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IACHEC Cross-calibration of Chandra, NuSTAR, Swift, Suzaku, XMM-Newton with 3C 273 and PKS 2155-304
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/2 Bibcode: 2017AJ....153....2M

Miller, Eric D.; Guainazzi, Matteo; Madsen, Kristin K. +5 more

On behalf of the International Astronomical Consortium for High Energy Calibration, we present results from the cross-calibration campaigns in 2012 on 3C 273 and in 2013 on PKS 2155-304 between the then active X-ray observatories Chandra, NuSTAR, Suzaku, Swift, and XMM-Newton. We compare measured fluxes between instrument pairs in two energy bands…

2017 The Astronomical Journal
Suzaku XMM-Newton 117
A Spectroscopic Search for AGN Activity in the Reionization Era
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa96a8 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...851...40L

Stark, Daniel P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Zitrin, Adi +4 more

The ubiquity of Lyman alpha (Lyα) emission in a sample of four bright [O III]-strong star-forming galaxies with redshifts above seven has led to the suggestion that such luminous sources represent a distinct population compared with their fainter, more numerous counterparts. The presence of Lyα emission within the reionization era could indicate t…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 117
A Neutron Star Binary Merger Model for GW170817/GRB 170817A/SSS17a
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91b3 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848L..34M

Lee, W. H.; Rest, A.; Foley, R. J. +14 more

The merging neutron star gravitational-wave event GW170817 has been observed throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to γ-rays. The resulting energetics, variability, and light curves are shown to be consistent with GW170817 originating from the merger of two neutron stars, in all likelihood followed by the prompt gravitati…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
INTEGRAL 117
Bulge-forming Galaxies with an Extended Rotating Disk at z ~ 2
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/135 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...834..135T

Übler, Hannah; Tamura, Yoichi; Kohno, Kotaro +24 more

We present 0.″2-resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations at 870 µm for 25 Hα-seleced star-forming galaxies around the main sequence at z = 2.2-2.5. We detect significant 870 µm continuum emission in 16 (64%) of these galaxies. The high-resolution maps reveal that the dust emission is mostly radiated from a s…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 117
A New, Large-scale Map of Interstellar Reddening Derived from H I Emission
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa84af Bibcode: 2017ApJ...846...38L

Hensley, Brandon S.; Doré, Olivier; Lenz, Daniel

We present a new map of interstellar reddening, covering the 39% of the sky with low H I column densities (NHI< 4× 1020 cm-2 or E(B-V)≈ 45 mmag) at 16.1\prime resolution, based on all-sky observations of Galactic H I emission by the HI4PI Survey. In this low-column-density regime, we derive a characteristic valu…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Planck 117
The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. VIII. A Comparison to Cosmological Short-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9018 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848L..23F

Berger, E.; Rest, A.; Annis, J. +19 more

We present a comprehensive comparison of the properties of the radio through X-ray counterpart of GW170817 and the properties of short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). For this effort, we utilize a sample of 36 short GRBs spanning a redshift range of z≈ 0.12{--}2.6 discovered over 2004-2017. We find that the counterpart to GW170817 has an isotrop…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 117
The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey first data release: Spectra and spectroscopic redshifts of 698 objects up to zspec 6 in CANDELS
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527963 Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A.110T

Maccagni, D.; Cimatti, A.; Ilbert, O. +45 more

This paper describes the first data release (DR1) of the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS). The VUDS-DR1 is the release of all low-resolution spectroscopic data obtained in 276.9 arcmin2 of the CANDELS-COSMOS and CANDELS-ECDFS survey areas, including accurate spectroscopic redshifts zspec and individual spectra obtained with VIM…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 116
Non-LTE aluminium abundances in late-type stars
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730427 Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A..75N

Lind, K.; Nordlander, T.


Aims: Aluminium plays a key role in studies of the chemical enrichment of the Galaxy and of globular clusters. However, strong deviations from LTE (non-LTE) are known to significantly affect the inferred abundances in giant and metal-poor stars.
Methods: We present non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) modeling of aluminium using re…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 116
Origin and Structures of Solar Eruptions I: Magnetic Flux Rope
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-017-9074-6 Bibcode: 2017ScChD..60.1383C

Cheng, Xin; Guo, Yang; Ding, MingDe

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares are the large-scale and most energetic eruptive phenomena in our solar system and able to release a large quantity of plasma and magnetic flux from the solar atmosphere into the solar wind. When these high-speed magnetized plasmas along with the energetic particles arrive at the Earth, they may intera…

2017 Science China Earth Sciences
IRIS SOHO 116
Predicting Quiescence: The Dependence of Specific Star Formation Rate on Galaxy Size and Central Density at 0.5 < z < 2.5
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6258 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...838...19W

Giavalisco, Mauro; van Dokkum, Pieter G.; Franx, Marijn +9 more

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between star formation and structure, using a mass-complete sample of 27,893 galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.5 selected from 3D-HST. We confirm that star-forming galaxies are larger than quiescent galaxies at fixed stellar mass ({M}\star ). However, in contrast with some simulations, there is…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 116