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The TW Hya Rosetta Stone Project. II. Spatially Resolved Emission of Formaldehyde Hints at Low-temperature Gas-phase Formation
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc9ba Bibcode: 2021ApJ...906..111T

Wilner, David J.; Cleeves, L. Ilsedore; Walsh, Catherine +15 more

Formaldehyde (H2CO) is an important precursor to organics like methanol (CH3OH). It is important to understand the conditions that produce H2CO and prebiotic molecules during star and planet formation. H2CO possesses both gas-phase and solid-state formation pathways, involving either UV-produced radical …

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 23
The GOGREEN survey: dependence of galaxy properties on halo mass at z > 1 and implications for environmental quenching
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1955 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.506.3364R

Cooper, M. C.; Muzzin, Adam; Vulcani, Benedetta +18 more

We use photometric redshifts and statistical background subtraction to measure stellar mass functions in galaxy group-mass (4.5-8 × 1013 M) haloes at 1 < z < 1.5. Groups are selected from COSMOS and SXDF, based on X-ray imaging and sparse spectroscopy. Stellar mass (Mstellar) functions are computed for quies…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 23
Evaluation of CME Arrival Prediction Using Ensemble Modeling Based on Heliospheric Imaging Observations
DOI: 10.1029/2020SW002553 Bibcode: 2021SpWea..1902553A

Dumbović, Mateja; Möstl, Christian; Weiss, Andreas J. +8 more

In this study, we evaluate a coronal mass ejection (CME) arrival prediction tool that utilizes the wide-angle observations made by STEREO's heliospheric imagers (HI). The unsurpassable advantage of these imagers is the possibility to observe the evolution and propagation of a CME from close to the Sun out to 1 AU and beyond. We believe that by exp…

2021 Space Weather
SOHO 23
HD 143006: circumbinary planet or misaligned disc?
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab922 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.504..888B

Pinte, C.; Ballabio, G.; Nealon, R. +3 more

Misalignments within protoplanetary discs are now commonly observed, and features such as shadows in scattered light images indicate departure from a co-planar geometry. VLT/SPHERE (Very Large Telescope/Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch) observations of the disc around HD 143006 show a large-scale asymmetry and two narrow dark …

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 23
A strong lensing model of the galaxy cluster PSZ1 G311.65-18.48
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141586 Bibcode: 2021A&A...655A..81P

Brammer, G.; Grillo, C.; Tozzi, P. +10 more

We present a strong lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster PSZ1 G311.65-18.48 (z = 0.443) using multi-band observations with Hubble Space Telescope complemented with VLT/MUSE spectroscopic data. The MUSE observations provide redshift estimates for the lensed sources and help to reduce misidentification of the multiple images. Spectroscopic data ar…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 23
The unusual widespread solar energetic particle event on 2013 August 19. Solar origin and particle longitudinal distribution
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039960 Bibcode: 2021A&A...653A.137R

Williams, D.; Jian, L. K.; Rodríguez-Pacheco, J. +11 more

Context. Late on 2013 August 19, STEREO-A, STEREO-B, MESSENGER, Mars Odyssey, and the L1 spacecraft, spanning a longitudinal range of 222° in the ecliptic plane, observed an energetic particle flux increase. The widespread solar energetic particle (SEP) event was associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME) that came from a region located near th…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 23
Intense dB/dt Variations Driven by Near Earth Bursty Bulk Flows (BBFs): A Case Study
DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091781 Bibcode: 2021GeoRL..4891781W

Dunlop, Malcolm W.; Wei, Dong; Yang, Junying +3 more

During geomagnetically disturbed times the surface geomagnetic field often changes abruptly, producing geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) in a number of ground based systems. There are, however, few studies reporting GIC effects which are driven directly by bursty bulk flows (BBFs) in the inner magnetosphere. In this study, we investigate the…

2021 Geophysical Research Letters
Cluster 23
Characterizing the target selection pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Bright Galaxy Survey
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab292 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.502.4328R

Baugh, Carlton M.; Myers, Adam D.; Moustakas, John +18 more

We present the steps taken to produce a reliable and complete input galaxy catalogue for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Bright Galaxy Survey (BGS) using the photometric Legacy Survey DR8 DECam. We analyse some of the main issues faced in the selection of targets for the DESI BGS, such as star-galaxy separation, contamination by fr…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 23
New mass-loss rates of B supergiants from global wind models
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039900 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A..28K

Krtička, J.; Kubát, J.; Krtičková, I.

Massive stars lose a significant fraction of mass during their evolution. However, the corresponding mass-loss rates are rather uncertain, especially for evolved stars. To improve this, we calculated global line-driven wind models for Galactic B supergiants. Our models predict radial wind structure and particularly the mass-loss rates and terminal…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 23
Are Massive Dense Clumps Truly Subvirial? A New Analysis Using Gould Belt Ammonia Data
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac20d2 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...922...87S

Caselli, Paola; Di Francesco, James; Rosolowsky, Erik +22 more

Dynamical studies of dense structures within molecular clouds often conclude that the most massive clumps contain too little kinetic energy for virial equilibrium, unless they are magnetized to an unexpected degree. This raises questions about how such a state might arise, and how it might persist long enough to represent the population of massive…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 23