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Kinetic Turbulence in the Terrestrial Magnetosheath: Cluster Observations
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/789/2/L28 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...789L..28H

Sahraoui, F.; Deng, X. H.; Huang, S. Y. +5 more

We present a first statistical study of subproton- and electron-scale turbulence in the terrestrial magnetosheath using waveform data measured by the Cluster/STAFF search coil magnetometer in the frequency range [1, 180] Hz. It is found that clear spectral breaks exist near the electron scale, which separate two power-law-like frequency bands refe…

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
Cluster 88
The Solar Energetic Particle Event on 2013 April 11: An Investigation of its Solar Origin and Longitudinal Spread
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/797/1/8 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...797....8L

Lario, D.; Zhang, J.; Kwon, R. -Y. +4 more

We investigate the solar phenomena associated with the origin of the solar energetic particle (SEP) event observed on 2013 April 11 by a number of spacecraft distributed in the inner heliosphere over a broad range of heliolongitudes. We use extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and white-light coronagraph observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)…

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 88
Evidence for Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization from Cross-Correlation with the Cosmic Infrared Background
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131302 Bibcode: 2014PhRvL.112m1302A

Ade, P. A. R.; Borrill, J.; Keskitalo, R. +74 more

We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization data taken by the Polarbear experiment and cross-correlate it with cosmic infrared background maps from the Herschel satellite. From the cross spectra, we obtain evidence for gravitational lensing of the CMB polarization at a statistical…

2014 Physical Review Letters
Herschel 88
The HETDEX Pilot Survey. V. The Physical Origin of Lyα Emitters Probed by Near-infrared Spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/791/1/3 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...791....3S

Finkelstein, Steven L.; Schneider, Donald P.; Bridge, Joanna +19 more

We present the results from a Very Large Telescope/SINFONI and Keck/NIRSPEC near-infrared spectroscopic survey of 16 Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z = 2.1-2.5 in the COSMOS and GOODS-N fields discovered from the Hobby Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Pilot Survey. We detect rest-frame optical nebular lines (Hα and/or [O III] λ5007) for 10 of the L…

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 88
Deciphering Solar Magnetic Activity. I. On the Relationship between the Sunspot Cycle and the Evolution of Small Magnetic Features
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/792/1/12 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...792...12M

Cirtain, Jonathan W.; Wang, Xin; McIntosh, Scott W. +9 more

Sunspots are a canonical marker of the Sun's internal magnetic field which flips polarity every ~22 yr. The principal variation of sunspots, an ~11 yr variation, modulates the amount of the magnetic field that pierces the solar surface and drives significant variations in our star's radiative, particulate, and eruptive output over that period. Thi…

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 88
Is There a Maximum Star Formation Rate in High-redshift Galaxies?
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/9 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...784....9B

Sanders, D. B.; Wang, W. -H.; Lee, N. +6 more

We use the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope's SCUBA-2 camera to image a 400 arcmin2 area surrounding the GOODS-N field. The 850 µm rms noise ranges from a value of 0.49 mJy in the central region to 3.5 mJy at the outside edge. From these data, we construct an 850 µm source catalog to 2 mJy containing 49 sources detected above t…

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 88
The Moving Group Targets of the SEEDS High-contrast Imaging Survey of Exoplanets and Disks: Results and Observations from the First Three Years
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/786/1/1 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...786....1B

Tamura, M.; Ishii, M.; Kudo, T. +52 more

We present results from the first three years of observations of moving group (MG) targets in the Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) high-contrast imaging survey of exoplanets and disks using the Subaru telescope. We achieve typical contrasts of ~105 at 1'' and ~106 beyond 2'' around 63 proposed…

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 88
Chemical composition and constraints on mass loss for globular clusters in dwarf galaxies: WLM and IKN
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322672 Bibcode: 2014A&A...565A..98L

Forbes, Duncan A.; Brodie, Jean P.; Strader, Jay +1 more


Aims: We determine the metallicities of globular clusters (GCs) in the WLM and IKN dwarf galaxies, using VLT/UVES and Keck/ESI spectroscopy. These measurements are combined with literature data for field stars to constrain GC formation scenarios. For the WLM GC, we also measure detailed…

2014 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 88
Photometric and Thermal Cross-calibration of Solar EUV Instruments
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-013-0452-z Bibcode: 2014SoPh..289.2377B

Schrijver, C. J.; Testa, P.; Warren, H. +2 more

We present an assessment of the accuracy of the calibration measurements and atomic physics models that go into calculating the SDO/AIA response as a function of wavelength and temperature. The wavelength response is tested by convolving SDO/EVE and Hinode/EIS spectral data with the AIA effective area functions and by comparing the predictions wit…

2014 Solar Physics
Hinode 87
Review of Solar Wind Entry into and Transport Within the Plasma Sheet
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-014-0108-9 Bibcode: 2014SSRv..184...33W

Escoubet, C. P.; Wing, S.; Lavraud, B. +8 more

The plasma sheet is populated in part by the solar wind plasma. Four solar entry mechanisms are examined: (1) double cusp or double lobe reconnection, (2) Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI), (3) Kinetic Alfvén waves (KAW), and (4) Impulsive Penetration. These mechanisms can efficiently fill the plasma sheet with cold dense ions during northward in…

2014 Space Science Reviews
Cluster 87