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Long-term monitoring of the outgassing and composition of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Rosetta/MIRO instrument
Hartogh, P.; Lellouch, E.; Crovisier, J. +14 more
We present the analysis of ≈100 molecular maps of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that were obtained with the MIRO submillimeter radiotelescope on board the Rosetta spacecraft. From the spectral line mapping of H216O, H218O, H217O, CH3OH, NH3, and C…
Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey
Tonry, J.; Huber, M. E.; Waters, C. +9 more
We present a systematic search for periodically varying quasar and supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) candidates in the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (MDS). From ∼9000 color-selected quasars in an ∼50 °2 sky area, we initially identify 26 candidates with more than 1.5 cycles of variation. We extend the baseline of observations via …
Galactic Winds in Low-mass Galaxies
Skillman, Evan D.; van Zee, Liese; McQuinn, Kristen. B. W.
Stellar-feedback-driven outflows are predicted to play a fundamental role in the baryon cycle of low-mass galaxies. However, observational constraints of winds in nearby dwarf galaxies are limited, as outflows are transient, intrinsically low surface brightness features and thus difficult to detect. Using deep Hα observations, we search for winds …
Ross Ice Shelf response to climate driven by the tectonic imprint on seafloor bathymetry
Tinto, K. J.; Padman, L.; Siddoway, C. S. +28 more
Ocean melting has thinned Antarctica's ice shelves at an increasing rate over the past two decades, leading to loss of grounded ice. The Ross Ice Shelf is currently close to steady state but geological records indicate that it can disintegrate rapidly, which would accelerate grounded ice loss from catchments equivalent to 11.6 m of global sea leve…
On the slow solar wind with high Alfvénicity: from composition and microphysics to spectral properties
D'Amicis, Raffaella; Bruno, Roberto; Matteini, Lorenzo
Alfvénic fluctuations are very common features in the solar wind and are found especially within the main portion of fast-wind streams while the slow wind usually is less Alfvénic and more variable. In general, the fast and slow winds show many differences, which span from the large-scale structure to small-scale phenomena, including also a differ…
Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts
Stubbs, T. J.; Elphic, R. C.; Benna, M. +2 more
Analyses of samples from the Apollo missions suggest that the Moon formed devoid of native water. However, recent observations by Cassini, Deep Impact, Lunar Prospector and Chandrayaan-1 indicate the existence of an active water cycle on the Moon. Here we report observations of this water cycle, specifically detections of near-surface water releas…
The Cumulative Mass Profile of the Milky Way as Determined by Globular Cluster Kinematics from Gaia DR2
Eadie, Gwendolyn; Jurić, Mario
We present new mass estimates and cumulative mass profiles (CMPs) with Bayesian credible regions for the Milky Way (MW) Galaxy, given the kinematic data of globular clusters (GCs) as provided by (1) the Gaia DR2 collaboration and the HSTPROMO team, and (2) the new catalog in Vasiliev (2019). We use GCs beyond 15 kpc to estimate the CMP of the MW, …
Measuring the Hubble constant and spatial curvature from supernova apparent magnitude, baryon acoustic oscillation, and Hubble parameter data
Park, Chan-Gyung; Ratra, Bharat
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy (spatial inhomogeneity) data provide the tightest constraints on the Hubble constant, matter density, spatial curvature, and dark energy dynamics. Other data, sensitive to the evolution of only the spatially homogeneous part of the cosmological model, such as Type Ia supernova apparent magnitude, baryon…
Observational constraints on the tilted flat-XCDM and the untilted nonflat XCDM dynamical dark energy inflation parameterizations
Park, Chan-Gyung; Ratra, Bharat
We constrain tilted spatially-flat and untilted nonflat XCDM dynamical dark energy inflation parameterizations using Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data and recent baryonic acoustic oscillations distance measurements, Type Ia supernovae data, Hubble parameter observations, and growth rate measurements. Inclusion of the fo…
Automated Mining of the ALMA Archive in the COSMOS Field (A3COSMOS). I. Robust ALMA Continuum Photometry Catalogs and Stellar Mass and Star Formation Properties for ∼700 Galaxies at z = 0.5-6
Bondi, M.; Magnelli, B.; Vaccari, M. +21 more
The rich information on (sub)millimeter dust continuum emission from distant galaxies in the public Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) archive is contained in thousands of inhomogeneous observations from individual PI-led programs. To increase the usability of these data for studies deepening our understanding of galaxy evolution,…