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Validation scheme for solar coronal models: Constraints from multi-perspective observations in EUV and white light
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141552 Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A.117W

Temmer, M.; Asvestari, E.; Pomoell, J. +2 more

Context. In this paper, we present a validation scheme to investigate the quality of coronal magnetic field models, which is based on comparisons with observational data from multiple sources.
Aims: Many of these coronal models may use a range of initial parameters that produce a large number of physically reasonable field configurations. How…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 13
X-ray variability of HD 189733 across eight years of XMM-Newton observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142232 Bibcode: 2022A&A...660A..75P

Micela, G.; Sciortino, S.; Pillitteri, I. +2 more

The characterization of exoplanets, their formation, evolution, and chemical changes is tightly linked to our knowledge of their host stars. In particular, stellar X-rays and UV emission have a strong impact on the dynamical and chemical evolution of planetary atmospheres. We analyzed 25 XMM-Newton observations encompassing about eight years and t…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 13
The role of highly vibrationally excited H2 initiating the nitrogen chemistry. Quantum study and 3σ detection of NH emission in the Orion Bar PDR
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243884 Bibcode: 2022A&A...664A.190G

Goicoechea, Javier R.; Roncero, Octavio

The formation of hydrides by gas-phase reactions between H2 and a heavy element atom is a very selective process. Reactions with ground-state neutral carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur atoms are very endoergic and have high energy barriers because the H2 molecule has to be fragmented before a hydride bond is formed. In cold…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 12
Measuring chemical abundances in AGN from infrared nebular lines: HII-CHI-MISTRY-IR for AGN
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243602 Bibcode: 2022A&A...666A.115P

Pérez-Díaz, Borja; Pérez-Montero, Enrique; Fernández-Ontiveros, Juan A. +1 more

Context. Future and ongoing infrared and radio observatories such as JWST, METIS, and ALMA will increase the amount of rest-frame IR spectroscopic data for galaxies by several orders of magnitude. While studies of the chemical composition of the interstellar medium (ISM) based on optical observations have been widely spread over decades for star-f…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel ISO 12
Physical properties of the trans-Neptunian object (38628) Huya from a multi-chord stellar occultation
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141546 Bibcode: 2022A&A...664A.130S

Ofek, E.; Marques Oliveira, J.; Sicardy, B. +85 more

Context. As part of our international program aimed at obtaining accurate physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), we predicted a stellar occultation by the TNO (38628) Huya of the star Gaia DR2 4352760586390566400 (mG = 11.5 mag) on March 18, 2019. After an extensive observational campaign geared at obtaining the astromet…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 12
CAPOS: The bulge Cluster APOgee Survey. III. Spectroscopic tomography of Tonantzintla 2
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141742 Bibcode: 2022A&A...658A.116F

Cohen, Roger E.; Beers, Timothy C.; Minniti, Dante +10 more

We performed the first detailed spectral analysis of red giant members of the relatively high-metallicity globular cluster (GC) Tononzintla 2 (Ton 2) using high-resolution near-infrared spectra collected with the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment II survey (APOGEE-2), obtained as part of the bulge Cluster APOgee Survey. We inv…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 12
A multiwavelength study of the W33 Main ultracompact HII region
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140914 Bibcode: 2022A&A...664A.140K

Menten, K. M.; Khan, S.; Wyrowski, F. +7 more


Aims: The dynamics of ionized gas around the W33 Main ultracompact HII region is studied using observations of hydrogen radio recombination lines and a detailed multiwavelength characterization of the massive star-forming region W33 Main is performed.
Methods: We used the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to observe the H167α recomb…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 12
Tracking the 3D evolution of a halo coronal mass ejection using the revised cone model
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142942 Bibcode: 2022A&A...660A.144Z

Zhang, Q. M.


Aims: This paper aims to track the three-dimensional (3D) evolution of a full halo coronal mass ejection (CME) on 2011 June 21.
Methods: The CME results from a nonradial eruption of a filament-carrying flux rope in NOAA active region 11236. The eruption was observed in extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths by the extreme-ultraviolet imag…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 12
Kepler-93: A testbed for detailed seismic modelling and orbital evolution of super-Earths around solar-like stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141083 Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A..56B

Bétrisey, J.; Buldgen, G.; Khan, S. +4 more

Context. The advent of space-based photometry missions such as CoRoT, Kepler and TESS has sparkled the rapid development of asteroseismology and its synergies with exoplanetology. In the near future, the advent of PLATO will further strengthen such multi-disciplinary studies. In that respect, testing asteroseismic modelling strategies and their im…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 12
The interstellar medium of high-redshift galaxies: Gathering clues from C III] and [C II] lines
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243336 Bibcode: 2022A&A...663A.172M

Maiolino, R.; Pentericci, L.; Ferrara, A. +5 more

Context. A tight relation between [C II] 158 µm line luminosity and the star formation rate (SFR) has been observed for local galaxies. At high redshift (z > 5), galaxies instead deviate downwards from the local Σ[C II] − ΣSFR relation. This deviation might be caused by different interstellar medium (ISM) properties …

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 12