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astro-ph.GA2018★ 27 cited

Metallicity distributions of mono-age stellar populations of the Galactic disc from the LAMOST Galactic spectroscopic surveys

C. Wang, X. -W. Liu, M. -S. Xiang +6

We have investigated the metallicity distributions of mono-age stellar populations across the disc of \,kpc and \,kpc using samples select…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 5 cited

Swift Monitoring Observations of Mrk 231: Detection of Ultraviolet Variability

Lilan Yang, Xinyu Dai, Youjun Lu +2

We analyze 168 Swift monitoring observations of the nearest broad absorption line quasar Mrk 231 in the UV and X-ray bands, where we detect significant variability in the UV ($\sim…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 15 cited

Investigation of the orientation of galaxies in clusters: the importance, methods and results of research

Paulina Pajowska, Wlodzimierz Godlowski, Zong-Hong Zhu +3

Various models of structure formation can account for various aspects of the galaxy formation process on different scales, as well as for various observational features of structur…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 34 cited

Inside a Beehive: the Multiple Merging Processes in the Galaxy Cluster Abell 2142

Ang Liu, Heng Yu, Antonaldo Diaferio +5

To investigate the dynamics of the galaxy cluster A2142, we compile an extended catalog of 2239 spectroscopic redshifts of sources, including newly measured 237 redshifts, within 3…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 60 cited

Stellar mass distribution and star formation history of the Galactic disk revealed by mono-age stellar populations from LAMOST

Maosheng Xiang, Jianrong Shi, Xiaowei Liu +8

We present a detailed determination and analysis of 3D stellar mass distribution of the Galactic disk for mono-age populations using a sample of 0.93 million main-sequence turn-off…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 25 cited

Multi-color optical monitoring of ten blazars from 2005 to 2011

Nankun Meng, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Jianghua Wu +2

We carried out multi-color optical monitoring of a sample of ten blazars from 2005 to 2011. The sample contains 3 LBLs, 2 IBLs, 4 HBLs, and 1 FSRQ. Our monitoring focused on the lo…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 29 cited

On the kinematic signature of the Galactic warp as revealed by the LAMOST-TGAS data

Yang Huang, R. Schönrich, Xiaowei Liu +6

Using a sample of about 123,000 stars with accurate 3D velocity measurements from the LAMOST-TGAS data, we confirm the kinematic signature of the Galactic warp found by Schönrich &…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 60 cited

The Evolution of Chemical Abundance in Quasar Broad Line Region

Fei Xu, Fuyan Bian, Yue Shen +3

We study the relation between the metallicity of quasar broad line region (BLR) and black hole (BH) mass () and quasar bolometric luminosit…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 175 cited

Three-dimensional interstellar dust reddening maps of the Galactic plane

B. -Q. Chen, Y. Huang, H. -B. Yuan +6

We present new three-dimensional (3D) interstellar dust reddening maps of the Galactic plane in three colours, E(G-Ks), E(Bp-Rp) and E(H-Ks). The maps have a spatial angular resolu…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 13 cited

Intra-day optical multi-band quasi-simultaneous observation of BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 from 2013 to 2016

Xiaoyuan Zhang, Jianghua Wu, Nankun Meng

We perform quasi-simultaneous optical multi-band monitoring of BL Lac object S5 0716+714 on seven nights from 2013 to 2016. Intra-day variability (IDV) is found on all seven nights…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 14 cited

Blooming Trees: Substructures and Surrounding Groups of Galaxy Clusters

Heng Yu, Antonaldo Diaferio, Ana Laura Serra +1

We develop the Blooming Tree Algorithm, a new technique that uses spectroscopic redshift data alone to identify the substructures and the surrounding groups of galaxy clusters, alo…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 13 cited

Member stars of the GD1 tidal stream from the SDSS, LAMOST and Gaia surveys

Yang Huang, Xiaowei Liu, Bingqiu Chen +5

With the photometric data from the SDSS survey, the spectroscopic data from the SDSS/SEGUE and the LAMOST surveys, and the astrometric data from the Gaia DR2, we have identified 71…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 16 cited

Mapping the emission line strengths and kinematics of Supernova Remnant S147 with extensive LAMOST spectroscopic observations

Juan-Juan Ren, Xiao-Wei Liu, Bing-Qiu Chen +8

We present extensive spectroscopic observations of supernova remnant (SNR) S147 collected with the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST). The spectra w…

astro-ph.GA2018

X-Ray Properties of AGN in Brightest Cluster Galaxies. I.A Systematic Study of the Chandra Archive in the and Redshift Range

Lilan Yang, Paolo Tozzi, Heng Yu +5

We present a search for nuclear X-ray emission in the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) of a sample of groups and clusters of galaxies extracted from the Chandra archive. The exqui…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 32 cited

Three-dimensional structure of the milky way dust: modeling of LAMOST data

Linlin Li, Shiyin Shen, Jinliang Hou +5

We present a three-dimensional modeling of the Milky Way dust distribution by fitting the value-added star catalog of LAMOST spectral survey. The global dust distribution can be de…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 22 cited

The selection function of the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anticentre

B. -Q. Chen, X. -W. Liu, H. -B. Yuan +5

We present a detailed analysis of the selection function of the LAMOST Spectroscopic Survey of the Galactic Anti-centre (LSS-GAC). LSS-GAC was designed to obtain low resolution opt…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 36 cited

The Distance and the near-IR extinction of the Monoceros Supernova Remnant

H. Zhao, B. W. Jiang, S. Gao +2

Supernova remnants (SNRs) embody the information of the influence on dust properties by the supernova explosion. Based on the color indexes from the 2MASS photometric survey and th…