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What drives decayless kink oscillations in active-region coronal loops on the Sun?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244403 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666L...2M

Teriaca, Luca; Solanki, Sami K.; Long, David M. +19 more

Here, we present a study of the phenomena of decayless kink oscillations in a system of active-region (AR) coronal loops. Using high-resolution observations from two different instruments, namely the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on board Solar Orbiter and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory, we follow…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 27
Stellar limb darkening. A new MPS-ATLAS library for Kepler, TESS, CHEOPS, and PLATO passbands
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243722 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666A..60K

Solanki, S. K.; Shapiro, A. I.; Maxted, P. F. L. +4 more

Context. The detection of the first exoplanet paved the way for the era of transit-photometry space missions with revolutionary photometric precision, whose aim is to discover new exoplanetary systems around different types of stars. With this high precision, it is possible to derive the radii of exoplanets very accurately, which is crucial for co…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CHEOPS 27
Evidence of a vertical kinematic oscillation beyond the Radcliffe wave
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142899 Bibcode: 2022A&A...660L..12T

Benjamin, R. A.; Gallagher, J. S., III; Drimmel, R. +5 more

The Radcliffe wave (RW) is a recently discovered sinusoidal vertical feature of dense gas in the proximity of the Sun. In the disk plane, it is aligned with the Local Arm. However, the origin of its vertical undulation is still unknown. This study constrains the kinematics of the RW, using young stars and open clusters as tracers, and explores the…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 27
Self-absorption in [C II], 12CO, and H I in RCW120. Building up a geometrical and physical model of the region
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142575 Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A..36K

Schneider, N.; Zavagno, A.; Stutzki, J. +19 more


Aims: Revealing the 3D dynamics of H II region bubbles and their associated molecular clouds and H I envelopes is important for developing an understanding of the longstanding problem as to how stellar feedback affects the density structure and kinematics of the different phases of the interstellar medium.
Methods: We employed observatio…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 27
Stellar feedback in M 83 as observed with MUSE. II. Analysis of the H II region population: Ionisation budget and pre-SN feedback
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243395 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666A..29D

Della Bruna, Lorenza; Robert, Carmelle; Amram, Philippe +11 more

Context. Energy and momentum injected by young, massive stars into the surrounding gas play an important role in regulating further star formation and in determining the galaxy's global properties. Before supernovae begin to explode, stellar feedback consists of two main processes: radiation pressure and photoionisation.
Aims: We study pre-su…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 27
Upper mass-loss limits and clumping in the intermediate and outer wind regions of OB stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040116 Bibcode: 2022A&A...658A..61R

Puls, J.; Najarro, F.; Traficante, A. +4 more

Context. Mass loss is a key parameter throughout the evolution of massive stars, and it determines the feedback with the surrounding interstellar medium. The presence of inhomogeinities in stellar winds (clumping) leads to severe discrepancies not only among different mass-loss rate diagnostics, but also between empirical estimates and theoretical…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI Gaia Herschel 27
Quasars as high-redshift standard candles
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243411 Bibcode: 2022A&A...663L...7S

Vignali, C.; Gilli, R.; Civano, F. +10 more

The non-linear relation between the X-ray and ultraviolet (UV) luminosity in quasars has been used to derive quasar distances and to build a Hubble diagram at redshifts up to z ∼ 7. This cosmological application is based on the assumption of independence of the relation on redshift and luminosity. We want to test the reliability of this hypothesis…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 26
Probabilistic classification of X-ray sources applied to Swift-XRT and XMM-Newton catalogs
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141259 Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A.138T

Godet, Olivier; Tranin, Hugo; Webb, Natalie +1 more

Context. Serendipitous X-ray surveys have proven to be an efficient way to find rare objects, for example tidal disruption events, changing-look active galactic nuclei (AGN), binary quasars, ultraluminous X-ray sources, and intermediate mass black holes. With the advent of very large X-ray surveys, an automated classification of X-ray sources beco…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia XMM-Newton 26
Periodic variable A-F spectral type stars in the northern TESS continuous viewing zone. I. Identification and classification
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244037 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666A.142S

Mašek, M.; Paunzen, E.; Skarka, M. +11 more

Context. In the time of large space surveys that provide tremendous amounts of precise data, it is highly desirable to have a commonly accepted methodology and system for the classification of variable stars. This is especially important for A-F stars, which can show intrinsic brightness variations due to both rotation and pulsations.
Aims: T…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 26
The stellar content of the ROSAT all-sky survey
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142573 Bibcode: 2022A&A...664A.105F

Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Czesla, S.; Robrade, J. +2 more


Aims: We present and apply a method to identify the stellar content of the ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS).
Methods: We performed a crossmatch between the RASS sources and stellar candidates selected from Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) and estimated stellar probabilities for every RASS source from the geometric properties of the match and …

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 26