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Photometry of high-redshift blended galaxies using deep learning
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3056 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.491.2481B

Castellano, Marco; Huertas-Company, Marc; Merlin, Emiliano +12 more

The new generation of deep photometric surveys requires unprecedentedly precise shape and photometry measurements of billions of galaxies to achieve their main science goals. At such depths, one major limiting factor is the blending of galaxies due to line-of-sight projection, with an expected fraction of blended galaxies of up to 50 per cent. Thi…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 51
Emergence of an Ultrared, Ultramassive Galaxy Cluster Core at z = 4
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9d1f Bibcode: 2020ApJ...898..133L

Ivison, R. J.; Casey, Caitlin M.; Long, Arianna S. +6 more

Recent simulations and observations of massive galaxy cluster evolution predict that the majority of stellar mass buildup happens within cluster members by z = 2, before cluster virialization. Protoclusters rich with dusty, star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at z > 3 are the favored candidate progenitors for these massive galaxy clusters at z ∼ 0. W…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel eHST 51
Strong Variability of Martian Water Ice Clouds During Dust Storms Revealed From ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD
DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006250 Bibcode: 2020JGRE..12506250L

Vandaele, Ann Carine; Aoki, Shohei; Thomas, Ian +12 more

Observations of water ice clouds and aerosols on Mars can provide important insights into the complexity of the water cycle. Recent observations have indicated an important link between dust activity and the water cycle, as intense dust activity can significantly raise the hygropause, and subsequently increase the escape of water after dissociatio…

2020 Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
ExoMars-16 51
Peter Pan Disks: Long-lived Accretion Disks Around Young M Stars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab68e6 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...890..106S

Debes, John H.; Kuchner, Marc J.; Wisniewski, John P. +11 more

WISEA J080822.18-644357.3, an M star in the Carina association, exhibits extreme infrared excess and accretion activity at an age greater than the expected accretion disk lifetime. We consider J0808 as the prototypical example of a class of M star accretion disks at ages ≳20 Myr, which we call "Peter Pan" disks, because they apparently refuse to g…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 51
The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey. XIV. Evolution of the Lyα emitter fraction from z = 3 to z = 6
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937340 Bibcode: 2020A&A...638A..12K

Bacon, Roland; Blaizot, Jérémy; Garel, Thibault +19 more

Context. The Lyα emitter (LAE) fraction, XLAE, is a potentially powerful probe of the evolution of the intergalactic neutral hydrogen gas fraction. However, uncertainties in the measurement of XLAE are still under debate.
Aims: Thanks to deep data obtained with the integral field spectrograph Multi Unit Spectroscopic Exp…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 50
The ALPINE-ALMA [CII] survey. Small Lyα-[CII] velocity offsets in main-sequence galaxies at 4.4 < z < 6
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037517 Bibcode: 2020A&A...643A...6C

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

Context. The Lyman-α line in the ultraviolet (UV) and the [CII] line in the far-infrared (FIR) are widely used tools to identify galaxies in the early Universe and to obtain insights into interstellar medium (ISM) properties in high-redshift galaxies. By combining data obtained with ALMA in band 7 at ∼320 GHz as part of the ALMA Large Program to I…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 50
Sun-Heliosphere Observation-based Ionization Rates Model
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab99a4 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...897..179S

McComas, D. J.; Bzowski, M.; Tokumaru, M. +1 more

The solar wind (SW) and the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation modulate fluxes of interstellar and heliospheric particles inside the heliosphere both in time and in space. Understanding this modulation is necessary to correctly interpret measurements of particles of interstellar origin inside the heliosphere. We present a revision of heliospheric…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO Ulysses 50
Ion-neutral Interactions and Nonequilibrium Ionization in the Solar Chromosphere
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab643f Bibcode: 2020ApJ...889...95M

Martínez-Sykora, Juan; De Pontieu, Bart; Nóbrega-Siverio, Daniel +4 more

The thermal structure of the chromosphere is regulated through a complex interaction of various heating processes, radiative cooling, and the ionization degree of the plasma. Here, we study the impact on the thermal properties of the chromosphere when including the combined action of nonequilibrium ionization (NEI) of hydrogen and helium and ion-n…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 50
Exploring open cluster properties with Gaia and LAMOST
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937131 Bibcode: 2020A&A...640A.127Z

Wu, Di; Chen, Li; Zhong, Jing +3 more

Context. In Gaia DR2, an unprecedented high level of precision has been reached at sub-milliarcsecond for astrometry and millimagnitudes for photometry. Using cluster members identified with the astrometry and photometry in Gaia DR2, we can obtain a reliable determination of cluster properties. However, because of the shortcomings of Gaia spectros…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 50
Spatially Resolved Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Great Dimming of Betelgeuse
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aba516 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...899...68D

Dupree, Andrea K.; Guinan, Edward F.; Leike, Reimar +9 more

The bright supergiant Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis, HD 39801) experienced a visual dimming during 2019 December and the first quarter of 2020, reaching an historic minimum 2020 February 7-13. During 2019 September-November, prior to the optical dimming event, the photosphere was expanding. At the same time, spatially resolved ultraviolet spectra usin…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 50