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Multi-spacecraft observations of the structure of the sheath of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection and related energetic ion enhancement
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140838 Bibcode: 2021A&A...656A...8K

Vainio, R.; Kilpua, E. K. J.; Lavraud, B. +18 more

Context. Sheath regions ahead of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale heliospheric structures that form gradually with CME expansion and propagation from the Sun. Turbulent and compressed sheaths could contribute to the acceleration of charged particles in the corona and in interplanetary space, but the relation of their internal structur…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 21
A Kinematic Perspective on the Formation Process of the Stellar Groups in the Rosette Nebula
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abffd8 Bibcode: 2021AJ....162...56L

Lim, Beomdu; Lee, Jeong-Eun; Yun, Hyeong-Sik +6 more

Stellar kinematics is a powerful tool for understanding the formation process of stellar associations. Here, we present a kinematic study of the young stellar population in the Rosette nebula using recent Gaia data and high-resolution spectra. We first isolate member candidates using the published mid-infrared photometric data and the list of X-ra…

2021 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 21
Dissecting the Gaia HR diagram within 200 pc
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1964 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.506.5681D

Girardi, Léo; Marigo, Paola; Chen, Yang +6 more

We analyse the high-quality Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD) derived from Gaia data release 2 for the Solar Neighbourhood. We start building an almost complete sample within 200 pc and for |b| > 25, so as to limit the impact of known errors and artefacts in the Gaia catalogue. Particular effort is then put into improving the modell…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 21
What happened before?. Disks around the precursors of young Herbig Ae/Be stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039802 Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A.133V

Waters, L. B. F. M.; Dominik, C.; Valegård, P. -G.

Context. Planets form in circumstellar disks around pre-main-sequence stars. A key question is, how do the formation and evolution of protoplanetary disks depend on stellar mass? Studies of circumstellar disks at infrared and submillimeter wavelengths around intermediate-mass Herbig Ae/Be stars have revealed disk structures such as cavities, gaps,…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI Gaia 21
The Impact of Stellar Clustering on the Observed Multiplicity and Orbital Periods of Planetary Systems
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abeb22 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...911L..16L

Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik; Longmore, Steven N.; Chevance, Mélanie

It has recently been shown that stellar clustering plays an important role in shaping the properties of planetary systems. We investigate how the multiplicity distributions and orbital periods of planetary systems depend on the 6D phase space density of stars surrounding planet host systems. We find that stars in high stellar phase space density e…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 21
Physical and chemical structure of the Serpens filament: Fast formation and gravity-driven accretion
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039465 Bibcode: 2021A&A...646A.170G

Menten, K. M.; Belloche, A.; Henkel, C. +5 more

Context. The Serpens filament, a prominent elongated structure in a relatively nearby molecular cloud, is believed to be at an early evolutionary stage, so studying its physical and chemical properties can shed light on filament formation and early evolution.
Aims: The main goal is to address the physical and chemical properties as well as th…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 21
Predicting the Magnetic Fields of a Stealth CME Detected by Parker Solar Probe at 0.5 au
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac25f4 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...920...65P

Al-Haddad, Nada; Lynch, Benjamin J.; Palmerio, Erika +5 more

Stealth coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptions from the Sun that are not associated with appreciable low-coronal signatures. Because they often cannot be linked to a well-defined source region on the Sun, analysis of their initial magnetic configuration and eruption dynamics is particularly problematic. In this article, we address this issue …

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 21
ExoMars TGO/NOMAD-UVIS Vertical Profiles of Ozone: 1. Seasonal Variation and Comparison to Water
DOI: 10.1029/2021JE006837 Bibcode: 2021JGRE..12606837P

Aoki, S.; Vandaele, A. C.; Daerden, F. +23 more

We present ∼1.5 Mars Years (MY) of ozone vertical profiles, covering LS = 163° in MY34 to LS = 320° in MY35, a period which includes the 2018 global dust storm. Since April 2018, the Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrometer channel of the Nadir and Occultation for Mars Discovery (NOMAD) instrument aboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orb…

2021 Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
ExoMars-16 21
3D core kinematics of NGC 6362: central rotation in a dynamically evolved globular cluster
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1257 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.506..813D

Vesperini, Enrico; Dalessandro, Emanuele; Kamann, Sebastian +4 more

We present a detailed 3D kinematic analysis of the central regions (R < 30 arcsec) of the low mass and dynamically evolved galactic globular cluster (GC) NGC 6362. The study is based on data obtained with ESO-VLT/MUSE used in combination with the adaptive optics module and providing ~3000 line-of-sight radial velocities, which have been complem…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia eHST 21
Evolution of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Complexity: A Numerical Study through a Swarm of Simulated Spacecraft
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac0d58 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...916L..15S

Poedts, Stefaan; Lugaz, Noé; Scolini, Camilla +1 more

In-situ measurements carried out by spacecraft in radial alignment are critical to advance our knowledge on the evolutionary behavior of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their magnetic structures during propagation through interplanetary space. Yet, the scarcity of radially aligned CME crossings restricts investigations on the evolution of CME ma…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
SolarOrbiter 21