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Model-independent reconstruction of UV luminosity function and reionization epoch
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/12/010 Bibcode: 2024JCAP...12..010A

Hazra, Dhiraj Kumar; Adak, Debabrata; Mitra, Sourav +1 more

We conduct a first comprehensive study of the Luminosity Function (LF) using a non-parametric approach. We use Gaussian Process to fit available luminosity data between redshifts z ∼ 2-8. Our free-form LF in the non-parametric approach rules out the conventional Schechter function model to describe the abundance-magnitude relation at redshifts z=3…

2024 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
eHST JWST 2
Structure and large-scale environment of galaxy pairs in the S-PLUS DR4
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae334 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.528.4993C

Schoenell, W.; Kanaan, A.; Ribeiro, T. +8 more

In this paper, we use photometric data from the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey Data Release 4 survey to identify isolated galaxy pairs and analyse their characteristics and properties. Our results align with previous spectroscopic studies, particularly in luminosity function parameters, suggesting a consistent trait among galaxy system…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 2
Predicting astrometric microlensing events from Gaia Data Release 3
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3022 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.1177S

Su, Jie; Wang, Jiancheng; Zhang, Yigong +2 more

Currently, astrometric microlensing is the only tool that can directly measure the mass of a single star; it can also help us to detect compact objects such as isolated neutron stars and black holes. The number of microlensing events that are being predicted and reported is increasing. In this paper, potential lens stars are selected from three ty…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 2
VVVX survey dusts off a new intermediate-age star cluster in the Milky Way disk
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450870 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688L...3G

Minniti, D.; Saito, R. K.; Fernández-Trincado, J. G. +5 more

Context. In the last decade, many new star clusters have been discovered in heavily obscured regions of the Milky Way bulge and disk.
Aims: Our primary long-term objective is to seek out additional star clusters in the poorly studied regions of the Milky Way, where detections pose significant challenges. The aim of this pursuit is to finalize…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2
Weak equivalence principle and nonrelativistic limit of general dispersion relations
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.104030 Bibcode: 2024PhRvD.110j4030H

Hohmann, Manuel; Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Fabian

We study the weak equivalence principle in the context of modified dispersion relations, a prevalent approach to quantum gravity phenomenology. We find that generic modified dispersion relations violate the weak equivalence principle. The acceleration in general depends on the mass of the test body, unless the Hamiltonian is either 2-homogeneous i…

2024 Physical Review D
MICROSCOPE 2
J0011+3217: A peculiar radio galaxy with a one-sided secondary lobe and misaligned giant primary lobes
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347367 Bibcode: 2024A&A...689A.301K

Hardcastle, Martin J.; Pal, Sabyasachi; Kumari, Shobha +1 more

From the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey second data release (LoTSS DR2) at 144 MHz, we identified a peculiar radio galaxy, J0011+3217. It has a large, one-sided diffuse secondary wing that stretches up to 0.85 Mpc (roughly 85% of the size of the primary lobe). The linear size of the primary lobe of the galaxy is 0.99 Mpc. This peculiar source is a gia…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 2
The Origin of Young Stellar Populations in NGC 1783: Accretion of External Stars
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad499c Bibcode: 2024ApJ...969...21W

Milone, Antonino P.; Wang, Li; Deng, Licai +4 more

The presence of young stellar populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud cluster NGC 1783 has caught significant attention, with suggestions ranging from it being a genuine secondary stellar generation to a population of blue straggler stars or simply contamination from background stars. Thanks to multiepoch observations with the Hubble Space Teles…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 2
TOI-4336 A b: A temperate sub-Neptune ripe for atmospheric characterization in a nearby triple M-dwarf system
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347981 Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A..48T

Queloz, D.; Winn, J. N.; Kaltenegger, L. +54 more

Context. Small planets transiting bright nearby stars are essential to our understanding of the formation and evolution of exoplanetary systems. However, few constitute prime targets for atmospheric characterization, and even fewer are part of multiple star systems.
Aims: This work aims to validate TOI-4336 A b, a sub-Neptune-sized exoplanet …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 2
A High Incidence of Dusty Hα Emitters at z > 3 Among UltraVISTA Dropout Galaxies in COSMOS Revealed by JWST
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad2c0b Bibcode: 2024ApJ...966...12V

Rinaldi, Pierluigi; Caputi, Karina I.; Ashby, Matthew L. N. +3 more

We have characterized 26 Spitzer/IRAC-selected sources from the SMUVS program that are undetected in the UltraVISTA DR5 H- and/or K s-band images, covering 94 arcmin2 of the COSMOS field, which have deep multiwavelength JWST photometry. We analyzed the JWST/NIRCam imaging from the PRIMER survey and ancillary HST data to revea…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia eHST JWST 2
Evidence for a Fast Soft X-Ray Wind in M82 from XMM-RGS
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad7258 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...975..128B

Boettcher, Erin; Hodges-Kluck, Edmund

Starburst wind models predict that metals and energy are primarily carried out of the disk by hot gas (T > 106 K), but the low energy resolution of X-ray CCD observations results in large uncertainties on the mass and energy loading. Here, we present evidence for a fast soft X-ray wind from the prototypical starburst galaxy M82 using…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 2