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most citedModules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Binaries, Pulsations, and Explosions

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astro-ph.HE2018★ 47 cited

On the GeV emission of the type I BdHN GRB 130427A

R. Ruffini, R. Moradi, J. A. Rueda +9

We propose that the "inner engine" of a type I binary-driven hypernova (BdHN) is composed of a Kerr black hole (BH) in a non-stationary state, embedded in a uniform magnetic field…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

Imaging binary stars by the cross-correlation technique

Eric Aristidi, Marcel Carbillet, Jean-Félix Lyon +1

We present in this paper a technique for imaging binary stars from speckle data. This technique is based upon the computation of the cross-correlation between the speckle frames an…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 19 cited

A new generalized differential image motion monitor

Eric Aristidi, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Aziz Ziad +3

We present first results of a new instrument, the Generalized Differential Image Motion Monitor (GDIMM), aiming at monitoring parameters of the optical turbulence (seeing, isoplana…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 7 cited

Turbulence monitoring at the Plateau de Calern with the GDIMM instrument

Eric Aristidi, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Julien Chabé +3

We present some statistics of turbulence monitoring at the Plateau de Calern (France), with the Generalised Differential Image Motion Monitor (GDIMM). This instrument allows to mea…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 32 cited

On a new method to estimate distance, reddening and metallicity of RR Lyrae stars using optical/near-infrared (,,,,,) mean magnitudes: Centauri as a first test case

G. Bono, G. Iannicola, V. F. Braga +26

We developed a new approach to provide accurate estimates of metal content, reddening and true distance modulus of RR Lyrae stars (RRLs). The method is based on homogeneous optical…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 39 cited

Multi-epoch Direct Imaging and Time-Variable Scattered Light Morphology of the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk

Evan A. Rich, John P. Wisniewski, Thayne Currie +58

We present H-band polarized scattered light imagery and JHK high-contrast spectroscopy of the protoplanetary disk around HD 163296 observed with the HiCIAO and SCExAO/CHARIS instru…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 36 cited

Two Predictions of supernova: GRB 130427A / SN 2013cq and GRB 180728A / SN 2018fip

Yu Wang, Jorge A. Rueda, Remo Ruffini +4

On 2018 July 28, GRB 180728A triggered \textit{Swift} satellites and, soon after the determination of the redshift, we identified this source as a type II binary-driven hypernova (…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 5 cited

New constraints on sterile neutrino dark matter from the Galactic Center

R. Yunis, C. R. Argüelles, N. E. Mavromatos +4

We calculate the most stringent constraints up to date on the parameter space for sterile neutrino warm dark matter models possessing a radiative decay channel into X-rays. These c…

hep-th2018★ 1 cited

Chiral Symmetry Breaking out of QCD Effective Locality

Thierry Grandou, Ralf Hofmann, Peter H. Tsang

The QCD non-perturbative property of Effective Locality whose essential meaning has been disclosed recently, is here questioned about the chiral symmetry breaking phenomenon, one o…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 61 cited

Galaxies flowing in the oriented saddle frame of the cosmic web

K. Kraljic, C. Pichon, Y. Dubois +12

The strikingly anisotropic large-scale distribution of matter made of an extended network of voids delimited by sheets, themselves segmented by filaments, within which matter flows…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 42 cited

The XXL Survey: XXVII. The 3XLSS point source catalogue

L. Chiappetti, S. Fotopoulou, C. Lidman +35

We present the version of the point source catalogue of the XXL Survey that was used, in part, in the first series of XXL papers. In this paper we release, in our database in Milan…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 131 cited

The XXL Survey XX: The 365 cluster catalogue

C. Adami, P. Giles, E. Koulouridis +54

In the currently debated context of using clusters of galaxies as cosmological probes, the need for well-defined cluster samples is critical. The XXL Survey has been specifically d…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 79 cited

The XXL Survey XXV. Cosmological analysis of the C1 cluster number counts

F. Pacaud, M. Pierre, J. -B. Melin +25

Context. We present an estimation of cosmological parameters with clusters of galaxies. Aims. We constrain the , , and parameters from a stand-alone sample of X-ray c…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 87 cited

A rare event algorithm links transitions in turbulent flows with activated nucleations

Freddy Bouchet, Joran Rolland, Eric Simonnet

Many turbulent flows undergo drastic and abrupt configuration changes with huge impacts. As a paradigmatic example we study the multistability of jet dynamics in a barotropic beta…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 40 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): Unbiased clustering estimate with VIPERS slit assignment

F. G. Mohammad, D. Bianchi, W. J. Percival +34

The VIPERS galaxy survey has measured the clustering of galaxies, enabling a number of measurements of galaxy properties and cosmological redshift-space distortions (RS…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 7 cited

Constraining the gap size in the disk around HD 100546 in the mid-infrared

Narges Jamialahmadi, Thorsten Ratzka, Olja Panic +6

We refine the gap size measurements of the disk surrounding the Herbig Ae star HD 100546 in the N band. Our new mid-infrared interferometric (MIDI) data have been taken with the UT…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 137 cited

SPHERE / ZIMPOL high resolution polarimetric imager. I. System overview, PSF parameters, coronagraphy, and polarimetry

H. M. Schmid, A. Bazzon, R. Roelfsema +59

We describe the Zurich Imaging Polarimeter (ZIMPOL), the visual focal plane subsystem of the SPHERE "VLT planet finder", which pushes the limits of current AO systems to shorter wa…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 1 cited

Orbital characterization of GJ1108A system, and comparison of dynamical mass with model-derived mass for resolved binaries

T. Mizuki, M. Kuzuhara, K. Mede +55

We report an orbital characterization of GJ1108Aab that is a low-mass binary system in pre-main-sequence phase. Via the combination of astrometry using adaptive optics and radial v…

astro-ph.SR2018

Optical interferometry and Gaia parallaxes for a robust calibration of the Cepheid distance scale

Pierre Kervella, Antoine Mérand, Alexandre Gallenne +5

We present the modeling tool we developed to incorporate multi-technique observations of Cepheids in a single pulsation model: the Spectro-Photo-Interferometry of Pulsating Stars (…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 15 cited

Transport studies in three-terminal microwave graphs with orthogonal, unitary, and symplectic symmetry

A. M. Martínez-Argüello, A. Rehemanjiang, M. Martínez-Mares +3

The Landauer-Büttiker formalism establishes an equivalence between the electrical conduction through a device, e.g., a quantum dot, and the transmission. Guided by this analogy we…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 83 cited

Pristine Dwarf-Galaxy Survey I: A detailed photometric and spectroscopic study of the very metal-poor Draco II satellite

Nicolas Longeard, Nicolas Martin, Else Starkenburg +17

We present a detailed study of the faint Milky Way satellite Draco II (Dra II) from deep CFHT/MegaCam broadband and photometry and narrow-band metallicity-sensitive CaHK ob…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 49 cited

The Araucaria Project: High-precision Cepheid astrophysics from the analysis of variables in double-lined eclipsing binaries

Bogumił Pilecki, Wolfgang Gieren, Grzegorz Pietrzyński +15

Based on new observations and improved modeling techniques, we have reanalyzed seven Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Improved physical parameters have been determined for t…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 49 cited

The XXL Survey: XVI. The clustering of X-ray selected galaxy clusters at z~0.3

F. Marulli, A. Veropalumbo, M. Sereno +20

Galaxy clusters trace the highest density peaks in the large-scale structure of the Universe. Their clustering provides a powerful probe that can be exploited in combination with c…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 77 cited

The Pristine Survey IV: Approaching the Galactic metallicity floor with the discovery of an ultra metal-poor star

Else Starkenburg, David S. Aguado, Piercarlo Bonifacio +22

The early Universe presented a star formation environment that was almost devoid of heavy elements. The lowest metallicity stars thus provide a unique window into the earliest Gala…