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A census of new globular clusters in the Galactic bulge
Bica, E.; Barbuy, B.; Ortolani, S. +1 more
Context. The number of known globular clusters in the Galactic bulge has been increasing steadily thanks to different new surveys. Aims. The aim of this study is to provide a census of the newly revealed globular clusters in the Galactic bulge, and analyze their characteristics. Methods. In recent years, many globular clusters have been discovered…
The FLAMINGO simulation view of cluster progenitors observed in the epoch of reionization with JWST
Maiolino, Roberto; Tacchella, Sandro; Helton, Jakob M. +4 more
Motivated by the recent JWST discovery of galaxy overdensities during the Epoch of Reionzation, we examine the physical properties of high-z protoclusters and their evolution using the Full-hydro Large-scale structure simulations with All-sky Mapping for the Interpretation of Next Generation Observations (FLAMINGO) simulation suite. We investigate…
Galaxy mergers in UNIONS - I. A simulation-driven hybrid deep learning ensemble for pure galaxy merger classification
Ellison, Sara L.; Gwyn, Stephen D. J.; Ferreira, Leonardo +7 more
Merging and interactions can radically transform galaxies. However, identifying these events based solely on structure is challenging as the status of observed mergers is not easily accessible. Fortunately, cosmological simulations are now able to produce more realistic galaxy morphologies, allowing us to directly trace galaxy transformation throu…
Bioverse: The Habitable Zone Inner Edge Discontinuity as an Imprint of Runaway Greenhouse Climates on Exoplanet Demographics
Apai, Dániel; Schlecker, Martin; Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K. +3 more
Long-term magma ocean phases on rocky exoplanets orbiting closer to their star than the runaway greenhouse threshold-the inner edge of the classical habitable zone-may offer insights into the physical and chemical processes that distinguish potentially habitable worlds from others. The thermal stratification of runaway planets is expected to signi…
JWST discovers an AGN ionization cone but only weak radiatively driven feedback in a powerful z ≈ 3.5 radio-loud AGN
Lehnert, Matthew D.; Zakamska, Nadia L.; Stern, Daniel +7 more
We present the first results from a JWST program studying the role played by powerful radio jets in the evolution of the most massive galaxies at the onset of cosmic noon. Using NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy, we detected 24 rest-frame optical emission lines from the z = 3.5892 radio galaxy 4C+19.71, which contains one of the most energetic r…
The Galactic bulge exploration. I. The period-absolute magnitude-metallicity relations for RR Lyrae stars for GBP, V, G, GRP, I, J, H, and Ks passbands using Gaia DR3 parallaxes
Prudil, Z.; Kunder, A.; Koch-Hansen, A. J. +1 more
We present a new set of period-absolute magnitude-metallicity (PMZ) relations for single-mode RR Lyrae stars calibrated for the optical GBP, V, G, GRP, near-infrared I, J, H, and Ks passbands. We compiled a large dataset (over 100 objects) of fundamental and first-overtone RR Lyrae pulsators consisting of mean inte…
The first degree-scale starlight-polarization-based tomography map of the magnetized interstellar medium
Eriksen, H. K.; Ghosh, T.; Gjerløw, E. +21 more
We present the first degree-scale tomography map of the dusty magnetized interstellar medium (ISM) from stellar polarimetry and distance measurements. We used the RoboPol polarimeter at Skinakas Observatory to conduct a survey of the polarization of starlight in a region of the sky of about four square degrees. We propose a Bayesian method to deco…
ESPRESSO Observations of Gaia BH1: High-precision Orbital Constraints and no Evidence for an Inner Binary
Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Bieryla, Allyson; Rix, Hans-Walter +9 more
We present high-precision radial velocity observations of Gaia BH1, the nearest known black hole (BH). The system contains a solar-type G star orbiting a massive dark companion, which could be either a single BH or an inner BH + BH binary. A BH + BH binary is expected in some models where Gaia BH1 formed as a hierarchical triple, which is attracti…
At least one in a dozen stars shows evidence of planetary ingestion
Bitsch, Bertram; Ting, Yuan-Sen; Dotter, Aaron +6 more
Stellar chemical compositions can be altered by ingestion of planetary material1,2 and/or planet formation, which removes refractory material from the protostellar disk3,4. These `planet signatures' appear as correlations between elemental abundance differences and the dust condensation temperature3,5,6. Detecting …
Enhanced star formation and metallicity deficit in the USS 1558-003 forming protocluster at z = 2.53
Tanaka, I.; Daikuhara, K.; Koyama, Y. +6 more
We use K-band multi-object near-infrared spectroscopy with Keck/MOSFIRE to search for environmental imprints on the gas properties of 27 narrow-band selected H α emitters (HAEs) across the three major clumps of the assembling USS1558-003 protocluster at z = 2.53. We target the H α and [N II]λ6584 emission lines to obtain star formation rates (SFR)…