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Energetic feedback and 26Al from massive stars and their supernovae in the Carina region
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118209 Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..66V

Hartmann, D. H.; Preibisch, T.; Diehl, R. +3 more


Aims: We study the populations of massive stars in the Carina region and their energetic feedback and ejection of 26Al.
Methods: We did a census of the stellar populations in young stellar clusters within a few degrees of the Carina nebula. For each star we estimated the mass, based on the spectral type and the host cluster ag…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 25
Herschel/HIFI observations of CO, H2O and NH3 in Monoceros R2
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118481 Bibcode: 2012A&A...544A.110P

Le Bourlot, J.; Le Petit, F.; Ossenkopf, V. +12 more

Context. Mon R2, at a distance of 830 pc, is the only ultracompact H ii region (UCH ii) where the associated photon-dominated region (PDR) can be resolved with Herschel. Owing to its brightness and proximity, it is one of the best-suited sources for investigating the chemistry and physics of highly UV-irradiated PDRs.
Aims: Our goal is to est…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 25
Uncovering the Birth of a Coronal Mass Ejection from Two-Viewpoint SECCHI Observations
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-012-9933-8 Bibcode: 2012SoPh..280..509V

Tsinganos, K.; Vourlidas, A.; Syntelis, P.

We investigate the initiation and formation of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) via a detailed two-viewpoint analysis of low corona observations of a relatively fast CME acquired by the SECCHI instruments aboard the STEREO mission. The event which occurred on 2 January 2008, was chosen because of several unique characteristics. It shows upward motion…

2012 Solar Physics
SOHO 25
Sound-speed Inversion of the Sun Using a Nonlocal Statistical Convection Theory
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L14 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...759L..14Z

Deng, Licai; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen; Zhang, Chunguang +1 more

Helioseismic inversions reveal a major discrepancy in sound speed between the Sun and the standard solar model just below the base of the solar convection zone. We demonstrate that this discrepancy is caused by the inherent shortcomings of the local mixing-length theory adopted in the standard solar model. Using a self-consistent nonlocal convecti…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 25
The distribution of Titan's high-altitude (out to ∼50,000 km) exosphere from energetic neutral atom (ENA) measurements by Cassini/INCA
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.04.014 Bibcode: 2012P&SS...60..107B

Dandouras, I.; Garnier, P.; Krimigis, S. M. +3 more

We report observations of Titan's high-altitude exosphere detected out to about 50,000 km altitude. The observations were made by the Ion Neutral Camera (INCA) on board the Cassini spacecraft. INCA detects energetic neutral atoms (ENA) that are formed when the ambient magnetospheric ions charge exchange with Titan's neutral atmosphere and exospher…

2012 Planetary and Space Science
Cassini 25
Possible Detection of an Emission Cyclotron Resonance Scattering Feature from the Accretion-powered Pulsar 4U 1626-67
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/751/1/35 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...751...35I

Mihara, T.; Tashiro, M. S.; Yamada, S. +7 more

We present analysis of 4U 1626-67, a 7.7 s pulsar in a low-mass X-ray binary system, observed with the hard X-ray detector of the Japanese X-ray satellite Suzaku in 2006 March for a net exposure of ~88 ks. The source was detected at an average 10-60 keV flux of ~4 × 10-10 erg cm-2 s-1. The phase-averaged spectrum i…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Suzaku 25
Exploring X-ray and radio emission of type 1 AGN up to z ~ 2.3
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117464 Bibcode: 2012A&A...545A..66B

Ballo, L.; Barcons, X.; Carrera, F. J. +1 more

Context. X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is dominated by the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole. The radio luminosity, however, has not such a clear origin except in the most powerful sources where jets are evident. The origin (and even the very existence) of the local bi-modal distribution in radio-loudness is also a…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 25
Herschel-PACS far-infrared detections of Lyman-α emitters at 2.0 ≲ z ≲ 3.5
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016261 Bibcode: 2012A&A...541A..65O

Berta, S.; Magnelli, B.; Lutz, D. +23 more

In this work we analyse the physical properties of a sample of 56 spectroscopically selected star-forming (SF) Lyα emitting galaxies at 2.0 ≲ z ≲ 3.5 using both a spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting procedure from rest-frame UV to mid-IR and direct 160 µm FIR observations taken with the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PAC…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel eHST 25
Probing the M_BH-σ* Relation in the Non-local Universe Using Red QSOs
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/38 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...760...38C

Lacy, Mark; Canalizo, Gabriela; Hiner, Kyle D. +3 more

We describe a method to measure the M_BH-σ* relation in the non-local universe using dust-obscured QSOs. We present results from a pilot sample of nine Two Micron All Sky Survey red QSOs with redshifts 0.14 < z < 0.37. We find that there is an offset (0.8 dex, on average) between the position of our objects and the local relation …

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 25
Late-time Light Curves of Type II Supernovae: Physical Properties of Supernovae and Their Environment
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/744/1/26 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...744...26O

Barlow, Michael J.; Panagia, Nino; Meixner, Margaret +9 more

We present BVRIJHK-band photometry of six core-collapse supernovae, SNe 1999bw, 2002hh, 2003gd, 2004et, 2005cs, and 2006bc, measured at late epochs (>2 yr) based on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and the Gemini North, and WIYN telescopes. We also show the JHK light curves of supernova impostor SN 2008S up to day 575 because it was serendipit…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 25