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Coordinated X-Ray and Optical Observations of Star-Planet Interaction in HD 17156
Scandariato, G.; Pagano, I.; Sozzetti, A. +14 more
The large number of close-in Jupiter-size exoplanets prompts the question whether star-planet interaction (SPI) effects can be detected. We focused our attention on the system HD 17156, having a Jupiter-mass planet in a very eccentric orbit. Here we present results of the XMM-Newton observations and of a five month coordinated optical campaign wit…
Evolution of Star-formation Properties of High-redshift Cluster Galaxies since z = 2
Im, Myungshin; Kim, Jae-Woo; Koekemoer, Anton +4 more
Using a stellar mass-limited sample of ∼46,600 galaxies ({M}*\gt {10}9.1 {M}⊙ ) at 0.5\lt z\lt 2, we show that the stellar mass, rather than the environment, is the main parameter controlling quenching of star formation in galaxies with {M}*\gt {10}10 {M}⊙ out to z = 2. On the othe…
Observations of Umbral Flashes and Running Sunspot Waves with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
DeLuca, Edward E.; Tian, Hui; Madsen, Chad A.
We present simultaneous, high-resolution, multi-temperature observations of running waves and umbral flashes in a sunspot with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. We analyze intensity variations in slit-jaw images to investigate the relationship between running waves in the 1400 Å (Si IV/transition region) passband and umbral flashes in the…
Study of morphology and stellar content of the Galactic H II region IRAS 16148-5011
Tamura, M.; Samal, M. R.; Ojha, D. K. +3 more
An investigation of the IRAS 16148-5011 region - a cluster at a distance of 3.6 kpc - is presented here, carried out using multiwavelength data in near-infrared (NIR) from the 1.4 m Infrared Survey Facility telescope, mid-infrared (MIR) from the archival Spitzer GLIMPSE (Galactic Legacy Infrared Midplane Survey Extraordinaire) survey, far-infrared…
Morphology and dynamics of the jets of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Early-phase development
Jorda, L.; Lamy, P. L.; Lara, L. M. +47 more
Aims: The OSIRIS camera onboard the Rosetta spacecraft obtained close-up views of the dust coma of comet 67P. The jet structures can be used to trace their source regions and to examine the possible effect of gas-surface interaction.
Methods: We analyzed the wide-angle images obtained in the special dust observation sequences between Aug…
SXDF-ALMA 1.5 arcmin2 Deep Survey: A Compact Dusty Star-forming Galaxy at z = 2.5
Tamura, Yoichi; Kohno, Kotaro; Caputi, Karina I. +23 more
We present the first results from the SXDF-Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) 1.5 arcmin2 deep survey at 1.1 mm using ALMA. The map reaches a 1σ depth of 55 µJy/beam and covers 12 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at z = 2.19 or z = 2.53. We have detected continuum emission from three of our Hα-selected sam…
Detection of a Distinct Metal-poor Stellar Halo in the Early-type Galaxy NGC 3115†
Romanowsky, Aaron J.; Brodie, Jean P.; Strader, Jay +1 more
We present the resolved stellar populations in the inner and outer halo of the nearby lenticular galaxy NGC 3115. Using deep Hubble Space Telescope observations, we analyze stars 2 mag fainter than the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB). We study three fields along the minor axis of this galaxy, 19, 37, and 54 kpc from its center—corresponding to …
Prediction of Solar Flare Size and Time-to-Flare Using Support Vector Machine Regression
McAteer, R. T. James; Boucheron, Laura E.; Al-Ghraibah, Amani
We study the prediction of solar flare size and time-to-flare using 38 features describing magnetic complexity of the photospheric magnetic field. This work uses support vector regression to formulate a mapping from the 38-dimensional feature space to a continuous-valued label vector representing flare size or time-to-flare. When we consider flari…
Constraints on a potential aerial biosphere on Venus: I. Cosmic rays
Coates, Andrew J.; Jones, Geraint H.; Patel, Manish R. +3 more
While the present-day surface of Venus is certainly incompatible with terrestrial biology, the planet may have possessed oceans in the past and provided conditions suitable for the origin of life. Venusian life may persist today high in the atmosphere where the temperature and pH regime is tolerable to terrestrial extremophile microbes: an aerial …
A Physical Approach to the Identification of High-z Mergers: Morphological Classification in the Stellar Mass Domain.
Daddi, E.; Elbaz, D.; Le Floc'h, E. +6 more
At z ≳ 1, the distinction between merging and “normal” star-forming galaxies based on single band morphology is often hampered by the presence of large clumps which result in a disturbed, merger-like appearance even in rotationally supported disks. In this paper we discuss how a classification based on canonical, non-parametric structural indices …