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astro-ph.SR2015★ 11 cited

Physical parameters and long-term photometric variability of V1481 Ori, a SB2 member of Orion Nebula Cluster with an accreting component

Sergio Messina, Padmakar Parihar, Katia Biazzo +5

We present the results of our analysis on V1481 Ori (JW 239), a young SB2 in the Orion Nebula Cluster with a circumbinary disc accreting on the lower-mass component. The analysis i…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 27 cited

Wisps in the Galactic center: NIR triggered observations of the radio source Sgr A* at 43 GHz

C. Rauch, E. Ros, T. P. Krichbaum +4

Context. The compact radio and near-infrared (NIR) source Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) associated with the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center was observed at 7 mm in the con…

astro-ph.SR2015

Exploring the crowded central region of 10 Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs. Variable star searches and new discoveries

R. Figuera Jaimes, D. M. Bramich, J. Skottfelt +31

Obtain time-series photometry of the very crowded central regions of Galactic globular clusters with better angular resolution than previously achieved with conventional CCDs on gr…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 34 cited

Planck cold clumps in the Orionis complex: I. Discovery of an extremely young Class 0 protostellar object and a proto-brown dwarf candidate in a bright rimmed clump PGCC G192.32-11.88

Tie Liu, Qizhou Zhang, Kee-Tae Kim +37

We are performing a series of observations with ground-based telescopes toward Planck Galactic cold clumps (PGCCs) in the Orionis complex in order to systematically investigate…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 16 cited

Absence of Significant Cool Disks in Young Stellar Objects Exhibiting Repetitive Optical Outbursts

Hauyu Baobab Liu, Roberto Galván-Madrid, Eduard I. Vorobyov +10

We report Submillimeter Array (SMA) 1.3 mm high angular resolution observations towards the four EXor type outbursting young stellar objects (YSOs) VY Tau, V1118 Ori, V1143 Ori, an…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 6 cited

A catalog of early-type stars toward the Galactic center

Preben Grosbøl

It is still unclear whether the Sagittarius spiral arm is a major spiral arm in the Galaxy or whether it just outlines a region of enhanced star formation because of the local comp…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 59 cited

Polarimetry of the superluminous supernova LSQ14mo: no evidence for significant deviations from spherical symmetry

Giorgos Leloudas, Ferdinando Patat, Justyn R. Maund +10

We present the first polarimetric observations of a Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN). LSQ14mo was observed with VLT/FORS2 at five different epochs in the V band, with the obse…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 27 cited

Orbits in the T Tauri triple system observed with SPHERE

R. Köhler, M. Kasper, T. M. Herbst +2

We present new astrometric measurements of the components in the T Tauri system, and derive new orbits and masses. T Tauri was observed during the science verification time of the…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 199 cited

A multi-wavelength analysis for interferometric (sub-)mm observations of protoplanetary disks: radial constraints on the dust properties and the disk structure

M. Tazzari, L. Testi, B. Ercolano +20

Theoretical models of grain growth predict dust properties to change as a function of protoplanetary disk radius, mass, age and other physical conditions. We lay down the methodolo…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 15 cited

Apodization in high-contrast long-slit spectroscopy. II. Concept validation and first on-sky results with VLT/SPHERE

A. Vigan, M. N'Diaye, K. Dohlen +20

Spectral characterization of young, giant exoplanets detected by direct imaging is one of the tasks of the new generation of high-contrast imagers. For this purpose, the VLT/SPHERE…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 61 cited

ALFA: an automated line fitting algorithm

Roger Wesson

I present the Automated Line Fitting Algorithm, ALFA, a new code which can fit emission line spectra of arbitrary wavelength coverage and resolution, fully automatically. In contra…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 23 cited

The XXL Survey VII: A supercluster of galaxies at z=0.43

E. Pompei, C. Adami, D. Eckert +15

The XXL Survey is the largest homogeneous and contiguous survey carried out with XMM-Newton. Covering an area of 50 square degrees distributed over two fields, it primarily investi…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 979 cited

A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion

David K. Sing, Jonathan J. Fortney, Nikolay Nikolov +18

Thousands of transiting exoplanets have been discovered, but spectral analysis of their atmospheres has so far been dominated by a small number of exoplanets and data spanning rela…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 272 cited

The XXL Survey: I. Scientific motivations - XMM-Newton observing plan - Follow-up observations and simulation programme

M. Pierre, F. Pacaud, C. Adami +89

We present the XXL Survey, the largest XMM programme totaling some 6.9 Ms to date and involving an international consortium of roughly 100 members. The XXL Survey covers two extrag…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 143 cited

The XXL Survey. II. The bright cluster sample: catalogue and luminosity function

F. Pacaud, N. Clerc, P. A. Giles +40

Context. The XXL Survey is the largest survey carried out by the XMM-Newton satellite and covers a total area of 50 square degrees distributed over two fields. It primarily aims at…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 10 cited

The frequency of accretion disks around single stars: Chamaeleon I

Sebastian Daemgen, R. Elliot Meyer, Ray Jayawardhana +1

It is well known that stellar companions can influence the evolution of a protoplanetary disk. Nevertheless, previous disk surveys did not - and could not - consistently exclude bi…

astro-ph.GA2015

The first Galaxy scale hunt for the youngest high-mass protostars

T. Csengeri, S. Bontemps, F. Wyrowski +17

The origin of massive stars is a fundamental open issue in modern astrophysics. Pre-ALMA interferometric studies reveal precursors to early B to late O type stars with collapsing e…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 80 cited

Dust properties of Lyman break galaxies at

J. Álvarez-Márquez, D. Burgarella, S. Heinis +18

We explore from a statistical point of view the far-infrared (far-IR) and sub-millimeter (sub-mm) properties of a large sample of LBGs (22,000) at z~3 in the COSMOS field. The larg…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 31 cited

Constraints on the circumstellar dust around KIC 8462852

M. A. Thompson, P. Scicluna, F. Kemper +9

We present millimetre (SMA) and sub-millimetre (SCUBA-2) continuum observations of the peculiar star KIC 8462852 which displayed several deep and aperiodic dips in brightness durin…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 75 cited

Submillimeter-HCN Diagram for an Energy Diagnostics in the Centers of Galaxies

Takuma Izumi, Kotaro Kohno, Susanne Aalto +16

Compiling data from literature and the ALMA archive, we show enhanced HCN(4-3)/HCO(4-3) and/or HCN(4-3)/CS(7-6) integrated intensity ratios in circumnuclear molecular gas aroun…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 81 cited

First supra-THz Heterodyne Array Receivers for Astronomy with the SOFIA Observatory

Christophe Risacher, Rolf Guesten, Juergen Stutzki +15

We present the upGREAT THz heterodyne arrays for far-infrared astronomy. The Low Frequency Array (LFA) is designed to cover the 1.9-2.5 THz range using 2x7-pixel waveguide-based HE…

astro-ph.GA2015

A nebular analysis of the central Orion Nebula with MUSE

A. F. Mc Leod, P. M. Weilbacher, A. Ginsburg +3

A nebular analysis of the central Orion Nebula and its main structures is presented. We exploit MUSE integral field observations in the wavelength range 4595-9366 Å to produce the…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1 cited

Astronomy Job Crisis

Asantha Cooray, Alexandra Abate, Boris Häußler +2

Astronomers in CANDELS outline changes for the academic system to promote a smooth transition for junior scientists from academia to industry.

astro-ph.HE2015★ 31 cited

A Clean Sightline to Quiescence: Multiwavelength Observations of the High Galactic Latitude Black Hole X-ray Binary Swift J1357.2-0933

Richard M. Plotkin, Elena Gallo, Peter G. Jonker +9

We present coordinated multiwavelength observations of the high Galactic latitude (b=+50 deg) black hole X-ray binary (XRB) J1357.2-0933 in quiescence. Our broadband spectrum inclu…