40 papers
Supernovae Ia ejecta velocities and host galaxy environments: the role of survey-selection effects
L. V. Barkhudaryan, A. A. Hakobyan, M. H. Gevorgyan +6
The origin of the near-maximum-light Si II 6355 velocity diversity among supernovae Ia (SNe Ia) remains uncertain. Previous studies have suggested that high-velocity (HV) and no…
AGN activity in nearby disk galaxies: the roles of bar strength and spiral-arm morphology
Zh. R. Martirosyan, A. A. Hakobyan, V. Adibekyan +3
(abridged) We investigate the dependence of AGN activity on bar strength and spiral-arm morphology in nearby spiral galaxies, with particular emphasis on disentangling their indivi…
Predicting Radial Velocities from Rossiter-McLaughlin Time Series Observations
Vardan Adibekyan, Olivier Demangeon, Diogo Teixeira +7
The Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect produces apparent radial velocity (RV) shifts through line-profile distortions caused by a transiting planet blocking different regions of the r…
HRMOS: A High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph for the VLT
Laura Magrini, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Randich +174
This White Paper presents the scientific rationale and instrument concept for HRMOS (High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph), a next-generation instrument proposed for the ESO V…
The small transiting planet population revealed by ESPRESSO with extreme precision radial velocities
M. J. Hobson, B. Lavie, F. Bouchy +35
Small planets are extremely common in the Galaxy, including planets with masses and radii between those of Earth and Neptune. Characterizing these planets' masses requires ultra-pr…
Inferring stellar metallicity and elemental abundances from kinematic and spectroscopic data using machine learning -- Implications for exoplanet host stars
V. Adibekyan, B. M. T. B. Soares, S. G. Sousa +7
(abridged) Elemental abundances of FGK stars can be derived routinely from high-resolution optical spectra, but this remains considerably more difficult for cooler stars. Machine-l…