22 papers
Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sgr A*
K. Abd El Dayem, R. Abuter, N. Aimar +85
The paper reports the discovery of a faint main‑sequence star (S301) on an 8.7‑year, highly eccentric orbit around the Milky Way’s central black hole, whose high velocity makes its…
STARSFLUX: an all-sky catalogue of absolute spectro-photometric calibrators from 0.3 to 30 m
Violeta Gámez Rosas, Michiel Hogerheijde, Roy van Boekel +10
The paper introduces STARSFLUX, an all‑sky catalogue of over 64,000 absolute spectro‑photometric calibrator spectra from 0.3 to 30 µm, derived by fitting Gaia DR3 stellar parameter…
Using VLTI/GRAVITY+ to determine the identity of a third planet candidate in the PDS 70 system
David Trevascus, Wolfgang Brandner, Olga Balsalobre-Ruza +75
Detections of protoplanets are rare and protoplanetary disk features mischaracterized as planets are common. PDS 70 is one of only two stars known to host multiple confirmed protop…
Revised orbital parameters of the gamma2 Velorum system
Werner Schmutz, Christian A. Hummel, Gloria Koenigsberger +2
Context. gamma2 Velorum is the closest and visually brightest Wolf-Rayet binary system. Its eccentric orbit modulates the X-rays observed from the wind-wind interaction, and its la…
CO and potential variability in Pictoris b with GRAVITY+
Antonia von Stauffenberg, Jonas Sauter, Paul Mollière +18
The CO/CO ratio was introduced as an indicator for where in the disk a planet has formed. Previously a lower value compared to the host star's was suggested to show t…
Destructuring the disk of AB Aurigae: Dynamics and accretion
Anthony Boccaletti, Emmanuel Di Folco, Anne Dutrey +23
In this paper, we present near-IR polarized images of the AB Aur disk at three epochs spanning 3.85 years with SPHERE/IRDIS, as well as Halpha images obtained with SPHERE/ZIMPOL at…