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Complete spectral energy distribution of the hot, helium-rich white dwarf RX J0503.9-2854
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629869 Bibcode: 2017A&A...598A.135H

Hoyer, D.; Rauch, T.; Werner, K. +2 more

Context. In the line-of-sight toward the DO-type white dwarf RX J0503.9-2854, the density of the interstellar medium (ISM) is very low, and thus the contamination of the stellar spectrum almost negligible. This allows us to identify many metal lines in a wide wavelength range from the extreme ultraviolet to the near infrared.

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 11
The effect of the environment on the structure, morphology and star formation history of intermediate-redshift galaxies
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1155 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.469.4551K

Schrabback, Tim; Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso; Milvang-Jensen, Bo +4 more

With the aim of understanding the effect of the environment on the star formation history and morphological transformation of galaxies, we present a detailed analysis of the colour, morphology and internal structure of cluster and field galaxies at 0.4 ≤ z ≤ 0.8. We use the Hubble Space Telescope data for over 500 galaxies from the ESO Distant Clu…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 11
Outflow and Metallicity in the Broad-Line Region of Low-Redshift Active Galactic Nuclei
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/24 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835...24S

Nagao, Tohru; Woo, Jong-Hak; Shin, Jaejin

Outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are crucial to understand in investigating the co-evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies since outflows may play an important role as an AGN feedback mechanism. Based on archival UV spectra obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope and IUE, we investigate outflows in the broad…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
IUE eHST 11
Similarities in element content between comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko coma dust and selected meteorite samples
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1908 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.469S.492S

Engrand, Cécile; Merouane, Sihane; Paquette, John +8 more

We have analysed the element composition and the context of particles collected within the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with Rosetta's COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyzer (COSIMA). A comparison has been made between on board cometary samples and four meteorite samples measured in the laboratory with the COSIMA reference model. Focusing on th…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 11
Shallow water simulations of Saturn's giant storms at different latitudes
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.10.006 Bibcode: 2017Icar..286..241G

Sánchez-Lavega, A.; García-Melendo, E.

Shallow water simulations are used to present a unified study of three major storms on Saturn (nicknamed as Great White Spots, GWS) at different latitudes, polar (1960), equatorial (1990), and mid-latitude (2010) (Sánchez-Lavega, 2004; Sánchez-Lavega et al., 2011). In our model, the three GWS are initiated by introducing a Gaussian function pulse …

2017 Icarus
eHST 11
Reddening and He I λ10830 Absorption Lines in Three Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8223 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...845..126Z

Zhou, Hongyan; Ji, Tuo; Shi, Xiheng +6 more

We report the detection of heavy reddening and the He I* λ10830 absorption lines at the active galactic nucleus (AGN) redshift in three narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies: SDSS J091848.61+211717.0, SDSS J111354.66+124439.0, and SDSS J122749.13+321458.9. They exhibit very red optical to near-infrared colors, narrow Balmer/Paschen broad emission lines a…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 11
Orbital variations in intensity and spectral properties of the highly obscured sgHMXB IGR J16318-4848
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1575 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471..355I

Paul, Biswajit; Iyer, Nirmal

IGR J16318-4848 is an X-ray binary with the highest known line-of-sight absorption column density among all known X-ray binary systems in our Galaxy. In order to investigate the reason behind such a large absorption column, we looked at the variations in the X-ray intensity and spectral parameters as a function of the tentatively discovered ∼80 d …

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
INTEGRAL XMM-Newton 11
Rosetta Alice/VIRTIS observations of the water vapour UV electroglow emissions around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1895 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.469S.416C

Stern, S. A.; Feldman, P. D.; Bertaux, J. -L. +18 more

Several UV emission lines of the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko have been observed by Alice/Rosetta before the 67P/CG perihelion. The H and O emissions are mainly produced by impact dissociation of water molecules by suprathermal electrons. In this paper, we explore further the electron dissociative excitation of H2O to produce the U…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 11
Shutting down or powering up a (U)LIRG? Merger components in distinctly different evolutionary states in IRAS 19115-2124 (the Bird)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1685 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.2059V

Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; Reunanen, Juha; Mattila, Seppo +5 more

We present new SINFONI near-infrared (NIR) integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy and Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) optical long-slit spectroscopy characterizing the history of a nearby merging luminous infrared galaxy, dubbed the Bird (IRAS19115-2124). The NIR line-ratio maps of the IFU data cubes and stellar population fitting of the S…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 11
Two-dimensional Molecular Gas and Ongoing Star Formation around H II Region Sh2-104
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ee0 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...849..140X

Wang, Jun-Jie; Xu, Jin-Long; Xu, Ye +6 more

We performed a multi-wavelength study toward H II region Sh2-104. New maps of 12CO J = 1 - 0 and 13CO J = 1 - 0 were obtained from the Purple Mountain Observatory 13.7 m radio telescope. Sh2-104 displays a double-ring structure. The outer ring with a radius of 4.4 pc is dominated by 12, 500 µm, 12CO J = 1 - 0…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 11