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The MOSDEF Survey: Optical Active Galactic Nucleus Diagnostics at z ~ 2.3
Siana, Brian; Shapley, Alice E.; Aird, James +7 more
We present results from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey on rest-frame optical active galactic nucleus (AGN) identification and completeness at z ~ 2.3. With our sample of 50 galaxies and 10 X-ray and IR-selected AGNs with measured Hβ, [O III], Hα, and N II emission lines, we investigate the location of AGNs in the BPT, MEx (mass-e…
Measurements of Sub-degree B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data
Ade, P. A. R.; Chiang, H. C.; Hanson, D. +63 more
We present a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum (the BB spectrum) from 100 {{deg}}2 of sky observed with SPTpol, a polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on the South Pole Telescope. The observations used in this work were taken during 2012 and early 2013 and include data in spectral bands centered at 95 …
Supercal: Cross-calibration of Multiple Photometric Systems to Improve Cosmological Measurements with Type Ia Supernovae
Rest, A.; Foley, R. J.; Kudritzki, R. P. +16 more
Current cosmological analyses, which use Type Ia supernova observations, combine supernova (SN) samples to expand the redshift range beyond that of a single sample and increase the overall sample size. The inhomogeneous photometric calibration between different SN samples is one of the largest systematic uncertainties of the cosmological parameter…
The Role of Star Formation and an AGN in Dust Heating of z = 0.3-2.8 Galaxies. I. Evolution with Redshift and Luminosity
Kirkpatrick, Allison; Pope, Alexandra; Díaz-Santos, Tanio +5 more
We characterize infrared spectral energy distributions of 343 (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies from z = 0.3-2.8. We diagnose the presence of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) by decomposing individual Spitzer mid-IR spectroscopy into emission from star formation and an AGN-powered continuum; we classify sources as star-forming galaxies (SFGs), AGN…
The Kiloparsec-scale Star Formation Law at Redshift 4: Widespread, Highly Efficient Star Formation in the Dust-obscured Starburst Galaxy GN20
Daddi, E.; Walter, F.; Dannerbauer, H. +4 more
We present high-resolution observations of the 880 µm (rest-frame FIR) continuum emission in the z = 4.05 submillimeter galaxy GN20 from the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI). These data resolve the obscured star formation (SF) in this unlensed galaxy on scales of 0.''3 × 0.''2 (~2.1 × 1.3 kpc). The observations reveal a bright (16 …
Effect of UV Radiation on the Spectral Fingerprints of Earth-like Planets Orbiting M Stars
Kaltenegger, L.; Rugheimer, S.; Segura, A. +2 more
We model the atmospheres and spectra of Earth-like planets orbiting the entire grid of M dwarfs for active and inactive stellar models with Teff = 2300 K to Teff = 3800 K and for six observed MUSCLES M dwarfs with UV radiation data. We set the Earth-like planets at the 1 AU equivalent distance and show spectra from the visibl…
The Atmospheric Circulation of the Hot Jupiter WASP-43b: Comparing Three-dimensional Models to Spectrophotometric Data
Fortney, Jonathan J.; Stevenson, Kevin B.; Kataria, Tiffany +5 more
The hot Jupiter WASP-43b (2 MJ , 1 RJ , T orb = 19.5 hr) has now joined the ranks of transiting hot Jupiters HD 189733b and HD 209458b as an exoplanet with a large array of observational constraints. Because WASP-43b receives a similar stellar flux as HD 209458b but has a rotation rate four times faster and a highe…
Ultra-large-scale Cosmology in Next-generation Experiments with Single Tracers
Alonso, David; Maartens, Roy; Bull, Philip +2 more
Future surveys of large-scale structure will be able to measure perturbations on the scale of the cosmological horizon, and so could potentially probe a number of novel relativistic effects that are negligibly small on sub-horizon scales. These effects leave distinctive signatures in the power spectra of clustering observables and, if measurable, …
Metamorphosis of SN 2014C: Delayed Interaction between a Hydrogen Poor Core-collapse Supernova and a Nearby Circumstellar Shell
Fransson, C.; Challis, P.; Kirshner, R. P. +19 more
We present optical observations of supernova SN 2014C, which underwent an unprecedented slow metamorphosis from H-poor type Ib to H-rich type IIn over the course of one year. The observed spectroscopic evolution is consistent with the supernova having exploded in a cavity before encountering a massive shell of the progenitor star’s stripped hydrog…
Suppression of Star Formation in NGC 1266
Meier, David S.; Chang, Philip; Martín, Sergio +11 more
NGC 1266 is a nearby lenticular galaxy that harbors a massive outflow of molecular gas powered by the mechanical energy of an active galactic nucleus (AGN). It has been speculated that such outflows hinder star formation (SF) in their host galaxies, providing a form of feedback to the process of galaxy formation. Previous studies, however, indicat…