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Unveiling the Physics of Low-luminosity AGNs through X-Ray Variability: LINER versus Seyfert 2
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/824/1/7 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...824....7H

González-Martín, O.; Perea, J.; Márquez, I. +2 more

X-ray variability is very common in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), but these variations may not occur similarly in different families of AGNs. We aim to disentangle the structure of low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions (LINERs) compared to Seyfert 2s by the study of their spectral properties and X-ray variations. We assembled the X-ray spe…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 20
Linking low- to high-mass young stellar objects with Herschel-HIFI observations of water
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525708 Bibcode: 2016A&A...585A.103S

Braine, J.; van Dishoeck, E. F.; Johnstone, D. +7 more

Context. Water probes the dynamics in young stellar objects (YSOs) effectively, especially shocks in molecular outflows. It is therefore a key molecule for exploring whether the physical properties of low-mass protostars can be extrapolated to massive YSOs, an important step in understanding the fundamental mechanisms regulating star formation.

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 20
The PEP survey: evidence for intense star-forming activity in the majority of radio-selected AGN at z ≳ 1
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2645 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.456..431M

Berta, S.; Lutz, D.; Popesso, P. +4 more

In order to investigate the far-infrared (FIR) properties of radio-active active galactic nuclei (AGN), we have considered three different fields where both radio and FIR observations are the deepest to date: GOODS-South, GOODS-North and the Lockman Hole. Out of a total of 92 radio-selected AGN, ∼64 per cent are found to have a counterpart in Hers…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 20
PALOMA: A Magnetic CV between Polars and Intermediate Polars
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/56 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...830...56J

Pandey, J. C.; Singh, K. P.; Joshi, Arti +1 more

We present analyses of archival X-ray data obtained from the XMM-Newton satellite and optical photometric data obtained from 1 m class telescopes of ARIES, Nainital of a magnetic cataclysmic variable (MCV) Paloma. Two persistent periods at 156 ± 1 minutes and 130 ± 1 minutes are present in the X-ray data, which we interpret as the orbital and spin…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 20
Modeling of the Zodiacal Emission for the AKARI/IRC Mid-infrared All-sky Diffuse Maps
DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/71 Bibcode: 2016AJ....151...71K

Onaka, Takashi; Ootsubo, Takafumi; Kaneda, Hidehiro +6 more

The zodiacal emission, which is the thermal infrared (IR) emission from the interplanetary dust (IPD) in our solar system, has been studied for a long time. Nevertheless, accurate modeling of the zodiacal emission has not been successful to reproduce the all-sky spatial distribution of the zodiacal emission, especially in the mid-IR where the zodi…

2016 The Astronomical Journal
AKARI 20
The SLICE, CHESS, and SISTINE Ultraviolet Spectrographs: Rocket-Borne Instrumentation Supporting Future Astrophysics Missions
DOI: 10.1142/S2251171716400018 Bibcode: 2016JAI.....540001F

France, Kevin; Hoadley, Keri; Nell, Nicholas +4 more

NASA’s suborbital program provides an opportunity to conduct unique science experiments above Earth’s atmosphere and is a pipeline for the technology and personnel essential to future space astrophysics, heliophysics, and atmospheric science missions. In this paper, we describe three astronomy payloads developed (or in development) by the Ultravio…

2016 Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
IUE 20
Prospects for high-z cluster detections with Planck, based on a follow-up of 28 candidates using MegaCam at CFHT
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527299 Bibcode: 2016A&A...587A..23V

Dahle, H.; Aussel, H.; Aghanim, N. +13 more

The Planck catalogue of SZ sources limits itself to a significance threshold of 4.5 to ensure a low contamination rate by false cluster candidates. This means that only the most massive clusters at redshift z> 0.5, and in particular z> 0.7, are expected to enter into the catalogue, with a large number of systems in that redshift regime being…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Planck 20
Simultaneous Near-Sun Observations of a Moving Type IV Radio Burst and the Associated White-Light Coronal Mass Ejection
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-016-0918-x Bibcode: 2016SoPh..291.1405H

Ramesh, R.; Kathiravan, C.; Wang, T. J. +1 more

We present rare contemporaneous low-frequency (<100 MHz) imaging, spectral, and polarimetric observations of a moving type IV radio burst that had close spatio-temporal association with a white-light coronal mass ejection (CME) near the Sun. We estimate the electron density near the burst region from white-light coronagraph polarized brightness…

2016 Solar Physics
SOHO 20
Cassini's geological and compositional view of Tethys
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.03.002 Bibcode: 2016Icar..274....1S

Rodriguez, Sebastien; Baines, Kevin H.; Buratti, Bonnie J. +14 more

The Saturnian satellite Tethys exhibits geological and spectral properties, whose appearance, nature and spatial distribution partly mirror those identified on the neighboring satellites Dione and Rhea or fit to the picture how spectral surface properties are expected to change from one satellite to the other within the inner Saturnian system. How…

2016 Icarus
Cassini 19
Radio variability in the Phoenix Deep Survey at 1.4 GHz
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1486 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.461.3314H

Gaensler, B. M.; Hancock, P. J.; Bell, M. E. +2 more

We use archival data from the Phoenix Deep Survey to investigate the variable radio source population above 1 mJy beam-1 at 1.4 GHz. Given the similarity of this survey to other such surveys we take the opportunity to investigate the conflicting results which have appeared in the literature. Two previous surveys for variability conducte…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
XMM-Newton 19