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The Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5): Chemical Abundances of Seven Stellar Streams
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abacb6 Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..181J

Lewis, Geraint F.; Casey, Andrew R.; Hattori, Kohei +16 more

We present high-resolution Magellan/MIKE spectroscopy of 42 red giant stars in seven stellar streams confirmed by the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5): ATLAS, Aliqa Uma, Chenab, Elqui, Indus, Jhelum, and Phoenix. Abundances of 30 elements have been derived from over 10,000 individual line measurements or upper limits us…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 77
Non-detection of TiO and VO in the atmosphere of WASP-121b using high-resolution spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937409 Bibcode: 2020A&A...636A.117M

Hooton, M. J.; Gibson, N. P.; Sing, D. K. +9 more

Thermal inversions have long been predicted to exist in the atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters. However, the detection of two species thought to be responsible - titanium oxide and vanadium oxide - remains elusive. We present a search for TiO and VO in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b (Teq ≳ 2400 K), an exoplanet with ev…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 77
HOLISMOKES. II. Identifying galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses in Pan-STARRS using convolutional neural networks
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038219 Bibcode: 2020A&A...644A.163C

Suyu, S. H.; Lemon, C.; Cañameras, R. +6 more

We present a systematic search for wide-separation (with Einstein radius θE ≳ 1.5″), galaxy-scale strong lenses in the 30 000 deg2 of the Pan-STARRS 3π survey on the Northern sky. With long time delays of a few days to weeks, these types of systems are particularly well-suited for catching strongly lensed supernovae with spat…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 77
The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS - II. Physical properties of the most massive stars in R136
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2801 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.499.1918B

Vink, Jorick S.; Brands, Sarah A.; Langer, Norbert +11 more

We present an optical analysis of 55 members of R136, the central cluster in the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Our sample was observed with STIS aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, is complete down to about 40 M, and includes seven very massive stars with masses over 100 M. We performed a spectroscopic anal…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 77
Photogeologic Map of the Perseverance Rover Field Site in Jezero Crater Constructed by the Mars 2020 Science Team
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00739-x Bibcode: 2020SSRv..216..127S

Liu, Yang; Mangold, Nicolas; Johnson, Jeffrey R. +64 more

The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site is located within Jezero crater, a ∼50 km diameter impact crater interpreted to be a Noachian-aged lake basin inside the western edge of the Isidis impact structure. Jezero hosts remnants of a fluvial delta, inlet and outlet valleys, and infill deposits containing diverse carbonate, mafic, and hydrated…

2020 Space Science Reviews
MEx 77
Superflares on Solar-type Stars from the First Year Observation of TESS
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab6606 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...890...46T

Yang, Ming; Tu, Zuo-Lin; Wang, F. Y. +1 more

Superflares, which are strong explosions on stars, have been well studied with the progress of spacetime-domain astronomy. In this work, we present the study of superflares on solar-type stars using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data. Thirteen sectors of observations during the first year of the TESS mission covered the southern hem…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 76
Revisiting the Distance, Environment, and Supernova Properties of SNR G57.2+0.8 that Hosts SGR 1935+2154
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc34a Bibcode: 2020ApJ...905...99Z

Vink, Jacco; Zhou, Ping; Zhou, Xin +3 more

We have performed a multiwavelength study of supernova remnant (SNR) G57.2+0.8 and its environment. The SNR hosts the magnetar SGR 1935+2154, which emitted an extremely bright millisecond-duration radio burst on 2020 April 28. We used the 12CO and 13CO J = 1-0 data from the Milky Way Image Scroll Painting CO line survey to se…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 76
Planetary system LHS 1140 revisited with ESPRESSO and TESS
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038922 Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A.121L

Deleuil, M.; Barrado, D.; Bonfils, X. +17 more

Context. LHS 1140 is an M dwarf known to host two transiting planets at orbital periods of 3.77 and 24.7 days. They were detected with HARPS and Spitzer. The external planet (LHS 1140 b) is a rocky super-Earth that is located in the middle of the habitable zone of this low-mass star. All these properties place this system at the forefront of the h…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 76
Architectures of Exoplanetary Systems. III. Eccentricity and Mutual Inclination Distributions of AMD-stable Planetary Systems
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abba18 Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..276H

Ford, Eric B.; Ragozzine, Darin; He, Matthias Y. +1 more

The angular momentum deficit (AMD) of a planetary system is a measure of its orbital excitation and a predictor of long-term stability. We adopt the AMD-stability criterion to constrain the orbital architectures for exoplanetary systems. Previously, He et al. showed through forward modeling (SysSim) that the observed multiplicity distribution can …

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 76
The KLEVER Survey: spatially resolved metallicity maps and gradients in a sample of 1.2 < z < 2.5 lensed galaxies
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3379 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.492..821C

Maiolino, Roberto; Cresci, Giovanni; Pettini, Max +17 more

We present near-infrared observations of 42 gravitationally lensed galaxies obtained in the framework of the KMOS Lensed Emission Lines and VElocity Review (KLEVER) Survey, a programme aimed at investigating the spatially resolved properties of the ionized gas in 1.2 < z < 2.5 galaxies by means of a full coverage of the YJ, H, and K near-inf…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 76