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Scale heights and equivalent widths of the iron K-shell lines in the Galactic diffuse X-ray emission
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psw057 Bibcode: 2016PASJ...68...59Y

Koyama, Katsuji; Nobukawa, Masayoshi; Uchiyama, Hideki +2 more

This paper reports the analysis of the X-ray spectra of the Galactic diffuse X-ray emission (GDXE) in the Suzaku archive. The fluxes of the Fe I Kα (6.4 keV), Fe XXV Heα (6.7 keV), and Fe XXVI Lyα (6.97 keV) lines are separately determined. From the latitude distributions, we confirm that the GDXE is decomposed into the Galactic center (GCXE), the…

2016 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Suzaku 34
Far-infrared study of tracers of oxygen chemistry in diffuse clouds
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526473 Bibcode: 2016A&A...585A..76W

Menten, K. M.; Neufeld, D. A.; Stutzki, J. +8 more

Context. The chemistry of the diffuse interstellar medium rests upon three pillars: exothermic ion-neutral reactions ("cold chemistry"), endothermic neutral-neutral reactions with significant activation barriers ("warm chemistry"), and reactions on the surfaces of dust grains. While warm chemistry becomes important in the shocks associated with tu…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 34
Free-free and H42α emission from the dusty starburst within NGC 4945 as observed by ALMA
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1659 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.463..252B

Dickinson, C.; Bendo, G. J.; Karim, A. +3 more

We present observations of the 85.69 GHz continuum emission and H42α line emission from the central 30 arcsec within NGC 4945. Both sources of emission originate from nearly identical structures that can be modelled as exponential discs with scalelengths of ∼2.1 arcsec (or ∼40 pc). An analysis of the spectral energy distribution based on combining…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 34
The Vertical-current Approximation Nonlinear Force-free Field Code—Description, Performance Tests, and Measurements of Magnetic Energies Dissipated in Solar Flares
DOI: 10.3847/0067-0049/224/2/25 Bibcode: 2016ApJS..224...25A

Aschwanden, Markus J.

In this work we provide an updated description of the Vertical-Current Approximation Nonlinear Force-Free Field (VCA-NLFFF) code, which is designed to measure the evolution of the potential, non-potential, free energies, and the dissipated magnetic energies during solar flares. This code provides a complementary and alternative method to existing …

2016 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
IRIS 34
Enhanced Star Formation of Less Massive Galaxies in a Protocluster at z = 2.5
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/826/2/L28 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...826L..28H

Suzuki, Tomoko L.; Koyama, Yusei; Kodama, Tadayuki +5 more

We investigate a correlation between star formation rate (SFR) and stellar mass for Hα emission-line galaxies (HAEs) in one of the richest protoclusters ever known at z ∼ 2.5, the USS 1558-003 protocluster. This study is based on a 9.7 hr narrowband imaging data with MOIRCS on the Subaru telescope. We are able to construct a sample in combination …

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 34
Galaxy Zoo: Mergers - Dynamical models of interacting galaxies
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw649 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.459..720H

Keel, William C.; Parrish, Michael; Smith, Arfon M. +6 more

The dynamical history of most merging galaxies is not well understood. Correlations between galaxy interaction and star formation have been found in previous studies, but require the context of the physical history of merging systems for full insight into the processes that lead to enhanced star formation. We present the results of simulations tha…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 34
H-ATLAS: a candidate high redshift cluster/protocluster of star-forming galaxies
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1224 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.461.1719C

Pérez-Fournon, I.; Valtchanov, I.; Ivison, R. J. +33 more

We investigate the region around the Planck-detected z = 3.26 gravitationally lensed galaxy HATLAS J114637.9-001132 (hereinafter HATLAS12-00) using both archival Herschel data from the H-ATLAS survey and using submm data obtained with both LABOCA and SCUBA2. The lensed source is found to be surrounded by a strong overdensity of both Herschel-SPIRE…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel Planck 34
Gas outflow and dust transport of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx332 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.462S.533L

Bertaux, Jean-Loup; Da Deppo, Vania; Naletto, Giampiero +46 more

Because of the diurnal thermal cycle and the irregular shape of the nucleus, gas outflow of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko could be highly anisotropic as indicated by the colliminated dust jet structures on the sunlit side. Based on the OSIRIS imaging observations of the outgassing effect, a simple model of surface sublimation can be constructed …

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 34
The ISLANDS Project. I. Andromeda XVI, An Extremely Low Mass Galaxy Not Quenched by Reionization
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/819/2/147 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...819..147M

McQuinn, Kristen B. W.; Dolphin, Andrew E.; Skillman, Evan D. +14 more

Based on data aquired in 13 orbits of Hubble Space Telescope time, we present a detailed evolutionary history of the M31 dSph satellite Andromeda XVI, including its lifetime star formation history (SFH), the spatial distribution of its stellar populations, and the properties of its variable stars. And XVI is characterized by prolonged star formati…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 34
First simultaneous SST/CRISP and IRIS observations of a small-scale quiet Sun vortex
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527440 Bibcode: 2016A&A...586A..25P

Doyle, J. G.; Scullion, E.; Tziotziou, K. +3 more

Context. Ubiquitous small-scale vortices have recently been found in the lower atmosphere of the quiet Sun in state-of-the-art solar observations and in numerical simulations.
Aims: We investigate the characteristics and temporal evolution of a granular-scale vortex and its associated upflows through the photosphere and chromosphere of a quie…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IRIS 34