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A Detailed Study of Non-thermal X-Ray Properties and Interstellar Gas toward the γ-Ray Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/175 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...799..175S

Tanaka, T.; Fukui, Y.; Onishi, T. +19 more

We have carried out a spectral analysis of the Suzaku X-ray data in the 0.4-12 keV range toward the shell-type very high-energy γ-ray supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946. The aims of this analysis are to estimate detailed X-rays spectral properties at a high angular resolution up to 2 arcmin and to compare them with the interstellar gas. The X…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
Suzaku 48
PS1-10jh Continues to Follow the Fallback Accretion Rate of a Tidally Disrupted Star
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/815/1/L5 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...815L...5G

Berger, E.; Rest, A.; Chornock, R. +5 more

We present late-time observations of the tidal disruption event candidate PS1-10jh. UV and optical imaging with Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 localize the transient to be coincident with the host galaxy nucleus to an accuracy of 0.023 arcsec, corresponding to 66 pc. The UV flux in the F225W filter, measured 3.35 rest-frame years after the peak of th…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 48
Early Science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: CO and [C II] Emission in the z = 4.3 AzTEC J095942.9+022938 (COSMOS AzTEC-1)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1963 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.454.3485Y

Iono, D.; Pope, A.; Terlevich, E. +27 more

Measuring redshifted CO line emission is an unambiguous method for obtaining an accurate redshift and total cold gas content of optically faint, dusty starburst systems. Here, we report the first successful spectroscopic redshift determination of AzTEC J095942.9+022938 (`COSMOS AzTEC-1'), the brightest 1.1 mm continuum source found in the AzTEC/Ja…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel eHST 48
Abundance and temperature distributions in the hot intra-cluster gas of Abell 4059
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201425282 Bibcode: 2015A&A...575A..37M

Zhang, Y. -Y.; Simionescu, A.; Kaastra, J. S. +5 more

Using the EPIC and RGS data from a deep (200 ks) XMM-Newton observation, we investigate the temperature structure (kT and σT) and the abundances of nine elements (O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Fe, and Ni) of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) in the nearby (z = 0.046) cool-core galaxy cluster Abell 4059. Next to a deep analysis of the cluster c…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 48
High-resolution Imaging of PHIBSS z ∼ 2 Main-sequence Galaxies in CO J = 1 → 0
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/175 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...809..175B

Wuyts, S.; Förster Schreiber, N. M.; Genzel, R. +14 more

We present Karl Jansky Very Large Array observations of the CO J=1-0 transition in a sample of four z∼ 2 main-sequence galaxies. These galaxies are in the blue sequence of star-forming galaxies at their redshift, and are part of the IRAM Plateau de Bure HIgh-z Blue Sequence Survey which imaged them in CO J=3-2. Two galaxies are imaged here at high…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 48
Constraints on the Initial-Final Mass Relation from Wide Double White Dwarfs
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/815/1/63 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...815...63A

Anderson, Scott F.; Gianninas, A.; Kilic, Mukremin +3 more

We present observational constraints on the initial-final mass relation (IFMR) using wide double white dwarfs (DWDs). We identify 65 new candidate wide DWDs within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, bringing the number of candidate wide DWDs to 142. We then engage in a spectroscopic follow-up campaign and collect existing spectra for these objects; usi…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 48
The Relation between Luminous AGNs and Star Formation in Their Host Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/159 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...808..159X

Smith, G. P.; Egami, E.; Rieke, G. H. +3 more

We study the relation of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to star formation in their host galaxies. Our sample includes 205 Type-1 and 85 Type-2 AGNs, 162 detected with Herschel, from fields surrounding 30 galaxy clusters in the Local Cluster Substructure Survey. The sample is identified by optical line widths and ratios after selection to be brighte…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 48
Geoeffectiveness of Coronal Mass Ejections in the SOHO Era
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-014-0613-8 Bibcode: 2015SoPh..290..579D

Rodriguez, L.; Vršnak, B.; Veronig, A. +6 more

The main objective of the study is to determine the probability distributions of the geomagnetic Dst index as a function of the coronal mass ejection (CME) and solar flare parameters for the purpose of establishing a probabilistic forecast tool for the intensity of geomagnetic storms. We examined several CME and flare parameters as well as the eff…

2015 Solar Physics
SOHO 48
Characteristics of Spiral Arms in Late-type Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/53 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...800...53H

Reid, M. J.; Honig, Z. N.

We have measured the positions of large numbers of H II regions in four nearly face-on, late-type, spiral galaxies: NGC 628 (M74), NGC 1232, NGC 3184, and NGC 5194 (M51). Fitting log-periodic spiral models to segments of each arm yields local estimates of spiral pitch angle and arm width. While pitch angles vary considerably along individual arms,…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 48
Hubble Frontier Field free-form mass mapping of the massive multiple-merging cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1168 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.451.3920D

Broadhurst, Tom; Zheng, Wei; Zitrin, Adi +4 more

We examine the latest data on the cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745 from the Hubble Frontier Fields campaign. The critically lensed area is the largest known of any lens and very irregular making it a challenge for parametric modelling. Using our free-form method we obtain an accurate solution, identify here many new sets of multiple images, doubling the n…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 48