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High-resolution, 3D radiative transfer modelling. IV. AGN-powered dust heating in NGC 1068
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037476 Bibcode: 2020A&A...638A.150V

Bianchi, S.; Fritz, J.; Galliano, F. +18 more

The star formation rate and the mass of interstellar medium (ISM) have a high predictive power for the future evolution of a galaxy. Nevertheless, deriving such properties is not straightforward. Dust emission, an important diagnostic of star formation and ISM mass throughout the Universe, can be powered by sources unrelated to ongoing star format…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 22
Molecule-dependent oxygen isotopic ratios in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2701 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.498.5855A

Altwegg, K.; Balsiger, H.; Fuselier, S. A. +9 more

The ratios of the three stable oxygen isotopes 16O, 17O, and 18O on the Earth and, as far as we know in the Solar system, show variations on the order of a few per cent at most, with a few outliers in meteorites. However, in the interstellar medium there are some highly fractionated oxygen isotopic ratios in some s…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 22
The Correlation of Outflow Kinematics with Star Formation Rate. VI. Gas Outflows in AGNs
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abad97 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...901...66W

Rakshit, Suvendu; Woo, Jong-Hak; Son, Donghoon

We investigate the connection between ionized gas outflows and star formation activity using a large sample of type 1 and 2 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with far-infrared detections or star formation rate (SFR) estimates. The strength of ionized gas outflows, measured by the velocity dispersion and velocity shift of the [O III] emission line, cle…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
AKARI Herschel 22
CMZoom. II. Catalog of Compact Submillimeter Dust Continuum Sources in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/abb610 Bibcode: 2020ApJS..251...14H

Ho, Luis C.; Ott, Jürgen; Lu, Xing +19 more

In this paper we present the CMZoom survey's catalog of compact sources (<10″, ∼0.4 pc) within the central molecular zone (CMZ). CMZoom is a Submillimeter Array large program designed to provide a complete and unbiased map of all high column density gas (N(H2) ≥ 1023 cm-2) of the innermost 500 pc of the Galaxy i…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Herschel 22
A search for variable subdwarf B stars in TESS full frame images - I. Variable objects in the southern ecliptic hemisphere
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2991 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.499.5508S

Sahoo, S. K.; Baran, A. S.; Ostrowski, J. +1 more

We report the results of our search for pulsating subdwarf B stars in full frame images, sampled at 30 min cadence and collected during Year 1 of the TESS mission. Year 1 covers most of the southern ecliptic hemisphere. The sample of objects we checked for pulsations was selected from a subdwarf B stars data base available to public. Only two posi…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 22
Search for decaying eV-mass axion-like particles using gamma-ray signal from blazars
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/064 Bibcode: 2020JCAP...03..064K

Neronov, A.; Semikoz, D.; Korochkin, A.

Decaying axion-like particles (ALP) with masses in the eV range which might occupy dark matter halos of the Milky Way and other galaxies produce a characteristic "bump" feature in the spectrum of extragalactic background light (EBL). This feature leaves an imprint on the gamma-ray spectra of distant extragalactic sources. We derive constraints on …

2020 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
AKARI 22
Time variability of the Enceladus plumes: Orbital periods, decadal periods, and aperiodic change
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.006 Bibcode: 2020Icar..34413345I

Ingersoll, Andrew P.; Ewald, Shawn P.; Trumbo, Samantha K.

The Enceladus plumes vary on a number of timescales. Tidal stresses as Enceladus revolves in its eccentric orbit lead to a periodic diurnal variation in the mass and velocity of solid particles in the plume. Tidal stresses associated with an orbital resonance with Dione lead to a periodic decadal variation. Aperiodic variations occur on time scale…

2020 Icarus
Cassini 22
Correcting for chromatic stellar activity effects in transits with multiband photometric monitoring: application to WASP-52
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037586 Bibcode: 2020A&A...641A..82R

Granzer, T.; Mallonn, M.; Ribas, I. +5 more

Context. The properties, distribution, and evolution of inhomogeneities on the surface of active stars, such as dark spots and bright faculae, significantly influence the determination of the parameters of an orbiting exoplanet. The chromatic effect they have on transmission spectroscopy, for example, could affect the analysis of data from future …

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia eHST 22
Establishing Earth's Minimoon Population through Characterization of Asteroid 2020 CD3
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abc3bc Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..277F

Fedorets, Grigori; Granvik, Mikael; Schwamb, Megan E. +20 more

We report on our detailed characterization of Earth's second known temporary natural satellite, or minimoon, asteroid 2020 CD3. An artificial origin can be ruled out based on its area-to-mass ratio and broadband photometry, which suggest that it is a silicate asteroid belonging to the S or V complex in asteroid taxonomy. The discovery o…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 22
Asteroid lightcurve inversion with Bayesian inference
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038036 Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A.138M

Cellino, A.; Muinonen, K.; Penttilä, A. +2 more

Context. We assess statistical inversion of asteroid rotation periods, pole orientations, shapes, and phase curve parameters from photometric lightcurve observations, here sparse data from the ESA Gaia space mission (Data Release 2) or dense and sparse data from ground-based observing programs.
Aims: Assuming general convex shapes, we develop…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Rosetta 22