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Cross-correlation of Planck CMB lensing with DESI-like LRGs
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3927 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.501.6181K

White, Martin; Kitanidis, Ellie

Cross-correlations between the lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and other tracers of large-scale structure provide a unique way to reconstruct the growth of dark matter, break degeneracies between cosmology and galaxy physics, and test theories of modified gravity. We detect a cross-correlation between Dark Energy Spectroscopic Ins…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 28
Molecular Line Observations in Two Dusty Star-forming Galaxies at z = 6.9
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac21db Bibcode: 2021ApJ...921...97J

Greve, Thomas R.; Phadke, Kedar A.; Aravena, Manuel +18 more

SPT0311-58 is the most massive infrared luminous system discovered so far during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of the molecular interstellar medium at z = 6.9, through high resolution observations of the CO(6-5), CO(7-6), CO(10-9), [C I](2-1), and p-H2O(21,1 -20,2) l…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 28
Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XVII. Determining the 2D Thermal Structure of the HD 163296 Disk
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac143f Bibcode: 2021ApJS..257...17C

Zhang, Ke; Wilner, David J.; Ménard, François +26 more

Understanding the temperature structure of protoplanetary disks is key to interpreting observations, predicting the physical and chemical evolution of the disk, and modeling planet formation processes. In this study, we constrain the two-dimensional thermal structure of the disk around the Herbig Ae star HD 163296. Using the thermochemical code RA…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gaia Herschel 28
Stellar clustering and orbital architecture of planetary systems
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040201 Bibcode: 2021A&A...649A.111A

Adibekyan, V.; Sousa, S. G.; Barros, S. C. C. +9 more

Context. Revealing the mechanisms shaping the architecture of planetary systems is crucial for our understanding of their formation and evolution. In this context, it has been recently proposed that stellar clustering might be the key in shaping the orbital architecture of exoplanets.
Aims: The main goal of this work is to explore the factors…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 28
Tracking the Evolution of Lithium in Giants Using Asteroseismology: Super-Li-rich Stars Are Almost Exclusively Young Red-clump Stars
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abfa24 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...913L...4S

Vrard, Mathieu; Campbell, Simon W.; Reddy, Bacham E. +2 more

We report novel observational evidence on the evolutionary status of lithium-rich giant stars by combining asteroseismic and lithium abundance data. Comparing observations and models of the asteroseismic gravity-mode period spacing ΔΠ1, we find that super-Li-rich giants (SLRs, A(Li) > 3.2 dex) are almost exclusively young red-clump (…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 28
LAMOST Time-Domain survey: first results of four K2 plates
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/21/11/292 Bibcode: 2021RAA....21..292W

Tian, Hao; Kovalev, Mikhail; Fu, Jian-Ning +23 more

From Oct. 2019 to Apr. 2020, LAMOST performed a time-domain (TD) spectroscopic survey of four K2 plates with both low- and medium-resolution observations. The low-resolution spectroscopic survey acquired 282 exposures ( ≈ 46.6 h) over 25 nights, yielding a total of about 767 000 spectra, and the medium-resolution survey took 177 exposures ( ≈ 49.1…

2021 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 28
Membership Lists for 431 Open Clusters in Gaia DR2 Using Extreme Deconvolution Gaussian Mixture Models
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1d51 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...923..129J

Jaehnig, Karl; Holley-Bockelmann, Kelly; Bird, Jonathan

Open clusters are groups of stars that form at the same time, making them an ideal laboratory to test theories of star formation, stellar evolution, and dynamics in the Milky Way disk. However, the utility of an open cluster can be limited by the accuracy and completeness of its known members. Here, we employ a "top-down" technique, Extreme Deconv…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 28
Local stellar kinematics and Oort constants from the LAMOST A-type stars
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab848 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.504..199W

Wang, H. -F.; Huang, Y.; Chen, B. -Q. +3 more

We estimate the solar peculiar velocities and Oort constants using a sample of 5627 A-type stars with $d\lt 0.6\, \rm kpc$ and $|z|\lt 0.1\, \rm kpc$, selected from the LAMOST (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) surveys. The radial and tangential velocities of these A-type stars are fitted by using a non-axisymmetric model.…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 28
Detection of complex organic molecules in young starless core L1521E
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1151 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.504.5754S

Vasyunin, Anton; Launhardt, Ralf; Shirley, Yancy +1 more

Determining the level of chemical complexity within dense starless and gravitationally bound pre-stellar cores is crucial for constructing chemical models, which subsequently constrain the initial chemical conditions of star formation. We have searched for complex organic molecules (COMs) in the young starless core L1521E, and report the first cle…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 28
Star formation history of the solar neighbourhood as told by Gaia
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3576 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.501..302A

Alzate, Jairo A.; Bruzual, Gustavo; Díaz-González, Daniel J.

The Gaia data release 2 (DR2) catalogue is the best source of stellar astrometric and photometric data available today. The history of the Milky Way galaxy is written in stone in this data set. Parallaxes and photometry tell us where the stars are today, when were they formed, and with what chemical content, that is, their star formation history (…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 28