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Tracing Lyα and LyC Escape in Galaxies with Mg II Emission
Giavalisco, Mauro; Garel, Thibault; Verhamme, Anne +29 more
Star-forming galaxies are considered the likeliest source of the H I ionizing Lyman continuum (LyC) photons that reionized the intergalactic medium at high redshifts. However, above z ≳ 6, the neutral intergalactic medium prevents direct observations of LyC. Therefore, recent years have seen the development of indirect indicators for LyC that can …
Uncovering astrometric black hole binaries with massive main-sequence companions with Gaia
Mazeh, T.; Faigler, S.; Shahaf, S. +6 more
Context. In the era of gravitational wave astrophysics and with the precise astrometry of billions of stellar sources, the hunt for compact objects is more alive than ever. Rarely seen massive binaries with a compact object are a crucial phase in the evolution towards compact object mergers. With the upcoming third Gaia data release (DR3), the fir…
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of NGC 253 Dwarf Satellites: Three Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
Caldwell, Nelson; Strader, Jay; Seth, Anil C. +8 more
We present deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of five faint dwarf galaxies associated with the nearby spiral NGC 253 (D ≈ 3.5 Mpc). Three of these are newly discovered dwarf galaxies, while all five were found in the Panoramic Imaging Survey of Centaurus and Sculptor, a Magellan+Megacam survey to identify faint dwarfs and other substructure…
The GAPS Programme at TNG. XXXV. Fundamental properties of transiting exoplanet host stars
Baratella, M.; Scandariato, G.; Pagano, I. +38 more
Context. Exoplanetary properties strongly depend on stellar properties: to know the planet with accuracy and precision it is necessary to know the star as accurately and precisely as possible.
Aims: Our immediate aim is to characterize in a homogeneous and accurate way a sample of 27 transiting planet-hosting stars observed within the Global …
The GAPS Programme at TNG. XXXVIII. Five molecules in the atmosphere of the warm giant planet WASP-69b detected at high spectral resolution
Pagano, I.; Fossati, L.; Poretti, E. +32 more
Context. The field of exo-atmospheric characterisation is progressing at an extraordinary pace. Atmospheric observations are now available for tens of exoplanets, mainly hot and warm inflated gas giants, and new molecular species continue to be detected, revealing a richer atmospheric composition than previously expected. Thanks to its warm equili…
Multi-Scale Variability of Coronal Loops Set by Thermal Non-Equilibrium and Instability as a Probe for Coronal Heating
Antolin, Patrick; Froment, Clara
Solar coronal loops are the building blocks of the solar corona. These dynamic structures are shaped by the magnetic field that expands into the solar atmosphere. They can be observed in X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV), revealing the high plasma temperature of the corona. However, the dissipation of magnetic energy to heat the plasma to millio…
New Open-cluster Candidates Found in the Galactic Disk Using Gaia DR2/EDR3 Data
Chen, Li; Zhang, Xi; He, Zhihong +6 more
We report 541 new open-cluster candidates in Gaia EDR3 through revisiting the cluster results from an earlier analysis of Gaia DR2, which revealed nearly 1000 open-cluster candidates in the solar neighborhood (mostly d <3 kpc) residing at Galactic latitudes ∣b∣ < 20°. A subsequent comparison with lists of known clusters shows a large increas…
The GALAH Survey: dependence of elemental abundances on age and metallicity for stars in the Galactic disc
Lewis, Geraint F.; Buder, Sven; Lind, Karin +25 more
Using data from the GALAH survey, we explore the dependence of elemental abundances on stellar age and metallicity among Galactic disc stars. We find that the abundance of most elements can be predicted from age and [Fe/H] with an intrinsic scatter of about 0.03 dex. We discuss the possible causes for the existence of the abundance-age-metallicity…
Reconstructing the Assembly of Massive Galaxies. I. The Importance of the Progenitor Effect in the Observed Properties of Quiescent Galaxies at z ≈ 2
Giavalisco, Mauro; Ji, Zhiyuan
We study the relationship between the morphology and star formation history (SFH) of 361 quiescent galaxies (QGs) at redshift <z obs> ≈ 2, with stellar mass $\mathrm{log}{M}_{* }\geqslant 10.3$ , selected with the UVJ technique. Taking advantage of panchromatic photometry covering the rest-frame UV-to-NIR spectral range ( ≈40 band…
The Villafranca catalog of Galactic OB groups. II. From Gaia DR2 to EDR3 and ten new systems with O stars
Maíz Apellániz, J.; Alfaro, E. J.; Barbá, R. H. +4 more
Context. This is the second paper of a series on Galactic OB groups that uses astrometric and photometric data from Gaia and spectral classifications from the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS) and the Library of Libraries of Massive-star high-Resolution spectra (LiLiMaRlin). The previous paper was based on the second Gaia data release (…