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Swift J1357.2-0933: the faintest black hole?
Degenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.; Fender, R. P. +3 more
Swift J1357.2-0933 is a confirmed very faint black hole X-ray transient and has a short estimated orbital period of 2.8 h. We observed Swift J1357.2-0933 for ∼50 ks with XMM-Newton in 2013 July during its quiescent state. The source is clearly detected at a 0.5-10 keV unabsorbed flux of ∼3 × 10-15 erg cm-2 s-1. If …
Constraint on Light Dipole Dark Matter from Helioseismology
Lopes, Ilídio; Silk, Joseph; Kadota, Kenji
We investigate the effects of a magnetic dipole moment of asymmetric dark matter (DM) in the evolution of the Sun. The dipole interaction can lead to a sizable DM scattering cross section even for light DM, and asymmetric DM can lead to a large DM number density in the Sun. We find that solar model precision tests, using as diagnostic the sound sp…
Properties of starless and prestellar cores in Taurus revealed by Herschel: SPIRE/PACS imaging
Hill, T.; André, Ph.; Könyves, V. +18 more
The density and temperature structures of dense cores in the L1495 cloud of the Taurus star-forming region are investigated using Herschel Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver and Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer images in the 70, 160, 250, 350 and 500 µm continuum bands. A sample consisting of 20 cores, selected using spectr…
Ulysses Observations of Magnetic Waves due to Newborn Interstellar Pickup Ions. I. New Observations and Linear Analysis
Isenberg, Philip A.; Murphy, Neil; Cannon, Bradford E. +3 more
We have examined Ulysses magnetic field data using dynamic spectrogram techniques that compute wave amplitude, polarization, and direction of propagation over a broad range of frequencies and time. Events were identified that showed a strong polarization signature and an enhancement of power above the local proton gyrofrequency. We perform a stati…
The accretion environment in Vela X-1 during a flaring period using XMM-Newton
Wilms, J.; Torrejón, J. M.; Kretschmar, P. +8 more
We present analysis of 100 ks contiguous XMM-Newton data of the prototypical wind accretor Vela X-1. The observation covered eclipse egress between orbital phases 0.134 and 0.265, during which a giant flare took place, enabling us to study the spectral properties both outside and during the flare. This giant flare with a peak luminosity of 3.92
Long-lasting X-Ray Emission from Type IIb Supernova 2011dh and Mass-loss History of the Yellow Supergiant Progenitor
Katsuda, Satoru; Fukazawa, Yasushi; Terada, Yukikatsu +2 more
Type IIb supernova (SN) 2011dh, with conclusive detection of an unprecedented yellow supergiant (YSG) progenitor, provides an excellent opportunity to deepen our understanding on the massive star evolution in the final centuries toward the SN explosion. In this paper, we report on detection and analyses of thermal X-ray emission from SN IIb 2011dh…
A Broadband X-Ray Study of the Geminga Pulsar with NuSTAR and XMM-Newton
An, Hongjun; Hailey, Charles J.; Mori, Kaya +14 more
We report on the first hard X-ray detection of the Geminga pulsar above 10 keV using a 150 ks observation with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observatory. The double-peaked pulse profile of non-thermal emission seen in the soft X-ray band persists at higher energies. Broadband phase-integrated spectra over the 0.2-20 keV band w…
The extended structure of the dwarf irregular galaxies Sextans A and Sextans B. Signatures of tidal distortion in the outskirts of the Local Group
Bellazzini, M.; Galleti, S.; Testa, V. +7 more
We present a detailed study of the stellar and H i structure of the dwarf irregular galaxies Sextans A and Sextans B, members of the NGC 3109 association. We use newly obtained deep (r ≃ 26.5) and wide-field g and r photometry to extend the surface brightness (SB) profiles of the two galaxies down to µV ≃ 31.0 mag/arcsec2
Observations of a Hybrid Double-streamer/Pseudostreamer in the Solar Corona
Seaton, D. B.; Bethge, C.; Yeates, A. R. +2 more
We report on the first observation of a single hybrid magnetic structure that contains both a pseudostreamer and a double streamer. This structure was originally observed by the SWAP instrument on board the PROBA2 satellite between 2013 May 5 and 10. It consists of a pair of filament channels near the south pole of the Sun. On the western edge of …
A 7 deg2 survey for galaxy-scale gravitational lenses with the HST imaging archive
Faure, C.; Meylan, G.; Courbin, F. +2 more
We present the results of a visual search for galaxy-scale gravitational lenses in ∼7 deg2 of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images. The data set comprises the whole imaging data ever taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the filter F814W (I-band) up to 2011 August 31, i.e. 6.03 deg2 excluding the field of the Cos…