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An ultra-short period rocky super-Earth orbiting the G2-star HD 80653
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936689 Bibcode: 2020A&A...633A.133F

Vanderburg, A.; Poretti, E.; Sozzetti, A. +26 more

Ultra-short period (USP) planets are a class of exoplanets with periods shorter than one day. The origin of this sub-population of planets is still unclear, with different formation scenarios highly dependent on the composition of the USP planets. A better understanding of this class of exoplanets will, therefore, require an increase in the sample…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 25
Assessing spectra and thermal inversions due to TiO in hot Jupiter atmospheres
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1592 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.496.3870P

Madhusudhan, Nikku; Gandhi, Siddharth; Masseron, Thomas +3 more

Recent detections of thermal inversions in the dayside atmospheres of some hot Jupiters are motivating new avenues to understand the interplay between their temperature structures and other atmospheric conditions. In particular, TiO has long been proposed to cause thermal inversions in hot Jupiters, depending on other factors such as stellar irrad…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 25
AME: A Cross-scale Constellation of CubeSats to Explore Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar-Terrestrial Relation
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2020.00089 Bibcode: 2020FrP.....8...89D

Dunlop, Malcolm; Khotyaintsev, Yuri; Phan, Tai +25 more

A major subset of solar-terrestrial relations, responsible in particular for the driver of space weather phenomena, is the interaction between the Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind. As one of the most important modes of the solar-wind-magnetosphere interaction, magnetic reconnection regulates the energy transport and energy release in the s…

2020 Frontiers in Physics
Cluster 24
SCExAO/CHARIS High-contrast Imaging of Spirals and Darkening Features in the HD 34700 A Protoplanetary Disk
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aba8f6 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...900..135U

Currie, Thayne; Kwon, Jungmi; Tamura, Motohide +27 more

We present Subaru/SCExAO+Coronagraphic High Angular Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (CHARIS) broadband (JHK-band) integral field spectroscopy of HD 34700 A. CHARIS data recover HD 34700 A's disk ring and confirm multiple spirals discovered by Monnier et al. We set limits on substellar companions of ∼12 MJup at 0"3 (in the ring gap) and …

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 24
Constraining the radial drift of millimeter-sized grains in the protoplanetary disks in Lupus
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834537 Bibcode: 2020A&A...638A..38T

Williams, J. P.; Ansdell, M.; Facchini, S. +5 more

Context. Recent ALMA surveys of protoplanetary disks have shown that for most disks the extent of the gas emission is greater than the extent of the thermal emission of millimeter-sized dust. Both line optical depth and the combined effect of radially dependent grain growth and radial drift may contribute to this observed effect. To determine whet…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 24
Supernova Interaction with a Dense Detached Shell in SN 2001em
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb460 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...902...55C

Chandra, Poonam; Fransson, Claes; Chevalier, Roger A. +2 more

We carry out a comprehensive analysis of supernova SN 2001em covering a period of 19 yr since discovery. SN 2001em is the oldest supernova known to have undergone a metamorphosis from a stripped envelope to an interacting supernova. An early spectrum indicates it exploded as a Type Ib supernova. Later, the ejecta caught up with a dense circumstell…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 24
ACCESS: A Visual to Near-infrared Spectrum of the Hot Jupiter WASP-43b with Evidence of H2O, but No Evidence of Na or K
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab55da Bibcode: 2020AJ....159...13W

Kirk, James; López-Morales, Mercedes; Alam, Munazza K. +11 more

We present a new ground-based visual transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b, obtained as part of the ACCESS Survey. The spectrum was derived from four transits observed between 2015 and 2018, with combined wavelength coverage between 5300 and 9000 Å and an average photometric precision of 708 ppm in 230 Å bins. We perform an atmospheric…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 24
Multiplicity of the red supergiant population in the young massive cluster NGC 330
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936741 Bibcode: 2020A&A...635A..29P

Lennon, D. J.; Herrero, A.; de Koter, A. +7 more

Context. The multiplicity properties of massive stars are one of the important outstanding issues in stellar evolution. Quantifying the binary statistics of all evolutionary phases is essential to paint a complete picture of how and when massive stars interact with their companions, and to determine the consequences of these interactions.
Aim…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 24
SHARP - VI. Evidence for CO (1-0) molecular gas extended on kpc-scales in AGN star-forming galaxies at high redshift
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1342 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.495.2387S

Vegetti, S.; McKean, J. P.; Rizzo, F. +8 more

We present a study of the stellar host galaxy, CO (1-0) molecular gas distribution and AGN emission on 50-500 pc-scales of the gravitationally lensed dust-obscured AGN MG J0751+2716 and JVAS B1938+666 at redshifts 3.200 and 2.059, respectively. By correcting for the lensing distortion using a grid-based lens modelling technique, we spatially locat…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 24
PSR J1641+3627F: A Low-mass He White Dwarf Orbiting a Possible High-mass Neutron Star in the Globular Cluster M13
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc345 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...905...63C

Cadelano, Mario; Pallanca, Cristina; Salaris, Maurizio +5 more

We report on the discovery of the companion star to the millisecond pulsar J1631+3627F in the globular cluster M13. By means of a combination of optical and near-UV high-resolution observations obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, we identified the counterpart at the radio source position. Its location in the color-magnitude diagrams reveals …

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia eHST 24