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Relativistic Outflows in Two Quasars in the Chandra Deep Field South
DOI: 10.1086/592141 Bibcode: 2008ApJ...688..116Z

Wang, J. X.; Zheng, Z. Y.

In this paper we provide new 1 Ms Chandra ACIS spectra of two quasars in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) which had strong and extremely blueshifted X-ray emission/absorption line features in previous 1 Ms spectra, with outflowing bulk velocity v ~ 0.65-0.84c. In the new 1 Ms spectra, the relativistic blueshifted line feature is solidly confir…

2008 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 5
Empirical Reconstruction
Bibcode: 2008ISSIR...8...91D

de Keyser, Johan

Empirical reconstruction methods attempt to interpret in situ observations of the magnetospheric boundary in terms of time-stationary structures that are convected past the spacecraft. The ever-changing position of the boundary is considered an unknown of the problem. Once the motion of the boundary is found, empirical reconstruction produces spat…

2008 ISSI Scientific Reports Series
Cluster 5
Small-scale flows in SUMER and TRACE high-cadence co-observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809349 Bibcode: 2008A&A...482..273M

Doyle, J. G.; Madjarska, M. S.

Context: We report on the physical properties of small-scale transient flows observed simultaneously at high cadence with the SUMER spectrometer and the TRACE imager in the plage area of an active region.
Aims: Our major objective is to provide a better understanding of the nature of transient phenomena in the solar atmosphere by using high-ca…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 5
Shrinkage of magnetosphere observed by TC-1 satellite during the high-speed solar wind stream
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0258-7 Bibcode: 2008ScChE..51.1695L

Reme, H.; Carr, C. M.; Cao, JinBin +6 more

During the interval 06:14-07:30 UT on August 24, 2005, since the Earth's magnetopause was suddenly compressed by the persistent high-speed solar wind stream with the southward component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), the magnetopause moved inward for about 3.1 RE. Meanwhile, TC-1 satellite shifted from northern plasma sheet to the nor…

2008 Science in China E: Technological Sciences
DoubleStar 5
On the ultraviolet signatures of small scale heating in coronal loops
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809928 Bibcode: 2008A&A...492..857P

Young, P. R.; Parenti, S.

Aims: Studying the statistical properties of solar ultraviolet emission lines could provide information about the nature of small scale coronal heating. We expand on previous work to investigate these properties. We study whether the predicted statistical distribution of ion emission line intensities produced by a specified heating function is aff…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hinode SOHO 5
In situ thermal conductivity measurements of Titan's lower atmosphere
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.05.006 Bibcode: 2008Icar..197..579H

Lorenz, R. D.; Hagermann, A.; Leese, M. R. +8 more

Thermal conductivity measurements, presented in this paper (Fig. 3), were made during the descent of the Huygens probe through the atmosphere of Titan below the altitude of 30 km. The measurements are broadly consistent with reference values derived from the composition, pressure and temperature profiles of the atmosphere; except in narrow altitud…

2008 Icarus
Huygens 5
Prospects for future enhanced solar energetic particle events and the effects of weaker heliospheric magnetic fields
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013168 Bibcode: 2008JGRA..11311102K

Kahler, S. W.

Recent work based on nitrate abundances in ice cores has shown that large solar energetic (E > 30 MeV) particle (LSEP) events during the spacecraft era of observations (1960-present) are diminished in comparison with those of some preceding eras and that LSEP events have occurred during low cycles of solar activity. McCracken et al. (2004) have…

2008 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
SOHO 5
The Huygens scientific data archive: Technical overview
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.10.007 Bibcode: 2008P&SS...56..770W

Colombatti, Giacomo; Aboudan, Alessio; Lebreton, Jean-Pierre +31 more

The Cassini/Huygens mission was launched in October 1997, and during the third orbit around Saturn, the Huygens probe was released on course to enter Titan's atmosphere. During the descent, six science instruments provided in situ and remote sensing measurements of Titan's atmosphere and surface. Doppler tracking was performed with two Earth-based…

2008 Planetary and Space Science
Huygens 5
XMM-Newton Observations of the Red Type 1.8 Quasar 2M1049+5837: Reflection from Cold and Warm (Ionized) Matter
DOI: 10.1086/588039 Bibcode: 2008ApJ...680..110W

Wilkes, B. J.; Pounds, K. A.; Schmidt, G. D.

Chandra observations of the type 1.8, low-redshift (z = 0.115), red (J - KS ~ 2) quasar 2MASSJ 104943+583750 (2M1049+5837) indicated an unusually hard X-ray spectrum (HR ~ 0.6), suggesting obscuration of NH ~ 4 × 1022 cm-2 and a flat Γ ~ 0.4 power-law slope. A higher signal-to-noise ratio XMM-Newton obse…

2008 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 5
EROs found behind lensing clusters. II. Empirical properties, classification, and SED modelling based on multi-wavelength observations
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077591 Bibcode: 2008A&A...477...55H

Kneib, J. -P.; Schaerer, D.; Pelló, R. +5 more

Aims:We study the properties and nature of extremely red galaxies (ERO, R-K≥5.6) found behind two lensing clusters and compare them with other known galaxy populations.
Methods: New HST/ACS, Spitzer (IRAC and MIPS), and Chandra/ACIS observations of the two lensing clusters Abell 1835 and AC114 have been obtained, combined with our earlier opti…

2008 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 5