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NuSTAR Observations of Magnetar 1E 1048.1-5937
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/831/1/80 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...831...80Y

Yang, C.; Guillot, S.; Kaspi, V. M. +5 more

We report on simultaneous Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and XMM-Newton observations of the magnetar 1E 1048.1-5937, along with Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) data for the same source. The NuSTAR data provide a clear detection of this magnetar’s persistent emission up to 20 keV. We detect a previously unreported small secondary…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 10
Testing Relativistic Reflection and Resolving Outflows in PG 1211+143 with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/201 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...831..201L

Vaughan, S.; Reeves, J. N.; Pounds, K. +1 more

We analyze the broad-band X-ray spectrum (0.3-50 keV) of the luminous Seyfert 1/quasar PG 1211+143—the archetypal source for high-velocity X-ray outflows—using near-simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations. We compare pure relativistic reflection models with a model including the strong imprint of photoionized emission and absorption from a…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 10
Constraining White Dwarf Structure and Neutrino Physics in 47 Tucanae
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/821/1/27 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...821...27G

Kalirai, J. S.; Heyl, J.; Tremblay, P. E. +2 more

We present a robust statistical analysis of the white dwarf cooling sequence in 47 Tucanae. We combine Hubble Space Telescope UV and optical data in the core of the cluster, Modules for Experiments in Stellar Evolution (MESA) white dwarf cooling models, white dwarf atmosphere models, artificial star tests, and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling m…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 10
A revised gyro-age for M67 from Kepler/K2-Campaign-5 light curves
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2237 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.463.3513G

Gonzalez, Guillermo

We revisit the photometric variability of stars in the M67 field using Kepler/K2-Campaign-5 light curves. In our previous work, we limited the search area around M67 to that of a recent ground-based study. In the present work, we expand the search area and apply a more rigorous period-finding algorithm to determine the rotation periods of 98 main-…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SOHO 10
A database of synthetic photometry in the GALEX ultraviolet bands for the stellar sources observed with the International Ultraviolet Explorer
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527782 Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A..49B

Beitia-Antero, Leire; Gómez de Castro, Ana I.

Context. The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) has produced the largest photometric catalogue of ultraviolet (UV) sources. As such, it has defined the new standard bands for UV photometry: the near UV band (NUV) and the far UV band (FUV). However, due to brightness limits, the GALEX mission has avoided the Galactic plane which is crucial for astro…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 10
No evidence for large-scale outflows in the extended ionized halo of ULIRG Mrk273
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw033 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.459L..16S

Tadhunter, C. N.; Rose, M.; Spoon, H. +4 more

We present deep new Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) narrow-band images and William Herschel Telescope (WHT) long-slit spectroscopy of the merging system Mrk273 that show a spectacular extended halo of warm ionized gas out to a radius of ∼45 kpc from the system nucleus. Outside of the immediate nuclear regions (r > 6 kpc), there is no evidence fo…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 10
HELP*: star formation as a function of galaxy environment with Herschel†
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1466 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.462..277D

Scott, D.; Sargent, M. T.; Buat, V. +15 more

The Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project (HELP) brings together a vast range of data from many astronomical observatories. Its main focus is on the Herschel data, which maps dust-obscured star formation over 1300 deg2. With this unprecedented combination of data sets, it is possible to investigate how the star formation versus stellar …

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 10
Multi-wavelength Observations of a Subarcsecond Penumbral Transient Brightening Event
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/60 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...823...60B

Su, J. T.; Cao, W. D.; Deng, Y. Y. +3 more

We report a subarcsecond penumbral transient brightening event with the high-spatial resolution observations from the 1.6 m New Solar Telescope (NST), Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), and the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The transient brightening, whose thermal energy is in the range of nanoflares, has signatures in the chromosphere, t…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 10
Slipping reconnection in a solar flare observed in high resolution with the GREGOR solar telescope
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527966 Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A...1S

Strassmeier, K. G.; Schmidt, W.; Solanki, S. K. +23 more

A small flare ribbon above a sunspot umbra in active region 12205 was observed on November 7, 2014, at 12:00 UT in the blue imaging channel of the 1.5 m GREGOR telescope, using a 1 Å Ca II H interference filter. Context observations from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the Solar Optical Telescop…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode IRIS 10
Analysis of the WN star WR 102c, its WR nebula, and the associated cluster of massive stars in the Sickle Nebula
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527692 Bibcode: 2016A&A...588A...9S

Sander, A.; Hamann, W. -R.; Oskinova, L. M. +3 more

Context. The massive Wolf-Rayet type star WR 102c is located near the Quintuplet Cluster, one of the three massive star clusters in the Galactic centre region. Previous studies indicated that WR 102c may have a dusty circumstellar nebula and is among the main ionising sources of the Sickle N…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 9