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In Situ Star Formation in Accretion Disks and Explanation of Correlation between the Black Hole Mass and Metallicity in Active Galactic Nuclei
Wu, Qingwen; Fan, Xiao
Recent observations show that the metallicity Z BLR of the broad-line region (BLR) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is solar to supersolar, which is positively correlated with the mass of supermassive black holes (M BH) and does not evolve with the redshift up to z ~ 7. We revisit the M BH-Z BLR correlat…
A Spatially Resolved Analysis of Star Formation Burstiness by Comparing UV and Hα in Galaxies at z ∼ 1 with UVCANDELS
Arrabal Haro, Pablo; Lucas, Ray A.; Ravindranath, Swara +30 more
The UltraViolet imaging of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey Fields (UVCANDELS) program provides Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/UVIS F275W imaging for four CANDELS fields. We combine this UV imaging with existing HST/near-IR grism spectroscopy from 3D-HST+AGHAST to directly compare the resolved rest-frame UV and Hα e…
SN 2022jli: A Type Ic Supernova with Periodic Modulation of Its Light Curve and an Unusually Long Rise
Gromadzki, M.; Galbany, L.; Inserra, C. +42 more
We present multiwavelength photometry and spectroscopy of SN 2022jli, an unprecedented Type Ic supernova discovered in the galaxy NGC 157 at a distance of ≈ 23 Mpc. The multiband light curves reveal many remarkable characteristics. Peaking at a magnitude of g = 15.11 ± 0.02, the high-cadence photometry reveals periodic undulations of 12.5 ± 0.2 da…
Outflowing Helium from a Mature Mini-Neptune
Knutson, Heather A.; Dai, Fei; Bean, Jacob L. +2 more
We announce the detection of escaping helium from TOI 2134b, a mini-Neptune a few gigayears old. The average in-transit absorption spectrum shows a peak of 0.37% ± 0.05% and an equivalent width of W avg = 3.3 ± 0.3 mÅ. Among all planets with helium detections, TOI 2134b is the only mature mini-Neptune, has the smallest helium signal, an…
The Ionizing Spectra of Extremely Metal-poor O Stars: Constraints from the Only H II Region in Leo P
McQuinn, Kristen B. W.; Chisholm, John; Berg, Danielle A. +1 more
Metal-poor, star-forming dwarf galaxies produce extreme nebular emission and likely played a major role in cosmic reionization. Yet, determining their contribution to the high-redshift ionizing photon budget is hampered by the lack of observations constraining the ionizing spectra of individual massive stars more metal-poor than the Magellanic Clo…
On the Evolution of the Anisotropic Scaling of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere
Horbury, T. S.; Velli, Marco; Dudok de Wit, Thierry +20 more
We analyze a merged Parker Solar Probe (PSP) and Solar Orbiter (SO) data set covering heliocentric distances 13 R ⊙ ≲ R ≲ 220 R ⊙ to investigate the radial evolution of power and spectral index anisotropy in the wavevector space of solar wind turbulence. Our results show that anisotropic signatures of turbulence display a dis…
ESCARGOT: Mapping Vertical Phase Spiral Characteristics Throughout the Real and Simulated Milky Way
Price-Whelan, Adrian M.; Johnston, Kathryn V.; Darragh-Ford, Elise +1 more
The recent discovery of a spiral pattern in the vertical kinematic structure in the solar neighborhood provides a prime opportunity to study nonequilibrium dynamics in the Milky Way from local stellar kinematics. Furthermore, results from simulations indicate that even in a limited volume, differences in stellar orbital histories allow us to trace…
An Anisotropic Density Turbulence Model from the Sun to 1 au Derived from Radio Observations
Kontar, Eduard P.; Chen, Xingyao; Chrysaphi, Nicolina +5 more
Solar radio bursts are strongly affected by radio-wave scattering on density inhomogeneities, changing their observed time characteristics, sizes, and positions. The same turbulence causes angular broadening and scintillation of galactic and extragalactic compact radio sources observed through the solar atmosphere. Using large-scale simulations of…
A Candidate Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Identified by Shocks and Star Formation in its Wake
van den Bosch, Frank C.; van Dokkum, Pieter; Romanowsky, Aaron J. +13 more
The interaction of a runaway supermassive black hole (SMBH) with the circumgalactic medium (CGM) can lead to the formation of a wake of shocked gas and young stars behind it. Here we report the serendipitous discovery of an extremely narrow linear feature in Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys images that may be an example of …
A Near-infrared-faint, Far-infrared-luminous Dusty Galaxy at z ∼ 5 in COSMOS-Web
Casey, Caitlin M.; Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.; Koekemoer, Anton M. +32 more
A growing number of far-infrared (FIR) bright sources completely invisible in deep extragalactic optical surveys hint at an elusive population of z > 4 dusty, star-forming galaxies. Cycle 1 JWST surveys are now detecting their rest-frame optical light, which provides key insight into their stellar properties and statistical constraints on the p…