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Inflationary features and shifts in cosmological parameters from Planck 2015 data
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.083526 Bibcode: 2017PhRvD..96h3526O

Dvorkin, Cora; Obied, Georges; Miranda, Vinicius +2 more

We explore the relationship between features in the Planck 2015 temperature and polarization data, shifts in the cosmological parameters, and features from inflation. Residuals in the temperature data from the best-fit power-law Λ CDM model at low multipole ℓ≲40 are mainly responsible for the high H0 and low σ8Ωm

2017 Physical Review D
Planck 26
ALMA deep field in SSA22: Blindly detected CO emitters and [C II] emitter candidates
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx018 Bibcode: 2017PASJ...69...45H

Smail, Ian; Fujimoto, Seiji; Inoue, Akio K. +21 more

We report the identification of four millimeter line-emitting galaxies with the Atacama Large Milli/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in SSA22 Field (ADF22). We analyze the ALMA 1.1-mm survey data, with an effective survey area of 5 arcmin2, frequency ranges of 253.1-256.8 and 269.1-272.8 GHz, angular resolution of 0{^''.}7 and rms …

2017 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
eHST 26
Crowded Field Galaxy Photometry: Precision Colors in the CLASH Clusters
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ad5 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848...37C

Koekemoer, Anton M.; Donahue, Megan; Voit, G. Mark +8 more

We present a new method for photometering objects in galaxy clusters. We introduce a mode-filtering technique for removing spatially variable backgrounds, improving both detection and photometric accuracy (roughly halving the scatter in the red sequence compared to previous catalogs of the same clusters). This method is based on robustly determini…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 26
Chromospherically Active Stars in the RAVE Survey. II. Young Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/61 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835...61Z

Gilmore, G.; Freeman, K. C.; Munari, U. +19 more

A large sample of over 38,000 chromospherically active candidate solar-like stars and cooler dwarfs from the RAVE survey is addressed in this paper. An improved activity identification with respect to the previous study was introduced to build a catalog of field stars in the solar neighborhood with an excess emission flux in the calcium infrared t…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 26
First multi-wavelength campaign on the gamma-ray-loud active galaxy IC 310
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630347 Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A..25A

Maraschi, L.; Covino, S.; Antonelli, L. A. +161 more

Context. The extragalactic very-high-energy gamma-ray sky is rich in blazars. These are jetted active galactic nuclei that are viewed at a small angle to the line-of-sight. Only a handful of objects viewed at a larger angle are so far known to emit above 100 GeV. Multi-wavelength studies of such objects up to the highest energies provide new insig…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 26
SPRINTS: A Framework for Solar-Driven Event Forecasting and Research
DOI: 10.1002/2017SW001660 Bibcode: 2017SpWea..15.1321E

Falconer, D. A.; Engell, A. J.; Schuh, M. +2 more

Capabilities to predict onset and time profiles of solar-driven events, including solar X-ray flares; solar energetic particles (SEP); coronal mass ejections; and high-speed streams, are critical in mitigating their potential impacts. We introduce the Space Radiation Intelligence System (SPRINTS). This NASA-invested technology integrates preerupti…

2017 Space Weather
SOHO 26
Black hole spin of Cygnus X-1 determined from the softest state ever observed
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx009 Bibcode: 2017PASJ...69...36K

Done, Chris; Fukazawa, Yasushi; Takahashi, Hiromitsu +3 more

We show the softest ever spectrum from Cyg X-1, detected in 2013 with Suzaku. This has the weakest high-energy Compton tail ever seen from this object, so should give the cleanest view of the underlying disk spectrum, and hence the best determination of black hole spin from disk continuum fitting. Using the standard model of a disk with simple non…

2017 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Suzaku 26
Probing the Cold Dust Emission in the AB Aur Disk: A Dust Trap in a Decaying Vortex?
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa8558 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...846L...3F

Cernicharo, José; Fuente, Asunción; Baruteau, Clément +6 more

One serious challenge for planet formation is the rapid inward drift of pebble-sized dust particles in protoplanetary disks. Dust trapping at local maxima in the disk gas pressure has received much theoretical attention but still lacks observational support. The cold dust emission in the AB Aur disk forms an asymmetric ring at a radius of about 12…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 26
Structure formation in a colliding flow: The Herschel view of the Draco nebula
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628289 Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A.109M

Miville-Deschênes, M. -A.; Boulanger, F.; Abergel, A. +9 more

Context. The Draco nebula is a high Galactic latitude interstellar cloud observed at velocities corresponding to the intermediate velocity cloud regime. This nebula shows unusually strong CO emission and remarkably high-contrast small-scale structures for such a diffuse high Galactic latitude cloud. The 21 cm emission of the Draco nebula reveals t…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel Planck 26
Discovery of a glitch in the accretion-powered pulsar SXP 1062
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1771 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.4982S

Serim, M. M.; Şahiner, Ş.; ćerri-Serim, D. +2 more

We present timing analysis of the accretion-powered pulsar SXP 1062, based on the observations of Swift, XMM-Newton and Chandra satellites covering a time span of about 2 yr. We obtain a phase coherent timing solution that shows that SXP 1062 has been steadily spinning down with a rate -4.29(7) × 10-14 Hz s-1 leading to a sur…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
XMM-Newton 26