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Latitudinal and altitudinal controls of Titan's dune field morphometry
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.10.024 Bibcode: 2012Icar..217..231L

Janssen, M. A.; Hayes, A. G.; Encrenaz, P. +5 more

Dune fields dominate ∼13% of Titan's surface and represent an important sink of carbon in the methane cycle. Herein, we discuss correlations in dune morphometry with altitude and latitude. These correlations, which have important implications in terms of geological processes and climate on Titan, are investigated through the microwave electromagne…

2012 Icarus
Cassini 29
Extreme Host Galaxy Growth in Powerful Early-epoch Radio Galaxies
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/757/2/L26 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...757L..26B

Haas, Martin; Barthel, Peter; Wilkes, Belinda +1 more

During the first half of the universe's life, a heyday of star formation must have occurred because many massive galaxies are in place after that epoch in cosmic history. Our observations with the revolutionary Herschel Space Observatory reveal vigorous optically obscured star formation in the ultra-massive hosts of many powerful high-redshift 3C …

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 29
Measuring star formation in high-z massive galaxies: a mid-infrared to submillimetre study of the GOODS NICMOS Survey sample
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20456.x Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.421.2161V

Netterfield, C. B.; Scott, D.; Halpern, M. +16 more

We present measurements of the mean mid-infrared to submillimetre flux densities of massive (M≳ 1011 M) galaxies at redshifts 1.7 < z < 2.9, obtained by stacking positions of known objects taken from the GOODS NICMOS Survey (GNS) catalogue on maps at 24 ?m (Spitzer/MIPS); 70, 100 and 160 ?m (Herschel/PACS);…

2012 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel eHST 29
Mutual events in the Cold Classical transneptunian binary system Sila and Nunam
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.014 Bibcode: 2012Icar..220...74G

Buie, M. W.; Rabinowitz, D. L.; Grundy, W. M. +9 more

Hubble Space Telescope observations between 2001 and 2010 resolved the binary components of the Cold Classical transneptunian object (79360) Sila-Nunam (provisionally designated 1997 CS29). From these observations we have determined the circular, retrograde mutual orbit of Nunam relative to Sila with a period of 12.50995 ± 0.00036 days …

2012 Icarus
eHST 29
Cores in infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) seen in the Hi-GAL survey between l= 300° and 330°
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20680.x Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.422.1071W

Peretto, N.; Elia, D.; Griffin, M. J. +15 more

We have used data taken as part of the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane survey (Hi-GAL) to study 3171 infrared dark cloud (IRDC) candidates that were identified in the mid-IR (8 µm) by Spitzer (we refer to these as `Spitzer-dark' regions). They all lie in the range l= 300-330° and |b|≤ 1°. Of these, only 1205 were seen in emission in the far…

2012 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 29
Chandra and HST Imaging of the Quasars PKS B0106+013 and 3C 345: Inverse Compton X-Rays and Magnetized Jets
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/81 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...748...81K

Marshall, H. L.; Kharb, P.; Lister, M. L. +1 more

We present results from deep (~70 ks) Chandra/ACIS observations and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys F475W observations of two highly optically polarized quasars belonging to the MOJAVE blazar sample, viz., PKS B0106+013 and 1641+399 (3C 345). These observations reveal X-ray and optical emissions from the jets in both sourc…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 29
Herschel/HIFI observations of molecular emission in protoplanetary nebulae and young planetary nebulae
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117646 Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A...8B

Waters, L. B. F. M.; Menten, K. M.; Olofsson, H. +16 more


Aims: We aim to study the physical conditions, particularly the excitation state, of the intermediate-temperature gas in protoplanetary nebulae and young planetary nebulae (PPNe, PNe). The information that the observations of the different components deliver is of particular importance for understanding the evolution of these objects.
Me…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 29
Circulation of the Venus upper mesosphere/lower thermosphere: Doppler wind measurements from 2001-2009 inferior conjunction, sub-millimeter CO absorption line observations
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.021 Bibcode: 2012Icar..217..794C

Moriarty-Schieven, Gerald; Clancy, R. Todd; Sandor, Brad J.

Sub-millimeter 12CO (346 GHz) and 13CO (330 GHz) line absorptions, formed within the mesospheric to lower thermospheric altitude (70-120 km) region of the Venus atmosphere, have been mapped across the nightside disk of Venus during 2001-2009 inferior conjunctions, employing the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). Radiative …

2012 Icarus
VenusExpress 29
Kinematics and helicity evolution of a loop-like eruptive prominence
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118588 Bibcode: 2012A&A...540A.127K

Vial, J. -C.; Madjarska, M. S.; Schrijver, C. J. +4 more


Aims: We aim at investigating the morphology as well as kinematic and helicity evolution of a loop-like prominence during its eruption.
Methods: We used multi-instrument observations from AIA/SDO, EUVI/STEREO and LASCO/SoHO. The kinematic, morphological, geometrical, and helicity evolution of a loop-like eruptive prominence were studied …

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 29
Spectroscopic observations of propagating disturbances in a polar coronal hole: evidence of slow magneto-acoustic waves
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219795 Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..93G

Solanki, S. K.; Marsch, E.; Teriaca, L. +2 more


Aims: We focus on detecting and studying quasi-periodic propagating features that have been interpreted in terms of both slow magneto-acoustic waves and of high-speed upflows.
Methods: We analyzed long-duration spectroscopic observations of the on-disk part of the south polar coronal hole taken on 1997 February 25 by the SUMER spectromet…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 29