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Drainage systems of Lonar Crater, India: Contributions to Lonar Lake hydrology and crater degradation

DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.05.011 Bibcode: 2014P&SS...95...45K

Sekine, Yasuhito; Matsui, Takafumi; Komatsu, Goro +3 more

Lonar, a 1.8-km-diameter impact crater in India, is a rare example of terrestrial impact craters formed in basaltic bedrock. The estimated age of the crater ranges widely from less than 12 ka to over 600 ka, but the crater preserves a relatively pristine morphology. We conducted a study of various drainage systems of Lonar Crater. The crater floor…

2014 • Planetary and Space Science

MEx 31

Modeling the microphysics of CO₂ ice clouds within wave-induced cold pockets in the martian mesosphere

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.04.022 Bibcode: 2014Icar..237..239L

Montmessin, F.; Spiga, A.; Lefèvre, F. +2 more

Mesospheric CO₂ ice clouds on Mars are simulated with a 1D microphysical model, which includes a crystal growth rate adapted to high supersaturations encountered in the martian mesosphere. Observational constraints (crystal radius and opacity) exist for these clouds observed during the day around the equator at ∼60-80 km altitude. Night…

2014 • Icarus

MEx 31

Halo Mass Dependence of H I and O VI Absorption: Evidence for Differential Kinematics

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/792/2/128 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...792..128M

Kacprzak, Glenn G.; Churchill, Christopher W.; Nielsen, Nikole M. +4 more

We studied a sample of 14 galaxies (0.1 < z < 0.7) using HST/WFPC2 imaging and high-resolution HST/COS or HST/STIS quasar spectroscopy of Lyα, Lyβ, and O VI λλ1031, 1037 absorption. The galaxies, having 10.8 <= log (M _h/M _⊙) <= 12.2, lie within D = 300 kpc of quasar sightlines, probing out to D/R _vir =…

2014 • The Astrophysical Journal

eHST 31

The pointing system of the Herschel space observatory. Description, Calibration, Performance and improvements

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-014-9396-z Bibcode: 2014ExA....37..453S

Marston, Anthony; Linz, Hendrik; Merín, Bruno +13 more

We present the activities carried out to calibrate and characterise the performance of the elements of attitude control and measurement on board the Herschel spacecraft. The main calibration parameters and the evolution of the indicators of the pointing performance are described, from the initial values derived from the observations carried out in…

2014 • Experimental Astronomy

Herschel 31

HerMES: Spectral Energy Distributions of Submillimeter Galaxies at z > 4

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/52 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...784...52H

Bock, J. J.; Clements, D. L.; Burgarella, D. +20 more

We present a study of the infrared properties for a sample of seven spectroscopically confirmed submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) at z > 4.0. By combining ground-based near-infrared, Spitzer IRAC and MIPS, Herschel SPIRE, and ground-based submillimeter/millimeter photometry, we construct their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and a composite mo…

2014 • The Astrophysical Journal

Herschel 31

The NUV-r versus M_r Plane as a Tracer of Early-type Galaxy Evolution in the USGC U376 and LGG 225 Groups

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/782/1/53 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...782...53M

Mazzei, Paola; Rampazzo, Roberto; Marino, Antonietta

With the aim of tracing back the evolution of galaxies in nearby groups, we use smooth particle hydrodynamical (SPH) simulations with chemo-photometric implementation. Here, we focus on the evolution of the early-type members (Es and S0s; ETGs hereafter) in two groups, USGC U376 and LGG 225, both in the Leo cloud. We use the near-UV (NUV)-optical …

2014 • The Astrophysical Journal

AKARI 31

Fermi-LAT Observations of Supernova Remnants Kesteven 79

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/783/1/32 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...783...32A

Auchettl, Katie; Slane, Patrick; Castro, Daniel

In this paper, we report on the detection of γ-ray emission coincident with the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) Kesteven 79 (Kes 79). We analyzed approximately 52 months of data obtained with the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Kes 79 is thought to be interacting with adjacent molecular clouds, based on the pres…

2014 • The Astrophysical Journal

XMM-Newton 31

Accounting for Cosmic Variance in Studies of Gravitationally Lensed High-redshift Galaxies in the Hubble Frontier Field Clusters

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/796/2/L27 Bibcode: 2014ApJ...796L..27R

Ellis, Richard S.; Robertson, Brant E.; Dunlop, James S. +3 more

Strong gravitational lensing provides a powerful means for studying faint galaxies in the distant universe. By magnifying the apparent brightness of background sources, massive clusters enable the detection of galaxies fainter than the usual sensitivity limit for blank fields. However, this gain in effective sensitivity comes at the cost of a redu…

2014 • The Astrophysical Journal

eHST 31

An Investigation of the CME of 3 November 2011 and Its Associated Widespread Solar Energetic Particle Event

DOI: 10.1007/s11207-013-0435-0 Bibcode: 2014SoPh..289.1731P

Long, D. M.; Harra, L. K.; Matthews, S. A. +2 more

Multi-spacecraft observations are used to study the in-situ effects of a large coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the farside of the Sun on 3 November 2011, with particular emphasis on the associated solar energetic particle (SEP) event. At that time both Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft were located more than 90 …

2014 • Solar Physics

SOHO 31

The methane mole fraction in Titan’s stratosphere from DISR measurements during the Huygens probe’s descent

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.013 Bibcode: 2014Icar..242...64B

Bézard, Bruno

We present a determination of the methane mole fraction in Titan's stratosphere using spectral measurements by the Upward Looking Infrared Spectrometer (ULIS) of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) aboard the Huygens probe. We analyzed the 1.4-µm band of methane for which a complete linelist, down to very low intensities, was recen…

2014 • Icarus

Huygens 31