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Novel scaling laws to derive spatially resolved flare and CME parameters from sun-as-a-star observables
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451072 Bibcode: 2024A&A...691L...8M

Mohan, Atul; Akiyama, Sachiko; Gopalswamy, Natchimuthuk +1 more

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are often associated with X-ray (SXR) flares powered by magnetic reconnection in the low corona, while the CME shocks in the upper corona and interplanetary (IP) space accelerate electrons often producing the type II radio bursts. The CME and the reconnection event are part of the same energy release process as highli…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 1
Deciphering the evolution of thermodynamic properties and their connection to the global kinematics of high-speed coronal mass ejections using FRIS model
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2523 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.535.2585K

Wang, Yuming; Nieves-Chinchilla, Teresa; Mishra, Wageesh +3 more

Most earlier studies have been limited to estimating the kinematic evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and only limited efforts have been made to investigate their thermodynamic evolution. We focus on the interplay of the thermal properties of CMEs with their observed global kinematics. We implement the Flux rope Internal State model to es…

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SOHO 1
Charging effects on Rosetta dust measurements
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2231 Bibcode: 2024MNRAS.534.2119H

Deca, Jan; Horányi, Mihály

Dust particles released from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko collect electrostatic charges. Their motion is influenced by the electric fields induced by the flow of the solar wind and by the charging of the Rosetta spacecraft itself. Dust grains with sufficiently low tensile strength might even be destroyed en route from the nucleus to Rosetta. A …

2024 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 1
Unveiling the origin of XMM-Newton soft proton flares: II. Systematics in the proton spectral analysis
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451232 Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A.230M

Cappi, M.; Molendi, S.; Gastaldello, F. +7 more

Context. Low-energy (< 300 keV) protons entering the field of view of the XMM-Newton telescope scatter with the X-ray mirror surface and might reach the X-ray detectors on the focal plane. They manifest in the form of a sudden increase in the rates, usually referred to as soft proton flares. By knowing the conversion factor between the soft pro…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 1
Effects of surface and subsurface water/ice on spatial distributions of impact crater ejecta on Mars
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116150 Bibcode: 2024Icar..42016150S

Wünnemann, Kai; Thomas, Nicolas; Sokołowska, Aleksandra

Ejecta blankets around craters on a km-scale show stark differences in the ejecta mobility (maximal extent of ejecta divided by the crater radius) with latitude and types of plains on Mars, which has been known for a long time (Barlow and Pollak, 2002; Li et al., 2015) but is not well-understood. Our main goal is to explore the idea that the subsu…

2024 Icarus
ExoMars-16 1
Stellar Pulsation and Evolution: A Combined Theoretical Renewal and Updated Models (SPECTRUM). I. Updating Radiative Opacities for Pulsation Models of Classical Cepheid and RR-Lyrae
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad8eb2 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...977....1D

Marconi, Marcella; Molinaro, Roberto; De Somma, Giulia +1 more

Pulsating stars are universally recognized as precise distance indicators and tracers of stellar populations. Their variability, combined with well-defined relationships between pulsation properties and intrinsic evolutionary parameters such as luminosity, mass, and age, makes them essential for understanding galactic evolution and retrieving star…

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 1
Deepest Limits on Scattered Light Emission from the Epsilon Eridani Inner Debris Disk with HST/STIS
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad6efe Bibcode: 2024AJ....168..169K

Stark, Christopher C.; Debes, John H.; Hom, Justin +9 more

Epsilon Eridani is one of the first debris disk systems detected by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. However, the system has thus far eluded detection in scattered light with no components having been directly imaged. Its similarity to a relatively young solar system combined with its proximity makes it an excellent candidate to further our un…

2024 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 1
Testing He II Emission from Wolf–Rayet Stars as a Dust Attenuation Measure in Eight Nearby Star-forming Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad1103 Bibcode: 2024ApJ...961..159M

Leitherer, Claus; Lee, Janice C.; Maschmann, Daniel +2 more

The ability to determine galaxy properties such as masses, ages, and star formation rates robustly is critically limited by the ability to measure dust attenuation accurately. Dust reddening is often characterized by comparing observations to models of either nebular recombination lines or the UV continuum. Here, we use a new technique to measure …

2024 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 1
Archives of Photographic PLates for Astronomical USE (APPLAUSE). Digitisation of astronomical plates and their integration into the International Virtual Observatory
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348793 Bibcode: 2024A&A...687A.165E

Enke, Harry; Heber, Ulrich; Tuvikene, Taavi +2 more


Aims: The Archives of Photographic PLates for Astronomical USE (APPLAUSE) project is aimed at digitising astronomical photographic plates from three major German plate collections, making them accessible through integration into the International Virtual Observatory (IVO).
Methods: Photographic plates and related materials (logbooks, env…

2024 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 1
Berkeley 76: An intermediate age open star cluster in Gaia Era
DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2024.102205 Bibcode: 2024NewA..10902205B

Bisht, D.; Rangwal, Geeta; Raj, A. +3 more

We studied the open star cluster Berkeley 76 using Gaia DR3 and 2MASS data sets. We obtained 314 most probable cluster members with a membership probability greater than 80%. We have found the cluster center as α = 106.67 ± 0.07 deg and δ=‑11.75±0.07 deg. The mean PMs of cluster members in right ascension and declination are ‑0.60±0.22 and 1.35 ± …

2024 New Astronomy
Gaia 1