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1. SiO Outflows in the Most Luminous and Massive Protostellar Sources of the Southern Sky

Author: Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, European Southern Observatory, Onsala Space Observatory (Swedish), Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Chile), #NODATA#, Guerra-Varas, N., Merello, M., Bronfman, L., Duronea, N., Elia, D., Finger, R., Mendoza, E., Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, European Southern Observatory, Onsala Space Observatory (Swedish), Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Chile), #NODATA#, Guerra-Varas, N., Merello, M., Bronfman, L., Duronea, N., Elia, D., Finger, R., and Mendoza, E.
Abstract: (Abridged) High-mass star formation is far less understood than low-mass star formation. It entails molecular outflows, which disturb the protostellar clump. Studying these outflows and the shocked gas they cause is key for a better understanding of this process. This study aims to characterise the behaviour of molecular outflows in the most massive protostellar sources in the Southern Galaxy by looking for evolutionary trends and associating shocked gas with outflow activity. We present APEX SEPIA180 observations (beamwidth $\sim$36") of SiO outflow candidates of a sample of 32 luminous and dense clumps, candidates to harbouring Hot Molecular Cores. We study the SiO(4-3) line emission, an unambiguous tracer of shocked gas and recent outflow activity, the HCO$^+$(2-1) and H$^{13}$CO$^+$(2-1) lines. 78% of our sample present SiO emission. Nine of these also have wings in the HCO$^+$ line, indicating outflow activity. The SiO emission of these 9 sources is more intense and wider than the rest, suggesting that the outflows in this group are faster and more energetic. Three positive correlations between the outflow properties were found, which suggest that more energetic outflows bear to mobilise more material. No correlation was found between the evolutionary stage indicator $L/M$ and SiO outflow properties, supporting that outflows happen throughout the whole high-mass star formation process. We conclude that sources with both SiO emission and HCO$^+$ wings and sources with only SiO emission are in virtually the same advanced stage of evolution in the high-mass star formation process. The former present more massive and more powerful SiO outflows than the latter. Thus, looking for more outflow signatures such as HCO$^+$ wings could help identify more massive and active massive star-forming regions in samples of similarly evolved sources, as well as sources with older outflow activity.
Published: 2023

2. Smooth kinematic and metallicity gradients reveal that the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster and disc might be part of the same structure

Author: European Southern Observatory, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Nogueras Lara, Francisco, Feldmeier-Krause, A., Schödel, Rainer, Sormani, M. C., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Schultheis, M., Neumayer, N., Rich, R. M., Nieuwmunster, N., European Southern Observatory, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Nogueras Lara, Francisco, Feldmeier-Krause, A., Schödel, Rainer, Sormani, M. C., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Schultheis, M., Neumayer, N., Rich, R. M., and Nieuwmunster, N.
Abstract: Context. The innermost regions of most galaxies are characterised by the presence of extremely dense nuclear star clusters. Nevertheless, these clusters are not the only stellar component present in galactic nuclei, where larger stellar structures known as nuclear stellar discs, have also been found. Understanding the relation between nuclear star clusters and nuclear stellar discs is challenging due to the large distance towards other galaxies which limits their analysis to integrated light. The Milky Way’s centre, at only ~8 kpc, hosts a nuclear star cluster and a nuclear stellar disc, constituting a unique template to understand their relation and formation scenario. Aims. We aim to study the kinematics and stellar metallicity of stars from the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster and disc to shed light on the relation between these two Galactic centre components. Methods. We used publicly available photometric, proper motions, and spectroscopic catalogues to analyse a region of ~2.8′ × 4.9′ centred on the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster. We built colour magnitude diagrams, and applied colour cuts to analyse the kinematic and metallicity distributions of Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster and disc stars with different extinction, along the line of sight. Results. We detect kinematic and metallicity gradients for the analysed stars along the line of sight towards the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster, suggesting a smooth transition between the nuclear stellar disc and cluster.We also find a bi-modal metallicity distribution for all the analysed colour bins, which is compatible with previous work on the bulk population of the nuclear stellar disc and cluster. Our results suggest that these two Galactic centre components might be part of the same structure with the Milky Way’s nuclear stellar disc being the grown edge of the nuclear star cluster. © The Authors 2023
Published: 2023

3. Asteroid (16) Psyche's primordial shape: A possible Jacobi ellipsoid

Author: European Southern Observatory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), Generalitat Valenciana, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ferrais, M., Vernazza, Pierre, Jorda, Laurent, Rambaux, N., Hanuš, J., Carry, B., Marchis, F., Marsset, M., Viikinkoski, M., Brož, M., Fetick, R., Drouard, A., Fusco, Thierry, Birlan, M., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Jehin, Emmanuël, Bartczak, P., Castillo-Rogez, J., Cipriani, Fabrice, Colas, François, Dudziński, G., Dumas, C., Ğ Urech, J., Kaasalainen, Mikko, Kryszczynska, A., Lamy, P., Le Coroller, H., Marciniak, A., Michalowski, T., Michel, P., Santana-Ros, Toni, Tanga, P., Vachier, F., Vigan, A., Witasse, O., Yang, B., European Southern Observatory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), Generalitat Valenciana, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ferrais, M., Vernazza, Pierre, Jorda, Laurent, Rambaux, N., Hanuš, J., Carry, B., Marchis, F., Marsset, M., Viikinkoski, M., Brož, M., Fetick, R., Drouard, A., Fusco, Thierry, Birlan, M., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Jehin, Emmanuël, Bartczak, P., Castillo-Rogez, J., Cipriani, Fabrice, Colas, François, Dudziński, G., Dumas, C., Ğ Urech, J., Kaasalainen, Mikko, Kryszczynska, A., Lamy, P., Le Coroller, H., Marciniak, A., Michalowski, T., Michel, P., Santana-Ros, Toni, Tanga, P., Vachier, F., Vigan, A., Witasse, O., and Yang, B.
Abstract: Context. Asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid in the main belt and the target of the NASA Psyche mission. It is also the only asteroid of this size (D> 200 km) known to be metal rich. Although various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the rather unique physical properties of this asteroid, a perfect understanding of its formation and bulk composition is still missing. Aims. We aim to refine the shape and bulk density of (16) Psyche and to perform a thorough analysis of its shape to better constrain possible formation scenarios and the structure of its interior. Methods. We obtained disk-resolved VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL images acquired within our ESO large program (ID 199.C-0074), which complement similar data obtained in 2018. Both data sets offer a complete coverage of Psyche's surface. These images were used to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) shape of Psyche with two independent shape modeling algorithms (MPCD and ADAM). A shape analysis was subsequently performed, including a comparison with equilibrium figures and the identification of mass deficit regions. Results. Our 3D shape along with existing mass estimates imply a density of 4.20 ± 0.60 g cm-3, which is so far the highest for a solar system object following the four telluric planets. Furthermore, the shape of Psyche presents small deviations from an ellipsoid, that is, prominently three large depressions along its equator. The flatness and density of Psyche are compatible with a formation at hydrostatic equilibrium as a Jacobi ellipsoid with a shorter rotation period of ∼3h. Later impacts may have slowed down Psyche's rotation, which is currently ∼4.2 h, while also creating the imaged depressions. Conclusions. Our results open the possibility that Psyche acquired its primordial shape either after a giant impact while its interior was already frozen or while its interior was still molten owing to the decay of the short-lived radionuclide 26Al.
Published: 2020

4. A statistical analysis of dust polarization properties in ALMA observations of Class 0 protostellar cores

Author: European Southern Observatory, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, European Commission, Le Gouellec, Valentin J. M., Maury, Anaëlle, Guillet, V., Hull, Charles L. H., Girart, Josep Miquel, Verliat, A., Mignon-Risse, R., Valdivia, Valeska, Hennebelle, Patrick, González, Matthias Carmen, European Southern Observatory, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, European Commission, Le Gouellec, Valentin J. M., Maury, Anaëlle, Guillet, V., Hull, Charles L. H., Girart, Josep Miquel, Verliat, A., Mignon-Risse, R., Valdivia, Valeska, Hennebelle, Patrick, and González, Matthias Carmen
Abstract: Context. Recent observational progress has challenged the dust grain-alignment theories used to explain the polarized dust emission routinely observed in star-forming cores. Aims. In an effort to improve our understanding of the dust grain alignment mechanism(s), we have gathered a dozen ALMA maps of (sub)millimeter-wavelength polarized dust emission from Class 0 protostars and carried out a comprehensive statistical analysis of dust polarization quantities. Methods. We analyze the statistical properties of the polarization fraction Pfrac and the dispersion of polarization position angles S. More specifically, we investigate the relationship between S and Pfrac as well as the evolution of the product S × Pfrac as a function of the column density of the gas in the protostellar envelopes. We compare the observed trends with those found in polarization observations of dust in the interstellar medium and in synthetic observations of non-ideal magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of protostellar cores. Results. We find a significant S Pfrac-0.79 correlation in the polarized dust emission from protostellar envelopes seen with ALMA; the power-law index significantly differs from the one observed by Planck in star-forming clouds. The product S × Pfrac, which is sensitive to the dust grain alignment efficiency, is approximately constant across three orders of magnitude in envelope column density (from NH2 = 1022 cm-2 to NH2 = 1025 cm-2), with a mean value of 0.36-0.17+0.10. This suggests that the grain alignment mechanism producing the bulk of the polarized dust emission in star-forming cores may not systematically depend on the local conditions such as the local gas density. However, in the lowest-luminosity sources in our sample, we find a hint of less efficient dust grain alignment with increasing column density. Our observations and their comparison with synthetic observations of MHD models suggest that the total intensity versus the polarized dust are distributed at d
Published: 2020

5. New constraints on the structure of the nuclear stellar cluster of the Milky Way from star counts and MIR imaging

Author: European Research Council, European Southern Observatory, German Research Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Gallego Cano, Eulalia, Schödel, Rainer, Nogueras Lara, Francisco, Dong, H., Shahzamanian, B., Fritz, T. K., Gallego Calvente, Teresa, Neumayer, N., European Research Council, European Southern Observatory, German Research Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Gallego Cano, Eulalia, Schödel, Rainer, Nogueras Lara, Francisco, Dong, H., Shahzamanian, B., Fritz, T. K., Gallego Calvente, Teresa, and Neumayer, N.
Abstract: Context. The Milky Way nuclear star cluster (MWNSC) is a crucial laboratory for studying the galactic nuclei of other galaxies, but its properties have not been determined unambiguously until now.Aims. We aim to study the size and spatial structure of the MWNSC.Methods. This study uses data and methods that address potential shortcomings of previous studies on the topic. We use 0.2 '' angular resolution K-s data to create a stellar density map in the central 86.4 pc x 21 pc at the Galactic center. We include data from selected adaptive-optics-assisted images obtained for the inner parsecs. In addition, we use Spitzer/IRAC mid-infrared (MIR) images. We model the Galactic bulge and the nuclear stellar disk in order to subtract them from the MWNSC. Finally, we fit a Sersic model to the MWNSC and investigate its symmetry.Results. Our results are consistent with previous work. The MWNSC is flattened with an axis ratio of q=0.710.10, an effective radius of R-e=(5.1 +/- 1.0) pc, and a Sersic index of n=2.2 +/- 0.7. Its major axis may be tilted out of the Galactic plane by up to -10 degrees. The distribution of the giants brighter than the Red Clump (RC) is found to be significantly flatter than the distribution of the faint stars. We investigate the 3D structure of the central stellar cusp using our results on the MWNSC structure on large scales to constrain the deprojection of the measured stellar surface number density, obtaining a value of the 3D inner power law of gamma=1.38 +/- 0.06(sys)+/- 0.01(stat).Conclusions. The MWNSC shares its main properties with other extragalactic NSCs found in spiral galaxies. The differences in the structure between bright giants and RC stars might be related to the existence of not completely mixed populations of different ages. This may hint at recent growth of the MWNSC through star formation or cluster accretion.© ESO 2020
Published: 2020

6. Planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 357 including a transiting, hot, Earth-sized planet optimal for atmospheric characterization

Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Max Planck Society, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), German Research Foundation, Klaus Tschira Foundation, Heising Simons Foundation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, European Southern Observatory, Luque, R., Pallé, Enric, Kossakowski, D., Dreizler, S., Kemmer, J., Espinoza, Néstor, Burt, J., Anglada-Escudé, Guillem, Béjar, Victor J. S., Caballero, J. A., Collins, Karen A., Collins, KI., Cortés-Contreras, M., Díez-Alonso, E., Feng, Fabo, Hatzes, Artie P., Hellier, C, Henning, Thomas, Jeffers, Sandra V., Kaltenegger, L., Kürster, M., Madden, J., Molaverdikhani, K., Montes, D., Narita, N., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Oshagh, M., Parviainen, H., Quirrenbach, Andreas, Reffert, S., Reiners, Ansgar, Rodríguez-López, Cristina, Schlecker, M., Stock, S., Trifonov, T., Winn, J.N., Zapatero Osorio, María Rosa, Zechmeister, Mathias, Amado, Pedro J., Anderson, D.R., Batalha, N.E., Bauer, Florian Franz, Bluhm, P., Burke, C.J., Butler, R.P., Caldwell, D.A., Chen, G., Crane, J.D., Dragomir, D., Dressing, C.D., Dynes, S., Jenkins, Jon M., Kaminski, A., Klahr, H., Kotani, T., Lafarga, M., Latham, David W., Lewin, P., McDermott, S., Montañés-Rodríguez, P., Morales, Juan Carlos, Murgas, F., Nagel, Evangelos, Pedraz, S., Ribas, Ignasi, Ricker, G.R., Rowden, P., Seager, S., Shectman, S.A., Tamura, M., Teske, J., Twicken, Joseph D., Vanderspeck, R., Wang, Sharon X., Wohler, Bill, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Max Planck Society, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), German Research Foundation, Klaus Tschira Foundation, Heising Simons Foundation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, European Southern Observatory, Luque, R., Pallé, Enric, Kossakowski, D., Dreizler, S., Kemmer, J., Espinoza, Néstor, Burt, J., Anglada-Escudé, Guillem, Béjar, Victor J. S., Caballero, J. A., Collins, Karen A., Collins, KI., Cortés-Contreras, M., Díez-Alonso, E., Feng, Fabo, Hatzes, Artie P., Hellier, C, Henning, Thomas, Jeffers, Sandra V., Kaltenegger, L., Kürster, M., Madden, J., Molaverdikhani, K., Montes, D., Narita, N., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Oshagh, M., Parviainen, H., Quirrenbach, Andreas, Reffert, S., Reiners, Ansgar, Rodríguez-López, Cristina, Schlecker, M., Stock, S., Trifonov, T., Winn, J.N., Zapatero Osorio, María Rosa, Zechmeister, Mathias, Amado, Pedro J., Anderson, D.R., Batalha, N.E., Bauer, Florian Franz, Bluhm, P., Burke, C.J., Butler, R.P., Caldwell, D.A., Chen, G., Crane, J.D., Dragomir, D., Dressing, C.D., Dynes, S., Jenkins, Jon M., Kaminski, A., Klahr, H., Kotani, T., Lafarga, M., Latham, David W., Lewin, P., McDermott, S., Montañés-Rodríguez, P., Morales, Juan Carlos, Murgas, F., Nagel, Evangelos, Pedraz, S., Ribas, Ignasi, Ricker, G.R., Rowden, P., Seager, S., Shectman, S.A., Tamura, M., Teske, J., Twicken, Joseph D., Vanderspeck, R., Wang, Sharon X., and Wohler, Bill
Abstract: We report the detection of a transiting Earth-size planet around GJ 357, a nearby M2.5 V star, using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). GJ 357 b (TOI-562.01) is a transiting, hot, Earth-sized planet (T-eq = 525 +/- 11 K) with a radius of R-b = 1.217 +/- 0.084 R-circle plus and an orbital period of P-b = 3.93 d. Precise stellar radial velocities from CARMENES and PFS, as well as archival data from HIRES, UVES, and HARPS also display a 3.93-day periodicity, confirming the planetary nature and leading to a planetary mass of M-b = 1.84 +/- 0.31 M-circle plus. In addition to the radial velocity signal for GJ 357 b, more periodicities are present in the data indicating the presence of two further planets in the system: GJ 357 c, with a minimum mass of M-c = 3.40 +/- 0.46 M-circle plus in a 9.12 d orbit, and GJ 357 d, with a minimum mass of M-d = 6.1 +/- 1.0 M-circle plus in a 55.7 d orbit inside the habitable zone. The host is relatively inactive and exhibits a photometric rotation period of P-rot = 78 +/- 2 d. GJ 357 b is to date the second closest transiting planet to the Sun, making it a prime target for further investigations such as transmission spectroscopy. Therefore, GJ 357 b represents one of the best terrestrial planets suitable for atmospheric characterization with the upcoming JWST and ground-based ELTs.© ESO 2019
Published: 2019

7. The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Discovery of a global [C II] 158 mu m line excess in AGN HE 1353-1917

Author: German Research Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), European Southern Observatory, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Smirnova-Pinchukova, I., Husemann, B., Busch, G., Appleton, P., Bethermin, M., Combes, F., Croom, S., Davis, T.A., Fischer, C., Gaspari, M., Groves, B., Klein, R., O'Dea, C.P., Pérez-Torres, Miguel A., Scharwächter, J., Singha, M., Tremblay, G. R., Urrutia, T., German Research Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), European Southern Observatory, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Smirnova-Pinchukova, I., Husemann, B., Busch, G., Appleton, P., Bethermin, M., Combes, F., Croom, S., Davis, T.A., Fischer, C., Gaspari, M., Groves, B., Klein, R., O'Dea, C.P., Pérez-Torres, Miguel A., Scharwächter, J., Singha, M., Tremblay, G. R., and Urrutia, T.
Abstract: The [C II]lambda 158 mu m line is one of the strongest far-infrared (FIR) lines and an important coolant in the interstellar medium of galaxies that is accessible out to high redshifts. The excitation of [C II] is complex and can best be studied in detail at low redshifts. Here we report the discovery of the highest global [C II] excess with respect to the FIR luminosity in the nearby AGN host galaxy HE 1353-1917. This galaxy is exceptional among a sample of five targets because the AGN ionization cone and radio jet directly intercept the cold galactic disk. As a consequence, a massive multiphase gas outflow on kiloparsec scales is embedded in an extended narrow-line region. Because HE 1353-1917 is distinguished by these special properties from our four bright AGN, we propose that a global [C II] excess in AGN host galaxies could be a direct signature of a multiphase AGN-driven outflow with a high mass-loading factor.© I. Smirnova-Pinchukova et al. 2019
Published: 2019

8. The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) A massive multi-phase outflow impacting the edge-on galaxy HE 1353-1917

Author: German Research Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Australian Research Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, European Southern Observatory, National Science Foundation (US), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Max Planck Society, Husemann, B., Scharwachter, J, Davis, T.A., Pérez-Torres, Miguel A., Smirnova-Pinchukova, I, Tremblay, GR, Krumpe, M., Combes, Françoise, Baum, S.A., Busch, G., Connor, Thomas, Croom, S.M., Gaspari, M., Kraft, RP, O'Dea, C.P., Powel, M, Singha, M, Urrutia, T, German Research Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Australian Research Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, European Southern Observatory, National Science Foundation (US), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Max Planck Society, Husemann, B., Scharwachter, J, Davis, T.A., Pérez-Torres, Miguel A., Smirnova-Pinchukova, I, Tremblay, GR, Krumpe, M., Combes, Françoise, Baum, S.A., Busch, G., Connor, Thomas, Croom, S.M., Gaspari, M., Kraft, RP, O'Dea, C.P., Powel, M, Singha, M, and Urrutia, T
Abstract: Context. Galaxy-wide outflows driven by star formation and/or an active galactic nucleus (AGN) are thought to play a crucial rule in the evolution of galaxies and the metal enrichment of the inter-galactic medium. Direct measurements of these processes are still scarce and new observations are needed to reveal the nature of outflows in the majority of the galaxy population. Aims. We combine extensive, spatially-resolved, multi-wavelength observations, taken as part of the Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS), for the edge-on disc galaxy HE 1353-1917 in order to characterise the impact of the AGN on its host galaxy via outflows and radiation. Methods. Multi-color broad-band photometry was combined with spatially-resolved optical, near-infrared (NIR) and sub-mm and radio observations taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopy Explorer (MUSE), the Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS), the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to map the physical properties and kinematics of the multi-phase interstellar medium. Results. We detect a biconical extended narrow-line region ionised by the luminous AGN orientated nearly parallel to the galaxy disc, extending out to at least 25 kpc. The extra-planar gas originates from galactic fountains initiated by star formation processes in the disc, rather than an AGN outflow, as shown by the kinematics and the metallicity of the gas. Nevertheless, a fast, multi-phase, AGN-driven outflow with speeds up to 1000 km s(-1) is detected close to the nucleus at 1 kpc distance. A radio jet, in connection with the AGN radiation field, is likely responsible for driving the outflow as confirmed by the energetics and the spatial alignment of the jet and multi-phase outflow. Evidence for negative AGN feedback suppressing the star formation rate (SFR) is mild and restricted to the central kpc. But while any SFR suppression must have happened recently, the outflow has the potential to greatly impact th
Published: 2019

9. The evolution of luminous red nova AT 2017jfs in NGC 4470

Author: China Scholarship Council, Science Foundation Ireland, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, National Science Foundation (US), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), European Research Council, European Southern Observatory, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pastorello, Andrea, Chen, T. W., Cai, Yongzhi, Morales-Garoffolo, A., Cano, Z., Mason, E., Barsukova, E. A., Benetti, S., Berton, M., Bose, S., Bufano, F., Callis, E., Cannizzaro, G., Cartier, R., Chen, P., Dong, S. B., Dyrbye, S., Elias-Rosa, Nancy, Flors, A., Fraser, Morgan, Geier, Stefan, Goranskij, V. P., Kann, D. A., Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo, Onori, F., Reguitti, Andrea, Reynolds, Thomas M., Losada, I. R., Carracedo, A. S., Schweyer, T., Smartt, S. J., Tatarnikov, A. M., Valeev, A. F., Vogl, Christian, Wevers, T., Ugarte Postigo, Antonio de, Izzo, L., Inserra, Cosimo, Kankare, E, Maguire, Kate, Smith, Ken W., Stalder, B., Tartaglia, Leonardo, Thöne, Cristina Carina, Valerin, Giorgio, Young, D. R., China Scholarship Council, Science Foundation Ireland, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, National Science Foundation (US), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), European Research Council, European Southern Observatory, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pastorello, Andrea, Chen, T. W., Cai, Yongzhi, Morales-Garoffolo, A., Cano, Z., Mason, E., Barsukova, E. A., Benetti, S., Berton, M., Bose, S., Bufano, F., Callis, E., Cannizzaro, G., Cartier, R., Chen, P., Dong, S. B., Dyrbye, S., Elias-Rosa, Nancy, Flors, A., Fraser, Morgan, Geier, Stefan, Goranskij, V. P., Kann, D. A., Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo, Onori, F., Reguitti, Andrea, Reynolds, Thomas M., Losada, I. R., Carracedo, A. S., Schweyer, T., Smartt, S. J., Tatarnikov, A. M., Valeev, A. F., Vogl, Christian, Wevers, T., Ugarte Postigo, Antonio de, Izzo, L., Inserra, Cosimo, Kankare, E, Maguire, Kate, Smith, Ken W., Stalder, B., Tartaglia, Leonardo, Thöne, Cristina Carina, Valerin, Giorgio, and Young, D. R.
Abstract: We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic follow-up of the intermediate-luminosity optical transient AT 2017jfs. At peak, the object reaches an absolute magnitude of Mg = -15:46 ± 0:15 mag and a bolometric luminosity of 5:5 × 1041 erg s-1. Its light curve has the doublepeak shape typical of luminous red novae (LRNe), with a narrow first peak bright in the blue bands, while the second peak is longer-lasting and more luminous in the red and near-infrared (NIR) bands. During the first peak, the spectrum shows a blue continuum with narrow emission lines of H and Fe II. During the second peak, the spectrum becomes cooler, resembling that of a K-type star, and the emission lines are replaced by a forest of narrow lines in absorption. About 5 months later, while the optical light curves are characterized by a fast linear decline, the NIR ones show a moderate rebrightening, observed until the transient disappears in solar conjunction. At these late epochs, the spectrum becomes reminiscent of that of M-type stars, with prominent molecular absorption bands. The late-time properties suggest the formation of some dust in the expanding common envelope or an IR echo from foreground pre-existing dust. We propose that the object is a common-envelope transient, possibly the outcome of a merging event in a massive binary, similar to NGC4490-2011OT1. © ESO 2019.
Published: 2019

10. A luminous stellar outburst during a long-lasting eruptive phase first, and then SN IIn 2018cnf

Author: National Science Foundation (US), National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Centre (Poland), Science Foundation Ireland, European Commission, European Research Council, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Villum Fonden, The Ohio State University, European Southern Observatory, Pastorello, Andrea, Reguitti, Andrea, Morales-Garoffolo, A., Cano, Z., Prentice, S.J., Hiramatsu, Daichi, Burke, J., Kankare, E., Kotak, R., Reynolds, T., Smartt, S. J., Bose, S., Chen, P., Congiu, E., Dong, S., Geier, S., Gromadzki, M., Hsiao, E. Y., Kumar, Sumit, Ochner, P., Pignata, Giuliano, Tomasella, L., Wang, L., Arcavi, I., Ashall, Chris, Callis, E., Ugarte Postigo, Antonio de, Fraser, Morgan, Hosseinzadeh, Griffin, Howell, D. A., Inserra, Cosimo, Kann, D.A., Mason, E., Mazzali, Paolo A., McCully, C., Rodríguez, O., Phillips, M. M., Smith, Ken W., Tartaglia, Leonardo, Thöne, Cristina Carina, Wevers, T., Young, D. R., Pumo, M. L., Lowe, T. B., Magnier, E. A., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., Wright, D. E., National Science Foundation (US), National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Centre (Poland), Science Foundation Ireland, European Commission, European Research Council, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Villum Fonden, The Ohio State University, European Southern Observatory, Pastorello, Andrea, Reguitti, Andrea, Morales-Garoffolo, A., Cano, Z., Prentice, S.J., Hiramatsu, Daichi, Burke, J., Kankare, E., Kotak, R., Reynolds, T., Smartt, S. J., Bose, S., Chen, P., Congiu, E., Dong, S., Geier, S., Gromadzki, M., Hsiao, E. Y., Kumar, Sumit, Ochner, P., Pignata, Giuliano, Tomasella, L., Wang, L., Arcavi, I., Ashall, Chris, Callis, E., Ugarte Postigo, Antonio de, Fraser, Morgan, Hosseinzadeh, Griffin, Howell, D. A., Inserra, Cosimo, Kann, D.A., Mason, E., Mazzali, Paolo A., McCully, C., Rodríguez, O., Phillips, M. M., Smith, Ken W., Tartaglia, Leonardo, Thöne, Cristina Carina, Wevers, T., Young, D. R., Pumo, M. L., Lowe, T. B., Magnier, E. A., Wainscoat, R. J., Waters, C., and Wright, D. E.
Abstract: We present the results of the monitoring campaign of the Type IIn supernova (SN) 2018cnf (a.k.a. ASASSN-18mr). It was discovered about ten days before the maximum light (on MJD = 58 293.4 ± 5.7 in the V band, with MV = ?18.13 ± 0.15 mag). The multiband light curves show an immediate post-peak decline with some minor luminosity fluctuations, followed by a flattening starting about 40 days after maximum. The early spectra are relatively blue and show narrow Balmer lines with P Cygni profiles. Additionally, Fe II, O I, He I, and Ca II are detected. The spectra show little evolution with time and with intermediate-width features becoming progressively more prominent, indicating stronger interaction of the SN ejecta with the circumstellar medium. The inspection of archival images from the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) survey has revealed a variable source at the SN position with a brightest detection in December 2015 at Mr = ?14.66 ± 0.17 mag. This was likely an eruptive phase from the massive progenitor star that started from at least mid-2011, and that produced the circumstellar environment within which the star exploded as a Type IIn SN. The overall properties of SN 2018cnf closely resemble those of transients such as SN 2009ip. This similarity favours a massive hypergiant, perhaps a luminous blue variable, as progenitor for SN 2018cnf. © ESO 2019
Published: 2019

11. The Gaia-ESO Survey: Churning through the Milky Way

Author: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, European Southern Observatory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), European Research Council, Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, European Science Foundation, Hayden, M.R., Recio-Blanco, A., de Laverny, P., Mikolaitis, S., Guiglion, Guillaume, Hill, V., Gilmore, Gerry, Randich, S., Bayo, A., Bensby, T., Bergemann, Maria, Bragaglia, A., Casey, A., Costado, M. T., Feltzing, S., Franciosini, E., Hourihane, A., Jofré, P., Koposov, S., Kordopatis, G., Lanzafame, A., Lardo, C., Lewis, J., Lind, K., Magrini, L., Monaco, L., Morbidelli, L., Pancino, E., Sacco, G., Stonkute, E., Worley, C.C., Zwitter, T., Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, European Southern Observatory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), European Research Council, Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, European Science Foundation, Hayden, M.R., Recio-Blanco, A., de Laverny, P., Mikolaitis, S., Guiglion, Guillaume, Hill, V., Gilmore, Gerry, Randich, S., Bayo, A., Bensby, T., Bergemann, Maria, Bragaglia, A., Casey, A., Costado, M. T., Feltzing, S., Franciosini, E., Hourihane, A., Jofré, P., Koposov, S., Kordopatis, G., Lanzafame, A., Lardo, C., Lewis, J., Lind, K., Magrini, L., Monaco, L., Morbidelli, L., Pancino, E., Sacco, G., Stonkute, E., Worley, C.C., and Zwitter, T.
Abstract: Context. There have been conflicting results with respect to the extent that radial migration has played in the evolution of the Galaxy. Additionally, observations of the solar neighborhood have shown evidence of a merger in the past history of the Milky Way that drives enhanced radial migration. Aims. We attempt to determine the relative fraction of stars that have undergone significant radial migration by studying the orbital properties of metal-rich ([Fe/H] > 0.1) stars within 2 kpc of the Sun. We also aim to investigate the kinematic properties, such as velocity dispersion and orbital parameters, of stellar populations near the Sun as a function of [Mg/Fe] and [Fe/H], which could show evidence of a major merger in the past history of the Milky Way. Methods. We used a sample of more than 3000 stars selected from the fourth internal data release of the Gaia-ESO Survey. We used the stellar parameters from the Gaia-ESO Survey along with proper motions from PPMXL to determine distances, kinematics, and orbital properties for these stars to analyze the chemodynamic properties of stellar populations near the Sun. Results. Analyzing the kinematics of the most metal-rich stars ([Fe/H] > 0.1), we find that more than half have small eccentricities (e< 0.2) or are on nearly circular orbits. Slightly more than 20% of the metal-rich stars have perigalacticons R> 7 kpc. We find that the highest [Mg/Fe], metal-poor populations have lower vertical and radial velocity dispersions compared to lower [Mg/Fe] populations of similar metallicity by ~10 km s. The median eccentricity increases linearly with [Mg/Fe] across all metallicities, while the perigalacticon decreases with increasing [Mg/Fe] for all metallicities. Finally, the most [Mg/Fe]-rich stars are found to have significant asymmetric drift and rotate more than 40 km s slower than stars with lower [Mg/Fe] ratios. Conclusions. While our results cannot constrain how far stars have migrated, we propose that migration processes
Published: 2018

12. The Gaia-ESO Survey: open clusters in Gaia-DR1. A way forward to stellar age calibration

Author: European Southern Observatory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund, European Commission, Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swedish National Space Board, Randich, S., Tognelli, E., Jackson, R., Jeffries, R.D., Degl'Innocenti, S., Pancino, E., Re Fiorentin, P., Spagna, A., Sacco, G., Bragaglia, A., Magrini, L., Prada Moroni, P. G., Alfaro, Emilio J., Franciosini, E., Morbidelli, L., Roccatagliata, V., Bouy, Hervé, Bravi, L., Jiménez-Esteban, Francisco M., Jordi, Carme, Zari, E., Tautvaišienė, G., Drazdauskas, A., Mikolaitis, S., Gilmore, Gerry, Feltzing, S., Vallenari, A., Bensby, T., Koposov, S., Korn, A., Lanzafame, A., Smiljanic, R., Bayo, A., Carraro, G., Costado, M. T., Heiter, Ulrike, Hourihane, A., Jofré, P., Lewis, J., Monaco, L., Prisinzano, L., Sbordone, L., Sousa, S. G., Worley, C. C., Zaggia, S., European Southern Observatory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund, European Commission, Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swedish National Space Board, Randich, S., Tognelli, E., Jackson, R., Jeffries, R.D., Degl'Innocenti, S., Pancino, E., Re Fiorentin, P., Spagna, A., Sacco, G., Bragaglia, A., Magrini, L., Prada Moroni, P. G., Alfaro, Emilio J., Franciosini, E., Morbidelli, L., Roccatagliata, V., Bouy, Hervé, Bravi, L., Jiménez-Esteban, Francisco M., Jordi, Carme, Zari, E., Tautvaišienė, G., Drazdauskas, A., Mikolaitis, S., Gilmore, Gerry, Feltzing, S., Vallenari, A., Bensby, T., Koposov, S., Korn, A., Lanzafame, A., Smiljanic, R., Bayo, A., Carraro, G., Costado, M. T., Heiter, Ulrike, Hourihane, A., Jofré, P., Lewis, J., Monaco, L., Prisinzano, L., Sbordone, L., Sousa, S. G., Worley, C. C., and Zaggia, S.
Abstract: Context. Determination and calibration of the ages of stars, which heavily rely on stellar evolutionary models, are very challenging, while representing a crucial aspect in many astrophysical areas. Aims. We describe the methodologies that, taking advantage of Gaia-DR1 and the Gaia-ESO Survey data, enable the comparison of observed open star cluster sequences with stellar evolutionary models. The final, long-term goal is the exploitation of open clusters as age calibrators. Methods. We perform a homogeneous analysis of eight open clusters using the Gaia-DR1 TGAS catalogue for bright members and information from the Gaia-ESO Survey for fainter stars. Cluster membership probabilities for the Gaia-ESO Survey targets are derived based on several spectroscopic tracers. The Gaia-ESO Survey also provides the cluster chemical composition. We obtain cluster parallaxes using two methods. The first one relies on the astrometric selection of a sample of bona fide members, while the other one fits the parallax distribution of a larger sample of TGAS sources. Ages and reddening values are recovered through a Bayesian analysis using the 2MASS magnitudes and three sets of standard models. Lithium depletion boundary (LDB) ages are also determined using literature observations and the same models employed for the Bayesian analysis. Results. For all but one cluster, parallaxes derived by us agree with those presented in Gaia Collaboration (2017, A&A, 601, A19), while a discrepancy is found for NGC 2516; we provide evidence supporting our own determination. Inferred cluster ages are robust against models and are generally consistent with literature values. Conclusions. The systematic parallax errors inherent in the Gaia DR1 data presently limit the precision of our results. Nevertheless, we have been able to place these eight clusters onto the same age scale for the first time, with good agreement between isochronal and LDB ages where there is overlap. Our approach appears promising an
Published: 2018

13. (704) Interamnia: A transitional object between a dwarf planet and a typical irregular-shaped minor body

Author: Dudziński, G., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Bartczak, P., Benseguane, S, Ferrais, M., Jorda, L., Hanuš, J., Vernazza, P., Rambaux, N., Carry, B., Marchis, F., Marsset, M., Viikinkoski, M., Brož, M., Fetick, R., Drouard, A., Fusco, T., Birlan, M., Jehin, E., Berthier, J., Castillo-Rogez, J., Cipriani, F., Colas, F., Dumas, C., Kryszczynska, A., Lamy, P., Le Coroller, H, Marciniak, A., Michalowski, T., Michel, P., Santana-Ros, T., Tanga, P., Vachier, F., Vigan, A., Witasse, O., Yang, Bin, Ďurech, J., Kaasalainen, M., Le Coroller, H., Ševeček, P., Dudzinski, G., DeMeo, F., Durech, J., Grice, J., Gillon, M., Benkhaldoun, Z., Szakats, R., Hirsch, R., Duffard, R., Chapman, A., Maestre, J., Carbognani, Albino, Barghini, D., Gardiol, D., Martino, M. Di, Valsecchi, G., Trivero, P., Buzzoni, A., Rasetti, S., Selvestrel, D., Knapic, C., Londero, E., Zorba, S., Volpicelli, C., Carlo, M. Di, Vaubaillon, J., Marmo, C., Valeri, D., Zanotti, F., Morini, M., Demaria, P., Zanda, B., Bouley, S., Rault, J., Maquet, L., Warner, B., Behrend, R., Asenjo, V., Berger, N., Bronikowska, M., Brothers, T., Charbonnel, S., Colazo, C., Coliac, J.-F., Jones, A., Leroy, A., Melia, R., Molina, D., Nadolny, J., Person, M., Pejcha, O., Riemis, H., Shappee, B., Sobkowiak, K., Soldán, F., Suys, D., Vantomme, J., Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic), European Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Université de Liège, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), The Ohio State University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Villum Fonden, Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague], Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), European Southern Observatory (ESO), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva [Switzerland], Asociación Astronómica Astro Henares, Centro de Recursos Asociativos El Cerro, Institute of Geology [Poznan], Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Association T60, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba (OAC), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba [Argentina], Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Departamento de Astrofísica [La laguna], Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), Department of Geological Sciences [Bloomington], Indiana University [Bloomington], Indiana University System-Indiana University System, Institute for Astronomy [Honolulu], University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Observatorio Amanecer de Arrakis, Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences [Budapest], Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Laboratoire associé de Reconnaissance cellulaire et amélioration des plantes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)-NASA, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides (CASSIOPEE), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Northeastern University [Shenyang], Charles University [Prague] (CU), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SETI Institute, Center for Solar System Studies (CS3), Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Observatoire de Durtal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), L'Uranoscope de l'Ile de France, Observatoire de Gretz-Armainvilliers, Anunaki Observatory, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory, NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Departamento de Fisica, Ingenieria de Sistemas y Teoria de la Señal [Alicante] (DFESTS), Universidad de Alicante, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Genève (UNIGE), and Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)
Subjects: asteroids, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Dwarf planet, Irregular shape, Minor (linear algebra), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Techniques: high angular resolution, photometric, Impact crater, Methods: observational, law, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, high angular resolutiontechniques, observational [Methods], individual, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, (704) Interamnia -methods, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Interamnia, photometric [Techniques], observational -techniques, Minor planets, Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: (704) [Asteroids], Ellipsoid, high angular resolution [Techniques], Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], individual: (704) Interamnia [Minor planets, asteroids], Stellar occultation, Asteroids: individual: (704), Hydrostatic equilibrium, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Techniques: photometric, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Full list of authors: Hanuš, J.; Vernazza, P.; Viikinkoski, M.; Ferrais, M.; Rambaux, N.; Podlewska-Gaca, E.; Drouard, A.; Jorda, L.; Jehin, E.; Carry, B.; Marsset, M.; Marchis, F.; Warner, B.; Behrend, R.; Asenjo, V.; Berger, N.; Bronikowska, M.; Brothers, T.; Charbonnel, S.; Colazo, C. Coliac, J. -F.; Duffard, R.; Jones, A.; Leroy, A.; Marciniak, A.; Melia, R.; Molina, D.; Nadolny, J.; Person, M.; Pejcha, O.; Riemis, H.; Shappee, B.; Sobkowiak, K.; Soldán, F.; Suys, D.; Szakats, R.; Vantomme, J.; Birlan, M.; Berthier, J.; Bartczak, P.; Dumas, C.; Dudziński, G.; Ďurech, J.; Castillo-Rogez, J.; Cipriani, F.; Fetick, R.; Fusco, T.; Grice, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Kryszczynska, A.; Lamy, P.; Michalowski, T.; Michel, P.; Santana-Ros, T.; Tanga, P.; Vachier, F.; Vigan, A.; Witasse, O.; Yang, B., With an estimated diameter in the 320 350 km range, (704) Interamnia is the fifth largest main belt asteroid and one of the few bodies that fills the gap in size between the four largest bodies with D >400 km (Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea) and the numerous smaller bodies with diameter 200 km. However, despite its large size, little is known about the shape and spin state of Interamnia and, therefore, about its bulk composition and past collisional evolution. Aims. We aimed to test at what size and mass the shape of a small body departs from a nearly ellipsoidal equilibrium shape (as observed in the case of the four largest asteroids) to an irregular shape as routinely observed in the case of smaller (D 200 km) bodies. Methods. We observed Interamnia as part of our ESO VLT/SPHERE large program (ID: 199.C-0074) at thirteen different epochs. In addition, several new optical lightcurves were recorded. These data, along with stellar occultation data from the literature, were fed to the All-Data Asteroid Modeling algorithm to reconstruct the 3D-shape model of Interamnia and to determine its spin state. Results. Interamnia s volume-equivalent diameter of 332 6 km implies a bulk density of = 1.98 0.68 g cm3, which suggests that Interamnia like Ceres and Hygiea contains a high fraction of water ice, consistent with the paucity of apparent craters. Our observations reveal a shape that can be well approximated by an ellipsoid, and that is compatible with a fluid hydrostatic equilibrium at the 2 level. Conclusions. The rather regular shape of Interamnia implies that the size and mass limit, under which the shapes of minor bodies with a high amount of water ice in the subsurface become irregular, has to be searched among smaller (D 300 km) less massive (m 3 1019 kg) bodies. © 2020 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved., This work has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation through grant 18-09470S (J.H., J.D.) and by the Charles University Research program No. UNCE/SCI/023. This research was supported by INTER-EXCELLENCE grant LTAUSA18093 from the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (J.H. and O.P.). The research of O.P. is additionally supported by Horizon 2020 ERC Starting Grant "Cat-In-hAT" (grant agreement #803158) and award PRIMUS/SCI/17 from Charles University. P.V., A.D., and B.C. were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. M.M. was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. 80NSSC18K0849 issued through the Planetary Astronomy Program. This work was supported by the National Science Centre, Poland, through grant no. 2014/13/D/ST9/01818 (A.M.). The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement no 687378 (SBNAF). This project has been supported by the GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00003 and NKFIH K125015 grants of the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) and by the Lendulet grant LP2012-31 of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. TRAPPIST-North is a project funded by the University of Liege, in collaboration with Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (Morocco). TRAPPIST-South is a project funded by the Belgian FNRS under grant FRFC 2.5.594.09. F.E.J. is a FNRS Senior Research Associate. ASAS-SN thanks the Las Cumbres Observatory and its staff for its continuing support of the ASAS-SN project. ASAS-SN is supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through grant GBMF5490 to the Ohio State University and NSF grant AST-1515927. Development of ASAS-SN has been supported by NSF grant AST-0908816, the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation, the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics at the Ohio State University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CASSACA), the Villum Foundation, and George Skestos.
Published: 2020

14. Asteroid (16) Psyche’s primordial shape: A possible Jacobi ellipsoid

Author: P. Bartczak, A. Marciniak, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Bin Yang, Fabrice Cipriani, Miroslav Brož, Arthur Vigan, Tadeusz Michalowski, Julie Castillo-Rogez, F. Vachier, Patrick Michel, Benoit Carry, Olivier Witasse, François Colas, Pierre Vernazza, F. Marchis, Emmanuel Jehin, P. Lamy, Josef Hanus, Matti Viikinkoski, Nicolas Rambaux, Romain Fétick, Alexis Drouard, Toni Santana-Ros, H. Le Coroller, M. Birlan, Mikko Kaasalainen, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Laurent Jorda, Josef Ďurech, Michael Marsset, Grzegorz Dudziński, Paolo Tanga, Marin Ferrais, Thierry Fusco, Christophe Dumas, Jérôme Berthier, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Laboratoire associé de Reconnaissance cellulaire et amélioration des plantes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Northeastern University [Shenyang], European Southern Observatory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), Generalitat Valenciana, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Tampere University, Computing Sciences, Research group: Inverse Problems, European Space Agency (ESA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Rotation period, Solar System, asteroids: individual: (16) Psyche, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, lAsteroids: individual: (16) Psyche, individual: (16) Psyche [Asteroids], Context (language use), Astrophysics, individual: (16) Psyche [lAsteroids], 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, observational [Methods], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, techniques: high angular resolution, Minor planets, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ellipsoid, asteroids: general, Psyche, high angular resolution [Techniques], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, 115 Astronomy and space science, minor planets, Hydrostatic equilibrium, methods: observational, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [Asteroids], Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract: Context. Asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid in the main belt and the target of the NASA Psyche mission. It is also the only asteroid of this size (D> 200 km) known to be metal rich. Although various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the rather unique physical properties of this asteroid, a perfect understanding of its formation and bulk composition is still missing. Aims. We aim to refine the shape and bulk density of (16) Psyche and to perform a thorough analysis of its shape to better constrain possible formation scenarios and the structure of its interior. Methods. We obtained disk-resolved VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL images acquired within our ESO large program (ID 199.C-0074), which complement similar data obtained in 2018. Both data sets offer a complete coverage of Psyche's surface. These images were used to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) shape of Psyche with two independent shape modeling algorithms (MPCD and ADAM). A shape analysis was subsequently performed, including a comparison with equilibrium figures and the identification of mass deficit regions. Results. Our 3D shape along with existing mass estimates imply a density of 4.20 ± 0.60 g cm-3, which is so far the highest for a solar system object following the four telluric planets. Furthermore, the shape of Psyche presents small deviations from an ellipsoid, that is, prominently three large depressions along its equator. The flatness and density of Psyche are compatible with a formation at hydrostatic equilibrium as a Jacobi ellipsoid with a shorter rotation period of ∼3h. Later impacts may have slowed down Psyche's rotation, which is currently ∼4.2 h, while also creating the imaged depressions. Conclusions. Our results open the possibility that Psyche acquired its primordial shape either after a giant impact while its interior was already frozen or while its interior was still molten owing to the decay of the short-lived radionuclide 26Al., Based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO programme 199.C-0074 (principal investigator: P. Vernazza). P. Vernazza, A. Drouard, M. Ferrais and B. Carry were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. J.H. and J.D. were supported by grant 18-09470S of the Czech Science Foundation and by the Charles University Research Programme no. UNCE/SCI/023. E.J. is F.R.S.-FNRS Senior Research Associate. The work of TSR was carried out through grant APOSTD/2019/046 by Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant RTI2018-095076-B-C21 (MINECO/FEDER, UE).
Published: 2020

15. USco1621 B and USco1556 B: Two wide companions at the deuterium-burning mass limit in Upper Scorpius

Author: Víctor J. S. Béjar, B. Gauza, Carlos Alvarez, Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, P. Chinchilla, Antonio Pérez Garrido, Rafael Rebolo, Elena Manjavacas, Nicolas Lodieu, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, Chinchilla, P. [0000-0002-3031-4911], Béjar, V. J. S. [0000-0002-5086-4232], Lodieu, N. [0000-0002-3612-8968], Gauza, B. [0000-0001-5452-2056], Zapatero Osorio, M. R. [0000-0001-5664-2852], Rebolo, R. [0000-0003-3767-7085], European Southern Observatory (ESO), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT), Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT), 3170513, and European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, 092.C-0874 099.C-0848 0101.C-0389
Subjects: Proper motion, media_common.quotation_subject, Infrared telescope, Brown dwarf, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, visual [Binaries], Surveys, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Galaxy groups and clusters, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), media_common, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Brown dwarfs, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: upper scorpius [Open clusters and associations], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, pre main sequence [Stars], Spectral energy distribution, Proper motions, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Aims. Our objective is to identify analogues of gas giant planets, but located as companions at wide separations of very young stars. The main purpose is to characterise the binarity frequency and the properties of these substellar objects, and to elucidate their early evolutionary stages. Methods. To identify these objects, we cross correlated the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy Hemisphere Survey and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Infrared Deep Sky Survey Galactic Clusters Survey catalogues to search for common proper motion companions to 1195 already known members of Upper Scorpius (USco; age ~5-10 Myr, distance ~145 pc). We present the discovery and spectroscopic characterisation of two very wide substellar companions of two early-M stars in Upper Scorpius: USco1621 B and USco1556 B. We obtained optical and near-infrared low-resolution spectroscopy of the candidates to characterise their spectral energy distribution and confirm their youth and membership to the association. We also acquired adaptive optics images of the primaries and secondaries to search for signs of binarity and close companions. Results. By comparison with field dwarfs and other young members of USco, we determined a spectral type of M8.5 in the optical for both companions, along with L0 and L0.5 in the near-infrared for USco1621 B and USco1556 B, respectively. The spectra of the two companions show evident markers of youth, such as weak alkaline Na I and K I lines, along with the triangular shape of the H-band. The comparison with theoretical evolutionary models gives estimated masses of 0.015 ± 0.002 and 0.014 ± 0.002 M⊙ , with temperatures of 2270 ± 90 and 2240 ± 100 K, respectively. The physical separations between the components of both systems are 2880 ± 20 and 3500 ± 40 AU for USco1621 and USco1556 systems, respectively. We did not find any additional close companion in the adaptive optics images. The probability that the two secondaries are physically bound to their respective primaries, and not chance alignments of USco members, is 86%, and the probability that none of them are physically related is 1.0%., With funding from the Spanish government through the "María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence" accreditation (MDM-2017-0737)
Published: 2020

16. Lower atmosphere and pressure evolution on Pluto from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988–2016

Author: Jean Lecacheux, Michaël Gillon, Jean Manfroid, Josselin Desmars, Robert R. Howell, T. R. Marsh, G. Benedetti-Rossi, J. G. Greenhill, A. Dias-Oliveira, Ilan Manulis, G. Wortmann, K. M. Ivarsen, J.-E. Communal, S. Renner, F. Vachier, L. Tzouganatos, M. Irzyk, P. Machado, M. Harnisch, Lawrence H. Wasserman, J. Broughton, V. Lorenzi, W. H. Allen, W. Beisker, G. Murawsky, A. Magazzu, David Polishook, J. Marques Oliveira, A. R. Gomes-Junior, M. Conti, J. P. Godard, M. Lavayssière, G. Krannich, Lawrence A. Molnar, Federica B. Bianco, S. de Visscher, Leslie A. Young, Maxime Devogele, Marcelo Assafin, Alessandro Marchini, B. Kattentidt, P. Barroy, G. Dangl, A. Eberle, J. B. Haislip, K. M. Hill, Nora Morales, Andrew A. Cole, P. Enskonatus, B. Loader, Emilio Molinari, V. S. Dhillon, O. Klös, M. Ait Moulay Larbi, Bruno Sicardy, Tanguy Bertrand, Richard Querel, K. Walzel, Diane Berard, P. Lindner, J. P. Rivet, Y. Moulane, L. Di Fabrizio, Rene Duffard, D. Vérilhac, G. McKay, Raoul Behrend, Emmanuel Jehin, Fabio Salvaggio, Greg Bolt, Ricardo Gil-Hutton, J. Milner, Martin Jelínek, J. Sérot, D. Vernet, Kosmas Gazeas, F. Signoret, K. L. Bath, A. C. Gilmore, E. Lellouch, D. Herald, A. Selva, D. Lanoiselée, M. Boutet, Ph. Bendjoya, Shai Kaspi, E. Meza, John Talbot, S. P. Littlefair, Alain Maury, Roberto Vieira-Martins, Marc W. Buie, F. Jabet, S. Kerr, A. Román, Thomas Widemann, C. Opitom, R. Zanmar Sanchez, P. B. Graham, E. Frappa, Catherine B. Olkin, H.-J. Bode, H. Eichler, J. De Queiroz, K. Lindner, A. P. LaCluyze, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, D. Gault, Alain Doressoundiram, François Forget, Riccardo Papini, T. Dobosz, B. E. Morgado, J. Rovira, B. Lade, Daniel E. Reichart, O. Faragó, R. Jansen, Luigi Mancini, A. Noschese, Noah Brosch, Felipe Braga-Ribas, A. Daassou, H. Pavlov, A. Carbognani, S. Todd, F. Colas, Y. El Azhari, C. Peterson, V. Tsamis, M. Bretton, J. Hattenbach, F. Ciabattari, Rodrigo Leiva, C. Veillet, A. J. Castro Tirado, Joe Pollock, R. Naves, Pablo Santos-Sanz, D. Hampf, D. Neel, J. L. Ortiz, S. Alonso, L. Abe, P. M. Kilmartin, Julio Camargo, J. M. Ohlert, D. Gloistein, K. Tigani, F. Marchis, M. Dohrmann, Richard G. French, Ronan Cunniffe, T. Janik, Tamás Tordai, E. F. Young, S. Parker, G. Bonnoli, A. Pennell, M. Kretlow, P. Sogorb, Z. Moravec, W. Rothe, C. Perelló, K. Guhl, A. B. Giles, B. Gährken, Françoise Roques, Valentin D. Ivanov, Giuseppe Leto, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ [Rio de Janeiro], Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (CHU Nîmes), Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Southwest Research Institute [Boulder] (SwRI), Observatorio Nacional [Rio de Janeiro], Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho = São Paulo State University (UNESP), Observatório Nacional/MCT, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève (UNIGE), Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), UZEI PRAGUE CZE, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [Lauder] (NIWA), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Boone], Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ), University of Sheffield [Sheffield], Kuriwa Observatory, Astronomical Association of Queensland (AAQ), Euraster, Observatoire de Dax, Cardiff School of European Studies (CSES), Cardiff University, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences [Los Angeles] (EPSS), University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of California-University of California, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fundació Privada Observatori Esteve Duran, The Wise Observatory and The Raymond & Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Wise Observatory and Department of geophysics and planetary sciences, Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Stockport Observatory, Occultation Section [Wellington], Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Laboratoire Hippolyte Fizeau (FIZEAU), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides (CASSIOPEE), Università degli Studi di Perugia (UNIPG), Institut Pascal (IP), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-SIGMA Clermont (SIGMA Clermont)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Astronomical Union of Sparta [Sparta], Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 (LPMC), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), PEIRENE (PEIRENE), Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Obervatoire des Baronnies Provençales (OBP), Observatorio Montcabre, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), ILL, ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, DEU, ESP, ARG, AUS, AUT, BEL, BRA, CHL, GRC, ISR, MAR, NZL, POL, PRT, CZE, CHE, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Ludwig-Maximilians University [Munich] (LMU), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Universidad Nacional de San Juan [Argentine] (UNSJ), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), Tel Aviv University (TAU), Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Research Council, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil)
Subjects: planets and satellites: physical evolution, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Orbital eccentricity, Context (language use), Surface pressure, Atmospheric sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, planets and satellites: terrestrial planets, Atmosphere, techniques: photometric, Altitude, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, methods: observational, methods: data analysis, planets and satellites: atmospheres, observational [Methods], data analysis [Methods], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, physical evolution [Planets and satellites], Optical depth, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, methods: observational, methods: data analysis, planets and satellites: atmospheres, techniques: photometric, planets and satellites: physical evolution, planets and satellites: terrestrial planets, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, photometric [Techniques], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Albedo, Pluto, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, terrestrial planets [Planets and satellites], atmospheres [Planets and satellites], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Geology, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: This article is dedicated to the memory of H.-J. Bode, J. G. Greenhill and O. Faragó for their long-standing support and participation to occultation campaigns. The work leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Community’s H2020 2014-2020 ERC Grant Agreement n° 669416 “Lucky Star”. E.M. thanks support from Concytec-Fondecyt-PE and GA, FC-UNI for providing support during the 2012 July 18 occultation. B.S. thanks S. Para for partly supporting this research though a donation, J. P. Beaulieu for helping us accessing to the Hobart Observatory facilities and B. Warner, B. L. Gary, C. Erickson, H. Reitsema, L. Albert, P. J. Merritt, T. Hall, W. J. Romanishin, Y. J. Choi for providing data during the 2007 March 18 occultation. M.A. thanks CNPq (Grants 427700/2018-3, 310683/2017-3 and 473002/2013-2) and FAPERJ (Grant E-26/111.488/2013). J.L.O. thanks support from grant AYA2017-89637-R. P.S.S. acknowledges financial support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement no 687378, as part of the project “Small Bodies Near and Far” (SBNAF). J.L.O., R.D., P.S.S. and N.M. acknowledge financial support from the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” award for the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (SEV-2017-0709). F.B.R. acknowledges CNPq support process 309578/2017-5. G.B.R. thanks support from the grant CAPES-FAPERJ/PAPDRJ (E26/203.173/2016). J.I.B.C. acknowledges CNPq grant 308150/2016-3. R.V.M. thanks the grants: CNPq-304544/2017-5, 401903/2016-8, and Faperj: PAPDRJ-45/2013 and E-26/203.026/2015. B.M. thanks the CAPES/Cofecub-394/2016-05 grant and CAPES/Brazil – Finance Code 001. B.M. and A.R.G.J. were financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001. TRAPPIST-North is a project funded by the University of Liège, in collaboration with Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (Morocco). TRAPPIST-South is a project funded by the Belgian Fonds (National) de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) under grant FRFC 2.5.594.09.F, with the participation of the Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS/SNSF). VSD, SPL, TRM and ULTRACAM are all supported by the STFC. K.G. acknowledges help from the team of Archenhold-Observatory, Berlin, and A.R. thanks G. Román (Granada) for help during the observation of the 2016 July 19 occultation. A.J.C.T. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry Project AYA2015-71718-R (including EU funds). We thank Caisey Harlingten for the repeated use of his 50 cm telescopes in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. We thank the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), operated on the island of La Palma by the Fundación Galileo Galilei of the INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) at the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. L.M. acknowledges support from the Italian Minister of Instruction, University and Research (MIUR) through FFABR 2017 fund and support from the University of Rome Tor Vergata through “Mission: Sustainability 2016” fund. The Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley (OAVdA) is managed by the Fondazione Clément Fillietroz-ONLUS, which is supported by the Regional Governmentof the Aosta Valley, the Town Municipality of Nus and the “Unité des Communes valdôtaines Mont-Émilius”. The research was partially funded by a 2016 “Research and Education”s grant from Fondazione CRT. We thank D.P. Hinson for his constructive and detailed comments that helped to improve this article., Context. The tenuous nitrogen (N2) atmosphere on Pluto undergoes strong seasonal effects due to high obliquity and orbital eccentricity, and has recently (July 2015) been observed by the New Horizons spacecraft. Aims. The main goals of this study are (i) to construct a well calibrated record of the seasonal evolution of surface pressure on Pluto and (ii) to constrain the structure of the lower atmosphere using a central flash observed in 2015. Methods. Eleven stellar occultations by Pluto observed between 2002 and 2016 are used to retrieve atmospheric profiles (density, pressure, temperature) between altitude levels of ~5 and ~380 km (i.e. pressures from ~ 10 μbar to 10 nbar). Results. (i) Pressure has suffered a monotonic increase from 1988 to 2016, that is compared to a seasonal volatile transport model, from which tight constraints on a combination of albedo and emissivity of N2 ice are derived. (ii) A central flash observed on 2015 June 29 is consistent with New Horizons REX profiles, provided that (a) large diurnal temperature variations (not expected by current models) occur over Sputnik Planitia; and/or (b) hazes with tangential optical depth of ~0.3 are present at 4–7 km altitude levels; and/or (c) the nominal REX density values are overestimated by an implausibly large factor of ~20%; and/or (d) higher terrains block part of the flash in the Charon facing hemisphere., European Research Council under the European Community’s H2020 2014-2020 ERC Grant Agreement n° 669416 “Lucky Star”, Grants 427700/2018-3, 310683/2017-3 and 473002/2013-2) and FAPERJ (Grant E-26/111.488/2013), Grant AYA2017-89637-R. P.S.S. acknowledges financial support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement no 687378, as part of the project “Small Bodies Near and Far” (SBNAF), Financial support from the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” award for the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (SEV-2017-0709), Support process 309578/2017-5. G.B.R. thanks support from the grant CAPES-FAPERJ/PAPDRJ (E26/203.173/2016). J.I.B.C. acknowledges CNPq grant 308150/2016-3. R.V.M. thanks the grants: CNPq-304544/2017-5, 401903/2016-8, and Faperj: PAPDRJ-45/2013 and E-26/203.026/2015. B.M. thanks the CAPES/Cofecub-394/2016-05 grant and CAPES/Brazil – Finance Code 001., Grant FRFC 2.5.594.09.F, with the participation of the Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS/SNSF), Support from the Spanish Ministry Project AYA2015-71718-R (including EU funds), Support from the Italian Minister of Instruction, University and Research (MIUR) through FFABR 2017 fund and support from the University of Rome Tor Vergata through “Mission: Sustainability 2016” fund
Published: 2019

17. Tomography of cool giant and supergiant star atmospheres

Author: Markus Wittkowski, Sophie Van Eck, Richard I. Anderson, Alain Jorissen, Andrea Chiavassa, B. Freytag, K. Kravchenko, Ulli Käufl, European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique [Bruxelles] (IAA), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Uppsala Universitet [Uppsala]
Subjects: FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, spectroscopic [Techniques], 0103 physical sciences, Radiative transfer, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Asymptotic giant branch, atmospheres [Stars], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysique, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stellar atmosphere, Astronomy and Astrophysics, AGB and post-AGB [Stars], Astronomie, Sciences de l'espace, Stars, Wavelength, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, interferometric [Techniques], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Tomography, Supergiant, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: Context. Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are characterized by substantial mass loss, however the mechanism behind it not yet fully understood. The knowledge of the structure and dynamics of AGB-star atmospheres is crucial to better understanding the mass loss. The recently established tomographic method, which relies on the design of spectral masks containing lines that form in given ranges of optical depths in the stellar atmosphere, is an ideal technique for this purpose. Aims. We aim to validate the capability of the tomographic method in probing different geometrical depths in the stellar atmosphere and recovering the relation between optical and geometrical depth scales. Methods. We applied the tomographic method to high-resolution spectro-interferometric VLTI/AMBER observations of the Mira-type AGB star S Ori. The interferometric visibilities were extracted at wavelengths contributing to the tomographic masks and fitted to those computed from a uniform disk model. This allows us to measure the geometrical extent of the atmospheric layer probed by the corresponding mask. We then compared the observed atmospheric extension with others measured from available 1D pulsation CODEX models and 3D radiative-hydrodynamics CO5BOLD simulations. Results. While the average optical depths probed by the tomographic masks in S Ori decrease (with â ¨ log τ0»=-0.45,-1.45, and-2.45 from the innermost to the central and outermost layers), the angular diameters of these layers increase, from 10.59 ± 0.09 mas through 11.84 ± 0.17 mas, up to 14.08 ± 0.15 mas. A similar behavior is observed when the tomographic method is applied to 1D and 3D dynamical models. Conclusions. This study derives, for the first time, a quantitative relation between optical and geometrical depth scales when applied to the Mira star S Ori, or to 1D and 3D dynamical models. In the context of Mira-type stars, knowledge of the link between the optical and geometrical depths opens the way to deriving the shock-wave propagation velocity, which cannot be directly observed in these stars., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Published: 2020

18. High-speed stars: Galactic hitchhikers

Author: F. Spite, Lorenzo Monaco, Monique Spite, P. Francois, Alessio Mucciarelli, Elisabetta Caffau, M. Haywood, P. Di Matteo, Piercarlo Bonifacio, A. M. Matas Pinto, Luca Sbordone, Caffau E., Monaco L., Bonifacio P., Sbordone L., Haywood M., Spite M., Di Matteo P., Spite F., Mucciarelli A., Francois P., Matas Pinto A.M., Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad Andrés Bello [Santiago] (UNAB), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), and Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)
Subjects: Milky Way, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Blue straggler, 0103 physical sciences, Galaxy formation and evolution, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Galaxy: evolution, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Subgiant, Star formation, Stars: abundances, Astronomy and Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.SR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Galaxy, Galaxy: halo, Galaxy: abundance, Stars, Galaxy: formation, Space and Planetary Science, Globular cluster, Galaxy: abundances, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamic, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics
Abstract: Context.The search for stars born in the very early stages of the Milky Way star formation history is of paramount importance in the study of the early Universe since their chemistry carries irreplaceable information on the conditions in which early star formation and galaxy buildup took place. The search for these objects has generally taken the form of expensive surveys for faint extremely metal-poor stars, the most obvious but not the only candidates to a very early formation.Aims.Thanks toGaiaDR2 radial velocities and proper motions, we identified 72 bright cool stars displaying heliocentric transverse velocities in excess of 500 km s−1. These objects are most likely members of extreme outer-halo populations, either formed in the early Milky Way build-up or accreted from since-destroyed self-gravitating stellar systems.Methods.We analysed low-resolution FORS spectra of the 72 stars in the sample and derived the abundances of a few elements. Despite the large uncertainties on the radial velocity determination, we derived reliable orbital parameters for these objects.Results.The stars analysed are mainly slightly metal poor, with a few very metal-poor stars. Their chemical composition is much more homogeneous than expected. All the stars have very eccentric halo orbits, some extending well beyond the expected dimension of the Milky Way.Conclusions.These stars can be the result of a disrupted small galaxy or they could have been globular cluster members. Age estimates suggest that some of them are evolved blue stragglers, now on the subgiant or asymptotic giant branches.
Published: 2020

19. Anatomy of the massive star-forming region S106. The [O I] 63 μm line observed with GREAT/SOFIA as a versatile diagnostic tool for the evolution of massive stars

Author: Antoine Gusdorf, Rolf Güsten, Jürgen Stutzki, R. Simon, Markus Röllig, Timea Csengeri, F. Comerón, Sylvain Bontemps, Helmut Wiesemeyer, Heiko Richter, Nicola Schneider, J. D. Adams, I. Physikalisches Institut [Köln], Universität zu Köln, Physikalisches Institut [Köln], Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique ( LERMA ), École normale supérieure - Paris ( ENS Paris ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université de Cergy Pontoise ( UCP ), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), FORMATION STELLAIRE 2018, European Southern Observatory ( ESO ), Astrophysique Interactions Multi-échelles ( AIM - UMR 7158 - UMR E 9005 ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Formation Stellaire, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and ANR-16-CE92-0035,GENESIS,GENeration et Evolution des Structures du milieu InterStellaire(2016)
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Terahertz radiation, [ SDU.ASTR.GA ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], FOS: Physical sciences, Bipolar nebula, Astrophysics, Radiation, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Binary system, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, interstellar medium, Molecular cloud, Photodissociation, OI, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Stars, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Excited state, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), THz, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]
Abstract: The central area (40"x40") of the bipolar nebula S106 was mapped in the OI line at 63.2 micron with high angular (6") and spectral resolution, using GREAT on board SOFIA. The OI emission distribution is compared to the CO 16-15, CII 158 micron, and CO 11-10 lines, mm-molecular lines, and continuum. It is composed of several velocity components in the range from -30 km/s to 25 km/s. The high-velocity blue- and redshifted emission can be explained as arising from accelerated photodissociated (PDR) gas associated with a dark lane close to the massive binary system S106 IR, and from shocks caused by the stellar wind and/or a disk--envelope interaction. At velocities from -9 to -4 km/s and 0.5 to 8 km/s line wings are observed that we attribute to cooling in PDRs created by the ionizing radiation impinging on the cavity walls. The bulk velocity range is dominated by PDR emission from the clumpy molecular cloud. Modelling the emission in the different velocity ranges with the KOSMA-tau code constrains a radiation field chi of a few times 10^4 and densities n of a few times 10^4 cm^-3. Considering self-absorption of the OI line results in higher densities (up to 10^6 cm^-3) only for the gas component seen at high blue- and red velocities. The dark lane has a mass of 275 Msun and shows a velocity difference of 1.4 km/s along its projected length of 1 pc, determined from H13CO+ 1-0 mapping. It can be interpreted as a massive accretion flow, or the remains of it, linked to S106 IR/FIR. The most likely explanation is that the binary system is at a stage of its evolution where gas accretion is counteracted by the stellar winds and radiation, leading to the very complex observed spatial and kinematic emission distribution of the various tracers., Comment: Final version as it will appear in Asronomy&Astrophysics, accepted 22.5.2018
Published: 2018

20. The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs at wide orbits

Author: Ken Rice, Christian Thalmann, Thomas Henning, Damien Ségransan, H. Le Coroller, Maddalena Reggiani, Julien Girard, J. L. Beuzit, Raffaele Gratton, Markus Feldt, S. Messina, Joshua E. Schlieder, Mariangela Bonavita, David Mouillet, Gael Chauvin, Arthur Vigan, A-M. Lagrange, Sascha P. Quanz, Philippe Delorme, Silvano Desidera, Duncan Forgan, Markus Janson, C. Mordasini, Beth Biller, Joseph C. Carson, Anthony Boccaletti, Janis Hagelberg, Dino Mesa, Guillaume Montagnier, C. Moutou, Elvira Covino, Michael Meyer, Alice Zurlo, J.-C. Meunier, Esther Buenzli, Markus Kasper, Mickael Bonnefoy, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Astronomy [ETH Zürich], Department of Physics [ETH Zürich] (D-PHYS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), ESO, Physics Department [Garching], Technical University of Munich (TUM)-Technical University of Munich (TUM), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Recherche Nutrition Humaine, Hôpital de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Clermont-Ferrand, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern], Dipartimento di Biochimica G. Moruzzi Sez di Chimica e Propedeutica Biochimica Bologna 40126, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève (UNIGE), SUPA, Institute for Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK, Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, NASA ExoPlanet Science Institute (NExScI), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Astrochemistry Group (INAF), Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, Institute for Astronomy, Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Nucleo de Astronomia, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejercito 441, Santiago, Chile, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (INAF-OACt), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Bern (UBERN), Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institute for Astronomy [Edinburgh] (IfA), University of Edinburgh, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy [University of St Andrews], University of St Andrews [Scotland]-Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Centre for Exoplanet Science, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Max Planck Society, College of Charleston, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Stockholm University, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Universidad Diego Portales [Santiago] (UDP), Universidad de Chile = University of Chile [Santiago] (UCHILE), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), French National Research Agency (ANR) : ANR10-BLANC0504-01, French National Research Agency (ANR) : ANR-14-CE33-0018, ECOGAL - European Research Council under ERC-ADG : 291227, Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF)Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)Research Projects of National Relevance (PRIN), Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR), UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) - Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) : ST/M001229/1, National Science Foundation (NSF) : 1009203, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - European Commission : BSSGI0_155816, and European Union Seventh Framework Programme (ETAEARTH) : 313014
Subjects: statistical [methods], Monte Carlo method, Brown dwarf, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, planets and satellites: formation, infrared: planetary systems, planetary systems [infrared], 10. No inequality, planetary systems, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], methods: statistical, Mass distribution, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, high angular resolution [techniques], techniques: high angular resolution, formation [planets and satellites], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary system, Exoplanet, Accretion (astrophysics), Stars, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Understanding the formation and evolution of giant planets ($\ge$1 $M_{Jup}$) at wide orbital separation ($\ge$5 AU) is one of the goals of direct imaging. Over the past 15 years, many surveys have placed strong constraints on the occurrence rate of wide-orbit giants, mostly based on non-detections, but very few have tried to make a direct link with planet formation theories. In the present work, we combine the results of our previously published VLT/NaCo large program with the results of 12 past imaging surveys to constitute a statistical sample of 199 FGK stars within 100 pc, including 3 stars with sub-stellar companions. Using Monte Carlo simulations and assuming linear flat distributions for the mass and semi-major axis of planets, we estimate the sub-stellar companion frequency to be within 0.75-5.7% at the 68% confidence level (CL) within 20-300 AU and 0.5-75 $M_{Jup}$, which is compatible with previously published results. We also compare our results with the predictions of state-of-the-art population synthesis models based on the gravitational instability (GI) formation scenario by Forgan & Rice (2013), with and without scattering. We estimate that in both the scattered and non-scattered populations, we would be able to detect more than 30% of companions in the 1-75 $M_{Jup}$ range (95% CL). With the 3 sub-stellar detections in our sample, we estimate the fraction of stars that host a planetary system formed by GI to be within 1.0-8.6% (95% CL). We also conclude that even though GI is not common, it predicts a mass distribution of wide-orbit massive companions that is much closer to what is observed than what the core accretion scenario predicts. Finally, we associate the present paper with the release of the Direct Imaging Virtual Archive (DIVA, http://cesam.lam.fr/diva/), a public database that aims at gathering the results of past, present, and future direct imaging surveys., 20 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2017

21. Testing giant planet formation in the transitional disk of SAO 206462 using deep VLT/SPHERE imaging

Author: Christian Thalmann, Gael Chauvin, Dino Mesa, M. Millward, J. Lannier, T. Buey, Alice Zurlo, C. Perrot, S. Messina, Arthur Vigan, Carsten Dominik, Anne-Lise Maire, Silvano Desidera, R. Galicher, Anne-Marie Lagrange, Adriana Pohl, Matthias Samland, Thayne Currie, Anthony Boccaletti, Enrico Giro, Mickael Bonnefoy, André Müller, E. Sissa, Norbert Hubin, Thierry Fusco, Markus Feldt, Michael Meyer, Maud Langlois, Tomas Stolker, Raffaele Gratton, Wolfgang Brandner, Jose Ramos, D. Le Mignant, Esther Buenzli, Stéphane Udry, Carol A. Grady, Christian Ginski, R. van Boekel, Graeme Salter, L. Weber, Beth Biller, Thomas Henning, S. Peretti, Eric Stadler, Sascha P. Quanz, Low Energy Astrophysics (API, FNWI), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institute for Astronomy [Edinburgh] (IfA), University of Edinburgh, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), GSFC Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), York Creek Observatory, Heidelberg University, International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics (IMPRS), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Department of Astronomy University of Michigan, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, Institute of Astronomy [ETH Zürich], Department of Physics [ETH Zürich] (D-PHYS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Universidad Diego Portales [Santiago] (UDP), Universidad de Santiago de Chile [Santiago] (USACH), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève (UNIGE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universiteit Leiden, Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich)-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), ONERA, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (INAF-OACt), Institute for Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill View, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, York Creek Observatory, Georgetown, Tasmania, Australia, Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1107, USA, Institute for Astronomy, Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Nucleo de Astronomia, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejercito 441, Santiago, Chile, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Leiden Observatory, and ISDC, Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva
Subjects: IMAGE PROCESSING, INDIVIDUAL, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, OPTIQUE ADAPTATIVE, 01 natural sciences, Density wave theory, Jupiter, VLT, DATA ANALYSIS, SPHERE, Planet, TECHNIQUES, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spiral, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, SAO 206462 (HD 135344B), Spiral galaxy, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Giant planet, HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION, Astronomy and Astrophysics, SPECTROSCOPIC, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, METHODS, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Protoplanet, STARS, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, PLANETARY DISKS
Abstract: Context. The SAO 206462 (HD 135344B) disk is one of the few known transitional disks showing asymmetric features in scattered light and thermal emission. Near-infrared scattered-light images revealed two bright outer spiral arms and an inner cavity depleted in dust. Giant protoplanets have been proposed to account for the disk morphology. Aims. We aim to search for giant planets responsible for the disk features and, in the case of non-detection, to constrain recent planet predictions using the data detection limits. Methods. We obtained new high-contrast and high-resolution total intensity images of the target spanning the Y to the K bands (0.95-2.3 mic) using the VLT/SPHERE near-infrared camera and integral field spectrometer. Results. The spiral arms and the outer cavity edge are revealed at high resolutions and sensitivities without the need for image post-processing techniques, which introduce photometric biases. We do not detect any close-in companions. For the derivation of the detection limits on putative giant planets embedded in the disk, we show that the knowledge of the disk aspect ratio and viscosity is critical for the estimation of the attenuation of a planet signal by the protoplanetary dust because of the gaps that these putative planets may open. Given assumptions on these parameters, the mass limits can vary from ~2-5 to ~4-7 Jupiter masses at separations beyond the disk spiral arms. The SPHERE detection limits are more stringent than those derived from archival NaCo/L' data and provide new constraints on a few recent predictions of massive planets (4-15 MJ) based on the spiral density wave theory. The SPHERE and ALMA data do not favor the hypotheses on massive giant planets in the outer disk (beyond 0.6). There could still be low-mass planets in the outer disk and/or planets inside the cavity., A&A, in press. 16 pages, 17 figures. Updated to match proofs
Published: 2017

22. ALMA observations of molecular tori around massive black holes

Author: Francoise Combes, P. van der Werf, Viviana Casasola, Susanne Aalto, Sergio Martín, Sebastien Muller, Melanie Krips, Kalliopi Dasyra, L. K. Hunt, Kazushi Sakamoto, Santiago García-Burillo, Andreas Eckart, A. Audibert, Frédéric Boone, Serena Viti, FRA, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Collège de France (CdF), Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Leiden Observatory [Leiden], Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Chaire Galaxies et cosmologie, Collège de France (CdF (institution)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Collège de France - Chaire Galaxies et cosmologie, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universiteit Leiden
Subjects: galaxies: spiral, Active galactic nucleus, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Submillimeter Array, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Line-of-sight, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Torus, Radius, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Black hole, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Center of mass, galaxies: nuclei, galaxies: ISM
Abstract: We report ALMA observations of CO(3-2) emission in a sample of 7 Seyfert/LINER galaxies at the unprecedented spatial resolution of 0.1'' = 4-9 pc. Our aim is to explore the close environment of AGN, and the dynamical structures leading to its fueling. The selected galaxies host low-luminosity AGN, and have a wide range of activity types, and barred or ringed morphologies. The observed maps reveal the existence of circum-nuclear disk structures, defined by their morphology and decoupled kinematics. We call these structures "molecular tori", even though they appear often as disks, without holes in the center. They have varied orientations, unaligned with their host galaxy. The radius of the tori ranges from 6 to 27 pc, and their mass from 0.7 10$^7$ to 3.9 10$^7$ Msun. At larger scale, the gas is always piled up in a few 100~pc scale resonant rings, that play the role of a reservoir to fuel the nucleus. In some cases, a trailing spiral is observed inside the ring, providing evidence for feeding processes. Most frequently, the torus and the AGN are slightly off-centered, with respect to the bar-resonant ring position, implying that the black hole is wandering by a few 10~pc amplitude around the center of mass of the galaxy. Our spatial resolution allows us to measure gas velocities inside the sphere of influence of the central black holes. By fitting the observations with different simulated cubes, varying the torus inclination and the black hole mass, it is possible to estimate the mass of the central black hole, which is in general difficult for such late-type galaxies, with only a pseudo-bulge., Comment: 20 pages, 21 figures, accepted in Astron. and Astrophys
Published: 2019

23. A census of dense cores in the Aquila cloud complex: SPIRE/PACS observations from the Herschel Gould Belt survey⋆,⋆⋆,⋆⋆⋆

Author: Vera Könyves, P. Didelon, Matthew James Griffin, T. Hill, P. Palmeirim, Alexander Men'shchikov, Doris Arzoumanian, Stefano Pezzuto, Sarah Sadavoy, Kenneth A. Marsh, Glenn J. White, Ph. André, E. Schisano, Yoshito Shimajiri, J. Di Francesco, L. Spinoglio, Sylvain Bontemps, Peter G. Martin, Milena Benedettini, J.-Ph. Bernard, Nicola Schneider, Derek Ward-Thompson, Kazi L.J. Rygl, Jason M. Kirk, Frédérique Motte, A. Roy, Anaëlle Maury, Bilal Ladjelate, Helene Roussel, Q. Nguyen Luong, Nicolas Peretto, Davide Elia, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, FORMATION STELLAIRE 2015, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Victoria], University of Victoria [Canada] (UVIC), School of Physics and Astronomy [Cardiff], Cardiff University, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF (IAPS), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO), National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)-European Southern Observatory (ESO), Jeremiah Horrocks Institute for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy [Preston], University of Central Lancashire [Preston] (UCLAN), Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Milton Keynes], The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), ANR-11-BS56-0010,STARFICH,Vers une vision unifiée de la formation stellaire dans les galaxies : Origine de la structure filamentaire du milieu interstellaire, des cœurs pré-stellaires et des amas protostellaires vus avec Herschel(2011), European Project: 291294,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2011-ADG_20110209,ORISTARS(2012), European Project: 267934,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2010-AdG_20100224,MISTIC(2011), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations (SPACE), San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations, University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of California, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules (SPAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire (PROMES), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Stanford University, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University [Stanford], Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University [Cambridge], Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO)-National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, CAN, CHL, JPN, and NLD
Subjects: Initial mass function, ISM: structure, Stars: formation, Young stellar object, FOS: Physical sciences, Budget control, F500, Efficiency, Astrophysics, Surveys, Population statistics, ISM : clouds, 7. Clean energy, Submillimeter: isms, Gravitation, ISM: individual objects, Functions, Protostar, Spatial distribution, QB, Physics, Star formation, Information dissemination, Molecular cloud, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Stars, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Spire, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Coremaking, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]
Abstract: We present and discuss the results of the Herschel Gould Belt survey (HGBS) observations in an 11 deg2 area of the Aquila molecular cloud complex at d 260 pc, imaged with the SPIRE and PACS photometric cameras in parallel mode from 70 μm to 500 μm. Using the multi-scale, multi-wavelength source extraction algorithm getsources, we identify a complete sample of starless dense cores and embedded (Class 0-I) protostars in this region, and analyze their global properties and spatial distributions. We find a total of 651 starless cores, 60% ± 10% of which are gravitationally bound prestellar cores, and they will likely form stars inthe future. We also detect 58 protostellar cores. The core mass function (CMF) derived for the large population of prestellar cores is very similar in shape to the stellar initial mass function (IMF), confirming earlier findings on a much stronger statistical basis and supporting the view that there is a close physical link between the stellar IMF and the prestellar CMF. The global shift in mass scale observed between the CMF and the IMF is consistent with a typical star formation efficiency of 40% at the level of an individual core. By comparing the numbers of starless cores in various density bins to the number of young stellar objects (YSOs), we estimate that the lifetime of prestellar cores is 1 Myr, which is typically 4 times longer than the core free-fall time, and that it decreases with average core density. We find a strong correlation between the spatial distribution of prestellar cores and the densest filaments observed in the Aquila complex. About 90% of the Herschel-identified prestellar cores are located above a background column density corresponding to AV 7, and 75% of them lie within filamentary structures with supercritical masses per unit length ≳16 M☉/pc. These findings support a picture wherein the cores making up the peak of the CMF (and probably responsible for the base of the IMF) result primarily from the gravitational fragmentation of marginally supercritical filaments. Given that filaments appear to dominate the mass budget of dense gas at AV> 7, our findings also suggest that the physics of prestellar core formation within filaments is responsible for a characteristic "efficiency" {SFR/M_dense ̃ 5+2-2 × 10-8 yr-1} for the star formation process in dense gas. Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.Figures 18, 19, and Appendices are available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.orgHerschel column density and temperature maps (FITS format) and full Tables A.1 and A.2 are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/584/A91
Published: 2015

24. Macroscopic quantum resonators (MAQRO): 2015 Update

Author: Keith Schwab, Sougato Bose, Peter Barker, Ulrich Johann, Norman Gürlebeck, Claus Braxmaier, Časlav Brukner, Sabine Hossenfelder, Antoine Heidmann, Astrid Lambrecht, Gerald Hechenblaikner, Catalina Curceanu, Rupert Ursin, Gerard J. Milburn, Guglielmo M. Tino, Holger Müller, Myungshik Kim, Nikolai Kiesel, Klaus Döringshoff, Claus Lämmerzahl, Kai Bongs, Albert Roura, Markus Aspelmeyer, Jan Gieseler, Martin Tajmar, Markus Arndt, Wolfgang P. Schleich, Sven Herrmann, Serge Reynaud, Bruno Christophe, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Wolfgang Ertmer, Manuel Rodrigues, Rainer Kaltenbaek, André Pilan-Zanoni, M. Chwalla, Hendrik Ulbricht, Michael Mazilu, C. Jess Riedel, Kishan Dholakia, James Bateman, Pierre-François Cohadon, Igor Pikovski, Ernst M. Rasel, Thilo Schuldt, A. M. Cruise, Lukas Novotny, Achim Peters, Angelo Bassi, Loïc Rondin, Vlatko Vedral, Mauro Paternostro, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, TU Vienna, Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London], University College of London [London] ( UCL ), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste ( INFN, Sezione di Trieste ), National Institute for Nuclear Physics ( INFN ), Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University, School of Physics and Astronomy [Birmingham], University of Birmingham [Birmingham], German Aerospace Center ( DLR ), ZARM, University of Bremen, Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information ( IQOQI ), Austrian Academy of Sciences ( OeAW ), ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab ( Chatillon ), ONERA, Airbus Defence and Space Germany, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel ( LKB (Jussieu) ), Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris ( FRDPENS ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -École normale supérieure - Paris ( ENS Paris ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -École normale supérieure - Paris ( ENS Paris ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell’INFN, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, Wigner Research Center for Physics [Budapest], Hungarian Academy of Sciences [Budapest], Institut fur Physik, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover [Hannover] ( LUH ), Photonics Laboratory, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule [Zürich] ( ETH Zürich ), European Southern Observatory ( ESO ), Nordita, Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm] ( KTH ), Quantum Optics and Laser Science, Blackett Laboratory, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London-Imperial College London, ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, University of Queensland [Brisbane], Department of Physics [Berkeley], University of California [Berkeley], Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Queen's University [Belfast] ( QUB ), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ( CfA ), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, EN-STI-TCD, CERN [Genève], Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics [Waterloo], Institut für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, Texas A & M University Institute for Advanced Study, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology ( CALTECH ), Institut für Luft -und Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universität Dresden ( TUD ), Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and LENS, Università degli Studi di Firenze [Firenze], School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], University of Southampton [Southampton], Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford [Oxford], Center for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore ( NUS ), University College of London [London] (UCL), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste (INFN, Sezione di Trieste), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Department of Physics [Swansea], College of Science [Swansea], Swansea University-Swansea University, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), Universität Bremen, Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (LKB (Jussieu)), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy [University of St Andrews], University of St Andrews [Scotland]-Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Wigner Research Centre for Physics [Budapest], Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Leibniz Universität Hannover [Hannover] (LUH), Photonics Laboratory [ETH Zürich], Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), University of California-University of California, Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University [Cambridge], Universität Ulm - Ulm University [Ulm, Allemagne], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze], Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), University of Southampton, Clarendon Laboratory [Oxford], Centre for Quantum Technologies [Singapore] (CQT), National University of Singapore (NUS), Kaltenbaek, Rainer, Aspelmeyer, Marku, Barker, Peter F, Bassi, Angelo, Bateman, Jame, Bongs, Kai, Bose, Sougato, Braxmaier, Clau, Brukner, Časlav, Christophe, Bruno, Chwalla, Michael, Cohadon, Pierre-Françoi, Cruise, Adrian Michael, Curceanu, Catalina, Dholakia, Kishan, Diósi, Lajo, Döringshoff, Klau, Ertmer, Wolfgang, Gieseler, Jan, Gürlebeck, Norman, Hechenblaikner, Gerald, Heidmann, Antoine, Herrmann, Sven, Hossenfelder, Sabine, Johann, Ulrich, Kiesel, Nikolai, Kim, Myungshik, Lämmerzahl, Clau, Lambrecht, Astrid, Mazilu, Michael, Milburn, Gerard J, Müller, Holger, Novotny, Luka, Paternostro, Mauro, Peters, Achim, Pikovski, Igor, Zanoni, André Pilan, Rasel, Ernst M, Reynaud, Serge, Riedel, Charles Je, Rodrigues, Manuel, Rondin, Loïc, Roura, Albert, Schleich, Wolfgang P, Schmiedmayer, Jörg, Schuldt, Thilo, Schwab, Keith C, Tajmar, Martin, Tino, Guglielmo M, Ulbricht, Hendrik, Ursin, Rupert, Vedral, Vlatko, Università degli studi di Trieste = University of Trieste, Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Humboldt University Of Berlin, Leibniz Universität Hannover=Leibniz University Hannover, University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence (UniFI), and University of Oxford
Subjects: DECOHERENCE, Matter waves, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optic, Computer science, Quantum physics, SPONTANEOUS LOCALIZATION, Space, Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical, Space (mathematics), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Gravitation, quant-ph, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Quantum optomechanic, PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER, Matter wave, WAVE-FUNCTION COLLAPSE, Quantum, Optical trapping, Quantum Science & Technology, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, GROUND-STATE, Physical Sciences, symbols, LEVITATED NANOSPHERE, Quantum physic, [ PHYS.QPHY ] Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph], FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter Physic, Quantum optomechanics, symbols.namesake, Theoretical physics, [PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph], 0103 physical sciences, Quality (philosophy), MAQRO, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 010306 general physics, NANOMECHANICAL OSCILLATOR, Science & Technology, Optics, Control and Systems Engineering, Quantum technology, RANDOM-WALK, REDUCTION, CAVITY, and Optics, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Schrödinger's cat
Abstract: Do the laws of quantum physics still hold for macroscopic objects - this is at the heart of Schr\"odinger's cat paradox - or do gravitation or yet unknown effects set a limit for massive particles? What is the fundamental relation between quantum physics and gravity? Ground-based experiments addressing these questions may soon face limitations due to limited free-fall times and the quality of vacuum and microgravity. The proposed mission MAQRO may overcome these limitations and allow addressing those fundamental questions. MAQRO harnesses recent developments in quantum optomechanics, high-mass matter-wave interferometry as well as state-of-the-art space technology to push macroscopic quantum experiments towards their ultimate performance limits and to open new horizons for applying quantum technology in space. The main scientific goal of MAQRO is to probe the vastly unexplored "quantum-classical" transition for increasingly massive objects, testing the predictions of quantum theory for truly macroscopic objects in a size and mass regime unachievable in ground-based experiments. The hardware for the mission will largely be based on available space technology. Here, we present the MAQRO proposal submitted in response to the (M4) Cosmic Vision call of the European Space Agency for a medium-size mission opportunity with a possible launch in 2025., Comment: 38 pages, 10 tables, 23 figures
Published: 2015

25. Molecular gas and star formation in an absorption-selected galaxy: Hitting the bull’s eye at z ≃ 2.46

Author: Cedric Ledoux, Johan P. U. Fynbo, S. A. Balashev, Raghunathan Srianand, Pasquier Noterdaeme, Shmuel Bialy, Patrick Petitjean, J.-K. Krogager, Peter Laursen, Neeraj Gupta, A. Ranjan, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), A.F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics [Pune] (IUCAA), Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen] (NBI), Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Oskar Klein Centre [Stockholm], and Stockholm University
Subjects: quasars, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, high-redshift, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], galaxies, 0103 physical sciences, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ISM, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Star formation, Molecular cloud, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, absorption lines, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Bull's Eye
Abstract: We present the detection analysis of a diffuse molecular cloud at z$_{abs}$=2.4636 towards the quasar SDSS J1513+0352(z$_{em}\,\simeq$ 2.68) observed with the X-shooter spectrograph(VLT). We measure very high column densities of atomic and molecular hydrogen, with log N(HI,H$_2$)$\simeq$21.8,21.3. This is the highest H$_2$ column density ever measured in an intervening damped Lyman-alpha system but we do not detect CO, implying log N(CO)/N(H$_2$) < -7.8, which could be due to a low metallicity of the cloud. From the metal absorption lines, we derive the metallicity to be Z $\simeq$ 0.15 Z$_{\odot}$ and determine the amount of dust by measuring the induced extinction of the background quasar light, A$_V$ $\simeq$ 0.4. We also detect Ly-$\alpha$ emission at the same redshift, with a centroid located at a most probable impact parameter of only $\rho\,\simeq$ 1.4 kpc. We argue that the line of sight is therefore likely passing through the ISM of a galaxy as opposed to the CGM. The relation between the surface density of gas and that of star formation seems to follow the global empirical relation derived in the nearby Universe although our constraints on the star formation rate and on the galaxy extent remain too loose to be conclusive. We study the transition from atomic to molecular hydrogen using a theoretical description based on the microphysics of molecular hydrogen. We use the derived chemical properties of the cloud and physical conditions (T$_k\,\simeq$90 K and n$\simeq$250 cm$^{-3}$ derived through the excitation of H$_2$ rotational levels and neutral carbon fine structure transitions to constrain the fundamental parameters that govern this transition. By comparing the theoretical and observed HI column densities, we are able to bring an independent constraint on the incident UV flux, which we find to be in agreement with that estimated from the observed star formation rate., Comment: accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2018

26. Broad- and narrowband visible imaging of comet 9P/Tempel 1 at ESO around the time of the Deep Impact event

Author: Eric Pantin, Hans-Ulrich Käufl, Emanuela Pompei, Stefano Bagnulo, O. Marco, N. Ageorges, Fernando Selman, C. Sterken, Hermann Boehnhardt, Ivo Saviane, Florian Kerber, Olivier Hainaut, Heike Rauer, G. LoCurto, M. Weiler, G. P. Tozzi, L. Barrera, Tanyu Bonev, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, European Southern Observatory, INAF Arcetri Observatory, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educacion, Av. J.P. Alessandri 774, Nunoa, Santiago de Chile, Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str.2, 85748 Garching bei Munchen, Germany, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt Agentur, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin-Adlershof, Germany, and Université Libre de Bruxelles
Subjects: Physics, Comet dust, Comet, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Deep Impact, Narrowband, Radiation pressure, Space and Planetary Science, Observatory, Tempel 1, Visible imaging, comets, Surface brightness, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Ejecta
Abstract: International audience; Context: On 4 July 2005 at 05:52UT the impactor of NASA's DeepImpact (DI) mission exploded at comet 9P/Tempel 1. The ejecta material of the impact expanded into the coma that is produced by normal cometary activity. The La Silla and Paranal sites of the European Southern Observatory ESO in Chile participated in the world-wide campaign to observe this event. Aims: The gas and dust content of the cometary coma is observed around the time of the DI event to identify signatures of the impact, like changes in the gas production (CN, C{3}, C{2}, NH{2} and Na) and in the dust properties. The study also describes the normal activity pattern in the coma and the expanding ejecta cloud. Methods: The gas production rates and the dust reddening slope are measured in images obtained through narrowband cometary filters. The ejecta cloud and the features of normal cometary activity, as imaged in narrow- and broadband filter images, are studied with respect to geometry, intensity, and persistence. Results: The production of CN, C{3}, and C{2} gas by the nucleus is at similar level on 3 July and 9 10 July 2005. The mixing ratios of these gases are in the range of those for ``typical'' comets. NH{2} and Na gas are not detected above the dust continuum flux in the coma. The reddening slope of the dust continuum changes from a value of 9%/100 nm, constant throughout 20 000 km distance around the nucleus, on 3 July to about 19-20%/100 nm on 9 10 July 2005. An increase of the slope with radial distance is found. Both changes might be due to the presence of dust from the ejecta cloud. The dust coma of the comet showed a porcupine pattern of 9 coma jets before impact which remained intact after impact. It can be interpreted as being due to embedded fan structures produced by at least 4 active regions on the rotating nucleus. The ejecta cloud contains dust grains of likely absorbing material and possibly dielectric admixtures with solar radiation pressure factors beta of 0.2-1.9 and ejection velocities of 160-370 m s-1. The ejecta cloud is optically thin 21 h after impact and shows a higher surface brightness and redder color in the sunward sector compared to the tailward side.
Published: 2007

27. Velocity-metallicity correlation for high-zDLA galaxies: evidence of a mass-metallicity relation?

Author: C. Ledoux, J. P. U. Fynbo, Palle Møller, Raghunathan Srianand, P. Petitjean, European Southern Observatory, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, European Southern Observatory (ESO), and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)
Subjects: Physics, Absorption spectroscopy, Metallicity, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galaxy, Spectral line, Redshift, Luminosity, Space and Planetary Science, Halo, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We used our database of VLT-UVES quasar spectra to build up a sample of 70 Damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) or strong sub-DLA systems with total neutral hydrogen column densities of log N(HI)>20 and redshifts in the range 1.72.43) and the lower (z_abs, Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, A&A in press
Published: 2006

28. The infrared L'-band view of the Galactic Center with NAOS-CONICA at VLT

Author: Y. Clénet, D. Rouan, E. Gendron, F. Lacombe, A.-M. Lagrange, D. Mouillet, Y. Magnard, G. Rousset, T. Fusco, J. Montri, R. Genzel, R. Schödel, T. Ott, A. Eckart, O. Marco, L. Tacconi-Garman, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Astronomie du LESIA, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ONERA, ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestriche Physik (MPE), Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, European Southern Observatory, and European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Subjects: Physics, L band, Infrared excess, biology, Infrared, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Galactic Center, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, biology.organism_classification, Stars, Orbit, Gravitational lens, Space and Planetary Science, Conica, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We report on Galactic Center L'-band observations made during NAOS/CONICA Science Verification. Colors of the inner 2" stars reveal an infrared excess of S2, the closest star to the black hole, that could sign the first thermal infrared detection of Sgr A*. A multi-wavelength maximum likelihood analysis has allowed us to eliminate all but two of the candidates for gravitational lensing proposed by Alexander (2001). Our observations of the thin and intersecting structures of the Northern Arm could trace several shocks heating the neighbooring dust rather than a stream of matter in orbit around the central mass as previously thought., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics: 16 April 2003, accpeted: 14 November 2003, updated references
Published: 2004

29. Extremely high spectral resolution measurements of the 450μm atmospheric window at Chajnantor with APEX

Author: J. R. Pardo, C. De Breuck, D. Muders, J. González, F. M. Montenegro-Montes, J. P. Pérez-Beaupuits, J. Cernicharo, C. Prigent, E. Serabyn, T. Mroczkowski, N. Phillips, European Southern Observatory, l'Observatoire de Paris, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Subjects: Opacity, Space and Planetary Science, Molecular data, Line: profiles, Techniques: spectroscopic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric effects
Abstract: 8 pags., 5 figs., Ground-based telescopes observing at millimeter (mm) and submillimeter (submm) wavelengths have to deal with a line-rich and highly variable atmospheric spectrum, both in space and time. Models of this spectrum play an important role in planning observations that are appropriate for the weather conditions and also calibrating those observations. Through magnetic dipolar (M1) rotational transitions and electric dipolar (E1) transitions O2 and H2O, respectively, dominate the atmospheric opacity in this part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Although O2 lines, and more generally the so-called dry opacity, are relatively constant, the absorption related to H2O can change by several orders of magnitude leading from a totally opaque atmosphere near sea level with high H2O columns to frequency windows with good transmission from high and dry mountain sites. Other minor atmospheric gases, such as O3 and N2O among others, are present in the atmospheric spectrum which also includes nonresonant collision-induced absorption due to several mechanisms. The aim of our research is to improve the characterization of the mm/submm atmospheric spectrum using very stable heterodyne receivers with excellent sideband separation and extremely high (kHz) spectral resolutions at the 5000 m altitude Chajnantor site in northern Chile. This last aspect (spectral resolution) is the main improvement (by more than three orders of magnitude) in the presented data with respect to our previous work conducted ∼20 yr ago from Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. These new measurements have enabled us to identify slight modifications needed in the Atmospheric Transmission at Microwaves (ATM) model to better take into account minor constituent vertical profiles, include a few missing lines, and adjust some high-energy O3 line frequencies. After these updates, the ATM model is highly consistent with all data sets presented in this work (within ∼2% at 1 GHz resolution)., The authors thank ESO for funding this work through contract CFP/ESO/19/25417/HNE. JRP also thaks ESO for funding the implementation of ATM in the ALMA software under contract 14977/ESO/07/15694/YWE. JRP thanks Observatoire de Paris for supporting his work for this paper through its program “chercheurs invités” from Oct 10th to Dec. 10th 2021, and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain for funding support through projects PID2019-106110GB-I00, PID2019-107115GBC21/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, PID2019-106235GB-I00. CP and JRP also acknowledge support from EUMETSAT under contract EUM/20/4600002477.
Published: 2022

30. New and updated convex shape models of asteroids based on optical data from a large collaboration network

Author: J. Hanuš, J. Ďurech, D. A. Oszkiewicz, R. Behrend, B. Carry, M. Delbo, O. Adam, V. Afonina, R. Anquetin, P. Antonini, L. Arnold, M. Audejean, P. Aurard, M. Bachschmidt, B. Baduel, E. Barbotin, P. Barroy, P. Baudouin, L. Berard, N. Berger, L. Bernasconi, J-G. Bosch, S. Bouley, I. Bozhinova, J. Brinsfield, L. Brunetto, G. Canaud, J. Caron, F. Carrier, G. Casalnuovo, S. Casulli, M. Cerda, L. Chalamet, S. Charbonnel, B. Chinaglia, A. Cikota, F. Colas, J.-F. Coliac, A. Collet, J. Coloma, M. Conjat, E. Conseil, R. Costa, R. Crippa, M. Cristofanelli, Y. Damerdji, A. Debackère, A. Decock, Q. Déhais, T. Déléage, S. Delmelle, C. Demeautis, M. Dróżdż, G. Dubos, T. Dulcamara, M. Dumont, R. Durkee, R. Dymock, A. Escalante del Valle, N. Esseiva, R. Esseiva, M. Esteban, T. Fauchez, M. Fauerbach, M. Fauvaud, S. Fauvaud, E. Forné, C. Fournel, D. Fradet, J. Garlitz, O. Gerteis, C. Gillier, M. Gillon, R. Giraud, J.-P. Godard, R. Goncalves, Hiroko Hamanowa, Hiromi Hamanowa, K. Hay, S. Hellmich, S. Heterier, D. Higgins, R. Hirsch, G. Hodosan, M. Hren, A. Hygate, N. Innocent, H. Jacquinot, S. Jawahar, E. Jehin, L. Jerosimic, A. Klotz, W. Koff, P. Korlevic, E. Kosturkiewicz, P. Krafft, Y. Krugly, F. Kugel, O. Labrevoir, J. Lecacheux, M. Lehký, A. Leroy, B. Lesquerbault, M. J. Lopez-Gonzales, M. Lutz, B. Mallecot, J. Manfroid, F. Manzini, A. Marciniak, A. Martin, B. Modave, R. Montaigut, J. Montier, E. Morelle, B. Morton, S. Mottola, R. Naves, J. Nomen, J. Oey, W. Ogłoza, M. Paiella, H. Pallares, A. Peyrot, F. Pilcher, J.-F. Pirenne, P. Piron, M. Polińska, M. Polotto, R. Poncy, J. P. Previt, F. Reignier, D. Renauld, D. Ricci, F. Richard, C. Rinner, V. Risoldi, D. Robilliard, D. Romeuf, G. Rousseau, R. Roy, J. Ruthroff, P. A. Salom, L. Salvador, S. Sanchez, T. Santana-Ros, A. Scholz, G. Séné, B. Skiff, K. Sobkowiak, P. Sogorb, F. Soldán, A. Spiridakis, E. Splanska, S. Sposetti, D. Starkey, R. Stephens, A. Stiepen, R. Stoss, J. Strajnic, J.-P. Teng, G. Tumolo, A. Vagnozzi, B. Vanoutryve, J. M. Vugnon, B. D. Warner, M. Waucomont, O. Wertz, M. Winiarski, M. Wolf, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Department of Physics [Helsinki], Falculty of Science [Helsinki], Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki-Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Geneva Observatory, Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Bédoin, Observatoire de Chinon, Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Electroniques, Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 (LPMC), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Harfleur Observatory, Ressources des terroirs - UMR 8575, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Les Engarouines Observatory, Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Chercheur indépendant, Laboratoire d'optique des solides (LOS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (UMRS893), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Association T60, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France, Courbes de rotation d'astéroïdes, de comètes et d'étoiles variables (CdR & CdL group), CdR & CdL group, Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), Gestion environnementale et traitement biologique des déchets (UR GERE), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Observatorio de San Gervasi, Observatoire de Cabris, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatorio Astronómico de Tradate, Observatoire N°139 d'Antibes, Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 138 Village-Neuf, Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Shed of Science Observatory, Association AstroQueyras, Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 (LOA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire du Bois de Bardon, Interactions et dynamique des environnements de surface (IDES), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas [Viçosa], Universidade Federal de Viçosa = Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Hamanowa Astronomical Observatory, DLR Institut für Planetenforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Berlin] (DLR), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Stazione Astronomica di Sozzago, Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Observatorio Montcabre, Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca (OAM), Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, Kingsgrove Observatory, Gestion Territoriale de l'Eau et de l'environnement (UMR GESTE), École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Organ Mesa Observatory, Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Association des Utilisateurs de Détecteurs Electroniques (AUDE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Réactivité des Solides (LRRS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système (IMS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gnosca Observatory, DeKalb Observatory, Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire (LPAP), Observatoire astronomique des Makes, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Institute of Neuropathology, University hospital of Zurich [Zurich], Charles University [Prague], University of Helsinki-University of Helsinki, University of Geneva [Switzerland], European Space Agency (ESA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (EA 2081), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Genève (UNIGE), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Universität Zürich [Zürich] (UZH), L2EP - Équipe Réseaux, Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - EA 2697 (L2EP), Ecole Centrale de Lille-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Ecole Centrale de Lille-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille, Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées and Association T60, Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures (LPN), Universidade Federal de Vicosa (UFV), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre d'études de chimie métallurgique (CECM), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - ULR 2697 (L2EP), Centrale Lille-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Centrale Lille-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Science Centre (Poland), Czech Science Foundation, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Charles University [Prague] [CU], European Space Astronomy Centre [ESAC], Joseph Louis LAGRANGE [LAGRANGE], Institut de Recherches Subatomiques [IReS], Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules [LAPP], Géosciences Paris Sud [GEOPS], Laboratoire d'optique des solides [LOS], Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève [ObsGE], Gestion environnementale et traitement biologique des déchets [UR GERE], Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg [ObAS], Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés [SIMaP], Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 [LOA], Interactions et dynamique des environnements de surface [IDES], Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures [LPN], European Southern Observatory [ESO], Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie [IRAP], Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA], Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions [UR MALY], German Aerospace Center [DLR], Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire [LAL], Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 [UCBL], Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Réactivité des Solides [LRRS], Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système [IMS], Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire [LPAP], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova [OAPD], Argelander Institute for Astronomy [AlfA], ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, DEU, and ESP
Subjects: Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Computer science, media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Inverse transform sampling, 01 natural sciences, Gravitation, Photometry (optics), Methods: observational, 0103 physical sciences, QB Astronomy, observational [Methods], Shape optimization, asteroids: general / techniques: photometric / methods: observational / methods: numerical, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Scaling, QC, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, QB, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, media_common, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), [PHYS]Physics [physics], numerical [Methods], Methods: numerical, photometric [Techniques], Minor planets, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3rd-DAS, QC Physics, Minor planets, asteroids: general, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Asteroid, Physics::Space Physics, minor planets, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [Asteroids], Techniques: photometric, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, general [minor planets, asteroids]
Abstract: Context. Asteroid modeling efforts in the last decade resulted in a comprehensive dataset of almost 400 convex shape models and their rotation states. These efforts already provided deep insight into physical properties of main-belt asteroids or large collisional families. Going into finer detail (e.g., smaller collisional families, asteroids with sizes 20 km) requires knowledge of physical parameters of more objects. Aims. We aim to increase the number of asteroid shape models and rotation states. Such results provide important input for further studies, such as analysis of asteroid physical properties in different populations, including smaller collisional families, thermophysical modeling, and scaling shape models by disk-resolved images, or stellar occultation data. This provides bulk density estimates in combination with known masses, but also constrains theoretical collisional and evolutional models of the solar system. Methods. We use all available disk-integrated optical data (i.e., classical dense-in-time photometry obtained from public databases and through a large collaboration network as well as sparse-in-time individual measurements from a few sky surveys) as input for the convex inversion method, and derive 3D shape models of asteroids together with their rotation periods and orientations of rotation axes. The key ingredient is the support of more that 100 observers who submit their optical data to publicly available databases. Results. We present updated shape models for 36 asteroids, for which mass estimates are currently available in the literature, or for which masses will most likely be determined from their gravitational influence on smaller bodies whose orbital deflections will be observed by the ESA Gaia astrometric mission. Moreover, we also present new shape model determinations for 250 asteroids, including 13 Hungarias and three near-Earth asteroids. The shape model revisions and determinations were enabled by using additional optical data from recent apparitions for shape optimization. © 2016 ESO., J.H. greatly appreciates the CNES post-doctoral fellowship program. J.H. and M.D. were supported by the project under the contract 11-BS56-008 (SHOCKS) of the French Agence National de la Recherche (ANR), JD by grant GACR 15-04816S of the Czech Science Foundation, DO by the grant NCN 2012/S/ST9/00022 of Polish National Science Center, and A. Marciniak by grant 2014/13/D/ST9/01818 of Polish National Science Center.
Published: 2016

31. SPIRE imaging of M 82: Cool dust in the wind and tidal streams

Author: Laure Ciesla, Asantha Cooray, Steve Eales, Luigi Spinoglio, Walter Kieran Gear, P. Chanial, Diane Cormier, E. E. Rigby, B. O'Halloran, Frédéric Galliano, Stéphane Charlot, D. L. Clements, I. Perez-Fournon, Robbie Richard Auld, A. Rykala, Maximilien R. P. Schirm, D. Elbaz, S. Hony, Luca Cortese, K. G. Isaak, E. Dwek, Benjamin L. Schulz, Jonathan Ivor Davies, J. J. Bock, Christine D. Wilson, T. J. Parkin, Louis Levenson, M. Pohlen, M. J. Page, Werner W. Zeilinger, V. Buat, Marc Sauvage, N. Rangwala, M. Trichas, Andreas Papageorgiou, Maarten Baes, N. Sacchi, Sundar Srinivasan, Nanyao Y. Lu, Matthew Joseph Griffin, P. Panuzzo, M. Symeonidis, Jamie Stevens, Mattia Vaccari, M. J. Barlow, G. J. Bendo, L. Vigroux, M. W. L. Smith, M. Bradford, N. Castro-Rodriguez, S. C. Madden, H. Roussel, Gillian S. Wright, Herve Wozniak, Jason Glenn, Seb Oliver, M. Galametz, K. Okumura, A. Boselli, Haley Louise Gomez, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Observational Cosmology Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), School of Physics and Astronomy [Cardiff], Cardiff University, University of Patras [Patras], Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy [Boulder] (CASA), University of Colorado [Boulder], Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London-Imperial College London, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London], University College of London [London] (UCL), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), SPIRE, HERSCHEL, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Patras, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ( IAP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Astrophysique Interactions Multi-échelles ( AIM - UMR 7158 - UMR E 9005 ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille ( LAM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales ( CNES ), Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias ( IAC ), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers - Haute Normandie ( CNAM Haute-Normandie ), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] ( CNAM ), European Southern Observatory ( ESO ), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ( GSFC ), School of Physics & Astronomy [Cardiff], Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy [Boulder] ( CASA ), University of Colorado Boulder [Boulder], Institut de Physique de Rennes ( IPR ), Université de Rennes 1 ( UR1 ), Université de Rennes ( UNIV-RENNES ) -Université de Rennes ( UNIV-RENNES ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon ( CRAL ), École normale supérieure - Lyon ( ENS Lyon ) -Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), University College of London [London] ( UCL ), Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ), NASA-California Institute of Technology ( CALTECH ), School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)
Subjects: SUPER STAR-CLUSTERS, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, galaxies: starburst, Astrophysics, STREAMS, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Coincident, 0103 physical sciences, evolution, galaxies: interactions, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, COLD DUST, 14. Life underwater, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Physics, infrared: ISM, [PHYS]Physics [physics], [ PHYS ] Physics [physics], Mass distribution, starburst [galaxies], interactions [galaxies], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, extinction, GALAXY M 82, ISM [infrared], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy, Interstellar medium, Spire, Physics and Astronomy, OUTFLOWS, GAS, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, STARBURST, Polar, Halo, dust, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, EMISSION, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: M82 is a unique representative of a whole class of galaxies, starbursts with superwinds, in the Very Nearby Galaxy Survey with Herschel. In addition, its interaction with the M81 group has stripped a significant portion of its interstellar medium from its disk. SPIRE maps now afford better characterization of the far-infrared emission from cool dust outside the disk, and sketch a far more complete picture of its mass distribution and energetics than previously possible. They show emission coincident in projection with the starburst wind and in a large halo, much more extended than the PAH band emission seen with Spitzer. Some complex substructures coincide with the brightest PAH filaments, and others with tidal streams seen in atomic hydrogen. We subtract the far-infrared emission of the starburst and underlying disk from the maps, and derive spatially-resolved far-infrared colors for the wind and halo. We interpret the results in terms of dust mass, dust temperature, and global physical conditions. In particular, we examine variations in the dust physical properties as a function of distance from the center and the wind polar axis, and conclude that more than two thirds of the extraplanar dust has been removed by tidal interaction, and not entrained by the starburst wind., accepted in A&A Herschel special issue
Published: 2010

32. The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets

Author: Alexandre Santerne, Nuno C. Santos, Damien Ségransan, G. Lo Curto, L. Benamati, Christophe Lovis, S. G. Sousa, M. Mayor, C. Melo, Mahmoudreza Oshagh, D. Cunha, J. Gomes da Silva, V. Zh. Adibekyan, Isabelle Boisse, Elisa Delgado-Mena, Didier Queloz, Stéphane Udry, Xavier Dumusque, João P. Faria, Francesco Pepe, J. H. C. Martins, Alessandro Sozzetti, Annelies Mortier, Pedro Figueira, Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Física e Astronomia [Porto] (DFA/FCUP), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP), Universidade do Porto-Universidade do Porto, Osaka City university Advanced Mathematical Institute [Osaka] (OCAMI), Osaka City University (OCU), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève (UNIGE), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Universidade do Porto = University of Porto-Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Osaka City University Advanced Mathematical Institute (OCAMI), and Osaka Media Center
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Rotation period, Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Planetary system, Exoplanet, Radial velocity, Stars, Orbit, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 10. No inequality, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: The search for planets orbiting metal-poor stars is of uttermost importance for our understanding of the planet formation models. However, no dedicated searches have been conducted so far for very low mass planets orbiting such objects. Only a few cases of low mass planets orbiting metal-poor stars are thus known. Amongst these, HD41248 is a metal-poor, solar-type star on which a resonant pair of super-Earth like planets has In the present paper we present a new planet search program that is using the HARPS spectrograph to search for Neptunes and Super-Earths orbiting a sample of metal-poor FGK dwarfs. We then present a detailed analysis of an additional 162 radial velocity measurements of HD41248, obtained within this program, with the goal of confirming the existence of the proposed planetary system. We analyzed the precise radial velocities, obtained with the HARPS spectrograph, together with several stellar activity diagnostics and line profile indicators. A careful analysis shows no evidence for the planetary system previously announced. One of the signals, with a period of about 25 days, is shown to be related to the rotational period of the star, and is clearly seen in some of the activity proxies. The remaining signal (P~18 days) could not be convincingly retrieved in the new data set. We discuss possible causes for the complex (evolving) signals observed in the data of HD41248, proposing that they may be explained by the appearance and disappearance of active regions on the surface of a star with strong differential rotation, or by a combination of the sparse data sampling and active region evolution., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2014

33. Very deep images of the innermost regions of theβPictoris debris disc atL′

Author: Dimitri Mawet, Anthony Boccaletti, J. C. Augereau, Olivier Absil, Anne-Marie Lagrange, J. H. Girard, Julien Milli, Gael Chauvin, David Mouillet, European Southern Observatory, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG ), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Brightness, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, Angular resolution, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Coronagraph, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), [PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics, Very Large Telescope, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary system, Wavelength, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Very few debris discs have been imaged in scattered light at wavelengths beyond 3 microns because the thermal emission from both the sky and the telescope is generally too strong with respect to the faint emission of a debris disc. We present here the first analysis of a high angular resolution image of the disc of beta Pictoris at 3.8 microns. Our primary objective is to probe the innermost parts of the beta Pictoris debris disc and describe its morphology. We performed extensive forward modelling to correct for the biases induced by angular differential imaging on extended objects and derive the physical parameters of the disc. This work relies on a new analysis of seven archival datasets of beta Pictoris observed with VLT/NaCo in the Lp band, associated with disc forward modelling to correct for the biases induced by that technique. The disc is detected above a 5 sigma level between 0.4" and 3.8". The two extensions have a similar brightness within error bars. We confirm an asymmetry previously observed at larger distances from the star and at shorter wavelengths: the isophotes are more widely spaced on the north-west side (above the disc apparent midplane) than on the south-east side. This is interpreted as a small inclination of the disc combined with anisotropic scattering. Our best-fit model has an inclination of 86 degrees with an anisotropic Henyey- Greenstein coefficient of 0.36. This interpretation is supported by a new asymmetry detected in the disc: the disc is significantly bowed towards the north-west within 3" (above the apparent midplane). We also detect a possible new asymmetry within 1", but at this stage we cannot discern between a real feature and an underlying speckle., Comment: 11 pages, 17 figures, 4 Tables, accepted to A&A
Published: 2014

34. An exploration of Pluto’s environment through stellar occultations

Author: O. Marco, D. N. da Silva Neto, Julio Camargo, Raoul Behrend, A. H. Andrei, A. Doressoundiram, F. Braga Ribas, Olivier Mousis, S. P. Littlefair, F. Roques, M. Kretlow, Valentin D. Ivanov, Philippe Rousselot, T. R. Marsh, Y. Boissel, V. S. Dhillon, R. Vieira Martins, Elena Mason, Nancy Ageorges, Bruno Sicardy, Thomas Widemann, Marcelo Assafin, Patrick Gaulme, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), New Mexico State University, European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), University of Sheffield [Sheffield], University of Warwick [Coventry], Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ [Rio de Janeiro], Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Observatorio Nacional [Rio de Janeiro], Centro Universitário Estadual da Zona Oeste [Rio de Janeiro] (UEZO), Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva [Switzerland], and International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA)
Subjects: Physics, New horizons, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Dwarf planet, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Radius, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Pluto, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Stellar occultation, Limit (mathematics), [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Equivalent width, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: Context. Pluto has five known satellites with diameters ranging from ~1200 km down to ~40 km, a possible outcome of a collisional origin. Smaller objects probably exist and may maintain tenuous rings, thus representing hazards during the New Horizons flyby of July 2015. Aims. The goal is to provide an upper limit for the numbers of unseen small bodies and/or equivalent widths of putative Pluto rings. Methods. We use a Pluto stellar appulse on April 10, 2006, and a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet on June 14, 2007, to scan Pluto’s surroundings. Results. Our best data set places a 3σ upper limit of 0.3 km for the radius of isolated moonlets that we can detect. In the absence of detection, we derive an upper limit of 15 000 for the number of such bodies at distances smaller than ~70 000 km from Pluto’s system barycenter. We place a 3σ upper limit of typically 30−100 m for the equivalent width of ring material at barycentric distances ranging from 13 000 to 70 000 km. This limit applies for narrow rings only, i.e. less than about 10 km in width
Published: 2014

35. Discovery of optical and infrared accretion disc wind signatures in the black hole candidate MAXI J1348–630

Author: G. Panizo-Espinar, M. Armas Padilla, T. Muñoz-Darias, K. I. I. Koljonen, V. A. Cúneo, J. Sánchez-Sierras, D. Mata Sánchez, J. Casares, J. Corral-Santana, R. P. Fender, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, G. Ponti, D. Steeghs, M. A. P. Torres, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, European Southern Observatory Santiago, University of Oxford, Macquarie University, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, University of Warwick, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), individual: MAXI J1348 630 [Stars], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Accretion, accretion disks, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, winds, outflows [Stars], binaries [X-rays], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, close [Binaries], Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: MAXI J1348-630 is a low mass X-ray binary discovered in 2019 during a bright outburst. During this event, the system sampled both hard and soft states following the standard evolution. We present multi-epoch optical and near-infrared spectroscopy obtained with X-shooter at the Very Large Telescope. Our dataset includes spectra taken during the brightest phases of the outburst as well as the decay towards quiescence. We study the evolution of the main emission lines, paying special attention to the presence of features commonly associated with accretion disc winds, such as blue-shifted absorptions, broad emission line wings and flat-top profiles. We find broad emission line wings in H-alpha during the hard-to-soft transition and blue-shifted absorption troughs at ~-500 km/s in H-beta, HeI-5876, H-alpha and Pa-beta during the bright soft-intermediate state. In addition, flat-top profiles are seen throughout the outburst. We interpret these observables as signatures of a cold (i.e. optical to infrared) accretion disc wind present in the system. We discuss the properties of the wind and compare them with those seen in other X-ray transients. In particular, the wind velocity that we observe is low when compared to those of other systems, which might be a direct consequence of the relatively low binary inclination, as suggested by several observables. This study strengthen the hypothesis that cold winds are a common feature in low mass X-ray binaries and that they can also be detected in low inclination objects via high-quality optical and infrared spectroscopy., Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2022

36. The photospheric solar oxygen project

Author: Jean-M. Malherbe, Elisabetta Caffau, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Hans-Günter Ludwig, Lorenzo Monaco, M. Steffen, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Based on data obtained from the ESO Science Archive Facility. P.B. acknowledges support from the Programme National de Physique Stellaire (PNPS) and the Programme National de Cosmologie et Galaxies (PNCG) of the Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers of CNRS. E.C. and H.G.L. acknowledge financial support by the Sonderforschungsbereich SFB881 'The Milky Way System' (subprojects A4 and A5) of the German Research Foundation (DFG)., and Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
Subjects: stars: abundances, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Oscillator strength, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Oxygen, Spectral line, 0103 physical sciences, Radiative transfer, Sun: abundances, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Line (formation), [PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics, Photosphere, Sun: photosphere, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Giant star, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, chemistry, radiative transfer, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, line: formation, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: In the Sun, the two forbidden [OI] lines at 630 and 636 nm were previously found to provide discrepant oxygen abundances. aims: We investigate whether this discrepancy is peculiar to the Sun or whether it is also observed in other stars. method: We make use of high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra of four dwarf to turn-off stars, five giant stars, and one sub-giant star observed with THEMIS, HARPS, and UVES to investigate the coherence of the two lines. results: The two lines provide oxygen abundances that are consistent, within observational errors, in all the giant stars examined by us. On the other hand, for the two dwarf stars for which a measurement was possible, for Procyon, and for the sub-giant star Capella, the 636 nm line provides systematically higher oxygen abundances, as already seen for the Sun. conclusions: The only two possible reasons for the discrepancy are a serious error in the oscillator strength of the NiI line blending the 630 nm line or the presence of an unknown blend in the 636 nm line, which makes the feature stronger. The CN lines blending the 636 nm line cannot be responsible for the discrepancy. The CaI autoionisation line, on the red wing of which the 636 nm line is formed, is not well modelled by our synthetic spectra. However, a better reproduction of this line would result in even higher abundances from the 636 nm, thus increasing the discrepancy., A&A accepted
Published: 2013

37. Characterisation of candidate members of (136108) Haumea's family

Author: Olivier Hainaut, Benoit Carry, Colin Snodgrass, Christophe Dumas, European Southern Observatory, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Collisional family, Haumea, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, H filter, Photometry (optics), Space and Planetary Science, Water ice, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Ragozzine & Brown [2007] presented a list of candidate members of the first collisional family to be found among the trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), the one associated with (136108) Haumea (2003 EL61). We aim to identify which of the candidate members of the Haumea collisional family are true members, by searching for water ice on their surfaces. We also attempt to test the theory that the family members are made of almost pure water ice by using optical light-curves to constrain their densities. We use optical and near-infrared photometry to identify water ice, in particular using the (J - H_S) colour as a sensitive measure of the absorption feature at 1.6 micron. We use the CH_4 filter of the new Hawk-I instrument at the VLT as a short H-band (H_S) for this as it is more sensitive to the water ice feature than the usual H filter. We report colours for 22 candidate family members, including NIR colours for 15. We confirm that 2003 SQ317 and 2005 CB79 are family members, bringing the total number of confirmed family members to 10. We reject 8 candidates as having no water ice absorption based on our Hawk-I measurements, and 5 more based on their optical colours. The combination of the large proportion of rejected candidates and time lost to weather prevent us from putting strong constraints on the density of the family members based on the light-curves obtained so far; we can still say that none of the family members (except Haumea) require a large density to explain their light-curve., 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2010

38. Physical and chemical structure of high-mass star-forming regions

Author: Gieser, C, Beuther, H, Semenov, D, Ahmadi, A, Suri, S, Möller, T, Beltrán, MT, Klaassen, P, Zhang, Q, Urquhart, JS, Henning, T, Feng, S, Galván-Madrid, R, de Souza Magalhães, V, Moscadelli, L, Longmore, S, Leurini, S, Kuiper, R, Peters, T, Menten, KM, Csengeri, T, Fuller, G, Wyrowski, F, Lumsden, S, Sánchez-Monge, Á, Maud, L, Linz, H, Palau, A, Schilke, P, Pety, J, Pudritz, R, Winters, JM, Piétu, V, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Leiden University, Universität zu Köln, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE), University of Edinburgh, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science [Canterbury] (CAPS), University of Kent [Canterbury], Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), Academia Sinica, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysics Research Institute [Liverpool] (ARI), Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (OAC), University of Tübingen, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, FEMIS 2021, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Leeds, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Instituto de Matematicas (UNAM), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), and McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario]
Subjects: [PHYS]Physics [physics], stars: formation, astrochemistry, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], ISM: molecules
Abstract: International audience; Aims. Current star formation research centers the characterization of the physical and chemical properties of massive stars, which are in the process of formation, at the spatial resolution of individual high-mass cores.Methods. We use sub-arcsecond resolution (~0.′′4) observations with the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array at 1.37 mm to study the dust emission and molecular gas of 18 high-mass star-forming regions. With distances in the range of 0.7−5.5 kpc, this corresponds to spatial scales down to 300−2300 au that are resolved by our observations. We combined the derived physical and chemical properties of individual cores in these regions to estimate their ages. The temperature structures of these regions are determined by fitting the H2CO and CH3CN line emission. The density profiles are inferred from the 1.37 mm continuum visibilities. The column densities of 11 different species are determined by fitting the emission lines with XCLASS.Results. Within the 18 observed regions, we identified 22 individual cores with associated 1.37 mm continuum emission and with a radially decreasing temperature profile. We find an average temperature power-law index of q = 0.4 ± 0.1 and an average density power-law index of p = 2.0 ± 0.2 on scales that are on the order of several 1000 au. Comparing these results with values of p derived from the literature presumes that the density profiles remain unchanged from clump to core scales. The column densities relative to N(C18O) between pairs of dense gas tracers show tight correlations. We applied the physical-chemical model MUlti Stage ChemicaL codE to the derived column densities of each core and find a mean chemical age of ~60 000 yr and an age spread of 20 000−100 000 yr. With this paper, we release all data products of the CORE project.Conclusions. The CORE sample reveals well-constrained density and temperature power-law distributions. Furthermore, we characterized a large variety in molecular richness that can be explained by an age spread that is then confirmed by our physical-chemical modeling. The hot molecular cores show the greatest number of emission lines, but we also find evolved cores at an evolutionary stage in which most molecules are destroyed and, thus, the spectra appear line-poor once again.
Published: 2021

39. Event Horizon Telescope imaging of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 at an extreme 20 microarcsecond resolution

Author: Robert Freund, N. W. Halverson, Benjamin R. Ryan, Paul Shaw, André Young, Andreas Eckart, A. Montaña, Michael Titus, Chen Yu Yu, Gertie Geertsema, Gao Feng, Ronald Grosslein, Ranjani Srinivasan, David Ball, Pablo Torne, Roberto Garcia, Hiroki Okino, Kotaro Moriyama, Chris Eckert, Lupin C.C. Lin, Geoffrey B. Crew, Vernon Fath, Freek Roelofs, David Sánchez-Arguelles, Luciano Rezzolla, Makoto Inoue, Michael Bremer, Jongsoo Kim, James Hoge, Michael Janssen, David M. Gale, Mel Rose, Jason Dexter, Do-Young Byun, J. G. A. Wouterloot, Rubén Herrero-Illana, Daniel C. M. Palumbo, Ta Shun Wei, Ching Tang Liu, Bradford Benson, Jadyn Anczarski, Patrick M. Koch, Ken Young, Jae-Young Kim, Minfeng Gu, Mislav Baloković, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Laurent Loinard, A. Jiménez-Rosales, Tomohisa Kawashima, Nicolas Pradel, Heino Falcke, Olivier Gentaz, Dirk Muders, Shami Chatterjee, Britton Jeter, Rocco Lico, Craig Walther, David J. James, Homin Jiang, Michael H. Hecht, Gopal Narayanan, Qingwen Wu, Pierre Martin-Cocher, Michael A. Nowak, Alexander W. Raymond, Gregory Desvignes, Anne Kathrin Baczko, Chet Ruszczyk, Yutaka Hasegawa, Chao-Te Li, M. C. H. Wright, Andrew Nadolski, Alan P. Marscher, Christopher Beaudoin, Harriet Parsons, Peñalver Juan, Karl M. Menten, Silke Britzen, Frédéric Gueth, Shu Hao Chang, Andrew Chael, Daryl Haggard, Rodrigo Córdova Rosado, Ru-Sen Lu, Mansour Karami, José L. Gómez, Sang-Sung Lee, Tirupati K. Sridharan, Karl Friedrich Schuster, Ronald Hesper, Richard L. Plambeck, Iain Coulson, Jason SooHoo, Aristeidis Noutsos, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Li Ming Lu, James M. Cordes, David H. Hughes, Jonathan Weintroub, Chih-Wei Locutus Huang, Katherine L. Bouman, Roger J. Cappallo, Lijing Shao, Christiaan D. Brinkerink, John Kuroda, Ramesh Karuppusamy, Iniyan Natarajan, Jessica Dempsey, George Nystrom, John E. Carlstrom, Sera Markoff, Mark Kettenis, Neal R. Erickson, Jason W. Henning, R. Laing, Huang Lei, Kevin A. Dudevoir, Ilje Cho, William Stahm, Juan-Carlos Algaba, Junhan Kim, Hotaka Shiokawa, Martin P. McColl, James M. Moran, Chi-kwan Chan, Timothy C. Chuter, Thomas W. Folkers, Yi Chen, Christopher Greer, Lia Medeiros, C. Y. Kuo, Kuo Chang Han, Shoko Koyama, William Snow, Rurik A. Primiani, Sjoerd T. Timmer, F. Peter Schloerb, Stephen R. McWhirter, Fumie Tazaki, Norbert Wex, Ming-Tang Chen, Nimesh A. Patel, Aaron Faber, Mark Derome, Kazunori Akiyama, W. B. Everett, Hiroshi Nagai, Andrei Lobanov, Ignacio Ruiz, Pierre Christian, N. Phillips, David C. Forbes, Don Sousa, Michael Lindqvist, Christopher Risacher, Wen Ping Lo, Geoffrey C. Bower, Bart Ripperda, Dominique Broguiere, Maciek Wielgus, Antony A. Stark, Raquel Fraga-Encinas, Hiroaki Nishioka, Philippe Raffin, Hugo Messias, Feryal Özel, Jun Yi Koay, Buell T. Jannuzi, Sandra Bustamente, Roberto Neri, Jinchi Hao, Ye-Fei Yuan, Garrett K. Keating, Lynn D. Matthews, Avery E. Broderick, Mark G. Rawlings, Ciriaco Goddi, Tod R. 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Subjects: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Brightness, Active galactic nucleus, active [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, galaxies: active, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Submillimeter Array, FLOWS, SCALE CIRCULAR-POLARIZATION, 0103 physical sciences, Very-long-baseline interferometry, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Event Horizon Telescope, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Jet (fluid), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, FLARE, galaxies: jets, individual: 3C 279 [Galaxies], LONG, VARIABILITY, galaxies: individual: 3C 279, GAMMA-RAY, QUASARS, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, techniques: interferometric, Brightness temperature, ACCRETION DISKS, interferometric [Techniques], jets [Galaxies], RELATIVISTIC JETS, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
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Open Access funding provided by Max Planck Society.--All authors: Kim, Jae-Young; Krichbaum, Thomas P.; Broderick, Avery E.; Wielgus, Maciek; Blackburn, Lindy; Gómez, José L.; Johnson, Michael D.; Bouman, Katherine L.; Chael, Andrew; Akiyama, Kazunori; Jorstad, Svetlana; Marscher, Alan P.; Issaoun, Sara; Janssen, Michael; Chan, Chi-kwan; Savolainen, Tuomas; Pesce, Dominic W.; Özel, Feryal; Alberdi, Antxon; Alef, Walter Asada, Keiichi; Azulay, Rebecca; Baczko, Anne-Kathrin; Ball, David; Baloković, Mislav; Barrett, John; Bintley, Dan; Boland, Wilfred; Bower, Geoffrey C.; Bremer, Michael; Brinkerink, Christiaan D.; Brissenden, Roger; Britzen, Silke; Broguiere, Dominique; Bronzwaer, Thomas; Byun, Do-Young; Carlstrom, John E.; Chatterjee, Shami; Chatterjee, Koushik; Chen, Ming-Tang; Chen, Yongjun; Cho, Ilje; Christian, Pierre; Conway, John E.; Cordes, James M.; Crew, Geoffrey B.; Cui, Yuzhu; Davelaar, Jordy; De Laurentis, Mariafelicia; Deane, Roger; Dempsey, Jessica; Desvignes, Gregory; Dexter, Jason; Doeleman, Sheperd S.; Eatough, Ralph P.; Falcke, Heino; Fish, Vincent L.; Fomalont, Ed; Fraga-Encinas, Raquel; Friberg, Per; Fromm, Christian M.; Galison, Peter; Gammie, Charles F.; García, Roberto; Gentaz, Olivier; Georgiev, Boris; Goddi, Ciriaco; Gold, Roman; Gómez-Ruiz, Arturo I.; Gu, Minfeng; Gurwell, Mark; Hada, Kazuhiro; Hecht, Michael H.; Hesper, Ronald; Ho, Luis C.; Ho, Paul; Honma, Mareki; Huang, Chih-Wei L.; Huang, Lei; Hughes, David H.; Ikeda, Shiro; Inoue, Makoto; James, David J.; Jannuzi, Buell T.; Jeter, Britton; Jiang, Wu; Jimenez-Rosales, Alejandra; Jung, Taehyun; Karami, Mansour; Karuppusamy, Ramesh; Kawashima, Tomohisa; Keating, Garrett K.; Kettenis, Mark; Kim, Junhan; Kim, Jongsoo; Kino, Motoki; Koay, Jun Yi; Koch, Patrick M.; Koyama, Shoko; Kramer, Michael; Kramer, Carsten; Kuo, Cheng-Yu; Lauer, Tod R.; Lee, Sang-Sung; Li, Yan-Rong; Li, Zhiyuan; Lindqvist, Michael; Lico, Rocco; Liu, Kuo; Liuzzo, Elisabetta; Lo, Wen-Ping; Lobanov, Andrei P.; Loinard, Laurent; Lonsdale, Colin; Lu, Ru-Sen; MacDonald, Nicholas R.; Mao, Jirong; Markoff, Sera; Marrone, Daniel P.; Martí-Vidal, Iván; Matsushita, Satoki; Matthews, Lynn D.; Medeiros, Lia; Menten, Karl M.; Mizuno, Yosuke; Mizuno, Izumi; Moran, James M.; Moriyama, Kotaro; Moscibrodzka, Monika; Musoke, Gibwa; Müller, Cornelia; Nagai, Hiroshi; Nagar, Neil M.; Nakamura, Masanori; Narayan, Ramesh; Narayanan, Gopal; Natarajan, Iniyan; Neri, Roberto; Ni, Chunchong; Noutsos, Aristeidis; Okino, Hiroki; Olivares, Héctor; Ortiz-León, Gisela N.; Oyama, Tomoaki; Palumbo, Daniel C. M.; Park, Jongho; Patel, Nimesh; Pen, Ue-Li; Piétu, Vincent; Plambeck, Richard; PopStefanija, Aleksandar; Porth, Oliver; Prather, Ben; Preciado-López, Jorge A.; Psaltis, Dimitrios; Pu, Hung-Yi; Ramakrishnan, Venkatessh; Rao, Ramprasad; Rawlings, Mark G.; Raymond, Alexander W.; Rezzolla, Luciano; Ripperda, Bart; Roelofs, Freek; Rogers, Alan; Ros, Eduardo; Rose, Mel; Roshanineshat, Arash; Rottmann, Helge; Roy, Alan L.; Ruszczyk, Chet; Ryan, Benjamin R.; Rygl, Kazi L. J.; Sánchez, Salvador; Sánchez-Arguelles, David; Sasada, Mahito; Schloerb, F. Peter; Schuster, Karl-Friedrich; Shao, Lijing; Shen, Zhiqiang; Small, Des; Sohn, Bong Won; SooHoo, Jason; Tazaki, Fumie; Tiede, Paul; Tilanus, Remo P. J.; Titus, Michael; Toma, Kenji; Torne, Pablo; Trent, Tyler; Traianou, Efthalia; Trippe, Sascha; Tsuda, Shuichiro; van Bemmel, Ilse; van Langevelde, Huib Jan; van Rossum, Daniel R.; Wagner, Jan; Wardle, John; Ward-Thompson, Derek; Weintroub, Jonathan; Wex, Norbert; Wharton, Robert; Wong, George N.; Wu, Qingwen; Yoon, Doosoo; Young, André; Young, Ken; Younsi, Ziri; Yuan, Feng; Yuan, Ye-Fei; Zensus, J. Anton; Zhao, Guangyao; Zhao, Shan-Shan; Zhu, Ziyan; Algaba, Juan-Carlos; Allardi, Alexander; Amestica, Rodrigo; Anczarski, Jadyn; Bach, Uwe; Baganoff, Frederick K.; Beaudoin, Christopher; Benson, Bradford A.; Berthold, Ryan; Blanchard, Jay M.; Blundell, Ray; Bustamente, Sandra; Cappallo, Roger; Castillo-Domínguez, Edgar; Chang, Chih-Cheng; Chang, Shu-Hao; Chang, Song-Chu; Chen, Chung-Chen; Chilson, Ryan; Chuter, Tim C.; Rosado, Rodrigo Córdova; Coulson, Iain M.; Crowley, Joseph; Derome, Mark; Dexter, Matthew; Dornbusch, Sven; Dudevoir, Kevin A.; Dzib, Sergio A.; Eckart, Andreas; Eckert, Chris; Erickson, Neal R.; Everett, Wendeline B.; Faber, Aaron; Farah, Joseph R.; Fath, Vernon; Folkers, Thomas W.; Forbes, David C.; Freund, Robert; Gale, David M.; Gao, Feng; Geertsema, Gertie; Graham, David A.; Greer, Christopher H.; Grosslein, Ronald; Gueth, Frédéric; Haggard, Daryl; Halverson, Nils W.; Han, Chih-Chiang; Han, Kuo-Chang; Hao, Jinchi; Hasegawa, Yutaka; Henning, Jason W.; Hernández-Gómez, Antonio; Herrero-Illana, Rubén; Heyminck, Stefan; Hirota, Akihiko; Hoge, James; Huang, Yau-De; Violette Impellizzeri, C. M.; Jiang, Homin; John, David; Kamble, Atish; Keisler, Ryan; Kimura, Kimihiro; Kono, Yusuke; Kubo, Derek; Kuroda, John; Lacasse, Richard; Laing, Robert A.; Leitch, Erik M.; Li, Chao-Te; Lin, Lupin C. -C.; Liu, Ching-Tang; Liu, Kuan-Yu; Lu, Li-Ming; Marson, Ralph G.; Martin-Cocher, Pierre L.; Massingill, Kyle D.; Matulonis, Callie; McColl, Martin P.; McWhirter, Stephen R.; Messias, Hugo; Meyer-Zhao, Zheng; Michalik, Daniel; Montaña, Alfredo; Montgomerie, William; Mora-Klein, Matias; Muders, Dirk; Nadolski, Andrew; Navarro, Santiago; Neilsen, Joseph; Nguyen, Chi H.; Nishioka, Hiroaki; Norton, Timothy; Nowak, Michael A.; Nystrom, George; Ogawa, Hideo; Oshiro, Peter; Oyama, Tomoaki; Parsons, Harriet; Peñalver, Juan; Phillips, Neil M.; Poirier, Michael; Pradel, Nicolas; Primiani, Rurik A.; Raffin, Philippe A.; Rahlin, Alexandra S.; Reiland, George; Risacher, Christopher; Ruiz, Ignacio; Sáez-Madaín, Alejandro F.; Sassella, Remi; Schellart, Pim; Shaw, Paul; Silva, Kevin M.; Shiokawa, Hotaka; Smith, David R.; Snow, William; Souccar, Kamal; Sousa, Don; Sridharan, Tirupati K.; Srinivasan, Ranjani; Stahm, William; Stark, Antony A.; Story, Kyle; Timmer, Sjoerd T.; Vertatschitsch, Laura; Walther, Craig; Wei, Ta-Shun; Whitehorn, Nathan; Whitney, Alan R.; Woody, David P.; Wouterloot, Jan G. A.; Wright, Melvin; Yamaguchi, Paul; Yu, Chen-Yu; Zeballos, Milagros; Zhang, Shuo; Ziurys, Lucy; Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, 3C 279 is an archetypal blazar with a prominent radio jet that show broadband flux density variability across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. We use an ultra-high angular resolution technique - global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at 1.3mm (230 GHz) - to resolve the innermost jet of 3C 279 in order to study its fine-scale morphology close to the jet base where highly variable-ray emission is thought to originate, according to various models. The source was observed during four days in April 2017 with the Event Horizon Telescope at 230 GHz, including the phased Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, at an angular resolution of ∼20 μas (at a redshift of z = 0:536 this corresponds to ∼0:13 pc ∼ 1700 Schwarzschild radii with a black hole mass MBH = 8 × 108 M⊙). Imaging and model-fitting techniques were applied to the data to parameterize the fine-scale source structure and its variation.We find a multicomponent inner jet morphology with the northernmost component elongated perpendicular to the direction of the jet, as imaged at longer wavelengths. The elongated nuclear structure is consistent on all four observing days and across diffierent imaging methods and model-fitting techniques, and therefore appears robust. Owing to its compactness and brightness, we associate the northern nuclear structure as the VLBI "core". This morphology can be interpreted as either a broad resolved jet base or a spatially bent jet.We also find significant day-to-day variations in the closure phases, which appear most pronounced on the triangles with the longest baselines. Our analysis shows that this variation is related to a systematic change of the source structure. Two inner jet components move non-radially at apparent speeds of ∼15 c and ∼20 c (∼1:3 and ∼1:7 μas day-1, respectively), which more strongly supports the scenario of traveling shocks or instabilities in a bent, possibly rotating jet. The observed apparent speeds are also coincident with the 3C 279 large-scale jet kinematics observed at longer (cm) wavelengths, suggesting no significant jet acceleration between the 1.3mm core and the outer jet. The intrinsic brightness temperature of the jet components are ≤1010 K, a magnitude or more lower than typical values seen at ≥7mm wavelengths. The low brightness temperature and morphological complexity suggest that the core region of 3C 279 becomes optically thin at short (mm) wavelengths. © J.-Y. Kim et al. 2020., The authors of the present paper thank the following organizations and programs: the Academy of Finland (projects 274477, 284495, 312496); the Advanced European Network of E-infrastructures for Astronomy with the SKA (AENEAS) project, supported by the European Commission Framework Programme Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation action under grant agreement 731016; the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung; the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University, through a grant (60477) from the John Templeton Foundation; the China Scholarship Council; Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT, Chile, via PIA ACT172033, Fondecyt projects 1171506 and 3190878, BASAL AFB-170002, ALMA-conicyt 31140007); Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT, Mexico, projects 104497, 275201, 279006, 281692); the Delaney Family via the Delaney Family John A. Wheeler Chair at Perimeter Institute; Direccion General de Asuntos del Personal Academico -Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (DGAPA -UNAM, project IN112417); the European Research Council Synergy Grant "BlackHoleCam: Imaging the Event Horizon of Black Holes" (grant 610058); the Generalitat Valenciana postdoctoral grant APOSTD/2018/177 and GenT Program (project CIDEGENT/2018/021); the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (grants GBMF-3561, GBMF-5278); the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) sezione di Napoli, iniziative specifiche TEONGRAV; the International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne; the Jansky Fellowship program of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO); the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship; the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-inAid for JSPS Research Fellowship (JP17J08829); the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, grants QYZDJSSW-SLH057, QYZDJ-SSW-SYS008, ZDBS-LY-SLH011); the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellowship; the Malaysian Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS, grant FRGS/1/2019/STG02/UM/02/6); the Max-PlanckGesellschaft (MPG); the Max Planck Partner Group of the MPG and the CAS; the MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI (grants 18KK0090, JP18K13594, JP18K03656, JP18H03721, 18K03709, 18H01245, 25120007); the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Funds; the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Taiwan (105-2112-M-001-025-MY3, 106-2112-M-001-011, 106-2119-M-001-027, 107-2119-M-001-017, 107-2119-M-001-020, and 107-2119-M-110-005); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, Fermi Guest Investigator grant 80NSSC17K0649 and Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF2-51431.001-A awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. r , for NASA, under contract NAS5-26555); the National Institute of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan; the National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant 2016YFA0400704, 2016YFA0400702); the National Science Foundation (NSF, grants AST-0096454, AST-0352953, AST-0521233, AST-0705062, AST-0905844, AST-0922984, AST-1126433, AST-1140030, DGE-1144085, AST-1207704, AST-1207730, AST-1207752, MRI-1228509, OPP-1248097, AST-1310896, AST-1312651, AST-1337663, AST-1440254, AST-1555365, AST-1715061, AST-1615796, AST-1716327, OISE-1743747, AST-1816420); the Natural Science Foundation of China (grants 11573051, 11633006, 11650110427, 10625314, 11721303, 11725312, 11933007); the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC, including a Discovery Grant and the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program); the National Youth Thousand Talents Program of China; the National Research Foundation of Korea (the Global PhD Fellowship Grant: grants NRF-2015H1A2A1033752, 2015-R1D1A1A01056807, the Korea Research Fellowship Program: NRF-2015H1D3A1066561); the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) VICI award (grant 639.043.513) and Spinoza Prize SPI 78-409; the New Scientific Frontiers with Precision Radio Interferometry Fellowship awarded by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), which is a facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of South Africa; the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) national infrastructure, for the provisioning of its facilities/observational support (OSO receives funding through the Swedish Research Council under grant 2017-00648) the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (research at Perimeter Institute is supported by the Government of Canada through the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and by the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science); the Russian Science Foundation (grant 17-12-01029); the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (grants PGC2018-098915-B-C21, AYA201680889-P); the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the "Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa" award for the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (SEV-2017-0709); the Toray Science Foundation; the US Department of Energy (USDOE) through the Los Alamos National Laboratory (operated by Triad National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the USDOE (Contract 89233218CNA000001)); the Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione Universita e Ricerca through the grant Progetti Premiali 2012-iALMA (CUP C52I13000140001); the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730562 RadioNet; ALMA North America Development Fund; the Academia Sinica; Chandra TM6-17006X; the GenT Program (Generalitat Valenciana) Project CIDEGENT/2018/021. This work used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), supported by NSF grant ACI-1548562, and CyVerse, supported by NSF grants DBI-0735191, DBI-1265383, and DBI1743442. XSEDE Stampede2 resource at TACC was allocated through TGAST170024 and TG-AST080026N. XSEDE JetStream resource at PTI and TACC was allocated through AST170028. The simulations were performed in part on the SuperMUC cluster at the LRZ in Garching, on the LOEWE cluster in CSC in Frankfurt, and on the HazelHen cluster at the HLRS in Stuttgart. This research was enabled in part by support provided by Compute Ontario (http://computeontario. r ca), Calcul Quebec (http://www.calculquebec.ca) and Compute Canada (http://www.computecanada.ca).We thank the sta ff at the participating observatories, correlation centers, and institutions for their enthusiastic support. This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.1.01154.V, ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.1.01176.V. ALMA is a partnership of the European Southern Observatory (ESO; Europe, representing its member states), NSF, and National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, together with National Research Council (Canada), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST; Taiwan), Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA; Taiwan), and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI; Republic of Korea), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The Joint ALMA Observatory is operated by ESO, Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI)/NRAO, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). The NRAO is a facility of the NSF operated under cooperative agreement by AUI. APEX is a collaboration between the Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie (Germany), ESO, and the Onsala Space Observatory (Sweden). The SMA is a joint project between the SAO and ASIAA and is funded by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academia Sinica. The JCMT is operated by the East Asian Observatory on behalf of the NAOJ, ASIAA, and KASI, as well as the Ministry of Finance of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National Key R&D Program (No. 2017YFA0402700) of China. Additional funding support for the JCMT is provided by the Science and Technologies Facility Council (UK) and participating universities in the UK and Canada. The LMT is a project operated by the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica (Mexico) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA). The IRAM 30-m telescope on Pico Veleta, Spain is operated by IRAM and supported by CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), MPG (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany) and IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Spain). The SMT is operated by the Arizona Radio Observatory, a part of the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona, with financial support of operations from the State of Arizona and financial support for instrumentation development from the NSF. The SPT is supported by the National Science Foundation through grant PLR1248097. Partial support is also provided by the NSF Physics Frontier Center grant PHY-1125897 to the Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, the Kavli Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant GBMF 947. The SPT hydrogen maser was provided on loan from the GLT, courtesy of ASIAA. The EHTC has received generous donations of FPGA chips from Xilinx Inc., under the Xilinx University Program. The EHTC has benefited from technology shared under open-source license by the Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER). The EHT project is grateful to T4Science and Microsemi for their assistance with Hydrogen Masers. This research has made use of NASA's Astrophysics Data System. We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the extended sta ff of the ALMA, both from the inception of the ALMA Phasing Project through the observational campaigns of 2017 and 2018. We would like to thank A. Deller and W. Brisken for EHT-specific support with the use of DiFX. We acknowledge the significance that Maunakea, where the SMA and JCMT EHT stations are located, has for the indigenous Hawaiian people. r This research has made use of data obtained with the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA), which consists of telescopes operated by the MPIfR, IRAM, Onsala, Metsahovi, Yebes, the Korean VLBI Network, the Green Bank Observatory and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). The VLBA is an instrument of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated by Associated Universities, Inc. The data were correlated at the correlator of the MPIfR in Bonn, Germany. This study makes use of 43 GHz VLBA data from the VLBA-BU Blazar Monitoring Program (VLBABU-BLAZAR; http://www.bu.edu/blazars/VLBAproject.html), funded by NASA through the Fermi Guest Investigator Program.
Published: 2020

40. Questioning the spatial origin of complex organic molecules in young protostars with the CALYPSO survey

Author: Sylvain Bontemps, Aurore Bacmann, Sébastien Maret, Bertrand Lefloch, Ph. André, Claudio Codella, Charlène Lefèvre, Frederic Gueth, Anaëlle Maury, M. Gaudel, Linda Podio, Arnaud Belloche, S. Cabrit, S. Anderl, Leonardo Testi, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University [Cambridge], Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Programme National 'Physique et Chimie du Milieu Interstellaire' (PCMI) of CNRS/INSU with INC/INP co-funded by CEA and CNES, and by the Conseil Scientifique of Observatoire de Paris (AF ALMA-NOEMA)., ANR-12-JS05-0005,ChemoDyn,Evolution chimique et dynamique des coeurs pré- et protostellaires(2012), European Project: 291294,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2011-ADG_20110209,ORISTARS(2012), European Project: 679937,H2020,ERC-2015-STG,MagneticYSOs(2016), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères = Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations (SPACE), San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
Subjects: Astrochemistry, Thermodynamic equilibrium, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, ISM: abundances, Luminosity, 0103 physical sciences, Protostar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Envelope (waves), Physics, stars: formation, astrochemistry, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Plateau de Bure Interferometer, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Outflow, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been detected in a few Class 0 protostars but their origin is not well understood. Going beyond studies of individual objects, we want to investigate the origin of COMs in young protostars on a statistical basis. We use the CALYPSO survey performed with the IRAM PdBI to search for COMs at high angular resolution in a sample of 26 solar-type protostars, including 22 Class 0 and four Class I objects. Methanol is detected in 12 sources and tentatively in one source, which represents half of the sample. Eight sources (30%) have detections of at least three COMs. We find a strong chemical differentiation in multiple systems with five systems having one component with at least three COMs detected but the other component devoid of COM emission. The internal luminosity is found to be the source parameter impacting the most the COM chemical composition of the sources, while there is no obvious correlation between the detection of COM emission and that of a disk-like structure. A canonical hot-corino origin may explain the COM emission in four sources, an accretion-shock origin in two or possibly three sources, and an outflow origin in three sources. The CALYPSO sources with COM detections can be classified into three groups on the basis of the abundances of oxygen-bearing molecules, cyanides, and CHO-bearing molecules. These chemical groups correlate neither with the COM origin scenarii, nor with the evolutionary status of the sources if we take the ratio of envelope mass to internal luminosity as an evolutionary tracer. We find strong correlations between molecules that are a priori not related chemically (for instance methanol and methyl cyanide), implying that the existence of a correlation does not imply a chemical link. [abridged], Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published: 2020

41. The XXL Survey

Author: G. Lagache, Alessandro Monfardini, R. Adam, Pascale Andre, A. Cappi, Bruno Altieri, M. Sanchez Portal, G. Pisano, A. Bideaud, Shibo Shu, Florian Kéruzoré, D. Boutigny, Simon Doyle, K. F. Schuster, V. Revéret, Marguerite Pierre, Alicia Gomez, A. Beelen, Sotiria Fotopoulou, Keiichi Umetsu, J. Goupy, Albrecht Sievers, C. Tucker, M. Ricci, C. Romero, Florian Ruppin, Adam Mantz, H. Aussel, F. Gastaldello, P. D. Mauskopf, O. Bourrion, Mark Birkinshaw, C. Kramer, A. Andrianasolo, Mauro Sereno, L. Perotto, A. Catalano, C. Ferrari, C. Benoist, D. Eckert, L. Faccioli, L. Chiappetti, Florian Pacaud, P. A. R. Ade, F.-X. Désert, Oliver Hahn, Alain Benoit, N. Ponthieu, Emanuela Pompei, Manuel Calvo, Cathy Horellou, Elias Koulouridis, E. F. C. Driessen, A. Ritacco, M. De Petris, J. F. Macías-Pérez, S. Maurogordato, Bilal Ladjelate, S. Leclercq, S. Berta, Paul Giles, Ben J Maughan, J.-F. Lestrade, Malcolm N. Bremer, H. Roussel, Umetsu, K. [0000-0002-7196-4822], Koulouridis, E. [0000-0002-9423-3723], Altieri, B. [0000-0003-3936-0284], Giles, P. [0000-0003-4937-8453], Ricci, M. [0000-0002-3645-9652], European Research Council (ERC), Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), European Commission (EC), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble [2020-....] (OSUG [2020-....]), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2020-....] (UGA [2020-....])-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2020-....] (UGA [2020-....]), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - 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Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Cryogénie (Cryo), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), University of Geneva [Switzerland], Durham University, Centre de Recherches sur les Littératures et la Sociopoétique (CELIS), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020]), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Utah State University (USU), IRCAV - Institut de Recherche sur le Cinéma et l'Audiovisuel - EA 185 (IRCAV), Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3-LABEX ICCA, Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord-Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Astrophysique, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Herschel Science Center [Madrid], European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA)-European Space Agency (ESA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Cardiff University, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université Paris-Sud - 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Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA)-Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), Academia Sinica, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord-Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2020-....] (UGA [2020-....])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology [2020-....] (Grenoble INP [2020-....]), Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS (LPTENS), Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium, cluster: intracluester medium [Galaxies], high angular resolution / galaxies, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Measure (mathematics), intracluster medium [clusters], 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), clusters, individual, Brightest cluster galaxy, galaxies: clusters: individual: XLSSC 102, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Scaling, Galaxy cluster, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Galaxies: clusters: individual: XLSSC 102, Galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium, Techniques: high angular resolution, X-rays: galaxies: clusters, techniques: high angular resolution, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy, clusters: individual: XLSSC 102 [Galaxies], high angular resolution [Techniques], Space and Planetary Science, XLSSC 102 / galaxies, Substructure, galaxies: clusters [X-rays], techniques, Low Mass, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: High-mass clusters at low redshifts have been intensively studied at various wavelengths. However, while more distant objects at lower masses constitute the bulk population of future surveys, their physical state remain poorly explored to date. In this paper, we present resolved observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect, obtained with the NIKA2 camera, towards the cluster of galaxies XLSSC 102, a relatively low-mass system (M500 ∼ 2 × 1014 M·) at z = 0.97 detected from the XXL survey. We combine NIKA2 SZ data, XMM-Newton X-ray data, and Megacam optical data to explore, respectively, the spatial distribution of the gas electron pressure, the gas density, and the galaxies themselves. We find significant offsets between the X-ray peak, the SZ peak, the brightest cluster galaxy, and the peak of galaxy density. Additionally, the galaxy distribution and the gas present elongated morphologies. This is interpreted as the sign of a recent major merging event, which induced a local boost of the gas pressure towards the north of XLSSC 102 and stripped the gas out of the galaxy group. The NIKA2 data are also combined with XXL data to construct the thermodynamic profiles of XLSSC 102, obtaining relatively tight constraints up to about ∼r500, and revealing properties that are typical of disturbed systems. We also explore the impact of the cluster centre definition and the implication of local pressure substructure on the recovered profiles. Finally, we derive the global properties of XLSSC 102 and compare them to those of high-mass-and-low-redshift systems, finding no strong evidence for non-standard evolution. We also use scaling relations to obtain alternative mass estimates from our profiles. The variation between these different mass estimates reflects the difficulty to accurately measure the mass of low-mass clusters at z ∼ 1, especially with low signal-to-noise ratio data and for a disturbed system. However, it also highlights the strength of resolved SZ observations alone and in combination with survey-like X-ray data. This is promising for the study of high redshift clusters from the combination of eROSITA and high resolution SZ instruments and will complement the new generation of optical surveys from facilities such as LSST and Euclid., With funding from the Spanish government through the "María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence" accreditation (MDM-2017-0737)
Published: 2020

42. Discovery of a jet from the single HAe/Be star HD 100546

Author: Hans Moritz Günther, Nuria Huélamo, I. Mendigutía, Emma Whelan, Catherine Dougados, Tracy L. Beck, Rene D. Oudmaijer, Jochen Eislöffel, Peter Schneider, Schneider, P. C. [0000-0002-5094-2245], Eislöffel, J. [0000-0001-6496-0252], Günther, H. M. [0000-0003-4243-2840], Huélamo, N. [0000-0002-2711-8143], Mendigutía, I.[0000-0002-0233-5328], PCS German Aerospace Centre, NASA-HST-GO, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration through Chandra Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Southern Observatory, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Subjects: variable [Stars], HD 100546, Be star, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Protoplanetary disk, T Tauri, 01 natural sciences, individual [Stars], 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Jet (fluid), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, jets and outflows [ISM], Herbig Ae/Be, Astronomy and Astrophysics, jets [Stars], Circumstellar matter, Position angle, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Accretion (astrophysics), Stars, T Tauri star, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Outflow, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Young accreting stars drive outflows that collimate into jets, which can be seen hundreds of au from their driving sources. Accretion and outflow activity cease with system age, and it is believed that magneto-centrifugally launched disk winds are critical agents in regulating accretion through the protoplanetary disk. Protostellar jets are well studied in classical T~Tauri stars ($M_\star\lesssim2\,M_\odot$), while few nearby ($d\lesssim150\,$pc) intermediate-mass stars ($M_\star=2-10\,M_\odot$), known as Herbig Ae/Be stars, have detected jets. We report VLT/MUSE observations of the Herbig~Ae/Be star HD~100546 and the discovery of a protostellar jet. The jet is similar in appearance to jets driven by low-mass stars and compares well with the jet of HD~163296, the only other known optical jet from a nearby Herbig~Ae/Be star. We derive a (one-sided) mass-loss rate in the jet of $\log \dot{M}_{jet} \sim -9.5$ (in $M_\odot$\,yr$^{-1}$) and a ratio of outflow to accretion of roughly $3\times10^{-3}$, which is lower than that of CTTS jets. The discovery of the HD~100546 jet is particularly interesting because the protoplanetary disk around HD~100546 shows a large radial gap, spiral structure, and might host a protoplanetary system. A bar-like structure previously seen in H$\alpha$ with VLT/SPHERE shares the jet position angle, likely represents the base of the jet, and suggests a jet-launching region within about 2\,au. We conclude that the evolution of the disk at radii beyond a few au does not affect the ability of the system to launch jets., Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&A letters
Published: 2020

43. The IACOB project VI. On the elusive detection of massive O-type stars close to the ZAMS

Author: Norberto Castro, D. J. Lennon, Sergio Simón-Díaz, A. Herrero, G. Holgado, Miguel Cerviño, Lionel Haemmerlé, Georges Meynet, Rodolfo H. Barbá, Julia Ines Arias, Holgado, G. [0000-0002-9296-8259], Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) Project, Spanish Government Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), ProID2017010115, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 200020-172505, European Southern Observatory in programs, 073.D-0609(A) 077.B-0348(A) 079.D-0564(A) 079.D-0564(C) 081.D-2008(A) 081.D-2008(B) 083.D-0589(A) 083.D-0589(B) 086.D-0997(A) 086.D-0997(B) 087.D-0946(A) 089.D-0975(A), Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and European Research Council (ERC)
Subjects: Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, FOS: Physical sciences, evolution [Stars], Context (language use), Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, spectroscopic [Techniques], symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), massive [Stars], Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, formation [Stars], O-type star, early type [Stars], Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Empirical distribution function, Accretion (astrophysics), Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Context. The apparent lack of massive O-type stars near the zero-age main sequence, or ZAMS (at ages, With funding from the Spanish government through the "María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence" accreditation (MDM-2017-0737)
Published: 2020

44. Seeds of Life in Space (SOLIS): VI. Chemical evolution of sulfuretted species along the outflows driven by the low-mass protostellar binary NGC 1333-IRAS4A

Author: V. Taquet, C. Codella, M. De Simone, A. López-Sepulcre, J. E. Pineda, D. Segura-Cox, C. Ceccarelli, P. Caselli, A. Gusdorf, M. V. Persson, F. Alves, E. Caux, C. Favre, F. Fontani, R. Neri, Y. Oya, N. Sakai, C. Vastel, S. Yamamoto, R. Bachiller, N. Balucani, E. Bianchi, L. Bizzocchi, A. Chacón-Tanarro, F. Dulieu, J. Enrique-Romero, S. Feng, J. Holdship, B. Lefloch, A. Jaber Al-Edhari, I. Jiménez-Serra, C. Kahane, V. Lattanzi, J. Ospina-Zamudio, L. Podio, A. Punanova, A. Rimola, I. R. Sims, S. Spezzano, L. Testi, P. Theulé, P. Ugliengo, A. I. Vasyunin, F. Vazart, S. Viti, A. Witzel, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Chalmers University of Technology [Göteborg], Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), RIKEN - Institute of Physical and Chemical Research [Japon] (RIKEN), Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN), National Astronomical Observatories [Beijing] (NAOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), University College of London [London] (UCL), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ural Federal University [Ekaterinburg] (UrFU), Departament de Química [Barcelona] (UAB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires (PIIM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), IRAM PdBI/NOEMA Interferometer [V05B, V010, U003, L15AA], MPG (Germany)Max Planck Society, IGN (Spain), European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grantEuropean Union (EU) [664931], PRIN-INAF 2016 'The Cradle of Life -GENESIS-SKA (General Conditions in Early Planetary Systems for the rise of life with SKA)', European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmeEuropean Research Council (ERC) [741002], European MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [811312], French National Research Agency of the 'Origin of Life' project of the Universite Grenoble-AlpesFrench National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-15-IDEX-02], INSU/CNRS (France)Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ceccarelli, C. [0000-0001-9664-6292], Balucani, N. [0000-0001-5121-5683], Rimola, A. [0000-0002-9637-4554], Al Edhari, A. J. [0000-0003-4089-841X], De Oliveira Alves, F. [0000-0002-7945-064X], Lefloch, B. [0000-0002-9397-3826], Persson, M. V. [0000-0002-1100-5734], Bachiller, R. [0000-0002-5331-5386], Pineda, J. [0000-0002-3972-1978], Segura Cox, D. [0000-0003-3172-6763], IRAM PdBI/NOEMA Interferometer, V05B V010 U003 L15AA, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères = Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), ANR-15-IDEX-0002,UGA,IDEX UGA(2015), Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), European Research Council (ERC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Taquet V., Codella C., De Simone M., Lopez-Sepulcre A., Pineda J.E., Segura-Cox D., Ceccarelli C., Caselli P., Gusdorf A., Persson M.V., Alves F., Caux E., Favre C., Fontani F., Neri R., Oya Y., Sakai N., Vastel C., Yamamoto S., Bachiller R., Balucani N., Bianchi E., Bizzocchi L., Chacon-Tanarro A., Dulieu F., Enrique-Romero J., Feng S., Holdship J., Lefloch B., Jaber Al-Edhari A., Jimenez-Serra I., Kahane C., Lattanzi V., Ospina-Zamudio J., Podio L., Punanova A., Rimola A., Sims I.R., Spezzano S., Testi L., Theule P., Ugliengo P., Vasyunin A.I., Vazart F., Viti S., and Witzel A.
Subjects: MILLIMETER ARRAYS, Binary number, CHEMICAL EVOLUTION, ISM: molecule, Astrophysics, Space (mathematics), 01 natural sciences, ISM: abundances, CHEMICAL CONDITIONS, ISM jets and outflows, ABUNDANCES [ISM], jets and outflows -ISM, CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ISM abundances, Astrochemistry, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], ASTROCHEMISTRY, Shock (fluid dynamics), INTERSTELLAR ICE, SUBMILLIMETRE TELESCOPES, NGC 1333-IRAS4A, ISM: abundance, ISM: molecules, stars formation, Radial velocity, ISM: jets and outflows, ISM individual objects NGC1333-IRAS4A, ISM: individual objects: NGC 1333-IRAS4A, CHEMICAL HISTORY, Low Mass, molecules -stars, Stars: formation, individual objects, JETS AND OUTFLOWS [ISM], FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS: NGC 1333-IRAS4A [ISM], SILICON COMPOUNDS, SULFUR DIOXIDE, ISM molecules, astrochemistry -ISM, FORMATION [STARS], 0103 physical sciences, Protostar, ISM: jets and outflow, formation -ISM, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, abundances -ISM, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), MOLECULES [ISM], Outflow, MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS, STARS
Abstract: Context. Low-mass protostars drive powerful molecular outflows that can be observed with millimetre and submillimetre telescopes. Various sulfuretted species are known to be bright in shocks and could be used to infer the physical and chemical conditions throughout the observed outflows. Aims. The evolution of sulfur chemistry is studied along the outflows driven by the NGC 1333-IRAS4A protobinary system located in the Perseus cloud to constrain the physical and chemical processes at work in shocks. Methods. We observed various transitions from OCS, CS, SO, and SO2 towards NGC 1333-IRAS4A in the 1.3, 2, and 3 mm bands using the IRAM NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array and we interpreted the observations through the use of the Paris-Durham shock model. Results. The targeted species clearly show different spatial emission along the two outflows driven by IRAS4A. OCS is brighter on small and large scales along the south outflow driven by IRAS4A1, whereas SO2 is detected rather along the outflow driven by IRAS4A2 that is extended along the north east-south west direction. SO is detected at extremely high radial velocity up to + 25 km s-1 relative to the source velocity, clearly allowing us to distinguish the two outflows on small scales. Column density ratio maps estimated from a rotational diagram analysis allowed us to confirm a clear gradient of the OCS/SO2 column density ratio between the IRAS4A1 and IRAS4A2 outflows. Analysis assuming non Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium of four SO2 transitions towards several SiO emission peaks suggests that the observed gas should be associated with densities higher than 105 cm-3 and relatively warm (T > 100 K) temperatures in most cases. Conclusions. The observed chemical differentiation between the two outflows of the IRAS4A system could be explained by a different chemical history. The outflow driven by IRAS4A1 is likely younger and more enriched in species initially formed in interstellar ices, such as OCS, and recently sputtered into the shock gas. In contrast, the longer and likely older outflow triggered by IRAS4A2 is more enriched in species that have a gas phase origin, such as SO2., With funding from the Spanish government through the "María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence" accreditation (MDM-2017-0737)
Published: 2020

45. Probing the radial acceleration relation and the strong equivalence principle with the Coma cluster ultra-diffuse galaxies

Author: Jonathan Freundlich, Oliver Müller, P.-A. Oria, Benoit Famaey, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Michal Bílek, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), ANR-18-CE31-0006,GaDaMa,Matière Noire Galactique(2018), ANR-19-CE31-0017,SEGAL,Evolution séculaire des galaxies(2019), European Project: GREATDIGINTHESKY, and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)
Subjects: FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, dark matter, Gravitation, galaxies: clusters: individual: Coma, Gravitational field, 0103 physical sciences, Coma Cluster, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Velocity dispersion, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Modified Newtonian dynamics, gravitation, galaxies: clusters: general, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Physics::Space Physics, galaxies: evolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: The tight radial acceleration relation (RAR) obeyed by rotationally supported disk galaxies is one of the most successful a priori predictions of the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) paradigm on galaxy scales. Another important consequence of MOND as a classical modification of gravity is that the strong equivalence principle (SEP) -- which requires the dynamics of a small, free-falling, self-gravitating system not to depend on the external gravitational field in which it is embedded -- should be broken. Multiple tentative detections of this so-called external field effect (EFE) of MOND have been made in the past, but the systems that should be most sensitive to it are galaxies with low internal gravitational accelerations residing in galaxy clusters within a strong external field. Here, we show that ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Coma cluster do lie on the RAR, and that their velocity dispersion profiles are in full agreement with isolated MOND predictions, especially when including some degree of radial anisotropy. However, including a breaking of the SEP via the EFE seriously deteriorates this agreement. We discuss various possibilities to explain this within the context of MOND, including a combination of tidal heating and higher baryonic masses. We also speculate that our results could mean that the EFE is screened in cluster UDGs. The fact that this would happen precisely within galaxy clusters, where classical MOND fails, could be especially relevant to the nature of the residual MOND missing mass in clusters of galaxies., Comment: 29 pages, 16 figures, accepted by A&A
Published: 2022

46. Signatures of UV radiation in low-mass protostars

Author: M. Zoltowski, M. Figueira, A. Mirocha, D. Harsono, M. Gronowski, L. Tychoniec, M. Gladkowski, Agata Karska, Lars E. Kristensen, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University (UJ), Nicolaus Copernicus University [Toruń], Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Warsaw University of Technology [Warsaw], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], European Southern Observatory (ESO), Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), Academia Sinica, National Centre for Nuclear Research [Otwock], Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ), Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes (LOMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Polish National Science Center [UMO2018/30/M/ST9/00757, 2016/21/D/ST9/01098], First TEAM grant of the Foundation for Polish Science [POIR.04.04.00-00-5D21/18-00], VILLUM FONDENVillum Foundation [19127], EACOA Fellowship from the East Asian Core Observatories Association, European Research Council European Research Council (ERC) European Commission [811363], Institut Universitaire de France, Programme National 'Physique et Chimie du Milieu Interstellaire' (PCMI) of CNRS/INSU, CNES Centre National D'etudes Spatiales, Polish National Agency for Academic ExchangePolish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) [PPI/APM/2018/1/00036/U/001], CEA French Atomic Energy Commission, INC/INP, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Universiteit Leiden, Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Serpens, Stars: formation, Astrophysics - astrophysics of galaxies, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, individual objects: Serpens Main [ISM], Radiation, 01 natural sciences, J CO OBSERVATIONS, Stars: protostars, ISM: individual objects: Serpens Main, GAS EMISSION, KEY PROGRAM, 0103 physical sciences, Protostar, DENSE GAS, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, protostars [stars], molecules [ISM], Astrochemistry, STAR-FORMING REGIONS, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics, formation [stars], jets and outflows [ISM], astrochemistry, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MOLECULAR LINE, Astronomy and Astrophysics, YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS, GOULD BELT, ISM: molecules, ISM: jets and outflows, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), SUBMILLIMETER-CONTINUUM, Low Mass, HERSCHEL-PACS
Abstract: Context: Ultraviolet radiation (UV) influences the physics and chemistry of star-forming regions, but its properties and significance in the immediate surroundings of low-mass protostars are still poorly understood. Aims: We aim to extend the use of the CN/HCN ratio, already established for high-mass protostars, to the low-mass regime to trace and characterize the UV field around low-mass protostars on $\sim 0.6\times0.6$ pc scales. Methods: We present $5'\times5'$ maps of the Serpens Main Cloud encompassing 10 protostars observed with the EMIR receiver at the IRAM 30 m telescope in CN 1-0, HCN 1-0, CS 3-2, and some of their isotopologues. The radiative-transfer code RADEX and the chemical model Nahoon are used to determine column densities of molecules, gas temperature and density, and the UV field strength, $G_\mathrm{0}$. Results: The spatial distribution of HCN and CS are well-correlated with CO 6-5 emission that traces outflows. The CN emission is extended from the central protostars to their immediate surroundings also tracing outflows, likely as a product of HCN photodissociation. The ratio of CN to HCN total column densities ranges from $\sim$1 to 12 corresponding to G$_0$ $\approx$ $10^{1}-10^{3}$ for gas densities and temperatures typical for outflows of low-mass protostars. Conclusions: UV radiation associated with protostars and their outflows is indirectly identified in a significant part of the Serpens Main low-mass star-forming region. Its strength is consistent with the values obtained from the OH and H$_2$O ratios observed with Herschel and compared with models of UV-illuminated shocks. From a chemical viewpoint, the CN to HCN ratio is an excellent tracer of UV fields around low- and intermediate-mass star-forming regions., Comment: 32 pages, 25 figures, accepted by A\&A
Published: 2021

47. A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) : V. properties of the ionised gas filament of M 87

Author: Francoise Combes, A. Longobardi, Joel Roediger, Matteo Fossati, Alessandro Boselli, P. Amram, Pierre-Alain Duc, Jonathan Braine, Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Patrick Côté, Ming Sun, Paola Andreani, Paolo Serra, Gerhard Hensler, Henri Plana, Marc Sarzi, G. Consolandi, Laura Ferrarese, Giuseppe Gavazzi, Rubén Sánchez-Janssen, Ginevra Trinchieri, Eric Emsellem, Stephen Gwyn, Médéric Boquien, Eric W. Peng, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Department of Civil Engineering, Università degli Studi di Salerno = University of Salerno (UNISA), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China (MOA), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FORMATION STELLAIRE 2019, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Collège de France - Chaire Galaxies et cosmologie, Collège de France (CdF (institution)), NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Conseil National de Recherches Canada (CNRC), Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Vienna [Vienna], Laboratorio de Astrofísica Teórica e Observacional, Universidade Estadual De Santa Cruz [Brazil] (UESC), Boselli, A, Fossati, M, Longobardi, A, Consolandi, G, Amram, P, Sun, M, Andreani, P, Boquien, M, Braine, J, Combes, F, Cote, P, Cuillandre, J, Duc, P, Emsellem, E, Ferrarese, L, Gavazzi, G, Gwyn, S, Hensler, G, Peng, E, Plana, H, Roediger, J, Sanchez-Janssen, R, Sarzi, M, Serra, P, Trinchieri, G, Università degli Studi di Salerno (UNISA), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Chaire Galaxies et cosmologie, Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), University of Salerno (UNISA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP)
Subjects: [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, galaxies: individual: M 87, Protein filament, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, Galaxy formation and evolution, galaxies: interactions, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Velocity dispersion, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Virgo Cluster, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Galaxies: interaction, galaxies: clusters: general, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Elliptical galaxy, galaxies: clusters: individual: Virgo, galaxies: evolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], galaxies: ISM
Abstract: We have observed the giant elliptical galaxy M87 during the Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Galaxy Evolution (VESTIGE), a blind narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the Canada French Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). The deep narrow-band image confirmed the presence of a filament of ionised gas extending up to ~ 3 kpc in the north-western direction and ~ 8 kpc to the south-east, with a couple of plumes of ionised gas, the weakest of which, at ~ 18 kpc from the nucleus, was previously unknown. The analysis of deep optical images taken from the NGVS survey confirms that this gas filament is associated with dust seen in absorption which is now detected up to ~ 2.4 kpc from the nucleus. We have also analysed the physical and kinematical properties of the ionised gas filament using deep IFU MUSE data covering the central 4.8 x 4.8 kpc^2 of the galaxy. The spectroscopic data confirms a perturbed kinematics of the ionised gas, with differences in velocity of ~ 700-800 km s^-1 on scales of < 1 kpc. The analysis of 2D diagnostic diagrams and the observed relationship between the shock-sensitive [OI]/Halpha line ratio and the velocity dispersion of the gas suggest that the gas is shock-ionised., Accepted for publication to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2019

48. Link between brightest cluster galaxy properties and large scale extensions of 38 DAFT/FADA and CLASH clusters in the redshift range 0.2 < z < 0.9

Author: Isabel Márquez, C. Adami, F. Durret, H. Ashkar, Y. Tarricq, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)
Subjects: Structure formation, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, clusters: general [Galaxies], 01 natural sciences, elliptical and lenticular [Galaxies], 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Surface brightness, Brightest cluster galaxy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Effective radius, Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Redshift, Galaxy, Accretion (astrophysics), CD, Space and Planetary Science, Galaxies: clusters: general, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: In the context of large-scale structure formation, clusters of galaxies are located at the nodes of the cosmic web, and continue to accrete galaxies and groups along filaments. In some cases, they show a very large extension and a preferential direction. Brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) are believed to grow through the accretion of many small galaxies, and their structural properties are therefore expected to vary with redshift. In some cases BCGs show an orientation comparable to that of the cluster to which they belong. Aims. We analyse the morphological properties of 38 BCGs from the DAFT/FADA and CLASH surveys, and compare the position angles of their major axes to the direction of the cluster elongation at large scale (several Mpc). Methods. The morphological properties of the BCGs were studied by applying the GALFIT software to HST images and fitting the light distribution with one or two Sérsic laws, or with a Nuker plus a Sérsic law. The cluster elongations at very large scale were estimated by computing density maps of red sequence galaxies. Results. The morphological analysis of the 38 BCGs shows that in 11 cases a single Sérsic law is sufficient to account for the surface brightness, while for all the other clusters two Sérsic laws are necessary. In five cases, a Nuker plus a Sérsic law give a better fit. For the outer Sérsic component, the effective radius increases with decreasing redshift, and the effective surface brightness decreases with effective radius, following the Kormendy law. An agreement between the major axis of the BCG and the cluster elongation at large scale within ±30 deg is found for 12 clusters out of the 21 for which the PAs of the BCG and of the large-scale structure can be defined. Conclusions. The variation with redshift of the effective radius of the outer Sérsic component agrees with the growing of BCGs by accretion of smaller galaxies from z = 0.9 to 0.2, and it would be interesting to investigate this variation at higher redshift. The directions of the elongations of BCGs and of their host clusters and large scale structures surrounding them agree for 12 objects out of 21, implying that a larger sample is necessary to reach more definite conclusions.© ESO 2019., I.M. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through grants AYA2013-42227-P and AYA2016-76682-C3-1-P
Published: 2019

49. K2-265 b: a transiting rocky super-Earth

Author: T. Lopez, E. Foxell, Nuno C. Santos, David Barrado, Xavier Dumusque, Jorge Lillo-Box, Louise D. Nielsen, Tom Louden, François Bouchy, S. G. Sousa, James A. G. Jackman, Arthur Vigan, Don Pollacco, H. P. Osborn, James Kirk, George W. King, David R. Ciardi, Olivier Demangeon, Peter J. Wheatley, C. Lovis, S. C. C. Barros, R. Ligi, K. W. F. Lam, David J. Armstrong, Magali Deleuil, O. Mousis, V. Adibekyan, B. Brugger, Duncan A. Brown, E. Delgado Mena, Francesca Faedi, Jose-Manuel Almenara, Daniel Bayliss, James McCormac, Stéphane Udry, Alexandre Santerne, Aldo S. Bonomo, University of Warwick [Coventry], Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Departamento de Astrofisica [Madrid], Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid] (CAB), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Caltech Department of Astronomy [Pasadena], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), School of Physics and Astronomy [Cardiff], Cardiff University, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Universidade do Porto, Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), and Université de Genève (UNIGE)
Subjects: Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Super-Earth, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Planetary core, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radius, Astrophysics, Orbital period, 01 natural sciences, Photoevaporation, Radial velocity, Photometry (astronomy), 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the discovery of the super-Earth K2-265 b detected with K2 photometry. The planet orbits a bright (V_mag = 11.1) star of spectral type G8V with a period of 2.37 days. We obtained high-precision follow-up radial velocity measurements from HARPS, and the joint Bayesian analysis showed that K2-265 b has a radius of 1.71 +/- 0.11 R_earth and a mass of 6.54 +/- 0.84 M_earth, corresponding to a bulk density of 7.1 +/- 1.8 g/cm^3 . Composition analysis of the planet reveals an Earth-like, rocky interior, with a rock mass fraction of 80%. The short orbital period and small radius of the planet puts it below the lower limit of the photoevaporation gap, where the envelope of the planet could have eroded due to strong stellar irradiation, leaving behind an exposed core. Knowledge of the planet core composition allows us to infer the possible formation and evolution mechanism responsible for its current physical parameters., 14 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2018

50. The diffuse interstellar band around 8620 Å

Author: A. Rojas-Arriagada, F. Surot, Mathias Schultheis, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, H. Zhao, Georges Kordopatis, Manuela Zoccali, Elena Valenti, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Astrofisica [Santiago], Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), and European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Subjects: Physics, Vista Variables in the Via Lactea, extinction, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Extinction (astronomy), Galactic Center, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy: bulge, Galaxy, ISM: lines and bands, Interstellar medium, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, dust, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Equivalent width
Abstract: We developed a set of procedures to automatically detect and measure the DIB around 8620 {\AA} (the Gaia DIB) for a wide range of temperatures. The DIB profile is fit with a Gaussian function. Specifically, the DIB feature is extracted from the spectra of late-type stars by subtracting the corresponding synthetic spectra. For early-type stars we applied a specific model based on the Gaussian process that needs no prior knowledge of the stellar parameters. The method was tested on $\sim$5000 spectra from the Giraffe Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS). After validation, we obtained 4194 reasonable fitting results from the GIBS database. An EW versus $E(J\,{-}\,K_{\rm S})$ relation is derived as $E(J\,{-}\,K_{\rm S})\,{=}\,1.875\,({\pm}\,0.152)\,{\times}\,{\rm EW}\,{-}\,0.011\,({\pm}\,0.048)$, according to $E(B\,{-}\,V)/{\rm EW}\,{=}\,2.721$, which is highly consistent with previous results toward similar sightlines. After a correction based on the VVV database for both EW and reddening, the coefficient derived from individual GIBS fields, $E(J\,{-}\,K_{\rm S})/{\rm EW}\,{=}\,1.884\,{\pm}\,0.225$, is also in perfect agreement with literature values. Based on a subsample of 1015 stars toward the Galactic center within $-3^{\circ}\,{, Comment: 17 pages, 16 figures
Published: 2020

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