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A Broadband X-Ray Study of a Sample of AGNs with [O III] Measured Inclinations
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab879d Bibcode: 2020ApJ...894...71Z

Ajello, M.; Marchesi, S.; Baloković, M. +2 more

In modeling the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), the inclination angle is a parameter that can play an important role in analyzing the X-ray spectra of AGNs, but it has never been studied in detail. We present a broadband X-ray spectral analysis of the joint Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array-XMM-Newton observations of 13 sources…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 20
Extinction-free Census of AGNs in the AKARI/IRC North Ecliptic Pole Field from 23-band infrared photometry from Space Telescopes
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2988 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.499.4068W

Hashimoto, Tetsuya; Goto, Tomotsugu; Kim, Seong Jin +21 more

In order to understand the interaction between the central black hole and the whole galaxy or their co-evolution history along with cosmic time, a complete census of active galactic nucleus (AGN) is crucial. However, AGNs are often missed in optical, UV, and soft X-ray observations since they could be obscured by gas and dust. A mid-infrared (MIR)…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
AKARI 20
The Warm-Hot, Extended, Massive Circumgalactic Medium of NGC 3221: An XMM-Newton Discovery
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab93d2 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...897...63D

Mathur, Smita; Gupta, Anjali; Das, Sanskriti

Using Suzaku data, we had found a 3.4σ evidence for the X-ray emitting warm-hot circumgalactic medium (CGM) in the L galaxy NGC 3221. Here we present XMM-Newton data and outline an efficient, rigorous, and well-defined method to extract the faint CGM signal. We confirm the CGM detection at 4σ significance within 30-200 kpc of the galax…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 20
HD 191939: Three Sub-Neptunes Transiting a Sun-like Star Only 54 pc Away
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aba0b5 Bibcode: 2020AJ....160..113B

Barclay, Thomas; Vanderburg, Andrew; Mikal-Evans, Thomas +38 more

We present the discovery of three sub-Neptune-sized planets transiting the nearby and bright Sun-like star HD 191939 (TIC 269701147, TOI 1339), a Ks = 7.18 mag G8 V dwarf at a distance of only 54 pc. We validate the planetary nature of the transit signals by combining 5 months of data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite with …

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 20
Formation of Post-CME Blobs Observed by LASCO-C2 and K-Cor on 2017 September 10
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab799a Bibcode: 2020ApJ...892..129L

Lee, Kyoung-Sun; Jang, Soojeong; Cho, Kyung-Suk +6 more

Understanding the formation of post-CME blobs, we investigate 2 blobs in the outer corona observed by LASCO-C2 and 34 blobs in the inner corona by K-Cor on 2017 September 10 from 17:11 to 18:58 UT. By visual inspection of the structure of a post-CME current sheet (CS) and its associated blobs, we find that the CS is well identified in the K-Cor an…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 20
Measurement of the B-band galaxy Luminosity Function with Approximate Bayesian Computation
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/09/048 Bibcode: 2020JCAP...09..048T

Tortorelli, Luca; Herbel, Jörg; Amara, Adam +3 more

The galaxy Luminosity Function (LF) is a key observable for galaxy formation, evolution studies and for cosmology. In this work, we propose a novel technique to forward model wide-field broad-band galaxy surveys using the fast image simulator UFig and measure the LF of galaxies in the B-band. We use Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) to constr…

2020 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Gaia 20
An ALMA/NOEMA study of gas dissipation and dust evolution in the 5 Myr-old HD 141569A hybrid disc
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732243 Bibcode: 2020A&A...635A..94D

Augereau, J. -C.; Boccaletti, A.; Chapillon, E. +5 more

Context. The study of gas-rich debris discs is fundamental to characterising the transition between protoplanetary discs and debris discs.
Aims: We determine the physical parameters of the brightest gas-rich debris disc orbiting HD 141569A.
Methods: We analyse images from the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA)1 and the…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia eHST 20
A charging model for the Rosetta spacecraft
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038592 Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A..43J

Henri, P.; Eriksson, A. I.; Johansson, F. L. +5 more

Context. The electrostatic potential of a spacecraft, VS, is important for the capabilities of in situ plasma measurements. Rosetta has been found to be negatively charged during most of the comet mission and even more so in denser plasmas.
Aims: Our goal is to investigate how the negative VS correlates with electron den…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 20
Optical polarization properties of AGNs with significant VLBI-Gaia offsets
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slaa008 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.493L..54K

Blinov, D.; Kovalev, Y. Y.; Zobnina, D. I. +1 more

Significant positional offsets of the value from 1 mas to more than 10 mas were found previously between radio (VLBI) and optical (Gaia) positions of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). They happen preferentially parallel to the parsec-scale jet direction. AGNs with VLBI-to-Gaia offsets pointed downstream the jet are found to have favourably higher opt…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 20
The MASSIVE Survey XIV—Stellar Velocity Profiles and Kinematic Misalignments from 200 pc to 20 kpc in Massive Early-type Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7016 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...891...65E

Ma, Chung-Pei; Greene, Jenny E.; Blakeslee, John P. +3 more

We use high spatial resolution stellar velocity maps from the Gemini integral-field spectrograph (IFS) and wide-field velocity maps from the McDonald Mitchell IFS to study the stellar velocity profiles and kinematic misalignments from ∼200 pc to ∼20 kpc in 20 early-type galaxies (ETGs) with stellar mass M* > 1011.7M⊙<…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 20