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The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES
Altieri, B.; Aussel, H.; Elbaz, D. +101 more
The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES) is a legacy programme designed to map a set of nested fields totalling ∼380 deg2. Fields range in size from 0.01 to ∼20 deg2, using the Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) (at 250, 350 and 500 µm) and the Herschel-Photodetector Array Camera a…
Herschel-ATLAS: multi-wavelength SEDs and physical properties of 250 µm selected galaxies at z < 0.5
Ivison, R. J.; Clements, D. L.; Scott, D. +38 more
We present a pan-chromatic analysis of an unprecedented sample of 1402 250 µm selected galaxies at z < 0.5 (z¯=0.24) from the Herschel-ATLAS survey. We complement our Herschel 100-500 µm data with UV-K-band photometry from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and apply the MAGPHYS energy-balance technique to produce pan-chroma…
On the metallicity dependence of crystalline silicates in oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch stars and red supergiants
Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L.; Gielen, C. +10 more
We investigate the occurrence of crystalline silicates in oxygen-rich evolved stars across a range of metallicities and mass-loss rates. It has been suggested that the crystalline silicate feature strength increases with increasing mass-loss rate, implying a correlation between lattice structure and wind density. To test this, we analyse Spitzer I…
Formation of unsaturated hydrocarbons in interstellar ice analogues by cosmic rays
Pilling, S.; da Silveira, E. F.; Rothard, H. +3 more
The formation of C=C and C≡C bonds from the processing of pure c-C6H12 (cyclohexane) and mixed H2O:NH3:c-C6H12 (1:0.3:0.7) ices by highly charged and energetic ions (219-MeV 16O7 + and 632-MeV 58Ni24 +) is studied. The experiments simulate…
Solid-phase C60 in the peculiar binary XX Oph?
van Loon, J. Th.; Gehrz, R. D.; Eyres, S. P. S. +8 more
We present infrared spectra of the binary XX Oph obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The data show some evidence for the presence of solid C60- the first detection of C60 in the solid phase - together with the well-known 'unidentified infrared' emission features. We suggest that, in the cas…
Evolution of the luminosity function and obscuration of active galactic nuclei: comparison between X-ray and infrared
Han, Zhanwen; Zhang, Fenghui; Wang, Bo +2 more
We present a detailed comparison between the 2-10 keV hard X-ray and infrared (IR) luminosity functions (LFs) of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The composite X-ray to IR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of AGNs, which are used to compare the hard X-ray LF (HXLF) and the IRLF, are modelled with a simple, but well-tested torus model, based on th…
Automated measurement of redshifts from mid-infrared low-resolution spectroscopy
Hernán Caballero, Antonio
Obtaining accurate redshifts from mid-infrared (MIR) low-resolution (R ∼ 100) spectroscopy is challenging because the wavelength resolution is too low to detect narrow lines in most cases. Yet, the number of degrees of freedom and diversity of spectral features are too high for regular spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting techniques to be co…
Optical and infrared imaging and spectroscopy of the multiple-shell planetary nebula NGC 6369
Guerrero, M. A.; Ramos-Larios, G.; Phillips, J. P. +1 more
NGC 6369 is a double-shell planetary nebula consisting of a bright annular inner shell with faint bipolar extensions and a filamentary envelope. We have used ground- and space-based narrow-band optical and near-infrared (near-IR) images, broad-band mid-IR images, optical long-slit echelle spectra and mid-IR spectra to investigate its physical stru…