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Mining archival data from wide-field astronomical surveys in search of near-Earth objects
Koschny, Detlef; Verdoes Kleijn, Gijs; Micheli, Marco +5 more
Context. Increasing our knowledge of the orbits and compositions of near-earth objects (NEOs) is important for a better understanding of the evolution of the Solar System and life. The detection of serendipitous NEO appearances among the millions of archived exposures from large astronomical imaging surveys can provide a contribution which is comp…
Two-point Correlation Function Studies for the Milky Way: Discovery of Spatial Clustering from Disk Excitations and Substructure
Yanny, Brian; Gardner, Susan; Hinkel, Austin
We introduce a two-particle correlation function (2PCF) for the Milky Way, constructed to probe spatial correlations in the orthogonal directions of the stellar disk in the Galactic cylindrical coordinates of R, ϕ, and z. We use this new tool to probe the structure and dynamics of the Galaxy using the carefully selected set of solar neighborhood s…
Finding the dispersing siblings of young open clusters. Dynamical traceback simulations using Gaia DR3
Prusti, T.; Hobbs, D.; McMillan, P. +1 more
Context. Stars tend to form in clusters, but many escape their birth clusters very early. Identifying the escaped members of clusters can inform us about the dissolution of star clusters, but also about the stellar dynamics in the galaxy. Methods capable of finding escaped stars from many clusters are required to fully exploit the large amounts of…
VPNEP: Detailed characterization of TESS targets around the Northern Ecliptic Pole. I. Survey design, pilot analysis, and initial data release
Strassmeier, K. G.; Weber, M.; Gruner, D. +13 more
Context. We embarked on a high-resolution optical spectroscopic survey of bright Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) stars around the Northern Ecliptic Pole (NEP), dubbed the Vatican-Potsdam-NEP (VPNEP) survey.
Aims: Our NEP coverage comprises ≈770 square degrees with 1067 stars, of which 352 are bona fide dwarf stars and 715 are gia…
Constraints on the non-thermal desorption of methanol in the cold core LDN 429-C
Boogert, A. C. A.; Gratier, P.; Dartois, E. +6 more
Context. Cold cores are one of the first steps of star formation, characterized by densities of a few 104-105 cm−3, low temperatures (15 K and below), and very low external UV radiation. In these dense environments, a rich chemistry takes place on the surfaces of dust grains. Understanding the physico-chemical proc…
VLBI Astrometry of radio stars to link radio and optical celestial reference frames. I. HD 199178 & AR Lacertae
Wang, Min; Sun, Yan; Zhang, Bo +6 more
To accurately link the radio and optical Celestial Reference Frames (CRFs) at optical bright end, i.e. with GaiaG-band magnitude $\lesssim$13, increasing number and improving sky distribution of radio stars with accurate astrometric parameters from both Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and Gaia measurements are mandatory. We selected two r…
The Sun's Magnetic Power Spectra over Two Solar Cycles. I. Calibration between SDO/HMI and SOHO/MDI Magnetograms
Wang, Ruihui; Jiang, Jie; Luo, Yukun
The Sun's magnetic field is strongly structured over a broad range of scales. Magnetic spatial power spectral analysis provides a powerful tool for understanding the various scales of magnetic fields and their interactions with plasma motions. We aim to investigate the power spectra using spherical harmonic decomposition of high-resolution Solar a…
Jovian Magnetospheric Injections Observed by the Hubble Space Telescope and Juno
Wilson, R. J.; Bagenal, F.; Orton, G. S. +13 more
We compare Hubble Space Telescope observations of Jupiter's FUV auroras with contemporaneous conjugate Juno in situ observations in the equatorial middle magnetosphere of Jupiter. We show that bright patches on and equatorward of the main emission are associated with hot plasma injections driven by ongoing active magnetospheric convection. During …
Accretion disc evolution in GRO J1655-40 and LMC X-3 with relativistic and non-relativistic disc models
Grinberg, Victoria; Dovčiak, Michal; Boorman, Peter G. +3 more
Black hole X-ray binaries are ideal environments to study the accretion phenomena in strong gravitational potentials. These systems undergo dramatic accretion state transitions and analysis of the X-ray spectra is used to probe the properties of the accretion disc and its evolution. In this work, we present a systematic investigation of ~1800 spec…
On the Metallicities and Kinematics of the Circumgalactic Media of Damped Lyα Systems at z 2.5
Urbano Stawinski, Stephanie M.; Hennawi, Joseph F.; Hafen, Zachary +7 more
We use medium- and high-resolution spectroscopy of close pairs of quasars to analyze the circumgalactic medium (CGM) surrounding 32 damped Lyα absorption systems (DLAs). The primary quasar sightline in each pair probes an intervening DLA in the redshift range 1.6 < z abs < 3.5, such that the secondary sightline probes absorption f…