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The Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations project: analysis of radio source properties between 5 and 217 GHz
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2561 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.455.3249M

De Zotti, Gianfranco; Bonaldi, Anna; Lopez-Caniego, Marcos +3 more

The Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations (PACO) project has yielded observations of 464 sources with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) between 4.5 and 40 GHz. The main purpose of the project was to investigate the spectral properties of mm-selected radio sources at frequencies below and overlapping with the ESA's Planck satellite frequency …

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Planck 18
Characterization of artifacts introduced by the empirical volcano-scan atmospheric correction commonly applied to CRISM and OMEGA near-infrared spectra
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.012 Bibcode: 2016Icar..269..111W

Arvidson, R. E.; Morris, R. V.; Mustard, J. F. +8 more

The empirical 'volcano-scan' atmospheric correction is widely applied to martian near infrared CRISM and OMEGA spectra between ∼1000 and ∼2600 nm to remove prominent atmospheric gas absorptions with minimal computational investment. This correction method employs division by a scaled empirically-derived atmospheric transmission spectrum that is ge…

2016 Icarus
MEx 18
Orbital evolution and search for eccentricity and apsidal motion in the eclipsing HMXB 4U 1700-37
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1299 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.461..816I

Paul, Biswajit; Islam, Nazma

In the absence of detectable pulsations in the eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1700-37, the orbital period decay is necessarily determined from the eclipse timing measurements. We have used the earlier reported mid-eclipse time measurements of 4U 1700-37 together with the new measurements from long-term light curves obtained with the all sky m…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
INTEGRAL 18
Relationship between the CMB, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich cluster counts, and local Hubble parameter measurements in a simple void model
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.023529 Bibcode: 2016PhRvD..93b3529I

Oguri, Masamune; Ichiki, Kiyotomo; Yoo, Chul-Moon

The discrepancy between the amplitudes of matter fluctuations inferred from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster number counts and the measurement of temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) measured by the Planck satellite can be reconciled if the local universe is embedded in an underdense region as shown by …

2016 Physical Review D
Planck 18
Formation and Evolution of Blue Stragglers in 47 Tucanae
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/139 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...830..139P

Heyl, Jeremy; Richer, Harvey; Kalirai, Jason +2 more

Blue stragglers (BSS) are stars whose position in the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) places them above the main sequence (MS) turn-off (TO) point of a star cluster. Using data from the core of 47 Tuc in the ultraviolet (UV), we have identified various stellar populations in the CMD, and used their radial distributions to study the evolution and ori…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 18
Investigating the Conditions of the Formation of a Type II Radio Burst on 2014 January 8
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/70 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...830...70S

Cheng, X.; Ding, M. D.; Chen, P. F. +3 more

It is believed that type II radio bursts are generated by shock waves. In order to understand the generation conditions of type II radio bursts, we analyze the physical parameters of a shock front. The type II radio burst we selected was observed by the Siberian Solar Radio Telescope (SSRT) and Learmonth radio station and was associated with a lim…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 18
Multiwavelength observations of the blazar 1ES 1011+496 in Spring 2008
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw710 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.459.2286A

Maraschi, L.; Covino, S.; Antonelli, L. A. +157 more

The BL Lac object 1ES 1011+496 was discovered at very high energy (VHE, E > 100GeV) γ-rays by Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) in Spring 2007. Before that the source was little studied in different wavelengths. Therefore, a multiwavelength (MWL) campaign was organized in Spring 2008. Along MAGIC, the MWL campaign included t…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
INTEGRAL 18
Conjugate observations of quasiperiodic emissions by the Cluster, Van Allen Probes, and THEMIS spacecraft
DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022774 Bibcode: 2016JGRA..121.7647N

Pickett, J. S.; Kurth, W. S.; Santolík, O. +3 more

We present results of a detailed analysis of two electromagnetic wave events observed in the inner magnetosphere at frequencies of a few kilohertz, which exhibit a quasiperiodic (QP) time modulation of the wave intensity. The events were observed by the Cluster and Van Allen Probes spacecraft and in one event also by the THEMIS E spacecraft. The s…

2016 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 18
Field-aligned currents in Saturn's magnetosphere: Local time dependence of southern summer currents in the dawn sector between midnight and noon
DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022712 Bibcode: 2016JGRA..121.7785H

Coates, A. J.; Dougherty, M. K.; Alexeev, I. I. +6 more

We examine and compare the magnetic field perturbations associated with field-aligned ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling currents at Saturn, observed by the Cassini spacecraft during two sequences of highly inclined orbits in 2006/2007 and 2008 under late southern summer conditions. These sequences explore the southern currents in the dawn-noon and…

2016 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cassini 18
DSMC simulation of Europa water vapor plumes
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.030 Bibcode: 2016Icar..277..370B

Trafton, L. M.; Berg, J. J.; Goldstein, D. B. +1 more

A computational investigation of the physics of water vapor plumes on Europa was performed with a focus on characteristics relevant to observation and spacecraft mission operations. The direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method was used to model the plume expansion assuming a supersonic vent source. The structure of the plume was determined, inc…

2016 Icarus
eHST 18