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Interpreting the long-term variability of the changing-look AGN Mrk 1018
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348098 Bibcode: 2024A&A...683A.131V

Vignali, C.; Cignoni, M.; Matzeu, G. A. +2 more

We present a comprehensive study of the changing-look active galactic nucleus (CL-AGN) Mrk 1018 based on the largest dataset of optical, UV, and X-ray spectro-photometric data ever assembled for this source. Our investigation comprises a detailed analysis of X-ray spectra, broad-band photometry, and optical-to-X-ray spectral energy distribution (S…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 10
The Web Epoch of Reionization Lyα Survey (WERLS). I. MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of z ∼ 7–8 Lyα Emitters
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad4c6c Bibcode: 2024ApJ...970...50C

Papovich, Casey; Finkelstein, Steven L.; Casey, Caitlin M. +34 more

We present the first results from the Web Epoch of Reionization Lyα Survey (WERLS), a spectroscopic survey of Lyα emission using Keck I/MOSFIRE and LRIS. WERLS targets bright (J < 26) galaxy candidates with photometric redshifts of 5.5 ≲ z ≲ 8 selected from pre-JWST imaging embedded in the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) within three JWST deep fiel…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia eHST JWST 10
Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346705 Bibcode: 2024A&A...682A.102P

Alonso, R.; Deleuil, M.; Erikson, A. +79 more

Context. Multiwavelength photometry of the secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets is able to disentangle the reflected and thermally emitted light radiated from the planetary dayside. Based on this, we can measure the planetary geometric albedo Ag, which is an indicator of the presence of clouds in the atmosphere, and the recirculatio…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CHEOPS 10
Studying geometry of the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using X-ray and optical polarimetry
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450696 Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A.123P

Kaaret, Philip; Wu, Kinwah; Enoto, Teruaki +108 more

Discovery of pulsations from a number of ultra-luminous X-ray (ULX) sources proved that accretion onto neutron stars can produce luminosities exceeding the Eddington limit by several orders of magnitude. The conditions necessary to achieve such high luminosities as well as the exact geometry of the accretion flow in the neutron star vicinity are, …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 10
The PFS View of TOI-677 b: A Spin–Orbit Aligned Warm Jupiter in a Dynamically Hot System
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad2855 Bibcode: 2024AJ....167..175H

Butler, R. Paul; Rice, Malena; Collins, Karen A. +9 more

TOI-677 b is part of an emerging class of "tidally detached" gas giants (a/R ≳ 11) that exhibit large orbital eccentricities and yet low stellar obliquities. Such sources pose a challenge for models of giant planet formation, which must account for the excitation of high eccentricities without large changes in the orbital inclination.…

2024 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 10
CHANG-ES XXXI—A Decade of CHANG-ES: What We Have Learned from Radio Observations of Edge-on Galaxies
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies12030022 Bibcode: 2024Galax..12...22I

Murphy, Eric; Beck, Rainer; Walterbos, Rene +21 more

CHANG-ES (Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies—an EVLA Survey) is an ambitious project to target 35 nearby disk galaxies that are edge-on to the line of sight. The orientation permits both the disk and halo regions to be studied. The observations were initially at 1.5 GHz (L-band) and 6.0 GHz (C-band) in a variety of VLA array configurations, and in…

2024 Galaxies
XMM-Newton 10
Probing the face-on disc-corona system of the bare AGN Mrk 110 from UV to hard X-rays: A moderate changing-state AGN?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347202 Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A..40P

Done, C.; Grosso, N.; Porquet, D. +4 more

Context. The X-ray broadband spectra of the bare active galactic nucleus (AGN) Mrk 110, obtained by simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations performed in November 2019 and April 2020, are characterised by the presence of a prominent and absorption-free smooth soft X-ray excess, moderately broad O VII and Fe Kα emission lines, and a lack of …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 10
Mid-infrared spectra of T Tauri disks: Modeling the effects of a small inner cavity on CO2 and H2O emission
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348224 Bibcode: 2024A&A...682A..91V

Tabone, Benoît; van Dishoeck, Ewine F.; Vlasblom, Marissa +1 more

Context. The inner few AU of disks around young stars, where terrestrial planets are thought to form, are best probed in the infrared. The James Webb Space Telescope is now starting to characterize the chemistry of these regions in unprecedented detail, building on earlier results of the Spitzer Space Telescope that the planet-forming zone of disk…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
JWST 10
Stellar atmospheric parameters from Gaia BP/RP spectra using uncertain neural networks
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1303 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.531.2126F

Sanders, Jason L.; Fallows, Connor P.

With the plentiful information available in the Gaia BP/RP spectra, there is significant scope for applying discriminative models to extract stellar atmospheric parameters and abundances. We describe an approach to leverage an 'Uncertain Neural Network' model trained on APOGEE data to provide high-quality predictions with robust estimates for per-…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 10
Photometry of the Didymos System across the DART Impact Apparition
DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad0e74 Bibcode: 2024PSJ.....5...35M

de León, Julia; Licandro, Javier; Oszkiewicz, Dagmara +78 more

On 2022 September 26, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos, the satellite of binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. This demonstrated the efficacy of a kinetic impactor for planetary defense by changing the orbital period of Dimorphos by 33 minutes. Measuring the period change relied heavily on a coordinat…

2024 The Planetary Science Journal
Gaia 10