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Detection of meteoroid hypervelocity impacts on the Cluster spacecraft: First results
DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023755 Bibcode: 2017JGRA..122.6485V

Mann, Ingrid; Vaverka, Jakub; Pellinen-Wannberg, Asta +5 more

We present the first study of dust impact events on one of the Earth-orbiting Cluster satellites. The events were identified in the measurements of the wide band data (WBD) instrument on board the satellite operating in monopole configuration. Since 2009 the instrument is operating in this configuration due to the loss of three electric probes and…

2017 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 19
Nature of shocks revealed by SOFIA OI observations in the Cepheus E protostellar outflow
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730454 Bibcode: 2017A&A...602A...8G

Godard, B.; Codella, C.; Benedettini, M. +12 more

Context. Protostellar jets and outflows are key features of the star-formation process, and primary processes of the feedback of young stars on the interstellar medium. Understanding the underlying shocks is necessary to explain how jet and outflow systems are launched, and to quantify their chemical and energetic impacts on the surrounding medium…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 19
Magnetic topological analysis of coronal bright points
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731041 Bibcode: 2017A&A...606A..46G

Madjarska, M. S.; Huang, Z.; Wiegelmann, T. +2 more

Context. We report on the first of a series of studies on coronal bright points which investigate the physical mechanism that generates these phenomena.
Aims: The aim of this paper is to understand the magnetic-field structure that hosts the bright points.
Methods: We use longitudinal magnetograms taken by the Solar Optical Telescope wit…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 19
The dependence of halo mass on galaxy size at fixed stellar mass using weak lensing
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx2068 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.472.2367C

Hudson, Michael J.; Balogh, Michael L.; Charlton, Paul J. L. +1 more

Stellar mass has been shown to correlate with halo mass, with non-negligible scatter. The stellar mass-size and luminosity-size relationships of galaxies also show significant scatter in galaxy size at fixed stellar mass. It is possible that, at fixed stellar mass and galaxy colour, the halo mass is correlated with galaxy size. Galaxy-galaxy lensi…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 19
Occurrence frequency and location of magnetic islands at the dayside magnetopause
DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023524 Bibcode: 2017JGRA..122.4138V

Allen, R. C.; Fuselier, S. A.; Trattner, K. J. +2 more

Simulations of magnetic reconnection often predict the formation of magnetic islands forming and propagating out through the reconnection exhaust region. However, to date, only a few observations of magnetic islands at the Earth's magnetopause have been identified and analyzed. Crossings near reconnection sites at the dayside magnetopause by Clust…

2017 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 19
Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Ultra-compact High Velocity Cloud AGC 226067: A Stripped Remnant in the Virgo Cluster
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7557 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...843..134S

Crnojević, D.; Sand, D. J.; Simon, J. D. +10 more

We analyze the optical counterpart to the ultra-compact high velocity cloud AGC 226067, utilizing imaging taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. The color-magnitude diagram of the main body of AGC 226067 reveals an exclusively young stellar population, with an age of ∼7-50 Myr, and is consistent with a meta…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 19
The Asymmetric Bow Shock/Pulsar Wind Nebula of PSR J2124-3358
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9890 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...851...61R

Slane, Patrick; Romani, Roger W.; Green, Andrew W.

We describe new measurements of the remarkable Hα/UV/X-ray bow shock and pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of the isolated millisecond pulsar (MSP) PSR J2124-3358. Chandra X-ray Observatory imaging shows a one-sided jet structure with a softer equatorial outflow. KOALA integral field unit spectroscopy shows that non-radiative emission dominates the bow sho…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 19
Solar Tornadoes Triggered by Interaction between Filaments and EUV Jets
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa71a2 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...841L..13C

Zhang, Jun; Yan, Xiaoli; Xue, Jianchao +2 more

We investigate the formations and evolutions of two successive solar tornadoes in/near AR 12297 during 2015 March 19-20. Recurrent EUV jets close to two filaments were detected along a large-scale coronal loop prior to the appearances of the tornadoes. Under the disturbances from the activities, the filaments continually ascended and finally inter…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 19
Atmospheric Photochemistry
DOI: 10.1017/9781139060172.013 Bibcode: 2017acm..book..374L

Lefèvre, Franck; Krasnopolsky, Vladimir

2017 Asteroids, Comets, Meteors - ACM2017
MEx 19
Jets of SS 433 on scales of dozens of parsecs
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629256 Bibcode: 2017A&A...599A..77P

Panferov, Alexander A.

Context. The radio nebula W 50 harbours the relativistic binary system SS 433, which is a source of powerful wind and jets. The origin of W 50 is wrapped in the interplay of the wind, supernova remnant, and jets. The evolution of the jets of SS 433 on the scale of the nebula W 50 is a Rosetta stone for its ori…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 19