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Cosmography in f (Q ) gravity
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.124029 Bibcode: 2020PhRvD.102l4029M

Wang, Deng; Sahoo, P. K.; Mandal, Sanjay

Cosmography is an ideal tool to investigate the cosmic expansion history of the Universe in a model-independent way. The equations of motion in modified theories of gravity are usually very complicated; cosmography may select practical models without imposing arbitrary choices a priori. We use the model-independent way to derive f (z ) and its der…

2020 Physical Review D
eHST 192
Neutrino and Positron Constraints on Spinning Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.101101 Bibcode: 2020PhRvL.125j1101D

Ray, Anupam; Laha, Ranjan; Dasgupta, Basudeb

Primordial black holes can have substantial spin—a fundamental property that has a strong effect on its evaporation rate. We conduct a comprehensive study of the detectability of primordial black holes with non-negligible spin, via the searches for the neutrinos and positrons in the MeV energy range. Diffuse supernova neutrino background searches …

2020 Physical Review Letters
INTEGRAL 190
Impact of space weather on climate and habitability of terrestrial-type exoplanets
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550419000132 Bibcode: 2020IJAsB..19..136A

Luhmann, J. G.; France, K.; Verkhoglyadova, O. P. +44 more

The search for life in the Universe is a fundamental problem of astrobiology and modern science. The current progress in the detection of terrestrial-type exoplanets has opened a new avenue in the characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres and in the search for biosignatures of life with the upcoming ground-based and space missions. To specify t…

2020 International Journal of Astrobiology
SOHO 187
A lack of evolution in the very bright end of the galaxy luminosity function from z ≃ 8 to 10
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa313 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.493.2059B

Bowler, R. A. A.; McLure, R. J.; Dunlop, J. S. +5 more

We utilize deep near-infrared survey data from the UltraVISTA fourth data release (DR4) and the VIDEO survey, in combination with overlapping optical and Spitzer data, to search for bright star-forming galaxies at z ≳ 7.5. Using a full photometric redshift fitting analysis applied to the ∼6 deg^2 of imaging searched, we find 27 Lyman break galaxie…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 186
The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab6993 Bibcode: 2020ApJS..247...25B

Sharon, K.; Gladders, M. D.; Ade, P. A. R. +135 more

We describe the observations and resultant galaxy cluster catalog from the 2770 deg2 SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey (SPT-ECS). Clusters are identified via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect and confirmed with a combination of archival and targeted follow-up data, making particular use of data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). With inco…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gaia eHST 184
The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937362 Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A..15K

Krucker, Säm; Veronig, A. M.; Rodríguez-Pacheco, J. +86 more


Aims: The Spectrometer Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on Solar Orbiter is a hard X-ray imaging spectrometer, which covers the energy range from 4 to 150 keV. STIX observes hard X-ray bremsstrahlung emissions from solar flares and therefore provides diagnostics of the hottest (⪆10 MK) flare plasma while quantifying the location, spectrum,…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 184
Hunting for open clusters in Gaia DR2: 582 new open clusters in the Galactic disc
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937386 Bibcode: 2020A&A...635A..45C

Castro-Ginard, A.; Jordi, C.; Luri, X. +8 more

Context. Open clusters are key targets for studies of Galaxy structure and evolution, and stellar physics. Since the Gaia data release 2 (DR2), the discovery of undetected clusters has shown that previous surveys were incomplete.
Aims: Our aim is to exploit the Big Data capabilities of machine learning to detect new open clusters in Gaia DR2,…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 173
The Gaia-Kepler Stellar Properties Catalog. II. Planet Radius Demographics as a Function of Stellar Mass and Age
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aba18a Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..108B

van Saders, Jennifer L.; Huber, Daniel; Berger, Travis A. +2 more

Studies of exoplanet demographics require large samples and precise constraints on exoplanet host stars. Using the homogeneous Kepler stellar properties derived using the Gaia Data Release 2 by Berger et al., we recompute Kepler planet radii and incident fluxes and investigate their distributions with stellar mass and age. We measure the stellar m…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 171
The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey. The nature, luminosity function, and star formation history of dusty galaxies up to z ≃ 6
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038487 Bibcode: 2020A&A...643A...8G

Cimatti, A.; Pozzi, F.; Rodighiero, G. +30 more


Aims: We present the detailed characterisation of a sample of 56 sources serendipitously detected in ALMA band 7 as part of the ALMA Large Program to INvestigate CII at Early Times (ALPINE). These sources, detected in COSMOS and ECDFS, have been used to derive the total infrared luminosity function (LF) and to estimate the cosmic star formati…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 171
Dust masses of young disks: constraining the initial solid reservoir for planet formation
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037851 Bibcode: 2020A&A...640A..19T

Manara, Carlo F.; van Dishoeck, Ewine F.; Rosotti, Giovanni P. +7 more

Context. Recent years have seen building evidence that planet formation starts early, in the first ~0.5 Myr. Studying the dust masses available in young disks enables us to understand the origin of planetary systems given that mature disks are lacking the solid material necessary to reproduce the observed exoplanetary systems, especially the massi…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 170