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The Balloon-Borne Investigation of Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the Corona (BITSE): Mission Description and Preliminary Results
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-020-01751-8 Bibcode: 2021SoPh..296...15G

Cho, K. -S.; Kim, Y. -H.; Gopalswamy, N. +16 more

We report on the Balloon-borne Investigation of Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the corona (BITSE) mission launched recently to observe the solar corona from ≈3 Rs to 15 Rs at four wavelengths (393.5, 405.0, 398.7, and 423.4 nm). The BITSE instrument is an externally occulted single stage coronagraph developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight …

2021 Solar Physics
SOHO 13
Simultaneous X-ray and radio observations of the transitional millisecond pulsar candidate CXOU J110926.4-650224. The discovery of a variable radio counterpart
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141431 Bibcode: 2021A&A...655A..52C

Campana, S.; de Martino, D.; Rea, N. +15 more

We present the results of simultaneous observations of the transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) candidate CXOU J110926.4-650224 with the XMM-Newton satellite and the MeerKAT telescope. The source was found at an average X-ray luminosity of LX ≃ 7 × 1033 erg s−1 over the 0.3−10 keV band (assumin…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia XMM-Newton 13
Disentangling the multiphase circumgalactic medium shared between a dwarf and a massive star-forming galaxy at z∼0.4
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3534 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.500.3987N

Charlton, Jane C.; Kacprzak, Glenn G.; Churchill, Christopher W. +4 more

The multiphase circumgalactic medium (CGM) arises within the complex environment around a galaxy, or collection of galaxies, and possibly originates from a wide range of physical mechanisms. In this paper, we attempt to disentangle the origins of these multiphase structures and present a detailed analysis of the quasar field Q0122-003 field using …

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 13
Imaging and Spectral Observations of a Type-II Radio Burst Revealing the Section of the CME-Driven Shock That Accelerates Electrons
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01810-8 Bibcode: 2021SoPh..296...62M

Gopalswamy, Nat; Kumari, Anshu; Patel, Ritesh +4 more

We report on a multi-wavelength analysis of the 26 January 2014 solar eruption involving a coronal mass ejection (CME) and a Type-II radio burst, performed by combining data from various space and ground-based instruments. An increasing standoff distance with height shows the presence of a strong shock, which further manifests itself in the contin…

2021 Solar Physics
SOHO 13
Imaging Evidence for Solar Wind Outflows Originating from a Coronal Mass Ejection Footpoint
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc8f6 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...906...62L

Golub, Leon; Aulanier, Guillaume; Schmieder, Brigitte +2 more

We report on Atmospheric Imaging Assembly observations of plasma outflows originating in a coronal dimming during a 2015 April 28 filament eruption. After the filament started to erupt, two flare ribbons formed, one of which had a well-visible hook enclosing a core (twin) dimming region. Along multiple funnels located in this dimming, a motion of …

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 13
The RR Lyrae projected density distribution from the Galactic centre to the halo
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038463 Bibcode: 2021A&A...646A..45N

Minniti, Dante; Ripepi, Vincenzo; Alonso-García, Javier +4 more

The projected density distribution of type ab RR Lyrae (RRab) stars was characterised from the innermost regions of the Milky Way to the halo, with the aim of placing constraints on the Galaxy's evolution. The compiled sample (NRRab = 64 850) stems from fundamental mode RR Lyrae variables identified by the VVV, OGLE, and Gaia surveys. T…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 13
Galactic Potential and Dark Matter Density from Angular Stellar Accelerations
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.241104 Bibcode: 2021PhRvL.127x1104B

Buschmann, Malte; Safdi, Benjamin R.; Schutz, Katelin

We present an approach to measure the Milky Way (MW) potential using the angular accelerations of stars in aggregate as measured by astrometric surveys like Gaia. Accelerations directly probe the gradient of the MW potential, as opposed to indirect methods using, e.g., stellar velocities. We show that end-of-mission Gaia stellar acceleration data …

2021 Physical Review Letters
Gaia 13
The first photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the extremely low mass-ratio contact binary NSVS 5029961
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1829 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.506.4251Z

Li, Kai; Xia, Qi-Qi; Zheng, Shu-Yue

We performed photometric and spectroscopic investigations of NSVS 5029961 for the first time. The new BV(RI)c-band light curves were obtained with the 1.0-m telescope at Weihai Observatory of Shandong University. Applying the Wilson-Devinney program, we found that NSVS 5029961 is an A-subtype shallow contact binary with extremely low ma…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 13
Radio and optical observations of the possible AE Aqr twin, LAMOST J024048.51+195226.9
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab498 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.503.3692P

Knigge, C.; Heywood, I.; Hewitt, D. M. +8 more

It was recently proposed that the cataclysmic variable (CV) LAMOST J024048.51+195226.9 may be a twin to the unique magnetic propeller system AE Aqr. If this is the case, two predictions are that it should display a short period white dwarf spin modulation, and that it should be a bright radio source. We obtained follow-up optical and radio observa…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 13
The TESS View of LOFAR Radio-emitting Stars
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac230c Bibcode: 2021ApJ...919L..10P

Pope, Benjamin J. S.; Günther, Maximilian N.; Ansdell, Megan +4 more

The recent detection of the M dwarf GJ 1151 at 144 MHz low radio frequencies using LOFAR has been interpreted as evidence of an exoplanet magnetically interacting with its host star. This would be the first exoplanet detected around a main-sequence star by a radio telescope. Radial velocity confirmation of such a planet has proven inconclusive and…

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 13