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Attenuation Modified by DIG and Dust as Seen in M31
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7b30 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...844..155T

Schinnerer, Eva; Blanc, Guillermo A.; Kreckel, Kathryn +5 more

The spatial distribution of dust in galaxies affects the global attenuation, and hence inferred properties, of galaxies. We trace the spatial distribution of dust in five approximately kiloparsec fields of M31 by comparing optical attenuation with the total dust mass distribution. We measure the attenuation from the Balmer decrement using Integral…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 18
Comparing Submillimeter Polarized Emission with Near-infrared Polarization of Background Stars for the Vela C Molecular Cloud
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa62a7 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837..161S

Ward-Thompson, Derek; Fissel, Laura M.; Nakamura, Fumitaka +27 more

We present a large-scale combination of near-infrared (near-IR) interstellar polarization data from background starlight with polarized emission data at submillimeter wavelengths for the Vela C molecular cloud. The near-IR data consist of more than 6700 detections probing a range of visual extinctions between 2 and 20 {mag} in and around the cloud…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia Herschel Planck 18
Nature of the Diffuse Source and Its Central Point-like Source in SNR 0509-67.5
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d57 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...837..111L

Pan, Kuo-Chuan; Ricker, Paul M.; Weisz, Daniel R. +7 more

We examine a diffuse emission region near the center of SNR 0509-67.5 to determine its nature. Within this diffuse region we observe a point-like source that is bright in the near-IR, but is not visible in the B and V bands. We consider an emission line observed at 6766 Å and the possibilities that it is Lyα, Hα, and [O II] λ3727. We examine the s…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 18
Similarities and uniqueness of Ly α emitters among star-forming galaxies at z = 2.5
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx091 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.468.1123S

Shibuya, Takatoshi; Suzuki, Tomoko L.; Koyama, Yusei +8 more

We conducted a deep narrow-band imaging survey with the Subaru Prime Focus Camera on the Subaru Telescope and constructed a sample of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z = 2.53 in the UDS-CANDELS field, where a sample of Hα emitters (HAEs) at the same redshift is already obtained from our previous narrow-band observation at near-infrared. The deep narrow-ban…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 18
A Helicity-Based Method to Infer the CME Magnetic Field Magnitude in Sun and Geospace: Generalization and Extension to Sun-Like and M-Dwarf Stars and Implications for Exoplanet Habitability
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-017-1124-1 Bibcode: 2017SoPh..292...89P

Patsourakos, S.; Georgoulis, M. K.

Patsourakos et al. (Astrophys. J.817, 14, 2016) and Patsourakos and Georgoulis (Astron. Astrophys.595, A121, 2016) introduced a method to infer the axial magnetic field in flux-rope coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the solar corona and farther away in the interplanetary medium. The method, based on the conservation principle of magnetic helicity, …

2017 Solar Physics
SOHO 18
NuSTAR and Swift Observations of the Ultraluminous X-Ray Source IC 342 X-1 in 2016: Witnessing Spectral Evolution
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa67e7 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...839...46S

Fabrika, S.; Shidatsu, M.; Ueda, Y.

We report on an X-ray observing campaign of the ultraluminous X-ray source IC 342 X-1 with NuSTAR and Swift in 2016 October, in which we captured the very moment when the source showed spectral variation. The Swift/XRT spectrum obtained in October 9-11 has a power-law shape and is consistent with those observed in the coordinated XMM-Newton and Nu…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 18
Peering Through the Dust. II. XMM-Newton Observations of Two Additional FIRST-2MASS Red Quasars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa88ac Bibcode: 2017ApJ...847..116G

Piconcelli, Enrico; Lacy, Mark; LaMassa, Stephanie +2 more

We obtained XMM-Newton observations of two highly luminous dust-reddened quasars, F2M1113+1244 and F2M1656+3821, that appear to be in the early, transitional phase predicted by merger-driven models of quasar/galaxy co-evolution. These sources have been well studied at optical through mid-infrared wavelengths and are growing relatively rapidly, wit…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton eHST 18
Time-series Spectroscopy of the Oscillating Algol-type Binary AB Cas
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aa6c25 Bibcode: 2017AJ....153..247H

Koo, Jae-Rim; Lee, Chung-Uk; Kim, Seung-Lee +4 more

This study presents the high-resolution spectra of the eclipsing binary AB Cas with a δ Sct-type pulsating component, which were obtained using the Bohyunsan Optical Echelle Spectrograph in Korea. In this paper, the radial velocities for the primary and secondary stars were measured from a total of 27 spectra made during two nights in 2015 October…

2017 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 18
Hydrogen in diffuse molecular clouds in the Milky Way. Atomic column densities and molecular fraction along prominent lines of sight
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628597 Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A...2W

Menten, K. M.; Gerin, M.; Wyrowski, F. +6 more

Context. Recent submillimeter and far-infrared wavelength observations of absorption in the rotational ground-state lines of various simple molecules against distant Galactic continuum sources have opened the possibility of studying the chemistry of diffuse molecular clouds throughout the Milky Way. In order to calculate abundances, the column den…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 18
Morphological Properties of the Crab Nebula: A Detailed Multiwavelength Study Based on New VLA, HST, Chandra, and XMM-Newton Images
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6983 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...840...82D

Talavera, A.; Pavlov, G. G.; Kargaltsev, O. +3 more

We present a detailed analysis of the morphological properties of the Crab Nebula across the electromagnetic spectrum based on new and previous high-quality data from radio to X-rays. In the radio range we obtained an image of the entire nebula at 3 GHz with subarcsecond angular resolution using the VLA (NRAO) and an image at 100 GHz of the centra…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton eHST 18