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Direct observation of the energy release site in a solar flare by SDO/AIA, Hinode/EIS, and RHESSI
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424795 Bibcode: 2015A&A...577A..68S

Fletcher, L.; Simões, P. J. A.; Graham, D. R.


Aims: We present direct evidence of the detection of the main energy release site in a non-eruptive solar flare, SOL2013-11-09T06:38 UT. This GOES class C2.6 event was characterised by two flaring ribbons and a compact, bright coronal source located between them, which is the focus of our study.
Methods: We use imaging from SDO/AIA, and …

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode 13
Disentangling the outflow and protostars in HH 900 in the Carina Nebula
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv177 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.448.3429R

Anderson, Jay; Smith, Nathan; Bally, John +2 more

HH 900 is a peculiar protostellar outflow emerging from a small, tadpole-shaped globule in the Carina Nebula. Previous Hα imaging with Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Advanced Camera for Surveys showed an ionized outflow with a wide opening angle that is distinct from the highly collimated structures typically seen in protostellar jets. We present ne…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 13
Witness of gas infall and outflow in the young starburst dwarf galaxy NGC 5253
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psu138 Bibcode: 2015PASJ...67L...1M

Hirota, Akihiko; Nakanishi, Kouichiro; Espada, Daniel +2 more

We present 12CO(2-1) observations towards the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 using the Submillimeter Array. The data shows that a large amount of molecular gas is located in the central ∼ 200 pc starburst region, physically associated with two young super stellar clusters (SSCs). The molecular gas traced by 12CO(2-1) is elongated alon…

2015 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
eHST 13
Internal structure of a coronal mass ejection revealed by Akatsuki radio occultation observations
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021076 Bibcode: 2015JGRA..120.5318A

Isobe, H.; Imamura, T.; Häusler, B. +6 more

A coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed at the heliocentric distance of 12.7 Rυ by radio occultation measurements using the Akatsuki spacecraft. The temporal developments of the bulk velocity and the electron column density along the raypath traversing the CME were obtained, and under the assumption that the irregularities are transp…

2015 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
SOHO VenusExpress 13
Cold parsec-scale gas in a zabs ∼ 0.1 sub-damped Lyman α with disparate H2 and 21-cm absorption
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv244 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.448.3718D

Momjian, E.; Muzahid, S.; Srianand, R. +3 more

We present a detailed analysis of a H2-bearing metal-rich sub-damped Lyman α system at zabs = 0.10115 towards the radio-loud quasar J0441-4313, at a projected separation of ∼7.6 kpc from a star-forming galaxy. The H2, {C I}} and {Na I} absorption are much stronger in the redder of the two components seen in the Hub…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 13
Long-term XMM-Newton investigation of two particle-accelerating colliding-wind binaries in NGC 6604: HD 168112 and HD 167971
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1034 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.451.1070D

De Becker, M.

The long-term (over more than one decade) X-ray emission from two massive stellar systems known to be particle accelerators is investigated using XMM-Newton. Their X-ray properties are interpreted taking into account recent information about their multiplicity and orbital parameters. The two targets, HD 168112 and HD 167971, appear to be overlumin…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
XMM-Newton 13
XMM-Newton and optical observations of the eclipsing polar CSS081231:071126+440405
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526916 Bibcode: 2015A&A...583A.130W

Schwope, A. D.; Worpel, H.


Aims: We aim to study the temporal and spectral behaviour of the eclipsing polar CSS081231:071126+440405 from the infrared to the X-ray regimes.
Methods: We obtained phase-resolved XMM-Newton X-ray observations on two occasions in 2012 and 2013 in different states of accretion. In 2013 the XMM-Newton X-ray and UV data were complemented b…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 13
The Quasar-LBG Two-point Angular Cross-correlation Function at z~4 in the COSMOS Field
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/138 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...809..138I

Sanders, D. B.; Taniguchi, Y.; Salvato, M. +15 more

In order to investigate the origin of quasars, we estimate the bias factor for low-luminosity quasars at high redshift for the first time. In this study, we use the two-point angular cross-correlation function (CCF) for both low-luminosity quasars at -24\lt {M}1450\lt -22 and Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs). Our sample consists of both 25 l…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 13
Study of extremely reddened AGB stars in the Galactic bulge
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424609 Bibcode: 2015A&A...579A..76J

Engels, D.; Jiménez-Esteban, F. M.

Context. Extremely reddened asymptotic giant branch stars (AGB) lose mass at high rates of >10-5 M yr-1. This is the very last stage of AGB evolution, in which stars in the mass range ~2.0-4.0 M (for solar metallicity) should have been converted to C stars already. The extremely reddened AGB stars i…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI 13
Search for satellites near comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko using Rosetta/OSIRIS images
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525979 Bibcode: 2015A&A...583A..19B

Jorda, L.; Lara, L. M.; Bertaux, J. -L. +44 more

Context. TheEuropean Space Agency Rosetta mission reached and started escorting its main target, the Jupiter-family comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, at the beginning of August 2014. Within the context of solar system small bodies, satellite searches from approaching spacecraft were extensively used in the past to study the nature of the visited bo…

2015 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rosetta 13