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The Multiphase Absorption Systems toward PG 1206+459
DOI: 10.1086/375028 Bibcode: 2003ApJ...590..746D

Charlton, Jane C.; Churchill, Christopher W.; Palma, Christopher +1 more

A high-resolution (R=30,000) ultraviolet spectrum is presented, which covers Lyα and many low-, intermediate-, and high-ionization transitions in the three Mg II-selected absorption systems toward the quasar PG 1206+459. Three systems (A, B, and C), which are clustered within 1500 km s-1 at z~0.93, were originally identified in a spectr…

2003 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 37
On the Size Difference between Red and Blue Globular Clusters
DOI: 10.1086/376503 Bibcode: 2003ApJ...593..340L

Brodie, Jean P.; Larsen, Søren S.

Several recent studies have reported a mean size difference of about 20% between the metal-rich and metal-poor subpopulations of globular clusters (GCs) in a variety of galaxies. In this paper, we investigate the possibility that the size difference might be a projection effect, resulting from a correlation between cluster size and galactocentric …

2003 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 37
High resolution spectroscopy and emission line imaging of DEM L 71 with XMM-Newton
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030658 Bibcode: 2003A&A...406..141V

Kaastra, J. S.; Vink, J.; Bleeker, J. A. M. +1 more

The X-ray emission from the supernova remnant DEM L 71 is measured and analysed using the high-resolution cameras and spectrometers on board XMM-Newton. The spectrum from the outer shell is reproduced very well by two plasma components of kTe = 0.3 and 0.8 keV. The abundance value from this shell is consistent with the average LMC value…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 37
Coordinated interhemispheric SuperDARN radar observations of the ionospheric response to flux transfer events observed by the Cluster spacecraft at the high-latitude magnetopause
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1807-2003 Bibcode: 2003AnGeo..21.1807W

Balogh, A.; Davies, J. A.; Wild, J. A. +11 more

At 10:00 UT on 14 February 2001, the quartet of ESA Cluster spacecraft were approaching the Northern Hemisphere high-latitude magnetopause in the post-noon sector on an outbound trajectory. At this time, the interplanetary magnetic field incident upon the dayside magnetopause was oriented southward and duskward (BZ negative, BY positive), having t…

2003 Annales Geophysicae
Cluster 37
The Stellar Content of Henize 2-10 from Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1086/367956 Bibcode: 2003ApJ...586..939C

Calzetti, Daniela; Leitherer, Claus; Chandar, Rupali +1 more

We use new Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph long-slit ultraviolet spectroscopy of region A in the nearby starbursting galaxy He 2-10 to examine properties of both compact individual super-star clusters and diffuse intracluster regions. The four most luminous clusters in our slit formed coevally 4-5 Myr ago and have lower mass estimates of seve…

2003 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 37
High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of tau Scorpii (B0.2V) with XMM-Newton
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021577 Bibcode: 2003A&A...398..203M

Raassen, A. J. J.; Mewe, R.; Güdel, M. +3 more

We report the analysis of the first high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the B0.2V star tau Scorpii obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) and the EPIC-MOS CCD spectrometers on board XMM-Newton. The spectrum exhibits bright emission lines of the H- and He-like ions of C, N, O, Ne, Mg, and Si, as well as Fe XVII & Fe XVIII lines.…

2003 Astronomy and Astrophysics
XMM-Newton 37
An XMM-Newton Observation of 4U 1755-33 in Quiescence: Evidence of a Fossil X-Ray Jet
DOI: 10.1086/374682 Bibcode: 2003ApJ...586L..71A

White, Nicholas E.; Angelini, Lorella

We report an XMM-Newton observation of the low-mass X-ray binary and black hole candidate 4U 1755-33. This source had been a bright persistent source for at least 25 yr, but in 1995 it entered an extended quiescent phase. 4U 1755-33 was not detected with an upper limit to the 2-10 keV luminosity of 3.6×1031d24kpc e…

2003 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 36
XMM-Newton surveys of the Canada-France Redshift Survey fields - I. The submillimetre/X-ray relation
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06480.x Bibcode: 2003MNRAS.341.1217W

Eales, Stephen A.; Thuan, Trinh X.; Gear, Walter K. +7 more

First results from XMM-Newton observations of the Canada-France Redshift Survey (CFRS) 3-h, 10-h and 14-h fields are presented. Limited regions of two of the XMM surveys (3 and 14 h) are compared with the Canada-UK Deep Submillimetre Surveys (CUDSS) undertaken with SCUBA. None of the 27 SCUBA sources in the 3-h field is detected by XMM, while one …

2003 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
XMM-Newton 36
A Turbulent Origin for Flocculent Spiral Structure in Galaxies. II. Observations and Models of M33
DOI: 10.1086/376411 Bibcode: 2003ApJ...593..333E

Cuillandre, Jean-Charles; Elmegreen, Bruce G.; Elmegreen, Debra Meloy +1 more

Fourier transform power spectra of azimuthal scans of the optical structure of M33 are evaluated for B, V, and R passbands and fitted to fractal models of continuum emission with superposed star formation. Power spectra are also determined for Hα. The best models have intrinsic power spectra with one-dimensional slopes of around -0.7+/-0.7, signif…

2003 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 36
An empirical test of the theoretical population corrections to the red clump absolute magnitude
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06691.x Bibcode: 2003MNRAS.343..539P

Salaris, Maurizio; Percival, Susan M.

The mean absolute magnitude of the local red clump (RC), MRCλ, is a very well-determined quantity owing to the availability of accurate Hipparcos parallaxes for several hundred RC stars, potentially allowing it to be used as an accurate extragalactic distance indicator. Theoretical models predict that the RC mean magnitude is…

2003 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hipparcos 36