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Stellar Populations from Spectroscopy of a Large Sample of Quiescent Galaxies at Z > 1: Measuring the Contribution of Progenitor Bias to Early Size Growth
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/206 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...799..206B

Ellis, Richard S.; Belli, Sirio; Newman, Andrew B.

We analyze the stellar populations of a sample of 62 massive (log M */M > 10.7) galaxies in the redshift range 1 < z < 1.6, with the main goal of investigating the role of recent quenching in the size growth of quiescent galaxies. We demonstrate that our sample is not biased toward bright, compact, or young galaxie…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 120
Revealing the complex nature of the strong gravitationally lensed system H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 using ALMA
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1442 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.452.2258D

Ivison, R. J.; Smail, Ian; Cooray, A. +13 more

We have modelled Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre Array (ALMA) long baseline imaging of the strong gravitational lens system H-ATLAS J090311.6+003906 (SDP.81). We have reconstructed the distribution of band 6 and 7 continuum emission in the z = 3.042 source and determined its kinematic properties by reconstructing CO(5-4) and CO(8-7) line e…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 120
Self-consistent two-phase AGN torus models⋆. SED library for observers
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526034 Bibcode: 2015A&A...583A.120S

Siebenmorgen, Ralf; Efstathiou, Andreas; Heymann, Frank

We assume that dust near active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is distributed in a torus-like geometry, which can be described as a clumpy medium or a homogeneous disk, or as a combination of the two (i.e. a two-phase medium). The dust particles considered are fluffy and have higher submillimeter emissivities than grains in the diffuse interstellar medium…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 119
How to find magnetic nulls and reconstruct field topology with MMS data?
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021082 Bibcode: 2015JGRA..120.3758F

André, M.; Vaivads, A.; Cao, J. B. +6 more

In this study, we apply a new method—the first-order Taylor expansion (FOTE)—to find magnetic nulls and reconstruct magnetic field topology, in order to use it with the data from the forthcoming MMS mission. We compare this method with the previously used Poincare index (PI), and find that they are generally consistent, except that the PI method c…

2015 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 119
Cometary Isotopic Measurements
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-015-0156-9 Bibcode: 2015SSRv..197...47B

Jehin, Emmanuël; Engrand, Cécile; Sheridan, Simon +12 more

Isotopic ratios in comets provide keys for the understanding of the origin of cometary material, and the physical and chemical conditions in the early Solar Nebula. We review here measurements acquired on the D/H, 14N/15N, 16O/18O, 12C/13C, and 32S/34S ratios i…

2015 Space Science Reviews
Rosetta 119
Reconciling Planck results with low redshift astronomical measurements
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.061303 Bibcode: 2015PhRvD..92f1303B

Berezhiani, Zurab; Dolgov, A. D.; Tkachev, I. I.

We show that emerging tension between the direct astronomical measurements at low redshifts and cosmological parameters deduced from the Planck measurements of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies can be alleviated if the dark matter consists of two fractions, the stable part being dominant with a smaller unstable fraction. The latter cons…

2015 Physical Review D
Planck 118
Evolution of column density distributions within Orion A⋆
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526243 Bibcode: 2015A&A...577L...6S

Stutz, A. M.; Kainulainen, J.

We compare the structure of star-forming molecular clouds in different regions of Orion A to determine how the column density probability distribution function (N-PDF) varies with environmental conditions such as the fraction of young protostars. A correlation between the N-PDF slope and Class 0 protostar fraction has been previously observed in a…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 118
Deep radio imaging of 47 Tuc identifies the peculiar X-ray source X9 as a new black hole candidate
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1869 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.453.3918M

Maccarone, T. J.; Knigge, C.; van den Berg, M. +8 more

We report the detection of steady radio emission from the known X-ray source X9 in the globular cluster 47 Tuc. With a double-peaked C IV emission line in its ultraviolet spectrum providing a clear signature of accretion, this source had been previously classified as a cataclysmic variable. In deep ATCA (Australia Telescope Compact Array) imaging …

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 118
The Rate of Core Collapse Supernovae to Redshift 2.5 from the CANDELS and CLASH Supernova Surveys
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/813/2/93 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...813...93S

Ravindranath, Swara; Mobasher, Bahram; Riess, Adam G. +6 more

The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey and Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble multi-cycle treasury programs with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have provided new opportunities to probe the rate of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) at high redshift, now extending to z≈ 2.5. Here we use a sample of approxim…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 118
A Very Deep Chandra Observation of the Galaxy Group NGC 5813: AGN Shocks, Feedback, and Outburst History
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/112 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...805..112R

Simionescu, A.; Giacintucci, S.; David, L. +11 more

We present results from a very deep (650 ks) Chandra X-ray observation of the galaxy group NGC 5813, the deepest Chandra observation of a galaxy group to date. This system uniquely shows three pairs of collinear cavities, with each pair associated with an unambiguous active galactic nucleus (AGN) outburst shock front. The implied mean kinetic powe…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 118