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MINDS: Mid-infrared atomic and molecular hydrogen lines in the inner disk around a low-mass star
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348034 Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A..96F

Henning, Thomas; Waters, L. B. F. M.; Güdel, Manuel +27 more

Context. Understanding the physical conditions of circumstellar material around young stars is crucial to star and planet formation studies. In particular, very low-mass stars (M < 0.2 M) are interesting sources to characterize as they are known to host a diverse population of rocky planets. Molecular and atomic hydrogen…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia JWST 10
Metallicities for more than 10 million stars derived from Gaia BP/RP spectra
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348885 Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A.177X

Hansen, T. T.; Xylakis-Dornbusch, T.; Christlieb, N. +3 more

Context. The third Gaia Data Release, which includes BP/RP spectra for 219 million sources, has opened a new window into the exploration of the chemical history and evolution of the Milky Way. The wealth of information encapsulated in these data is far greater than their low resolving power (R ~ 50) would suggest at first glance, as shown in many …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 10
The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS): V. Unveiling PAH survival and resilience in the circumnuclear regions of AGNs with JWST
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450086 Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A.162G

Rigopoulou, D.; Hönig, S. F.; Gandhi, P. +30 more

This study analyses JWST MIRI/MRS observations of the infrared (IR) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) bands in the nuclear (∼0.4″ at 11 µm; ∼75 pc) and circumnuclear regions (inner ∼kpc) of local active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the Galactic Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS). We examine the PAH properties in the circumnuclear…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
JWST 10
The Prince and the Pauper: Evidence for the early high-redshift formation of the Galactic α-poor disc population
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244157 Bibcode: 2024A&A...683A..74G

Laporte, Chervin F. P.; Buck, Tobias; Serenelli, Aldo +5 more

Context. The presence of [α/Fe]-[Fe/H] bi-modality in the Milky Way disc has intrigued the Galactic archaeology community over more than two decades.
Aims: Our goal is to investigate the chemical, temporal, and kinematical structure of the Galactic discs using abundances, kinematics, and ages derived self-consistently with the new Bayesian fr…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 10
Discovery of a Relativistic Stripped-envelope Type Ic-BL Supernova at z = 2.83 with JWST
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad6c32 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...972L..13S

Maiolino, R.; Fox, O. D.; Rest, A. +26 more

We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam and NIRSpec observations of a Type Ic supernova (SN Ic) and its host galaxy (JADES-GS+53.13533-27.81457) at z = 2.83. This SN (named SN 2023adta) was identified in deep JWST/NIRCam imaging from the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) program. Follow-up observations with JWST/NIRSpec p…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 10
Red supergiant candidates for multimessenger monitoring of the next Galactic supernova
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae738 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.529.3630H

Milisavljevic, Dan; Tanaka, Masaomi; Weil, Kathryn +6 more

We compile a catalogue of 578 highly probable and 62 likely red supergiants (RSGs) of the Milky Way, which represents the largest list of Galactic RSG candidates designed for continuous follow-up efforts to date. We match distances measured by Gaia DR3, 2MASS photometry, and a 3D Galactic dust map to obtain luminous bright late-type stars. Determi…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 10
oMEGACat. III. Multiband Photometry and Metallicities Reveal Spatially Well-mixed Populations within ω Centauri's Half-light Radius
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad5289 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...970..152N

Dreizler, S.; Milone, A. P.; Wang, Z. +15 more

ω Centauri, the most massive globular cluster in the Milky Way, has long been suspected to be the stripped nucleus of a dwarf galaxy that fell into the Galaxy a long time ago. There is considerable evidence for this scenario including a large spread in metallicity and an unusually large number of distinct subpopulations seen in photometric studies…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 10
Physical Parameters of 11,100 Short-period ASAS-SN Eclipsing Contact Binaries
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad226a Bibcode: 2024ApJS..271...32L

Ding, Xu; Li, Xu-Zhi; Zhu, Qing-Feng +4 more

Starting from more than 11,200 short-period (less than 0.5 days) EW-type eclipsing binary candidates with the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae V-band light curves, we use the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm and neural networks to obtain the mass ratio (q), orbital inclination (incl), fill-out factor (f), and temperature ratio (T s …

2024 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gaia 10
New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter Observes Higher than Expected Fluxes Approaching 60 au
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad18b0 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...961L..38D

Singer, Kelsi N.; Stern, S. Alan; Verbiscer, Anne +8 more

The NASA New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC) measures dust particle impacts along the spacecraft's flight path for grains with mass ≥10‑12 g, mapping out their spatial density distribution. We present the latest SDC dust density, size distribution, and flux measurements through 55 au and compare them to numerical mode…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
Ulysses 10
A Comprehensive Metallicity Analysis of J0332‑3557: Establishing a z ∼ 4 Anchor for Direct Gas Metallicity and C/O Abundance Investigations
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad4600 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...969..148C

Skillman, Evan D.; Erb, Dawn K.; James, Bethan L. +4 more

We provide one of the most comprehensive metallicity studies at z ∼ 4 by analyzing the UV/optical Hubble Space Telescope photometry and rest-frame Very Large Telescope (VLT)/FORS2 UV and VLT/XSHOOTER optical spectra of J0332‑3557, a gravitationally lensed galaxy magnified by a factor of 20. With a 5σ detection of the auroral O III] λ1666 line, we …

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 10