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Determination of stellar parameters for Ariel targets: a comparison analysis between different spectroscopic methods
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-020-09695-4 Bibcode: 2022ExA....53..511B

Danielski, Camilla; Adibekyan, Vardan; Delgado-Mena, Elisa +9 more

Ariel has been selected as the next ESA M4 science mission and it is expected to be launched in 2028. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will observe the atmospheres of a large and diversified population of transiting exoplanets. A key factor for the achievement of the scientific goal of Ariel is the selection strategy for the definition of the inpu…

2022 Experimental Astronomy
Gaia 9
Carina High-contrast Imaging Project for massive Stars (CHIPS). II. O stars in Trumpler 14
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141562 Bibcode: 2022A&A...658A.198R

Absil, O.; Sana, H.; Bodensteiner, J. +2 more

Context. Most massive stars belong to multiple systems, yet the formation process leading to such high multiplicity remains insufficiently understood. To help constrain the different formation scenarios that exist, insights into the low-mass end of the companion mass function of such stars is crucial. However, this is a challenging endeavour as (s…

2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 9
Orbits of the Irregular Satellites of Uranus and Neptune
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac617f Bibcode: 2022AJ....163..241B

Jacobson, Robert A.; Brozović, Marina

We report on an ephemerides update for the irregular satellites of Uranus and Neptune, including Nereid. Our data set contains ground-based and Voyager 2 position measurements of the satellites. Some of the new observations were reduced with respect to the GAIA star catalog and represent high-quality, modern astrometry. The orbital fits are based …

2022 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 9
X-ray intraday variability and power spectral density profiles of the blazar 3C 273 with XMM-Newton during 2000-2021
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac286 Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.511.3101P

Gupta, Alok C.; Wiita, Paul J.; Ward, Martin +3 more

We present X-ray intraday variability and power spectral density (PSD) analyses of the longest 23 pointed XMM-Newton observations of the blazar 3C 273 that were taken during 2000-2021. These good time intervals contain between 5 and 24.6 h of data. Variability has been estimated in three energy bands: 0.2-2 keV (soft), 2-10 keV (hard), and 0.2-10 …

2022 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
XMM-Newton 9
ULX pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 observations with NuSTAR: dominance of reflected emission in the super-Eddington state
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2239 Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.516.1601B

Gilfanov, M. R.; Tsygankov, S. S.; Filippova, E. V. +1 more

We report the discovery of the bright reflected emission component in the super-Eddington state of the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124, based on the NuSTAR observations of the source during its 2017 outburst. The flux of the reflected emission is weakly variable over the pulsar phase while the direct emission shows significantly larg…

2022 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 9
Chemical Composition of Bright Stars in the Northern Hemisphere: Star-Planet Connection
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac50b5 Bibcode: 2022ApJS..259...45T

Grundahl, F.; Kjeldsen, H.; von Essen, C. +12 more

In fulfilling the aims of the planetary and asteroseismic research missions, such as that of the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) space telescope, accurate stellar atmospheric parameters and a detailed chemical composition are required as inputs. We have observed high-resolution spectra for all 848 bright (V < 8 mag) stars that…

2022 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gaia 9
A Revised Understanding of the Structure of the Venusian Magnetotail From a High-Altitude Intercept With a Tail Ray by Parker Solar Probe
DOI: 10.1029/2021GL096485 Bibcode: 2022GeoRL..4996485C

Collinson, Glyn A.; Ramstad, Robin; Frahm, Rudy +5 more

One of the major discoveries of NASA's 1979-1991 Pioneer Venus Orbiter is that the nightside ionosphere becomes filamentary at high altitude, forming comet-like tail rays. Pioneer Venus Orbiter could not establish how much farther into the wake of Venus tail rays extend, nor understand how they form. Here we present plasma and fields data from the…

2022 Geophysical Research Letters
VenusExpress 9
Dependence of Energetic Storm Particle Heavy Ion Peak Intensities and Spectra on Source CME Longitude and Speed
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac73f5 Bibcode: 2022ApJ...935...32S

Jian, L. K.; Desai, M. I.; Dayeh, M. A. +4 more

We examine variations in energetic storm particle (ESP) heavy ion peak intensities and energy spectra at CME-driven interplanetary shocks. We focus on their dependence with heliolongitude relative to the source region of their associated CMEs, and with CME speed, for events observed in Solar Cycle 24 at the STEREO-A, STEREO-B, and/or ACE spacecraf…

2022 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 9
Zodiacal exoplanets in time (ZEIT) XII: a directly imaged planetary-mass companion to a young Taurus M dwarf star
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab3069 Bibcode: 2022MNRAS.512..583G

Kuzuhara, M.; Tamura, M.; Kudo, T. +21 more

We report the discovery of a resolved (0.9 arcsec) substellar companion to a member of the 1-5 Myr Taurus star-forming region. The host star (2M0437) is a single mid-M type (Teff ≈ 3100 K) dwarf with a position, space motion, and colour-magnitude that support Taurus membership, and possible affiliation with a ~2.5-Myr-old subgroup. A co…

2022 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 9
Investigating dust properties in AGB wind-ISM interaction regions
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142117 Bibcode: 2022A&A...663A..64M

De Beck, E.; Mecina, M.; Maercker, M. +1 more


Aims: In this paper, we aim to constrain the dust mass and grain sizes in the interaction regions between the stellar winds and the interstellar medium (ISM) around asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. By describing the dust in these regions, we aim to shed light on the role of evolved low-mass stars in the origin of dust in galaxies.
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2022 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 9