, Chamberlain, Costantini, Ely, Ebrero, Di Gesu, Harrison, Kaspi, Malzac, De Marco, Matt, Nandra, Paltani, Person, Peterson, Pinto, Ponti, Pozo…

Bibcode: 2014Sci...345...64K

DOI: 10.1126/science.1253787

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1406.5007

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01/07/2014 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XIII. Testing ionized-reflection models on Mrk 509

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the most luminous persistent objects in the universe. The X-ray domain is particularly important because the X-ray flux represents a significant fraction of the bolometric…

Authors: Boissay, Paltani, Ponti, Bianchi, Cappi, Kaastra, Petrucci, Arav, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, Ebrero, Kriss, Mehdipour, Pinto, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2014A&A...567A..44B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201423494

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1404.3863

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01/07/2014 - Low-Energy

The effect of sideband ratio on line intensity for Herschel/HIFI

The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) on board the Herschel Space Observatory is composed of a set of fourteen double sideband mixers. We discuss the general problem of…

Authors: Higgins, Teyssier, Borys, Braine, Comito, Delforge, Helmich, Olberg, Ossenkopf, Pearson, Shipman

Bibcode: 2014ExA....37..433H

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-014-9382-5

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1404.2806

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01/06/2014 - Exoplanets

Herschel Observations of Extraordinary Sources: Analysis of the HIFI 1.2 THz Wide...

We present a comprehensive analysis of a broadband spectral line survey of the Orion Kleinmann-Low nebula (Orion KL), one of the most chemically rich regions in the Galaxy, using the…

Authors: Crockett, Bergin, Neill, Favre, Schilke, Lis, Bell, Blake, Cernicharo, Emprechtinger, Esplugues, Gupta, Kleshcheva, Lord, Marcelino, McGuire, Pearson, Phillips, Plume, van der Tak, Tercero, Yu

Bibcode: 2014ApJ...787..112C

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/787/2/112

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1405.2351

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01/04/2014 - Exoplanets

Hierarchical fragmentation and differential star formation in the Galactic `Snake’: infrared dark...

We present Submillimeter Array (SMA) λ = 0.88 and 1.3 mm broad-band observations, and Very Large Array (VLA) observations in NH3 (J, K) = (1,1) up to (5,5), H2O and…

Authors: Wang, Zhang, Testi, van der Tak, Wu, Zhang, Pillai, Wyrowski, Carey, Ragan, Henning

Bibcode: 2014MNRAS.439.3275W

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu127

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1401.4157

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01/04/2014 - Exoplanets

Water emission from the high-mass star-forming region IRAS 17233-3606

We investigate the physical and chemical processes at work during the formation of a massive protostar based on the observation of water in an outflow from a very young object…

Authors: Leurini, Gusdorf, Wyrowski, Codella, Csengeri, van der Tak, Beuther, Flower, Comito, Schilke

Bibcode: 2014A&A...564L..11L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201323343

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1403.4821

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01/03/2014 - High-Energy

Simultaneous XMM-Newton and HST-COS observation of 1H 0419-577. II. Broadband spectral modeling...

In this paper, we present the longest exposed (97 ks) XMM-Newton EPIC-pn spectrum ever obtained for the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy1H 0419-577. With the aim of explaining the broadband emission of…

Authors: Di Gesu, Costantini, Piconcelli, Ebrero, Mehdipour, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2014A&A...563A..95D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322916

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1401.5614

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01/03/2014 - High-Energy

Unveiling the environment surrounding low-mass X-ray binary SAX J1808.4-3658

Context. Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are a natural workbench to study accretion disk phenomena and optimal background sources to measure elemental abundances in the interstellar medium (ISM). In high-resolution XMM-Newton…

Authors: Pinto, Costantini, Fabian, Kaastra, in't Zand

Bibcode: 2014A&A...563A.115P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201323283

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1402.0379

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01/02/2014 - Exoplanets

Far-infrared molecular lines from low- to high-mass star forming regions observed with Herschel

Aims: Our aim is to study the response of the gas-to-energetic processes associated with high-mass star formation and compare it with previously published studies on low- and intermediate-mass young stellar…

Authors: Karska, Herpin, Bruderer, Goicoechea, Herczeg, van Dishoeck, San José-García, Contursi, Feuchtgruber, Fedele, Baudry, Braine, Chavarría, Cernicharo, van der Tak, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2014A&A...562A..45K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321954

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1311.6644

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01/12/2013 - Exoplanets

Spatially extended OH+ emission from the Orion Bar and Ridge

Context. The reactive HnO+ ions (OH+, H2O+ and H3O+) are widespread in the interstellar medium and act as precursors to the H2O molecule. While HnO+ absorption is seen on many…

Authors: van der Tak, Nagy, Ossenkopf, Makai, Black, Faure, Gerin, Bergin

Bibcode: 2013A&A...560A..95V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322164

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1311.1977

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01/12/2013 - Exoplanets

Deuterated water in the solar-type protostars NGC 1333 IRAS 4A and IRAS 4B

Context. The measure of the water deuterium fractionation is a relevant tool for understanding mechanisms of water formation and evolution from the prestellar phase to the formation of planets and…

Authors: Coutens, Vastel, Cabrit, Codella, Kristensen, Ceccarelli, van Dishoeck, Boogert, Bottinelli, Castets, Caux, Comito, Demyk, Herpin, Lefloch, McCoey, Mottram, Parise, Taquet, van der Tak, Visser, Yıldız

Bibcode: 2013A&A...560A..39C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322400

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1310.7365

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01/11/2013 - High-Energy

The XMM-Newton Spectrum of a Candidate Recoiling Supermassive Black Hole: An Elusive...

We present a detailed spectral analysis of new XMM-Newton data of the source CXOC J100043.1+020637, also known as CID-42, detected in the COSMOS survey at z = 0.359. Previous works…

Authors: Lanzuisi, Civano, Marchesi, Comastri, Costantini, Elvis, Mainieri, Hickox, Jahnke, Komossa, Piconcelli, Vignali, Brusa, Cappelluti, Fruscione

Bibcode: 2013ApJ...778...62L

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/778/1/62

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1310.1399

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01/11/2013 - High-Energy

The X-ray/UV absorber in NGC 4593

We present the results of a recent (2011 March) 160 ks Chandra-LETGS (Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometre) observation of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4593, and the analysis of archival X-ray…

Authors: Ebrero, Kaastra, Kriss, de Vries, Costantini

Bibcode: 2013MNRAS.435.3028E

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt1497

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1308.1555

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01/10/2013 - Exoplanets

Dense molecular cocoons in the massive protocluster W3 IRS5: a test case...

Context. Two competing models describe the formation of massive stars in objects like the Orion Trapezium. In the turbulent core accretion model, the resulting stellar masses are directly related to…

Authors: Wang, Bourke, Hogerheijde, van der Tak, Benz, Megeath, Wilson

Bibcode: 2013A&A...558A..69W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322087

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1308.5151

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01/08/2013 - High-Energy

Simultaneous XMM-Newton and HST-COS observation of 1H0419-577. The absorbing and emitting ionized gas

In this paper we analyze the X-ray, UV, and optical data of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy 1H0419-577 with the aim of detecting and studying an ionized-gas outflow. The source was…

Authors: Di Gesu, Costantini, Arav, Borguet, Detmers, Ebrero, Edmonds, Kaastra, Piconcelli, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2013A&A...556A..94D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321416

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1305.6232

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01/07/2013 - Exoplanets

The Spatial Distribution of Organics toward the High-mass YSO NGC 7538 IRS9

Complex molecules have been broadly classified into three generations dependent on the mode of formation and the required formation temperature (<25, 25-100 K, and >100 K). Around massive young stellar…

Authors: Öberg, Boamah, Fayolle, Garrod, Cyganowski, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2013ApJ...771...95O

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/95

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1305.3151

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01/06/2013 - Exoplanets

Water in star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH). IV. A survey of low-J...

Context. Water is a key constituent of star-forming matter, but the origin of its line emission and absorption during high-mass star formation is not well understood. Aims: We study the…

Authors: van der Tak, Chavarría, Herpin, Wyrowski, Walmsley, van Dishoeck, Benz, Bergin, Caselli, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, Kristensen, Liseau, Nisini, Tafalla

Bibcode: 2013A&A...554A..83V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220976

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1304.2949

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01/05/2013 - Exoplanets

Herschel-HIFI observations of high-J CO and isotopologues in star-forming regions: from low...

Context. Our understanding of the star formation process has traditionally been confined to certain mass or luminosity boundaries because most studies focus only on low-, intermediate-, or high-mass star-forming regions.…

Authors: San José-García, Mottram, Kristensen, van Dishoeck, Yıldız, van der Tak, Herpin, Visser, McCoey, Wyrowski, Braine, Johnstone

Bibcode: 2013A&A...553A.125S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220472

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1301.4658

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01/05/2013 - Exoplanets

The HIFI spectral survey of AFGL 2591 (CHESS). I. Highly excited linear...

Context. Linear rotor molecules such as CO, HCO+ and HCN are important probes of star-forming gas. For these species, temperatures of ≲ 50 K are sufficient to produce emission lines…

Authors: van der Wiel, Pagani, van der Tak, Kaźmierczak, Ceccarelli

Bibcode: 2013A&A...553A..11V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321069

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1303.3339

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01/05/2013 - Exoplanets

Probing the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the photoelectric heating within...

Aims: We observationally investigate the relation between the photoelectric heating efficiency in photodissociation regions (PDRs) and the charge of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are considered to play a key…

Authors: Okada, Pilleri, Berné, Ossenkopf, Fuente, Goicoechea, Joblin, Kramer, Röllig, Teyssier, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2013A&A...553A...2O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118450

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1303.2030

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01/04/2013 - Exoplanets

Water in star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH). III. Far-infrared cooling lines in...

Context. Understanding the physical phenomena involved in the earlierst stages of protostellar evolution requires knowledge of the heating and cooling processes that occur in the surroundings of a young stellar…

Authors: Karska, Herczeg, van Dishoeck, Wampfler, Kristensen, Goicoechea, Visser, Nisini, San José-García, Bruderer, Śniady, Doty, Fedele, Yıldız, Benz, Bergin, Caselli, Herpin, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, Jørgensen, Liseau, Tafalla, van der Tak, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2013A&A...552A.141K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220028

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1301.4821

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01/04/2013 - Exoplanets

A candidate circumbinary Keplerian disk in G35.20-0.74 N: A study with ALMA

We report on ALMA observations of continuum and molecular line emission with 0.”4 resolution towards the high-mass star-forming region G35.20-0.74 N. Two dense cores are detected in typical hot-core tracers…

Authors: Sánchez-Monge, Cesaroni, Beltrán, Kumar, Stanke, Zinnecker, Etoka, Galli, Hummel, Moscadelli, Preibisch, Ratzka, van der Tak, Vig, Walmsley, Wang

Bibcode: 2013A&A...552L..10S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321134

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1303.4242

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01/04/2013 - High-Energy

The origin of the chemical elements in cluster cores

Metals play a fundamental role in ICM cooling processes in cluster cores through the emission of spectral lines. But when and how were these metals formed and distributed through the…

Authors: de Plaa

Bibcode: 2013AN....334..416D

DOI: 10.1002/asna.201211870

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1210.1093

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01/03/2013 - Exoplanets

The Abundance, Ortho/Para Ratio, and Deuteration of Water in the High-mass Star-forming...

We present Herschel/HIFI observations of 30 transitions of water isotopologues toward the high-mass star-forming region NGC 6334 I. The line profiles of H16 2O, H17 2O, H18 2O, and HDO…

Authors: Emprechtinger, Lis, Rolffs, Schilke, Monje, Comito, Ceccarelli, Neufeld, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2013ApJ...765...61E

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/765/1/61

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1212.5169

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01/03/2013 - High-Energy

Interstellar medium composition through X-ray spectroscopy of low-mass X-ray binaries

Context. The diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) is an integral part of the evolution of the entire Galaxy. Metals are produced by stars and their abundances are the direct testimony of…

Authors: Pinto, Kaastra, Costantini, de Vries

Bibcode: 2013A&A...551A..25P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220481

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1301.1612

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01/02/2013 - Exoplanets

Herschel/HIFI observations of [C II] and [13C II] in photon-dominated regions

Context. Chemical fractionation reactions in the interstellar medium can result in molecular isotopologue abundance ratios that differ by many orders of magnitude from the isotopic abundance ratios. Understanding variations in…

Authors: Ossenkopf, Röllig, Neufeld, Pilleri, Lis, Fuente, van der Tak, Bergin

Bibcode: 2013A&A...550A..57O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219837

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1211.3359

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01/02/2013 - Exoplanets

The distribution of warm gas in the G327.3-0.6 massive star-forming region

Aims: Most studies of high-mass star formation focus on massive and/or luminous clumps, but the physical properties of their larger scale environment are poorly known. In this work, we aim…

Authors: Leurini, Wyrowski, Herpin, van der Tak, Güsten, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2013A&A...550A..10L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201218962

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1211.3554

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01/01/2013 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XII. Broad band spectral analysis

The origin of the different spectral components present in the high-energy (UV to X-rays/gamma-rays) spectra of Seyfert galaxies is still being debated a lot. One of the major limitations, in…

Authors: Petrucci, Paltani, Malzac, Kaastra, Cappi, Ponti, De Marco, Kriss, Steenbrugge, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Mehdipour, Costantini, Dadina, Lubiński

Bibcode: 2013A&A...549A..73P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219956

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1209.6438

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01/01/2013 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XI. Reverberation of the Fe Kα line

Context. We report on a detailed study of the Fe K emission/absorption complex in the nearby, bright Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509. The study is part of an extensive XMM-Newton…

Authors: Ponti, Cappi, Costantini, Bianchi, Kaastra, De Marco, Fender, Petrucci, Kriss, Steenbrugge, Arav, Behar, Branduardi-Raymont, Dadina, Ebrero, Lubiński, Mehdipour, Paltani, Pinto, Tombesi

Bibcode: 2013A&A...549A..72P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219450

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1207.0831

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01/01/2013 - High-Energy

Synchronous X-ray and Radio Mode Switches: A Rapid Global Transformation of the...

Pulsars emit from low-frequency radio waves up to high-energy gamma-rays, generated anywhere from the stellar surface out to the edge of the magnetosphere. Detecting correlated mode changes across the electromagnetic…

Authors: Hermsen, Hessels, Kuiper, van Leeuwen, Mitra, de Plaa, Rankin, Stappers, Wright, Basu, Alexov, Coenen, Grießmeier, Hassall, Karastergiou, Keane, Kondratiev, Kramer, Kuniyoshi, Noutsos, Serylak, Pilia, Sobey, Weltevrede, Zagkouris, Asgekar, Avruch, Batejat,…

Bibcode: 2013Sci...339..436H

DOI: 10.1126/science.1230960

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1302.0203

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01/01/2013 - Exoplanets

Dense gas in M 33 (HerM33es)

Aims: We aim to better understand the emission of molecular tracers of the diffuse and dense gas in giant molecular clouds and the influence that metallicity, optical extinction, density, far-UV…

Authors: Buchbender, Kramer, Gonzalez-Garcia, Israel, García-Burillo, van der Werf, Braine, Rosolowsky, Mookerjea, Aalto, Boquien, Gratier, Henkel, Quintana-Lacaci, Verley, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2013A&A...549A..17B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219436

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1210.3263

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01/11/2012 - Exoplanets

First Detection of Water Vapor in a Pre-stellar Core

Water is a crucial molecule in molecular astrophysics as it controls much of the gas/grain chemistry, including the formation and evolution of more complex organic molecules in ices. Pre-stellar cores…

Authors: Caselli, Keto, Bergin, Tafalla, Aikawa, Douglas, Pagani, Yíldíz, van der Tak, Walmsley, Codella, Nisini, Kristensen, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2012ApJ...759L..37C

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/759/2/L37

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1208.5998

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01/10/2012 - High-Energy

ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn

ORIGIN is a proposal for the M3 mission call of ESA aimed at the study of metal creation from the epoch of cosmic dawn. Using high-spectral resolution in the soft…

Authors: den Herder, Piro, Ohashi, Kouveliotou, Hartmann, Kaastra, Amati, Andersen, Arnaud, Attéia, Bandler, Barbera, Barcons, Barthelmy, Basa, Basso, Boer, Branchini, Branduardi-Raymont, Borgani, Boyarsky, Brunetti, Budtz-Jorgensen, Burrows, Butler, Campana, Caroli, Ceballos, Christensen,…

Bibcode: 2012ExA....34..519D

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9224-7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1104.2048

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01/10/2012 - High-Energy

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

High-time-resolution X-ray observations of compact objects provide direct access to strong-field gravity, to the equation of state of ultradense matter and to black hole masses and spins. A 10 m2-class…

Authors: Feroci, Stella, van der Klis, Courvoisier, Hernanz, Hudec, Santangelo, Walton, Zdziarski, Barret, Belloni, Braga, Brandt, Budtz-Jørgensen, Campana, den Herder, Huovelin, Israel, Pohl, Ray, Vacchi, Zane, Argan, Attinà, Bertuccio, Bozzo, Campana,…

Bibcode: 2012ExA....34..415F

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9237-2

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1107.0436

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01/09/2012 - High-Energy

Spectral and timing properties of the accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar IGR J17498-2921

Context. IGR J17498-2921 is the third X-ray transient accreting millisecond pulsar discovered by INTEGRAL. It was in outburst for about 40 days beginning on August 08, 2011. Aims: We analyze…

Authors: Falanga, Kuiper, Poutanen, Galloway, Bozzo, Goldwurm, Hermsen, Stella

Bibcode: 2012A&A...545A..26F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219582

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1208.1384

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01/09/2012 - Exoplanets

Hydrogen Fluoride in High-mass Star-forming Regions

Hydrogen fluoride (HF) has been established to be an excellent tracer of molecular hydrogen in diffuse clouds. In denser environments, however, the HF abundance has been shown to be approximately…

Authors: Emprechtinger, Monje, van der Tak, van der Wiel, Lis, Neufeld, Phillips, Ceccarelli

Bibcode: 2012ApJ...756..136E

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/136

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1207.0539

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01/08/2012 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. X. Lower limit on the distance of...

Aims: Active galactic nuclei (AGN) often show evidence of photoionized outflows. A major uncertainty in models for these outflows is the distance (R) to the gas from the central black…

Authors: Arav, Edmonds, Borguet, Kriss, Kaastra, Behar, Bianchi, Cappi, Costantini, Detmers, Ebrero, Mehdipour, Paltani, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti, Steenbrugge, de Vries

Bibcode: 2012A&A...544A..33A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118501

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1205.2559

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01/08/2012 - Exoplanets

Spectrally resolved C II emission in M 33 (HerM33es). Physical conditions and...

This work presents high spectral resolution observations of the [C ii] line at 158 μm, one of the major cooling lines of the interstellar medium, taken with the HIFI heterodyne…

Authors: Braine, Gratier, Kramer, Israel, van der Tak, Mookerjea, Boquien, Tabatabaei, van der Werf, Henkel

Bibcode: 2012A&A...544A..55B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219360

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1207.3243

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01/07/2012 - High-Energy

A phenomenological model for the X-ray spectrum of nova V2491 Cygni

The X-ray flux of nova V2491 Cyg reached a maximum some forty days after optical maximum. The X-ray spectrum at that time, obtained with the RGS of XMM-Newton, shows deep,…

Authors: Pinto, Ness, Verbunt, Kaastra, Costantini, Detmers

Bibcode: 2012A&A...543A.134P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117835

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1206.2143

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01/07/2012 - Exoplanets

Cool and warm dust emission from M 33 (HerM33es)

In the framework of the open-time key program “Herschel M 33 extended survey (HerM33es)”, we study the far-infrared emission from the nearby spiral galaxy M 33 in order to investigate…

Authors: Xilouris, Tabatabaei, Boquien, Kramer, Buchbender, Bertoldi, Anderl, Braine, Verley, Relaño, Quintana-Lacaci, Akras, Beck, Calzetti, Combes, Gonzalez, Gratier, Henkel, Israel, Koribalski, Lord, Mookerjea, Rosolowsky, Stacey, Tilanus, van der Tak, van der…

Bibcode: 2012A&A...543A..74X

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219291

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1205.1351

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01/07/2012 - Exoplanets

Kinematics of the inner thousand AU region around the young massive star...

Context. Recent detections of disks around young high-mass stars support the idea of massive star formation through accretion rather than coalescence, but the detailed kinematics in the equatorial region of…

Authors: Wang, van der Tak, Hogerheijde

Bibcode: 2012A&A...543A..22W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117044

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1204.4367

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01/06/2012 - High-Energy

The High-Resolution X-Ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer, SXS, on Astro-H

The science and an overview of the Soft X-ray Spectrometer onboard the STRO-H mission are presented. The SXS consists of X-ray focusing mirrors and a microcalorimeter array and is developed…

Authors: Mitsuda, Kelley, Boyce, Brown, Costantini, DiPirro, Ezoe, Fujimoto, Gendreau, den Herder, Hoshino, Ishisaki, Kilbourne, Kitamoto, McCammon, Murakami, Murakami, Ogawa, Ohashi, Okamoto, Paltani, Pohl, Porter, Sato, Shinozaki, Shirron, Sneiderman, Sugita, Szymkowiak,…

Bibcode: 2012JLTP..167..795M

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-012-0482-1

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01/06/2012 - High-Energy

Properties of the Intracluster Medium of Abell 3667 Observed with Suzaku XIS

We observed the northwest region of the cluster of galaxies Abell 3667 with the Suzaku XIS instrument. The temperature and surface brightness of the intracluster medium were measured up to…

Authors: Akamatsu, de Plaa, Kaastra, Ishisaki, Ohashi, Kawaharada, Nakazawa

Bibcode: 2012PASJ...64...49A

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/64.3.49

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1111.5162

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01/06/2012 - Exoplanets

Water in star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH). II. Evolution of 557 GHz...

Context. Water is a key tracer of dynamics and chemistry in low-mass star-forming regions, but spectrally resolved observations have so far been limited in sensitivity and angular resolution, and only…

Authors: Kristensen, van Dishoeck, Bergin, Visser, Yıldız, San Jose-Garcia, Jørgensen, Herczeg, Johnstone, Wampfler, Benz, Bruderer, Cabrit, Caselli, Doty, Harsono, Herpin, Hogerheijde, Karska, van Kempen, Liseau, Nisini, Tafalla, van der Tak, Wyrowski

Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A...8K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118146

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1204.0009

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01/06/2012 - Exoplanets

Herschel Search for O2 toward the Orion Bar

We report the results of a search for molecular oxygen (O2) toward the Orion Bar, a prominent photodissociation region at the southern edge of the H II region created by…

Authors: Melnick, Tolls, Goldsmith, Kaufman, Hollenbach, Black, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Hjalmarson, Li, Lis, Liseau, Neufeld, Pagani, Snell, van der Tak, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2012ApJ...752...26M

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/752/1/26

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1204.5706

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01/06/2012 - Exoplanets

The massive protostar W43-MM1 as seen by Herschel-HIFI water spectra: high turbulence...

Aims: We present Herschel-HIFI observations of 14 water lines in W43-MM1, a massive protostellar object in the luminous star-cluster-forming region W43. We place our study in the more general context…

Authors: Herpin, Chavarría, van der Tak, Wyrowski, van Dishoeck, Jacq, Braine, Baudry, Bontemps, Kristensen

Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A..76H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118413

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1204.0397

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01/06/2012 - Exoplanets

Extended warm and dense gas towards W49A: starburst conditions in our Galaxy?

Context. The star formation rates in starburst galaxies are orders of magnitude higher than in local star-forming regions, and the origin of this difference is not well understood. Aims: We…

Authors: Nagy, van der Tak, Fuller, Spaans, Plume

Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A...6N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118582

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1204.0390

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01/05/2012 - Exoplanets

Multi-line detection of O2 toward ρ Ophuichi A

Context. Models of pure gas-phase chemistry in well-shielded regions of molecular clouds predict relatively high levels of molecular oxygen, O2, and water, H2O. These high abundances imply high cooling rates,…

Authors: Liseau, Goldsmith, Larsson, Pagani, Bergman, Le Bourlot, Bell, Benz, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Black, Bruderer, Caselli, Caux, Chen, de Luca, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Goicoechea, Hjalmarson, Hollenbach, Justtanont, Kaufman, Le Petit, Li, Lis,…

Bibcode: 2012A&A...541A..73L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118575

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1202.5637

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01/05/2012 - Exoplanets

The first results from the Herschel-HIFI mission

This paper contains a summary of the results from the first years of observations with the HIFI instrument onboard ESA’s Herschel space observatory. The paper starts by outlining the goals…

Authors: van der Tak

Bibcode: 2012AdSpR..49.1395V

DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.02.027

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1204.1176

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01/05/2012 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. IX. The Galactic foreground

Context. The diffuse gas in and nearby the Milky Way plays an important role in the evolution of the entire Galaxy. It has a complex structure characterized by neutral, weakly…

Authors: Pinto, Kriss, Kaastra, Costantini, Ebrero, Steenbrugge, Mehdipour, Ponti

Bibcode: 2012A&A...541A.147P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118679

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1203.5959

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01/04/2012 - High-Energy

Temporal and Spectral Evolution in X- and γ-Rays of Magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408...

The magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408 exhibited outbursts in 2008 October and 2009 January. In this paper, we present in great detail the evolution of the temporal and spectral characteristics of the…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen, den Hartog, Urama

Bibcode: 2012ApJ...748..133K

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/133

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1201.5530

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01/03/2012 - Exoplanets

Dust and gas power spectrum in M 33 (HERM33ES)

Power spectra of deprojected images of late-type galaxies in gas or dust emission are very useful diagnostics of the dynamics and stability of their interstellar medium. Previous studies have shown…

Authors: Combes, Boquien, Kramer, Xilouris, Bertoldi, Braine, Buchbender, Calzetti, Gratier, Israel, Koribalski, Lord, Quintana-Lacaci, Relaño, Röllig, Stacey, Tabatabaei, Tilanus, van der Tak, van der Werf, Verley

Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..67C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118282

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1201.2558

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01/03/2012 - Exoplanets

Herschel Observations of Interstellar Chloronium

Using the Herschel Space Observatory’s Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared, we have observed para-chloronium (H2Cl+) toward six sources in the Galaxy. We detected interstellar chloronium absorption in foreground molecular clouds…

Authors: Neufeld, Roueff, Snell, Lis, Benz, Bruderer, Black, De Luca, Gerin, Goldsmith, Gupta, Indriolo, Le Bourlot, Le Petit, Larsson, Melnick, Menten, Monje, Nagy, Phillips, Sandqvist, Sonnentrucker, van der Tak, Wolfire

Bibcode: 2012ApJ...748...37N

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/748/1/37

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1201.2941

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01/03/2012 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton observation of 4U 1820-30. Broad band spectrum and the contribution of...

We present an analysis of the bright X-ray binary 4U 1820-30, thet is based mainly on XMM-Newton-RGS data, in addition to complementary data from XMM-Newton-EPIC-pn, INTEGRAL, and Chandra-HETG, to investigate…

Authors: Costantini, Pinto, Kaastra, in't Zand, Freyberg, Kuiper, Méndez, de Vries, Waters

Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..32C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117818

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1112.4349

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01/03/2012 - High-Energy

Estimating turbulent velocities in the elliptical galaxies NGC 5044 and NGC 5813

Context. The interstellar and intra-cluster medium (ICM) in giant elliptical galaxies and clusters of galaxies is often assumed to be in hydrostatic equilibrium. Numerical simulations, however, show that about 5-30%…

Authors: de Plaa, Zhuravleva, Werner, Kaastra, Churazov, Smith, Raassen, Grange

Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..34D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118404

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1201.1910

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01/03/2012 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. VIII. Location of the X-ray absorber

Aims: More than half of all active galactic nuclei show strong photoionised outflows. A major uncertainty in models for these outflows is the distance of the gas to the central…

Authors: Kaastra, Detmers, Mehdipour, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Costantini, Ebrero, Kriss, Paltani, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti, Steenbrugge, de Vries

Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A.117K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118161

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1201.1855

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01/01/2012 - Exoplanets

Detection of HF emission from the Orion Bar

Context. The clumpy density structure of photon-dominated regions is well established, but the physical properties of the clumps and of the surrounding interclump medium are only approximately known. Aims: The…

Authors: van der Tak, Ossenkopf, Nagy, Faure, Röllig, Bergin

Bibcode: 2012A&A...537L..10V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118308

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1112.3860

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01/01/2012 - Low-Energy

In-orbit performance of Herschel-HIFI

Aims: In this paper the calibration and in-orbit performance of the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI) is described. Methods: The calibration of HIFI is based on a combination of…

Authors: Roelfsema, Helmich, Teyssier, Ossenkopf, Morris, Olberg, Shipman, Risacher, Akyilmaz, Assendorp, Avruch, Beintema, Biver, Boogert, Borys, Braine, Caris, Caux, Cernicharo, Coeur-Joly, Comito, de Lange, Delforge, Dieleman, Dubbeldam, de Graauw, Edwards, Fich,…

Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A..17R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015120

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01/01/2012 - High-Energy

Warm absorber energetics in broad-line radio galaxies

We review the soft X-ray properties of 3C 390.3, 3C 120, 3C 382 and 3C 445, the only broad-line radio galaxies (BLRGs) for which good quality gratings data are currently…

Authors: Torresi, Grandi, Costantini, Palumbo

Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.419..321T

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19694.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1108.4890

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01/11/2011 - High-Energy

Suzaku broad-band observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxies Mrk 509 and Mrk 841

Context. Markarian 509 and Markarian 841 are two bright Seyfert 1 galaxies with X-ray spectra characterised by a strong soft excess and a variable Fe Kα line, as shown by…

Authors: Cerruti, Ponti, Boisson, Costantini, Longinotti, Matt, Mouchet, Petrucci

Bibcode: 2011A&A...535A.113C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116444

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1109.0860

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01/11/2011 - High-Energy

Probing the unified model in NGC 7314

Aims: We aim at studying the complex absorbed X-ray spectrum of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7314. Methods: We collected available public X-ray data from the archives of…

Authors: Ebrero, Costantini, Kaastra, de Marco, Dadina

Bibcode: 2011A&A...535A..62E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117650

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1109.1660

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01/10/2011 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. VI. HST/COS observations of the far-ultraviolet spectrum

We present medium-resolution (λ/Δλ ~ 20 000) ultraviolet spectra covering the 1155-1760 Å spectral range of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509 obtained using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on…

Authors: Kriss, Arav, Kaastra, Ebrero, Pinto, Borguet, Edmonds, Costantini, Steenbrugge, Detmers, Behar, Bianchi, Blustin, Branduardi-Raymont, Cappi, Mehdipour, Petrucci, Ponti

Bibcode: 2011A&A...534A..41K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117123

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1107.0661

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01/10/2011 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. VII. Relative abundances of the warm absorber

Context. The study of abundances in the nucleus of active galaxies allows us to investigate the evolution of the abundance by comparing local and higher redshift galaxies. However, the methods…

Authors: Steenbrugge, Kaastra, Detmers, Ebrero, Ponti, Costantini, Kriss, Mehdipour, Pinto, Branduardi-Raymont, Behar, Arav, Cappi, Bianchi, Petrucci, Ratti, Holczer

Bibcode: 2011A&A...534A..42S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117304

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1108.2488

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01/10/2011 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. I. Variability and spectral energy distribution

Context. Active galactic nuclei (AGN) show a wealth of interesting physical processes, some of which are poorly understood. In a broader context, they play an important role in processes that…

Authors: Kaastra, Petrucci, Cappi, Arav, Behar, Bianchi, Bloom, Blustin, Branduardi-Raymont, Costantini, Dadina, Detmers, Ebrero, Jonker, Klein, Kriss, Lubiński, Malzac, Mehdipour, Paltani, Pinto, Ponti, Ratti, Smith, Steenbrugge, de Vries

Bibcode: 2011A&A...534A..36K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116869

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1107.0656

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01/10/2011 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. II. Analysis of high-quality Reflection Grating Spectrometer spectra

Aims: We study the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) of XMM-Newton, using for the first time the RGS multi-pointing mode of XMM-Newton to…

Authors: Kaastra, de Vries, Steenbrugge, Detmers, Ebrero, Behar, Bianchi, Costantini, Kriss, Mehdipour, Paltani, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti

Bibcode: 2011A&A...534A..37K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116870

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1107.0657

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01/10/2011 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. III. The 600 ks RGS spectrum: unravelling...

We present the results of our 600 ks RGS observation as part of the multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. The very high quality of the spectrum allows us to investigate…

Authors: Detmers, Kaastra, Steenbrugge, Ebrero, Kriss, Arav, Behar, Costantini, Branduardi-Raymont, Mehdipour, Bianchi, Cappi, Petrucci, Ponti, Pinto, Ratti, Holczer

Bibcode: 2011A&A...534A..38D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116899

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1107.0658

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01/10/2011 - High-Energy

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. V. Chandra-LETGS observation of the ionized absorber

Context. We present here the results of a 180 ks Chandra-LETGS observation as part of a large multi-wavelength campaign on Mrk 509. Aims: We study the warm absorber in Mrk…

Authors: Ebrero, Kriss, Kaastra, Detmers, Steenbrugge, Costantini, Arav, Bianchi, Cappi, Branduardi-Raymont, Mehdipour, Petrucci, Pinto, Ponti

Bibcode: 2011A&A...534A..40E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117067

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1107.0660

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01/09/2011 - High-Energy

Galactic-scale Absorption Outflow in the Low-luminosity Quasar IRAS F04250-5718: Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic...

We present absorption line analysis of the outflow in the quasar IRAS F04250-5718. Far-ultraviolet data from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope reveal intrinsic narrow absorption…

Authors: Edmonds, Borguet, Arav, Dunn, Penton, Kriss, Korista, Costantini, Steenbrugge, Gonzalez-Serrano, Aoki, Bautista, Behar, Benn, Crenshaw, Everett, Gabel, Kaastra, Moe, Scott

Bibcode: 2011ApJ...739....7E

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/739/1/7

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01/08/2011 - Exoplanets

The JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey: physical structure of the molecular envelope of...

Context. The understanding of the formation process of massive stars ( ≳ 8 M⊙) is limited by a combination of theoretical complications and observational challenges. The high UV luminosities of…

Authors: van der Wiel, van der Tak, Spaans, Fuller, Plume, Roberts, Williams

Bibcode: 2011A&A...532A..88V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016086

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1101.5529

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01/08/2011 - Exoplanets

Herschel Measurements of Molecular Oxygen in Orion

We report observations of three rotational transitions of molecular oxygen (O2) in emission from the H2 Peak 1 position of vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen in Orion. We observed the 487…

Authors: Goldsmith, Liseau, Bell, Black, Chen, Hollenbach, Kaufman, Li, Lis, Melnick, Neufeld, Pagani, Snell, Benz, Bergin, Bruderer, Caselli, Caux, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Goicoechea, Hjalmarson, Larsson, Le Bourlot, Le Petit, De Luca,…

Bibcode: 2011ApJ...737...96G

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/96

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1108.0441

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01/08/2011 - Exoplanets

The Herschel M 33 extended survey (HerM33es): PACS spectroscopy of the star-forming...

Context. The emission line of [C ii] at 158 μm is one of the strongest cooling lines of the interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies. Aims: Distinguishing the relative contributions of…

Authors: Mookerjea, Kramer, Buchbender, Boquien, Verley, Relaño, Quintana-Lacaci, Aalto, Braine, Calzetti, Combes, Garcia-Burillo, Gratier, Henkel, Israel, Lord, Nikola, Röllig, Stacey, Tabatabaei, van der Tak, van der Werf

Bibcode: 2011A&A...532A.152M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116447

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1106.5464

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01/07/2011 - Exoplanets

First hyperfine resolved far-infrared OH spectrum from a star-forming region

OH is an important molecule in the H2O chemistry and the cooling budget of star-forming regions. The goal of the Herschel key program “Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel” (WISH)…

Authors: Wampfler, Bruderer, Kristensen, Chavarría, Bergin, Benz, van Dishoeck, Herczeg, van der Tak, Goicoechea, Doty, Herpin

Bibcode: 2011A&A...531L..16W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116893

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1105.5026

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01/07/2011 - High-Energy

The metal contents of two groups of galaxies

Context. The hot gas in clusters and groups of galaxies is continuously being enriched with metals from supernovae and stars. It is well established that the enrichment of the gas…

Authors: Grange, de Plaa, Kaastra, Werner, Verbunt, Paerels, de Vries

Bibcode: 2011A&A...531A..15G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016187

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1104.0001

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01/06/2011 - High-Energy

Studying the Warm-hot Intergalactic Medium in Emission

We assess the possibility of detecting the warm-hot intergalactic medium in emission and characterizing its physical conditions and spatial distribution through spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy, in the framework of the…

Authors: Takei, Ursino, Branchini, Ohashi, Kawahara, Mitsuda, Piro, Corsi, Amati, den Herder, Galeazzi, Kaastra, Moscardini, Nicastro, Paerels, Roncarelli, Viel

Bibcode: 2011ApJ...734...91T

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/734/2/91

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1011.2116

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01/05/2011 - Exoplanets

Distribution and excitation of thermal methanol in 6.7 GHz maser bearing star-forming...

Context. Candidate high-mass star-forming regions can be identified through the occurrence of 6.7 GHz methanol masers. In these sources the methanol abundance of the gas must be enhanced, because the…

Authors: Torstensson, van der Tak, van Langevelde, Kristensen, Vlemmings

Bibcode: 2011A&A...529A..32T

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913256

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1102.3845

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01/05/2011 - High-Energy

Spectral and timing properties of the accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar IGR J17511-3057

Context. IGR J17511-3057 is the second X-ray transient accreting millisecond pulsar discovered by INTEGRAL. It was in outburst for about a month beginning on September 13, 2009. Aims: We analyze…

Authors: Falanga, Kuiper, Poutanen, Galloway, Bonning, Bozzo, Goldwurm, Hermsen, Stella

Bibcode: 2011A&A...529A..68F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016240

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1012.0229

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01/04/2011 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton observations of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676 in quiescence

The neutron star low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676 started a transition from outburst to quiescence in August 2008, after more than 24 years of continuous accretion. The return of the…

Authors: Díaz Trigo, Boirin, Costantini, Méndez, Parmar

Bibcode: 2011A&A...528A.150D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016200

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1102.2640

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01/03/2011 - Exoplanets

H3O+ line emission from starbursts and AGNs

Context. The H3O+ molecule probes the chemistry and the ionization rate of dense circumnuclear gas in galaxies. Aims: We use the H3O+ molecule to investigate the impact of starburst and…

Authors: Aalto, Costagliola, van der Tak, Meijerink

Bibcode: 2011A&A...527A..69A

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015878

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1101.0682

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01/03/2011 - Exoplanets

Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS): Methanol as a probe of physical...

We have examined methanol emission from Orion KL withthe Herschel/HIFI instrument, and detected two methanol bands centered at 524 GHz and 1061 GHz. The 524 GHz methanol band (observed in…

Authors: Wang, Bergin, Crockett, Goldsmith, Lis, Pearson, Schilke, Bell, Comito, Blake, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Gupta, Herbst, Joblin, Johnstone, Langer, Latter, Lord, Maret, Martin, Melnick,…

Bibcode: 2011A&A...527A..95W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015079

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1101.0805

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01/01/2011 - Exoplanets

Dense molecular gas towards W49A: a template for extragalactic starbursts?

Context. The HCN, HCO+, and HNC molecules are commonly used as tracers of dense star-forming gas in external galaxies, but such observations are spatially unresolved. Reliably inferring the properties of…

Authors: Roberts, van der Tak, Fuller, Plume, Bayet

Bibcode: 2011A&A...525A.107R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015001

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1010.4443

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01/12/2010 - High-Energy

The Ultraviolet-X-Ray Connection in AGN Outflows

In this paper I review the recent progress in understanding the physics of the gas outflowing from active galactic nuclei and its impact on the surrounding environment, using the combined…

Authors: Costantini

Bibcode: 2010SSRv..157..265C

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-010-9706-3

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1011.2384

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01/11/2010 - Exoplanets

Magnetic Field Structure in a High-mass Outflow/Disk System

To characterize the magnetic field structure of the outflow and core region within a prototypical high-mass star-forming region, we analyzed polarized CO(3-2)—for the first time observed with the Submillimeter Array—as…

Authors: Beuther, Vlemmings, Rao, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2010ApJ...724L.113B

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/724/1/L113

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1010.3635

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01/11/2010 - High-Energy

Cold fronts and multi-temperature structures in the core of Abell 2052

Context. The physics of the coolest phases in the hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) of clusters of galaxies is yet to be fully unveiled. X-ray cavities blown by the central active…

Authors: de Plaa, Werner, Simionescu, Kaastra, Grange, Vink

Bibcode: 2010A&A...523A..81D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015198

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1008.3109

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01/11/2010 - Exoplanets

Tracing early evolutionary stages of high-mass star formation with molecular lines

Context. Despite its major role in the evolution of the interstellar medium, the formation of high-mass stars (M ≥ 10 M_⊙) remains poorly understood. Two types of massive star cluster…

Authors: Marseille, van der Tak, Herpin, Jacq

Bibcode: 2010A&A...522A..40M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913557

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1006.3236

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01/11/2010 - High-Energy

Chandra localization and optical/near-infrared follow-up of Galactic X-ray sources

We investigate a sample of 11 Galactic X-ray sources recently discovered with INTEGRAL or RXTE with the goal of identifying their optical and/or near-infrared (NIR) counterpart. For this purpose, new…

Authors: Ratti, Bassa, Torres, Kuiper, Miller-Jones, Jonker

Bibcode: 2010MNRAS.408.1866R

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17252.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.2495

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01/11/2010 - Exoplanets

Molecular and atomic gas in the Local Group galaxy M 33

We present high-resolution large-scale observations of the molecular and atomic gas in the Local Group galaxy M 33. The observations were carried out using the HEterodyne Receiver Array (HERA) at…

Authors: Gratier, Braine, Rodriguez-Fernandez, Schuster, Kramer, Xilouris, Tabatabaei, Henkel, Corbelli, Israel, van der Werf, Calzetti, Garcia-Burillo, Sievers, Combes, Wiklind, Brouillet, Herpin, Bontemps, Aalto, Koribalski, van der Tak, Wiedner, Röllig, Mookerjea

Bibcode: 2010A&A...522A...3G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014441

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1003.3222

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01/10/2010 - High-Energy

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the interstellar medium. XMM-Newton observation of the LMXB...

Aims: The interstellar medium (ISM) has a multiphase structure characterized by gas, dust, and molecules. The gas can be found in different charge states: neutral, weakly ionized (warm) and highly…

Authors: Pinto, Kaastra, Costantini, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521A..79P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014836

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.2796

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Water in massive star-forming regions: HIFI observations of W3 IRS5

We present Herschel observations of the water molecule in the massive star-forming region W3 IRS5. The o-H_217O 110-101, p-H_218O 111-000, p-H2O 202-111, p-H2O 111-000, o-H2O 221-212, and o-H2O 212-101 lines,…

Authors: Chavarría, Herpin, Jacq, Braine, Bontemps, Baudry, Marseille, van der Tak, Pietropaoli, Wyrowski, Shipman, Frieswijk, van Dishoeck, Cernicharo, Bachiller, Benedettini, Benz, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bruderer, Caselli, Codella, Daniel, di Giorgio, Dominik,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..37C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015113

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.3986

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel/HIFI detections of hydrides towards AFGL 2591. Envelope emission versus tenuous cloud absorption

The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) onboard the Herschel Space Observatory allows the first observations of light diatomic molecules at high spectral resolution and in multiple transitions. Here,…

Authors: Bruderer, Benz, van Dishoeck, Melchior, Doty, van der Tak, Stäuber, Wampfler, Dedes, Yıldız, Pagani, Giannini, de Graauw, Whyborn, Teyssier, Jellema, Shipman, Schieder, Honingh, Caux, Bächtold, Csillaghy, Monstein, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..44B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015098

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.3408

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS): Observations of H2O and its isotopologues...

We report the detection of more than 48 velocity-resolved ground rotational state transitions of H_216O, H_218O, and H_217O – most for the first time – in both emission and absorption…

Authors: Melnick, Tolls, Neufeld, Bergin, Phillips, Wang, Crockett, Bell, Blake, Cabrit, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Comito, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Herbst, Joblin, Johnstone, Langer, Latter, Lis, Lord,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..27M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015085

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.5470

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel/HIFI observations of spectrally resolved methylidyne signatures toward the high-mass star-forming core...

Context. In contrast to the more extensively studied dense star-forming cores, little is known about diffuse gas surrounding star-forming regions. Aims: We study the molecular gas in the Galactic high-mass…

Authors: van der Wiel, van der Tak, Lis, Bell, Bergin, Comito, Emprechtinger, Schilke, Caux, Ceccarelli, Baudry, Goldsmith, Herbst, Langer, Lord, Neufeld, Pearson, Phillips, Rolffs, Yorke, Bacmann, Benedettini, Blake, Boogert, Bottinelli, Cabrit,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..43V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015096

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1539

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel/HIFI observations of interstellar OH+ and H2O+ towards W49N: a probe of...

We report the detection of absorption by interstellar hydroxyl cations and water cations, along the sight-line to the bright continuum source W49N. We have used Herschel’s HIFI instrument, in dual…

Authors: Neufeld, Goicoechea, Sonnentrucker, Black, Pearson, Yu, Phillips, Lis, de Luca, Herbst, Rimmer, Gerin, Bell, Boulanger, Cernicharo, Coutens, Dartois, Kazmierczak, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Geballe, Giesen, Godard, Goldsmith, Gry, Gupta, Hennebelle, Hily-Blant, Joblin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..10N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015077

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.0987

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel/HIFI measurements of the ortho/para ratio in water towards Sagittarius B2(M) and W31C

We present Herschel/HIFI observations of the fundamental rotational transitions of ortho- and para-H_216O and H_218O in absorption towards Sagittarius B2(M) and W31C. The ortho/para ratio in water in the foreground…

Authors: Lis, Phillips, Goldsmith, Neufeld, Herbst, Comito, Schilke, Müller, Bergin, Gerin, Bell, Emprechtinger, Black, Blake, Boulanger, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Coutens, Crockett, Daniel, Dartois, de Luca, Dubernet, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Geballe, Godard, Giesen,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..26L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015072

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1466

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Reversal of infall in SgrB2(M) revealed by Herschel/HIFI observations of HCN lines...

Aims: To investigate the accretion and feedback processes in massive star formation, we analyze the shapes of emission lines from hot molecular cores, whose asymmetries trace infall and expansion motions.…

Authors: Rolffs, Schilke, Comito, Bergin, van der Tak, Lis, Qin, Menten, Güsten, Bell, Blake, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Crockett, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Herbst, Joblin, Johnstone, Langer,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..46R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015106

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.5131

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Water in low-mass star-forming regions with Herschel . HIFI spectroscopy of NGC 1333

“Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel” (WISH) is a key programme dedicated to studying the role of water and related species during the star-formation process and constraining the physical and…

Authors: Kristensen, Visser, van Dishoeck, Yıldız, Doty, Herczeg, Liu, Parise, Jørgensen, van Kempen, Brinch, Wampfler, Bruderer, Benz, Hogerheijde, Deul, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Caselli, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..30K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015100

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.3031

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

The distribution of water in the high-mass star-forming region NGC 6334 I

Aims: We present observations of twelve rotational transitions of H_216O, H_218O, and H_217O toward the massive star-forming region NGC 6334 I, carried out with Herschel/HIFI as part of the guaranteed…

Authors: Emprechtinger, Lis, Bell, Phillips, Schilke, Comito, Rolffs, van der Tak, Ceccarelli, Aarts, Bacmann, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Blake, Boogert, Bottinelli, Cabrit, Caselli, Castets, Caux, Cernicharo, Codella, Coutens, Crimier, Demyk, Dominik, Encrenaz,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..28E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015086

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4226

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Water abundances in high-mass protostellar envelopes: Herschel observations with HIFI

Aims: We derive the dense core structure and the water abundance in four massive star-forming regions in the hope of understanding the earliest stages of massive star formation. Methods: We…

Authors: Marseille, van der Tak, Herpin, Wyrowski, Chavarría, Pietropaoli, Baudry, Bontemps, Cernicharo, Jacq, Frieswijk, Shipman, van Dishoeck, Bachiller, Benedettini, Benz, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Braine, Bruderer, Caselli, Caux, Codella, Daniel, Dieleman, di…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..32M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015103

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4119

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel observations of ortho- and para-oxidaniumyl (H2O+) in spiral arm clouds toward...

H2O+ has been observed in its ortho- and para- states toward the massive star forming core Sgr B2(M), located close to the Galactic center. The observations show absorption in all…

Authors: Schilke, Comito, Müller, Bergin, Herbst, Lis, Neufeld, Phillips, Bell, Blake, Cabrit, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Crockett, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Joblin, Johnstone, Langer, Latter, Lord,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..11S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015087

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.0670

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Sensitive limits on the abundance of cold water vapor in the DM...

We performed a sensitive search for the ground-state emission lines of ortho- and para-water vapor in the DM Tau protoplanetary disk using the Herschel/HIFI instrument. No strong lines are detected…

Authors: Bergin, Hogerheijde, Brinch, Fogel, Yıldız, Kristensen, van Dishoeck, Bell, Blake, Cernicharo, Dominik, Lis, Melnick, Neufeld, Panić, Pearson, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Benz, Bjerkeli, Bontemps, Braine, Bruderer, Caselli, Codella, Daniel, di Giorgio,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..33B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015104

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.2129

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS): detecting spiral arm clouds by CH...

We have observed CH absorption lines (J = 3/2, N = 1 ≤ftarrow J = 1/2, N = 1) against the continuum source Sgr B2(M) using the Herschel/HIFI instrument. With…

Authors: Qin, Schilke, Comito, Möller, Rolffs, Müller, Belloche, Menten, Lis, Phillips, Bergin, Bell, Crockett, Blake, Cabrit, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Herbst, Joblin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..14Q

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015107

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1867

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Water content and wind acceleration in the envelope around the oxygen-rich AGB...

During their asymptotic giant branch evolution, low-mass stars lose a significant fraction of their mass through an intense wind, enriching the interstellar medium with products of nucleosynthesis. We observed the…

Authors: Decin, Justtanont, De Beck, Lombaert, de Koter, Waters, Marston, Teyssier, Schöier, Bujarrabal, Alcolea, Cernicharo, Dominik, Melnick, Menten, Neufeld, Olofsson, Planesas, Schmidt, Szczerba, de Graauw, Helmich, Roelfsema, Dieleman, Morris, Gallego, Díez-González,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L...4D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015069

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1102

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

The methanol lines and hot core of OMC2-FIR4, an intermediate-mass protostar, with Herschel/HIFI

In contrast with numerous studies on the physical and chemical structure of low- and high-mass protostars, much less is known about their intermediate-mass counterparts, a class of objects that could…

Authors: Kama, Dominik, Maret, van der Tak, Caux, Ceccarelli, Fuente, Crimier, Lord, Bacmann, Baudry, Bell, Benedettini, Bergin, Blake, Boogert, Bottinelli, Cabrit, Caselli, Castets, Cernicharo, Codella, Comito, Coutens, Demyk, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..39K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015118

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1008.2513

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Discovery of water vapour in the carbon star V Cygni from observations...

We report the discovery of water vapour toward the carbon star V Cygni. We have used Herschel’s HIFI instrument, in dual beam switch mode, to observe the 111-000 para-water transition…

Authors: Neufeld, González-Alfonso, Melnick, Pułecka, Schmidt, Szczerba, Bujarrabal, Alcolea, Cernicharo, Decin, Dominik, Justtanont, de Koter, Marston, Menten, Olofsson, Planesas, Schöier, Teyssier, Waters, Edwards, McCoey, Shipman, Jellema, de Graauw, Ossenkopf, Schieder, Philipp

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L...5N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015080

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1235

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel observations in the ultracompact HII region Mon R2. Water in dense...

Context. Monoceros R2, at a distance of 830 pc, is the only ultracompact H ii region (UC H ii) where the photon-dominated region (PDR) between the ionized gas and the…

Authors: Fuente, Berné, Cernicharo, Rizzo, González-García, Goicoechea, Pilleri, Ossenkopf, Gerin, Güsten, Akyilmaz, Benz, Boulanger, Bruderer, Dedes, France, García-Burillo, Harris, Joblin, Klein, Kramer, Le Petit, Lord, Martin, Martín-Pintado, Mookerjea, Neufeld, Okada, Pety,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..23F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015093

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1523

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel/HIFI observations of Mars: First detection of O2 at submillimetre wavelengths and...

We report on an initial analysis of Herschel/HIFI observations of hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and molecular oxygen (O2) in the Martian atmosphere performed on 13 and 16 April…

Authors: Hartogh, Jarchow, Lellouch, de Val-Borro, Rengel, Moreno, Medvedev, Sagawa, Swinyard, Cavalié, Lis, Błęcka, Banaszkiewicz, Bockelée-Morvan, Crovisier, Encrenaz, Küppers, Lara, Szutowicz, Vandenbussche, Bensch, Bergin, Billebaud, Biver, Blake, Blommaert, Cernicharo, Decin, Encrenaz,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..49H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015160

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1301

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

The origin of the [C II] emission in the S140 photon-dominated regions....

Using Herschel’s HIFI instrument, we observe C ii along a cut through S140, as well as high-J transitions of CO and HCO+ at two positions on the cut, corresponding to…

Authors: Dedes, Röllig, Mookerjea, Okada, Ossenkopf, Bruderer, Benz, Melchior, Kramer, Gerin, Güsten, Akyilmaz, Berne, Boulanger, de Lange, Dubbeldam, France, Fuente, Goicoechea, Harris, Huisman, Jellema, Joblin, Klein, Le Petit, Lord, Martin, Martin-Pintado,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..24D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015099

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4957

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Water vapor toward starless cores: The Herschel view

Aims: Previous studies by the satellites SWAS and Odin provided stringent upper limits on the gas phase water abundance of dark clouds (x(H2O) < 7 × 10-9). We investigate the…

Authors: Caselli, Keto, Pagani, Aikawa, Yıldız, van der Tak, Tafalla, Bergin, Nisini, Codella, van Dishoeck, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Benz, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Bruderer, Cernicharo, Daniel, di Giorgio, Dominik, Doty, Encrenaz,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..29C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015097

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1248

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel observations of deuterated water towards Sgr B2(M)

Observations of HDO are an important complement for studies of water, because they give strong constraints on the formation processes – grain surfaces versus energetic process in the gas phase,…

Authors: Comito, Schilke, Rolffs, Lis, Belloche, Bergin, Phillips, Bell, Crockett, Wang, Blake, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Herbst, Joblin, Johnstone, Langer, Latter, Lord, Maret,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..38C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015121

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.5128

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel/HIFI observations of high-J CO lines in the NGC 1333 low-mass star-forming region

Herschel/HIFI observations of high-J lines (up to Ju = 10) of 12CO, 13CO and C18O are presented toward three deeply embedded low-mass protostars, NGC 1333 IRAS 2A, IRAS 4A, and…

Authors: Yıldız, van Dishoeck, Kristensen, Visser, Jørgensen, Herczeg, van Kempen, Hogerheijde, Doty, Benz, Bruderer, Wampfler, Deul, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Caselli, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel, di Giorgio, Dominik,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..40Y

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015119

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1008.0867

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Gas morphology and energetics at the surface of PDRs: New insights with...

Context. We investigate the physics and chemistry of the gas and dust in dense photon-dominated regions (PDRs), along with their dependence on the illuminating UV field. Aims: Using Herschel/HIFI observations,…

Authors: Joblin, Pilleri, Montillaud, Fuente, Gerin, Berné, Ossenkopf, Le Bourlot, Teyssier, Goicoechea, Le Petit, Röllig, Akyilmaz, Benz, Boulanger, Bruderer, Dedes, France, Güsten, Harris, Klein, Kramer, Lord, Martin, Martin-Pintado, Mookerjea, Okada, Phillips,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..25J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015129

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1008.1315

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel/HIFI spectroscopy of the intermediate mass protostar NGC 7129 FIRS 2

Herschel/HIFI observations of water from the intermediate mass protostar NGC 7129 FIRS 2 provide a powerful diagnostic of the physical conditions in this star formation environment. Six spectral settings, covering…

Authors: Johnstone, Fich, McCoey, van Kempen, Fuente, Kristensen, Cernicharo, Caselli, Visser, Plume, Herczeg, van Dishoeck, Wampfler, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Benz, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Bruderer, Codella, Daniel, di Giorgio, Dominik,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..41J

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015122

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1008.1254

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Detection of OH+ and H2O+ towards Orion KL

We report observations of the reactive molecular ions OH+, H2O+, and H3O+ towards Orion KL with Herschel/HIFI. All three N = 1-0 fine-structure transitions of OH+ at 909, 971, and…

Authors: Gupta, Rimmer, Pearson, Yu, Herbst, Harada, Bergin, Neufeld, Melnick, Bachiller, Baechtold, Bell, Blake, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Chattopadhyay, Comito, Cabrit, Crockett, Daniel, Falgarone, Diez-Gonzalez, Dubernet, Erickson, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Gerin, Gill, Giesen,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..47G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015117

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1009.1450

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Water production in comet 81P/Wild 2 as determined by Herschel/HIFI

The high spectral resolution and sensitivity of Herschel/HIFI allows for the detection of multiple rotational water lines and accurate determinations of water production rates in comets. In this Letter we…

Authors: de Val-Borro, Hartogh, Crovisier, Bockelée-Morvan, Biver, Lis, Moreno, Jarchow, Rengel, Szutowicz, Banaszkiewicz, Bensch, Błęcka, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Jehin, Küppers, Lara, Lellouch, Swinyard, Vandenbussche, Bergin, Blake, Blommaert, Cernicharo, Decin, Encrenaz, de Graauw,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..50D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015161

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.0149

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

CH+(1-0) and 13CH+(1-0) absorption lines in the direction of massive star-forming regions

We report the detection of the ground-state rotational transition of the methylidyne cation CH+ and its isotopologue 13CH+ toward the remote massive star-forming regions W33A, W49N, and W51 with the…

Authors: Falgarone, Godard, Cernicharo, de Luca, Gerin, Phillips, Black, Lis, Bell, Boulanger, Coutens, Dartois, Encrenaz, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Gry, Hennebelle, Herbst, Hily-Blant, Joblin, Kaźmierczak, Kołos, Krełowski, Martin-Pintado, Monje, Mookerjea, Neufeld,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..15F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015109

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

First detection of ND in the solar-mass protostar IRAS16293-2422

Context. In the past decade, much progress has been made in characterising the processes leading to the enhanced deuterium fractionation observed in the ISM and in particular in the cold,…

Authors: Bacmann, Caux, Hily-Blant, Parise, Pagani, Bottinelli, Maret, Vastel, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Henning, Castets, Coutens, Bergin, Blake, Crimier, Demyk, Dominik, Gerin, Hennebelle, Kahane, Klotz, Melnick, Schilke, Wakelam, Walters, Baudry, Bell, Benedettini, Boogert,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..42B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015102

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4691

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Excitation and abundance of C3 in star forming cores. Herschel/HIFI observations of...

We present spectrally resolved observations of triatomic carbon (C3) in several ro-vibrational transitions between the vibrational ground state and the low-energy ν2 bending mode at frequencies between 1654-1897 GHz along…

Authors: Mookerjea, Giesen, Stutzki, Cernicharo, Goicoechea, de Luca, Bell, Gupta, Gerin, Persson, Sonnentrucker, Makai, Black, Boulanger, Coutens, Dartois, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Geballe, Godard, Goldsmith, Gry, Hennebelle, Herbst, Hily-Blant, Joblin, Kaźmierczak, Kołos, Krełowski,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..13M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015095

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.0649

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Interstellar CH absorption in the diffuse interstellar medium along the sight-lines to...

We report the detection of the ground state N,J = 1,3/2 → 1,1/2 doublet of the methylidyne radical CH at ~532 GHz and ~536 GHz with the Herschel/HIFI instrument along…

Authors: Gerin, de Luca, Goicoechea, Herbst, Falgarone, Godard, Bell, Coutens, Kaźmierczak, Sonnentrucker, Black, Neufeld, Phillips, Pearson, Rimmer, Hassel, Lis, Vastel, Boulanger, Cernicharo, Dartois, Encrenaz, Giesen, Goldsmith, Gupta, Gry, Hennebelle, Hily-Blant, Joblin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..16G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015115

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Nitrogen hydrides in the cold envelope of IRAS 16293-2422

Nitrogen is the fifth most abundant element in the Universe, yet the gas-phase chemistry of N-bearing species remains poorly understood. Nitrogen hydrides are key molecules of nitrogen chemistry. Their abundance…

Authors: Hily-Blant, Maret, Bacmann, Bottinelli, Parise, Caux, Faure, Bergin, Blake, Castets, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Coutens, Crimier, Demyk, Dominik, Gerin, Hennebelle, Henning, Kahane, Klotz, Melnick, Pagani, Schilke, Vastel, Wakelam, Walters, Baudry, Bell, Benedettini,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..52H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015253

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1009.1119

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Variations in H2O+/H2O ratios toward massive star-forming regions

Early results from the Herschel Space Observatory revealed the water cation H2O+ to be an abundant ingredient of the interstellar medium. Here we present new observations of the H2O and…

Authors: Wyrowski, van der Tak, Herpin, Baudry, Bontemps, Chavarria, Frieswijk, Jacq, Marseille, Shipman, van Dishoeck, Benz, Caselli, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, Liseau, Bachiller, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Braine, Bruderer, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel, di…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..34W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015110

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4370

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

A high-resolution line survey of IRC +10216 with Herschel/HIFI. First results: Detection...

We present the first results of a high-spectral-resolution survey of the carbon-rich evolved star IRC+10216 that was carried out with the HIFI spectrometer onboard Herschel. This survey covers all HIFI…

Authors: Cernicharo, Waters, Decin, Encrenaz, Tielens, Agúndez, De Beck, Müller, Goicoechea, Barlow, Benz, Crimier, Daniel, di Giorgio, Fich, Gaier, García-Lario, de Koter, Khouri, Liseau, Lombaert, Erickson, Pardo, Pearson, Shipman, Sánchez Contreras,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L...8C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015150

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1008.1199

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel spectral surveys of star-forming regions. Overview of the 555-636 GHz range

High resolution line spectra of star-forming regions are mines of information: they provide unique clues to reconstruct the chemical, dynamical, and physical structure of the observed source. We present the…

Authors: Ceccarelli, Bacmann, Boogert, Caux, Dominik, Lefloch, Lis, Schilke, van der Tak, Caselli, Cernicharo, Codella, Comito, Fuente, Baudry, Bell, Benedettini, Bergin, Blake, Bottinelli, Cabrit, Castets, Coutens, Crimier, Demyk, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..22C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015081

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Hydrides in young stellar objects: Radiation tracers in a protostar-disk-outflow system

Context. Hydrides of the most abundant heavier elements are fundamental molecules in cosmic chemistry. Some of them trace gas irradiated by UV or X-rays. Aims: We explore the abundances of…

Authors: Benz, Bruderer, van Dishoeck, Stäuber, Wampfler, Melchior, Dedes, Wyrowski, Doty, van der Tak, Bächtold, Csillaghy, Megej, Monstein, Soldati, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Caselli, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..35B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015111

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.3370

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS): The present and future of spectral...

We present initial results from the Herschel GT key program: Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS) and outline the promise and potential of spectral surveys with Herschel/HIFI. The HIFI instrument…

Authors: Bergin, Phillips, Comito, Crockett, Lis, Schilke, Wang, Bell, Blake, Bumble, Caux, Cabrit, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Daniel, de Graauw, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Hartogh, Helmich, Herbst, Joblin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..20B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015071

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.2172

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Ortho-to-para ratio of interstellar heavy water

Context. Despite the low elemental deuterium abundance in the Galaxy, enhanced molecular D/H ratios have been found in the environments of low-mass star-forming regions, and in particular the Class 0…

Authors: Vastel, Ceccarelli, Caux, Coutens, Cernicharo, Bottinelli, Demyk, Faure, Wiesenfeld, Scribano, Bacmann, Hily-Blant, Maret, Walters, Bergin, Blake, Castets, Crimier, Dominik, Encrenaz, Gérin, Hennebelle, Kahane, Klotz, Melnick, Pagani, Parise, Schilke, Wakelam, Baudry,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..31V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015101

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4410

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel observations of the hydroxyl radical (OH) in young stellar objects

Aims: “Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel” (WISH) is a Herschel key program investigating the water chemistry in young stellar objects (YSOs) during protostellar evolution. Hydroxyl (OH) is one of…

Authors: Wampfler, Herczeg, Bruderer, Benz, van Dishoeck, Kristensen, Visser, Doty, Melchior, van Kempen, Yıldız, Dedes, Goicoechea, Baudry, Melnick, Bachiller, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Caselli, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel, di Giorgio,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..36W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015112

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.2198

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01/10/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel observations of EXtra-Ordinary Sources (HEXOS): The Terahertz spectrum of Orion KL...

We present the first high spectral resolution observations of Orion KL in the frequency ranges 1573.4-1702.8 GHz (band 6b) and 1788.4-1906.8 GHz (band 7b) obtained using the HIFI instrument on…

Authors: Crockett, Bergin, Wang, Lis, Bell, Blake, Boogert, Bumble, Cabrit, Caux, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Comito, Daniel, Dubernet, Emprechtinger, Encrenaz, Falgarone, Gerin, Giesen, Goicoechea, Goldsmith, Gupta, Güsten, Hartogh, Helmich, Herbst, Honingh, Joblin, Johnstone,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L..21C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015116

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.4564

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01/10/2010 - Exoplanets

Herschel/HIFI deepens the circumstellar NH3 enigma

Context. Circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of a variety of evolved stars have been found to contain ammonia (NH3) in amounts that exceed predictions from conventional chemical models by many orders of…

Authors: Menten, Wyrowski, Alcolea, De Beck, Decin, Marston, Bujarrabal, Cernicharo, Dominik, Justtanont, de Koter, Melnick, Neufeld, Olofsson, Planesas, Schmidt, Schöier, Szczerba, Teyssier, Waters, Edwards, Olberg, Phillips, Morris, Salez, Caux

Bibcode: 2010A&A...521L...7M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015108

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1413

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01/09/2010 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton RGS observation of the warm absorber in Mrk 279

Context. The Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279 was observed by XMM-Newton in November 2005 on three consecutive orbits, showing significant short-scale variability (average soft band variation in flux ~20%). The…

Authors: Ebrero, Costantini, Kaastra, Detmers, Arav, Kriss, Korista, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2010A&A...520A..36E

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014091

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1006.2027

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01/09/2010 - High-Energy

A relativistically broadened OVIII Lyα line in the ultracompact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091

Ultracompact X-ray binaries consist of a neutron star or black hole that accretes material from a white dwarf donor star. The ultracompact nature is expressed in very short orbital periods…

Authors: Madej, Jonker, Fabian, Pinto, Verbunt, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2010MNRAS.407L..11M

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00892.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1006.0004

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01/09/2010 - Exoplanets

W49A: a starburst triggered by expanding shells

Aims: W49A is a giant molecular cloud which harbors some of the most luminous embedded clusters in the Galaxy. However, the explanation for this starburst-like phenomenon is still under debate.…

Authors: Peng, Wyrowski, van der Tak, Menten, Walmsley

Bibcode: 2010A&A...520A..84P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014975

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1011.1166

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

Water cooling of shocks in protostellar outflows. Herschel-PACS map of L1157

Context. The far-IR/sub-mm spectral mapping facility provided by the Herschel-PACS and HIFI instruments has made it possible to obtain, for the first time, images of H2O emission with a spatial…

Authors: Nisini, Benedettini, Codella, Giannini, Liseau, Neufeld, Tafalla, van Dishoeck, Bachiller, Baudry, Benz, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Bruderer, Caselli, Cernicharo, Daniel, Encrenaz, di Giorgio, Dominik, Doty, Fich, Fuente, Goicoechea, de…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.120N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014603

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.4517

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

Origin of the hot gas in low-mass protostars. Herschel-PACS spectroscopy of HH 46

Aims: “Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel” (WISH) is a Herschel key programme aimed at understanding the physical and chemical structure of young stellar objects (YSOs) with a focus on…

Authors: van Kempen, Kristensen, Herczeg, Visser, van Dishoeck, Wampfler, Bruderer, Benz, Doty, Brinch, Hogerheijde, Jørgensen, Tafalla, Neufeld, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps, Braine, Caselli, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel, di Giorgio,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.121V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014615

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2031

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01/07/2010 - High-Energy

Fe-bias in the cluster of galaxies Abell 2052

We present radial profiles of the temperature and metallicity of the cluster of galaxies Abell 2052 obtained with XMM-Newton. The temperature is rising from 2 keV in the core of…

Authors: de Plaa, Grange, Kaastra, Werner, Simionescu

Bibcode: 2010AIPC.1248..289D

DOI: 10.1063/1.3475236

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

A deep survey of the AKARI north ecliptic pole field . I....

Aims: The Westerbork Radio Synthesis Telescope, WSRT, has been used to make a deep radio survey of an ~1.7 degree2 field coinciding with the AKARI north ecliptic pole deep field.…

Authors: White, Pearson, Braun, Serjeant, Matsuhara, Takagi, Nakagawa, Shipman, Barthel, Hwang, Lee, Lee, Im, Wada, Oyabu, Pak, Chun, Hanami, Goto, Oliver

Bibcode: 2010A&A...517A..54W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913366

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1006.0352

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

Strong CH+ J = 1-0 emission and absorption in DR21

We report the first detection of the ground-state rotational transition of the methylidyne cation CH+ towards the massive star-forming region DR 21 with the HIFI instrument onboard the Herschel satellite.…

Authors: Falgarone, Ossenkopf, Gerin, Lesaffre, Godard, Pearson, Cabrit, Joblin, Benz, Boulanger, Fuente, Güsten, Harris, Klein, Kramer, Lord, Martin, Martin-Pintado, Neufeld, Phillips, Röllig, Simon, Stutzki, van der Tak, Teyssier, Yorke, Erickson, Fich,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.118F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014671

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1007.1420

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01/07/2010 - High-Energy

Interstellar gas, molecules and dust in the X-ray spectrum of GS 1826-238

The interstellar medium (ISM) has a multiphase structure characterized by gas, dust and molecules. It is possible to probe the ISM through observation of its absorption lines and edges in…

Authors: Pinto, Kaastra, Costantini, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2010AIPC.1248..245P

DOI: 10.1063/1.3475224

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

Interstellar OH+, H2O+ and H3O+ along the sight-line to G10.6-0.4

We report the detection of absorption lines by the reactive ions OH+, H2O+and H3O+ along the line of sight to the submillimeter continuum source G10.6-0.4 (W31C). We used the Herschel…

Authors: Gerin, de Luca, Black, Goicoechea, Herbst, Neufeld, Falgarone, Godard, Pearson, Lis, Phillips, Bell, Sonnentrucker, Boulanger, Cernicharo, Coutens, Dartois, Encrenaz, Giesen, Goldsmith, Gupta, Gry, Hennebelle, Hily-Blant, Joblin, Kazmierczak, Kolos, Krelowski, Martin-Pintado,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.110G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014576

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.5653

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

HIFI observations of warm gas in DR21: Shock versus radiative heating

Context. The molecular gas in the DR21 massive star formation region is known to be affected by the strong UV field from the central star cluster and by a fast…

Authors: Ossenkopf, Röllig, Simon, Schneider, Okada, Stutzki, Gerin, Akyilmaz, Beintema, Benz, Berne, Boulanger, Bumble, Coeur-Joly, Dedes, Diez-Gonzalez, France, Fuente, Gallego, Goicoechea, Güsten, Harris, Higgins, Jackson, Jarchow, Joblin, Klein, Kramer, Lord, Martin,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L..79O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014579

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2517

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01/07/2010 - High-Energy

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the Interstellar Medium

We present recent results on high-resolution X-ray absorption measurements of the interstellar medium. We show the results from our recent analysis of the absorption towards the Crab nebula, and discuss…

Authors: Kaastra, de Vries, Costantini, den Herder, Raassen

Bibcode: 2010AIPC.1248..239K

DOI: 10.1063/1.3475221

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

Herschel-PACS spectroscopy of the intermediate mass protostar NGC 7129 FIRS 2

Aims: We present preliminary results of the first Herschel spectroscopic observations of NGC 7129 FIRS2, an intermediate mass star-forming region. We attempt to interpret the observations in the framework of…

Authors: Fich, Johnstone, van Kempen, McCoey, Fuente, Caselli, Kristensen, Plume, Cernicharo, Herczeg, van Dishoeck, Wampfler, Gaufre, Gill, Javadi, Justen, Laauwen, Luinge, Ossenkopf, Pearson, Bachiller, Baudry, Benedettini, Bergin, Benz, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bontemps,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L..86F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014672

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1006.0210

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

Cool gas and dust in M 33: Results from the HERschel M...

We present an analysis of the first space-based far-IR-submm observations of M 33, which measure the emission from the cool dust and resolve the giant molecular cloud complexes. With roughly…

Authors: Braine, Gratier, Kramer, Xilouris, Rosolowsky, Buchbender, Boquien, Calzetti, Quintana-Lacaci, Tabatabaei, Verley, Israel, van der Tak, Aalto, Combes, Garcia-Burillo, Gonzalez, Henkel, Koribalski, Mookerjea, Roellig, Schuster, Relaño, Bertoldi, van der Werf, Wiedner

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L..69B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014551

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.3422

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01/07/2010 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton follow-up of 3 BeppoSAX-WFC detected Clusters of Galaxies

We study the physical properties of three clusters of galaxies, selected from the Bep-poSAX Wide Field Camera (WFC) survey. We obtained XMM-Newton follow-up observations for these three clusters and fit…

Authors: Grange, Costantini, de Plaa, in't Zand, Kaastra, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2010AIPC.1248..293G

DOI: 10.1063/1.3475238

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

Water abundance variations around high-mass protostars: HIFI observations of the DR21 region

Context. Water is a key molecule in the star formation process, but its spatial distribution in star-forming regions is not well known. Aims: We study the distribution of dust continuum…

Authors: van der Tak, Marseille, Herpin, Wyrowski, Baudry, Bontemps, Braine, Doty, Frieswijk, Melnick, Shipman, van Dishoeck, Benz, Caselli, Hogerheijde, Johnstone, Liseau, Bachiller, Benedettini, Bergin, Bjerkeli, Blake, Bruderer, Cernicharo, Codella, Daniel, di…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.107V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014515

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2903

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

Detection of interstellar oxidaniumyl: Abundant H2O+ towards the star-forming regions DR21, Sgr...

Aims: We identify a prominent absorption feature at 1115 GHz, detected in first HIFI spectra towards high-mass star-forming regions, and interpret its astrophysical origin. Methods: The characteristic hyperfine pattern of…

Authors: Ossenkopf, Müller, Lis, Schilke, Bell, Bruderer, Bergin, Ceccarelli, Comito, Stutzki, Bacman, Baudry, Benz, Benedettini, Berne, Blake, Boogert, Bottinelli, Boulanger, Cabrit, Caselli, Caux, Cernicharo, Codella, Coutens, Crimier, Crockett, Daniel, Demyk, Dieleman,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.111O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014577

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2521

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01/07/2010 - High-Energy

Probing the variability of the warm absorber in Mrk 279

We present here the results on the detailed modeling of the complex absorption spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279. The source was observed three times by XMM-Newton RGS…

Authors: Ebrero, Costantini, Kaastra, Detmers, Arav, Kriss

Bibcode: 2010AIPC.1248..423E

DOI: 10.1063/1.3475281

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

The Herschel-Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI)

Aims: This paper describes the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI) that was launched onboard ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory in May 2009. Methods: The instrument is a set of 7…

Authors: de Graauw, Helmich, Phillips, Stutzki, Caux, Whyborn, Dieleman, Roelfsema, Aarts, Assendorp, Bachiller, Baechtold, Barcia, Beintema, Belitsky, Benz, Bieber, Boogert, Borys, Bumble, Caïs, Caris, Cerulli-Irelli, Chattopadhyay, Cherednichenko, Ciechanowicz, Coeur-Joly, Comito, Cros,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L...6D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014698

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

The CHESS spectral survey of star forming regions: Peering into the protostellar...

We present the first results of the unbiased survey of the L1157-B1 bow shock, obtained with HIFI in the framework of the key program Chemical HErschel Survey of Star forming…

Authors: Codella, Lefloch, Ceccarelli, Cernicharo, Caux, Lorenzani, Viti, Hily-Blant, Parise, Maret, Nisini, Caselli, Cabrit, Pagani, Benedettini, Boogert, Gueth, Melnick, Neufeld, Pacheco, Salez, Schuster, Bacmann, Baudry, Bell, Bergin, Blake, Bottinelli, Castets, Comito,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.112C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014582

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1006.1864

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01/07/2010 - Low-Energy

HIFI observations of water in the atmosphere of comet C/2008 Q3 (Garradd)

High-resolution far-infrared and sub-millimetre spectroscopy of water lines is an important tool to understand the physical and chemical properties of cometary atmospheres. We present observations of several rotational ortho- and…

Authors: Hartogh, Crovisier, de Val-Borro, Bockelée-Morvan, Biver, Lis, Moreno, Jarchow, Rengel, Emprechtinger, Szutowicz, Banaszkiewicz, Bensch, Blecka, Cavalié, Encrenaz, Jehin, Küppers, Lara, Lellouch, Swinyard, Vandenbussche, Bergin, Blake, Blommaert, Cernicharo, Decin, Encrenaz, de…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L.150H

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014665

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2969

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

PACS and SPIRE photometer maps of M 33: First results of the...

Context. Within the framework of the HERM33ES key program, we are studying the star forming interstellar medium in the nearby, metal-poor spiral galaxy M 33, exploiting the high resolution and…

Authors: Kramer, Buchbender, Xilouris, Boquien, Braine, Calzetti, Lord, Mookerjea, Quintana-Lacaci, Relaño, Stacey, Tabatabaei, Verley, Aalto, Akras, Albrecht, Anderl, Beck, Bertoldi, Combes, Dumke, Garcia-Burillo, Gonzalez, Gratier, Güsten, Henkel, Israel, Koribalski, Lundgren, Martin-Pintado,…

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L..67K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014613

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2563

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01/07/2010 - Exoplanets

100 μm and 160 μm emission as resolved star-formation rate estimators in...

Context. Over the past few years several studies have provided estimates of the SFR (star-formation rate) or the total infrared luminosity from just one infrared band. However these relations are…

Authors: Boquien, Calzetti, Kramer, Xilouris, Bertoldi, Braine, Buchbender, Combes, Israel, Koribalski, Lord, Quintana-Lacaci, Relaño, Röllig, Stacey, Tabatabaei, Tilanus, van der Tak, van der Werf, Verley

Bibcode: 2010A&A...518L..70B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014649

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.2182

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01/06/2010 - High-Energy

Hard X-ray timing and spectral characteristics of the energetic pulsar PSR J0205+6449...

Context. PSR J0205+6449 is a young rotation-powered pulsar in SNR 3C 58. It is one of only three young (<10 000 year old) pulsars that have so far been detected…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen, Urama, den Hartog, Lyne, Stappers

Bibcode: 2010A&A...515A..34K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913851

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1001.4958

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01/06/2010 - High-Energy

The outflow in Mrk 509. A method to calibrate XMM-Newton EPIC-pn and RGS

We analyzed three XMM-Newton observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509, with the goal of detecting small variations in the ionized outflow properties. Measurements such as these are limited…

Authors: Detmers, Kaastra, Costantini, Verbunt, Cappi, de Vries

Bibcode: 2010A&A...516A..61D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913879

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1002.4125

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01/06/2010 - Low-Energy

Searching for dark clouds in the outer galactic plane. I. A statistical...

Context. Most of what is known about clustered star formation to date comes from well studied star forming regions located relatively nearby, such as Rho-Ophiuchus, Serpens and Perseus. However, the…

Authors: Frieswijk, Shipman

Bibcode: 2010A&A...515A..51F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913000

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1005.4955

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01/04/2010 - High-Energy

X-ray spectral study of hot gas in three clusters of galaxies

Aims: We studied the physical properties of three clusters of galaxies, selected from a BeppoSAX wide field camera (WFC) survey. These sources are identified as 1RXS J153934.7-833535, 1RXS J160147.6-754507, and…

Authors: Grange, Costantini, de Plaa, in't Zand, Verbunt, Kaastra, Verrecchia

Bibcode: 2010A&A...513A...2G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913245

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1001.2222

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01/03/2010 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton unveils the complex iron Kα region of Mrk 279

We present the results of a ~160 ks-long XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279. The spectrum shows evidence of both broad and narrow emission features. The Fe…

Authors: Costantini, Kaastra, Korista, Ebrero, Arav, Kriss, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2010A&A...512A..25C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912555

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.1001.2712

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01/02/2010 - Exoplanets

The ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer line spectrum of VY Canis Majoris and...

Context. The far-infrared spectra of circumstellar envelopes around various oxygen-rich stars were observed using the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS). These have been shown to be spectrally rich, particularly in…

Authors: Polehampton, Menten, van der Tak, White

Bibcode: 2010A&A...510A..80P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913310

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0912.1626

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01/02/2010 - High-Energy

The Dust-scattering X-ray Rings of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 1547.0-5408

On 2009 January 22 numerous strong bursts were detected from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1547.0-5408. Swift/XRT and XMM-Newton/EPIC observations carried out in the following two weeks led to the…

Authors: Tiengo, Vianello, Esposito, Mereghetti, Giuliani, Costantini, Israel, Stella, Turolla, Zane, Rea, Götz, Bernardini, Moretti, Romano, Ehle, Gehrels

Bibcode: 2010ApJ...710..227T

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/227

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0911.3064

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01/02/2010 - High-Energy

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the Seyfert 1 Mrk 841: insights into the...

Context. The Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 841 was observed five times between 2001 and 2005 by the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. The source is well known for showing spectral complexity in…

Authors: Longinotti, Costantini, Petrucci, Boisson, Mouchet, Santos-Lleo, Matt, Ponti, Gonçalves

Bibcode: 2010A&A...510A..92L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912925

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0911.3153

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01/02/2010 - High-Energy

The Quasar Outflow Contribution to AGN Feedback: VLT Measurements of SDSS J0318-0600

We present high spectral resolution Very Large Telescope observations of the broad absorption line quasar SDSS J0318 – 0600. This high-quality data set allows us to extract accurate ionic column…

Authors: Dunn, Bautista, Arav, Moe, Korista, Costantini, Benn, Ellison, Edmonds

Bibcode: 2010ApJ...709..611D

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/709/2/611

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0911.3896

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01/11/2009 - Exoplanets

Hyperfine structure in the J = 1-0 transitions of DCO^+, DNC, and...

Context: Knowledge of the hyperfine structure of molecular lines is useful for estimating reliable column densities from observed emission, and essential for the derivation of kinematic information from line profiles.…

Authors: van der Tak, Müller, Harding, Gauss

Bibcode: 2009A&A...507..347V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912912

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0909.0390

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01/11/2009 - High-Energy

A model of polarized X-ray emission from twinkling synchrotron supernova shells

Synchrotron X-ray emission components were recently detected in many young supernova remnants (SNRs). There is even an emerging class – SN 1006, RX J1713.72-3946, Vela Jr and others – that…

Authors: Bykov, Uvarov, Bloemen, den Herder, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2009MNRAS.399.1119B

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15348.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0907.2521

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01/08/2009 - Exoplanets

Probing X-ray irradiation in the nucleus of NGC 1068 with observations of...

Context: Single-dish observations of molecular tracers have suggested that both star formation and an AGN can drive the gas chemistry of the central ~kpc of active galaxies. The irradiation by…

Authors: Pérez-Beaupuits, Spaans, van der Tak, Aalto, García-Burillo, Fuente, Usero

Bibcode: 2009A&A...503..459P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912350

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0906.5154

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01/07/2009 - High-Energy

A parsec scale X-ray extended structure from the X-ray binary Circinus X-1

We present the results of the analysis of two Chandra observations of Circinus X-1 performed in 2007, for a total exposure time of ~50 ks. The source was observed with…

Authors: Soleri, Heinz, Fender, Wijnands, Tudose, Altamirano, Jonker, van der Klis, Kuiper, Kaiser, Casella

Bibcode: 2009MNRAS.397L...1S

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00574.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0810.2202

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01/07/2009 - High-Energy

High-energy characteristics of the schizophrenic pulsar PSR J1846-0258 in Kes 75. Multi-year RXTE...

Aims: PSR J1846-0258 is a young rotation-powered pulsar with one of the highest surface magnetic field strengths, located in the centre of SN-remnant Kes-75. In June 2006 a magnetar-like outburst…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen

Bibcode: 2009A&A...501.1031K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811580

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0904.4376

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01/05/2009 - High-Energy

Studying the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium with Gamma-Ray Bursts

We assess the possibility of detecting and characterizing the physical state of the missing baryons at low redshift by analyzing the X-ray absorption spectra of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows,…

Authors: Branchini, Ursino, Corsi, Martizzi, Amati, den Herder, Galeazzi, Gendre, Kaastra, Moscardini, Nicastro, Ohashi, Paerels, Piro, Roncarelli, Takei, Viel

Bibcode: 2009ApJ...697..328B

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/328

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0903.1861

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01/04/2009 - High-Energy

Properties of the ionised plasma in the vicinity of the neutron-star X-ray...

Aims: We present the spectral analysis of a large set of XMM-Newton observations of EXO 0748-676, a bright dipping low-mass X-ray binary. In particular, we focus on the dipping phenomenon…

Authors: van Peet, Costantini, Méndez, Paerels, Cottam

Bibcode: 2009A&A...497..805V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811181

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0902.4470

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01/04/2009 - High-Energy

Effective area calibration of the reflection grating spectrometers of XMM-Newton. I. X-ray...

Context: The Crab nebula and pulsar have been widely used as a calibration source for X-ray instruments. The in-flight effective area calibration of the Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) of XMM-Newton…

Authors: Kaastra, de Vries, Costantini, den Herder

Bibcode: 2009A&A...497..291K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/20077892

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0902.1094

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01/04/2009 - High-Energy

Physical properties of amorphous solid interstellar material from X-ray absorption spectroscopy of...

High-quality, high-resolution X-ray spectra were obtained of Sco X-1 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) onboard the XMM-Newton satellite. The spectrum around the oxygen K-edge is searched for signatures indicative…

Authors: de Vries, Costantini

Bibcode: 2009A&A...497..393D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811260

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01/04/2009 - Exoplanets

Chemical stratification in the Orion Bar: JCMT Spectral Legacy Survey observations

Context: Photon-dominated regions (PDRs) are expected to show a layered structure in molecular abundances and emerging line emission, which is sensitive to the physical structure of the region as well…

Authors: van der Wiel, van der Tak, Ossenkopf, Spaans, Roberts, Fuller, Plume

Bibcode: 2009A&A...498..161V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811391

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0902.1433

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01/03/2009 - High-Energy

Darwin—an experimental astronomy mission to search for extrasolar planets

As a response to ESA call for mission concepts for its Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan, we propose a mission called Darwin. Its primary goal is the study of terrestrial extrasolar…

Authors: Cockell, Herbst, Léger, Absil, Beichman, Benz, Brack, Chazelas, Chelli, Cottin, Coudé du Foresto, Danchi, Defrère, den Herder, Eiroa, Fridlund, Henning, Johnston, Kaltenegger, Labadie, Lammer, Launhardt, Lawson, Lay, Liseau, Martin, Mawet,…

Bibcode: 2009ExA....23..435C

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9121-x

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01/03/2009 - High-Energy

EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

How structures of various scales formed and evolved from the early Universe up to present time is a fundamental question of astrophysical cosmology. EDGE (Piro et al., 2007) will trace…

Authors: Piro, den Herder, Ohashi, Amati, Atteia, Barthelmy, Barbera, Barret, Basso, Boer, Borgani, Boyarskiy, Branchini, Branduardi-Raymont, Briggs, Brunetti, Budtz-Jorgensen, Burrows, Campana, Caroli, Chincarini, Christensen, Cocchi, Comastri, Corsi, Cotroneo, Conconi, Colasanti, Cusumano,…

Bibcode: 2009ExA....23...67P

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9092-y

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01/03/2009 - High-Energy

Variable Intrinsic Absorption in Mrk 279

We examine the variability in the intrinsic absorption in the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279 using three epochs of observations from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer and two epochs of…

Authors: Scott, Arav, Gabel, Kriss, Quijano, Kaastra, Costantini, Korista

Bibcode: 2009ApJ...694..438S

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/438

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0812.0506

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01/03/2009 - High-Energy

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the low and high states of the Seyfert...

Context: With the new generation of high-resolution X-ray spectrometers the understanding of warm absorbers in active galactic nuclei has improved considerably. However, the important questions regarding the distance and structure…

Authors: Steenbrugge, Fenovčík, Kaastra, Costantini, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2009A&A...496..107S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810416

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0901.3108

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01/03/2009 - Low-Energy

Millimetron—a large Russian-European submillimeter space observatory

Millimetron is a Russian-led 12 m diameter submillimeter and far-infrared space observatory which is included in the Space Plan of the Russian Federation for launch around 2017. With its large…

Authors: Wild, Kardashev, Likhachev, Babakin, Arkhipov, Vinogradov, Andreyanov, Fedorchuk, Myshonkova, Alexsandrov, Novokov, Goltsman, Cherepaschuk, Shustov, Vystavkin, Koshelets, Vdovin, de Graauw, Helmich, Vd Tak, Shipman, Baryshev, Gao, Khosropanah, Roelfsema, Barthel, Spaans, Mendez,…

Bibcode: 2009ExA....23..221W

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9097-6

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01/03/2009 - Exoplanets

The molecular hydrogen explorer H2EX

The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer, H2 EX, was proposed in response to the ESA 2015 – 2025 Cosmic Vision Call as a medium class space mission with NASA and CSA participations.…

Authors: Boulanger, Maillard, Appleton, Falgarone, Lagache, Schulz, Wakker, Bressan, Cernicharo, Charmandaris, Drissen, Helou, Henning, Lim, Valentjin, Abergel, Le Bourlot, Bouzit, Cabrit, Combes, Deharveng, Desmet, Dole, Dumesnil, Dutrey, Fourmond, Gavila, Grangé, Gry,…

Bibcode: 2009ExA....23..277B

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9108-7

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0805.3109

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01/02/2009 - High-Energy

Darwin-A Mission to Detect and Search for Life on Extrasolar Planets

The discovery of extrasolar planets is one of the greatest achievements of modern astronomy. The detection of planets that vary widely in mass demonstrates that extrasolar planets of low mass…

Authors: Cockell, Léger, Fridlund, Herbst, Kaltenegger, Absil, Beichman, Benz, Blanc, Brack, Chelli, Colangeli, Cottin, Coudé du Foresto, Danchi, Defrère, den Herder, Eiroa, Greaves, Henning, Johnston, Jones, Labadie, Lammer, Launhardt, Lawson, Lay,…

Bibcode: 2009AsBio...9....1C

DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0227

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0805.1873

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01/01/2009 - Exoplanets

The importance of non-LTE models for the interpretation of observations of interstellar NO

Context: The ALMA and Herschel missions promise to deliver data of high spatial and spectral resolution at far-infrared and sub-millimeter wavelengths. Modeling these data will require the knowledge of accurate…

Authors: Lique, van der Tak, Kłos, Bulthuis, Alexander

Bibcode: 2009A&A...493..557L

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810453

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01/12/2008 - Exoplanets

Survey of ortho-H2D+ (11,0-11,1) in dense cloud cores

Aims: We present a survey of the ortho-H2D+ (1{1,0}-1{1,1}) line toward a sample of 10 starless cores and 6 protostellar cores, carried out at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. The high…

Authors: Caselli, Vastel, Ceccarelli, van der Tak, Crapsi, Bacmann

Bibcode: 2008A&A...492..703C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079009

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0809.2803

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01/11/2008 - High-Energy

Physical Conditions in Quasar Outflows: Very Large Telescope Observations of QSO 2359-1241

We analyze the physical conditions of the outflow seen in QSO 2359-1241 (NVSS J235953-124148), based on high-resolution spectroscopic VLT observations. This object was previously studied using Keck HIRES data. The…

Authors: Korista, Bautista, Arav, Moe, Costantini, Benn

Bibcode: 2008ApJ...688..108K

DOI: 10.1086/592140

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0807.0230

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01/11/2008 - Low-Energy

Characterizing star formation activity in infrared dark cloud MSXDC G048.65-00.29

Context: Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs), condensed regions of the ISM with high column densities, low temperatures and high masses, are suspected sites of star formation. Thousands of IRDCs have already…

Authors: van der Wiel, Shipman

Bibcode: 2008A&A...490..655V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809696

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0807.3628

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01/10/2008 - Exoplanets

Millimeter interferometry of W3 IRS5: a trapezium in the making

Context: Although most young massive stars appear to be part of multiple systems, it is poorly understood how this multiplicity influences the formation of massive stars. The high-mass star-forming region…

Authors: Rodón, Beuther, Megeath, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2008A&A...490..213R

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810158

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0809.0292

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01/10/2008 - High-Energy

Detailed high-energy characteristics of AXP 1RXS J170849-400910. Probing the magnetosphere using INTEGRAL,...

1RXS J170849-400910 is one of four anomalous X-ray pulsars which emit persistent luminous radiation in soft X-rays (<10 keV) as well as in hard X-rays (>10 keV). In this paper…

Authors: den Hartog, Kuiper, Hermsen

Bibcode: 2008A&A...489..263D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809772

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0804.1641

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01/10/2008 - High-Energy

Detailed high-energy characteristics of AXP 4U 0142+61. Multi-year observations with INTEGRAL, RXTE,...

4U 0142+61 is one of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars exhibiting hard X-ray emission above 10 keV discovered with INTEGRAL. In this paper we present detailed spectral and temporal characteristics both…

Authors: den Hartog, Kuiper, Hermsen, Kaspi, Dib, Knödlseder, Gavriil

Bibcode: 2008A&A...489..245D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809390

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0804.1640

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01/09/2008 - Exoplanets

Evolution of massive protostars: the IRAS 18151-1208 region

Context: The study of physical and chemical properties of massive protostars is critical for better understanding the evolutionary sequence that leads to the formation of high-mass stars. Aims: IRAS 18151-1208…

Authors: Marseille, Bontemps, Herpin, van der Tak, Purcell

Bibcode: 2008A&A...488..579M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809798

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0806.1195

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01/09/2008 - High-Energy

The warm absorber in NGC 5548. The lean years

We study the variability of the warm absorber and the gas responsible for the emission lines in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 to constrain the location and physical properties…

Authors: Detmers, Kaastra, Costantini, McHardy, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2008A&A...488...67D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809862

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0804.4467

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01/07/2008 - High-Energy

Measuring Column Densities in Quasar Outflows: VLT Observations of QSO 2359-1241

We present high-resolution spectroscopic VLT observations of the outflow seen in QSO 2359-1241. These data contain absorption troughs from five resonance Fe II lines with a resolution of ~7 km…

Authors: Arav, Moe, Costantini, Korista, Benn, Ellison

Bibcode: 2008ApJ...681..954A

DOI: 10.1086/588651

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0807.0228

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01/05/2008 - High-Energy

Microcalorimeter Instruments for the Spectrum-R(X)G and NeXT Missions

X-ray spectrometers utilizing a microcalorimeter array are presently under study for the Russian Spectrum R-G (or Spectrum-X-Gamma) mission, which is to be launched in 2011, and for the Japanese NeXT…

Authors: Mitsuda, Kelley, McCammon, den Herder, Ohashi

Bibcode: 2008JLTP..151..703M

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-008-9737-2

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01/05/2008 - High-Energy

EURECA: European-Japanese Microcalorimeter Array

The EURECA project aims to demonstrate technological readiness of a micro-calorimeter array for application in future X-ray astronomy missions, like Constellation-X, EDGE, and XEUS. The prototype instrument consists of a…

Authors: de Korte, Anquita, Bakker, Barcons, Bastia, Beyer, Boersma, Briones, Bruijn, Bussons, Camòn, Carrera, Ceballos, Colasanti, Drung, Fabrega, Ferrari, Gatti, Gonzalez-Arrabal, Gottardi, Hajdas, Helistö, den Herder, Hoevers, Ishisaki, Kiviranta, van der…

Bibcode: 2008JLTP..151..733D

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-008-9731-8

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01/01/2008 - High-Energy

In-Orbit Timing Calibration of the Hard X-Ray Detector on Board Suzaku

The hard X-ray detector (HXD) aboard the X-ray satellite Suzaku is designed to have a good timing capability with a 61μs time resolution. In addition to detailed descriptions of the…

Authors: Terada, Enoto, Miyawaki, Ishisaki, Dotani, Ebisawa, Ozaki, Ueda, Kuiper, Endo, Fukazawa, Kamae, Kawaharada, Kokubun, Kuroda, Makishima, Masukawa, Mizuno, Murakami, Nakazawa, Nakajima, Nomach, Shibayama, Takahashi, Takahashi, Tashiro, Tamagawa, Watanabe, Yamaguchi, Yamaoka,…

Bibcode: 2008PASJ...60S..25T

DOI: 10.1093/pasj/60.sp1.S25

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0711.2715

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01/01/2008 - Exoplanets

Detection of extragalactic H_3O^+

Context: The H3O+ molecule probes the oxygen chemistry and the ionization rate of dense circumnuclear gas in galaxies. Aims: Recent H3O+ observations show variations in the cosmic-ray ionization rate by…

Authors: van der Tak, Aalto, Meijerink

Bibcode: 2008A&A...477L...5V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078824

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0711.2109

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01/12/2007 - Exoplanets

Modeling the water line emission from the high-mass star-forming region AFGL 2591

Context: Observations of water lines are a sensitive probe of the geometry, dynamics and chemical structure of dense molecular gas. The launch of Herschel with on board HIFI and PACS…

Authors: Poelman, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2007A&A...475..949P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078012

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0710.1503

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01/11/2007 - High-Energy

Search for the light dark matter with an X-ray spectrometer

Sterile neutrinos with the mass in the keV range are interesting warm dark matter (WDM) candidates. The restrictions on their parameters (mass and mixing angle) obtained by current X-ray missions…

Authors: Boyarsky, den Herder, Neronov, Ruchayskiy

Bibcode: 2007APh....28..303B

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.06.003

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0612219

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01/11/2007 - Exoplanets

Energetic radiation and the sulfur chemistry of protostellar envelopes: submillimeter interferometry of...

Context: The chemistry in the inner few thousand AU of accreting envelopes around young stellar objects is predicted to vary greatly with far-UV and X-ray irradiation by the central star.…

Authors: Benz, Stäuber, Bourke, van der Tak, van Dishoeck, Jørgensen

Bibcode: 2007A&A...475..549B

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078032

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0709.0215

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01/11/2007 - Low-Energy

Physical characteristics of a dark cloud in an early stage of star...

Context: In the inner parts of the Galaxy the Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) are presently believed to be the progenitors of massive stars and star clusters. Many of them are…

Authors: Frieswijk, Spaans, Shipman, Teyssier, Hily-Blant

Bibcode: 2007A&A...475..263F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077148

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0709.0619

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01/07/2007 - High-Energy

A longer XMM-Newton look at IZwicky1: physical conditions and variability of the...

We present a spectral analysis of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy IZwicky1, focusing on the characteristics of the ionized absorbers as observed with XMM-Newton in 2005. The soft X-ray spectrum…

Authors: Costantini, Gallo, Brandt, Fabian, Boller

Bibcode: 2007MNRAS.378..873C

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11646.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0702553

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01/07/2007 - High-Energy

A probable accretion-powered X-ray pulsar in IGR J00370+6122

Serendipitous and dedicated observations with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) and the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) were analyzed to study the transient high-mass X-ray binary IGR J00370+6122, in…

Authors: in't Zand, Kuiper, den Hartog, Hermsen, Corbet

Bibcode: 2007A&A...469.1063I

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077189

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01/06/2007 - Exoplanets

A computer program for fast non-LTE analysis of interstellar line spectra. With...

Aims:The large quantity and high quality of modern radio and infrared line observations require efficient modeling techniques to infer physical and chemical parameters such as temperature, density, and molecular abundances.…

Authors: van der Tak, Black, Schöier, Jansen, van Dishoeck

Bibcode: 2007A&A...468..627V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066820

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.0704.0155

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01/05/2007 - High-Energy

A longer XMM-Newton look at I Zwicky – 1. Distinct modes of...

The short-term spectral variability of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy I Zwicky 1 (I Zw 1) as observed in an 85ks XMM-Newton observation is discussed in detail. I Zw 1…

Authors: Gallo, Brandt, Costantini, Fabian

Bibcode: 2007MNRAS.377.1375G

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11701.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0703360

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01/05/2007 - High-Energy

A longer XMM-Newton look at I Zwicky 1: variability of the X-ray...

We present the second XMM-Newton observation (85 ks) of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) IZw1 and describe its mean spectral and timing characteristics. On average, IZw1 is ~35 per…

Authors: Gallo, Brandt, Costantini, Fabian, Iwasawa, Papadakis

Bibcode: 2007MNRAS.377..391G

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11601.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0610283

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01/05/2007 - Exoplanets

Tracing high energy radiation with molecular lines near deeply embedded protostars

Aims:The aim is to probe high energy radiation emitted by deeply embedded protostars. Methods: Submillimeter lines of CN, NO, CO+ and SO^+, and upper limits on SH+ and N2O are…

Authors: Stäuber, Benz, Jørgensen, van Dishoeck, Doty, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2007A&A...466..977S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065762

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0608393

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01/04/2007 - High-Energy

Chemical Abundances in an AGN Environment: X-Ray/UV Campaign on the Markarian 279 Outflow

We present the first reliable determination of chemical abundances in an active galactic nucleus (AGN) outflow. The abundances are extracted from the deep and simultaneous Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)…

Authors: Arav, Gabel, Korista, Kaastra, Kriss, Behar, Costantini, Gaskell, Laor, Kodituwakku, Proga, Sako, Scott, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2007ApJ...658..829A

DOI: 10.1086/511666

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0611928

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01/04/2007 - High-Energy

The first multi-wavelength campaign of AXP 4U 0142+61 from radio to hard X-rays

For the first time a quasi-simultaneous multi-wavelength campaign has been performed on an Anomalous X-ray Pulsar from the radio to the hard X-ray band. 4U 0142+61 was an INTEGRAL target…

Authors: den Hartog, Kuiper, Hermsen, Rea, Durant, Stappers, Kaspi, Dib

Bibcode: 2007Ap&SS.308..647D

DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9367-1

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0611175

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01/04/2007 - High-Energy

Constraining supernova models using the hot gas in clusters of galaxies

Context: The hot X-ray emitting gas in clusters of galaxies is a very large repository of metals produced by supernovae. During the evolution of clusters, billions of supernovae eject their…

Authors: de Plaa, Werner, Bleeker, Vink, Kaastra, Méndez

Bibcode: 2007A&A...465..345D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066382

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0701553

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01/03/2007 - High-Energy

Simultaneous INTEGRAL and RXTE observations of the accreting millisecond pulsar HETE J1900.1-2455

Aims:HETE J1900.1-2455 is the seventh known X-ray transient accreting millisecond pulsar and has been in outburst for more than one year. We compared the data on HETE J1900.1-2455 with other…

Authors: Falanga, Poutanen, Bonning, Kuiper, Bonnet-Bidaud, Goldwurm, Hermsen, Stella

Bibcode: 2007A&A...464.1069F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066457

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0609776

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01/02/2007 - High-Energy

Enrichment Study Of Hot Intra-Cluster Gas Through X-Ray Spectroscopy

Clouds of hot X-ray emitting gas associated with clusters of galaxies are the biggest aggregates of baryons that we know, except for the cosmic web. A typical cloud contains the…

Authors: de Plaa

Bibcode: 2007PhDT.......188D

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1287658

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01/01/2007 - Exoplanets

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Spectral Legacy Survey

Stars form in the densest, coldest, most quiescent regions of molecular clouds. Molecules provide the only probes that can reveal the dynamics, physics, chemistry, and evolution of these regions, but…

Authors: Plume, Fuller, Helmich, van der Tak, Roberts, Bowey, Buckle, Butner, Caux, Ceccarelli, van Dishoeck, Friberg, Gibb, Hatchell, Hogerheijde, Matthews, Millar, Mitchell, Moore, Ossenkopf, Rawlings, Richer, Roellig, Schilke, Spaans, Tielens, Thompson,…

Bibcode: 2007PASP..119..102P

DOI: 10.1086/511161

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0611907

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01/01/2007 - High-Energy

X-ray/ultraviolet observing campaign of the Markarian 279 active galactic nucleus outflow: a...

We present a Chandra-LETGS observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279. This observation was simultaneous with HST-STIS and FUSE observations, in the context of a multiwavelength study of this…

Authors: Costantini, Kaastra, Arav, Kriss, Steenbrugge, Gabel, Verbunt, Behar, Gaskell, Korista, Proga, Quijano, Scott, Klimek, Hedrick

Bibcode: 2007A&A...461..121C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065390

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0609385

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01/11/2006 - High-Energy

An XMM-Newton Search for X-Ray Emission from the Microlensing Event MACHO-96-BLG-5

MACHO-96-BLG-5 was a microlensing event observed toward the bulge of the Galaxy with an exceptionally long duration of ~970 days. The microlensing parallax fit parameters were used to estimate a…

Authors: Nucita, De Paolis, Ingrosso, Elia, de Plaa, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2006ApJ...651.1092N

DOI: 10.1086/507784

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01/11/2006 - High-Energy

The O VII X-Ray Forest toward Markarian 421: Consistency between XMM-Newton and Chandra

Recently, the first detections of highly ionized gas associated with two warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) filaments have been reported. The evidence is based on X-ray absorption lines due to O…

Authors: Kaastra, Werner, Herder, Paerels, de Plaa, Rasmussen, de Vries

Bibcode: 2006ApJ...652..189K

DOI: 10.1086/507835

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0604519

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01/11/2006 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton high-resolution spectroscopy reveals the chemical evolution of M 87

We present a study of chemical abundances in the giant elliptical galaxy M 87 using high-resolution spectra obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers during two deep XMM-Newton observations. While we…

Authors: Werner, Böhringer, Kaastra, de Plaa, Simionescu, Vink

Bibcode: 2006A&A...459..353W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065678

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0608177

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01/11/2006 - High-Energy

Comparison of beam combiners for a synthetic aperture imaging telescope

Future astronomical space missions will comprise a constellation of several optical telescopes to detect exo-planets by interferometric nulling of starlight. The Darwin mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and…

Authors: van der Avoort, Pereira, Braat, den Herder

Bibcode: 2006JEOS....1E6020V

DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2006.06020

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01/11/2006 - High-Energy

High-Energy Particles in the Wind Nebula of Pulsar B1509-58 as Seen by INTEGRAL

We present observations with the INTEGRAL IBIS telescope of the wind nebula powered by the young pulsar B1509-58, and we discuss the spatial and spectral properties of the unpulsed emission…

Authors: Forot, Hermsen, Renaud, Laurent, Grenier, Goret, Khelifi, Kuiper

Bibcode: 2006ApJ...651L..45F

DOI: 10.1086/509077

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0609663

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01/09/2006 - High-Energy

The X-Ray Halo of GX 5-1

Using Chandra observations we have measured the energy-resolved dust-scattered X-ray halo around the low-mass X-ray binary GX 5-1, which shows signs of both singly and multiply scattered X-rays. We compared…

Authors: Smith, Dame, Costantini, Predehl

Bibcode: 2006ApJ...648..452S

DOI: 10.1086/505650

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0605199

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01/08/2006 - Exoplanets

APECS – the Atacama pathfinder experiment control system

APECS is the distributed control system of the new Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) telescope located on the Llano de Chajnantor at an altitude of 5107 m in the Atacama desert…

Authors: Muders, Hafok, Wyrowski, Polehampton, Belloche, König, Schaaf, Schuller, Hatchell, van der Tak

Bibcode: 2006A&A...454L..25M

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065359

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0605128

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01/08/2006 - Exoplanets

APEX mapping of H3O+ in the Sgr B2 region

Context: .The cosmic-ray ionization rate ζCR of dense molecular clouds is a key parameter for their dynamics and chemistry. Aims: .Variations of ζCR are well established, but it is unclear…

Authors: van der Tak, Belloche, Schilke, Güsten, Philipp, Comito, Bergman, Nyman

Bibcode: 2006A&A...454L..99V

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065289

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0605582

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01/07/2006 - High-Energy

Discovery of Luminous Pulsed Hard X-Ray Emission from Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars 1RXS...

We investigated the time-averaged high-energy spectral characteristics of the persistent anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) 1RXS J1708-4009, 4U 0142+61, 1E 2259+586, and 1E 1048.1-5937, using RXTE PCA (2-60 keV), RXTE HEXTE…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen, den Hartog, Collmar

Bibcode: 2006ApJ...645..556K

DOI: 10.1086/504317

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0603467

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01/07/2006 - High-Energy

Supernova remnant energetics and magnetars: no evidence in favour of millisecond proto-neutron stars

It is generally accepted that anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) and soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) are magnetars, i.e. neutron stars with extremely high surface magnetic fields (B > 1014 G). The…

Authors: Vink, Kuiper

Bibcode: 2006MNRAS.370L..14V

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00178.x

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0604187

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01/06/2006 - High-Energy

Chemical evolution in Sérsic 159-03 observed with XMM-Newton

Using a new long X-ray observation of the cluster of galaxies Sérsic 159-03 with XMM-Newton, we derive radial temperature and abundance profiles using single- and multi-temperature models. The fits to…

Authors: de Plaa, Werner, Bykov, Kaastra, Méndez, Vink, Bleeker, Bonamente, Peterson

Bibcode: 2006A&A...452..397D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053864

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0602582

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01/05/2006 - High-Energy

INTEGRAL survey of the Cassiopeia region in hard X rays

We report on the results of a deep 1.6 Ms INTEGRAL observation of the Cassiopeia region performed from December 2003 to February 2004. Eleven sources were detected with the imager…

Authors: den Hartog, Hermsen, Kuiper, Vink, in't Zand, Collmar

Bibcode: 2006A&A...451..587D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054711

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0601644

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01/04/2006 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton spectroscopy of the cluster of galaxies 2A 0335+096

We present here the results of a deep (130 ks) XMM-Newton observation of the cluster of galaxies 2A 0335+096. The deep exposure allows us to study in detail its temperature…

Authors: Werner, de Plaa, Kaastra, Vink, Bleeker, Tamura, Peterson, Verbunt

Bibcode: 2006A&A...449..475W

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053868

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0512401

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01/12/2005 - High-Energy

Absorption and scattering by interstellar dust: an XMM-Newton observation of Cyg X-2

We present results of the XMM-Newton observation of the bright X-ray binary Cyg X-2. In our analysis we focus on the absorption and scattering of the X-ray emission by interstellar…

Authors: Costantini, Freyberg, Predehl

Bibcode: 2005A&A...444..187C

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042562

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0508129

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01/12/2005 - High-Energy

INTEGRAL and RXTE observations of accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934 in outburst

Simultaneous observations of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934 by the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during the 2004 December outburst are analysed. The average spectrum…

Authors: Falanga, Kuiper, Poutanen, Bonning, Hermsen, di Salvo, Goldoni, Goldwurm, Shaw, Stella

Bibcode: 2005A&A...444...15F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053472

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0508613

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01/11/2005 - High-Energy

An X-ray view of Mrk 705. A borderline narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy

Mrk 705 exhibits optical properties of both narrow- and broad-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. We examine the X-ray properties of this borderline object utilising proprietary and public data from Chandra, ASCA,…

Authors: Gallo, Balestra, Costantini, Boller, Burwitz, Ferrero, Mathur

Bibcode: 2005A&A...442..909G

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053882

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0510552

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01/08/2005 - Low-Energy

The modelling of infrared dark cloud cores

This paper presents results from modelling 450 μm and 850 μm continuum and +HCO line observations of three distinct cores of an infrared dark cloud (IRDC) directed toward the W51…

Authors: Ormel, Shipman, Ossenkopf, Helmich

Bibcode: 2005A&A...439..613O

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042379

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0505404

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01/06/2005 - High-Energy

INTEGRAL spectroscopy of the accreting millisecond pulsar XTE J1807-294 in outburst

The transient X-ray accreting millisecond pulsar XTE J1807-294 was observed during its February/March 2003 outburst by INTEGRAL, partly simultaneously with the XMM-Newton and RXTE satellites. We present here the first…

Authors: Falanga, Bonnet-Bidaud, Poutanen, Farinelli, Martocchia, Goldoni, Qu, Kuiper, Goldwurm

Bibcode: 2005A&A...436..647F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042575

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0503292

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01/05/2005 - High-Energy

PSR B1929+10 revisited in X-rays

We performed timing and spectral analyses for PSR B1929+10, one of the oldest (~107 years) of the ordinary pulsars detected in X-rays, using archival ROSAT, ASCA and RXTE data. Pulsed…

Authors: Słowikowska, Kuiper, Hermsen

Bibcode: 2005A&A...434.1097S

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040368

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0302467

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01/04/2005 - High-Energy

X-Ray/Ultraviolet Observing Campaign of the Markarian 279 Active Galactic Nucleus Outflow: A...

We present an analysis of the intrinsic UV absorption in the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279 based on simultaneous long observations with the Hubble Space Telescope (41 ks) and the…

Authors: Gabel, Arav, Kaastra, Kriss, Behar, Costantini, Gaskell, Korista, Laor, Paerels, Proga, Quijano, Sako, Scott, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2005ApJ...623...85G

DOI: 10.1086/428477

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0501524

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01/04/2005 - High-Energy

Investigating the EGRET-radio galaxies link with INTEGRAL: The case of 3EG J1621+8203...

The analysis of an INTEGRAL AO2 observation of the error contours of the EGRET source 3EG J1621+8203 is presented. The only source found inside the error contours for energies between…

Authors: Foschini, Chiaberge, Grandi, Grenier, Guainazzi, Hermsen, Palumbo, Rodriguez, Chaty, Corbel, Di Cocco, Kuiper, Malaguti

Bibcode: 2005A&A...433..515F

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042353

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0412285

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01/01/2005 - High-Energy

Exploratory submm space radio-interferometric telescope

Angular resolution in the far-infrared (FIR) wavelength regime limits the range of size scales accessible although the FIR range has become of prime importance for astrophysics. Observations of ionic, atomic…

Authors: de Graauw, Helmich, Cernicharo, Wild, Baryshev, Bos, den Herder, Gunst, Jackson, van Langevelde, Maat, Martin-Pintado, Noordam, Quirrenbach, Roelfsema, Venema, Wesselius, Yagoubov

Bibcode: 2005AdSpR..36.1109D

DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.053

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01/01/2005 - High-Energy

The temperature structure in the core of Sérsic 159-03

We present results from a new 120 ks XMM-Newton observation of the cluster of galaxies Sérsic 159-03. In this paper, we focus on the high-resolution X-ray spectra obtained with the…

Authors: de Plaa, Kaastra, Méndez, Tamura, Bleeker, Peterson, Paerels, Bonamente, Lieu

Bibcode: 2005AdSpR..36..601D

DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.04.027

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0504262

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01/12/2004 - High-Energy

X-ray/UV campaign on the Mrk 279 outflow: Density diagnostics in Active Galactic...

One of the main problems in modeling the ionised outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei is the unknown distance of the outflowing wind to the central source. Only if the density…

Authors: Kaastra, Raassen, Mewe, Arav, Behar, Costantini, Gabel, Kriss, Proga, Sako, Steenbrugge

Bibcode: 2004A&A...428...57K

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041434

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0406199

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01/10/2004 - High-Energy

Discovery of Hard Nonthermal Pulsed X-Ray Emission from the Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar...

We report the discovery of nonthermal pulsed X-ray/soft gamma-ray emission up to ~150 keV from the anomalous 11.8 s X-ray pulsar AXP 1E 1841-045 located near the center of supernova…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen, Mendez

Bibcode: 2004ApJ...613.1173K

DOI: 10.1086/423129

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0404582

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01/10/2004 - High-Energy

INTEGRAL observation of 3EG J1736-2908

The possible identification by INTEGRAL of the EGRET source 3EG J1736-2908 with the active galactic nucleus GRS 1734-292 is discussed. The latter was discovered in 1990 and later identified with…

Authors: Di Cocco, Foschini, Grandi, Malaguti, Castro-Tirado, Chaty, Dean, Gehrels, Grenier, Hermsen, Kuiper, Lund, Mirabel

Bibcode: 2004A&A...425...89D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040484

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0406300

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01/08/2004 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton observation of the relaxed cluster A478: Gas and dark matter distribution...

We present an XMM-Newton mosaic observation of the hot (kT∼6.5 keV) and nearby (z=0.0881) relaxed cluster of galaxies A478. We derive precise gas density, gas temperature, gas mass and total…

Authors: Pointecouteau, Arnaud, Kaastra, de Plaa

Bibcode: 2004A&A...423...33P

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035856

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0403596

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01/08/2004 - High-Energy

X-ray spectroscopy on Abell 478 with XMM-Newton

We report the results from a spatially resolved spectroscopy study with XMM-Newton on the relaxed cluster of galaxies Abell 478. From the EPIC data we extract a temperature profile and…

Authors: de Plaa, Kaastra, Tamura, Pointecouteau, Mendez, Peterson

Bibcode: 2004A&A...423...49D

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20047170

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0405307

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01/08/2004 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton Study of A3562 and Its Immediate Shapley Environs

Using a mosaic of six XMM-Newton observations, we study the hydrodynamic state of A3562, a cluster in the center of the Shapley supercluster. The X-ray image reveals a sharp surface…

Authors: Finoguenov, Henriksen, Briel, de Plaa, Kaastra

Bibcode: 2004ApJ...611..811F

DOI: 10.1086/422246

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0405092

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01/06/2004 - High-Energy

Elemental abundances in the intracluster medium as observed with XMM-Newton

XMM-Newton observations of 19 galaxy clusters are used to measure the elemental abundances and their spatial distributions in the intracluster medium. The sample mainly consists of X-ray bright and relaxed…

Authors: Tamura, Kaastra, den Herder, Bleeker, Peterson

Bibcode: 2004A&A...420..135T

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040103

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0403058

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01/01/2004 - High-Energy

BeppoSAX observation of PSR B1937+21

We present the results of a BeppoSAX observation of the fastest rotating pulsar known: PSR B1937+21. The ∼200 ks observation (78.5 ks MECS/34 ks LECS on-source time) allowed us to…

Authors: Nicastro, Cusumano, Löhmer, Kramer, Kuiper, Hermsen, Mineo, Becker

Bibcode: 2004A&A...413.1065N

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031593

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0310299

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01/01/2004 - High-Energy

XMM-Newton study of soft excess X-ray emission in clusters of galaxies

We discuss the detection of soft excess X-ray emission in a sample of 19 clusters of galaxies observed by XMM-Newton. In 6/19 clusters evidence for a soft X-ray excess is…

Authors: Kaastra, Lieu, Tamura, Paerels, den Herder

Bibcode: 2004AdSpR..34.2504K

DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.076

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01/01/2004 - High-Energy

Chandra and RXTE studies of the X-ray/γ-ray millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232

We report on high-resolution spatial and timing observations of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232 performed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). With these…

Authors: Kuiper, Hermsen, Stappers

Bibcode: 2004AdSpR..33..507K

DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.019

DOI 2: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0306622

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