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astro-ph.SR2018★ 31 cited

New Near-Infrared light-curve templates for RR Lyrae variables

V. F. Braga, P. B. Stetson, G. Bono +34

We provide homogeneous optical (UBVRI) and near-infrared (JHK) time series photometry for 254 cluster (omega Cen, M4) and field RR Lyrae (RRL) variables. We ended up with more than…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 12 cited

Discovery of δ Scuti Pulsations in the Young Hybrid Debris Disk Star HD 156623

Samuel N. Mellon, Eric E. Mamajek, Konstanze Zwintz +11

The bRing robotic observatory network was built to search for circumplanetary material within the transiting Hill sphere of the exoplanet Pic b across its bright host star …

astro-ph.SR2018★ 24 cited

The JCMT Transient Survey: An Extraordinary Submillimetre Flare in the T Tauri Binary System JW 566

Steve Mairs, Bhavana Lalchand, Geoffrey C. Bower +7

The binary T Tauri system JW 566 in the Orion Molecular Cloud underwent an energetic, short-lived flare observed at submillimetre wavelengths by the SCUBA-2 instrument on 26 Novemb…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 80 cited

High-Resolution ALMA Observations of HD100546: Asymmetric Circumstellar Ring, and Circumplanetary Disk Upper Limits

J. E. Pineda, J. Szulágyi, S. P. Quanz +7

We present long baseline Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the 870m dust continuum emission and CO (3-2) from the protoplanetary disk around…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 36 cited

High-mass star formation at sub-50AU scales

H. Beuther, A. Ahmadi. J. C. Mottram, H. Linz +6

Methods: We observed the high-mass hot core region G351.77-0.54 with ALMA and more than 16km baselines. Results: At a spatial resolution of 18/40au (depending on the distance), we…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 8 cited

Archival VLT/NaCo multiplicity investigation of exoplanet host stars

Jeremy Dietrich, Christian Ginski

Context: The influence of stellar multiplicity on planet formation is not yet well determined. Most planets are found using indirect detection methods via the small radial velocity…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 17 cited

High-Resolution SOFIA/EXES Spectroscopy of Gas in the Massive Young Stellar Object MonR2 IRS3: Implications for the Sulfur Budget

Ryan Dungee, Adwin Boogert, Curtis N. DeWitt +10

Sulfur has been observed to be severely depleted in dense clouds leading to uncertainty in the molecules that contain it and the chemistry behind their evolution. Here, we aim to s…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 12 cited

Detection of Nitrogen gas in the Pictoris circumstellar disk

P. A. Wilson, R. Kerr, A. Lecavelier des Etangs +4

The debris disk surrounding Pictoris has a gas composition rich in carbon and oxygen, relative to solar abundances. Two possible scenarios have been proposed to explain this en…

astro-ph.SR2018

Meter- to Millimeter Emission from Cool Stellar Systems: Latest Results, Synergies Across the Spectrum, and Outlook for the Next Decade

Jan Forbrich, Peter K. G. Williams, Emily Drabek-Maunder +12

Radio observations of cool stellar systems provide unique information on their magnetic fields, high-energy processes, and chemistry. Buoyed by powerful new instruments (e.g. ALMA,…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 36 cited

The ALMA Lupus protoplanetary disk survey: evidence for compact gas disks and molecular rings from CN

S. E. van Terwisga, E. F. van Dishoeck, P. Cazzoletti +10

The cyanide radical CN is abundant in protoplanetary disks, with line fluxes often comparable to those of CO. It is known to be sensitive to UV irradiation of the upper disk…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 141 cited

3D mapping of young stars in the solar neighbourhood with Gaia DR2

E. Zari, H. Hashemi, A. G. A. Brown +2

We study the three dimensional arrangement of young stars in the solar neighbourhood using the second release of the Gaia mission (Gaia DR2) and we provide a new, original view of…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 21 cited

The origin of the two populations of blue stragglers in M30

Simon Portegies Zwart

We analyze the position of the two populations of blue stragglers in the globular cluster M30 in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Both populations of blue stragglers are brighter t…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 96 cited

The physical properties of AM CVn stars: new insights from Gaia DR2

G. Ramsay, M. J. Green, T. R. Marsh +9

AM CVn binaries are hydrogen deficient compact binaries with an orbital period in the 5-65 min range and are predicted to be strong sources of persistent gravitational wave radiati…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 530 cited

Gaps and Rings in an ALMA Survey of Disks in the Taurus Star-forming Region

Feng Long, Paola Pinilla, Gregory J. Herczeg +23

Rings are the most frequently revealed substructure in ALMA dust observations of protoplanetary disks, but their origin is still hotly debated. In this paper, we identify dust subs…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 64 cited

Chasing discs around O-type (proto)stars - ALMA evidence for an SiO disc and disc wind from G17.64+0.16

L. T. Maud, R. Cesaroni, M. S. N. Kumar +28

We present high angular resolution 0.2 arcsec continuum and molecular emission line Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of G17.64+0.16 in Band 6 (220G…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 3 cited

Pre-main sequence population of Sco-Cen unveiled with Gaia DR2

Jorge A. Villa Vélez, Anthony G. A. Brown, Matthew A. Kenworthy

We use Gaia DR2 data to isolate the pre-main sequence population corresponding to the Scorpius-Lupus-Centaurus-Crux area on the sky making use the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. A sa…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 62 cited

VISION - Vienna survey in Orion. III. Young stellar objects in Orion A

Josefa E. Großschedl, João Alves, Paula S. Teixeira +14

We have extended and refined the existing young stellar object (YSO) catalogs for the Orion A molecular cloud, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth. This updated catalo…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 20 cited

H2 chemistry in interstellar ices: the case of CO ice hydrogenation in UV irradiated CO:H2 ice mixtures

K. -J. Chuang, G. Fedoseev, D. Qasim +3

Context. In dense clouds, hydrogenation reactions on icy dust grains are key in the formation of molecules, like formaldehyde, methanol, and complex organic molecules (COMs). These…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 38 cited

Multiple Star Systems in the Orion Nebula

GRAVITY collaboration, Martina Karl, Oliver Pfuhl +133

This work presents an interferometric study of the massive-binary fraction in the Orion Trapezium Cluster with the recently comissioned GRAVITY instrument. We observe a total of 16…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 55 cited

Where are the double-degenerate progenitors of type Ia supernovae?

A. Rebassa-Mansergas, S. Toonen, V. Korol +1

Double white dwarf binaries with merger timescales smaller than the Hubble time and with a total mass near the Chandrasekhar limit (i.e. classical Chandrasekhar population) or with…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 84 cited

The VLA/ALMA Nascent Disk and Multiplicity (VANDAM) Survey of Perseus Protostars. VI. Characterizing the Formation Mechanism for Close Multiple Systems

John J. Tobin, Leslie W. Looney, Zhi-Yun Li +8

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of multiple protostar systems in the Perseus molecular cloud previously detected by the Karl G. Jansky V…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 12 cited

Role of environment and gas temperature in the formation of multiple protostellar systems: molecular tracers

Nadia M. Murillo, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, John J. Tobin +2

Context: Simulations suggest that gas heating due to radiative feedback is a key factor in whether or not multiple protostellar systems will form. Chemistry is a good tracer of the…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 38 cited

The Co-evolution of Disk and Star in Embedded Stages: The Case of the Very Low-mass Protostar

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Nami Sakai +4

We have observed the CCH (N=3-2, J=7/2-5/2, F=4-3 and 3-2) and SO (6_7-5_6) emission at a 0"2 angular resolution toward the low-mass Class 0 protostellar source IRAS 15398-3359 wit…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 18 cited

Probing the protoplanetary disk gas surface density distribution with CO emission

Anna Miotello, Stefano Facchini, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +1

It is key to constrain the gas surface density distribution, Sigma_gas, as function of disk radius in protoplanetary disks. In this work we investigate if spatially resolved observ…