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Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain. Exploring the robustness of transit-timing variations and radial velocity mass characterisations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450212 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A.211L

Alonso, R.; Deleuil, M.; Erikson, A. +106 more

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 1.9 and 20.7 days. All the planets, but the innermost one, form a chain of Laplace resonances. The fine-tuning and fragility of such orbital c…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CHEOPS Gaia 2
Study of the optical to X-ray broad emission lines of Mrk 110
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348067 Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A.101J

Kriss, G. A.; Costantini, E.; Ebrero, J. +7 more


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 spectroscopic observations of the broad emission lines in Mrk 110.
Methods: For the broad-band modelling of the emission-line luminosity, we adopt the "l…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton eHST 2
Nuclear spin ratios of deuterated ammonia in prestellar cores. LAsMA observations of H-MM1 and Oph D
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346578 Bibcode: 2024A&A...682A...8H

Belloche, A.; Wyrowski, F.; Caselli, P. +6 more

Context. Molecules containing two or more hydrogen or deuterium atoms have different nuclear spin states which behave as separate chemical species. The relative abundances of these species can give clues to their origin. Formation on grains is believed to yield statistical spin ratios whereas gas-phase reactions are predicted to result in clear de…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 2
Zero-polarization candidate regions for the calibration of wide-field optical polarimeters
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348099 Bibcode: 2024A&A...684A.132M

Blinov, D.; Panopoulou, G. V.; Readhead, A. C. S. +14 more

Context. The calibration of optical polarimeters relies on the use of stars with negligible polarization (i.e., unpolarized standard stars) for determining the instrumental polarization zero point. For wide-field polarimeters, calibration is often done by imaging the same star over multiple positions in the field of view (FoV), which is a time-con…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2
Energetic seed particles in self-consistent particle acceleration modeling at interplanetary shock waves
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451279 Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.287N

Vainio, R.; Vuorinen, L.; Trotta, D. +2 more

Aims. The study investigates the relevance of the seed particle population in the results of particle acceleration in interplanetary shock waves, when wave–particle interactions are treated self-consistently. Methods. We employed the SOLar Particle Acceleration in Coronal Shocks (SOLPACS) model, which is a proton acceleration simulation in shocks …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 2
A catalogue of asteroseismically calibrated ages for APOGEE DR17. The predictions of a CatBoost machine learning model based on the [Mg/Ce] chemical clock and other stellar parameters
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348031 Bibcode: 2024A&A...685A..66B

Boulet, Thibault

Context. The formation history and evolution of the Milky Way through cosmological time is a complex field of research requiring the sampling of highly accurate stellar ages for all Galaxy components. Such highly reliable ages are starting to become available thanks to the synergy of asteroseismology, spectroscopy, stellar modelling, and machine l…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2
The mass distribution of stellar mergers: A new scenario for several FS CMa stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449586 Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.234D

Korčáková, D.; Kroupa, P.; Dvořáková, N. +1 more

Context. FS CMa stars belong to a diverse group of stars exhibiting the B[e] phenomenon, which manifests itself mainly by the presence of forbidden emission lines and a strong infrared (IR) excess in their spectra. Only a few tens of FS CMa stars are known and their nature is still unclear. Recently, a strong magnetic field has been discovered in …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2
Spatially resolved plasma composition evolution in a solar flare – The effect of reconnection outflow
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449246 Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A..95T

Long, David M.; Brooks, David H.; Baker, Deborah +6 more

Context. Solar flares exhibit complex variations in elemental abundances compared to photospheric values. These abundance variations, characterized by the first ionization potential (FIP) bias, remain challenging to interpret. Aims. We aim to (1) examine the spatial and temporal evolution of coronal abundances in the X8.2 flare on 2017 September 1…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 2
A fast-rotating blue straggler star in the tidal tail of the open cluster NGC 752
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449393 Bibcode: 2024A&A...686A.215L

Chen, Li; Zhong, Jing; Qin, Songmei +3 more

Context. NGC 752 is a well-known Galactic open cluster of intermediate age. In recent works, a very long and asymmetric tail was revealed. A blue straggler star (BSS) at the periphery of the tidal tail of the cluster was subsequently identified.
Aims: We aim to perform a detailed analysis of the newly detected BSS based on the available compr…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2
Cosmic-ray diffusion in two local filamentary clouds
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348299 Bibcode: 2024A&A...685A.102K

Grenier, I. A.; Kamal Youssef, F. R.

Context. Hadronic interactions between cosmic rays (CRs) and interstellar gas have been probed in γ rays across the Galaxy. A fairly uniform CR distribution is observed up to a few hundred parsecs from the Sun, except in the Eridu cloud, which shows an unexplained 30-50% deficit in GeV to TeV CR flux.
Aims: To explore the origin of this defic…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2