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Mass Measurements in Protoplanetary Disks from Hydrogen Deuteride
Henning, Th.; van Dishoeck, E. F.; Pontoppidan, K. M. +8 more
The total gas mass of a protoplanetary disk is a fundamental, but poorly determined, quantity. A new technique has been demonstrated to assess directly the bulk molecular gas reservoir of molecular hydrogen using the HD J = 1-0 line at 112 µm. In this work we present a Herschel Space Observatory 10 survey of six additional T Tauri…
The First Spectrum of the Coldest Brown Dwarf
Fortney, Jonathan J.; Marley, Mark S.; Faherty, Jacqueline K. +6 more
The recently discovered brown dwarf WISE 0855 presents the first opportunity to directly study an object outside the solar system that is nearly as cold as our own gas giant planets. However, the traditional methodology for characterizing brown dwarfs—near-infrared spectroscopy—is not currently feasible, as WISE 0855 is too cold and faint. To char…
The Detection of a Hot Molecular Core in the Large Magellanic Cloud with ALMA
Onaka, Takashi; Aikawa, Yuri; Shimonishi, Takashi +1 more
We report the first detection of a hot molecular core outside our Galaxy based on radio observations with ALMA toward a high-mass young stellar object (YSO) in a nearby low metallicity galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Molecular emission lines of CO, C17O, HCO+, H13CO+, H2CO, NO, SiO, …
Search for Hyperluminous Infrared Dust-obscured Galaxies Selected with WISE and SDSS
Toba, Y.; Nagao, T.
We aim to search for hyperluminous infrared (IR) galaxies (HyLIRGs) with IR luminosity {L}{{IR}} > 1013 L⊙ by applying the selection method of dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs). They are spatially rare but could correspond to a maximum phase of cosmic star formation (SF) and/or active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity…
Constraining AGN Feedback in Massive Ellipticals with South Pole Telescope Measurements of the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect
Cohen, Seth; Joshi, Bhavin; Scannapieco, Evan +2 more
Energetic feedback due to active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is likely to play an important role in the observed anti-hierarchical trend in the evolution of galaxies, and yet the energy injected into the circumgalactic medium by this process is largely unknown. One promising approach to constrain this feedback is through measurements of spectral distor…
Silicate Composition of the Interstellar Medium
Watson, D. M.; Sargent, B. A.; Fogerty, S. +2 more
The composition of silicate dust in the diffuse interstellar medium and in protoplanetary disks around young stars informs our understanding of the processing and evolution of the dust grains leading up to planet formation. An analysis of the well-known 9.7 µm feature indicates that small amorphous silicate grains represent a significant fra…
Concurrent Formation of Carbon and Silicate Dust in Nova V1280 Sco
Onaka, Takashi; Usui, Fumihiko; Koo, Bon-Chul +12 more
We present infrared multi-epoch observations of the dust-forming nova V1280 Sco over ∼2000 days from the outburst. The temporal evolution of the infrared spectral energy distributions at 1272, 1616, and 1947 days can be explained by the emissions produced by amorphous carbon dust of mass (6.6-8.7) × 10-8 M⊙ with a representat…
Models of the η Corvi Debris Disk from the Keck Interferometer, Spitzer, and Herschel
Bryden, G.; Lebreton, J.; Boccaletti, A. +4 more
Debris disks are signposts of analogs to small-body populations of the solar system, often, however, with much higher masses and dust production rates. The disk associated with the nearby star η Crv is especially striking, as it shows strong mid- and far-infrared excesses despite an age of ∼1.4 Gyr. We undertake constructing a consistent model of …
Dust and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in the Pre-transitional Disk around HD 169142
Seok, Ji Yeon; Li, Aigen
The pre-transitional disk around the Herbig Ae star HD 169142 shows a complex structure of possible ongoing planet formation in dust thermal emission from the near-infrared (IR) to millimeter wavelength range. Also, a distinct set of broad emission features at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3, and 12.7 µ {{m}}, commonly attributed to polycyclic arom…
SDSS J163459.82+204936.0: A Ringed Infrared-luminous Quasar with Outflows in Both Absorption and Emission Lines
Lyu, Jianwei; Shu, Xinwen; Ji, Tuo +9 more
SDSS J163459.82+204936.0 is a local (z = 0.1293) infrared-luminous quasar with L IR = 1011.91 {L}⊙ . We present a detailed multiwavelength study of both the host galaxy and the nucleus. The host galaxy, appearing as an early-type galaxy in the optical images and spectra, demonstrates violent, obscured star formatio…