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Data-constrained Coronal Mass Ejections in a Global Magnetohydrodynamics Model
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/173 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...834..173J

Gombosi, T. I.; Tóth, G.; Taktakishvili, A. +6 more

We present a first-principles-based coronal mass ejection (CME) model suitable for both scientific and operational purposes by combining a global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) solar wind model with a flux-rope-driven CME model. Realistic CME events are simulated self-consistently with high fidelity and forecasting capability by constraining initial f…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 104
Galaxy Environment in the 3D-HST Fields: Witnessing the Onset of Satellite Quenching at z ∼ 1-2
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/153 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835..153F

Wuyts, E.; Wuyts, S.; Förster Schreiber, N. M. +25 more

We make publicly available a catalog of calibrated environmental measures for galaxies in the five 3D-Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/CANDELS deep fields. Leveraging the spectroscopic and grism redshifts from the 3D-HST survey, multiwavelength photometry from CANDELS, and wider field public data for edge corrections, we derive densities in fixed aper…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 104
Are High-redshift Galaxies Hot? Temperature of z > 5 Galaxies and Implications for Their Dust Properties
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa886c Bibcode: 2017ApJ...847...21F

Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.; Faisst, Andreas L.; Riechers, Dominik A. +6 more

Recent studies have found a significant evolution and scatter in the relationship between the UV spectral slope (β UV) and the infrared excess (IRX; L IR/L UV) at z > 4, suggesting different dust properties of these galaxies. The total far-infrared (FIR) luminosity is key for this analysis, but it is poorly cons…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 104
A Framework to Combine Low- and High-resolution Spectroscopy for the Atmospheres of Transiting Exoplanets
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa6933 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...839L...2B

Brogi, M.; Désert, J. -M.; Bean, J. +2 more

Current observations of the atmospheres of close-in exoplanets are predominantly obtained with two techniques: low-resolution spectroscopy with space telescopes and high-resolution spectroscopy from the ground. Although the observables delivered by the two methods are in principle highly complementary, no attempt has ever been made to combine them…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 104
Tracing Interstellar Magnetic Field Using Velocity Gradient Technique: Application to Atomic Hydrogen Data
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa6255 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837L..24Y

Yuen, Ka Ho; Lazarian, A.

The advancement of our understanding of MHD turbulence opens ways to develop new techniques to probe magnetic fields. In MHD turbulence, the velocity gradients are expected to be perpendicular to magnetic fields and this fact was used by González-Casanova & Lazarian to introduce a new technique to trace magnetic fields using velocity centroid …

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Planck 104
On the Existence of the Kolmogorov Inertial Range in the Terrestrial Magnetosheath Turbulence
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/836/1/L10 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...836L..10H

Sahraoui, F.; Deng, X. H.; Huang, S. Y. +2 more

In the solar wind, power spectral density (PSD) of the magnetic field fluctuations generally follow the so-called Kolmogorov spectrum f -5/3 in the inertial range, where the dynamics is thought to be dominated by nonlinear interactions between counter-propagating incompressible Alfvén wave parquets. These features are thought to be ubiq…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Cluster 103
Dust Density Distribution and Imaging Analysis of Different Ice Lines in Protoplanetary Disks
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7edb Bibcode: 2017ApJ...845...68P

Pinilla, P.; Pohl, A.; Birnstiel, T. +1 more

Recent high angular resolution observations of protoplanetary disks at different wavelengths have revealed several kinds of structures, including multiple bright and dark rings. Embedded planets are the most used explanation for such structures, but there are alternative models capable of shaping the dust in rings as it has been observed. We assum…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 103
The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. XIII. Discovery of 40 New Galaxy-scale Strong Lenses
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9794 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...851...48S

Treu, Tommaso; Brownstein, Joel R.; Gavazzi, Raphaël +8 more

We present the full sample of 118 galaxy-scale strong-lens candidates in the Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) Survey for the Masses (S4TM) Survey, which are spectroscopically selected from the final data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Follow-up Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging observations confirm that 40 candidates are definite strong lenses …

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 103
The Canada-France Imaging Survey: First Results from the u-Band Component
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa855c Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848..128I

Sawicki, Marcin; Mellier, Yannick; Robin, Annie C. +41 more

The Canada-France Imaging Survey (CFIS) will map the northern high Galactic latitude sky in the u-band ("CFIS-u," 10,000 °2) and in the r-band ("CFIS-r," 5000 °2), enabling a host of stand-alone science investigations, and providing some of the ground-based data necessary for photometric redshift determination for the Euclid …

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 103
The MUSCLES Treasury Survey. IV. Scaling Relations for Ultraviolet, Ca II K, and Energetic Particle Fluxes from M Dwarfs
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa76dd Bibcode: 2017ApJ...843...31Y

Loyd, R. O. Parke; Hawley, Suzanne L.; Redfield, Seth +18 more

Characterizing the UV spectral energy distribution (SED) of an exoplanet host star is critically important for assessing its planet’s potential habitability, particularly for M dwarfs, as they are prime targets for current and near-term exoplanet characterization efforts and atmospheric models predict that their UV radiation can produce photochemi…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 102