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astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

Extraction of Physical Parameters of RRab Variables using Neural Network based Interpolator

Nitesh Kumar, Harinder P. Singh, Oleg Malkov +4

Determining the physical parameters of pulsating variable stars such as RR Lyrae is essential for understanding their internal structure, pulsation mechanisms, and evolutionary sta…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 7 cited

Multi-wavelength Photometric Study of RR Lyrae Variables in the Globular Cluster NGC 5272 (Messier 3)

Nitesh Kumar, Anupam Bhardwaj, Harinder P. Singh +3

We present a comprehensive photometric study of RR Lyrae stars in the M3 globular cluster, utilising a vast dataset of 3140 optical () CCD images spanning 35 years from astr…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 3 cited

Synthetic stellar spectra to study multiple populations in globular clusters: an extended grid and the effects on the integrated light

Vinicius Branco, Paula R. T. Coelho, Ariane Lançon +2

Most Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs) harbour multiple populations of stars (MPs), composed of at least two generations: the first characterized by a "standard" -enhanced metal…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 23 cited

The birth and early evolution of a low mass protostar

Adnan Ali Ahmad, Matthias González, Patrick Hennebelle +1

Understanding the collapse of dense molecular cloud cores to stellar densities and the subsequent evolution of the protostar is of importance to model the feedback effects such an…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Predicting light curves of RR Lyrae variables using artificial neural network based interpolation of a grid of pulsation models

Nitesh Kumar, Anupam Bhardwaj, Harinder P. Singh +4

We present a new technique to generate the light curves of RRab stars in different photometric bands ( and bands) using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). A pre-computed grid…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 12 cited

Topological modes in stellar oscillations

Armand Leclerc, Guillaume Laibe, Pierre Delplace +2

Stellar oscillations can be of topological origin. We reveal this deep and so-far hidden property of stars by establishing a novel parallel between stars and topological insulators…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 4 cited

Prospects of measuring a metallicity trend and spread in globular clusters from low-resolution spectroscopy

Martina Baratella, Deepthi S. Prabhu, Luiz A. Silva-Lima +1

The metallicity spread, or the metallicity trend along the evolutionary sequence of a globular cluster, is a rich source of information to help understand the cluster physics (e.g.…

astro-ph.SR2021

The X-shooter Spectral Library (XSL): Data Release 3

Kristiina Verro, S. C. Trager, R. F. Peletier +12

We present the third data release (DR3) of the X-shooter Spectral Library (XSL). This moderate-to-high resolution, near-ultraviolet-to-near-infrared ( nm, R 10 000…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 76 cited

The X-Shooter Spectral Library (XSL): Data Release 2

Anaïs Gonneau, M. Lyubenova, A. Lançon +11

We present the second data release (DR2) of the X-Shooter Spectral Library (XSL), which contains all the spectra obtained over the six semesters of that program. This release super…

astro-ph.SR2018

Estimating Stellar Atmospheric Parameters by Automated Methods Using SSLs

Kaushal Sharma, H. P. Singh, A. Kashyap +1

Libraries of stellar spectra, such as ELODIE (Prugniel & Soubiran 2001), CFLIB (Valdes et al. 2004), or MILES (Sánchez-Blázquez et al. 2006), are used for a variety of applications…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 11 cited

The Association of a J-burst with a Solar Jet

D. E. Morosan, P. T. Gallagher, R. A. Fallows +56

Context. The Sun is an active star that produces large-scale energetic events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections and numerous smaller-scale events such as solar jets.…

astro-ph.SR2017

Carbon stars in the X-Shooter Spectral Library: II. Comparison with models

A. Gonneau, A. Lançon, S. C. Trager +6

In a previous paper, we assembled a collection of medium-resolution spectra of 35 carbon stars, covering optical and near-infrared wavelengths from 400 to 2400 nm. The sample inclu…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 166 cited

Structure of Herbig AeBe disks at the milliarcsecond scale A statistical survey in the H band using PIONIER-VLTI

B. Lazareff, J. -P. Berger, J. Kluska +26

Context. It is now generally accepted that the near-infrared excess of Herbig AeBe stars originates in the dust of a circumstellar disk. Aims. The aims of this article are to infer…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 121 cited

MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12,000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - I. The first comprehensive spectroscopic HRD of a globular cluster

Tim-Oliver Husser, Sebastian Kamann, Stefan Dreizler +8

Aims. We demonstrate the high multiplex advantage of crowded field 3D spectroscopy using the new integral field spectrograph MUSE by means of a spectroscopic analysis of more than…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 89 cited

MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12,000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - II. Probing the internal dynamics and the presence of a central black hole

Sebastian Kamann, Tim-Oliver Husser, Jarle Brinchmann +8

We present a detailed analysis of the kinematics of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6397 based on more than ~18,000 spectra obtained with the novel integral field spectrograph MU…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 44 cited

Carbon stars in the X-shooter Spectral Library

A. Gonneau, A. Lançon, S. C. Trager +13

We provide a new collection of spectra of 35 carbon stars obtained with the ESO/VLT X-shooter instrument as part of the X-shooter Spectral Library project. The spectra extend from…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 107 cited

The SPHERE view of the planet-forming disk around HD100546

Antonio Garufi, Sascha P. Quanz, Hans Martin Schmid +39

We image with unprecedented spatial resolution and sensitivity disk features that could be potential signs of planet-disk interaction. Two companion candidates have been claimed in…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 108 cited

Azimuthal asymmetries in the debris disk around HD61005

J. Olofsson, M. Samland, H. Avenhaus +30

Debris disks offer valuable insights into the latest stages of circumstellar disk evolution, and can possibly help us to trace the outcomes of planetary formation processes. In the…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 60 cited

New atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES cool stars

Kaushal Sharma, Philippe Prugniel, Harinder P. Singh

Context: The full spectrum fitting of stellar spectra against a library of empirical spectra is a well-established approach to measure the atmospheric parameters of FGK stars with…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 30 cited

The close circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse - III. SPHERE/ZIMPOL visible polarimetry of the inner envelope and photosphere

P. Kervella, E. Lagadec, M. Montargès +7

The physical mechanism through which the outgoing material of massive red supergiants is accelerated above the escape velocity is unclear. Thanks to the transparency of its circums…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 318 cited

Asymmetric features in the protoplanetary disk MWC758

M. Benisty, A. Juhasz, A. Boccaletti +25

The study of dynamical processes in protoplanetary disks is essential to understand planet formation. In this context, transition disks are prime targets because they are at an adv…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 70 cited

The Expanding Fireball of Nova Delphini 2013

G. H. Schaefer, T. ten Brummelaar, D. R. Gies +34

A classical nova occurs when material accreting onto the surface of a white dwarf in a close binary system ignites in a thermonuclear runaway. Complex structures observed in the ej…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 78 cited

Spectral and spatial imaging of the Be+sdO binary phi Persei

D. Mourard, J. D. Monnier, A. Meilland +25

The rapidly rotating Be star phi Persei was spun up by mass and angular momentum transfer from a now stripped-down, hot subdwarf companion. Here we present the first high angular r…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 22 cited

A resolved, au-scale gas disk around the B[e] star HD 50138

L. E. Ellerbroek, M. Benisty, S. Kraus +14

HD 50138 is a B[e] star surrounded by a large amount of circumstellar gas and dust. Its spectrum shows characteristics which may indicate either a pre- or a post-main-sequence syst…