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The ACS LCID Project. IX. Imprints of the Early Universe in the Radial Variation of the Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/778/2/103 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...778..103H

Skillman, Evan D.; Dolphin, Andrew; Monelli, Matteo +8 more

Based on Hubble Space Telescope observations from the Local Cosmology from Isolated Dwarfs project, we present the star formation histories, as a function of galactocentric radius, of four isolated Local Group dwarf galaxies: two dSph galaxies, Cetus and Tucana, and two transition galaxies (dTrs), LGS-3 and Phoenix. The oldest stellar populations …

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 70
Properties of a Solar Flare Kernel Observed by Hinode and SDO
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/766/2/127 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...766..127Y

Young, P. R.; Doschek, G. A.; Warren, H. P. +1 more

Flare kernels are compact features located in the solar chromosphere that are the sites of rapid heating and plasma upflow during the rise phase of flares. An example is presented from a M1.1 class flare in active region AR 11158 observed on 2011 February 16 07:44 UT for which the location of the upflow region seen by EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
Hinode 70
Physical Properties of Spectroscopically Confirmed Galaxies at z >= 6. I. Basic Characteristics of the Rest-frame UV Continuum and Lyα Emission
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/772/2/99 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...772...99J

Ouchi, Masami; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro; Fan, Xiaohui +8 more

We present deep Hubble Space Telescope near-IR and Spitzer mid-IR observations of a large sample of spectroscopically confirmed galaxies at z >= 6. The sample consists of 51 Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z ~= 5.7, 6.5, and 7.0, and 16 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at 5.9 <= z <= 6.5. The near-IR images were mostly obtained with WFC3 in the F125W a…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 69
Central Stellar Mass Deficits in the Bulges of Local Lenticular Galaxies, and the Connection with Compact z ~ 1.5 Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/768/1/36 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...768...36D

Graham, Alister W.; Dullo, Bililign T.

We have used the full radial extent of images from the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 to extract surface brightness profiles from a sample of six, local lenticular galaxy candidates. We have modeled these profiles using a core-Sérsic bulge plus an exponential disk model. Our fast rotating len…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 69
Revealing the Heavily Obscured Active Galactic Nucleus Population of High-redshift 3CRR Sources with Chandra X-Ray Observations
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/15 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...773...15W

Wilkes, Belinda J.; Fazio, G. G.; Ogle, Patrick +12 more

Chandra observations of a complete, flux-limited sample of 38 high-redshift (1 < z < 2), low-frequency-selected (and so unbiased in orientation) 3CRR radio sources are reported. The sample includes 21 quasars (=broad-line radio galaxies) and 17 narrow-line radio galaxies (NLRGs) with matched 178 MHz radio luminosity (log L R(5 GHz…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 68
Mean Age Gradient and Asymmetry in the Star Formation History of the Small Magellanic Cloud
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/775/2/83 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...775...83C

Anderson, J.; Cignoni, M.; Tosi, M. +5 more

We derive the star formation history (SFH) in four regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) using the deepest VI color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) ever obtained for this galaxy. The images were obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and are located at projected distances of 0.°5-2° from the SMC cen…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 68
Discovery of Fe Kα X-Ray Reverberation around the Black Holes in MCG-5-23-16 and NGC 7314
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/767/2/121 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...767..121Z

Fabian, A. C.; Miniutti, G.; Cackett, E. M. +3 more

Several X-ray observations have recently revealed the presence of reverberation time delays between spectral components in active galactic nuclei. Most of the observed lags are between the power-law Comptonization component, seen directly, and the soft excess produced by reflection in the vicinity of the black hole. NGC 4151 was the first object t…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 68
Mapping H-band Scattered Light Emission in the Mysterious SR21 Transitional Disk
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/767/1/10 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...767...10F

Henning, Thomas; Terada, Hiroshi; Usuda, Tomonori +50 more

We present the first near infrared (NIR) spatially resolved images of the circumstellar transitional disk around SR21. These images were obtained with the Subaru HiCIAO camera, adaptive optics, and the polarized differential imaging technique. We resolve the disk in scattered light at H-band for stellocentric 0.''1 <= r <= 0.''6 (12 <~ r …

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
AKARI 68
Contamination of Broadband Photometry by Nebular Emission in High-redshift Galaxies: Investigations with Keck's MOSFIRE Near-infrared Spectrograph
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/777/1/67 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...777...67S

Stark, Daniel P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Konidaris, Nick P. +1 more

Earlier work has raised the potential importance of nebular emission in the derivation of the physical characteristics of high-redshift Lyman break galaxies. Within certain redshift ranges, and especially at z ~= 6-7, such lines may be strong enough to reduce estimates of the stellar masses and ages of galaxies compared with those derived assuming…

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 67
Multi-wavelength SEDs of Herschel-selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/778/2/131 Bibcode: 2013ApJ...778..131L

Berta, S.; Riguccini, L.; Casey, Caitlin M. +15 more

We combine Herschel Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer and Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver maps of the full 2 deg2 Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field with existing multi-wavelength data to obtain template and model-independent optical-to-far-infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 4218 Herschel-selected …

2013 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 67