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Herschel-ATLAS: the far-infrared properties and star formation rates of broad absorption line quasi-stellar objects
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22049.x Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427.1209C

Ivison, R. J.; Clements, D. L.; Cooray, A. +20 more

We have used data from the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large-Area Survey (H-ATLAS) at 250, 350 and 500 µm to determine the far-infrared (FIR) properties of 50 broad absorption line quasars (BAL QSOs). Our sample contains 49 high-ionization BAL QSOs (HiBALs) and one low-ionization BAL QSO (LoBAL) which are compared against a sample of 32…

2012 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 20
Energetic electron observations of Rhea’s magnetospheric interaction
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.006 Bibcode: 2012Icar..221..116R

Gurnett, D. A.; Persoon, A. M.; Krupp, N. +12 more

Saturn’s moon Rhea is thought to be a simple plasma absorber, however, energetic particle observations in its vicinity show a variety of unexpected and complex interaction features that do not conform with our current understanding about plasma absorbing interactions. Energetic electron data are especially interesting, as they contain a series of …

2012 Icarus
Cassini 20
Optical TiO and VO Band Emission in Two Embedded Protostars: IRAS 04369+2539 and IRAS 05451+0037
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/143/2/37 Bibcode: 2012AJ....143...37H

Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Knapp, Gillian R.; Rebull, Luisa M. +2 more

Archival spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey of two optically faint flat-spectrum protostars, IRAS 04369+2539 and IRAS 05451+0037, show strong emission-line features including—notably—clear and broad emission across several molecular bands of TiO and VO. The molecular emission is indicative of dense, warm circumstellar gas and has been seen …

2012 The Astronomical Journal
Planck 20
The oblique impact Hale and its consequences on Mars
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003843 Bibcode: 2012JGRE..117.4001S

Schultz, Peter H.; Wrobel, Kelly E.

Highly oblique impacts represent a rare and special class of impact events manifested as elliptical craters preserved on present-day planetary surfaces. Crater excavation in highly oblique impacts differs from that of standard vertical impacts due to early time asymmetries imparted by the downrange-directed coupling of energy between the projectil…

2012 Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
MEx 20
Radiative equilibrium in solar prominences reconsidered
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913537 Bibcode: 2012A&A...539A..49H

Heinzel, P.; Anzer, U.


Aims: We reconsider the question which kinetic temperatures can lead to prominence configurations that are in radiative equilibrium. We compare these temperatures to those from other calculations.
Methods: For this purpose we solved the full non-LTE radiative-transfer problem for a gas consisting of hydrogen, helium and calcium. We used …

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 20
Suzaku X-Ray Imaging of the Extended Lobe in the Giant Radio Galaxy NGC 6251 Associated with the Fermi-LAT Source 2FGL J1629.4+8236
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/749/1/66 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...749...66T

Cheung, C. C.; Kataoka, J.; Stawarz, Ł. +7 more

We report the results of a Suzaku X-ray imaging study of NGC 6251, a nearby giant radio galaxy with intermediate FR I/II radio properties. Our pointing direction was centered on the γ-ray emission peak recently discovered with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) around the position of the northwest (NW) radio lobe 15 arcmin offset from the nucleu…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Suzaku XMM-Newton 20
Multidimensional nonlinear mirror-mode structures in the Earth's magnetosheath
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017420 Bibcode: 2012JGRA..117.8208S

Omura, Yoshiharu; Shoji, Masafumi; Lee, Lou-Chuang

We performed two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) hybrid simulations in open boundary models to study the nonlinear mirror-mode structures driven by the temperature anisotropy (T/T> 1) of protons in the magnetosheath. In the open systems, because of the propagation of EMIC waves, we obtain the clearer non-prop…

2012 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 20
Observations of Plasma Upflow in a Warm Loop with Hinode/EIS
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/754/1/L4 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...754L...4T

Del Zanna, Giulio; Tripathi, Durgesh; Mason, Helen E. +1 more

A complete understanding of Doppler shift in active region loops can help probe the basic physical mechanism involved into the heating of those loops. Here, we present observations of upflows in coronal loops detected in a range of temperatures (log T = 5.8-6.2). The loop was not discernible above these temperatures. The speed of upflow was strong…

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
Hinode 20
A detailed X-ray investigation of ζ Puppis. I. The dataset and some preliminary results
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117387 Bibcode: 2012A&A...538A..22N

Nazé, Y.; Rauw, G.; Flores, C. A.


Aims: One of the closest and brightest massive stars, ζ Puppis, was the first early-type object observed by the current generation of X-ray observatories. These observations provided some surprising results, partly confirming the theoretical predictions while simultaneously unveiling some problematic mismatches with expectations. In this seri…

2012 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 20
Interstellar Silicate Dust in the z = 0.89 Absorber toward PKS 1830-211: Crystalline Silicates at High Redshift?
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/748/1/19 Bibcode: 2012ApJ...748...19A

York, Donald G.; Kulkarni, Varsha P.; Welty, Daniel E. +3 more

We present evidence of a >10σ detection of the 10 µm silicate dust absorption feature in the spectrum of the gravitationally lensed quasar PKS 1830-211, produced by a foreground absorption system at redshift 0.886. We have examined more than 100 optical depth templates, derived from both observations of Galactic and extragalactic sources …

2012 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 20