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The current state of disk wind observations in BHLMXBs through X-ray absorption lines in the iron band
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346920 Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A..49P

Bianchi, S.; Ponti, G.; Petrucci, P. -O. +3 more

The presence of blueshifted absorption lines in the X-ray spectra of black hole low-mass X-ray binaries is the telltale mark of massive outflows called winds. These signatures are found almost exclusively in soft states of high-inclined systems, hinting at equatorial ejections originating from the accretion disk and deeply intertwined with the evo…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 12
A photo-z cautionary tale: Redshift confirmation of COSBO-7 at z = 2.625
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451445 Bibcode: 2024A&A...690L..16J

Koekemoer, Anton M.; Schinnerer, Eva; Gillman, Steven +21 more

Photometric redshifts are widely used in studies of dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs), but catastrophic photo-z failure can undermine all redshift-dependent results. Here we report the spectroscopic redshift confirmation of COSBO-7, a strongly lensed DSFG in the COSMOS-PRIMER field. Recently, a photometric redshift solution of z ≳ 7.0 was report…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel JWST 12
Hot Jupiter diversity and the onset of TiO/VO revealed by a large grid of non-grey global circulation models
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae984 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.531.1056R

Parmentier, Vivien; Roth, Alexander; Hammond, Mark

The population of hot Jupiters is extremely diverse, with large variations in their irradiation, period, gravity, and chemical composition. To understand the intrinsic planet diversity through the observed population level trends, we explore the a priori scatter in the population created by the different responses of atmospheric circulation to pla…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 12
Radio emission as a stellar activity indicator
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347657 Bibcode: 2024A&A...684A...3Y

Callingham, J. R.; Vedantham, H. K.; Günther, M. N. +1 more

Radio observations of stars trace the plasma conditions and magnetic field properties of stellar magnetospheres and coronae. Depending on the plasma conditions at the emitter site, radio emission in the metre- and decimetre-wave bands is generated via different mechanisms, such as gyrosynchrotron, electron cyclotron maser instability, and plasma r…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 12
The Extreme Low-mass End of the Mass–Metallicity Relation at z ∼ 7
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad8dc9 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...976L..15C

Maseda, Michael V.; Labbé, Ivo; Nanayakkara, Themiya +17 more

The mass–metallicity relation provides crucial insights into the baryon cycle in galaxies and strong constraints on galaxy formation models. We use JWST NIRSpec observations from the UNCOVER program to measure the gas-phase metallicity in a sample of eight galaxies during the epoch of reionization at z = 6–8. Thanks to the strong lensing of the ga…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 12
An abrupt change in the stellar spin-down law at the fully convective boundary
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-02126-2 Bibcode: 2024NatAs...8..223L

Angus, Ruth; Amard, Louis; See, Victor +2 more

Unlike partially convective stars such as the Sun, fully convective stars do not possess a radiative core. Whether a star needs this core to generate a solar-like magnetic dynamo is still unclear. Recent studies suggest fully and partially convective stars exhibit very similar period-activity relationships, hinting that dynamos generated by stars …

2024 Nature Astronomy
Gaia 12
Dissecting the Gaia HR diagram - II. The vertical structure of the star formation history across the solar cylinder
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2952 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527..583M

Girardi, Léo; Fouesneau, Morgan; Luger, Rodrigo +11 more

Starting from the Gaia DR3 HR diagram, we derive the star formation history (SFH) as a function of distance from the Galactic plane within a cylinder centred on the Sun with a 200 pc radius and spanning 1.3 kpc above and below the Galaxy's midplane. We quantify both the concentration of the more recent star formation in the Galactic plane, and the…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 12
JWST Reveals Powerful Feedback from Radio Jets in a Massive Galaxy at z = 4.1
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad4bda Bibcode: 2024ApJ...970...69R

Pentericci, Laura; Heckman, Timothy; Bosman, Sarah E. I. +11 more

We report observations of a powerful ionized gas outflow in the z = 4.1 luminous radio galaxy TNJ1338-1942 hosting an obscured quasar using the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on board JWST. We spatially resolve a large-scale (∼15 kpc) outflow and measure outflow rates. The outflowing gas shows velocities exceeding 900 km s‑1 and b…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 12
Hard X-rays and QPO in Swift J1727.8-1613: the rise and plateau of the 2023 outburst
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1393 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.531.4893M

Sunyaev, R.; Krivonos, R.; Sazonov, S. +5 more

We report on the detection of type-C quasi-periodic oscillations during the initial stages of the outburst of Swift J1727.8-1613 in 2023. Using data of the INTEGRAL observatory along with the data of the Mikhail PavlinskyART-XC telescope on board Spektr-RG and X-ray Telescope (XRT) of the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory the fast growth of the quasi…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
INTEGRAL 12
A departure from the mass-metallicity relation in merging galaxies due to an infall of metal-poor gas
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-02171-x Bibcode: 2024NatAs...8..368P

Pérez-Díaz, Borja; Pérez-Montero, Enrique; Fernández-Ontiveros, Juan A. +2 more

Heavy element accumulation and stellar mass assembly are fundamental processes in the formation and evolution of galaxies. However, the key elements that govern them, such as gas accretion and outflow, are not fully understood. This is especially true for luminous and massive galaxies, which usually suffer strong feedback as massive outflows and l…

2024 Nature Astronomy
Herschel 12