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most citedThe Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

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astro-ph.GA2026

Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy from HST, JWST, Euclid, Roman, and Beyond

Andreea Petric, Gaël Noirot, Stacey Alberts +71

We summarize strategies, lessons learned, and future directions from the Space Telescope Science Institute workshop Surveying the Universe in 4D: Beating Cosmic Variance with Wide-…

astro-ph.GA2026

AGN STORM 2. XII. Ground-Based Optical Photometry and Lag Measurements of Mrk 817

John W. Montano, Aaron J. Barth, Keith Horne +40

We present the ground-based imaging campaign and light curves of Markarian 817 as part of the multiwavelength monitoring program AGN STORM\,2. Observations were carried out over 1.…

astro-ph.GA2025

AGN STORM 2. XI. Spectroscopic reverberation mapping of the hot dust in Mrk 817

Hermine Landt, Benjamin D. Boizelle, Michael S. Brotherton +41

The AGN Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping 2 (STORM 2) campaign targeted Mrk 817 with intensive multi-wavelength monitoring and found its soft X-ray emission to be s…

astro-ph.GA2023

AGN STORM 2: V. Anomalous Behavior of the CIV Light Curve in Mrk 817

Y. Homayouni, Gerard A. Kriss, Gisella De Rosa +49

An intensive reverberation mapping campaign on the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk817 using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) revealed significant vari…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

Detection of Dust in High-Velocity Cloud Complex C -- Enriched Gas Accreting onto the Milky Way

Andrew J. Fox, Frances H. Cashman, Gerard A. Kriss +4

We present the detection of dust depletion in Complex C, a massive, infalling, low-metallicity high-velocity cloud in the northern Galactic hemisphere that traces the ongoing accre…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

AGN STORM 2: II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope

Y. Homayouni, Gisella De Rosa, Rachel Plesha +62

We present reverberation mapping measurements for the prominent ultraviolet broad emission lines of the active galactic nucleus Mrk817 using 165 spectra obtained with the Cosmic Or…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 8 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500-1050 Angstrom Rest Frame: VII. Distances and Energetics for 11 Outflows in Five Quasars

Timothy R. Miller, Nahum Arav, Xinfeng Xu +2

From Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph spectra of five quasars, 16 outflows are detected. For 11 outflows, we are able to constrain their distances to the central…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 16 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500 -- 1050 Å Rest Frame: VI Wide, Energetic Outflows in SDSS J0755+2306

Xinfeng Xu, Nahum Arav, Timothy Miller +2

We present the analysis of two outflows (S1 at --5500 km s and S2 at --9700 km s) seen in recent HST/COS observations of quasar SDSS J0755+2306 (z = 0.854). The outfl…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 18 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500-1050 Å Rest Frame: V. Richness of Physical Diagnostics and Ionization Potential-dependent Velocity Shift in PKS J0352-0711

Timothy R. Miller, Nahum Arav, Xinfeng Xu +2

We analyze absorption troughs from two outflows within PKS J0352-0711 (S1 at 1950 km s and S2 at 3150 km s) from spectra taken with Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmi…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 24 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500 -- 1050 Å Rest Frame: IV. The Largest Broad Absorption Line Acceleration

Xinfeng Xu, Nahum Arav, Timothy Miller +2

We present an analysis of the broad absorption line (BAL) velocity shift that appeared in one of the outflow systems in quasar SDSS J1042+1646. Observations were taken by the Hubbl…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 17 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500-1050 Å Rest Frame: III. Four Similar Outflows in 2MASS J1051+1247 with Enough Energy to be Major Contributors to AGN Feedback

Timothy R. Miller, Nahum Arav, Xinfeng Xu +2

We detect four very energetic outflows in the Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origin Spectrograph spectra of quasar 2MASS J1051+1247 with a combined kinetic luminosity ()…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 19 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500 -- 1050 Å Rest Frame: II The Most Energetic Quasar Outflow Measured to Date

Xinfeng Xu, Nahum Arav, Timothy Miller +2

We present a study of the BAL outflows seen in quasar SDSS J1042+1646 (z = 0.978) in the rest-frame 500 -- 1050 (EUV500) region. The results are based on the analysis of recent…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 42 cited

HST/COS Observations of Quasar Outflows in the 500-1050 Å Rest Frame: I. The Most Energetic Outflows in the Universe and Other Discoveries

Nahum Arav, Xinfeng Xu, Timothy R. Miller +2

The Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) has opened a new discovery space for studying quasar absorption outflows and their contribution to AGN feedback. Specif…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 30 cited

HST/COS observations of the newly discovered obscuring outflow in NGC 3783

G. A. Kriss, M. Mehdipour, J. S. Kaastra +24

To understand the nature of transient obscuring outflows in active galactic nuclei, we observed the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783 on two occasions in December 2016 triggered by Swift m…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 21 cited

Distance, Energy, and Variability of Quasar Outflows: Two HST/COS epochs of LBQS 1206+1052

Timothy R. Miller, Nahum Arav, Xinfeng Xu +4

We analyze new HST/COS spectra for two quasar absorption outflows seen in the quasi-stellar object LBQS 1206+1052. These data cover, for the first time, absorption troughs from $S_…