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The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury. XV. The BEAST: Bayesian Extinction and Stellar Tool
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/104 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...826..104G

Bell, Eric F.; Skillman, Evan D.; Williams, Benjamin F. +17 more

We present the Bayesian Extinction And Stellar Tool (BEAST), a probabilistic approach to modeling the dust extinguished photometric spectral energy distribution of an individual star while accounting for observational uncertainties common to large resolved star surveys. Given a set of photometric measurements and an observational uncertainty model…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 60
A comprehensive analysis of the hard X-ray spectra of bright Seyfert galaxies
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw454 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.458.2454L

Papadakis, I. E.; Paltani, S.; Walter, R. +7 more

Hard X-ray spectra of 28 bright Seyfert galaxies observed with INTEGRAL were analysed together with the X-ray spectra from XMM-Newton, Suzaku and RXTE. These broad-band data were fitted with a model assuming a thermal Comptonization as a primary continuum component. We tested several model options through a fitting of the Comptonized continuum acc…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
INTEGRAL Suzaku XMM-Newton 60
Magnetohydrodynamics modeling of coronal magnetic field and solar eruptions based on the photospheric magnetic field
DOI: 10.1186/s40645-016-0084-7 Bibcode: 2016PEPS....3...19I

Inoue, Satoshi

In this paper, we summarize current progress on using the observed magnetic fields for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) modeling of the coronal magnetic field and of solar eruptions, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Unfortunately, even with the existing state-of-the-art solar physics satellites, only the photospheric magnetic fi…

2016 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Hinode 60
Non-linearity and environmental dependence of the star-forming galaxies main sequence
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2485 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.455.2839E

Finoguenov, A.; Berta, S.; Magnelli, B. +30 more

Using data from four deep fields (COSMOS, AEGIS, ECDFS, and CDFN), we study the correlation between the position of galaxies in the star formation rate (SFR) versus stellar mass plane and local environment at z < 1.1. To accurately estimate the galaxy SFR, we use the deepest available Spitzer/MIPS 24 and Herschel/PACS data sets. We distinguish …

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel eHST 60
Herschel-Planck dust optical depth and column density maps. II. Perseus
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526597 Bibcode: 2016A&A...587A.106Z

Alves, João; Bouy, Hervé; Lada, Charles J. +2 more

We present optical depth and temperature maps of the Perseus molecular cloud, obtained combining dust emission data from the Herschel and Planck satellites and 2MASS/NIR dust extinction maps. The maps have a resolution of 36 arcsec in the Herschel regions, and of 5 arcmin elsewhere. The dynamic range of the optical depth map ranges from 1 × 10

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel Planck 60
Unexpected and significant findings in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: an interdisciplinary view
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1663 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.462S...2F

Fulchignoni, M.; Grün, E.; Altobelli, N. +5 more

ESA's Rosetta Mission has followed Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from 3.6 au inbound to 3.6 au outbound. Many results are largely unexpected, as compared to previous models based on in situ and ground-based observations of Jupiter-family comets. The main topics discussed in this review are (1) the importance of the large concavities characterizi…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 60
Satellite Quenching and Galactic Conformity at 0.3 < z < 2.5
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/817/1/9 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...817....9K

Papovich, Casey; Kelson, Daniel D.; Kacprzak, Glenn G. +21 more

We measure the evolution of the quiescent fraction and quenching efficiency of satellites around star-forming and quiescent central galaxies with stellar mass {log}({M}{cen}/{M})\gt 10.5 at 0.3\lt z\lt 2.5. We combine imaging from three deep near-infrared-selected surveys (ZFOURGE/CANDELS, Ultra Deep Survey, and UltraVISTA)…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 60
Observations and modeling of northern mid-latitude recurring slope lineae (RSL) suggest recharge by a present-day martian briny aquifer
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.007 Bibcode: 2016Icar..265..125S

Michaels, Timothy I.; Hanley, Jennifer; Grimm, Robert E. +1 more

Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are narrow (0.5-5 m) dark features on Mars that incrementally lengthen down steep slopes, fade in colder seasons, and recur annually. These features have been identified from the northern to southern mid-latitudes. Here, we describe how observations of northern mid-latitude RSL in northern Chryse Planitia and southwest…

2016 Icarus
MEx 60
Influence of Venus topography on the zonal wind and UV albedo at cloud top level: The role of stationary gravity waves
DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004958 Bibcode: 2016JGRE..121.1087B

Bertaux, Jean-Loup; Fedorova, A.; Lebonnois, S. +6 more

Based on the analysis of UV images (at 365 nm) of Venus cloud top (altitude 67 ± 2 km) collected with Venus Monitoring Camera on board Venus Express (VEX), it is found that the zonal wind speed south of the equator (from 5°S to 15°S) shows a conspicuous variation (from -101 to -83 m/s) with geographic longitude of Venus, correlated with the underl…

2016 Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
VenusExpress 60
Constraints on the location of a possible 9th planet derived from the Cassini data
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628227 Bibcode: 2016A&A...587L...8F

Laskar, J.; Fienga, A.; Manche, H. +1 more

To explain the unusual distribution of Kuiper belt objects, several authors have advocated the existence of a super-Earth planet in the outer solar system. It has recently been proposed that a 10 M object with an orbit of 700 AU semi major axis and 0.6 eccentricity can explain the observed distribution of Kuiper belt objects around Sed…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cassini 60