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The miniJPAS survey: A preview of the Universe in 56 colors
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038841 Bibcode: 2021A&A...653A..31B

Finoguenov, A.; Cepa, J.; Diego, J. M. +168 more

The Javalambre-Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) will scan thousands of square degrees of the northern sky with a unique set of 56 filters using the dedicated 2.55 m Javalambre Survey Telescope (JST) at the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory. Prior to the installation of the main camera (4.2 deg2 field-…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia XMM-Newton 105
The 60 pc Environment of FRB 20180916B
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abdb38 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...908L..12T

Kaspi, Victoria M.; Tendulkar, Shriharsh P.; Gil de Paz, Armando +18 more

Fast radio burst FRB 20180916B in its host galaxy SDSS J015800.28+654253.0 at 149 Mpc is by far the closest-known FRB with a robust host galaxy association. The source also exhibits a 16.35 day period in its bursting. Here we present optical and infrared imaging as well as integral field spectroscopy observations of FRB 20180916B with the WFC3 cam…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 105
Novel constraints on the particle nature of dark matter from stellar streams
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/10/043 Bibcode: 2021JCAP...10..043B

Bovy, Jo; Erkal, Denis; Bertone, Gianfranco +2 more

Tidal streams are highly sensitive to perturbations from passing dark matter (DM) subhalos and thus provide a means of measuring their abundance. In a recent paper, we analyzed the distribution of stars along the GD-1 stream with a combination of data from the Gaia satellite and the Pan-STARRS survey, and we demonstrated that the population of DM …

2021 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Gaia 104
The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS). I. ALMA images of dusty molecular tori in Seyfert galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141075 Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A..98G

Rouan, D.; Rigopoulou, D.; Hunt, L. K. +32 more

We present the first results of the Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS), a project aimed at understanding the properties of the dusty molecular tori and their connection to the host galaxy in nearby Seyfert galaxies. Our project expands the range of active galactic nuclei (AGN) luminosities and Eddington ratios covered by previous s…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia eHST 104
Direct Detection of Hawking Radiation from Asteroid-Mass Primordial Black Holes
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.171101 Bibcode: 2021PhRvL.126q1101C

Profumo, Stefano; Coogan, Adam; Morrison, Logan

Light, asteroid-mass primordial black holes, with lifetimes in the range between hundreds to several millions times the age of the Universe, are well-motivated candidates for the cosmological dark matter. Using archival COMPTEL data, we improve over current constraints on the allowed parameter space of primordial black holes as dark matter by stud…

2021 Physical Review Letters
INTEGRAL 104
New constraints on the 12CO(2-1)/(1-0) line ratio across nearby disc galaxies
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab859 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.504.3221D

Schinnerer, E.; Leroy, A. K.; Bigiel, F. +18 more

Both the CO(2-1) and CO(1-0) lines are used to trace the mass of molecular gas in galaxies. Translating the molecular gas mass estimates between studies using different lines requires a good understanding of the behaviour of the CO(2-1)-to-CO(1-0) ratio, R21. We compare new, high-quality CO(1-0) data from the IRAM 30-m EMIR MultiLine Pr…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 104
A diffuse core in Saturn revealed by ring seismology
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-021-01448-3 Bibcode: 2021NatAs...5.1103M

Fuller, Jim; Mankovich, Christopher R.

The best constraints on the internal structures of giant planets have historically originated from measurements of their gravity fields1-3. These data are inherently mostly sensitive to a planet's outer regions, stymieing efforts to measure the mass and compactness of the cores of Jupiter2,4,5 and Saturn6,7. Howeve…

2021 Nature Astronomy
Cassini 103
The infrared-radio correlation of star-forming galaxies is strongly M-dependent but nearly redshift-invariant since z ∼ 4
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039647 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A.123D

Prandoni, I.; Daddi, E.; Elbaz, D. +25 more

Over the past decade, several works have used the ratio between total (rest 8−1000 µm) infrared and radio (rest 1.4 GHz) luminosity in star-forming galaxies (qIR), often referred to as the infrared-radio correlation (IRRC), to calibrate the radio emission as a star formation rate (SFR) indicator. Previous studies constrained the e…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 103
The 10 parsec sample in the Gaia era
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140985 Bibcode: 2021A&A...650A.201R

Caballero, J. A.; Sozzetti, A.; Reylé, C. +3 more

Context. The nearest stars provide a fundamental constraint for our understanding of stellar physics and the Galaxy. The nearby sample serves as an anchor where all objects can be seen and understood with precise data. This work is triggered by the most recent data release of the astrometric space mission Gaia and uses its unprecedented high preci…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 103
Masses and compositions of three small planets orbiting the nearby M dwarf L231-32 (TOI-270) and the M dwarf radius valley
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2143 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.507.2154V

Bouchy, F.; Fridlund, M.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R. +69 more

We report on precise Doppler measurements of L231-32 (TOI-270), a nearby M dwarf (d = 22 pc, M = 0.39 M, R = 0.38 R), which hosts three transiting planets that were recently discovered using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The three planets are 1.2, 2.4, and 2.1 times the …

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 103