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One Relation for All Wavelengths: The Far-ultraviolet to Mid-infrared Milky Way Spectroscopic R(V)-dependent Dust Extinction Relationship
Gordon, Karl D.; Fitzpatrick, E. L.; Clayton, Geoffrey C. +4 more
Dust extinction is one of the fundamental measurements of dust grain sizes, compositions, and shapes. Most of the wavelength-dependent variations seen in Milky Way extinction are strongly correlated with the single parameter R(V) = A(V)/E(B - V). Existing R(V)-dependent extinction relationships use a mixture of spectroscopic and photometry observa…
Reconstructing the XUV Spectra of Active Sun-like Stars Using Solar Scaling Relations with Magnetic Flux
Notsu, Yuta; Namekata, Kosuke; Toriumi, Shin +3 more
The Kepler space telescope and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite unveiled that Sun-like stars frequently host exoplanets. These exoplanets are subject to fluxes of ionizing radiation in the form of X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) radiation that may cause changes in their atmospheric dynamics and chemistry. While X-ray fluxes can be observe…
Far-ultraviolet Dust Extinction and Molecular Hydrogen in the Diffuse Milky Way Interstellar Medium
Gordon, Karl D.; Van De Putte, Dries; Cartledge, Stefan I. B. +2 more
We aim to compare variations in the full-UV dust extinction curve (912-3000 Å), with the H I/H2/total H content along diffuse Milky Way sightlines, to investigate possible connections between ISM conditions and dust properties. We combine an existing sample of 75 UV extinction curves based on IUE and FUSE data, with atomic and molecular…
The Radiation Environments of Middle-aged F-type Stars
France, K.; Hinton, P. C.; Fleming, B. +5 more
Far-ultraviolet (FUV) emission lines from dwarf stars are important driving sources of photochemistry in planetary atmospheres. Properly interpreting spectral features of planetary atmospheres critically depends on the emission of its host star. While the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of K- and M-type stars have been extensively characteriz…
X-Ray Spectroscopy of Interstellar Carbon: Evidence for Scattering by Carbon-bearing Material in the Spectrum of 1ES 1553+113
Paerels, Frits; Staunton, John
Molecules and particles make up ~40%-70% of carbon in the interstellar medium, yet the exact chemical structure of these constituents remains unknown. We present carbon K-shell absorption spectroscopy of the Galactic interstellar medium obtained with the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer on board the Chandra Observatory that directly ad…