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astro-ph.SR2017

The cold and warm physico-chemical structure of embedded protostars

Nadia M. Murillo

The physical evolution of low-mass protostars is relatively well-established, however, there are many open questions on the chemical structure of protostars. The chemical fingerpri…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 63 cited

First detection of cyanamide (NHCN) towards solar-type protostars

A. Coutens, E. R. Willis, R. T. Garrod +11

Searches for the prebiotically-relevant cyanamide (NHCN) towards solar-type protostars have not been reported in the literature. We here present the first detection of this spe…

astro-ph.SR2017

Transmission profile of the Dutch Open Telescope H Lyot filter

J. Koza, R. H. Hammerschlag, J. Rybák +3

Accurate knowledge of the spectral transmission profile of a Lyot filter is important, in particular in comparing observations with simulated data. The paper summarizes available f…

cs.DL2017★ 56 cited

On the relationships between bibliographic characteristics of scientific documents and citation and Mendeley readership counts: A large-scale analysis of Web of Science publications

Zohreh Zahedi, Stefanie Haustein

In this paper we present a first large-scale analysis of the relationship between Mendeley readership and citation counts with particular documents bibliographic characteristics. A…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 72 cited

Gas and dust from solar metallicity AGB stars

P. Ventura, A. Karakas, F. Dell'Agli +2

We study the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) evolution of stars with masses between . We focus on stars with a solar chemical composition, which allows u…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 27 cited

Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 IX. Photoionized emission features in the soft X-ray spectra

Junjie Mao, J. S. Kaastra, M. Mehdipour +10

The X-ray narrow emission line region (NELR) of the archetypal Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC\,5548 has been interpreted as a single-phase photoionized plasma that is absorbed by some of the…

quant-ph2017★ 20 cited

Quantum error correction in crossbar architectures

Jonas Helsen, Mark Steudtner, Menno Veldhorst +1

A central challenge for the scaling of quantum computing systems is the need to control all qubits in the system without a large overhead. A solution for this problem in classical…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 41 cited

Candidate high-z proto-clusters among the Planck compact sources, as revealed by Herschel-SPIRE

J. Greenslade, D. L. Clements, T. Cheng +19

By determining the nature of all the Planck compact sources within 808.4 deg^2 of large Herschel surveys, we have identified 27 candidate proto-clusters of dusty star forming galax…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 53 cited

Sulphur monoxide exposes a potential molecular disk wind from the planet-hosting disk around HD100546

Alice Booth, Catherine Walsh, Mihkel Kama +3

Sulphur-bearing volatiles are observed to be significantly depleted in interstellar and circumstellar regions. This missing sulphur is postulated to be mostly locked up in refracto…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 43 cited

Temperature Structure in the Perseus Cluster Core Observed with Hitomi

Hitomi Collaboration, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu +192

The present paper investigates the temperature structure of the X-ray emitting plasma in the core of the Perseus cluster using the 1.8--20.0 keV data obtained with the Soft X-ray S…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 88 cited

Major Merging History in CANDELS. I. Evolution of the Incidence of Massive Galaxy-Galaxy Pairs from z=3 to z~0

Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Daniel H. McIntosh, Ryan Brennan +37

The rate of major galaxy-galaxy merging is theoretically predicted to steadily increase with redshift during the peak epoch of massive galaxy development (). We us…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 43 cited

An image-based search for pulsars among Fermi unassociated LAT sources

D. A. Frail, P. S. Ray, K. P. Mooley +9

We describe an image-based method that uses two radio criteria, compactness and spectral index, to identify promising pulsar candidates among Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) unass…

physics.soc-ph2017★ 6 cited

Ultrametricity increases the predictability of cultural dynamics

Alexandru-Ionuţ Băbeanu, Jorinde van de Vis, Diego Garlaschelli

A quantitative understanding of societies requires useful combinations of empirical data and mathematical models. Models of cultural dynamics aim at explaining the emergence of cul…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 64 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - HD 147379b: A nearby Neptune in the temperate zone of an early-M dwarf

A. Reiners, I. Ribas, M. Zechmeister +169

We report on the first star discovered to host a planet detected by radial velocity (RV) observations obtained within the CARMENES survey for exoplanets around M dwarfs. HD 147379…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 77 cited

Data release of UV to submm broadband fluxes for simulated galaxies from the EAGLE project

Peter Camps, Ana Trčka, James Trayford +6

We present dust-attenuated and dust emission fluxes for sufficiently resolved galaxies in the EAGLE suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, calculated with the SKIRT radi…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 8 cited

ATCA observations of the MACS-Planck Radio Halo Cluster Project II. Radio observations of an intermediate redshift cluster sample

G. Martinez Aviles, M. Johnston-Hollitt, C. Ferrari +16

A fraction of galaxy clusters host diffuse radio sources whose origins are investigated through multi-wavelength studies of cluster samples. We investigate the presence of diffuse…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 126 cited

Atomic data and spectral modeling constraints from high-resolution X-ray observations of the Perseus cluster with Hitomi

Hitomi Collaboration, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu +192

The Hitomi SXS spectrum of the Perseus cluster, with 5 eV resolution in the 2-9 keV band, offers an unprecedented benchmark of the atomic modeling and database for hot collis…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 53 cited

On the Origin of Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Antennae Galaxy

Peter M. Weilbacher, Ana Monreal-Ibero, Anne Verhamme +14

The "Antennae Galaxy" (NGC 4038/39) is the closest major interacting galaxy system and therefore often taken as merger prototype. We present the first comprehensive integral field…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 64 cited

Hierarchical fragmentation in the Perseus molecular cloud: From the cloud scale to protostellar objects

Riwaj Pokhrel, Philip C. Myers, Michael M. Dunham +8

We present a study of hierarchical structure in the Perseus molecular cloud, from the scale of the entire cloud (10 pc) to smaller clumps (1 pc), cores (0.05-0…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 47 cited

Magnetically gated accretion in an accreting 'non-magnetic' white dwarf

S. Scaringi, T. J. Macarone, C. D'Angelo +2

White dwarfs are often found in binary systems with orbital periods ranging from tens of minutes to hours in which they can accrete gas from their companion stars. In about 15% of…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 74 cited

Infrared spectra of complex organic molecules in astronomically relevant ice matrices. I. Acetaldehyde, ethanol, and dimethyl ether

J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga, N. F. W. Ligterink, A. C. A. Boogert +2

Context. The number of identified complex organic molecules (COMs) in inter- and circumstellar gas-phase environments is steadily increasing. Recent laboratory studies show that ma…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 33 cited

The evolution of young HII regions

P. D. Klaassen, K. G. Johnston, J. S. Urquhart +6

High-mass stars form in much richer environments than those associated with isolated low-mass stars, and once they reach a certain mass, produce ionised (HII) regions. The formatio…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 240 cited

Faceting for direction-dependent spectral deconvolution

C. Tasse, B. Hugo, M. Mirmont +7

The new generation of radio interferometers is characterized by high sensitivity, wide fields of view and large fractional bandwidth. To synthesize the deepest images enabled by th…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 122 cited

A radio spectral index map and catalogue at 147-1400 MHz covering 80 per cent of the sky

F. de Gasperin, H. T. Intema, D. A. Frail

The radio spectral index is a powerful probe for classifying cosmic radio sources and understanding the origin of the radio emission. Combining data at 147 MHz and 1.4 GHz from the…