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astro-ph.SR2015★ 33 cited

Theoretical limits on magnetic field strengths in low-mass stars

Matthew K. Browning, Maria A. Weber, Gilles Chabrier +1

Observations have suggested that some low-mass stars have larger radii than predicted by 1-D structure models. Some theoretical models have invoked very strong interior magnetic fi…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 127 cited

Far-Infrared Dust Temperatures and Column Densities of the MALT90 Molecular Clump Sample

Andrés E. Guzmán, Patricio Sanhueza, Yanett Contreras +4

We present dust column densities and dust temperatures for young high-mass molecular clumps from the Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz (MALT90) survey, derived fro…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 278 cited

The rotation and Galactic kinematics of mid M dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood

Elisabeth R. Newton, Jonathan Irwin, David Charbonneau +3

Rotation is a directly-observable stellar property, and drives magnetic field generation and activity through a magnetic dynamo. Main sequence stars with masses below approximately…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 6 cited

Open Clusters as Probes of the Galactic Magnetic Field: I. Cluster Properties

Sadia Hoq, Dan Clemens

Stars in open clusters are powerful probes of the intervening Galactic magnetic field, via background starlight polarimetry, because they provide constraints on the magnetic field…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 62 cited

The Heliocentric Distance Where the Deflections and Rotations of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections Occur

C. Kay, M. Opher

Understanding the trajectory of a coronal mass ejection (CME), including any deflection from a radial path, and the orientation of its magnetic field is essential for space weather…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 16 cited

Motion Verified Red Stars (MoVeRS): A Catalog of Proper Motion Selected Low-mass Stars from WISE, SDSS, and 2MASS

Christopher A. Theissen, Andrew A. West, Saurav Dhital

We present a photometric catalog of 8,735,004 proper motion selected low-mass stars (KML-spectral types) within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) footprint, from the combined SDS…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 36 cited

A Catalog of GALEX Ultraviolet Emission from Spectroscopically Confirmed M Dwarfs

David O. Jones, Andrew A. West

We present a catalog of GALEX Near-UV (NUV) and Far-UV (FUV) photometry for the Palomar/MSU and SDSS DR7 spectroscopic M dwarf catalogs. The catalog contains NUV measurements match…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 173 cited

An Activity-Rotation Relationship and Kinematic Analysis of Nearby Mid-to-Late-type M Dwarfs

Andrew A. West, Kolby L. Weisenburger, Jonathan Irwin +4

Using spectroscopic observations and photometric light curves of 238 nearby M dwarfs from the MEarth exoplanet transit survey, we examine the relationships between magnetic activit…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 41 cited

A Pan-STARRS1 study of the relationship between wide binarity and planet occurrence in the Kepler field

N. R. Deacon, A. L. Kraus, A. W. Mann +9

The NASA Kepler mission has revolutionised time-domain astronomy and has massively expanded the number of known extrasolar planets. However, the effect of wide multiplicity on exop…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 27 cited

YSOVAR: mid-infrared variability of young stellar objects and their disks in the cluster IRAS 20050+2720

K. Poppenhaeger, A. M. Cody, K. R. Covey +12

We present a time-variability study of young stellar objects in the cluster IRAS 20050+2720, performed at 3.6 and 4.5 micron with the Spitzer Space Telescope; this study is part of…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 142 cited

Inclination-Induced Polarization of Scattered Millimeter Radiation from Protoplanetary Disks: The Case of HL Tau

Haifeng Yang, Zhi-Yun Li, Leslie Looney +1

Spatially resolved polarized millimeter/submillimeter emission has been observed in the disk of HL Tau and two other young stellar objects. It is usually interpreted as coming from…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 22 cited

Linking Stellar Coronal Activity and Rotation at 500 Myr: A Deep Chandra Observation of M37

Alejandro Núñez, Marcel A. Agüeros, Kevin R. Covey +9

Empirical calibrations of the stellar age-rotation-activity relation (ARAR) rely on observations of the co-eval populations of stars in open clusters. We used the Chandra X-ray Obs…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 58 cited

A model of the heliosphere with jets

J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, M. Opher

An analytic model of the heliosheath (HS) between the termination shock (TS) and the heliopause (HP) is developed in the limit in which the interstellar flow and magnetic field are…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 75 cited

The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). IV. Radial Velocities of 85 Late-M and L dwarfs with MagE

Adam J. Burgasser, Sarah E. Logsdon, Jonathan Gagne +6

Radial velocity measurements are presented for 85 late M- and L-type very low mass stars and brown dwarfs obtained with the Magellan Echellette (MagE) spectrograph. Targets primari…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 70 cited

The Expanding Fireball of Nova Delphini 2013

G. H. Schaefer, T. ten Brummelaar, D. R. Gies +34

A classical nova occurs when material accreting onto the surface of a white dwarf in a close binary system ignites in a thermonuclear runaway. Complex structures observed in the ej…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 29 cited

SLoWPoKES-II: 100,000 Wide Binaries Identified in SDSS without Proper Motions

Saurav Dhital, Andrew A. West, Keivan G. Stassun +2

We present the SLoWPoKES-II catalog of low-mass visual binaries identified from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey by matching photometric distances. The candidate pairs are vetted by co…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 37 cited

Using FUV to IR Variability to Probe the Star-Disk Connection in the Transitional Disk of GM Aur

Laura Ingleby, Catherine Espaillat, Nuria Calvet +3

We analyze 3 epochs of ultraviolet (UV), optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations of the Taurus transitional disk GM Aur using the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 54 cited

Cross and magnetic helicity in the outer heliosphere from Voyager 2 observations

M. Iovieno, L. Gallana, F. Fraternale +3

Plasma velocity and magnetic field measurements from the Voyager 2 mission are used to study solar wind turbulence in the slow solar wind at two different heliocentric distances, 5…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 17 cited

ALMA Observations of the IRDC Clump G34.43+00.24 MM3: DNC/HNC Ratio

Takeshi Sakai, Nami Sakai, Kenji Furuya +6

We have observed the clump G34.43+00.24 MM3 associated with an infrared dark cloud in DNC =3--2, HNC =3--2, and NH =3--2 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/s…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 17 cited

Constraining the Mass and the Non-Radial Drag Coefficient of a Solar Coronal Mass Ejection

C. Kay, L. F. G. dos Santos, M. Opher

Decades of observations show that CMEs can deflect from a purely radial trajectory yet no consensus exists as to the cause of these deflections. Many of theories attribute the CME…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 47 cited

Search for chameleons with CAST

V. Anastassopoulos, M. Arik, S. Aune +61

In this work we present a search for (solar) chameleons with the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST). This novel experimental technique, in the field of dark energy research, exploit…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 14 cited

49 new T dwarfs identified using methane imaging

C. V. Cardoso, B. Burningham, R. L. Smart +11

We present the discovery of 49 new photometrically classified T dwarfs from the combination of large infrared and optical surveys combined with follow-up TNG photometry. We used mu…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 14 cited

Turbulence in the solar wind: spectra from Voyager 2 data at 5 AU

F. Fraternale, L. Gallana, M. Iovieno +3

Fluctuations in the flow velocity and magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the Solar System. These fluctuations are turbulent, in the sense that they are disordered and span a broad r…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 31 cited

MALT-45: A 7 mm survey of the southern Galaxy - I. Techniques and spectral line data

Christopher H. Jordan, Andrew J. Walsh, Vicki Lowe +12

We present the first results from the MALT-45 (Millimetre Astronomer's Legacy Team - 45 GHz) Galactic Plane survey. We have observed 5 square-degrees (, …