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Plasma flows in Saturn's nightside magnetosphere
Thomsen, M. F.; Wilson, R. J.; Tokar, R. L. +1 more
The plasma properties, especially the flow parameters, obtained from numerical integration of Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) Ion Mass Spectrometer measurements during intervals when the CAPS field of view encompassed both inward and outward flow directions relative to corotation are examined for nightside data (18-06 local time) during 2006, 2…
Vertical velocities from proper motions of red clump giants
López-Corredoira, M.; Figueras, F.; Garzón, F. +1 more
Aims: We derive the vertical velocities of disk stars in the range of Galactocentric radii of R = 5 - 16 kpc within 2 kpc in height from the Galactic plane. This kinematic information is connected to dynamical aspects in the formation and evolution of the Milky Way, such as the passage of satellites and vertical resonance and determines wheth…
Valley formation by groundwater seepage, pressurized groundwater outbursts and crater-lake overflow in flume experiments with implications for Mars
Marra, Wouter A.; Braat, Lisanne; Baar, Anne W. +1 more
Remains of fluvial valleys on Mars reveal the former presence of water on the surface. However, the source of water and the hydrological setting is not always clear, especially in types of valleys that are rare on Earth and where we have limited knowledge of the processes involved. We investigated three hydrological scenarios for valley formation …
Open flux in Saturn’s magnetosphere
Gérard, Jean-Claude; Clarke, John T.; Badman, Sarah V. +2 more
We characterise the interaction between the solar wind and Saturn's magnetosphere by evaluating the amount of 'open' magnetic flux connected to the solar wind. This is deduced from a large set of Hubble Space Telescope images of the ultraviolet aurora, using the poleward boundary of the main aurora as a proxy for the open-closed field line boundar…
The return to the hard state of GX 339-4 as seen by Suzaku
Petrucci, P. -O.; Fender, R.; Koerding, E. +2 more
Disk recession is of prime importance to understand the physics of the state transitions in X-ray binaries. The microquasar GX 339-4 was observed by Suzaku five times spaced by a few days during its transition back to the hard state at the end of its 2010-2011 outburst. The 2-10 keV source flux decreases by a factor ~10 between the beginning and t…
Star Formation Bimodality in Early-type Galaxies
Riguccini, L.; Amblard, A.; Temi, P. +3 more
We compute the properties of a sample of 221 local, early-type galaxies with a spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling software, CIGALEMC. Concentrating on the star-forming (SF) activity and dust contents, we derive parameters such as the specific star formation rate (sSFR), the dust luminosity, dust mass, and temperature. In our sample, 52% i…
NGC 1266 as a Local Candidate for Rapid Cessation of Star Formation
Krajnović, Davor; Emsellem, Eric; Sarzi, Marc +28 more
We present new Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae (SAURON) integral-field spectroscopy and Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) observations of molecular outflow host galaxy NGC 1266 that indicate NGC 1266 has experienced a rapid cessation of star formation. Both the SAURON maps of stellar population age and the Swift …
The Gould's Belt Very Large Array Survey. III. The Orion Region
Kounkel, Marina; Rodríguez, Luis F.; Loinard, Laurent +11 more
We present results from a high-sensitivity (60 µJy), large-scale (2.26 deg2) survey obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array as part of the Gould's Belt Survey program. We detected 374 and 354 sources at 4.5 and 7.5 GHz, respectively. Of these, 148 are associated with previously known young stellar objects (YSOs). Another…
The AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor young stellar object catalog
Tamura, Motohide; Kawamura, Akiko; Marton, Gábor +6 more
We demonstrate the use of the AKARI all-sky survey photometric data in the study of galactic star formation. Our aim was to select young stellar objects (YSOs) in the AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) Bright Source Catalogue. We used AKARI/FIS and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data to derive mid- and far-infrared colors of YSOs. Class…
CME Expansion as the Driver of Metric Type II Shock Emission as Revealed by Self-consistent Analysis of High-Cadence EUV Images and Radio Spectrograms
Hillaris, A.; Preka-Papadema, P.; Moussas, X. +6 more
On 13 June 2010, an eruptive event occurred near the solar limb. It included a small filament eruption and the onset of a relatively narrow coronal mass ejection (CME) surrounded by an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wave front recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's (SDO) Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) at high cadence. The ejection was accompa…