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FLAME: Fitting Lyα absorption lines using machine learning
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449756 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A.126J

Vivek, M.; Jalan, P.; Khaire, V. +1 more

We introduce FLAME, a machine-learning algorithm designed to fit Voigt profiles to H I Lyman-alpha (Lyα) absorption lines using deep convolutional neural networks. FLAME integrates two algorithms: the first determines the number of components required to fit Lyα absorption lines, and the second calculates the Doppler parameter b, the H I column de…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 1
AGN populations in the local Universe: Their alignment with the main sequence, stellar population characteristics, accretion efficiency, and the impact of AGN feedback
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449601 Bibcode: 2024A&A...688A..79M

Georgantopoulos, I.; Mountrichas, G.; Akylas, A. +3 more

In this study, we used a sample of 338 galaxies - within the redshift range of 0.02 < z < 0.1 drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) - for which there are available classifications based on their emission line ratios. We identified and selected Compton-thick (CT) AGN through the use of X-ray and infrared luminosities at 12 µm. …

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 1
The first ground-based detection of the 752 GHz water line in local ultraluminous infrared galaxies using APEX-SEPIA
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3441 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.527.6321Q

Aalto, Susanne; Martín, Sergio; Zhang, Zhi-Yu +10 more

We report the first ground-based detection of the water line p-H2O (211-202) at 752.033 GHz in three z < 0.08 ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs): IRAS 06035-7102, IRAS 17207-0014, and IRAS 09022-3615. Using the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX), with its Swedish-ESO PI Instrument for APEX (SEPIA) band-9…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel eHST 1
Seeds and sequences of element abundances in solar energetic particle events
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05478-4 Bibcode: 2024EPJP..139..710R

Reames, Donald V.

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) in the small "impulsive" events, primarily accelerated during magnetic reconnection in solar jets, have strong enhancements of the abundances of increasingly heavy elements. In contrast, the shock acceleration of ambient coronal plasma in most large "gradual" SEP events produces flat or decreasing abundances vs. el…

2024 European Physical Journal Plus
SOHO 1
Chandra X-Ray Observations of PSR J1849-0001, Its Pulsar Wind Nebula, and the TeV Source HESS J1849-000
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad3e6d Bibcode: 2024ApJ...968...67G

Kargaltsev, Oleg; Klingler, Noel; Yang, Hui +4 more

We obtained a 108 ks Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) observation of PSR J1849-0001 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) coincident with the TeV source HESS J1849-000. By analyzing the new and old (archival) CXO data, we resolved the pulsar from the PWN, explored the PWN morphology on arcsecond and arcminute scales, and measured the spectra of differen…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 1
HD 222237 b: a long-period super-Jupiter around a nearby star revealed by radial-velocity and Hipparcos-Gaia astrometry
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2151 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.534.2858X

Butler, R. Paul; Rice, Malena; Wittenmyer, Robert A. +16 more

Giant planets on long-period orbits around the nearest stars are among the easiest to directly image. Unfortunately these planets are difficult to fully constrain by indirect methods, e.g. transit and radial velocity (RV). In this study, we present the discovery of a super-Jupiter, HD 222237 b, orbiting a star located

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia Hipparcos 1
Probing the energy and luminosity-dependent spectro-timing properties of RX J0440.9+4431 with AstroSat
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2175 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.534.1028S

Paul, Biswajit; Ratheesh, Ajay; Sharma, Rahul +3 more

The Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 went through a giant outburst in December 2022 with a peak flux of $\sim$2.3 Crab in 15-50 keV. We studied the broad-band timing and spectral properties of RX J0440.9+4431 using four AstroSat observations, where the source …

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia INTEGRAL 1
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad92f9 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...977L..32X

Zhang, Yapeng; Perrin, Marshall D.; Knutson, Heather A. +8 more

We present JWST/Mid Infrared Instrument (MIRI) low-resolution spectroscopy (4.75–14 µm) of the first known substellar companion, Gliese 229Bab, which was recently resolved into a tight binary brown dwarf. Previous atmospheric retrieval studies modeling Gliese 229B as a single brown dwarf have reported anomalously high carbon-to-oxygen ratios…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
JWST 1
Cassini's CDA observes a variety of dust populations just outside Saturn's main rings
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae238 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.529.3121L

Postberg, Frank; Hillier, Jon K.; Srama, Ralf +5 more

Before the end of its mission, the Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn in a series of highly inclined elliptical 'Ring-Grazing' orbits (RGO). During the RGO, the spacecraft passed repeatedly through the ring plane outside the F ring, near the orbits of Janus and Epimetheus, at an average relative speed of ~20 km s-1. For the first time, C…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cassini 1
Ulysses spacecraft in situ detections of cometary dust trails
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2023.0200 Bibcode: 2024RSPTA.38230200K

Krüger, Harald; Grün, Eberhard; Strub, Peter

The Ulysses spacecraft was launched in 1990 and, after a Jupiter swing-by in 1992, became the first interplanetary spacecraft orbiting the Sun on a highly inclined trajectory with an inclination of 79 ∘ . The spacecraft was equipped with an impact ionization dust detector which provided 17 years of in situ dust measurements in interplan…

2024 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A
Rosetta 1