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Discovery of a 150 day period in the Venus condensational clouds
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.10.005 Bibcode: 2017Icar..286..118M

Tsang, Constantine C. C.; McGouldrick, Kevin

We have analyzed the long-term regional and global variation of emitted radiance in 1.74 µ m and 2.30 µ m near infrared spectral windows in the Venus atmosphere using the medium resolution, infrared channel of the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS-M-IR) on the Venus Express spacecraft. We find a periodic variati…

2017 Icarus
VenusExpress 8
Radio and X-ray properties of the source G29.37+0.1 linked to HESS J1844-030
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630093 Bibcode: 2017A&A...602A..31C

Giacani, E.; Castelletti, G.; Petriella, A. +2 more


Aims: We report on the first detailed multiwavelength study of the radio source G29.37+0.1, which is an as-yet-unclassified object linked to the very-high-energy γ-emitting source HESS J1844-030. The origin of the multiwavelength emission toward G29.37+0.1 has not been clarified so far, leaving open the question about the physical relationshi…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 8
Observation of a Large-scale Quasi-circular Secondary Ribbon Associated with Successive Flares and a Halo CME
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa93f7 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...850..167L

Yurchyshyn, Vasyl; Chae, Jongchul; Cho, Kyuhyoun +7 more

Solar flare ribbons provide an important clue to the magnetic reconnection process and associated magnetic field topology in the solar corona. We detected a large-scale secondary flare ribbon of a circular shape that developed in association with two successive M-class flares and one coronal mass ejection. The ribbon revealed interesting propertie…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Hinode 8
A New 3D Multi-fluid Dust Model: A Study of the Effects of Activity and Nucleus Rotation on Dust Grain Behavior at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa91ca Bibcode: 2017ApJ...850...72S

Huang, Z.; Jia, X.; Fougere, N. +7 more

Improving our capability to interpret observations of cometary dust is necessary to deepen our understanding of the role of dust in the formation of comets and in altering the cometary environments. Models including dust grains are in demand to interpret observations and test hypotheses. Several existing models have taken into account the gas-dust…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Rosetta 8
Collisions of Terrestrial Worlds: The Occurrence of Extreme Mid-infrared Excesses around Low-mass Field Stars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aa6343 Bibcode: 2017AJ....153..165T

Theissen, Christopher A.; West, Andrew A.

We present the results of an investigation into the occurrence and properties (stellar age and mass trends) of low-mass field stars exhibiting extreme mid-infrared (MIR) excesses ({L}{IR}/{L}* ≳ 0.01). Stars for the analysis were initially selected from the Motion Verified Red Stars (MoVeRS) catalog of photometric stars with …

2017 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 8
ASASSN-16eg: New candidate for a long-period WZ Sge-type dwarf nova
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx094 Bibcode: 2017PASJ...69...89W

Nogami, Daisaku; Kato, Taichi; Isogai, Keisuke +19 more

We report on our photometric observations of the 2016 superoutburst of ASASSN-16eg. This object showed a WZ Sge-type superoutburst with prominent early superhumps with a period of 0.075478(8) d and a post-superoutburst rebrightening. During the superoutburst plateau, it showed ordinary superhumps with a period of 0.077880(3) d and a period derivat…

2017 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Gaia 8
Exploring the SDSS Data Set with Linked Scatter Plots. I. EMP, CEMP, and CV Stars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/228/2/19 Bibcode: 2017ApJS..228...19C

Carbon, Duane F.; Henze, Christopher; Nelson, Bron C.

We present the results of a search for extremely metal-poor (EMP), carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP), and cataclysmic variable (CV) stars using a new exploration tool based on linked scatter plots (LSPs). Our approach is especially designed to work with very large spectrum data sets such as the SDSS, LAMOST, RAVE, and Gaia data sets, and it can be…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gaia 8
Photospheric Velocity Structures during the Emergence of Small Active Regions on the Sun
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa688f Bibcode: 2017ApJ...839...63K

Toriumi, Shin; Khlystova, Anna

We study the plasma flows in the solar photosphere during the emergence of two small active regions, NOAA 9021 and 10768. Using Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager data, we find that the strong plasma upflows appear at the initial stage of active region formation, with maximum upflow velocities of -1650 and -1320 m s-1…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 8
Low-ℓ CMB from string-scale SUSY breaking?
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732317300014 Bibcode: 2017MPLA...3230001S

Sagnotti, A.

Models of inflation are instructive playgrounds for supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking in Supergravity and String Theory. In particular, combinations of branes and orientifolds that are not mutually BPS can lead to brane SUSY breaking, a phenomenon where nonlinear realizations are accompanied, in tachyon-free vacua, by the emergence of steep exponentia…

2017 Modern Physics Letters A
Planck 8
Searching for initial stage of massive star formation around the H II region G18.2-0.3
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/17/6/57 Bibcode: 2017RAA....17...57Z

Zhang, Chuan-Peng; Wang, Jun-Jie; Yuan, Jing-Hua +6 more

Sometimes, early star formation can be found in cold and dense molecular clouds, such as an infrared dark cloud. Considering that star formation often occurs in clusters, H II regions may be triggering a new generation of star formation, so we can search for the initial stage of massive star formation around H II regions. Based on the above, this …

2017 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 8