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Composition-dependent outgassing of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from ROSINA/DFMS. Implications for nucleus heterogeneity?
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526205 Bibcode: 2015A&A...583A...4L

Wurz, P.; Altwegg, K.; Balsiger, H. +15 more

Context. Early measurements of Rosetta's target comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P), showed a strongly heterogeneous coma in H2O, CO, and CO2.
Aims: The purpose of this work is to further investigate the coma heterogeneity of 67P, and to provide predictions for the near-perihelion outgassing profile based on the propo…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 65
Imaging and Spectroscopic Diagnostics on the Formation of Two Magnetic Flux Ropes Revealed by SDO/AIA and IRIS
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/82 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...804...82C

Cheng, X.; Ding, M. D.; Fang, C.

Helical magnetic flux rope (MFR) is a fundamental structure of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and has been discovered recently to exist as a sigmoidal channel structure prior to its eruption in the EUV high-temperature passbands of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). However, when and where the MFR is built up are still elusive. In this paper, …

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 65
The reversal of the SF-density relation in a massive, X-ray-selected galaxy cluster at z = 1.58: results from Herschel.
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slu180 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.447L..65S

Altieri, B.; Elbaz, D.; Valtchanov, I. +8 more

Dusty, star-forming galaxies have a critical role in the formation and evolution of massive galaxies in the Universe. Using deep far-infrared imaging in the range 100-500 µm obtained with the Herschel telescope, we investigate the dust-obscured star formation (SF) in the galaxy cluster XDCP J0044.0-2033 at z = 1.58, the most massive cluster …

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 65
Nature of the MHD and Kinetic Scale Turbulence in the Magnetosheath of Saturn: Cassini Observations
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/813/2/L29 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...813L..29H

Dougherty, M. K.; Sahraoui, F.; Masters, A. +5 more

Low-frequency turbulence in Saturn’s magnetosheath is investigated using in situ measurements of the Cassini spacecraft. Focus is put on the magnetic energy spectra computed in the frequency range of ∼[10-4, 1]Hz. A set of 42 time intervals in the magnetosheath were analyzed, and three main results that contrast with known features of s…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
Cassini 64
Variability of the hydrogen in the martian upper atmosphere as simulated by a 3D atmosphere-exosphere coupling
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.038 Bibcode: 2015Icar..245..282C

Lopez-Valverde, M. A.; Forget, F.; Chaufray, J. -Y. +4 more

We present the temporal variability of the atomic and molecular hydrogen density derived from a 3D General Circulation Model describing the martian atmosphere from the surface to the exobase. A kinetic exospheric model is used to compute the hydrogen density above the exobase. We use these models to study the diurnal and seasonal variations of the…

2015 Icarus
MEx 64
Neutral carbon and CO in 76 (U)LIRGs and starburst galaxy centers. A method to determine molecular gas properties in luminous galaxies
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425175 Bibcode: 2015A&A...578A..95I

van der Werf, P.; Israel, F. P.; Rosenberg, M. J. F.

In this paper we present fluxes in the [ CI ] lines of neutral carbon at the centers of some 76 galaxies with far-infrared luminosities ranging from 109 to 1012L, as obtained with the Herschel Space Observatory and ground-based facilities, along with the line fluxes of the J = 7-6, J = 4-3, J = 2-112CO,…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 64
Cross-correlation of Planck CMB lensing and CFHTLenS galaxy weak lensing maps
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.063517 Bibcode: 2015PhRvD..92f3517L

Hill, J. Colin; Liu, Jia

We cross-correlate cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing and galaxy weak lensing maps using the Planck 2013 and 2015 data and the 154 deg2 Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS). This measurement probes large-scale structure at intermediate redshifts ≈0.9 , between the high- and low-redshift peaks of the CMB and CF…

2015 Physical Review D
Planck 64
Giant Molecular Clouds in the Early-type Galaxy NGC 4526
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/803/1/16 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...803...16U

Rosolowsky, Erik; Sarzi, Marc; Cappellari, Michele +4 more

We present a high spatial resolution (≈20 pc) of 12CO(2 -1) observations of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4526. We identify 103 resolved giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and measure their properties: size R, velocity dispersion σv, and luminosity L. This is the first GMC catalog of an early-type galaxy. We find that the GMC populati…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 64
Jet-induced star formation in 3C 285 and Minkowski's Object
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424932 Bibcode: 2015A&A...574A..34S

Combes, F.; Salomé, P.; Salomé, Q.

How efficiently star formation proceeds in galaxies is still an open question. Recent studies suggest that active galactic nucleus (AGN) can regulate the gas accretion and thus slow down star formation (negative feedback). However, evidence of AGN positive feedback has also been observed in a few radio galaxies (e.g. Centaurus A, Minkowski's Objec…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 64
SN 2009ib: a Type II-P supernova with an unusually long plateau
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv857 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.450.3137T

Inserra, C.; Smartt, S. J.; Kankare, E. +18 more

We present optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of SN 2009ib, a Type II-P supernova in NGC 1559. This object has moderate brightness, similar to those of the intermediate-luminosity SNe 2008in and 2009N. Its plateau phase is unusually long, lasting for about 130 d after explosion. The spectra are similar to those of the subluminou…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 64