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Identifying and Tracking of Peripheral and Central Umbral Dots
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-015-0670-7 Bibcode: 2015SoPh..290.1119F

Yang, Yunfei; Ji, Kaifan; Feng, Song +3 more

Umbral dots (UDs) are small isolated brightening observed in sunspot umbrae. They are usually classified into peripheral UDs (PUDs) and central UDs (CUDs) according to their positions inside an umbra. To accurately investigate the similarities and the distinctions between PUDs and CUDs and better understand their formation mechanisms, we propose a…

2015 Solar Physics
Hinode 12
Dynamics of CMEs in the LASCO Field of View
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-015-0653-8 Bibcode: 2015SoPh..290..903M

Gopalswamy, N.; Bronarska, K.; Michalek, G. +1 more

A large set (16 000) of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed during 1996 - 2011 was selected to study their dynamics in the LASCO field of view (LFOV). These events were selected based on the criterion that at least three height-time measurements were available for each CME. The height-time measurements included in the SOHO/LASCO catalog were us…

2015 Solar Physics
SOHO 12
Sources of Local Time Asymmetries in Magnetodiscs
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-015-0145-z Bibcode: 2015SSRv..187..301A

Jackman, C. M.; Khurana, K. K.; Kane, M. +2 more

The rapidly rotating magnetospheres at Jupiter and Saturn contain a near-equatorial thin current sheet over most local times known as the magnetodisc, resembling a wrapped-up magnetotail. The Pioneer, Voyager, Ulysses, Galileo, Cassini and New Horizons spacecraft at Jupiter and Saturn have provided extensive datasets from which to observationally …

2015 Space Science Reviews
Ulysses 12
Observations of free-free and anomalous microwave emission from LDN 1622 with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1863 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.453.3375H

Dickinson, C.; Cleary, K.; Harper, S. E.

LDN 1622 has previously been identified as a possible strong source of dust-correlated anomalous microwave emission (AME). Previous observations were limited by resolution meaning that the radio emission could not be compared with current generation high-resolution infrared data from Herschel, Spitzer or Wide-field Infrared Sky Explorer. This pape…

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel Planck 12
Determination of parameters of Long-Term variability of the X-ray pulsar LMC X-4
DOI: 10.1134/S1063773715100047 Bibcode: 2015AstL...41..562M

Lutovinov, A. A.; Falanga, M.; Molkov, S. V.

We have investigated the temporal variability of the X-ray flux measured from the high-mass X-ray binary LMCX-4 on time scales from several tens of days to tens of years, i.e., exceeding considerably the orbital period (~1.408 days). In particular, we have investigated the 30-day cycle of modulation of the X-ray emission from the source (superorbi…

2015 Astronomy Letters
INTEGRAL XMM-Newton 12
Far-infrared signatures and inner hole sizes of protoplanetary discs undergoing inside-out dust dispersal
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1528 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.452.3689E

Robitaille, Thomas; Owen, James; Ercolano, Barbara +1 more

By means of radiative transfer simulation, we study the evolution of the far-infrared colours of protoplanetary discs undergoing inside-out dispersal, often referred to as transition discs. We show that a brightening of the mid- and far-infrared emission from these objects is a natural consequence of the removal of the inner disc. Our results can …

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 12
Decameter U-burst Harmonic Pair from a High Loop
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-014-0615-6 Bibcode: 2015SoPh..290..181D

Rucker, H. O.; Panchenko, M.; Poedts, S. +6 more

The results of the first observations of solar sporadic radio emission within 10 - 70 MHz by the Giant Ukrainian Radio Telescope (GURT) are presented and discussed. Observations in such a wide range of frequencies considerably facilitate the registration of harmonic pairs. The solar U-burst harmonic pair observed on 8 August 2012 is analyzed. The …

2015 Solar Physics
SOHO 12
Multiwavelength observations of NaSt1 (WR 122): equatorial mass loss and X-rays from an interacting Wolf-Rayet binary
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv257 Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.450.2551M

Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Smith, Nathan; Close, Laird M. +5 more

NaSt1 (aka Wolf-Rayet 122) is a peculiar emission-line star embedded in an extended nebula of [N II] emission with a compact dusty core. The object was previously characterized as a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star cloaked in an opaque nebula of CNO-processed material, perhaps analogous to η Car and its Homunculus nebula, albeit with a hotter central source. …

2015 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 12
Intensity of nightside MARSIS AIS surface reflections and implications for low-altitude ionospheric densities
DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020888 Bibcode: 2015JGRA..120.3226N

Gurnett, D. A.; Němec, F.; Morgan, D. D. +1 more

Spacecraft radar sounding signals at frequencies higher than the ionospheric peak plasma frequency are not reflected by the ionosphere. Instead, they make it to the ground where they are reflected by the planetary surface. We analyze the intensity of the surface reflections measured by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding…

2015 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
MEx 12
The Q/U Imaging Experiment: Polarization Measurements of the Galactic Plane at 43 and 95 GHz
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/811/2/89 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...811...89R

Davies, R. D.; Dickinson, C.; Eriksen, H. K. +39 more

We present polarization observations of two Galactic plane fields centered on Galactic coordinates (l, b) = (0°, 0°) and (329°, 0°) at both Q (43 GHz) and W bands (95 GHz), covering between 301 and 539 square degrees depending on frequency and field. These measurements were made with the QUIET instrument between 2008 October and 2010 December, and…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
Planck 12