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The emergence of passive galaxies in the early Universe
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039738 Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A..30S

Magnelli, B.; Castellano, M.; Pentericci, L. +10 more

The emergence of passive galaxies in the early Universe results from the delicate interplay among the different physical processes responsible for their rapid assembly and the abrupt shut-down of their star formation activity. Investigating the individual properties and demographics of early passive galaxies improves our understanding of these mec…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 36
COALAS. I. ATCA CO(1-0) survey and luminosity function in the Spiderweb protocluster at z = 2.16
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040232 Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A..11J

Thomson, A. P.; Dannerbauer, H.; Seymour, N. +25 more

We report a detailed CO(1−0) survey of a galaxy protocluster field at z = 2.16, based on 475 h of observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We constructed a large mosaic of 13 individual pointings, covering an area of 21 arcmin2 and ±6500 km s−1 range in velocity. We obtained a robust sample of 46 CO(1−0) detec…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 36
AT 2019avd: a novel addition to the diverse population of nuclear transients
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039681 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A...9M

Sollerman, J.; Rusholme, B.; Liu, Z. +29 more

We report on SRG/eROSITA, ZTF, ASAS-SN, Las Cumbres, NEOWISE-R, and Swift XRT/UVOT observations of the unique ongoing event AT 2019avd, located in the nucleus of a previously inactive galaxy at z = 0.029. eROSITA first observed AT 2019avd on 2020-04-28 during its first all sky survey, when it was detected as an ultra-soft X-ray source (kT ~ 85 eV)…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 36
Discovery of a directly imaged planet to the young solar analog YSES 2
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140508 Bibcode: 2021A&A...648A..73B

Mugrauer, Markus; Ginski, Christian; Kenworthy, Matthew A. +8 more

Context. To understand the origin and formation pathway of wide-orbit gas giant planets, it is necessary to expand the limited sample of these objects. The mass of exoplanets derived with spectrophotometry, however, varies strongly as a function of the age of the system and the mass of the primary star.
Aims: By selecting stars with similar a…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Hipparcos 36
The X-CLASS survey: A catalogue of 1646 X-ray-selected galaxy clusters up to z ∼ 1.5
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140566 Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A..12K

Altieri, B.; Valtchanov, I.; Pierre, M. +25 more

Context. Cosmological probes based on galaxy clusters rely on cluster number counts and large-scale structure information. X-ray cluster surveys are well suited for this purpose because they are far less affected by projection effects than optical surveys, and cluster properties can be predicted with good accuracy.
Aims: The XMM Cluster Archi…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 36
First light observations of the solar wind in the outer corona with the Metis coronagraph
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140980 Bibcode: 2021A&A...656A..32R

Heinzel, P.; Vial, J. -C.; Woch, J. +65 more

In this work, we present an investigation of the wind in the solar corona that has been initiated by observations of the resonantly scattered ultraviolet emission of the coronal plasma obtained with UVCS-SOHO, designed to measure the wind outflow speed by applying Doppler dimming diagnostics. Metis on Solar Orbiter complements the UVCS spectroscop…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO SolarOrbiter 36
Physics of ULIRGs with MUSE and ALMA: The PUMA project. II. Are local ULIRGs powered by AGN? The subkiloparsec view of the 220 GHz continuum
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140955 Bibcode: 2021A&A...651A..42P

Rigopoulou, D.; Colina, L.; van der Werf, P. +11 more

We analyze new high-resolution (400 pc) ∼220 GHz continuum and CO(2-1) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of a representative sample of 23 local (z < 0.165) ultra-luminous infrared systems (ULIRGs; 34 individual nuclei) as part of the "Physics of ULIRGs with MUSE and ALMA" (PUMA) project. The deconvolved half-light radii of the …

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel ISO eHST 36
HST grism spectroscopy of z ∼ 3 massive quiescent galaxies. Approaching the metamorphosis
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040067 Bibcode: 2021A&A...653A..32D

Cimatti, A.; Daddi, E.; Gobat, R. +6 more

Tracing the emergence of the massive quiescent galaxy (QG) population requires the build-up of reliable quenched samples by distinguishing these systems from red, dusty star-forming sources. We present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/G141 grism spectra of ten quiescent galaxy candidates selected at 2.5 < z < 3.5 in the COSMOS field. Spectroscopi…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 36
Extreme-ultraviolet bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region and corona
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039969 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A.159C

Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Young, P. R.

The quiet solar corona consists of myriads of loop-like features, with magnetic fields originating from network and internetwork regions on the solar surface. The continuous interaction between these different magnetic patches leads to transient brightenings or bursts that might contribute to the heating of the solar atmosphere. The literature on …

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IRIS SolarOrbiter 35
First constraints on the AGN X-ray luminosity function at z 6 from an eROSITA-detected quasar
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039724 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A...5W

Georgakakis, A.; Salvato, M.; Buchner, J. +19 more

Context. High-redshift quasars signpost the early accretion history of the Universe. The penetrating nature of X-rays enables a less absorption-biased census of the population of these luminous and persistent sources compared to optical/near-infrared colour selection. The ongoing SRG/eROSITA X-ray all-sky survey offers a unique opportunity to unco…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 35