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A LOFAR-IRAS cross-match study: the far-infrared radio correlation and the 150 MHz luminosity as a star-formation rate tracer
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935913 Bibcode: 2019A&A...631A.109W

Prandoni, I.; Wang, L.; Shimwell, T. W. +15 more


Aims: We aim to study the far-infrared radio correlation (FIRC) at 150 MHz in the local Universe (at a median redshift ⟨z⟩∼0.05) and improve the use of the rest-frame 150 MHz luminosity, L150, as a star-formation rate (SFR) tracer, which is unaffected by dust extinction.
Methods: We cross-match the 60 µm selected Revised…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI 35
The CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets. XVIII. Three new massive planets and two low-mass brown dwarfs at greater than 5 AU separation
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935356 Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A..71R

Bouchy, F.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D. +36 more

Context. Since 1998, a planet-search around main sequence stars within 50 pc in the southern hemisphere has been underway with the CORALIE spectrograph at La Silla Observatory.
Aims: With an observing time span of more than 20 yr, the CORALIE survey is able to detect long-term trends in data with masses and separations large enough to select …

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 35
TESS first look at evolved compact pulsators. Discovery and asteroseismic probing of the g-mode hot B subdwarf pulsator EC 21494-7018
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935395 Bibcode: 2019A&A...632A..90C

Geier, S.; Hermes, J. J.; Kawaler, S. D. +29 more

Context. The TESS satellite was launched in 2018 to perform high-precision photometry from space over almost the whole sky in a search for exoplanets orbiting bright stars. This instrument has opened new opportunities to study variable hot subdwarfs, white dwarfs, and related compact objects. Targets of interest include white dwarf and hot subdwar…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 35
Inner dark matter distribution of the Cosmic Horseshoe (J1148+1930) with gravitational lensing and dynamics
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935042 Bibcode: 2019A&A...631A..40S

Lewis, G. F.; Halkola, A.; Suyu, S. H. +4 more

We present a detailed analysis of the inner mass structure of the Cosmic Horseshoe (J1148+1930) strong gravitational lens system observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). In addition to the spectacular Einstein ring, this systems shows a radial arc. We obtained the redshift of the radial arc counterimage zs, r…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 35
Heliospheric modulation of the interstellar dust flow on to Earth
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832644 Bibcode: 2019A&A...621A..54S

Krüger, H.; Srama, R.; Grün, E. +3 more


Aims: Based on measurements by the Ulysses spacecraft and high-resolution modelling of the motion of interstellar dust (ISD) through the heliosphere we predict the ISD flow in the inner planetary system and on to the Earth. This is the third paper in a series of three about the flow and filtering of the ISD.
Methods: Micrometer- and sub-…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ulysses 35
Interferometric observations of warm deuterated methanol in the inner regions of low-mass protostars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936044 Bibcode: 2019A&A...632A..19T

Codella, C.; Bianchi, E.; Ceccarelli, C. +7 more

Methanol is a key species in astrochemistry because it is the most abundant organic molecule in the interstellar medium and is thought to be the mother molecule of many complex organic species. Estimating the deuteration of methanol around young protostars is of crucial importance because it highly depends on its formation mechanisms and the physi…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 35
TESS exoplanet candidates validated with HARPS archival data. A massive Neptune around GJ 143 and two Neptunes around HD 23472
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834817 Bibcode: 2019A&A...622L...7T

Trifonov, Trifon; Kürster, Martin; Rybizki, Jan


Aims: We aim at the discovery of new planetary systems by exploiting the transit light-curve results from observations made in TESS orbital observatory Sectors 1 and 2 and validating them with precise Doppler measurements obtained from archival HARPS data.
Methods: Taking advantage of the reported TESS transit events around GJ 143 (TOI 1…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 35
Abundances of disk and bulge giants from high-resolution optical spectra. III. Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834247 Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A.141L

Schultheis, M.; Ryde, N.; Jönsson, H. +2 more

Context. The formation and evolution of the Galactic bulge and the Milky Way is still a debated subject. Observations of the X-shaped bulge, cylindrical stellar motions, and the presumed existence of a fraction of young stars in the bulge have suggested that it formed through secular evolution of the disk and not through gas dissipation and/or mer…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 35
Hint of curvature in the orbital motion of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b using 3 yr of VLT/SPHERE monitoring
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935031 Bibcode: 2019A&A...624A.118M

Rouan, D.; Ménard, F.; Avenhaus, H. +49 more

Context. The 51 Eridani system harbors a complex architecture with its primary star forming a hierarchical system with the binary GJ 3305AB at a projected separation of 2000 au, a giant planet orbiting the primary star at 13 au, and a low-mass debris disk around the primary star with possible cold and warm components inferred from the spectral ene…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 34
Simultaneous Kepler/K2 and XMM-Newton observations of superflares in the Pleiades
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834370 Bibcode: 2019A&A...622A.210G

Antoniou, V.; Micela, G.; Stauffer, J. +10 more

Context. Flares are powerful events ignited by a sudden release of magnetic energy which triggers a cascade of interconnected phenomena, each resulting in emission in different electromagnetic bands. In fact, in the Sun flares are observed across the whole electromagnetic spectrum. Multi-band observations of stellar flares are instead rare. This l…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia XMM-Newton 34