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TOPoS. VI. The metal-weak tail of the metallicity distribution functions of the Milky Way and the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus structure
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140816 Bibcode: 2021A&A...651A..79B

Ludwig, H. -G.; Salvadori, S.; Bonifacio, P. +11 more

Context. The goal of the Turn-Off Primordial Stars survey (TOPoS) project is to find and analyse turn-off (TO) stars of extremely low metallicity. To select the targets for spectroscopic follow-up at high spectral resolution, we relied on low-resolution spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
Aims: In this paper, we use the metallic…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 41
Second Data Release of the All-sky NOIRLab Source Catalog
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abd6e1 Bibcode: 2021AJ....161..192N

Nidever, David L.; Dey, Arjun; Fasbender, Katie +7 more

We announce the second data release (DR2) of the NOIRLab Source Catalog (NSC), using 412,116 public images from CTIO-4 m+DECam, the KPNO-4 m+Mosaic3, and the Bok-2.3 m+90Prime. NSC DR2 contains over 3.9 billion unique objects, 68 billion individual source measurements, covers ≈35,000 square degrees of the sky, has depths of ≈23 mag in most broadba…

2021 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 41
The interstellar medium of quiescent galaxies and its evolution with time
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039280 Bibcode: 2021A&A...647A..33M

Daddi, Emanuele; Whitaker, Katherine E.; Toft, Sune +6 more

We characterise the basic far-IR properties and the gas mass fraction of massive (⟨log(M*/M)⟩ ≈ 11.0) quiescent galaxies (QGs) and explore how these evolve from z = 2.0 to the present day. We use robust, multi-wavelength (mid- to far-IR and sub-millimetre to radio) stacking ensembles of homogeneously selected and mass comple…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 41
Cepheid metallicity in the Leavitt law (C-metall) survey - I. HARPS-N@TNG spectroscopy of 47 classical Cepheids and 1 BL Her variables
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2460 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.508.4047R

Clementini, G.; Ripepi, V.; Molinaro, R. +11 more

Classical Cepheids (DCEPs) are the most important primary indicators of the extragalactic distance scale. Establishing the dependence on metallicity of their period-luminosity and period-Wesenheit (PLZ/PWZ) relations has deep consequences on the calibration of secondary distance indicators that lead to the final estimate of the Hubble constant (H<…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia eHST 41
The young massive SMC cluster NGC 330 seen by MUSE. II. Multiplicity properties of the massive-star population
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140507 Bibcode: 2021A&A...652A..70B

Wang, C.; de Mink, S. E.; de Koter, A. +10 more

Context. Observations of massive stars in open clusters younger than ∼8 Myr have shown that a majority of them are in binary systems, most of which will interact during their life. While these can be used as a proxy of the initial multiplicity properties, studying populations of massive stars older than ∼20 Myr allows us to probe the outcome of th…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 41
Evolution of Switchbacks in the Inner Heliosphere
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac2606 Bibcode: 2021ApJ...919L..31T

Velli, Marco; Matteini, Lorenzo; Sioulas, Nikos +3 more

We analyze magnetic field data from the first six encounters of Parker Solar Probe, three Helios fast streams and two Ulysses south polar passes covering heliocentric distances 0.1 ≲ R ≲ 3 au. We use this data set to statistically determine the evolution of switchbacks of different periods and amplitudes with distance from the Sun. We compare the …

2021 The Astrophysical Journal
Ulysses 41
Characterizing Undetected Stellar Companions with Combined Data Sets
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac0ae9 Bibcode: 2021AJ....162..128W

Kraus, Adam L.; Mann, Andrew W.; Wood, Mackenna L.

Binaries play a critical role in the formation, evolution, and fundamental properties of planets, stars, and stellar associations. Observational studies in these areas often include a mix of observations aimed at detecting or ruling out the presence of stellar companions. Rarely can nondetections rule out all possible binary configurations. Here w…

2021 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia Hipparcos 41
KMOS study of the mass accretion rate from Class I to Class II in NGC 1333
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039264 Bibcode: 2021A&A...650A..43F

Fiorellino, Eleonora; Giannini, Teresa; Nisini, Brunella +6 more

Context. The mass accretion rate (\Mdot;acc) is the fundamental parameter to understand the process of mass assembly that results in the formation of a low-mass star. This parameter has been largely studied in Classical T Tauri stars in star-forming regions with ages of ∼1 − 10 Myr. However, little is known about the accretion propertie…

2021 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 40
Powerful winds in high-redshift obscured and red quasars
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab1176 Bibcode: 2021MNRAS.504.4445V

Hamann, Fred; Veilleux, Sylvain; Zakamska, Nadia L. +10 more

Quasar-driven outflows must have made their most significant impact on galaxy formation during the epoch when massive galaxies were forming most rapidly. To study the impact of quasar feedback, we conducted rest-frame optical integral field spectrograph (IFS) observations of three extremely red quasars (ERQs) and one type-2 quasar at z = 2-3, obta…

2021 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 40
Water heavily fractionated as it ascends on Mars as revealed by ExoMars/NOMAD
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc8843 Bibcode: 2021SciA....7.8843V

Vandaele, Ann Carine; Aoki, Shohei; Liuzzi, Giuliano +15 more

2021 Science Advances
ExoMars-16 40