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Characterizing Compact 15-33 GHz Radio Continuum Sources in Local U/LIRGs
Sanders, D. B.; Inami, H.; Huang, X. +23 more
We present the analysis of ~100 pc scale compact radio continuum sources detected in 63 local (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies (U/LIRGs; L IR ≥ 1011 L ⊙), using FWHM ≲ 0.″1-0.″2 resolution 15 and 33 GHz observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. We identify a total of 133 compact radio sources with eff…
Dark lenses through the dust: parallax microlensing events in the VVV
McGill, Peter; Smith, Leigh C.; Wyrzykowski, Łukasz +4 more
We use near-infrared photometry and astrometry from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey to analyse microlensing events containing annual microlensing parallax information. These events are located in highly extincted and low-latitude regions of the Galactic bulge typically off-limits to optical microlensing surveys. We fit a catalog…
Stellar Flyby Analysis for Spiral Arm Hosts with Gaia DR3
Dong, Ruobing; De Rosa, Robert J.; Pueyo, Laurent +5 more
Scattered-light imaging studies have detected nearly two dozen spiral arm systems in circumstellar disks, yet the formation mechanisms for most of them are still under debate. Although existing studies can use motion measurements to distinguish leading mechanisms such as planet-disk interaction and disk self-gravity, close-in stellar flybys can in…
Analysis of the arm-like structure in the outer disk of PDS 70. Spiral density wave or vortex?
Absil, O.; Christiaens, V.; Juillard, S.
Context. Observing dynamical interactions between planets and disks is key to understanding their formation and evolution. Two protoplanets have recently been discovered within the PDS 70 protoplanetary disk, along with an arm-like structure toward the northwest of the star.
Aims: Our aim is to constrain the morphology and origin of this arm-…
HD 28109 hosts a trio of transiting Neptunian planets including a near-resonant pair, confirmed by ASTEP from Antarctica
Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Quinn, Samuel N.; Stassun, Keivan G. +28 more
We report on the discovery and characterization of three planets orbiting the F8 star HD 28109, which sits comfortably in ${TESS}$'s continuous viewing zone. The two outer planets have periods of $\rm 56.0067 \pm 0.0003~d$ and $\rm 84.2597_{-0.0008}^{+0.0010}~d$, which implies a period ratio very close to that of the first-order 3:2 mean motion re…
WIYN open cluster study: The old open cluster, NGC 188, and a re-evaluation of Lithium-richness among red giants
Cummings, Jeffrey D.; Twarog, Bruce A.; Anthony-Twarog, Barbara J. +3 more
We present WIYN1/Hydra spectra of 34 red giant candidate members of NGC 188, which, together with WOCS2 and Gaia data yield 23 single members, 6 binary members, 4 single non-members, and 1 binary non-member. We report [Fe/H] for 29 members and derive [Fe/H]NGC188 = +0.064 ± 0.018 dex (σµ) (sky spec…
Constraining the multi-scale dark-matter distribution in CASSOWARY 31 with strong gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics
Grillo, C.; Wang, H.; Christensen, L. +6 more
We study the inner structure of the group-scale lens CASSOWARY 31 (CSWA 31) by adopting both strong lensing and dynamical modeling. CSWA 31 is a peculiar lens system. The brightest group galaxy (BGG) is an ultra-massive elliptical galaxy at z = 0.683 with a weighted mean velocity dispersion of σ = 432 ± 31 km s−1. It is surrounded by gr…
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: UV-Optical Accretion Disk Measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope
Trump, Jonathan R.; Brandt, W. N.; Shen, Yue +10 more
We present accretion-disk structure measurements from UV-optical reverberation mapping (RM) observations of a sample of eight quasars at 0.24 < z < 0.85. Ultraviolet photometry comes from two cycles of Hubble Space Telescope monitoring, accompanied by multiband optical monitoring by the Las Cumbres Observatory network and Liverpool Telescope…
International Asteroid Warning Network Timing Campaign: 2019 XS
Popescu, Marcel; Granvik, Mikael; Chambers, Kenneth C. +69 more
As part of the International Asteroid Warning Network's observational exercises, we conducted a campaign to observe near-Earth asteroid 2019 XS around its close approach to Earth on 2021 November 9. The goal of the campaign was to characterize errors in the observation times reported to the Minor Planet Center, which become an increasingly importa…
The Great Flare of 2021 November 19 on AD Leonis. Simultaneous XMM-Newton and TESS observations
Stelzer, B.; Caramazza, M.; Raetz, S. +2 more
We present a detailed analysis of a superflare on the active M dwarf star AD Leonis. The event presents a rare case of a stellar flare that was simultaneously observed in X-rays (with XMM-Newton) and in the optical (with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS). The radiated energy in the 0.2 − 12 keV X-ray band (1.26 ± 0.01 × 1033