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Constraining the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch phase with resolved stellar populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Boyer, Martha L.; Girardi, Léo; Dalcanton, Julianne J. +17 more
The thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) experienced by low- and intermediate-mass stars is one of the most uncertain phases of stellar evolution and the models need to be calibrated with the aid of observations. To this purpose, we couple high-quality observations of resolved stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with detailed s…
BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. XI. The Covering Factor of Dust and Gas in Swift/BAT Active Galactic Nuclei
Ueda, Yoshihiro; Kawamuro, Taiki; Ricci, Claudio +10 more
We quantify the luminosity contribution of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to the 12 µm, mid-infrared (MIR; 5-38 µm), and total IR (5-1000 µm) emission in the local AGNs detected in the all-sky 70 month Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) ultrahard X-ray survey. We decompose the IR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 587 objects …
The Peculiar Volatile Composition of CO-dominated Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)
Villanueva, Geronimo L.; Cochran, Anita L.; Bauer, James +14 more
Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) has a peculiar volatile composition, with CO being the dominant volatile, as opposed to H2O, and one of the largest N2/CO ratios ever observed in a comet. Using observations obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility, the 3.5 m Astrophysical Research Consortium te…
AKARI/IRC near-infrared asteroid spectroscopic survey: AcuA-spec
Hasegawa, Sunao; Onaka, Takashi; Usui, Fumihiko +1 more
Knowledge of water in the solar system is important for the understanding of a wide range of evolutionary processes and the thermal history of the solar system. To explore the existence of water in the solar system, it is indispensable to investigate hydrated minerals and/or water ice on asteroids. These water-related materials show absorption fea…
Prevalence of SED Turndown among Classical Be Stars: Are All Be Stars Close Binaries?
Hallinan, G.; Klement, Robert; Carciofi, A. C. +16 more
Rapid rotation is a fundamental characteristic of classical Be stars and a crucial property allowing for the formation of their circumstellar disks. Past evolution in a mass and angular momentum transferring binary system offers a plausible solution to how Be stars attained their fast rotation. Although the subdwarf remnants of mass donors in such…
Multiple Spiral Arms in the Disk around Intermediate-mass Binary HD 34700A
Monnier, John D.; Kraus, Stefan; Oppenheimer, Rebecca +14 more
We present the first images of the transition disk around the close binary system HD 34700A in polarized scattered light using the Gemini Planet Imager instrument on Gemini South. The J- and H-band images reveal multiple spiral-arm structures outside a large (R = 0.″49 = 175 au) cavity, along with a bluish spiral structure inside the cavity. The c…
Ring structure in the MWC 480 disk revealed by ALMA
Pascucci, Ilaria; Banzatti, Andrea; Herczeg, Gregory J. +20 more
Gap-like structures in protoplanetary disks are likely related to planet formation processes. In this paper, we present and analyze high-resolution (0.17''× 0.11'') 1.3 mm ALMA continuum observations of the protoplanetary disk around the Herbig Ae star MWC 480. Our observations show for the first time a gap centered at 74 au with a width of 23 au,…
Online Database of Class I Methanol Masers
Ladeyschikov, Dmitry A.; Sobolev, Andrey M.; Bayandina, Olga S.
In this paper, we present a database of class I methanol masers. The compiled information from the available literature provides an open and fast access to the data on class I methanol maser emission, including search, analysis, and visualization of the extensive maser data set. There is information on individual maser components detected with sin…
A catalogue of stellar diameters and fluxes for mid-infrared interferometry
Meisenheimer, K.; Matter, A.; Jaffe, W. +14 more
We present the Mid-infrared stellar Diameters and Fluxes compilation Catalogue (MDFC) dedicated to long-baseline interferometry at mid-infrared wavelengths (3-13 µm). It gathers data for half a million stars, i.e. nearly all the stars of the Hipparcos-Tycho catalogue whose spectral type is reported in the SIMBAD data base. We cross-match 26 …
Evolved massive stars at low-metallicity. I. A source catalog for the Small Magellanic Cloud
Yang, Ming; Bonanos, Alceste Z.; Jiang, Bi-Wei +9 more
We present a clean, magnitude-limited (IRAC1 or WISE1 ≤ 15.0 mag) multiwavelength source catalog for the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with 45 466 targets in total, with the purpose of building an anchor for future studies, especially for the massive star populations at low-metallicity. The catalog contains data in 50 different bands including 21 o…