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A Global Star-forming Episode in M31 2-4 Gyr Ago
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/806/1/48 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...806...48W

Bell, Eric F.; Monachesi, Antonela; Dolphin, Andrew E. +9 more

We have identified a major global enhancement of star formation in the inner M31 disk that occurred between 2-4 Gyr ago, producing ∼60% of the stellar mass formed in the past 5 Gyr. The presence of this episode in the inner disk was discovered by modeling the optical resolved star color-magnitude diagrams of low extinction regions in the main disk…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 37
Understanding the Mg II and Hα Spectra in a Highly Dynamical Solar Prominence
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L13 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...800L..13H

Heinzel, P.; Schmieder, B.; Gunár, S. +1 more

Mg ii h and k and Hα spectra in a dynamical prominence have been obtained along the slit of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and with the Meudon Multi-channel Subtractive Double Pass spectrograph on 2013 September 24, respectively. Single Mg ii line profiles are not much reversed, while at some positions along the IRIS slit the pro…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 36
Predicting dust extinction properties of star-forming galaxies from Hα/UV ratio
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1599 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.453..879K

Yamamura, Issei; Takita, Satoshi; Koyama, Yusei +8 more

Using star-forming galaxies sample in the nearby Universe (0.02 < z < 0.10) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (DR7) and Galaxy Evolution Explorer all-sky survey (GR5), we present a new empirical calibration for predicting dust extinction of galaxies from the Hα-to-FUV flux ratio. We find that the Hα dust extinction (A) …

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
AKARI 36
A new, fast and flexible radiative transfer method for Venus general circulation models
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.008 Bibcode: 2015P&SS..105...80M

Wilson, C. F.; Read, P. L.; Lee, C. +1 more

We present a new radiation scheme for the Oxford Planetary Unified Model System for Venus, suitable for the solar and thermal bands. This new and fast radiative parameterization uses a different approach in the two main radiative wavelength bands: solar radiation (0.1 - 5.5 µm) and thermal radiation (1.7 - 260 µm). The solar radiation …

2015 Planetary and Space Science
VenusExpress 36
Properties of a Coronal Shock Wave as a Driver of Early SEP Acceleration
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/167 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...799..167K

Raymond, J. C.; Lobzin, V. V.; Kozarev, K. A. +1 more

Coronal mass ejectmons (CMEs) are thought to drive collisionless shocks in the solar corona, which in turn have been shown to be capable of accelerating solar energetic particles (SEPs) in minutes. It has been notoriously difficult to extract information about energetic particle spectra in the corona, owing to a lack of in situ measurements. It is…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 36
A Deep Search For Faint Galaxies Associated With Very Low-redshift C IV Absorbers. II. Program Design, Absorption-line Measurements, and Absorber Statistics
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/815/2/91 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...815...91B

Tripp, Todd M.; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Tumlinson, Jason +6 more

To investigate the evolution of metal-enriched gas over recent cosmic epochs as well as to characterize the diffuse, ionized, metal-enriched circumgalactic medium, we have conducted a blind survey for C iv absorption systems in 89 QSO sightlines observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. We have identified 42 absorbers a…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 36
Fine structure above a light bridge in the transition region and corona
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slv071 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.452L..16B

Bharti, L.

We present the results of multiwavelength, co-spatial and near co-temporal observations of jets above a sunspot light bridge (LB). The data were obtained with the Solar Optical Telescope on board Hinode, the Interface Region Spectrograph (IRIS) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamic Observatory. Most of the jets in the Ca …

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hinode IRIS 36
Kinematic Classifications of Local Interacting Galaxies: Implications for the Merger/Disk Classifications at High-z
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/62 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...803...62H

Casey, Caitlin M.; Kewley, Lisa J.; Sanders, D. B. +6 more

The classification of galaxy mergers and isolated disks is key for understanding the relative importance of galaxy interactions and secular evolution during the assembly of galaxies. Galaxy kinematics as traced by emission lines have been used to suggest the existence of a significant population of high-z star-forming galaxies consistent with isol…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 36
On the Progenitor System of the Type Iax Supernova 2014dt in M61
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/798/2/L37 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...798L..37F

Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Foley, Ryan J. +5 more

We present pre-explosion and post-explosion Hubble Space Telescope images of the Type Iax supernova (SN Iax) 2014dt in M61. After astrometrically aligning these images, we do not detect any stellar sources at the position of the SN in the pre-explosion images to relatively deep limits (3σ limits of M F438W > -5.0 mag and M F814W…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 36
Distribution of energetic oxygen and hydrogen in the near-Earth plasma sheet
DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020882 Bibcode: 2015JGRA..120.3415K

Delcourt, D. C.; Dandouras, I.; Daly, P. W. +5 more

The spatial distributions of different ion species are useful indicators for plasma sheet dynamics. In this statistical study based on 7 years of Cluster observations, we establish the spatial distributions of oxygen ions and protons at energies from 274 to 955 keV, depending on geomagnetic and solar wind (SW) conditions. Compared with protons, th…

2015 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 36