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A. Skopal; H. Drechsel; T. N. Tarasova; T. Kato; M. Fujii; F. Teyssier; O. Garde; J. Guarro; J. Edlin; C. Buil; D. Antao; J. N. Terry; T. Lemoult; S. Charbonnel; T. Bohlsen; A. Favaro; K. Graham
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We determine the temporal evolution of the luminosity L(WD), radius R(WD) and effective temperature Teff of the white dwarf (WD) pseudophotosphere of V339 Del from its discovery to around day 40. Another main objective was studying the ionization structure of the ejecta. These aims were achieved by modelling the optical/near-IR spectral energy distribution (SED) using low-resolution spectroscopy (3500 - 9200 A), UBVRcIc and JHKLM photometry. During the fireball stage (Aug. 14.8 - 19.9, 2013),...
Topics: Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8212
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Jun 30, 2018
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Christopher B. Johnson; R. I. Hynes; T. Maccarone; C T. Britt; H. Davis; P. G. Jonker; M. A. P. Torres; D. Steeghs; S. Greiss; G. Nelemans
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We present the results of a spectroscopic and photometric analysis of HD314884, a slowly pulsating B star (SPB) in a binary system with detected soft X-ray emission. We spectrally classify the B star as a B5V-B6V star with T$_{eff}$ = 15,490 $\pm$ 310 K, log $g$ = 3.75 $\pm$ 0.25 dex, and a photometric period of P$_{0}$ = 0.889521(12) days. A spectroscopic period search reveals an orbital period for the system of P$_{orb}$ = 1.3654(11) days. The discrepancy in the two periods and the...
Topics: Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.7938
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Jun 30, 2018
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H. Zhu; W. W. Tian; P. Zuo
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We study Gamma-ray supernova remnant W49B and its environment using recent radio and infrared data. {\it Spitzer} IRS low resolution data of W49B shows shocked excitation lines of H$_{2}$ (0,0) S(0)-S(7) from the SNR-molecular cloud interaction. The H$_2$ gas is composed of two components with temperature of $\sim$260 K and $\sim$1060 K respectively. Various spectral lines from atomic and ionic particles are detected towards W49B. We suggest the ionic phase has an electron density of $\sim$500...
Topics: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8260
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Jun 30, 2018
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Hilding R. Neilson; Alexandra C. Bisol; Ed Guinan; Scott Engle
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Measurements of secular period change probe real-time stellar evolution of classical Cepheids making these measurements powerful constraints for stellar evolution models, especially when coupled with interferometric measurements. In this work, we present stellar evolution models and measured rates of period change for two Galactic Cepheids: Polaris and l Carinae, both important Cepheids for anchoring the Cepheid Leavitt law (period-luminosity relation). The combination of previously-measured...
Topics: Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8098
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Jun 30, 2018
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M. Guedel; R. Dvorak; N. Erkaev; J. Kasting; M. Khodachenko; H. Lammer; E. Pilat-Lohinger; H. Rauer; I. Ribas; B. E. Wood
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With the discovery of hundreds of exoplanets and a potentially huge number of Earth-like planets waiting to be discovered, the conditions for their habitability have become a focal point in exoplanetary research. The classical picture of habitable zones primarily relies on the stellar flux allowing liquid water to exist on the surface of an Earth-like planet with a suitable atmosphere. However, numerous further stellar and planetary properties constrain habitability. Apart from...
Topics: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8174
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Jun 30, 2018
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S. C. C. Barros; J. M. Almenara; M. Deleuil; R. F. Diaz; Sz Csizmadia; J. Cabrera; S. Chaintreuil; A. Collier Cameron; A. Hatzes; R. Haywood; A. F. Lanza; S. Aigrain; R. Alonso; R. Bordé; F. Bouchy; H. J. Deeg; A. Erikson; M. Fridlund; S. Grziwa; D. Gandolfi; T. Guillot; E. Guenther; A. Leger; C. Moutou; M. Ollivier; T. Pasternacki; M. Patzold; H. Rauer; D. Rouan; A. Santerne; J. Schneider; G. Wuchterl
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CoRoT-7b, the first super-Earth with measured radius discovered, has opened the new field of rocky exoplanets characterisation. To better understand this interesting system, new observations were taken with the CoRoT satellite. During this run 90 new transits were obtained in the imagette mode. These were analysed together with the previous 151 transits obtained in the discovery run and HARPS radial velocity observations to derive accurate system parameters. A difference is found in the...
Topics: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.8099
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Jun 30, 2018
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Yun-Fei Yang; Hui-Xue Qu; Kai-Fan Ji; Song Feng; Hui Deng; Jia-Ben Lin; Feng Wang
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We study the motions of G band bright points (GBPs) in the quiet Sun to obtain the characteristics of different motion types. A high resolution image sequence taken with the Hinode/Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) is used, and GBPs are automatically tracked by segmenting 3D evolutional structures in a space time cube. After putting the GBPs that do not move during their lifetimes aside, the non stationary GBPs are categorized into three types based on an index of motion type. Most GBPs that move...
Topics: Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.7958
