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Evolution of exploding granules from coordinated observations by THEMIS, IRIS, SDO/HMI, and HINODE, and a simulation
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038132 Bibcode: 2020A&A...641A..50R

Malherbe, J. M.; Dalmasse, K.; Roudier, T. +3 more

Exploding granules constitute the strongest horizontal flows on the quiet Sun and contribute to the structure of the surface horizontal velocity fields which build the large-scale organization of the discrete magnetic field. In this work we explore exploding granule expansion through the observations of the ground-based THEMIS telescope, IRIS, SDO…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode IRIS 8
How to disentangle geometry and mass-loss rate from AGB-star spectral energy distributions. The case of EP Aquarii
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038029 Bibcode: 2020A&A...642A.142W

Jorissen, A.; Decin, L.; Groenewegen, M. A. T. +2 more

Context. High-angular-resolution observations of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars often reveal non-spherical morphologies for the gas and dust envelopes.
Aims: We aim to make a pilot study to quantify the impact of different geometries (spherically symmetric, spiral-shaped, and disc-shaped) of the dust component of AGB envelopes on spectra…

2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Herschel ISO 8
K2-HERMES II. Planet-candidate properties from K2 Campaigns 1-13
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1528 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.496..851W

Kane, Stephen R.; Casey, Andrew R.; Wittenmyer, Robert A. +22 more

Accurate and precise radius estimates of transiting exoplanets are critical for understanding their compositions and formation mechanisms. To know the planet, we must know the host star in as much detail as possible. We present complete results for planet-candidate hosts from the K2-HERMES survey, which uses the HERMES multi-object spectrograph on…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 8
The Kasei Valles, Mars: a unified record of episodic channel flows and ancient ocean levels
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75080-y Bibcode: 2020NatSR..1018571D

Duran, Sergio; Coulthard, Tom J.

There is widespread evidence across Mars of past flows in major channel systems as well as more than one palaeo ocean level. However, evidence for the timing of channel flows and ocean levels is based on geographically diverse sources with a limited number of dates, making reconstructions of palaeo flows and ocean levels patchy. Here, based on hig…

2020 Scientific Reports
MEx 8
Machine-learning Regression of Extinction in the Second Gaia Data Release
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab63d5 Bibcode: 2020AJ....159...84B

Bai, Yu; Wang, Song; Liu, JiFeng +1 more

Machine learning has become a popular tool to help us make better decisions and predictions, based on experiences, observations, and analyzing patterns, within a given data set without explicit functions. In this paper, we describe an application of the supervised machine-learning algorithm to the extinction regression for the second Gaia data rel…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 8
Physical Conditions of Gas Components in Debris Disks of 49 Ceti and HD 21997
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc5bb Bibcode: 2020ApJ...905..122H

Moór, Attila; Kóspál, Ágnes; Nomura, Hideko +2 more

Characterization of the gas component in debris disks is of fundamental importance for understanding their origin. To address this goal, we have conducted non-LTE (local thermodynamic equilibrium) analyses of the rotational spectral lines of CO including those of rare isotopologues (13CO and C18O) that have been observed towa…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 8
Geometry of the Draco C1 Symbiotic Binary
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abb248 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...900L..43L

Sarazin, Craig L.; Cunha, Katia; Smith, Verne V. +14 more

Draco C1 is a known symbiotic binary star system composed of a carbon red giant and a hot, compact companion—likely a white dwarf—belonging to the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy. From near-infrared spectroscopic observations taken by the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE-2), part of Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV, we provi…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 8
Subaru Near-infrared Imaging Polarimetry of Misaligned Disks around the SR 24 Hierarchical Triple System
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab5850 Bibcode: 2020AJ....159...12M

Henning, Thomas; Nakagawa, Takao; Terada, Hiroshi +66 more

The SR 24 multistar system hosts both circumprimary and circumsecondary disks, which are strongly misaligned with each other. The circumsecondary disk is circumbinary in nature. Interestingly, both disks are interacting, and they possibly rotate in opposite directions. To investigate the nature of this unique twin disk system, we present 0.″1 reso…

2020 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 8
Distorted surfaces of magnetic helium-peculiar stars: an application to a Cen
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa378 Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.493.2140K

Niemczura, E.; Leone, F.; Krtička, J. +3 more

Helium-peculiar magnetic chemically peculiar stars show variations of helium abundance across their surfaces. As a result of associated atmospheric scale height variations, the stellar surface becomes distorted, with helium-rich regions dented inwards. Effectively, on top of flux variations due to opacity effects, the depressed helium-rich surface…

2020 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IUE 8
EVR-CB-004: An Inflated Hot Subdwarf O Star + Unseen WD Companion in a Compact Binary Discovered with the Evryscope
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abb5b2 Bibcode: 2020ApJ...902...92R

Law, Nicholas M.; Kupfer, Thomas; Glazier, Amy +10 more

We present the discovery of EVR-CB-004, a close binary with a remnant stellar core and an unseen white dwarf (WD) companion. The analysis in this work reveals that the primary is potentially an inflated hot subdwarf (sdO) and more likely is a rarer post-blue horizontal branch (post-BHB) star. Post-BHBs are the short-lived shell-burning final stage…

2020 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 8