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Radiative Diagnostics in the Solar Photosphere and Chromosphere
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-016-0294-8 Bibcode: 2017SSRv..210..109D

van Noort, M.; de la Cruz Rodríguez, J.

Magnetic fields on the surface of the Sun and stars in general imprint or modify the polarization state of the electromagnetic radiation that is leaving from the star. The inference of solar/stellar magnetic fields is performed by detecting, studying and modeling polarized light from the target star. In this review we present an overview of techni…

2017 Space Science Reviews
Hinode 62
Cold and warm electrons at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630159 Bibcode: 2017A&A...605A..15E

Wahlund, J. -E.; Nilsson, H.; André, M. +20 more

Context. Strong electron cooling on the neutral gas in cometary comae has been predicted for a long time, but actual measurements of low electron temperature are scarce.
Aims: Our aim is to demonstrate the existence of cold electrons in the inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and show filamentation of this plasma.
Methods: In s…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 62
The Sizes and Depletions of the Dust and Gas Cavities in the Transitional Disk J160421.7-213028
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5abf Bibcode: 2017ApJ...836..201D

Dong, Ruobing; Ohashi, Nagayoshi; Tamura, Motohide +18 more

We report ALMA Cycle 2 observations of 230 GHz (1.3 mm) dust continuum emission, and 12CO, 13CO, and C18O J = 2-1 line emission, from the Upper Scorpius transitional disk [PZ99] J160421.7-213028, with an angular resolution of ∼0\buildrel{\prime\prime}\over{.} 25 (35 au). Armed with these data and existing H-band sc…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
AKARI 62
Kinematics and Optical Depth in the Green Peas: Suppressed Superwinds in Candidate LyC Emitters
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9d83 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...851L...9J

Scarlata, Claudia; Jaskot, Anne E.; Dowd, Tara +1 more

By clearing neutral gas away from a young starburst, superwinds may regulate the escape of Lyman continuum (LyC) photons from star-forming galaxies. However, models predict that superwinds may not launch in the most extreme, compact starbursts. We explore the role of outflows in generating low optical depths in the Green Peas (GPs), the only known…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 62
Interstellar Gas-phase Element Depletions in the Small Magellanic Cloud: A Guide to Correcting for Dust in QSO Absorption Line Systems
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa64d4 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...838...85J

Jenkins, Edward B.; Wallerstein, George

We present data on the gas-phase abundances for 9 different elements in the interstellar medium of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), based on the strengths of ultraviolet absorption features over relevant velocities in the spectra of 18 stars within the SMC. From this information and the total abundances defined by the element fractions in young s…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 61
Rapid precipitation of radiation belt electrons induced by EMIC rising tone emissions localized in longitude inside and outside the plasmapause
DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023267 Bibcode: 2017JGRA..122..293K

Omura, Yoshiharu; Kubota, Yuko

By performing test particle simulations of relativistic electrons scattered by electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) rising tone emissions, we find a nonlinear scattering process named SLPA (Scattering at Low Pitch Angle) totally different from the nonlinear wave trapping. The nonlinear wave trapping, occurring for high pitch angles away from the l…

2017 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 61
A 2500 deg2 CMB Lensing Map from Combined South Pole Telescope and Planck Data
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8d1d Bibcode: 2017ApJ...849..124O

Bleem, L. E.; Stark, A. A.; George, E. M. +44 more

We present a cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing map produced from a linear combination of South Pole Telescope (SPT) and Planck temperature data. The 150 GHz temperature data from the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ survey is combined with the Planck 143 GHz data in harmonic space to obtain a temperature map that has a broader ℓ coverage and le…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Planck 61
QUIJOTE scientific results - II. Polarisation measurements of the microwave emission in the Galactic molecular complexes W43 and W47 and supernova remnant W44
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2503 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.464.4107G

Lasenby, A.; Martínez-González, E.; Rebolo, R. +11 more

We present Q-U-I JOint TEnerife (QUIJOTE) intensity and polarisation maps at 10-20 GHz covering a region along the Galactic plane 24° ≲ l ≲ 45°, |b| ≲ 8°. These maps result from 210 h of data, have a sensitivity in polarisation of ≈40 µK beam-1 and an angular resolution of ≈1°. Our intensity data are crucial to confirm the presenc…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Planck 61
The Gaia DR1 mass-radius relation for white dwarfs
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2854 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.465.2849T

Gänsicke, B. T.; Jordan, S.; Tremblay, P. -E. +9 more

The Gaia Data Release 1 (DR1) sample of white dwarf parallaxes is presented, including six directly observed degenerates and 46 white dwarfs in wide binaries. This data set is combined with spectroscopic atmospheric parameters to study the white dwarf mass-radius relationship (MRR). Gaia parallaxes and G magnitudes are used to derive model atmosph…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia eHST 61
Neutral Carbon Emission in Luminous Infrared Galaxies: The [C I] Lines as Total Molecular Gas Tracers
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa6f0f Bibcode: 2017ApJ...840L..18J

Gao, Yu; Zhang, Zhi-Yu; Zhu, Ming +3 more

We present a statistical study of the [C I] (3P1 \to 3P0), [C I] (3P2 \to 3P1) lines (hereafter [C I] (1-0) and [C I] (2-1), respectively) and the CO(1-0) line for a sample of (ultra-)luminous infrared galaxies ((U)LIRGs). We explore the correlations between th…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 61