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A fast-cadenced search for gamma-ray burst orphan afterglows with the Deeper, Wider, Faster programme
Auchettl, Katie; Allen, Rebecca; Andreoni, Igor +11 more
The relativistic outflows that produce long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) can be described by a structured jet model where prompt $\gamma$-ray emission is restricted to a narrow region in the jet's core. Viewing the jet off-axis from the core, a population of afterglows without an associated GRB detection can be predicted. In this work, we conduct an a…
The TESS-Keck Survey. XVII. Precise Mass Measurements in a Young, High-multiplicity Transiting Planet System Using Radial Velocities and Transit Timing Variations
Batalha, Natalie M.; Mayo, Andrew W.; Rice, Malena +41 more
We present a radial velocity (RV) analysis of TOI-1136, a bright Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) system with six confirmed transiting planets, and a seventh single-transiting planet candidate. All planets in the system are amenable to transmission spectroscopy, making TOI-1136 one of the best targets for intra-system comparison of exo…
The R-Process Alliance: detailed chemical composition of an r-process enhanced star with UV and optical spectroscopy
Beers, Timothy C.; Placco, Vinicius M.; Holmbeck, Erika M. +8 more
We present a detailed chemical-abundance analysis of a highly r-process-enhanced (RPE) star, 2MASS J00512646-1053170, using high-resolution spectroscopic observations with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS in the UV and Magellan/MIKE in the optical. We determined abundances for 41 elements in total, including 23 r-process elements and rarely probed spec…
Obscured star formation in clusters at z = 1.6-2.0: massive galaxy formation and the reversal of the star formation-density relation
Smail, Ian
Clusters of galaxies at z $\mathrel {\gtrsim }$ 1 are expected to be increasingly active sites of star formation. To test this, an 850 $\mu$m survey was undertaken of eight clusters at z = 1.6-2.0 using SCUBA-2 on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Mid-infrared properties were used to identify 53 probable counterparts to 45 SCUBA-2 sources with co…
A SPectroscopic Survey of Biased Halos In the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): JWST Supports Earlier Reionization around [O III] Emitters
Hennawi, Joseph F.; Fan, Xiaohui; Cai, Zheng +22 more
Understanding when and how reionization happened is crucial for studying the early structure formation and the properties of the first galaxies in the Universe. At z > 5.5, the observed intergalactic medium (IGM) optical depth shows a significant scatter, indicating an inhomogeneous reionization process. However, the nature of the inhomogeneous…
Comparative Study of the Kinetic Properties of Proton and Alpha Beams in the Alfvénic Wind Observed by SWA-PAS On Board Solar Orbiter
Telloni, Daniele; Sorriso-Valvo, Luca; Marino, Raffaele +12 more
The problems of heating and acceleration of solar wind particles are of significant and enduring interest in astrophysics. The interactions between waves and particles are crucial in determining the distributions of proton and alpha particles, resulting in non-Maxwellian characteristics, including temperature anisotropies and particle beams. These…
Revisiting the Helium and Hydrogen Accretion Indicators at TWA 27B: Weak Mass Flow at Near-freefall Velocity
Zhou, Yifan; Hashimoto, Jun; Marleau, Gabriel-Dominique +1 more
TWA 27B (2M1207b) is the first directly imaged planetary-mass (M p ≈ 5 M J) companion and was observed at 0.9–5.3 µm with JWST/NIRSpec. To understand the accretion properties of TWA 27B, we search for continuum-subtracted near-infrared helium and hydrogen emission lines and measure their widths and luminosities. We dete…
Novel bounds on decaying axionlike particle dark matter from the cosmic background
Horns, Dieter; Porras-Bedmar, Sara; Meyer, Manuel
The cosmic background (CB) is defined as the isotropic diffuse radiation field with extragalactic origin found across the electromagnetic spectrum. Different astrophysical sources dominate the CB emission at different energies, such as stars in the optical or active galactic nuclei in x rays. Assuming that dark matter consists of axions or axionli…
The carbon-rich type Ic supernova 2016adj in the iconic dust lane of Centaurus A: Potential signatures of an interaction with circumstellar hydrogen
Della Valle, M.; Gromadzki, M.; Galbany, L. +26 more
We present a comprehensive data set of supernova (SN) 2016adj located within the central dust lane of Centaurus A. SN 2016adj is significantly reddened and after correcting the peak apparent B-band magnitude (mB = 17.48 ± 0.05) for Milky Way reddening and our inferred host-galaxy reddening parameters (i.e., RVhost …
Transferring spectroscopic stellar labels to 217 million Gaia DR3 XP stars with SHBoost
Guiglion, G.; Valentini, M.; Jordi, C. +14 more
With Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3), new and improved astrometric, photometric, and spectroscopic measurements for 1.8 billion stars have become available. Alongside this wealth of new data, however, there are challenges in finding efficient and accurate computational methods for their analysis. In this paper, we explore the feasibility of using machin…