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Far-ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Old Novae. I. V603 Aquila
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/150/1/36 Bibcode: 2015AJ....150...36S

Sion, Edward M.; Godon, Patrick; Bisol, Alexandra

We present the results of a synthetic spectral analysis of the far-ultraviolet archival International Ultraviolet Explorer, Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and FUSE observations of the fast old nova V603 Aql, obtained some 90 years after its 1918 nova outburst. Our analysis utilizes the new Hubble fine guidance sensor parallax distance for this near…

2015 The Astronomical Journal
IUE eHST 2
Application of Mutual Information Methods in Time-Distance Helioseismology
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-015-0650-y Bibcode: 2015SoPh..290..659K

Pevtsov, Alexei A.; Kholikov, Shukur; Keys, Dustin

We apply a new technique, the mutual information (MI) from information theory, to time-distance helioseismology, and demonstrate that it can successfully reproduce several classic results based on the widely used cross-covariance method. MI quantifies the deviation of two random variables from complete independence and represents a more general me…

2015 Solar Physics
SOHO 2
Series anomalies of low multipoles of WMAP and Planck missions: What are they?
DOI: 10.1134/S1063779615020197 Bibcode: 2015PPN....46..237V

Verkhodanov, O. V.

We consider the main anomalies of cosmic microwave background observed at low multipoles of the WMAP and Planck cosmic missions. The possible origin of these features is discussed. We study difference between WMAP and Planck data which is apparently connected with the local sources emission and/or systematics.

2015 Physics of Particles and Nuclei
Planck 2
Historic Rosetta mission to end with crash into comet
DOI: 10.1038/527016a Bibcode: 2015Natur.527...16G

Gibney, Elizabeth

There were other options, but super close-up shots on descent will provide science bonanza.

2015 Nature
Rosetta 2
On the origin of the Fe Kα emission line from intermediate polar EX Hyrae
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2014.09.009 Bibcode: 2015NewA...35...84E

Eze, R. N. C.; Esaenwi, S.

We present spectral analysis of intermediate polar EX Hya observed with Suzaku satellite on 18-07-2007 for 91 kilo seconds (ks). We model the spectrum with an absorbed thermal bremsstrahlung and three Gaussian lines for the Fe Kα line complex. We resolved the 6.4, 6.7, and 7.0 keV lines, each corresponding to the neutral (or low-ionized), He-like,…

2015 New Astronomy
Suzaku 1
Dust in BL Lac objects and Fanaroff-Riley radio galaxies: infrared region
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-015-2575-1 Bibcode: 2015Ap&SS.360...62S

Seal Braun, P.

Here 28 BL Lac objects, 18 FR I type radio galaxies, 4 FR I/II type radio galaxies and 10 FR II type radio galaxies are studied from FIR (far infrared) to optical region (180 µm to 0.44 µm) to understand the nature of infrared emission from these objects and the physical properties of dust in the emitting region. Using the flux densiti…

2015 Astrophysics and Space Science
AKARI ISO 1
Whistlers observed outside the plasmasphere: Correlation to plasmaspheric/plasmapause features
DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020811 Bibcode: 2015JGRA..120.7585A

Gallagher, D. L.; Adrian, M. L.; Fung, S. F. +1 more

Whistlers observed outside the plasmasphere by Cluster have been correlated with the global plasmasphere using Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration-Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (IMAGE-EUV) observations. Of the 12 Cluster-observed whistler events reported, EUV is able to provide global imaging of the plasmasphere for every event and d…

2015 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 1
Silicates on Iapetus from Cassini’s Composite Infrared Spectrometer
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/811/2/L27 Bibcode: 2015ApJ...811L..27Y

Clark, Roger N.; Spencer, John R.; Wray, James J. +5 more

We present the first spectral features obtained from Cassini’s Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) for any icy moon. The spectral region covered by CIRS focal planes (FP) 3 and 4 is rich in emissivity features, but previous studies at these wavelengths have been limited by low signal-to-noise ratios (S/Ns) for individual spectra. Our approach i…

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
Cassini 1
QPO and LFN in the power spectrum of rapid variability for the X-ray nova SWIFT J174510.8-262411
DOI: 10.1134/S1063773715100060 Bibcode: 2015AstL...41..549P

Grebenev, S. A.; Prosvetov, A. V.

Results of the study of the X-ray nova SWIFT J174510.8-262411 by the INTEGRAL, SWIFT, and VLA observatories in September-October 2012 at the early outburst phase are presented. Attention is focused on analyzing the power spectrum of X-ray flux fluctuations of the source in which a powerful quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) peak has been detected. T…

2015 Astronomy Letters
INTEGRAL 1
Emergence of hard X-rays at weak nonstationary processes in active regions
DOI: 10.1134/S0016793215080289 Bibcode: 2015Ge&Ae..55.1112V

Livshits, M. A.; Grigor'eva, I. Yu.; Ivanov, E. F. +1 more

Using Suzaku and Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Image (RHESSI) spacecraft data, we study the characteristics of X-ray emission of weak flares at energies when this emission is generated by fluxes of accelerated electrons. Of the 105 events recorded by a broadband monitor of the entire sky (WAM/Suzaku, with an effective area of ~800 …

2015 Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
Suzaku 1