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A λ 3 mm Line Survey toward the Circumstellar Envelope of the Carbon-rich AGB Star IRC+10216 (CW Leo)
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad2460 Bibcode: 2024ApJS..271...45T

Zhang, Yong; Zhou, Jianjun; Szczerba, Ryszard +14 more

We present an unbiased λ 3 mm spectral line survey (between 84.5 and 115.8 GHz), conducted by the Purple Mountain Observatory 13.7 m radio telescope, together with updated modeling results, toward the carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch star IRC+10216 (CW Leo). A total of 75 spectral lines (96 transitions) are detected, and identified to arise fro…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Herschel 4
Magnetic field at the Galactic centre from multiwavelength dust polarization
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1464 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.531.5012A

Hoang, Thiem; Akshaya, M. S.

We have mapped the magnetic field (B-field) for a region of about 30 pc around the centre of our Galaxy, which encompasses the circumnuclear disc (CND), the minispiral, and the 20 and 50 km s-1 molecular clouds, using thermal dust polarization observations obtained from SOFIA/HAWC+ and JCMT/SCUPOL. We decompose the spectra of 12

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 4
Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): HD 34700 A unveils an inner ring
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347109 Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A..19C

Rab, C.; Ginski, C.; Dominik, C. +18 more

Context. The study of protoplanetary disks is fundamental to understand their evolution and interaction with the surrounding environment, and to constrain planet formation mechanisms.
Aims: We aim to characterise the young binary system HD 34700 A, which shows a wealth of structures.
Methods: Taking advantage of the high-contrast imaging…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
SuperCAM CO(3-2) APEX survey at a 6 pc resolution in the Small Magellanic Clouds
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348436 Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A..26S

Bolatto, A. D.; Rubio, M.; Bergman, P. +9 more

Context. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an ideal laboratory for studying the properties of star-forming regions thanks to its low metallicity, which has an impact on the molecular gas abundance. However, a small number of molecular gas surveys of the entire galaxy have been carried out in the last few years, limiting the measurements of inter…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 4
Linking High-z and Low-z: Are We Observing the Progenitors of the Milky Way with JWST?
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad833d Bibcode: 2024ApJ...974L..35R

Marconi, Alessandro; Salvadori, Stefania; Rusta, Elka +2 more

The recent JWST observation of the Firefly Sparkle at z = 8.3 offers a unique opportunity to link the high- and the low-z Universe. Indeed, the claim of it being a Milky Way (MW) type of assembly at the cosmic dawn opens the possibility of interpreting the observation with locally calibrated galaxy-formation models. Here, we use the a state-of-the…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 4
Pulsating hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs and pre-white dwarfs observed with TESS. VI. Asteroseismology of the GW Vir-type central star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 246
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202349103 Bibcode: 2024A&A...686A.140C

Córsico, Alejandro H.; Bell, Keaton J.; Uzundag, Murat +7 more

Context. Significant advances have been achieved through the latest improvements in the photometric observations accomplished by the recent space missions, which substantially boost the study of pulsating stars via asteroseismology. The TESS mission has already proven to be of particular relevance for pulsating white dwarf and pre-white dwarf star…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs: VIII. Kinematics in the solar neighbourhood
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451585 Bibcode: 2024A&A...692A.206C

Amado, P. J.; Caballero, J. A.; Reiners, A. +15 more

Aims. Our goals are to characterise the kinematic properties and to identify young and old stars among the M dwarfs of the CARMENES input catalogue. Methods. We compiled the spectral types, proper motions, distances, and radial velocities for 2187 M dwarfs. We used the public code SteParKin to derive their galactic space velocities and identify me…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 4
Sensor noise in L I S A P a t h f i n d e r : Laser frequency noise and its coupling to the optical test mass readout
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.042003 Bibcode: 2024PhRvD.109d2003A

Mendes, L.; Russano, G.; Sanjuan, J. +84 more

The LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission successfully demonstrated the feasibility of the technology needed for the future space borne gravitational wave observatory LISA. A key subsystem under study was the laser interferometer, which measured the changes in relative distance in between two test masses (TMs). It achieved a sensitivity of 32.0-1.7

2024 Physical Review D
LISAPathfinder 4
TOI-2490b - the most eccentric brown dwarf transiting in the brown dwarf desert
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1940 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.533.2823H

Trifonov, Trifon; Henning, Thomas; Ramsay, Gavin +40 more

We report the discovery of the most eccentric transiting brown dwarf in the brown dwarf desert, TOI-2490b. The brown dwarf desert is the lack of brown dwarfs around main-sequence stars within $\sim 3$ au and is thought to be caused by differences in formation mechan…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 4
A Comparative Study between M30 and M92: M92 is a Merger Remnant with a Large Helium Enhancement
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad12ca Bibcode: 2024ApJ...961..227L

Lee, Jae-Woo

We perform a comparative study of the ex situ second-parameter pair globular clusters (GCs) M30 and M92, having similar metallicities but different horizontal branch morphologies. We obtain similar mean primordial carbon abundances for both clusters. However, M92 shows a large dispersion in carbon due to a more extended C–N anticorrelation, while …

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 4