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Dynamic acceleration of energetic protons by an interplanetary collisionless shock
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348723 Bibcode: 2024A&A...686A.132Y

Wang, W.; Wang, L.; Rodríguez-Pacheco, J. +8 more

Context. Interplanetary collisionless shocks are known to be capable of accelerating charged particles up to hundreds of MeV. However, the underlying acceleration mechanisms are still under debate.
Aims: We present the dynamic behaviors of energetic protons that are accelerated by an interplanetary shock that was observed with unprecedented h…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 4
Identifying synergies between VLBI and STIX imaging
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348040 Bibcode: 2024A&A...684A..47M

Massa, Paolo; Müller, Hendrik; Mus, Alejandro +2 more

Context. Reconstructing an image from noisy, sparsely sampled Fourier data is an ill-posed inverse problem that occurs in a variety of subjects within science, including data analysis for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) with respect to solar observations. The need for high-resolutio…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 4
Characteristics and energy flux distributions of decayless transverse oscillations depending on coronal regions
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450433 Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A..16L

Van Doorsselaere, Tom; Lim, Daye; Berghmans, David +1 more

Context. It has been proposed that the slope (δ) of the power-law distribution between the energy flux and oscillation frequency could determine whether high-frequency transverse oscillations make a dominant contribution to the heating (δ < 1). A meta-analysis of decayless transverse oscillations revealed that high-frequency oscillations potent…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 4
Precise Fourier parameters of Cepheid radial velocity curves: Towards refining the Hertzsprung progression models
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347798 Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.224H

Smolec, R.; Moskalik, P.; Gorynya, N. A. +3 more

Context. Radial velocity (RV) curves of Classical Cepheids allow precise determination of the resonant periods, which in turn help to constrain fundamental parameters of these stars. The RV curves of Cepheids are also useful for identifying their pulsation modes and for distance determination using the parallax-of-pulsation method. Aims. The prima…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
The largest metallicity difference in twin systems: High-precision abundance analysis of the benchmark pair Krios and Kronos
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449983 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A..73M

Petrucci, R.; Jofré, E.; Jaque Arancibia, M. +7 more


Aims: We conducted a high-precision differential abundance analysis of the remarkable binary system HD 240429/30 (Krios and Kronos, respectively), whose difference in metallicity is one of the highest detected to date in systems with similar components (~0.20 dex). A condensation temperature TC trend study was performed to search f…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
Cataclysmic variables around the period-bounce: An eROSITA-enhanced multiwavelength catalog
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449358 Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A.305M

Stelzer, Beate; Schwope, Axel; Muñoz-Giraldo, Daniela

Context. Cataclysmic variables (CVs) with degenerate donors that have evolved past the period minimum are predicted to make up a great portion of the CV population, namely, between 40% and 80%. However, either due to shortcomings in the models or the intrinsic faintness of these strongly evolved systems, only a few of these so-called "period-bounc…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
The properties and kinematics of HCN emission across the closest starburst galaxy NGC 253 observed with ALMA
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347568 Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.122B

Chevance, M.; Schinnerer, E.; Klessen, R. S. +21 more

Context. Investigating molecular gas tracers, such as hydrogen cyanide (HCN), to probe higher densities than CO emission across nearby galaxies remains challenging. This is due to the large observing times required to detect HCN at a high sensitivity and spatial resolution. Although approximate kiloparsec scales of HCN maps are available for tens …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 4
TESS photometry and CAOS spectroscopy of six eclipsing binaries with Am components
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449332 Bibcode: 2024A&A...685A.133C

Frasca, A.; Alonso-Santiago, J.; Catanzaro, G. +1 more

In this paper, we present the results of a comprehensive study of six eclipsing binaries whose components are confirmed or suspected Am stars. By combining long-term, high-resolution Catania Astrophysical Observatory Spectropolarimeter (CAOS) spectroscopy and TESS photometry, we have been able to accurately obtain the orbital parameters of each sy…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
Signature of systemic rotation in 21 galactic globular clusters from APOGEE-2
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347550 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A..92P

Minniti, Dante; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Lane, Richard R. +2 more

Context. Traditionally, globular clusters (GCs) have been assumed to be quasi-relaxed non-rotating systems, characterized by spherical symmetry and orbital isotropy. However, in recent years, a growing set of observational evidence has been unveiling an unexpected dynamical complexity in Galactic GCs. Indeed, kinematic studies have demonstrated th…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
Evolution of X-ray galaxy cluster properties in a representative sample (EXCPReS). Optimal binning for temperature profile extraction
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348411 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A.219C

Arnaud, M.; Pointecouteau, E.; Pratt, G. W. +2 more

We present XMM-Newton observations of a representative X-ray selected sample of 31 galaxy clusters at moderate redshift (0.4 < z < 0.6), spanning the mass range 1014 < M500 < 1015 M. This sample, EXCPReS (Evolution of X-ray galaxy Cluster Properties in a Representative Sample), is used to te…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 4