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astro-ph.SR2022★ 17 cited

A Panchromatic Study of Massive Stars in the Extremely Metal-Poor Local Group Dwarf Galaxy Leo A

Maude Gull, Daniel R. Weisz, Peter Senchyna +17

We characterize massive stars (M>8 M_sun) in the nearby (D~0.8 Mpc) extremely metal-poor (Z~5% Z_sun) galaxy Leo A using Hubble Space Telescope ultra-violet (UV), optical, and near…

astro-ph.SR2022

A Survey for C II Emission-Line Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Final Results and the Origin of C II Emission in [WC] Spectra

Bruce Margon, Nidia Morrell, Philip Massey +2

We present the final results of an imaging and spectroscopic search for stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with C II 7231, 7236 emission lines. The goal is to identify and s…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 42 cited

Astrometric Accelerations as Dynamical Beacons: Discovery and Characterization of HIP 21152 B, the First T-Dwarf Companion in the Hyades

Kyle Franson, Brendan P. Bowler, Mariangela Bonavita +28

Benchmark brown dwarf companions with well-determined ages and model-independent masses are powerful tools to test substellar evolutionary models and probe the formation of giant p…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 4 cited

-band Spectra of Young Brown Dwarfs

Samuel Beiler, Katelyn Allers, Michael Cushing +3

We present a -band (2.98--3.96m) spectroscopic study of 8 young L dwarfs with spectral types ranging from L2 to L7. Our spectra ( 250 to 600) were collected us…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 1 cited

V5856 Sagittarii/2016: Broad Multi-Epoch Spectral Coverage of a Sustained High Luminosity Nova

Robert Williams, Frederick M. Walter, Richard J. Rudy +4

Nova V5856 Sagittarii is unique for having remained more than nine magnitudes above its pre-outburst brightness for more than six years. Extensive visible and IR spectra from the t…

astro-ph.SR2022

A revised energy formalism for common-envelope evolution: repercussions for planetary engulfment and the formation of neutron star binaries

Ricardo Yarza, Rosa Wallace Everson, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Common-envelope evolution is a stage in binary system evolution in which a giant star engulfs a companion. The standard energy formalism is an analytical framework to estimate the…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 3 cited

Geant4 Modeling of a Cerium Bromide Scintillator Detector for the IMPRESS CubeSat Mission

William Setterberg, Lindsay Glesener, Demoz Gebre Egziabher +13

Solar flares are some of the most energetic events in the solar system and can be studied to investigate the physics of plasmas and stellar processes. One interesting aspect of sol…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 10 cited

A Search for Predicted Astrometric Microlensing Events by Nearby Brown Dwarfs

Judah Luberto, Emily C. Martin, Peter McGill +3

Gravitational microlensing has the potential to provide direct gravitational masses of single, free-floating brown dwarfs, independent of evolutionary and atmospheric models. The p…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 5 cited

Evolved Eclipsing Binaries and the Age of the Open Cluster NGC 752

Eric L. Sandquist, Andrew J. Buckner, Matthew D. Shetrone +8

We present analyses of improved photometric and spectroscopic observations for two detached eclipsing binaries at the turnoff of the open cluster NGC 752: the 1.01 day binary DS An…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 3 cited

The Type II-P Supernova 2019mhm and Constraints on Its Progenitor System

J. Vazquez, C. D. Kilpatrick, G. Dimitriadis +4

We present pre- and post-explosion observations of the Type II-P supernova (SN~II-P) 2019mhm located in NGC~6753. Based on optical spectroscopy and photometry, we show that SN\,201…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 12 cited

The First Survey of Quiet Sun Features Observed in Hard X-Rays With NuSTAR

Sarah Paterson, Iain G. Hannah, Brian W. Grefenstette +5

We present the first survey of quiet Sun features observed in hard X-rays (HXRs), using the the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray (NuSTAR), a HXR focusing optics telescope. The…

astro-ph.SR2022

StaNdaRT: A repository of standardized test models and outputs for supernova radiative transfer

Stéphane Blondin, Sergei Blinnikov, Fionntan P. Callan +26

We present the first results of a comprehensive supernova (SN) radiative-transfer (RT) code-comparison initiative (StaNdaRT), where the emission from the same set of standardized t…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 599 cited

Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Time-Dependent Convection, Energy Conservation, Automatic Differentiation, and Infrastructure

Adam S. Jermyn, Evan B. Bauer, Josiah Schwab +19

We update the capabilities of the open-knowledge software instrument Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA). The new auto_diff module implements automatic different…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 15 cited

Panchromatic evolution of three luminous red novae: Forbidden hugs in pandemic times -- IV

A. Pastorello, G. Valerin, M. Fraser +77

We present photometric and spectroscopic data on three extragalactic luminous red novae (LRNe): AT2018bwo, AT2021afy, and AT2021blu. AT2018bwo was discovered in NGC45 (at 6.8 Mpc)…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 99 cited

The European Solar Telescope

C. Quintero Noda, R. Schlichenmaier, L. R. Bellot Rubio +14

The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a project aimed at studying the magnetic connectivity of the solar atmosphere, from the deep photosphere to the upper chromosphere. Its design…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 10 cited

Neural Networks for Nuclear Reactions in MAESTROeX

Duoming Fan, Donald E. Willcox, Christopher DeGrendele +2

We demonstrate the use of neural networks to accelerate the reaction steps in the MAESTROeX stellar hydrodynamics code. A traditional MAESTROeX simulation uses a stiff ODE integrat…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 4 cited

Companion Mass Limits for 17 Binary Systems Obtained with Binary Differential Imaging and MagAO/Clio

Logan A. Pearce, Jared R. Males, Alycia J. Weinberger +4

Improving direct detection capability close to the star through improved star-subtraction and post-processing techniques is vital for discovering new low-mass companions and charac…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 85 cited

The SPHINX M-dwarf Spectral Grid. I. Benchmarking New Model Atmospheres to Derive Fundamental M-Dwarf Properties

Aishwarya R. Iyer, Michael R. Line, Philip S. Muirhead +2

About 70-80% of stars in our solar and galactic neighborhood are M dwarfs. They span a range of low masses and temperatures relative to solar-type stars, facilitating molecule form…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 33 cited

A 1.46-2.48 m Spectroscopic Atlas of a T6 Dwarf (1060 K) Atmosphere with IGRINS: First Detections of HS and H, and Verification of HO, CH, and NH Line Lists

Megan E. Tannock, Stanimir Metchev, Callie E. Hood +5

We present Gemini South/IGRINS observations of the 1060 K T6 dwarf 2MASS J081730016155158 with unprecedented resolution () and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR >…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 12 cited

Radio Emission from Binary Ultracool Dwarf Systems

Melodie M. Kao, J. Sebastian Pineda

Well-characterized binary systems will provide valuable opportunities to study the conditions that are necessary for the onset of both auroral and non-auroral magnetospheric radio…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 34 cited

First semi-empirical test of the white dwarf mass-radius relationship using a single white dwarf via astrometric microlensing

Peter McGill, Jay Anderson, Stefano Casertano +15

In November 2019, the nearby single, isolated DQ-type white dwarf LAWD 37 (WD 1142-645) aligned closely with a distant background source and caused an astrometric microlensing even…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 2 cited

Magnetized oscillatory double-diffusive convection

Amishi Sanghi, Adrian E Fraser, Edward W Tian +1

We study the properties of oscillatory double-diffusive convection (ODDC) in the presence of a uniform vertical background magnetic field. ODDC takes place in stellar regions that…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 5 cited

The Rise of Buoyant Magnetic Structures through Convection with a Background Magnetic Field

Bhishek Manek, Christina Pontin, Nicholas Brummell

Inspired by observations of sunspots embedded in active regions, it is often assumed that large-scale, strong magnetic flux emerges from the Sun's deep interior in the form of arch…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 13 cited

Mergers prompted by dynamics in compact, multiple-star systems: a stellar-reduction case for the massive triple TIC 470710327

Alejandro Vigna-Gómez, Bin Liu, David R. Aguilera-Dena +3

TIC 470710327, a massive compact hierarchical triple-star system, was recently identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TIC 470710327 is comprised of a co…