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Herschel-ATLAS: Toward a Sample of ~1000 Strongly Lensed Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/749/1/65 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...749...65G

Rodighiero, G.; Frayer, D. T.; Sutherland, W. +39 more

While the selection of strongly lensed galaxies (SLGs) with 500 µm flux density S 500 > 100 mJy has proven to be rather straightforward, for many applications it is important to analyze samples larger than the ones obtained when confining ourselves to such a bright limit. Moreover, only by probing to fainter flux densities is i…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 82
3D simulations of Betelgeuse's bow shock
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118002 Bibcode: 2012A&A...541A...1M

Langer, N.; Mohamed, S.; Mackey, J.

Betelgeuse, the bright, cool red supergiant in Orion, is moving supersonically relative to the local interstellar medium. The star emits a powerful stellar wind that collides with this medium, forming a cometary structure, a bow shock, pointing in the direction of motion. We present the first 3D hydrodynamic simulations of the formation and evolut…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
AKARI 82
X-ray and ultraviolet investigation into the magnetic connectivity of a solar flare
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219562 Bibcode: 2012A&A...547A..52R

Aulanier, G.; Pariat, E.; Vilmer, N. +1 more

We investigate the X-ray and UV emission detected by RHESSI and TRACE in the context of a solar flare on the 16th November 2002 with the goal of better understanding the evolution of the flare. We analysed the characteristics of the X-ray emission in the 12-25 and 25-50 keV energy range while we looked at the UV emission at 1600 Å . The flare appe…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 82
Observations and Magnetic Field Modeling of a Solar Polar Crown Prominence
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/168 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...757..168S

van Ballegooijen, Adriaan; Su, Yingna

We present observations and magnetic field modeling of the large polar crown prominence that erupted on 2010 December 6. Combination of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and STEREO_Behind/EUVI allows us to see the fine structures of this prominence both at the limb and on the disk. We focus on the structures and d…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Hinode 81
Dynamics of starbursting dwarf galaxies: I Zw 18
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117867 Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A..72L

Fraternali, F.; Lelli, F.; Verheijen, M. +1 more

I Zw 18 is a prototype blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy, characterized by a strong starburst and extremely low metallicity (Z ~ 0.02 Z). It has long been considered a candidate young galaxy in the Local Universe, but recent studies have found that it contains old stars. We analysed archival VLA observations of the 21 cm line and found t…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 81
Constraining the absolute orientation of η Carinae's binary orbit: a 3D dynamical model for the broad [Fe III] emission
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20165.x Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.420.2064M

Gull, T. R.; Madura, T. I.; Owocki, S. P. +3 more

We present a three-dimensional (3D) dynamical model for the broad [Fe III] emission observed in η Carinae using the Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). This model is based on full 3D smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of η Car's binary colliding winds. Radiative transfer codes are used to generate synthetic…

2012 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 81
A Statistical Study of Solar Electron Events over One Solar Cycle
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/759/1/69 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...759...69W

Krucker, Säm; Lin, R. P.; Mason, Glenn M. +1 more

We survey the statistical properties of 1191 solar electron events observed by the WIND 3DP instrument from <1 keV to gsim300 keV for a solar cycle (1995 through 2005). After taking into account times of high background, the corrected occurrence frequency of solar electron events versus peak flux exhibits a power-law distribution over three ord…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 81
Reconstructing the Near-infrared Background Fluctuations from Known Galaxy Populations Using Multiband Measurements of Luminosity Functions
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/113 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...752..113H

Ricotti, Massimo; Kashlinsky, Alexander; Helgason, Kari

We model fluctuations in the cosmic infrared background (CIB) arising from known galaxy populations using 233 measured UV, optical, and near-IR luminosity functions (LFs) from a variety of surveys spanning a wide range of redshifts. We compare best-fit Schechter parameters across the literature and find clear indication of evolution with redshift.…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
AKARI 81
The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey. X. The relationship between cold dust and molecular gas content in Virgo spirals
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117329 Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A..32C

Bianchi, S.; Fritz, J.; Madden, S. C. +16 more


Aims: We examine whether dust mass can trace the total or molecular gas mass in late-type Virgo cluster galaxies, and how the environment affects the dust-to-gas ratio and the molecular fraction.
Methods: Using the far-infrared emission, as observed by the Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey (HeViCS), and the integrated HI 21-cm and CO J = 1-0…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 81
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters in Millennium gas simulations
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20623.x Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.422.1999K

Thomas, Peter A.; Kay, Scott T.; Liddle, Andrew R. +5 more

Large surveys using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect to find clusters of galaxies are now starting to yield large numbers of systems out to high redshift, many of which are new discoveries. In order to provide theoretical interpretation for the release of the full SZ cluster samples over the next few years, we have exploited the large-volume Mil…

2012 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Planck 81