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Disc wind or disc line? The extraordinary Fe-K feature of Mrk 1513
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347963 Bibcode: 2023A&A...680A..50M

Bianchi, S.; Braito, V.; Nardini, E. +4 more

We discuss the origin of a very unusual spectral structure observed in the Fe-K band of the Seyfert galaxy Mrk 1513, a local (z = 0.063) active galactic nucleus (AGN) that is efficiently accreting matter onto its central supermassive black hole (Lbol/LEdd ∼ 0.5). We consider the highest quality X-ray observation of this sourc…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 4
The Lockman-SpReSO project. Description, target selection, observations, and catalogue preparation
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244480 Bibcode: 2023A&A...669A..85G

Krongold, Yair; Gallego, Jesús; Sánchez-Portal, Miguel +26 more

Context. Extragalactic surveys are a key tool for better understanding the evolution of galaxies. Both deep and wide-field surveys serve to provide a clearer emerging picture of the physical processes that take place in and around galaxies, and to identify which of these processes are the most important in shaping the properties of galaxies.

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel XMM-Newton 3
Gaia colour-magnitude diagrams of young open clusters. Identification in the UBC catalogue and comparison between manual and automated analyses
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244933 Bibcode: 2023A&A...675A..19N

de Burgos, A.; Negueruela, I.

Context. Automated analyses of Gaia astrometric data have led to the discovery of many new high-quality open cluster candidates. When a good determination of their parameters is available, these objects become excellent tools for investigating the properties of our Galaxy.
Aims: We explore whether young open clusters can be readily identified…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 3
NIRwave: A wave-turbulence-driven solar wind model constrained by PSP observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245009 Bibcode: 2023A&A...672A..64S

Güdel, M.; Boro Saikia, S.; Bartel, M. +2 more


Aims: We generate a model description of the solar wind based on an explicit wave-turbulence-driven heating mechanism, and constrain our model with observational data.
Methods: We included an explicit coronal heating source term in the general 3D magnetohydrodynamic code NIRVANA to simulate the properties of the solar wind. The adapted h…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ulysses 3
Five-minute oscillations of photospheric and chromospheric swirls
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245373 Bibcode: 2023A&A...674A.142L

Liu, Jiajia; Mathioudakis, Mihalis; Erdélyi, Robert +1 more

Context. Swirls are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. They are thought to be related to the excitation of different modes of magnetohydrodynamic waves and pulses, as well as spicules. However, statistical studies of their collective behaviour are rare.
Aims: We aim to study the collective as well as the individual behaviour of photospheric …

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 3
Anisotropies of solar energetic electrons in the MeV range measured with Solar Orbiter/EPD/HET
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202345909 Bibcode: 2023A&A...676A..58F

Rodríguez-Pacheco, J.; Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F.; Dresing, N. +4 more


Aims: This study analyses relativistic electron measurements obtained by the High Energy Telescope (HET) aboard Solar Orbiter in the energy range from 200 keV to above 10 MeV. Caveats of these measurements are discussed. The purpose of this study is to analyse anisotropies of relativistic solar energetic electrons utilising the different view…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 3
Optical/X-ray/radio view of Abell 1213: A galaxy cluster with anomalous diffuse radio emission
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202345842 Bibcode: 2023A&A...672A.199B

De Grandi, S.; Riva, G.; Boschin, W. +5 more

Context. Abell 1213, a low-richness galaxy system, is known to host an anomalous radio halo detected in data of the Very Large Array (VLA). It is an outlier with regard to the relation between the radio halo power and the X-ray luminosity of the parent clusters.
Aims: Our aim is to analyze the cluster in the optical, X-ray, and radio bands to…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 3
V4142 Sgr: Double periodic variable with an accretor surrounded by the accretion disk's atmosphere
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244046 Bibcode: 2023A&A...670A..94R

Mennickent, R. E.; Djurašević, G.; Petrović, J. +4 more

Context. A detailed study of the close interacting binary V4142 Sgr, based on photometric and spectroscopic analyses, indicates that this system belongs to the enigmatic class of Algol-like variables exhibiting a long photometric cycle of an unknown nature.
Aims: By performing photometric data-mining and spectroscopic observations covering th…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 3
Young nearby open clusters and their luminosity functions
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202345920 Bibcode: 2023A&A...678A..75Z

Béjar, V. J. S.; Martín, E. L.; Lodieu, N. +3 more

Context. Open clusters are groups of coeval stars sharing properties such as distance and metallicity, and they are key to understanding stellar evolution.
Aims: Our main goal is to study the evolution of open clusters with a special focus on the universality of the luminosity function.
Methods: We applied an upgraded version of the conv…

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Hipparcos 3
Particle-in-cell modelling of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Spatial structures of densities and electric fields
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245197 Bibcode: 2023A&A...674A..65G

Goetz, Charlotte; Gunell, Herbert

Context. Sufficiently far from the Sun, all comets go through a phase of low activity. Rosetta observations at large heliocentric distances of approximately 3 au showed that the plasma at a low-activity comet is affected by both steady state electric fields and low-frequency waves.
Aims: Our goal is to provide a model for the electric fields …

2023 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 3