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A NIRCam-dark Galaxy Detected with the MIRI/F1000W Filter in the MIDIS/JADES Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Henning, Thomas; Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Costantin, Luca +32 more
We report the discovery of Cerberus, an extremely red object detected with the MIRI Deep Imaging Survey (MIDIS) observations in the F1000W filter of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The object is detected at signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ∼ 6, with F1000W ∼ 27 mag, and undetected in the NIRCam data gathered by the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey …
Three-dimensional Velocity Diagnostics to Constrain the Type Ia Origin of Tycho's Supernova Remnant
Uchida, Hiroyuki; Bamba, Aya; Tanaka, Takaaki +3 more
While various methods have been proposed to disentangle the progenitor system for Type Ia supernovae, their origin is still unclear. A circumstellar environment is key to distinguishing between the double-degenerate and single-degenerate (SD) scenarios since a dense wind cavity is expected only in the case of the SD system. We perform spatially re…
The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey: Dust emission effective radius up to 3 kpc in the early Universe
Cimatti, A.; Pozzi, F.; Magdis, G. E. +25 more
Aims: Measurements of the size of dust continuum emission are an important tool for constraining the spatial extent of star formation, and hence the buildup of stellar mass. Compact dust emission has generally been observed at cosmic noon (z ∼ 2 − 3). However, at earlier epochs, toward the end of the reionization (z ∼ 4 − 6), only the sizes o…
Modeling the propagation of coronal mass ejections with COCONUT: Implementation of the regularized Biot-Savart law flux rope model
Schmieder, B.; Poedts, S.; Guo, Y. +8 more
Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are rapid eruptions of magnetized plasma that occur on the Sun. They are known to be the main drivers of adverse space weather. The accurate tracking of their evolution in the heliosphere in numerical models is of the utmost importance for space weather forecasting.
Aims: The main objective of this paper…
An Angular Diameter Measurement of β UMa via Stellar Intensity Interferometry with the VERITAS Observatory
Benbow, W.; Feng, Q.; Furniss, A. +45 more
We use the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging telescope Array System (VERITAS) imaging air Cherenkov telescope array to obtain the first measured angular diameter of β UMa at visual wavelengths using stellar intensity interferometry (SII) and independently constrain the limb-darkened angular diameter. The age of the Ursa Major moving group has been …
Forecasting the Population of Globular Cluster Streams in Milky Way–type Galaxies
Bonaca, Ana; Chen, Yingtian; Gnedin, Oleg Y. +1 more
Thin stellar streams originating from globular clusters (GCs) are among the most sensitive tracers of low-mass dark matter subhalos. Joint analysis of the entire population of stellar streams will place the most robust constraints on the dark matter subhalo mass function, and therefore the nature of dark matter. Here we use a hierarchical model of…
Can Emission Measure Distributions Derived from Extreme-ultraviolet Images Accurately Constrain High-temperature Plasma?
Winebarger, Amy R.; Athiray, P. S.
Measuring the relative amount of high-temperature, low emission measure (EM) plasma is considered to be a smoking-gun observation to constrain the frequency of plasma heating in coronal structures. Often, narrowband, extreme-ultraviolet images, such as those obtained by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)…
Planetary Nebula Morphologies Indicate a Jet-Driven Explosion of SN 1987A and Other Core-Collapse Supernovae
Soker, Noam
I demonstrate the usage of planetary nebulae (PNe) to infer that a pair of jets shaped the ejecta of the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) SN 1987A. The main structure of the SN 1987A inner ejecta, the 'keyhole', comprises two low-intensity zones. The northern one has a bright rim on its front, while the southern one has an elongated nozzle. An earli…
5–25 µm Galaxy Number Counts from Deep JWST Data
Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Bunker, Andrew J.; Shivaei, Irene +5 more
Galaxy number counts probe the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time and serve as a valuable comparison point to theoretical models of galaxy formation. We present new galaxy number counts in eight photometric bands between 5 and 25 µm from the Systematic Mid-infrared Instrument Legacy Extragalactic Survey and the JWST Advanced Deep Extraga…
Doomed Worlds. I. No New Evidence for Orbital Decay in a Long-term Survey of 43 Ultrahot Jupiters
Huang, Chelsea X.; Sickafoose, Amanda A.; Jackson, Brian +8 more
Ultrahot Jupiters (UHJs) are likely doomed by tidal forces to undergo orbital decay and eventual disruption by their stars, but the timescale over which this process unfolds is unknown. We present results from a long-term project to monitor UHJ transits. We recovered WASP-12 b's orbital decay rate of ms yr‑1, in agreement with prior wor…