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The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS). XI. Detection of C IV in Multiple Images of the z = 6.11 Lyα Emitter behind RXC J2248.7-4431
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa68a3 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...839...17S

Vulcani, B.; Hoag, A.; Bradač, M. +11 more

The C III] and C IV rest-frame UV emission lines are powerful probes of the ionization states of galaxies. They have furthermore been suggested as alternatives for spectroscopic redshift confirmation of objects at the epoch of reionization (z> 6), where the most frequently used redshift indicator, Lyα, is attenuated by the high fraction of neut…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 59
Calibration of Ultraviolet, Mid-infrared, and Radio Star Formation Rate Indicators
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ad2 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...847..136B

Imanishi, Masatoshi; Peek, J. E. G.; Kennicutt, Robert C. +12 more

We present calibrations for star formation rate (SFR) indicators in the ultraviolet, mid-infrared, and radio-continuum bands, including one of the first direct calibrations of 150 MHz as an SFR indicator. Our calibrations utilize 66 nearby star-forming galaxies with Balmer-decrement-corrected {{H}}α luminosities, which span five orders of magnitud…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Planck 59
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Protoplanetary Disks around Herbig Ae/Be and T Tauri Stars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/291 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835..291S

Seok, Ji Yeon; Li, Aigen

A distinct set of broad emission features at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3, and 12.7 µm, is often detected in protoplanetary disks (PPDs). These features are commonly attributed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We model these emission features in the infrared spectra of 69 PPDs around 14 T Tauri and 55 Herbig Ae/Be stars in terms of as…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
ISO 59
X-Ray Counterpart of Gravitational Waves Due to Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Light Curves, Luminosity Function, and Event Rate Density
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/7 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835....7S

Sun, Hui; Zhang, Bing; Gao, He

Zhang proposed a type of GRB-less X-ray transient associated with double neutron star (NS-NS) mergers under the conjecture of a rapidly spinning magnetar merger product with the line of sight off the short gamma-ray burst (GRB) jet. We investigate possible light curves of these transients by considering different observers’ viewing angles. We perf…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 58
Forecasting the Impact of Stellar Activity on Transiting Exoplanet Spectra
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa79f5 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...844...27Z

Line, Michael R.; Zellem, Robert T.; Ciardi, David R. +8 more

Exoplanet host star activity, in the form of unocculted starspots or faculae, alters the observed transmission and emission spectra of the exoplanet. This effect can be exacerbated when combining data from different epochs if the stellar photosphere varies between observations due to activity. Here, we present a method to characterize and correct …

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 58
Variable Dynamics in the Inner Disk of HD 135344B Revealed with Multi-epoch Scattered Light Imaging
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa886a Bibcode: 2017ApJ...849..143S

Kraus, Stefan; Milli, Julien; Benisty, Myriam +12 more

We present multi-epoch Very Large Telescope/Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (VLT/SPHERE) observations of the protoplanetary disk around HD 135344B (SAO 206462). The J-band scattered light imagery reveal, with high spatial resolution (∼41 mas, 6.4 au), the disk surface beyond ∼20 au. Temporal variations are identified in the a…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 58
The NuSTAR Serendipitous Survey: The 40-month Catalog and the Properties of the Distant High-energy X-Ray Source Population
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/99 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...836...99L

Harrison, F. A.; Stern, D.; Zhang, W. W. +35 more

We present the first full catalog and science results for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) serendipitous survey. The catalog incorporates data taken during the first 40 months of NuSTAR operation, which provide ≈20 Ms of effective exposure time over 331 fields, with an areal coverage of 13 deg2, and 497 sources detecte…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 57
Updated 34-band Photometry for the Sings/KINGFISH Samples of Nearby Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6032 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837...90D

Helou, G.; Boquien, M.; Roussel, H. +22 more

We present an update to the ultraviolet-to-radio database of global broadband photometry for the 79 nearby galaxies that comprise the union of the KINGFISH (Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel) and SINGS (Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey) samples. The 34-band data set presented here includes contributions fr…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel Planck 57
Kinematic Structure of Molecular Gas around High-mass YSO, Papillon Nebula, in N159 East in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A New Perspective with ALMA
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/108 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835..108S

Lebouteiller, Vianney; Inoue, Tsuyoshi; Tokuda, Kazuki +20 more

We present the ALMA Band 3 and Band 6 results of 12CO(2-1), 13CO(2-1), H30α recombination line, free-free emission around 98 GHz, and the dust thermal emission around 230 GHz toward the N159 East Giant Molecular Cloud (N159E) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). LMC is the nearest active high-mass star-forming face-on galaxy …

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 57
Dust Properties of C II Detected z ∼ 5.5 Galaxies: New HST/WFC3 Near-IR Observations
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7eda Bibcode: 2017ApJ...845...41B

Kartaltepe, J. S.; Scoville, N. Z.; Riechers, D. A. +7 more

We examine the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) properties of 10 [C II]λ158 µm-detected galaxies at z ∼ 5.5 in COSMOS using new Hubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Camera 3 near-infrared imaging. Together with pre-existing 158 µm continuum and [C II] line measurements by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, we study their dust at…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 57