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Ellerman bombs and UV bursts: reconnection at different atmospheric layers
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936574 Bibcode: 2020A&A...633A..58O

Nóbrega-Siverio, Daniel; Ortiz, Ada; Hansteen, Viggo H. +1 more

The emergence of magnetic flux through the photosphere and into the outer solar atmosphere produces, amongst other dynamical phenomena, Ellerman bombs (EBs), which are observed in the wings of Hα and are due to magnetic reconnection in the photosphere below the chromospheric canopy. Signs of magnetic reconnection are also observed in other spectra…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IRIS 35
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Characterization of the nearby ultra-compact multiplanetary system YZ Ceti
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936732 Bibcode: 2020A&A...636A.119S

Amado, P. J.; Bauer, F. F.; Caballero, J. A. +38 more

Context. The nearby ultra-compact multiplanetary system YZ Ceti consists of at least three planets, and a fourth tentative signal. The orbital period of each planet is the subject of discussion in the literature due to strong aliasing in the radial velocity data. The stellar activity of this M dwarf also hampers significantly the derivation of the…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 35
The Relative Emission from Chromospheres and Coronae: Dependence on Spectral Type and Age
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb36f Bibcode: 2020ApJ...902....3L

Brown, Alexander; Wheatley, Peter J.; France, Kevin +12 more

Extreme-ultraviolet and X-ray emission from stellar coronae drives mass loss from exoplanet atmospheres, and ultraviolet emission from stellar chromospheres drives photochemistry in exoplanet atmospheres. Comparisons of the spectral energy distributions of host stars are, therefore, essential for understanding the evolution and habitability of exo…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton eHST 35
Coordination within the remote sensing payload on the Solar Orbiter mission
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937032 Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A...6A

Williams, D.; Woch, J.; Peter, H. +71 more

Context. To meet the scientific objectives of the mission, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft carries a suite of in-situ (IS) and remote sensing (RS) instruments designed for joint operations with inter-instrument communication capabilities. Indeed, previous missions have shown that the Sun (imaged by the RS instruments) and the heliosphere (mainly samp…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarOrbiter 35
A Closer Look at Exoplanet Occurrence Rates: Considering the Multiplicity of Stars without Detected Planets
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abc47d Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..287S

Mayo, Andrew W.; Hirsch, Lea A.; Ciardi, David R. +5 more

One core goal of the Kepler mission was to determine the frequency of Earth-like planets that orbit Sun-like stars. Accurately estimating this planet occurrence rate requires both a well-vetted list of planets and a clear understanding of the stars searched for planets. Previous ground-based follow-up observations have, through a variety of method…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 35
TOI-824 b: A New Planet on the Lower Edge of the Hot Neptune Desert
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abac0c Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..153B

Butler, R. Paul; Barclay, Thomas; Vanderburg, Andrew +54 more

We report the detection of a transiting hot Neptune exoplanet orbiting TOI-824 (SCR J1448-5735), a nearby (d = 64 pc) K4V star, using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The newly discovered planet has a radius Rp = 2.93 ± 0.20 ${R}_{\oplus }$ and an orbital period of 1.393 days. Radial velocity measurements using the P…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 35
WD1032 + 011, an inflated brown dwarf in an old eclipsing binary with a white dwarf
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1608 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.497.3571C

Hermes, J. J.; Winget, D. E.; Gänsicke, B. T. +11 more

We present the discovery of only the third brown dwarf known to eclipse a non-accreting white dwarf. Gaia parallax information and multicolour photometry confirm that the white dwarf is cool (9950 ± 150 K) and has a low mass (0.45 ± 0.05 M), and spectra and light curves suggest the brown dwarf has a mass of 0.067 ± 0.006 M

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 35
Testing general relativity with x-ray reflection spectroscopy: The Konoplya-Rezzolla-Zhidenko parametrization
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.124071 Bibcode: 2020PhRvD.102l4071N

Tripathi, Ashutosh; Abdikamalov, Askar B.; Ayzenberg, Dimitry +6 more

X-ray reflection spectroscopy is a promising technique for testing general relativity in the strong-field regime as it can be used to test the Kerr black hole hypothesis. In this context, the parametrically deformed black hole metrics proposed by Konoplya, Rezzolla, and Zhidenko [Phys. Rev. D 93, 064015 (2016), 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.064015] form an …

2020 Physical Review D
Suzaku 35
Star-forming Clumps in Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab5dc3 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...888...92L

Sanders, D. B.; Murphy, E. J.; Armus, L. +15 more

We present HST narrowband near-infrared imaging of Paα and Paβ emission of 48 local luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) from the Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey. These data allow us to measure the properties of 810 spatially resolved star-forming regions (59 nuclei and 751 extranuclear clumps) and directly compare their properties to those …

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 35
The Gaia-ESO Survey: Calibrating the lithium-age relation with open clusters and associations. I. Cluster age range and initial membership selections
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037620 Bibcode: 2020A&A...643A..71G

Baratella, M.; Gilmore, G.; Bayo, A. +33 more

Context. Previous studies of open clusters have shown that lithium depletion is not only strongly age dependent but also shows a complex pattern with other parameters that is not yet understood. For pre- and main-sequence late-type stars, these parameters include metallicity, mixing mechanisms, convection structure, rotation, and magnetic activity…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 35