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The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring. V. R 144: a wind-eclipsing binary with a total mass ≳140 M
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140693 Bibcode: 2021A&A...650A.147S

Howarth, I. D.; Crowther, P. A.; de Mink, S. E. +21 more

Context. The evolution of the most massive stars and their upper-mass limit remain insufficiently constrained. Very massive stars are characterized by powerful winds and spectroscopically appear as hydrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars on the main sequence. R 144 is the visually brightest WR star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. R 144 was reported to …

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia IUE 29
Generation of interplanetary type II radio emission
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141695 Bibcode: 2021A&A...654A..64J

Jebaraj, I. C.; Mann, G.; Poedts, S. +4 more

Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptive phenomena that can accelerate energetic particles and drive shock waves. The CME-driven shocks propagate from the low corona to interplanetary space. The radio emission that results from fast electrons energised by shock waves are called type II bursts. This radio emission can provide information…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 29
TOI-1634 b: An Ultra-short-period Keystone Planet Sitting inside the M-dwarf Radius Valley
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac0157 Bibcode: 2021AJ....162...79C

López-Morales, Mercedes; Bieryla, Allyson; Latham, David W. +63 more

Studies of close-in planets orbiting M dwarfs have suggested that the M-dwarf radius valley may be well explained by distinct formation timescales between enveloped terrestrials and rocky planets that form at late times in a gas-depleted environment. This scenario is at odds with the picture that close-in rocky planets form with a primordial gaseo…

2021 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 29
ALMA and IRIS Observations of the Solar Chromosphere. I. An On-disk Type II Spicule
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc9b1 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...906...82C

Martínez-Sykora, Juan; De Pontieu, Bart; Chintzoglou, Georgios +7 more

We present observations of the solar chromosphere obtained simultaneously with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. The observatories targeted a chromospheric plage region of which the spatial distribution (split between strongly and weakly magnetized regions) allowed the study of l…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 29
Long-term pulse period evolution of the ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar NGC 7793 P13
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140625 Bibcode: 2021A&A...651A..75F

Ptak, A.; Stern, D.; Fabian, A. C. +14 more

Ultra-luminous X-ray pulsars (ULXPs) provide a unique opportunity to study persistent super-Eddington accretion. Here we present the results of a long-term monitoring campaign of ULXP NGC 7793 P13, focusing on the pulse period evolution and the determination of the orbital ephemeris. Over our four year monitoring campaign with Swift, XMM-Newton, a…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 29
The Far Ultraviolet M-dwarf Evolution Survey. I. The Rotational Evolution of High-energy Emissions
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abe8d7 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...911..111P

France, Kevin; Youngblood, Allison; Pineda, J. Sebastian

M-dwarf stars are prime targets for exoplanet searches because of their close proximity and favorable properties for both planet detection and characterization. However, the potential habitability and atmospheric characterization of these exoplanetary systems depends critically on the history of high-energy stellar radiation from X-rays to NUV, wh…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 29
Sum of the masses of the Milky Way and M31: A likelihood-free inference approach
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.023009 Bibcode: 2021PhRvD.103b3009L

Lahav, Ofer; Hoffman, Yehuda; Whiteway, Lorne +3 more

We use density estimation likelihood-free inference, Λ cold dark matter simulations of ∼2 M galaxy pairs, and data from Gaia and the Hubble Space Telescope to infer the sum of the masses of the Milky Way and Andromeda (M31) galaxies, the two main components of the local group. This method overcomes most of the approximations of the traditional tim…

2021 Physical Review D
Gaia eHST 29
Obliquity Constraints on the Planetary-mass Companion HD 106906 b
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac1bb1 Bibcode: 2021AJ....162..217B

Morley, Caroline V.; Bowler, Brendan P.; Bryan, Marta L. +2 more

We constrain the angular momentum architecture of HD 106906, a 13 ± 2 Myr old system in the ScoCen complex composed of a compact central binary, a widely separated planetary-mass tertiary HD 106906 b, and a debris disk nested between the binary and tertiary orbital planes. We measure the orientations of three vectors: the companion spin axis, comp…

2021 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 29
The impact of mixing treatments on cloud modelling in 3D simulations of hot Jupiters
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2027 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.506.4500C

Sing, D. K.; Parmentier, V.; Mikal-Evans, T. +7 more

We present results of 3D hydrodynamical simulations of HD209458b including a coupled, radiatively active cloud model (EDDYSED). We investigate the role of the mixing by replacing the default convective treatment used in previous works with a more physically relevant mixing treatment (Kzz) based on global circulation. We find that uncert…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 29
Automated Multi-Dataset Analysis (AMDA): An on-line database and analysis tool for heliospheric and planetary plasma data
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105214 Bibcode: 2021P&SS..20105214G

André, N.; Fedorov, A.; Budnik, E. +27 more

Accessing, visualizing and analyzing heterogeneous plasma datasets has always been a tedious task that hindered students and senior researchers as well. Offering user friendly and versatile tools to perform basic research tasks is therefore pivotal for data centres including the Centre de Données de la Physique des Plasmas (CDPP http://www.cdpp.eu…

2021 Planetary and Space Science
Cluster 29