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Laboratory Experiments, Numerical Simulations, and Astronomical Observations of Deflected Supersonic Jets: Application to HH 110
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/1073 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...705.1073H

Williams, R. J. R.; Hartigan, P.; Frank, A. +7 more

Collimated supersonic flows in laboratory experiments behave in a similar manner to astrophysical jets provided that radiation, viscosity, and thermal conductivity are unimportant in the laboratory jets and that the experimental and astrophysical jets share similar dimensionless parameters such as the Mach number and the ratio of the density betwe…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 54
A Spectroscopically Confirmed Excess of 24 µm Sources in a Super Galaxy Group at z = 0.37: Enhanced Dusty Star Formation Relative to the Cluster and Field Environment
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/809 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...705..809T

Saintonge, Amélie; Tran, Kim-Vy H.; Moustakas, John +5 more

To trace how dust-obscured star formation varies with environment, we compare the fraction of 24 µm sources in a super galaxy group to the field and a rich galaxy cluster at z ~ 0.35. We draw on multi-wavelength observations9Based on observations made with (1) The ESO telescopes at Paranal Observatories under program IDs 072.A-036…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 54
A Spitzer Study of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars. III. Dust Production and Gas Return in Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1993 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...697.1993B

Skillman, Evan D.; Boyer, Martha L.; Gehrz, Robert D. +2 more

We present the third and final part of a census of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in Local Group dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxies. Papers I and II presented the results for WLM and IC 1613. Included here are Phoenix, LGS 3, DDO 210, Leo A, Pegasus dIrr, and Sextans A. Spitzer photometry at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 µm are presented, along wit…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 54
Numerical Simulation of Excitation and Propagation of Helioseismic MHD Waves: Effects of Inclined Magnetic Field
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/573 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...694..573P

Kosovichev, A. G.; Parchevsky, K. V.

Investigation of propagation, conversion, and scattering of MHD waves in the Sun is very important for understanding the mechanisms of observed oscillations and waves in sunspots and active regions. We have developed a three-dimensional linear MHD numerical model to investigate the influence of the magnetic field on excitation and properties of th…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 53
The Ultraviolet Spectrum and Physical Properties of the Mass Donor Star in HD 226868 = Cygnus X-1
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/1895 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...701.1895C

Kaper, L.; Herrero, A.; Bolton, C. T. +8 more

We present an examination of high-resolution, ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy from Hubble Space Telescope of the photospheric spectrum of the O-supergiant in the massive X-ray binary HD 226868 = Cyg X-1. We analyzed this and ground-based optical spectra to determine the effective temperature and gravity of the O9.7 Iab supergiant. Using non-LTE, lin…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
IUE eHST 53
Sizes of LYα-emitting Galaxies and Their Rest-frame Ultraviolet Components at z = 3.1
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/639 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...705..639B

Schawinski, Kevin; Gronwall, Caryl; Gawiser, Eric +3 more

We present a rest-frame ultraviolet analysis of ~120 z ~ 3.1 Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. Using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images taken as part of the Galaxy Evolution From Morphology and SEDS (GEMS) survey, Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), and Hubble Ultradeep Field surveys, we analyze th…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 53
The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury. II. Young Stars and their Relation to Hα and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/115 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...691..115G

de Jong, Roelof S.; Williams, Benjamin F.; Dolphin, Andrew +11 more

We have obtained resolved stellar photometry from Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys observations of a field in the outer disk of M81 as part of ANGST. Motivated by the recent discovery of extended UV disks around many nearby spiral galaxies, we use the observed stellar population to derive the recent star formation histories of fi…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 53
IGR J17544-2619 in Depth With Suzaku: Direct Evidence for Clumpy Winds in a Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/243 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...707..243R

Smith, David M.; Negueruela, Ignacio; Rampy, Rachel A.

We present direct evidence for dense clumps of matter in the companion wind in a Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient (SFXT) binary. This is seen as a brief period of enhanced absorption during one of the bright, fast flares that distinguish these systems. The object under study was IGR J17544-2619, and a total of 236 ks of data were accumulated with t…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
Suzaku 53
Infrared Luminosities and Dust Properties of z ≈ 2 Dust-obscured Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/184 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...705..184B

Le Floc'h, E.; Dey, Arjun; Bussmann, R. S. +6 more

We present SHARC-II 350 µm imaging of twelve 24 µm bright (F 24 µm > 0.8 mJy) Dust-Obscured Galaxies (DOGs) and Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) 1 mm imaging of a subset of two DOGs. These objects are selected from the Boötes field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey. Detections of fou…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 52
Does Stellar Feedback Create H I Holes? A Hubble Space Telescope/Very Large Array Study of Holmberg II
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/704/2/1538 Bibcode: 2009ApJ...704.1538W

Cannon, John M.; Dolphin, Andrew E.; Skillman, Evan D. +4 more

We use deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) F555W and F814W photometry of resolved stars in the M81 Group dwarf irregular galaxy Ho II to study the hypothesis that the holes identified in the neutral interstellar medium (H I) are created by stellar feedback. From the deep photometry, we construct color-magnitude diag…

2009 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 52