output
19922026
Showing 2018Show all

271 papers · 1 filter

astro-ph.EP2018★ 6 cited

Secondary eclipses of WASP-18b -- Near Infrared observations with the Anglo Australian Telescope, the Magellan Clay Telescope and the LCOGT network

L. Kedziora-Chudczer, G. Zhou, J. Bailey +6

We present new eclipse observations for one of the hottest "hot Jupiters" WASP-18b, for which previously published data from HST WFC3 and Spitzer have led to radically conflicting…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 77 cited

Inefficient volatile loss from the Moon-forming disk: reconciling the giant impact hypothesis and a wet Moon

Miki Nakajima, David J. Stevenson

The Earth's Moon is thought to have formed from a circumterrestrial disk generated by a giant impact between the proto-Earth and an impactor approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Si…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 1 cited

A catalog of X-ray point sources in the Abell 133 region

Jaejin Shin, Richard. M. Plotkin, Jong-Hak Woo +2

As an evolutionary phase of galaxies, active galactic nuclei (AGN) over a large range of redshift have been utilized for understanding cosmic evolution. In particular, the populati…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 237 cited

Imaging stress and magnetism at high pressures using a nanoscale quantum sensor

S. Hsieh, P. Bhattacharyya, C. Zu +15

Pressure alters the physical, chemical and electronic properties of matter. The development of the diamond anvil cell (DAC) enables tabletop experiments to investigate a diverse la…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 105 cited

The early instability scenario: terrestrial planet formation during the giant planet instability, and the effect of collisional fragmentation

Matthew S. Clement, Nathan A. Kaib, Sean N. Raymond +2

The solar system's dynamical state can be explained by an orbital instability among the giant planets. A recent model has proposed that the giant planet instability happened during…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 26 cited

ACCESS: Ground-based Optical Transmission Spectroscopy of the Hot Jupiter WASP-4b

Alex Bixel, Benjamin V. Rackham, Dániel Apai +6

We present an optical transmission spectrum of the atmosphere of WASP-4b obtained through observations of four transits with Magellan/IMACS. Using a Bayesian approach to atmospheri…

astro-ph.IM2018

Symplectic Integrators: T + V Revisited and Round-Off Reduced

John E Chambers

Symplectic integrators separate a problem into parts that can be solved in isolation, alternately advancing these sub-problems to approximate the evolution of the complete system.…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 31 cited

New Near-Infrared light-curve templates for RR Lyrae variables

V. F. Braga, P. B. Stetson, G. Bono +34

We provide homogeneous optical (UBVRI) and near-infrared (JHK) time series photometry for 254 cluster (omega Cen, M4) and field RR Lyrae (RRL) variables. We ended up with more than…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 40 cited

Nebular Spectroscopy of Kepler's Brightest Supernova

G. Dimitriadis, C. Rojas-Bravo, C. D. Kilpatrick +9

We present late-time (240-260 days after peak brightness) optical photometry and nebular (+236 and +264 days) spectroscopy of SN 2018oh, the brightest Type Ia supernova (SN I…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 49 cited

ALMA Detection of Extended Millimeter Halos in the HD 32297 and HD 61005 Debris Disks

Meredith A. MacGregor, Alycia J. Weinberger, A. Meredith Hughes +7

We present ALMA 1.3 mm (230 GHz) observations of the HD 32297 and HD 61005 debris disks, two of the most iconic debris disks due to their dramatic swept-back wings seen in scattere…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 356 cited

The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA Derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools and Stellar Library

D. S. Aguado, Romina Ahumada, Andres Almeida +230

Twenty years have passed since first light for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Here, we release data taken by the fourth phase of SDSS (SDSS-IV) across its first three years o…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 13 cited

Evidence for shock-heated gas in the Taffy Galaxies and Bridge from Optical Emission-Line IFU spectroscopy

Bhavin A. Joshi, Philip N. Appleton, Guillermo A. Blanc +7

We present optical IFU observations of the Taffy system (UGC 12914/15); named for the radio emission that stretches between the two galaxies. Given that these gas rich galaxies are…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 75 cited

Massive Dead Galaxies at z~2 with HST Grism Spectroscopy I. Star Formation Histories and Metallicity Enrichment

T. Morishita, L. E. Abramson, T. Treu +7

Observations have revealed massive (logM*/Msun>11) galaxies that were already dead when the universe was only ~2 Gyr. Given the short time before these galaxies were quenched, thei…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 27 cited

Stellar activity analysis of Barnard's Star: Very slow rotation and evidence for long-term activity cycle

B. Toledo-Padrón, J. I. González Hernández, C. Rodríguez-López +58

The search for Earth-like planets around late-type stars using ultra-stable spectrographs requires a very precise characterization of the stellar activity and the magnetic cycle of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 3 cited

Anomalous behavior of the quasi-one-dimensional quantum material NaOsO at high pressure

Raimundas Sereika, Kazunari Yamaura, Yating Jia +10

NaOsO is an unusual quantum material that, in contrast to the common 5 oxides with spins = 1, owns a magnetically silent ground state with spin = 0 and a band…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 31 cited

A strategy for LSST to unveil a population of kilonovae without gravitational-wave triggers

Igor Andreoni, Shreya Anand, Federica B. Bianco +10

We present a cadence optimization strategy to unveil a large population of kilonovae using optical imaging alone. These transients are generated during binary neutron star and pote…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 23 cited

Presto-Color: A Photometric Survey Cadence for Explosive Physics & Fast Transients

Federica B. Bianco, Maria R. Drout, Melissa L. Graham +6

We identify minimal observing cadence requirements that enable photometric astronomical surveys to detect and recognize fast and explosive transients and fast transient features. O…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 128 cited

SDSS-IV MaStar -- A Large and Comprehensive Empirical Stellar Spectral Library: First Release

Renbin Yan, Yanping Chen, Daniel Lazarz +45

We present the first release of the MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar), which is a large, well-calibrated, high-quality empirical library covering the wavelength range of 3,622-10,354A…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 59 cited

Chemical Abundance Analysis of Tucana III, the Second -process Enhanced Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy

J. L. Marshall, T. Hansen, J. D. Simon +56

We present a chemical abundance analysis of four additional confirmed member stars of Tucana III, a Milky Way satellite galaxy candidate in the process of being tidally disrupted a…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 61 cited

No evidence for enhanced [OIII] 88um emission in a z~6 quasar compared to its companion starbursting galaxy

Fabian Walter, Dominik Riechers, Mladen Novak +14

We present ALMA band 8 observations of the [OIII] 88um line and the underlying thermal infrared continuum emission in the z=6.08 quasar CFHQS J2100-1715 and its dust-obscured starb…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 126 cited

Exploring Reionization-Era Quasars IV: Discovery of Six New Quasars with DES, VHS and unWISE Photometry

Jinyi Yang, Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan +7

This is the fourth paper in a series of publications aiming at discovering quasars at the epoch of reionization. In this paper, we expand our search for quasars to the fo…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 12 cited

The Extraplanar Type II Supernova ASASSN-14jb in the Nearby Edge-on Galaxy ESO 467-G051

Nicolas Meza, J. L. Prieto, A. Clocchiatti +10

We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type II supernova ASASSN-14jb, together with VLT MUSE IFU observations of its host galaxy and a nebular-phase spectrum. This S…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 130 cited

The Discovery of A Luminous Broad Absorption Line Quasar at A Redshift of 7.02

Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Xiaohui Fan +18

Despite extensive efforts, only two quasars have been found at to date due to a combination of low spatial density and high contamination from more ubiquitous Galactic cool d…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 54 cited

Galaxy and Quasar Fueling Caught in the Act from the Intragroup to the Interstellar Medium

Sean D. Johnson, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Lorrie A. Straka +11

We report the discovery of six spatially extended (10-100 kpc) line-emitting nebulae in the z=0.57 galaxy group hosting PKS0405-123, one of the most luminous quasars at z<1. The di…