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Relationships Between HCl, H2O, Aerosols, and Temperature in the Martian Atmosphere: 2. Quantitative Correlations
DOI: 10.1029/2024JE008351 Bibcode: 2024JGRE..12908351O

Patel, M. R.; Montmessin, F.; Fedorova, A. A. +15 more

The detection of hydrogen chloride (HCl) in the atmosphere of Mars was among the primary objectives of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission. Its discovery using the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite mid-infrared channel (ACS MIR) showed a distinct seasonality and possible link to dust activity. This paper is part 2 of a study investigating the li…

2024 Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
ExoMars-16 3
Slitless spectrophotometry with forward modelling: Principles and application to measuring atmospheric transmission
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347422 Bibcode: 2024A&A...684A..21N

Copin, Y.; Le Guillou, L.; Moniez, M. +9 more

Context. In the next decade, many optical surveys will aim to answer the question of the nature of dark energy by measuring its equation-of-state parameter at the per mill level. This requires trusting the photometric calibration of the survey with a precision never reached so far on many sources of systematic uncertainties. The measurement of the…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 3
Revision of the GeV γ-Ray Emission in the Region of HESS J1813-178 with Fermi-LAT
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad2ae1 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...965...28G

Xin, Yuliang; Guo, Xiaolei

HESS J1813-178 is one of the brightest and most compact TeV γ-ray sources, and whether its γ-ray emission is associated with supernova remnant (SNR), pulsar wind nebula (PWN), or young stellar cluster (YSC) is still under debate. By analyzing the GeV γ-ray data in the field of HESS J1813-178 using 14 yr of PASS 8 data recorded by the Fermi Large A…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
INTEGRAL 3
Volatile-rich Sub-Neptunes as Hydrothermal Worlds: The Case of K2-18 b
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad9eb1 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...977L..51L

Fortney, Jonathan J.; Moses, Julianne I.; Zhang, Xi +8 more

Temperate exoplanets between the sizes of Earth and Neptune, known as "sub-Neptunes," have emerged as intriguing targets for astrobiology. It is unknown whether these planets resemble Earth-like terrestrial worlds with a habitable surface, Neptune-like giant planets with deep atmospheres and no habitable surface, or something exotic in between. Re…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 3
Observational Properties of 155 β Cephei Pulsating Variable Stars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/ad1f66 Bibcode: 2024ApJS..271...28S

Shi, Xiang-dong; Qian, Sheng-bang; Zhu, Li-ying +3 more

β Cephei pulsating variable (BCEP) stars are the most massive pulsating variable stars in the main sequence, exhibiting both p- and g-mode pulsations. In this study, we identified 155 BCEP stars or candidates using data from TESS and Gaia, of which 83 were first confirmed as BCEP stars. They have visual magnitudes ranging from 8 to 12 mag and effe…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gaia 3
Revisiting empirical solar energetic particle scaling relations: II. Coronal mass ejections
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450705 Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A..60P

Veronig, Astrid M.; Papaioannou, Athanasios; Herbst, Konstantin +2 more

Aims. The space radiation environment conditions and the maximum expected coronal mass ejection (CME) speed are assessed by investigating scaling laws between the peak proton flux and fluence of solar energetic particle (SEP) events with the speed of the CMEs. Methods. We used a complete catalog of SEP events, covering the last ∼25 years of CME ob…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 3
Illuminating evaporating protostellar outflows: ERIS/SPIFFIER reveals the dissociation and ionization of HH 900
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3304 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.3220R

Reiter, Megan; Manara, Carlo F.; Ramsay, Suzanne +4 more

Protostellar jets and outflows are signposts of active star formation. In H II regions, molecular tracers like CO only reveal embedded portions of the outflow. Outside the natal cloud, outflows are dissociated, ionized, and eventually completely ablated, leaving behind only the high-density jet core. Before this process is complete, there should b…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 3
Stellar model tests and age determination for RGB stars from the APO-K2 catalogue
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451730 Bibcode: 2024A&A...690A.323V

Valle, G.; Dell'Omodarme, M.; Prada Moroni, P. G. +1 more

Aims. By adopting the recently empirically derived dependence of α-elements on [α/Fe] instead of the conventionally applied uniform one, we tested the agreement between stellar model predictions and observations for red giant branch (RGB) stars in the APO-K2 catalogue. We particularly focused on the biases in effective temperature scales and on th…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 3
A long-term study of the magnetic field and activity in the M giant RZ Ari. Magnetism and planet engulfment in a fairly evolved star?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346949 Bibcode: 2024A&A...681A..36K

Mathias, P.; Zamanov, R.; Baron, F. +12 more


Aims: We present a detailed long-term study of the single M6 III giant RZ Ari to obtain direct and simultaneous measurements of the magnetic field, activity indicators, and radial velocity in order to infer the origin of its activity. We study its magnetic activity in the context of stellar evolution, and for this purpose, we also refined its…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 3
JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy of intermediate-mass quiescent galaxies at z 3-4
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2300 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.534.3552S

Harikane, Yuichi; Inoue, Akio K.; Hashimoto, Takuya +9 more

We present the analysis of three intermediate-mass quiescent galaxies (QGs) with stellar masses of ${\sim} 10^{10}\, \mathrm{M}_{\odot }$ at redshifts $z\sim 3\!-\!4$ using NIRSpec lo…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JWST 3