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GALAPAGOS: from pixels to parameters
Barden, Marco; Peng, Chien Y.; McIntosh, Daniel H. +2 more
To automate source detection, two-dimensional light profile Sérsic modelling and catalogue compilation in large survey applications, we introduce a new code Galaxy Analysis over Large Areas: Parameter Assessment by GALFITting Objects from SEXTRACTOR (GALAPAGOS). Based on a single set-up, GALAPAGOS can process a complete set of survey images. It de…
The Structure and Emission Model of the Relativistic Jet in the Quasar 3C 279 Inferred from Radio to High-energy γ-Ray Observations in 2008-2010
Sakamoto, T.; Greiner, J.; Lähteenmäki, A. +90 more
We present time-resolved broadband observations of the quasar 3C 279 obtained from multi-wavelength campaigns conducted during the first two years of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission. While investigating the previously reported γ-ray/optical flare accompanied by a change in optical polarization, we found that the optical emission appear…
Star-formation laws in luminous infrared galaxies. New observational constraints on models
Colina, L.; Planesas, P.; Arribas, S. +5 more
Context. The observational study of star-formation relations in galaxies is central for unraveling the related physical processes that are at work on local and global scales. It is still debated whether star formation can be described by a universal law that remains valid in different populations of galaxies.
Aims: We aim to expand the sample…
The Longitudinal Properties of a Solar Energetic Particle Event Investigated Using Modern Solar Imaging
Cohen, C. M. S.; Mewaldt, R. A.; Mason, G. M. +10 more
We use combined high-cadence, high-resolution, and multi-point imaging by the Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to investigate the hour-long eruption of a fast and wide coronal mass ejection (CME) on 2011 March 21 when the twin STEREO spacecraft were located beyond the solar limbs. We analy…
Collisional Excitation of the [C II] Fine Structure Transition in Interstellar Clouds
Velusamy, T.; Goldsmith, Paul F.; Pineda, Jorge L. +1 more
We analyze the collisional excitation of the 158 µm (1900.5 GHz) fine structure transition of ionized carbon in terms of line intensities produced by simple cloud models. The single C+ fine structure transition is a very important coolant of the atomic interstellar medium (ISM) and of photon-dominated regions in which carbon is pa…
Intermittent Dissipation at Kinetic Scales in Collisionless Plasma Turbulence
Matthaeus, W. H.; Chapman, S. C.; Daughton, W. +6 more
High resolution kinetic simulations of collisionless plasma driven by shear show the development of turbulence characterized by dynamic coherent sheetlike current density structures spanning a range of scales down to electron scales. We present evidence that these structures are sites for heating and dissipation, and that stronger current structur…
Solar Wind Turbulent Spectrum at Plasma Kinetic Scales
Maksimovic, M.; Alexandrova, O.; Mangeney, A. +2 more
The description of the turbulent spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind in the kinetic range of scales is not yet completely established. Here, we perform a statistical study of 100 spectra measured by the STAFF instrument on the Cluster mission, which allows us to resolve turbulent fluctuations from ion scales down to a fraction of e…
AKARI Near-infrared Spectroscopic Survey for CO2 in 18 Comets
Nakagawa, Takao; Onaka, Takashi; Usui, Fumihiko +11 more
We conducted a spectroscopic survey of cometary volatiles with the Infrared Camera on board the Japanese infrared satellite AKARI in the wavelength range from 2.5 to 5 µm. In our survey, 18 comets, including both the Oort cloud comets and the Jupiter-family comets, were observed in the period from 2008 June to 2010 January, most of which wer…
Observing the Fine Structure of Loops through High-resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Coronal Rain with the CRISP Instrument at the Swedish Solar Telescope
Rouppe van der Voort, L.; Antolin, P.
Observed in cool chromospheric lines, such as Hα or Ca II H, coronal rain corresponds to cool and dense plasma falling from coronal heights. Considered as a peculiar sporadic phenomenon of active regions, it has not received much attention since its discovery more than 40 years ago. Yet, it has been shown recently that a close relationship exists …
A massive, cooling-flow-induced starburst in the core of a luminous cluster of galaxies
Gladders, M. D.; Veilleux, S.; Rest, A. +83 more
In the cores of some clusters of galaxies the hot intracluster plasma is dense enough that it should cool radiatively in the cluster's lifetime, leading to continuous `cooling flows' of gas sinking towards the cluster centre, yet no such cooling flow has been observed. The low observed star-formation rates and cool gas masses for these `cool-core'…