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Is there a black hole in the center of the Sun?
Bellinger, Earl P.; Caplan, Matthew E.; Santarelli, Andrew D.
There is probably not a black hole in the center of the Sun. Despite this detail, our goal in this work to convince the reader that this question is interesting and that work studying stars with central black holes is well motivated. If primordial black holes exist then they may exist in sufficiently large numbers to explain the dark matter in the…
On the mass assembly history of the Milky Way: clues from its stellar halo
Horta, Danny; Schiavon, Ricardo P.
Stellar halos of galaxies retain crucial clues to their mass assembly history. It is in these galactic components that the remains of cannibalised galactic building blocks are deposited. For the case of the Milky Way, the opportunity to analyse the stellar halo's structure on a star-by-star basis in a multi-faceted approach provides a basis from w…
Classification and characterization using HCT/HFOSC spectra of carbon stars selected from the HES survey
Goswami, Aruna; Purandardas, Meenakshi
We present results from the analysis of 88 carbon stars selected from Hamburg/ESO (HES) survey using low-resolution spectra (R ∼1330 & 2190). The spectra were obtained with the Himalayan Faint Object Spectrograph Camera (HFOSC) attached to the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT). Using well-defined spectral criteria based on the strength of …
Following the tidal trail: a history of modeling the Magellanic Stream
Lucchini, Scott
The formation of the Magellanic Stream has puzzled astronomers for decades. In this review, we outline the history of our understanding of the Magellanic System highlighting key observations that have revolutionized thinking of its evolution. We also walk through the major models and theoretical advances that have led to our current paradigm ‑ (1)…
Centering algorithm of an unresolved primary and satellite system
Peng, Q. Y.; Guo, B. F.; Hao, J. N.
Affected by the Earth's atmosphere, the image of a primary and satellite system may appear unresolved, such as the dwarf planet Haumea system. It is found by experiments that neither the two-dimensional Gaussian nor modified moment centering algorithms can accurately measure the photocenter of an image of unresolved primary and satellite system ob…
The origin of free-floating planets
Miret-Roig, Núria
Free-floating planets (FFPs) are the lightest products of star formation and they carry important information on the initial conditions of the environment in which they were formed. They were first discovered in the 2000 s but still few of them have been identified and confirmed due to observational challenges. This is a review of the last advance…
Making waves in massive star asteroseismology
Bowman, Dominic M.
Massive stars play a major role not only in stellar evolution but also galactic evolution theory. This is because of their dynamical interaction with binary companions, but also because their strong winds and explosive deaths as supernovae provide chemical, radiative and kinematic feedback to their environments. Yet this feedback strongly depends …
Detection of wide binary and multiple nuclei of planetary nebulae using the Gaia DR3
Ali, A.; Khalil, J. M.; Mindil, A.
Context: this paper describes the detection of wide binary and multiple central stars (CSs) of Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) using the most up-to-date data available from the Gaia Data Release 3 (Gaia DR3). Aims: the objective of this study is to benefit from the Gaia DR3's reliable measurements of parallax and proper motion to reveal the binar…
Variable stars in the field of the Galactic bulge globular cluster NGC 6522
Arellano Ferro, A.; Luna, A.; Prudil, Z. +2 more
We present a comprehensive analysis of the variable stars projected on the field of the Galactic bulge globular cluster NGC 6522, offering valuable insights into their characteristics. Using proper motions from Gaia-DR3, we aim to distinguish between field stars and true cluster members. For an accurate color-magnitude diagram of the member stars,…
A clustering study of the old open cluster Trumpler 19
Gao, Xinhua; Fang, Dan
In this paper, we investigate the spatial structure and dynamical state of the poorly studied old (