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New constraints on the disk characteristics and companion candidates around T Chamaeleontis with VLT/SPHERE
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630234 Bibcode: 2017A&A...605A..34P

Pinte, C.; Ménard, F.; Ginski, C. +34 more

Context. The transition disk around the T Tauri star T Cha possesses a large gap, making it a prime target for high-resolution imaging in the context of planet formation.
Aims: We aim to find signs of disk evolutionary processes by studying the disk geometry and the dust grain properties at its surface, and to search for companion candidates.…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia eHST 40
Blowout jets and impulsive eruptive flares in a bald-patch topology
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628984 Bibcode: 2017A&A...598A..41C

Srivastava, A. K.; Mandrini, C. H.; Schmieder, B. +7 more

Context. A subclass of broad extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray jets, called blowout jets, have become a topic of research since they could be the link between standard collimated jets and coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
Aims: Our aim is to understand the origin of a series of broad jets, some of which are accompanied by flares and associated…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 40
EGG: hatching a mock Universe from empirical prescriptions⋆
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629123 Bibcode: 2017A&A...602A..96S

Elbaz, D.; Ferguson, H. C.; Okumura, K. +14 more

This paper introduces EGG, the Empirical Galaxy Generator, a tool designed within the ASTRODEEP collaboration to generate mock galaxy catalogs for deep fields with realistic fluxes and simple morphologies. The simulation procedure is based exclusively on empirical prescriptions - rather than first principles - to provide the most accurate match wi…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 40
An 80 au cavity in the disk around HD 34282
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731392 Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A..55V

Pinte, C.; Ménard, F.; van der Plas, G. +5 more

Context. Large cavities in disks are important testing grounds for the mechanisms proposed to drive disk evolution and dispersion, such as dynamical clearing by planets and photoevaporation.
Aims: We aim to resolve the large cavity in the disk around HD 34282, whose presence has been predicted by previous studies modeling the spectral energy …

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 40
Computational helioseismology in the frequency domain: acoustic waves in axisymmetric solar models with flows
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629470 Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A..35G

Gizon, Laurent; Birch, Aaron C.; Fournier, Damien +7 more

Context. Local helioseismology has so far relied on semi-analytical methods to compute the spatial sensitivity of wave travel times to perturbations in the solar interior. These methods are cumbersome and lack flexibility.
Aims: Here we propose a convenient framework for numerically solving the forward problem of time-distance helioseismology…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 39
Inferring the three-dimensional distribution of dust in the Galaxy with a non-parametric method . Preparing for Gaia
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628885 Bibcode: 2017A&A...598A.125R

Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.; Fouesneau, M.; Rezaei Kh., S. +1 more

We present a non-parametric model for inferring the three-dimensional (3D) distribution of dust density in the Milky Way. Our approach uses the extinction measured towards stars at different locations in the Galaxy at approximately known distances. Each extinction measurement is proportional to the integrated dust density along its line of sight (…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 39
Magnetic reconnection during eruptive magnetic flux ropes
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731146 Bibcode: 2017A&A...604L...7M

Lin, J.; Roussev, I. I.; Keppens, R. +1 more


Aims: We perform a three-dimensional (3D) high resolution numerical simulation in isothermal magnetohydrodynamics to study the magnetic reconnection process in a current sheet (CS) formed during an eruption of a twisted magnetic flux rope (MFR). Because the twist distribution violates the Kruskal-Shafranov condition, the kink instability occu…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 39
Galactic winds with MUSE: A direct detection of Fe II* emission from a z = 1.29 galaxy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730428 Bibcode: 2017A&A...605A.118F

Bacon, Roland; Finley, Hayley; Bouché, Nicolas +13 more

Emission signatures from galactic winds provide an opportunity to directly map the outflowing gas, but this is traditionally challenging because of the low surface brightness. Using very deep observations (27 h) of the Hubble Deep Field South with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument, we identify signatures of an outflow in both…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 38
A mid-IR interferometric survey with MIDI/VLTI: resolving the second-generation protoplanetary disks around post-AGB binaries
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629161 Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A..41H

Waters, L. B. F. M.; Debosscher, J.; de Wit, W. -J. +7 more


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 disk has been postulated on the basis of various spatially unresolved measurements. The aim is to determine the angular extent of the N-band e…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI ISO 38
The circumstellar envelope around the S-type AGB star W Aql. Effects of an eccentric binary orbit
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730934 Bibcode: 2017A&A...605A.126R

Lindqvist, M.; Olofsson, H.; De Beck, E. +9 more

Context. Recent observations at subarcsecond resolution, now possible also at submillimeter wavelengths, have shown intricate circumstellar structures around asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, mostly attributed to binary interaction. The results presented here are part of a larger project aimed at investigating the effects of a binary companion …

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 38