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Astronomy & Astrophysics
K. Kouroumpatzakis, A. Zezas, A. Maragkoudakis, S. P. Willner, P. Bonfini, M. L. N. Ashby, P. H. Sell, T. H. Jarrett
Summary: This study presents new H alpha photometry for the Star Formation Reference Survey (SFRS) and calibrations of H alpha-based star-formation rates, considering the impact of different correction factors. The research compares SFR estimates derived from different methods, studies the dependence of the radio-to-H alpha emission ratio, and quantifies the correlation between galaxy metallicity and extinction.
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(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Francesco Belfiore, Adam K. Leroy, Thomas G. Williams, Ashley T. Barnes, Frank Bigiel, Mederic Boquien, Yixian Cao, Jeremy Chastenet, Enrico Congiu, Daniel A. Dale, Oleg V. Egorov, Cosima Eibensteiner, Eric Emsellem, Simon C. O. Glover, Brent Groves, Hamid Hassani, Ralf S. Klessen, Kathryn Kreckel, Lukas Neumann, Justus Neumann, Miguel Querejeta, Erik Rosolowsky, Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez, Karin Sandstrom, Eva Schinnerer, Jiayi Sun, Jessica Sutter, Elizabeth J. Watkins
Summary: Measurements of star formation activity on cloud scales are crucial to understanding molecular cloud physics and stellar feedback in galaxies. In this study, we used infrared emission and PAH-tracing bands to investigate obscured star formation in nearby galaxies. Our results show that the 21 μm emission is the best tracer of dust attenuation, while the PAH-tracing bands underestimate the correction for bright H II regions and suffer from contamination from diffuse IR background in fainter H II regions.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dayi Li, Pauline Barmby
Summary: The study demonstrates the power of Gibbs point process models in analyzing the spatial distributions of objects in the star formation complexes of resolved galaxies, revealing the high correlation between GMCs and YSCCs. The spatial distribution of YSCCs exhibits a clustering pattern with a peak at about 250pc scale, mainly in regions with galactocentric distance greater than 4.5kpc. The properties of GMCs, such as galactocentric distance and mass, have a strong positive effect on the correlation strength between GMCs and YSCCs.
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(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
I-Da Chiang, Hiroyuki Hirashita, Jeremy Chastenet, Eric W. Koch, Adam K. Leroy, Erik Rosolowsky, Karin M. Sandstrom, Amy Sardone, Jiayi Sun, Thomas G. Williams
Summary: We investigated the impact of local environmental factors, particularly dust surface density (sigma(dust)), dust-to-gas ratio (D/G), and interstellar radiation field, on the dust temperature. By analyzing multiwavelength observations in 46 nearby galaxies, we found that the dust temperature is strongly correlated with the surface density of star formation rate (sigma(SFR)), which is indicative of radiation from young stars. Additionally, the dust temperature decreases as D/G increases, suggesting stronger dust shielding at higher D/G values. Our findings are consistent with the predictions of our proposed analytical model.
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(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mia L. Williams, Kenji Bekki, Madeleine McKenzie
Summary: Recent simulations suggest that the tidal interaction between the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) about 2 Gyr ago could enhance the formation of massive star clusters (SCs) with masses exceeding 10^5 solar masses. These simulated SCs exhibit diffuse extended envelopes, internal rotation, and substructures.
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(2022)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ryan Chown, Laura Parker, Christine D. Wilson, Toby Brown, Fraser Evans, Yang Gao, Ho Seong Hwang, Lihwai Lin, Amelie Saintonge, Mark Sargent, Matthew Smith, Ting Xiao
Summary: This study investigates the cold gas and dust properties of a type of red star-forming galaxies called 'red misfits'. The research compares these properties with blue star-forming galaxies, taking into account non-detections. The results show that red misfits have longer molecular gas depletion times, lower gas mass fractions, lower dust-to-stellar mass ratios, and a flatter slope in the log M-mol-log M-star plane, suggesting they are likely quenching due to a shortage in gas supply.
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(2022)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
L. K. Haikala, R. Salinas, T. Richtler, M. Gomez, G. F. Gahm, K. Mattila
Summary: Using ALMA, APEX, and Gemini GMOS spectroscopy, the extragalactic nature of the dust patch on the disk of the NGC 3269 galaxy in the Antlia cluster was confirmed, but its origin remains unknown.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. A. Villa-Velez, V Buat, P. Theule, M. Boquien, D. Burgarella
Summary: By conducting a spectral energy distribution fitting analysis on a COSMOS photometric sample, robust estimates of stellar mass, star-formation rate, and dust attenuation were obtained for 182 objects. The study revealed that attenuation increases with stellar mass and emission lines experience greater attenuation compared to continuum emission. Additionally, a positive correlation between star formation rate and [OIII] emission was found after correcting for dust attenuation.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
S. A. van der Giessen, S. K. Leslie, B. Groves, J. A. Hodge, C. C. Popescu, M. T. Sargent, E. Schinnerer, R. J. Tuffs
Summary: Dust attenuation has a severe impact on unbiased observations of galaxies, and its effects vary with galaxy properties such as stellar mass, inclination, and redshift. This study examines the average dust properties in galaxies and finds that there are differences in optical depth and clumpiness between galaxies at different redshifts. The study also reveals correlations between dust properties and stellar mass and surface density, independent of the star-formation rate.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2022)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
K. Kouroumpatzakis, A. Zezas, E. Kyritsis, S. Salim, J. Svoboda
Summary: This study establishes the relationship between infrared emission and extinction and the age of stellar populations in galaxies and provides related calibrations. The results show robust estimations with reduced scatter and biases over a wide range of interstellar medium and stellar masses.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ian Blackstone, Todd A. Thompson
Summary: This study assesses the role of radiation pressure in thousands of subregions across two local star-forming galaxies. The optical thickness and population-averaged optical depth of radiation pressure are calculated using a model. The results show that optically-thin regions around young stellar populations are 30-50 times super-Eddington. The study evaluates the fraction of the total star formation that exceeds the Eddington limit and provides insights into the role of radiation pressure in the dynamics of dusty gas. Depending on the assumed height of the dusty gas and the age of the stellar population, 0-10% of sightlines are found to be super-Eddington, and these regions can be accelerated to 5-15 km/s by radiation pressure alone.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
L. Rodriguez-Munoz, G. Rodighiero, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, M. Talia, I Baronchelli, L. Morselli, A. Renzini, A. Puglisi, A. Grazian, A. Zanella, C. Mancini, A. Feltre, M. Romano, A. Vidal Garcia, A. Franceschini, B. Alcalde Pampliega, P. Cassata, L. Costantin, H. Dominguez Sanchez, N. Espino-Briones, E. Iani, A. Koekemoer, A. Lumbreras-Calle, J. M. Rodriguez-Espinosa
Summary: The research uses a sample of 706 galaxies to study the differential attenuation of the nebular emission, finding a significant positive correlation with UV attenuation and weaker associations with other factors.
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(2022)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Qi Li, Desika Narayanan, Paul Torrey, Romeel Dave, Mark Vogelsberger
Summary: This study develops a cosmological model to understand the evolution of dust grains in galaxies and the origin of dust extinction curves in the Milky Way. The research reveals that the slopes and bump strengths of dust in galaxies differ depending on the growth rates and graphite-to-silicate ratio evolution, with the Milky Way showing unique characteristics.
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(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gian Luigi Granato, Cinthia Ragone-Figueroa, Antonela Taverna, Laura Silva, Milena Valentini, Stefano Borgani, Pierluigi Monaco, Giuseppe Murante, Luca Tornatore
Summary: The study utilizes cosmological zoom-in hydrodynamical simulations to investigate the effects of dust evolution and dust promoted cooling on the formation of disc galaxies. The results show that metal depletion and dust cooling significantly impact the stellar, gas, and dust content of the system. The simulations also predict substantial variations in the size distribution and chemical composition of grains during the galaxy's evolution, affecting the Spectral Energy Distribution.
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(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
A. Audibert, F. Combes, S. Garcia-Burillo, L. Hunt, A. Eckart, S. Aalto, V Casasola, F. Boone, M. Krips, S. Viti, S. Muller, K. Dasyra, P. van der Werf, S. Martin
Summary: ALMA observations of NGC1808 reveal a nuclear spiral and a circumnuclear disk, with detections of dense gas line tracers like HCN, HCO+, and CS. Presence of an active galactic nucleus is indicated at the nucleus, with regular rotation observed within a radius of 400 pc, except for non-circular motions in the nuclear spiral arms. Potential weak outflow attributed to AGN feedback is observed along with a molecular outflow likely due to supernovae feedback at >= 250 pc in the NE direction, connected to a kpc-scale superwind.
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(2021)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Daniel Maschmann, Anaelle Halle, Anne-Laure Melchior, Francoise Combes, Igor V. Chilingarian
Summary: In this paper, synthetic SDSS spectroscopic observations and simulations are used to explore the origin of emission lines with a double-peak shape in galaxies. It is found that the double-peak signature is connected to the central part of the rotation curve and can be created by bars and minor mergers. Major mergers, on the other hand, do not match the observations. Understanding the origin of double-peaks can provide important tools for studying galaxy mass growth in future high redshift surveys.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Daniel A. Dale, Mederic Boquien, Jordan A. Turner, Daniela Calzetti, Robert C. Kennicutt Jr, Janice C. Lee
Summary: This study presents model spectral energy distribution (SED) fits to nearby galaxies using a variety of observational data. The main results show that the majority of SED fits have reduced chi (2) values less than 3, the modeled stellar masses agree with those derived from mid-infrared measurements, the SED-derived star-formation rate averaged over the past 100 Myr is about 88% of the value derived from standard hybrid indicators, and there is a statistically significant inverse relation between the stellar mass fraction appearing in the late burst and the total stellar mass.
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(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, P. Cote, J. C. Cuillandre, L. Ferrarese, S. Gwyn, P. Amram, M. Ayromlou, M. Balogh, G. Bellusci, M. Boquien, G. Gavazzi, G. Hensler, A. Longobardi, D. Nelson, A. Pillepich, J. Roediger, R. Sanchez-Janssen, M. Sun, G. Trinchieri
Summary: This study uses deep narrow-band imaging data obtained from the Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE) to derive the H alpha luminosity function of the Virgo cluster. The results show that the slope and characteristic luminosity of the Schechter function in the H alpha luminosity function vary with the mass, X-ray gas temperature, and dynamical pressure of the system. Comparison with cosmological hydrodynamical simulations suggests that the stripping process in simulated galaxies in these environments is more efficient than observed.
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(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
G. Mountrichas, G. Yang, V. Buat, B. Darvish, M. Boquien, Q. Ni, D. Burgarella, L. Ciesla
Summary: In this study, we investigated the relationship between the cosmic environment and morphology with the star formation and stellar population of galaxies. We found that isolated galaxies with active supermassive black holes have lower star formation rates compared to non-active galaxies. However, in denser environments, moderate luminosity AGNs and non-active galaxies have similar star formation rates. Moreover, the stellar populations and morphology of galaxies vary in different cosmic fields. Non-active galaxies tend to have older stellar populations and are less likely to have undergone recent bursts in denser environments.
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(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ashley. T. Barnes, Elizabeth J. Watkins, Sharon E. Meidt, Kathryn Kreckel, Mattia C. Sormani, Robin G. Tress, Simon C. O. Glover, Frank Bigiel, Rupali Chandar, Eric Emsellem, Janice C. Lee, Adam K. Leroy, Karin M. Sandstrom, Eva Schinnerer, Erik Rosolowsky, Francesco Belfiore, Guillermo A. Blanc, Mederic Boquien, Jakob den Brok, Yixian Cao, Melanie Chevance, Daniel A. Dale, Oleg V. Egorov, Cosima Eibensteiner, Kathryn Grasha, Brent Groves, Hamid Hassani, Jonathan D. Henshaw, Sarah Jeffreson, Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire, Benjamin W. Keller, Ralf S. Klessen, Eric W. Koch, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Kirsten L. Larson, Jing Li, Daizhong Liu, Laura A. Lopez, Eric J. Murphy, Lukas Neumann, Jerome Pety, Francesca Pinna, Miguel Querejeta, Florent Renaud, Toshiki Saito, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary, Amy Sardone, Rowan J. Smith, Sophia K. Stuber, Jiayi Sun, David A. Thilker, Antonio Usero, Bradley C. Whitmore, Thomas G. Williams
Summary: In this study, we present a detailed analysis of bubbles within the nearby star-forming galaxy NGC 628. We find that the ionized gas in the bubbles is brightest in the shells and is coincident with young and massive stellar associations. Kinematic analysis suggests a high expansion speed, indicating sustained stellar feedback as the driving mechanism. This study also suggests that such bubbles are common in other galaxies.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Elizabeth J. Watkins, Ashley T. Barnes, Kiana Henny, Hwihyun Kim, Kathryn Kreckel, Sharon E. Meidt, Ralf S. Klessen, Simon C. O. Glover, Thomas G. Williams, Benjamin W. Keller, Adam K. Leroy, Erik Rosolowsky, Janice C. Lee, Gagandeep S. Anand, Francesco Belfiore, Frank Bigiel, Guillermo A. Blanc, Mederic Boquien, Yixian Cao, Rupali Chandar, Ness Mayker Chen, Melanie Chevance, Enrico Congiu, Daniel A. Dale, Sinan Deger, Oleg V. Egorov, Eric Emsellem, Christopher M. Faesi, Kathryn Grasha, Brent Groves, Hamid Hassani, Jonathan D. Henshaw, Cinthya Herrera, Annie Hughes, Sarah Jeffreson, Maria J. Jimenez-Donaire, Eric W. Koch, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Kirsten L. Larson, Daizhong Liu, Laura A. Lopez, Ismael Pessa, Jerome Pety, Miguel Querejeta, Toshiki Saito, Karin Sandstrom, Fabian Scheuermann, Eva Schinnerer, Mattia C. Sormani, Sophia K. Stuber, David A. Thilker, Antonio Usero, Bradley C. Whitmore
Summary: The first JWST observations of nearby galaxies have revealed a diverse population of bubbles that can be used to study the interaction between stellar feedback and the interstellar medium. The catalog of bubbles in NGC 628, identified through PHANGS-JWST observations, provides insights into the characteristics and distribution of these bubbles. The analysis suggests that bubble mergers are common and that feedback processes play a significant role in regulating the global star formation rate.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ness Mayker Chen, Michael A. Tucker, Nils Hoyer, Saurabh W. Jha, Lindsey A. Kwok, Adam K. Leroy, Erik Rosolowsky, Chris Ashall, Gagandeep Anand, Frank Bigiel, Mederic Boquien, Chris Burns, Daniel Dale, James M. DerKacy, Oleg V. Egorov, L. Galbany, Kathryn Grasha, Hamid Hassani, Peter Hoeflich, Eric Hsiao, Ralf S. Klessen, Laura A. Lopez, Jing Lu, Nidia Morrell, Mariana Orellana, Francesca Pinna, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary, Eva Schinnerer, Melissa Shahbandeh, Maximilian Stritzinger, David A. Thilker, Thomas G. Williams
Summary: We present new photometry of SN 2021aefx in NGC 1566, including the first detection of any Type Ia supernova at >15 μm. We measure the temporal evolution of the emission properties and find a higher decay rate than expected from radioactive decay. This suggests flux shifting to >14 μm, which can be directly tested with future JWST observations.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nils Hoyer, Francesca Pinna, Albrecht W. H. Kamlah, Francisco Nogueras-Lara, Anja Feldmeier-Krause, Nadine Neumayer, Mattia C. Sormani, Mederic Boquien, Eric Emsellem, Anil C. Seth, Ralf S. Klessen, Thomas G. Williams, Eva Schinnerer, Ashley. T. Barnes, Adam K. Leroy, Silvia Bonoli, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Justus Neumann, Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez, Daniel A. Dale, Elizabeth J. Watkins, David A. Thilker, Erik Rosolowsky, Frank Bigiel, Kathryn Grasha, Oleg V. Egorov, Daizhong Liu, Karin M. Sandstrom, Kirsten L. Larson, Guillermo A. Blanc, Hamid Hassani
Summary: We analyze the nuclear star cluster (NSC) of NGC 628, a grand-design spiral galaxy, by combining archival Hubble Space Telescope and new James Webb Space Telescope imaging data. The NSC is located in a cavity lacking dust and gas, and has roughly constant effective radius and ellipticity. Spectral energy distribution fitting suggests a main stellar population age of (8 +/- 3) Gyr and a metallicity of Z= 0.012 +/- 0.006, with no indication of recent star formation.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
M. Jimena Rodriguez, Janice C. Lee, B. C. Whitmore, David A. Thilker, Daniel Maschmann, Rupali Chandar, Sinan Deger, Mederic Boquien, Daniel A. Dale, Kirsten L. Larson, Thomas G. Williams, Hwihyun Kim, Eva Schinnerer, Erik Rosolowsky, Adam K. Leroy, Eric Emsellem, Karin M. Sandstrom, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Kathryn Grasha, Elizabeth J. Watkins, Ashley. T. Barnes, Mattia C. Sormani, Jaeyeon Kim, Gagandeep S. Anand, Melanie Chevance, F. Bigiel, Ralf S. Klessen, Hamid Hassani, Daizhong Liu, Christopher M. Faesi, Yixian Cao, Francesco Belfiore, Ismael Pessa, Kathryn Kreckel, Brent Groves, Jerome Pety, Remy Indebetouw, Oleg V. Egorov, Guillermo A. Blanc, Toshiki Saito, Annie Hughes
Summary: We utilize high-resolution infrared imaging from JWST to study dust-embedded star clusters in nearby galaxies. We identify 67 candidate embedded clusters in NGC 7496, significantly increasing the census of young clusters in this galaxy. This study provides a basis for addressing unsolved problems in star formation and cluster evolution.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mahmoud Hashim, Amr A. El-Zant, Jonathan Freundlich, Justin Read, Francoise Combes
Summary: The cold dark matter (CDM) structure formation faces challenges on small scales, particularly the 'cusp-core' problem. Interactions with baryons, such as feedback or orbiting clumps of gas or stars, can drive CDM out of Galactic Centres. Core formation in a hydrodynamic simulation is interpreted using a theoretical formulation, which characterizes the effects of complex hydrodynamics and 'subgrid physics'. The power spectrum of gaseous fluctuations follows a power law over a range of scales, suitable for a fully turbulent compressible medium.
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(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rongxin Luo, Ming Sun, Pavel Jachym, Will Waldron, Matteo Fossati, Michele Fumagalli, Alessandro Boselli, Francoise Combes, Jeffrey D. P. Kenney, Yuan Li, Max Gronke
Summary: Ram pressure stripping (RPS) is a significant process affecting the evolution of cluster galaxies and their environment. A study of ESO 137-001 and its stripped tails using MUSE mosaic reveals detailed distributions and kinematics of ionized gas and stars. The warm, ionized gas extends to 87 kpc from the galaxy and splits into three tails, showing a velocity gradient perpendicular to the stripping direction. The increased velocity dispersion of the gas is interpreted as the result of oscillations induced by gas flows in the galaxy wake, indicating enhanced turbulence.
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(2023)
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P. Hartley, A. Bonaldi, R. Braun, J. N. H. S. Aditya, S. Aicardi, L. Alegre, A. Chakraborty, X. Chen, S. Choudhuri, A. O. Clarke, J. Coles, J. S. Collinson, D. Cornu, L. Darriba, M. Delli Veneri, J. Forbrich, B. Fraga, A. Galan, J. Garrido, F. Gubanov, H. Hakansson, M. J. Hardcastle, C. Heneka, D. Herranz, K. M. Hess, M. Jagannath, S. Jaiswal, R. J. Jurek, D. Korber, S. Kitaeff, D. Kleiner, B. Lao, X. Lu, A. Mazumder, J. Moldon, R. Mondal, S. Ni, M. Onnheim, M. Parra, N. Patra, A. Peel, P. Salome, S. Sanchez-Exposito, M. Sargent, B. Semelin, P. Serra, A. K. Shaw, A. X. Shen, A. Sjoberg, L. Smith, A. Soroka, V Stolyarov, E. Tolley, M. C. Toribio, J. M. van der Hulst, A. Vafaei Sadr, L. Verdes-Montenegro, T. Westmeier, K. Yu, L. Yu, L. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, A. Alberdi, M. Ashdown, C. R. Bom, M. Brueggen, J. Cannon, R. Chen, F. Combes, J. Conway, F. Courbin, J. Ding, G. Fourestey, J. Freundlich, L. Gao, C. Gheller, Q. Guo, E. Gustavsson, M. Jirstrand, M. G. Jones, G. Jozsa, P. Kamphuis, J-P Kneib, M. Lindqvist, B. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. Mao, A. Marchal, I Marquez, A. Meshcheryakov, M. Olberg, N. Oozeer, M. Pandey-Pommier, W. Pei, B. Peng, J. Sabater, A. Sorgho, J. L. Starck, C. Tasse, A. Wang, Y. Wang, H. Xi, X. Yang, H. Zhang, J. Zhang, M. Zhao, S. Zuo
Summary: The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will explore the radio sky to conduct transformational science, with large and complex data products that require advanced analysis techniques. SKAO is conducting Science Data Challenges to familiarize the scientific community with the data and drive the development of new analysis techniques. Challenge 2 saw over 100 participants develop new techniques, with the winning strategy combining predictions from two machine learning techniques to achieve a 20% improvement in overall performance.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jia Wei Teh, Kathryn Grasha, Mark R. Krumholz, Andrew J. Battisti, Daniela Calzetti, Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, Carter Rhea, Angela Adamo, Robert C. Kennicutt, Eva K. Grebel, David O. Cook, Francoise Combes, Matteo Messa, Sean T. Linden, Ralf S. Klessen, Jose M. Vilchez, Michele Fumagalli, Anna McLeod, Linda J. Smith, Laurent Chemin, Junfeng Wang, Elena Sabbi, Elena Sacchi, Andreea Petric, Lorenza Della Bruna, Alessandro Boselli
Summary: This work presents a seminovel method to estimate the escape fraction of ionizing photons by combining star cluster photometry with H II region observations in NGC 628. The study finds an escape fraction of f(esc) = 0.09+0.06-0.06 across a sample of 42 H II regions, and suggests a possible correlation between the escape fraction and emission lines [O II]/[N II] and [O II]/H beta.
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(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
A. Boselli, P. Serra, F. de Gasperin, B. Vollmer, P. Amram, H. W. Edler, M. Fossati, G. Consolandi, P. Cote, J. C. Cuillandre, L. Ferrarese, S. Gwyn, J. Postma, M. Boquien, J. Braine, F. Combes, G. Gavazzi, G. Hensler, M. A. Miville-Deschenes, M. Murgia, J. Roediger, Y. Roehlly, R. Smith, H. X. Zhang, N. Zabel
Summary: We present the first results of a pilot observation using the MeerKAT radio telescope for the ViCTORIA project. High-quality data allowed us to detect an extended low column density H I gas tail associated with the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4523. This tail suggests that the galaxy is experiencing hydrodynamic interaction with the surrounding hot intracluster medium.
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
(2023)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Connor Auge, David Sanders, Ezequiel Treister, C. Megan Urry, Allison Kirkpatrick, Nico Cappelluti, Tonima Tasnim Ananna, Mederic Boquien, Mislav Balokovic, Francesca Civano, Brandon Coleman, Aritra Ghosh, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Michael Koss, Stephanie Lamassa, Stefano Marchesi, Alessandro Peca, Meredith Powell, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Tracey Jane Turner
Summary: This study presents spectral energy distributions of X-ray-luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in different wavelengths and explores the correlation between different features. The results suggest that the strengths of UV and MIR emission play a significant role in determining the shape of the SEDs, and propose an evolutionary scenario for AGNs.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
(2023)