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astro-ph.SR2017★ 12 cited

Studying the transfer of magnetic helicity in solar active regions with the connectivity-based helicity flux density method

K. Dalmasse, E. Pariat, G. Valori +2

In the solar corona, magnetic helicity slowly and continuously accumulates in response to plasma flows tangential to the photosphere and magnetic flux emergence through it. Analyzi…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 34 cited

HD 156324: a tidally locked magnetic triple spectroscopic binary with a disrupted magnetosphere

M. Shultz, Th. Rivinius, G. A. Wade +3

HD 156324 is an SB3 (B2V/B5V/B5V) system in the Sco OB4 association. The He-strong primary possesses both a strong magnetic field, and H emission believed to originate in its Ce…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 82 cited

The close circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse - V. Rotation velocity and molecular envelope properties from ALMA

Pierre Kervella, Leen Decin, Anita M. S. Richards +6

We observed Betelgeuse using ALMA's extended configuration in band 7 (f~340 GHz, λ~0.88 mm), resulting in a very high angular resolution of 18 mas. Using a solid body rotation mode…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 82 cited

The influence of metallicity on stellar differential rotation and magnetic activity

Christoffer Karoff, Travis S. Metcalfe, Angela R. G. Santos +20

Observations of Sun-like stars over the last half-century have improved our understanding of how magnetic dynamos, like that responsible for the 11-year solar cycle, change with ro…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 40 cited

Understanding the Role of Mass-Unloading in Filament Eruptions

Jack Jenkins, David M Long, Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi +1

We describe a partial filament eruption on 11 December 2011 which demonstrates that the inclusion of mass is an important next step for understanding solar eruptions. Observations…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 4 cited

Stellar Inversion Techniques

Daniel R. Reese

Stellar seismic inversions have proved to be a powerful technique for probing the internal structure of stars, and paving the way for a better understanding of the underlying physi…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 46 cited

Large-Amplitude Longitudinal Oscillations Triggered by the Merging of Two Solar Filaments: Observations and Magnetic Field Analysis

M. Luna, Y. Su, B. Schmieder +2

We follow the eruption of two related intermediate filaments observed in H (from GONG) and in EUV (from SDO/AIA) and the resulting large-amplitude longitudinal oscillations of t…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 137 cited

The First APOKASC Catalog of Kepler Dwarf and Subgiant Stars

Aldo Serenelli, Jennifer Johnson, Daniel Huber +23

(Abridged) We present the first APOKASC catalog of spectroscopic and asteroseismic data for 415 dwarfs and subgiants. Asteroseismic data have been obtained by Kepler in short caden…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 24 cited

Masses of the components of SB2 binaries observed with Gaia. IV. Accurate SB2 orbits for 14 binaries, and masses of 3 binaries

F. Kiefer, J. -L. Halbwachs, Y. Lebreton +7

The orbital motion of non-contact double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2), with periods of a few tens of days to several years, holds unique accurate informations on individual s…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 155 cited

VIRAC: The VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue

L. C. Smith, P. W. Lucas, R. Kurtev +12

We present VIRAC version 1, a near-infrared proper motion and parallax catalogue of the VISTA VVV survey for 312,587,642 unique sources averaged across all overlapping pawprint and…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 70 cited

BRITE-Constellation high-precision time-dependent photometry of the early-O-type supergiant Puppis unveils the photospheric drivers of its small- and large-scale wind structures

Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Robert Harmon +33

From months of dual-band optical photometric monitoring at the mmag level, BRITE-Constellation has revealed two simultaneous types of variability in the O4I(n)fp star …

astro-ph.SR2017★ 7 cited

Non-adiabatic pulsations in ESTER models

Daniel Roy Reese, Marc-Antoine Dupret, Michel Rieutord

One of the greatest challenges in interpreting the pulsations of rapidly rotating stars is mode identification, i.e. correctly matching theoretical modes to observed pulsation freq…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 7 cited

On the signatures of flare-induced global waves in the Sun: GOLF and VIRGO observations

Brajesh Kumar, Savita Mathur, Rafael A. Garcia +1

Recently, several efforts have been made to identify the seismic signatures of flares and magnetic activity in the Sun and Sun-like stars. In this work, we have analyzed the disk-i…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 57 cited

Cloudless atmospheres for young low-gravity substellar objects

P. Tremblin, G. Chabrier, I. Baraffe +7

Atmospheric modeling of low-gravity (VL-G) young brown dwarfs remains a challenge. The presence of very thick clouds has been suggested because of their extremely red near-infrared…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 19 cited

Far beyond the Sun: I. The beating magnetic heart in Horologium

Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez, Gaitee A. J. Hussain, Jeremy J. Drake +10

A former member of the Hyades cluster, Horologii ( Hor) is a planet-hosting Sun-like star which displays the shortest coronal activity cycle known to date (…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 17 cited

Variational estimation of the large scale time dependent meridional circulation in the Sun: proofs of concept with a solar mean field dynamo model

Ching Pui Hung, Allan Sacha Brun, Alexandre Fournier +3

We present in this work the development of a solar data assimilation method based on an axisymmetric mean field dynamo model and magnetic surface data, our mid-term goal is to pred…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 15 cited

Estimating the deep solar meridional circulation using magnetic observations and a dynamo model: a variational approach

Ching Pui Hung, Laurène Jouve, Allan Sacha Brun +2

We show how magnetic observations of the Sun can be used in conjunction with an axisymmetric flux-transport solar dynamo model in order to estimate the large-scale meridional circu…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 24 cited

Mixed poloidal-toroidal magnetic configuration and surface abundance distributions of the Bp star 36 Lyn

M. E. Oksala, J. Silvester, O. Kochukhov +3

Previous studies of the chemically peculiar Bp star 36 Lyn revealed a moderately strong magnetic field, circumstellar material, and inhomogeneous surface abundance distributions of…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 76 cited

The formation of the Milky Way halo and its dwarf satellites; a NLTE-1D abundance analysis. II. Early chemical enrichment

L. Mashonkina, P. Jablonka, T. Sitnova +2

We present the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) abundances of up to 10 chemical species in a sample of 59 very metal-poor (VMP, -4 < [Fe/H] < -2) stars in seven dwarf sph…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 41 cited

Observational calibration of the projection factor of Cepheids IV. Period-projection factor relation of Galactic and Magellanic Cloud Cepheids

A. Gallenne, P. Kervella, A. Mérand +4

We focus on empirically measure the p-factor of a homogeneous sample of 29 LMC and 10 SMC Cepheids for which an accurate average LMC/SMC distance were estimated from eclipsing bina…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 20 cited

Resolving the circumstellar environment of the Galactic B[e] supergiant star MWC 137 from large to small scales

Michaela Kraus, Tiina Liimets, Cristina E. Cappa +10

The Galactic object MWC 137 was suggested to belong to the group of B[e] supergiants. However, with its large-scale optical bipolar ring nebula and the high velocity jet and knots,…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 47 cited

The fate of close-in planets: tidal or magnetic migration?

A. Strugarek, E. Bolmont, S. Mathis +4

Planets in close-in orbits interact magnetically and tidally with their host stars. These interactions lead to a net torque that makes close-in planets migrate inward or outward de…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 64 cited

Estimation of a Coronal Mass Ejection Magnetic Field Strength using Radio Observations of Gyrosynchrotron Radiation

Eoin P. Carley, Nicole Vilmer, Paulo J. A. Simões +1

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the low solar corona into interplanetary space. These eruptions are often associated with the ac…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 43 cited

Photospheric activity of the Sun with VIRGO and GOLF: Comparison with standard activity proxies

D. Salabert, R. A. García, A Jiménez +3

We study the variability of solar activity using new photospheric proxies originally developed for the analysis of stellar magnetism with the CoRoT and Kepler photometric observati…