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The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: CO Excitation and Atomic Carbon in Star-forming Galaxies at z = 1-3
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb82f Bibcode: 2020ApJ...902..109B

Carilli, Chris; Inami, Hanae; Boogaard, Leindert A. +16 more

We investigate the CO excitation and interstellar medium (ISM) conditions in a cold gas mass-selected sample of 22 star-forming galaxies at z = 0.46-3.60, observed as part of the ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (ASPECS). Combined with Very Large Array follow-up observations, we detect a total of 34 CO $J\to J-1$ transition…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 100
Gaia white dwarfs within 40 pc II: the volume-limited Northern hemisphere sample
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2030 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.499.1890M

Toonen, Silvia; Rebassa-Mansergas, Alberto; Gänsicke, Boris T. +6 more

We present an overview of the sample of Northern hemisphere white dwarfs within 40 pc of the Sun detected from Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2). We find that 521 sources are spectroscopically confirmed degenerate stars, 111 of which were first identified as white dwarf candidates from Gaia DR2 and followed up recently with the William Herschel Telescope …

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 100
Photometric detection of internal gravity waves in upper main-sequence stars. II. Combined TESS photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038224 Bibcode: 2020A&A...640A..36B

Simón-Díaz, S.; Aerts, C.; Bowman, D. M. +5 more

Context. Massive stars are predicted to excite internal gravity waves (IGWs) by turbulent core convection and from turbulent pressure fluctuations in their near-surface layers. These IGWs are extremely efficient at transporting angular momentum and chemical species within stellar interiors, but they remain largely unconstrained observationally.

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 100
Untangling the Galaxy. II. Structure within 3 kpc
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abc0e6 Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..279K

Stassun, Keivan G.; Kounkel, Marina; Covey, Kevin

We present the results of the hierarchical clustering analysis of the Gaia DR2 data to search for clusters, comoving groups, and other stellar structures. The current paper builds on the sample from the previous work, extending it in distance from 1 to 3 kpc and increasing the number of identified structures up to 8292. To aid in the analysis of t…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 99
Galactic cirri in deep optical imaging
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936111 Bibcode: 2020A&A...644A..42R

Trujillo, Ignacio; Román, Javier; Montes, Mireia

The ubiquitous presence of Galactic cirri in deep optical images represents a major obstacle to study the low surface brightness features of extragalactic sources. To address this issue, we have explored the optical properties of cirri using g, r, i, and z bands in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe82 region. Using state-of-the-art, custom…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 99
Particle Dynamics in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Review of Current Research and Open Questions
DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026735 Bibcode: 2020JGRA..12526735R

Li, X.; Ukhorskiy, A. Y.; Fennell, J. F. +4 more

The past decade transformed our observational understanding of energetic particle processes in near-Earth space. An unprecedented suite of observational systems was in operation including the Van Allen Probes, Arase, Magnetospheric Multiscale, Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms, Cluster, GPS, GOES, and Los Alamos N…

2020 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster DoubleStar 99
Properties of the dense core population in Orion B as seen by the Herschel Gould Belt survey
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834753 Bibcode: 2020A&A...635A..34K

White, G. J.; André, Ph.; Arzoumanian, D. +15 more

We present a detailed study of the Orion B molecular cloud complex (d ~ 400 pc), which was imaged with the PACS and SPIRE photometric cameras at wavelengths from 70 to 500 µm as part of the Herschel Gould Belt survey (HGBS). We release new high-resolution maps of column density and dust temperature for the whole complex, derived in the same …

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 99
Expected performances of the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS). III. Data reduction pipeline: architecture and simulated performances
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936325 Bibcode: 2020A&A...635A..24H

Guterman, P.; Deleuil, M.; Benz, W. +4 more

The CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) is set to be launched in December 2019 and will detect and characterize small size exoplanets via ultra high precision photometry during transits. CHEOPS is designed as a follow-up telescope and therefore it will monitor a single target at a time. The scientific users will retrieve science-ready ligh…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
CHEOPS Gaia 99
Atmospheric Dynamics of Hot Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00758-8 Bibcode: 2020SSRv..216..139S

Showman, Adam P.; Parmentier, Vivien; Tan, Xianyu

Groundbased and spacecraft telescopic observations, combined with an intensive modeling effort, have greatly enhanced our understanding of hot giant planets and brown dwarfs over the past ten years. Although these objects are all fluid, hydrogen worlds with stratified atmospheres overlying convective interiors, they exhibit an impressive diversity…

2020 Space Science Reviews
eHST 99
Very regular high-frequency pulsation modes in young intermediate-mass stars
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2226-8 Bibcode: 2020Natur.581..147B

Smalley, Barry; Li, Yaguang; Li, Gang +33 more

Asteroseismology probes the internal structures of stars by using their natural pulsation frequencies1. It relies on identifying sequences of pulsation modes that can be compared with theoretical models, which has been done successfully for many classes of pulsators, including low-mass solar-type stars2, red giants3

2020 Nature
Gaia 98