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Magnetic Properties of Solar Active Regions That Govern Large Solar Flares and Eruptions
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/56 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...834...56T

Toriumi, Shin; Harra, Louise K.; Nagashima, Kaori +2 more

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), especially the larger ones, emanate from active regions (ARs). With the aim of understanding the magnetic properties that govern such flares and eruptions, we systematically survey all flare events with Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite levels of ≥M5.0 within 45° from disk center between…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 155
Extended ionised and clumpy gas in a normal galaxy at z = 7.1 revealed by ALMA
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630366 Bibcode: 2017A&A...605A..42C

Maiolino, R.; Castellano, M.; Pentericci, L. +10 more

We present new ALMA observations of the [O III]88 µm line and high angular resolution observations of the [C II]158 µm line in a normal star forming galaxy at z = 7.1. Previous [C II] observations of this galaxy had detected [C II] emission consistent with the Lyα redshift but spatially slightly offset relative to the optical (UV-rest …

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 154
Quasar-mode Feedback in Nearby Type 1 Quasars: Ubiquitous Kiloparsec-scale Outflows and Correlations with Black Hole Properties
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa94d1 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...850...40R

Veilleux, Sylvain; Rupke, David S. N.; Gültekin, Kayhan

The prevalence and properties of kiloparsec-scale outflows in nearby Type 1 quasars have been the subject of little previous attention. This work presents Gemini integral field spectroscopy of 10 Type 1 radio-quiet quasars at z< 0.3. The excellent image quality, coupled with a new technique to remove the point-spread function using spectral inf…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 153
The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: AGN and host-galaxy properties out to z ≲ 6
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629367 Bibcode: 2017A&A...602A...3D

Bondi, M.; Berta, S.; Ilbert, O. +29 more

We explore the multiwavelength properties of AGN host galaxies for different classes of radio-selected AGN out to z ≲ 6 via a multiwavelength analysis of about 7700 radio sources in the COSMOS field. The sources were selected with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 3 GHz (10 cm) within the VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project, and cross-matched with multiwav…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 153
X-shooter study of accretion in Chamaeleon I. II. A steeper increase of accretion with stellar mass for very low-mass stars?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630147 Bibcode: 2017A&A...604A.127M

Prusti, T.; Henning, T.; Pascucci, I. +10 more

The dependence of the mass accretion rate on the stellar properties is a key constraint for star formation and disk evolution studies. Here we present a study of a sample of stars in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region carried out using spectra taken with the ESO VLT/X-shooter spectrograph. The sample is nearly complete down to stellar masses (M<…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 152
Spitzer Phase Curve Constraints for WASP-43b at 3.6 and 4.5 µm
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/68 Bibcode: 2017AJ....153...68S

Fortney, Jonathan J.; Stevenson, Kevin B.; Kataria, Tiffany +6 more

Previous measurements of heat redistribution efficiency (the ability to transport energy from a planet’s highly irradiated dayside to its eternally dark nightside) show considerable variation between exoplanets. Theoretical models predict a positive correlation between heat redistribution efficiency and temperature for tidally locked planets; howe…

2017 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 151
The Environment of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa905f Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848L..28L

Troja, E.; Im, M.; Fox, O. D. +37 more

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Chandra imaging, combined with Very Large Telescope MUSE integral field spectroscopy of the counterpart and host galaxy of the first binary neutron star merger detected via gravitational-wave emission by LIGO and Virgo, GW170817. The host galaxy, NGC 4993, is an S0 galaxy at z = 0.009783. There is eviden…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 146
The mass and momentum outflow rates of photoionized galactic outflows
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1164 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.469.4831C

Chisholm, John; Leitherer, Claus; Chen, Yanmei +1 more

Galactic outflows are believed to play an important role in regulating star formation in galaxies, but estimates of the outflowing mass and momentum have historically been based on uncertain assumptions. Here, we measure the mass, momentum and energy outflow rates of seven nearby star-forming galaxies using ultraviolet absorption lines and observa…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 146
The wind speeds, dust content, and mass-loss rates of evolved AGB and RSG stars at varying metallicity
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2708 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.465..403G

Goldman, Steven R.; Matsuura, Mikako; Whitelock, Patricia A. +8 more

We present the results of our survey of 1612-MHz circumstellar OH maser emission from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and red supergiants (RSGs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We have discovered four new circumstellar maser sources in the LMC, and increased the number of reliable wind speeds from infrared (IR) stars in the LMC from 5 to …

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
AKARI 145
Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey with The Hubble Space Telescope: Stellar Cluster Catalogs and First Insights Into Cluster Formation and Evolution in NGC 628
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7132 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...841..131A

Schaerer, D.; Östlin, G.; Herrero, A. +54 more

We report the large effort that is producing comprehensive high-level young star cluster (YSC) catalogs for a significant fraction of galaxies observed with the Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) Hubble treasury program. We present the methodology developed to extract cluster positions, verify their genuine nature, produce multiband photometry…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 144