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The abundance, vertical distribution and origin of H2O in Titan’s atmosphere: Herschel observations and photochemical modelling
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.09.006 Bibcode: 2012Icar..221..753M

Hartogh, Paul; Lellouch, Emmanuel; Lara, Luisa M. +4 more

Disk-averaged observations of water vapor in Titan’s atmosphere acquired with the Herschel satellite are reported. We use a combination of unresolved measurements of three H2O rotational lines at 66.4, 75.4 and 108.0 µm with the PACS instrument, and spectrally-resolved observations of two other transitions at 557 GHz (538 µm…

2012 Icarus
Cassini Herschel ISO 41
Evolution and Hydrodynamics of the Very Broad X-Ray Line Emission in SN 1987A
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/103 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...752..103D

Haberl, F.; Sturm, R.; Dwarkadas, V. V. +2 more

Observations of SN 1987A by the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) in 1999 and the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) in 2003 show very broad (v-b) lines with a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of order 104 km s-1 at these times the blast wave (BW) was primarily interacting with the H II region aro…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 41
Physical properties of OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36. Derived from Herschel, VLT/ VISIR, and Spitzer observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220066 Bibcode: 2012A&A...548A..36M

Altieri, B.; Küppers, M.; Pál, A. +6 more

In September 2011, the Herschel Space Observatory performed an observation campaign with the PACS photometer observing the asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 in the far infrared. The Herschel observations were analysed, together with ESO VLT/VISIR and Spitzer/IRS data, by means of a thermophysical model in order to derive the physical …

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 41
The A2667 Giant Arc at z = 1.03: Evidence for Large-Scale Shocks at High Redshift
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/759/1/66 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...759...66Y

Swinbank, A. M.; Richard, J.; Yuan, T. -T. +1 more

We present the spatially resolved emission line ratio properties of a ~1010 M star-forming galaxy at redshift z = 1.03. This galaxy is gravitationally lensed as a triple-image giant arc behind the massive lensing cluster A2667. The main image of the galaxy has magnification factors of 14 ± 2.1 in flux and ~2 × 7 in area, yi…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 41
CANDELS: Correlations of Spectral Energy Distributions and Morphologies with Star formation Status for Massive Galaxies at z ~ 2
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/134 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...752..134W

Ferguson, Henry C.; Hathi, Nimish P.; Lucas, Ray A. +17 more

We present a study on spectral energy distributions, morphologies, and star formation for an IRAC-selected extremely red object sample in the GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South. This work was enabled by new HST/WFC3 near-IR imaging from the CANDELS survey as well as the deepest available X-ray data from Chandra 4 Ms observations. This sample consists …

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 41
Molecular Environments of 51 Planck Cold Clumps in the Orion Complex
DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/202/1/4 Bibcode: 2012ApJS..202....4L

Liu, Tie; Wu, Yuefang; Zhang, Huawei

A mapping survey of 51 Planck cold clumps projected on the Orion complex was performed with J = 1-0 lines of 12CO and 13CO with the 13.7 m telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory. The mean column densities of the Planck gas clumps range from 0.5 to 9.5 × 1021 cm-2, with an average value of (2.9 ± 1.…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Planck 41
Asymmetry in the current sheet and secondary magnetic flux ropes during guide field magnetic reconnection
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017384 Bibcode: 2012JGRA..117.7223W

Fujimoto, M.; Zhang, Tielong; Khotyaintsev, Yuri V. +15 more

A magnetic reconnection event with a moderate guide field encountered by Cluster in the near-Earth tail on 28 August 2002 is reported. The guide field points dawnward during this event. The quadrupolar structure of the Hall magnetic field within the ion diffusion region is distorted toward the northern hemisphere in the earthward part while toward…

2012 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 41
PacMan returns: An electron-generated thermal anomaly on Tethys
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.10.013 Bibcode: 2012Icar..221.1084H

Spencer, J. R.; Howett, C. J. A.; Segura, M. +2 more

New Cassini observations show that Saturn’s moon Tethys, like Mimas, has a region of anomalously high thermal inertia at low latitudes centered on its leading hemisphere. Derivation of the thermophysical properties of the surface across three representative regions indicate that the bolometric Bond albedo across Tethys’ leading hemisphere remains …

2012 Icarus
Cassini 41
High-resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Galactic Supernova Remnant Puppis A with XMM-Newton/RGS
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/756/1/49 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...756...49K

Katsuda, Satoru; Petre, Robert; Uchida, Hiroyuki +6 more

We present high-resolution X-ray spectra of cloud-shock interaction regions in the eastern and northern rims of the Galactic supernova remnant Puppis A, using the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board the XMM-Newton satellite. A number of emission lines including Kα triplets of He-like N, O, and Ne are clearly resolved for the first time. Inten…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 41
Buildup and Release of Magnetic Twist during the X3.4 Solar Flare of 2006 December 13
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/17 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...760...17I

Choe, G. S.; Shiota, D.; Inoue, S. +3 more

We analyze the temporal evolution of the three-dimensional magnetic structure of the flaring active region (AR) NOAA 10930 by using the nonlinear force-free fields extrapolated from the photospheric vector magnetic fields observed by the Solar Optical Telescope on board Hinode. This AR consisted mainly of two types of twisted magnetic field lines:…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Hinode SOHO 41