Search Publications
Carbon-rich dust in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by COSIMA/Rosetta
Langevin, Yves; Fischer, Henning; Ligier, Nicolas +23 more
Cometary ices are rich in CO2, CO and organic volatile compounds, but the carbon content of cometary dust was only measured for the Oort Cloud comet 1P/Halley, during its flyby in 1986. The COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyzer (COSIMA)/Rosetta mass spectrometer analysed dust particles with sizes ranging from 50 to 1000 µm, collect…
An improved model of diffuse galactic radio emission from 10 MHz to 5 THz
Reich, W.; Liu, A.; Reich, P. +6 more
We present an improved Global Sky Model (GSM) of diffuse Galactic radio emission from 10 MHz to 5 THz, whose uses include foreground modelling for cosmic microwave background (CMB) and 21 cm cosmology. Our model improves on past work both algorithmically and by adding new data sets such as the Planck maps and the enhanced Haslam map. Our method ge…
H0LiCOW - IV. Lens mass model of HE 0435-1223 and blind measurement of its time-delay distance for cosmology
Treu, Tommaso; Marshall, Philip J.; Sonnenfeld, Alessandro +13 more
Strong gravitational lenses with measured time delays between the multiple images allow a direct measurement of the time-delay distance to the lens, and thus a measure of cosmological parameters, particularly the Hubble constant, H0. We present a blind lens model analysis of the quadruply imaged quasar lens HE 0435-1223 using deep Hubbl…
Ultraviolet spectra of extreme nearby star-forming regions - approaching a local reference sample for JWST
Feltre, Anna; Charlot, Stéphane; Chevallard, Jacopo +7 more
Nearby dwarf galaxies provide a unique laboratory in which to test stellar population models below Z⊙/2. Such tests are particularly important for interpreting the surprising high-ionization ultraviolet (UV) line emission detected at z > 6 in recent years. We present HST/COS UV spectra of 10 nearby metal-poor star-forming galaxies se…
Deriving a multivariate αCO conversion function using the [C II]/CO (1-0) ratio and its application to molecular gas scaling relations
Genzel, R.; Sturm, E.; Tacconi, L. J. +17 more
We present Herschel PACS observations of the [C II] 158 µm emission line in a sample of 24 intermediate mass (9 < log M*/M⊙ < 10) and low metallicity (0.4 < Z/Z⊙ < 1.0) galaxies from the xCOLD GASS survey. In combination with IRAM CO (1-0) measurements, we establish scaling relations between integ…
Paving the way for the JWST: witnessing globular cluster formation at z > 3
Castellano, M.; Pentericci, L.; Grillo, C. +17 more
We report on five compact, extremely young (<10 Myr) and blue (βUV < -2.5, Fλ = λβ) objects observed with VLT/Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer at redshifts 3.1169 and 3.235, in addition to three objects at z = 6.145. These sources are strongly magnified (3-40 times) by the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluste…
Evidence for the formation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through gravitational collapse of a bound clump of pebbles
Shi, Xian; Blum, Jürgen; Della Corte, Vincenzo +19 more
The processes that led to the formation of the planetary bodies in the Solar system are still not fully understood. Using the results obtained with the comprehensive suite of instruments onboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, we present evidence that comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko likely formed through the gentle gravitational colla…
Unveiling the nature of bright z ≃ 7 galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope
Bowler, R. A. A.; McLure, R. J.; Dunlop, J. S. +1 more
We present new Hubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Camera 3 (HST/WFC3) imaging of 25 extremely luminous (-23.2 ≤ MUV ≲ -21.2) Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z ≃ 7. The sample was initially selected from 1.65 deg2 of ground-based imaging in the UltraVISTA/COSMOS and UDS/SXDS fields, and includes the extreme Lyman α emitters, 'Hi…
Organics in comet 67P - a first comparative analysis of mass spectra from ROSINA-DFMS, COSAC and Ptolemy
Balsiger, H.; Berthelier, J. J.; Fuselier, S. A. +14 more
The ESA Rosetta spacecraft followed comet 67P at a close distance for more than 2 yr. In addition, it deployed the lander Philae on to the surface of the comet. The (surface) composition of the comet is of great interest to understand the origin and evolution of comets. By combining measurements made on the comet itself and in the coma, we probe t…
The Hi-GAL compact source catalogue - I. The physical properties of the clumps in the inner Galaxy (-71.0° < ℓ < 67.0°)
Martin, P. G.; Natoli, P.; Paladini, R. +83 more
Hi-GAL (Herschel InfraRed Galactic Plane Survey) is a large-scale survey of the Galactic plane, performed with Herschel in five infrared continuum bands between 70 and 500 µm. We present a band-merged catalogue of spatially matched sources and their properties derived from fits to the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and heliocentric dis…