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Analysis of the Herschel/Hexos Spectral Survey Toward Orion South: A Massive Protostellar Envelope with Strong External Irradiation
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/12 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...832...12T

Menten, K. M.; Pagani, L.; Lis, D. C. +14 more

We present results from a comprehensive submillimeter spectral survey toward the source Orion South, based on data obtained with the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory, covering the frequency range of 480 to 1900 GHz. We detect 685 spectral lines with signal-to-noise ratios (S/Ns) > 3σ,…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 12
Analysis of a spatially deconvolved solar pore
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1068 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.460.1476Q

Ichimoto, K.; Suematsu, Y.; Katsukawa, Y. +3 more

Solar pores are active regions with large magnetic field strengths and apparent simple magnetic configurations. Their properties resemble the ones found for the sunspot umbra although pores do not show penumbra. Therefore, solar pores present themselves as an intriguing phenomenon that is not completely understood. We examine in this work a solar …

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hinode 12
The Spitzer-IRAC/MIPS Extragalactic Survey (SIMES) in the South Ecliptic Pole Field
DOI: 10.3847/0067-0049/223/1/1 Bibcode: 2016ApJS..223....1B

Rodighiero, G.; Papovich, C.; Salvato, M. +25 more

We present the Spitzer-IRAC/MIPS Extragalactic survey (SIMES) in the South Ecliptic Pole field. The large area covered (7.7 deg2), together with one of the lowest Galactic cirrus emissions in the entire sky and a very extensive coverage by Spitzer, Herschel, Akari, and GALEX, make the SIMES field ideal for extragalactic studies. The elo…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Herschel 12
Isotopic ratio of nitrogen on Titan: Photochemical interpretation
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.10.008 Bibcode: 2016P&SS..134...61K

Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.

Nitrogen isotope fractionation in predissociation of N2 (Liang et al., 2007) is combined with production of N(4S), N(2D), and N+ in dissociation and dissociative ionization by the solar EUV photons, photoelectrons, magnetospheric electrons and protons, and cosmic rays from the photochemical model. The ca…

2016 Planetary and Space Science
Cassini 12
Solar wind plasma entry observed by cluster in the high-latitude magnetospheric lobes
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021578 Bibcode: 2016JGRA..121.4135G

Dunlop, M. W.; Facskó, G.; Sun, W. J. +10 more

Using the Cluster data during the period from January to April between 2001 and 2006, we find an observation of solar wind entry due to magnetic reconnection occurred in the terrestrial high-latitude magnetospheric lobes, tailward of the cusps under northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). Occurrence rate of solar wind entry events in this s…

2016 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 12
The electrical properties of Titan's surface at the Huygens landing site measured with the PWA-HASI Mutual Impedance Probe. New approach and new findings
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.11.035 Bibcode: 2016Icar..270..272H

Lorenz, Ralph D.; Le Gall, Alice; Schwingenschuh, Konrad +9 more

Ten years after the successful landing of the Huygens Probe on the surface of Titan, we reassess the derivation of ground complex permittivity using the PWA-MIP/HASI measurements (Permittivity, Waves and Altimetry-Mutual Impedance Probe/Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument) at the frequencies 45, 90 and 360 Hz. For this purpose, we have develo…

2016 Icarus
Huygens 12
Jupiter's hydrogen bulge: A Cassini perspective
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.023 Bibcode: 2016Icar..278..238M

Melin, Henrik; Stallard, T. S.

We present observations of H Ly-α and H2 emissions on the body of Jupiter obtained during the Cassini flyby in late 2000 and early 2001. The H Ly-α emission is highly organised by System III longitude and latitude, peaking at a brightness of 22 kR between 90 and 120° longitude. This is known as the H Ly-α 'bulge'. These observations add…

2016 Icarus
Cassini 12
M Dwarf Activity in the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: First Catalog and Rotation Periods
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/281 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...833..281K

Berger, E.; Rest, A.; Chambers, K. C. +10 more

We report on an ongoing project to investigate activity in the M dwarf stellar population observed by the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey (PS1-MDS). Using a custom-built pipeline, we refine an initial sample of ∼4 million sources in PS1-MDS to a sample of 184,148 candidate cool stars using color cuts. Motivated by the well-known relationship betwee…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 12
GTC/CanariCam observations of (99942) Apophis
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526888 Bibcode: 2016A&A...585A..10L

Alvarez, C.; Delbo, M.; Licandro, J. +2 more

Context. The potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) (99942) Apophis is one of the most remarkable near-Earth asteroids (NEA) in terms of impact hazard. A good determination of its surface thermal inertia is very important in order to evaluate the Yarkovsky effect on its orbital evolution.
Aims: We present thermal infrared observations obtained …

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 12
The effect of the induced magnetic field on the electron density vertical profile of the Mars' ionosphere: A Mars Express MARSIS radar data analysis and interpretation, a case study
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.03.017 Bibcode: 2016P&SS..126...49R

Lester, M.; Ramírez-Nicolás, M.; Sánchez-Cano, B. +3 more

We report the indirect detection of an induced magnetic field in the ionosphere of Mars and its effects on the electron density behaviour. The observations were made by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) aboard Mars Express, in its Active Ionospheric Sounding mode. During several orbits on June 2006, the ionos…

2016 Planetary and Space Science
MEx 12