Astrophysics

Authors and titles for October 2016

[901] arXiv:1610.07704 [pdf, other]

Title: Ludendorff Coronal Flattening Index of the Total Solar Eclipse on March 9, 2016

Tiar Dani, Rhorom Priyatikanto, Abdul Rachman

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, presented in the International Symposium on Sun, Earth, and Life

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[902] arXiv:1610.07744 [pdf, other]

Title: The galaxy counterpart of the high-metallicity and 16 kpc impact parameter DLA towards Q0918+1636 - a challenge to galaxy formation models?

J. Sommer-Larsen, J.P.U. Fynbo (Dark Cosmology Centre, NBI, Univ. of Copenhagen)

Comments: 22 pages, 24 figures, MNRAS in press

Journal-ref: MNRAS, 464, 2441 (2017)

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[903] arXiv:1610.07783 [pdf, other]

Title: GMRT observations of IC 711 -- The longest head-tail radio galaxy known

Shweta Srivastava, Ashok K. Singal

Comments: 15 pages. 12 figures, 3 tables, accepted in MNRAS

Journal-ref: MNRAS, 493, 3811-3824, 2020

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[904] arXiv:1610.07785 [pdf, other]

Title: Reconstruction of real-space linear matter power spectrum from multipoles of BOSS DR12 results

Seokcheon Lee

Comments: 15 pages, 5 figures, To match the version to be published in JCAP

Journal-ref: JCAP02, 039 (2018)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[905] arXiv:1610.07799 [pdf, other]

Title: A propelling neutron star in the enigmatic Be-star $\gamma$~Cassiopeia

K. Postnov (SAI MSU), L. Oskinova (U. Potsdam), J. M. Torrejón (U. Alicante)

Comments: 6 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[906] arXiv:1610.07802 [pdf, other]

Title: Reaching sub-milimag photometric precision on Beta Pictoris with a nanosat: the PicSat mission

M. Nowak, S. Lacour, V. Lapeyrère, L. David, A. Crouzier, C. Dufoing, H. Faiz, T. Lemoult, P. Trebuchet

Comments: 7 pages, 6 figures

Journal-ref: Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9904, id. 99044L 7 pp. (2016)

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

[907] arXiv:1610.07811 [pdf, other]

Title: The Role of Disc Self-Gravity in Circumbinary Planet Systems: I. Disc Structure and Evolution

Matthew M. Mutter, Arnaud Pierens, Richard P. Nelson

Comments: 18 pages, 18 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[908] arXiv:1610.07818 [pdf, other]

Title: A centrally heated dark halo for our Galaxy

David R. Cole, James Binney

Comments: 14 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[909] arXiv:1610.07819 [pdf, other]

Title: Lepton acceleration in the vicinity of the event horizon: High-energy and Very-high-energy emissions from rotating black holes with various masses

Kouichi Hirotani, Hung-Yi Pu, Lupin Chun-Che Lin, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, Makoto Inoue, Albert K. H Kong, Satoki Matsushita, Pak-Hin T. Tam

Comments: 17 pages, 28 figures; accepted for publication in ApJ

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[910] arXiv:1610.07831 [pdf, other]

Title: Another look at the size of the low-surface brightness galaxy VCC 1661 in the Virgo Cluster

Andreas Koch, Christine S. Black, R. Michael Rich, Francis A. Longstaff, Michelle L.M. Collins, Joachim Janz

Comments: 8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomische Nachrichten

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[911] arXiv:1610.07840 [pdf, other]

Title: On the Connection of Gamma-Ray Bursts and X-Ray Flashes in the BATSE and RHESSI Databases

Jakub Řípa, Attila Mészáros

Comments: 29 pages, 14 figures, 10 tables, accepted in Astrophysics and Space Science

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[912] arXiv:1610.07847 [pdf, other]

Title: Unified description of dark energy and dark matter in mimetic matter model

Jiro Matsumoto

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[913] arXiv:1610.07859 [pdf, other]

Title: Excess C/O and C/H in outer protoplanetary disk gas

Karin I. Oberg, Edwin A. Bergin

Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJL. 5 pages, including 3 figures

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[914] arXiv:1610.07871 [pdf, other]

Title: Energy spectra of X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations in the Lense-Thirring precession model

Piotr T. Zycki, Chris Done, Adam Ingram

Comments: MNRAS, submitted

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[915] arXiv:1610.07875 [pdf, other]

Title: Mpc-scale diffuse radio emission in two massive cool-core clusters of galaxies

Martin W. Sommer, Kaustuv Basu, Huib Intema, Florian Pacaud, Annalisa Bonafede, Arif Babul, Frank Bertoldi

Comments: MNRAS submitted, first referee comments incorporated

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[916] arXiv:1610.07895 [pdf, other]

Title: The MiMeS survey of magnetism in massive stars: Magnetic analysis of the O-type stars

J.H. Grunhut, G.A. Wade, C. Neiner, M.E. Oksala, V. Petit, E. Alecian, D.A. Bohlender, J.-C. Bouret, H.F. Henrichs, G.A.J. Hussain, O. Kochukhov, the MiMeS Collaboration

Comments: Accepted by MNRAS

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[917] arXiv:1610.07906 [pdf, other]

Title: The Mid-Infrared Polarization of the Herbig Ae Star WL 16: An Interstellar Origin?

Han Zhang, Charles M. Telesco, Eric Pantin, Dan Li, Christopher M. Wright, Naibí Mariñas, Peter Barnes, Aigen Li, Christopher Packham

Comments: 9 pages, 8 figures, Accepted in MNRAS

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[918] arXiv:1610.07920 [pdf, other]

Title: Evolution of density and velocity profiles of dark matter and dark energy in spherical voids

Bohdan Novosyadlyj, Maksym Tsizh, Yurij Kulinich

Comments: 11 pages, 7 figures, 1 table; typos and references corrected

Journal-ref: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465, 482-491 (2017)

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[919] arXiv:1610.07947 [pdf, other]

Title: What produces the far-infrared/submm emission in the most luminous QSOs?

Myrto Symeonidis (MSSL-UCL)

Comments: 8 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[920] arXiv:1610.07953 [pdf, other]

Title: A reconnection-driven model of the hard X-ray loop-top source from flare 2004-Feb-26

Dana Longcope, Jiong Qiu, Jasmine Brewer

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[921] arXiv:1610.07955 [pdf, other]

Title: Gravitational Waves from Pulsars and Their Braking Indices: The Role of a Time Dependent Magnetic Ellipticity

José C. N. de Araujo, Jaziel G. Coelho, César A. Costa

Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1607.05315

Journal-ref: 2016 ApJ 831 35

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[922] arXiv:1610.07956 [pdf, other]

Title: Multi-D magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pulsar wind nebulae: recent progress and open questions

B. Olmi, L. Del Zanna, E. Amato, N. Bucciantini, A. Mignone

Comments: 30 pages, 12 figures

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[923] arXiv:1610.07963 [pdf, other]

Title: The Puzzling Detection of X-rays From Pluto by Chandra

C. M. Lisse, R. L. McNutt Jr., S. J. Wolk, F. Bagenal, S. A. Stern, G. R. Gladstone, T. E. Cravens, M. E. Hill, P. Kollmann, H. A. Weaver, D. F. Strobel, H. A. Elliott, D. J. McComas, R.P. Binzel, B.T. Snios, A. Bhardwaj, A. Chutjian, L. A. Young, C.B. Olkin, K.A. Ennico

Comments: 17 Pages, 3 Figures, 2 Tables Key words: Pluto, Chandra, Atmospheres, Coma, Solar Wind, Charge Exchange Spectroscopy, X-rays

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)

[924] arXiv:1610.07966 [pdf, other]

Title: Chandra Characterization of X-ray Emission in the Young F-Star Binary System HD 113766

C.M. Lisse, D.J. Christian, S.J. Wolk, H.M. Günther, C.H. Chen, C.A. Grady

Comments: 23 Pages, 3 Figures Key words: X-rays: stars; techniques: spectroscopic; stars: planetary systems: formation, debris disks; astrochemistry

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[925] arXiv:1610.07977 [pdf, other]

Title: Spectator Higgs, large-scale gauge fields and the non-minimal coupling to gravity

Massimo Giovannini

Comments: 24 pages, 3 figures; to appear in Phys. Rev. D

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

[926] arXiv:1610.08001 [pdf, other]

Title: Solar Spectral Irradiance Variability in Cycle 24: Observations and Models

S. V. Marchenko, M. T. DeLand, J. L. Lean

Comments: Accepted for publication in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC) 19 pp., 6 figures

Journal-ref: Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 2016

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[927] arXiv:1610.08016 [pdf, other]

Title: Does a Differentiated, Carbonate-Rich, Rocky Object Pollute the White Dwarf SDSSJ104341.53+085558.2?

Carl Melis, P. Dufour

Comments: 15 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in ApJ

Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[928] arXiv:1610.08029 [pdf, other]

Title: Constraints on the optical depth of galaxy groups and clusters

Samuel Flender, Daisuke Nagai, Michael McDonald

Comments: Journal version

Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 837 (2017) no.2, 124

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[929] arXiv:1610.08043 [pdf, other]

Title: On the stability of a space vehicle riding on an intense laser beam

H. Popova, M. Efendiev, I. Gabitov

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

[930] arXiv:1610.08047 [pdf, other]

Title: Of Mountains and Molehills : Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars

Sushan Konar, Dipanjan Mukherjee, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Prakash Sarkar

Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures, accepted in PRD

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 94 104036 (2016)

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[931] arXiv:1610.08054 [pdf, other]

Title: Unifying Type II Supernova Light Curves with Dense Circumstellar Material

Viktoriya Morozova, Anthony L. Piro, Stefano Valenti

Comments: 9 pages, 7 figures, submitted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[932] arXiv:1610.08055 [pdf, other]

Title: The Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Cannot be Dominantly Protons from Steady Sources

Ke Fang, Kumiko Kotera

Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure; to appear in ApJ Letters

Journal-ref: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 832, Number 1, Published 2016 November 16

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[933] arXiv:1610.08056 [pdf, other]

Title: Constraints on the bulk Lorentz factor of Gamma-Ray Burst jets from Fermi/LAT upper limits

L. Nava, R. Desiante, F. Longo, A. Celotti, N. Omodei, G. Vianello, E. Bissaldi, T. Piran

Comments: Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[934] arXiv:1610.08058 [pdf, other]

Title: Evidence for strong evolution in galaxy environmental quenching efficiency between z = 1.6 and z = 0.9

Julie B. Nantais, Adam Muzzin, Remco F. J. van der Burg, Gillian Wilson, Chris Lidman, Ryan Foltz, Andrew DeGroot, Allison Noble, Michael C. Cooper, Ricardo Demarco

Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for MNRAS Letters

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[935] arXiv:1610.08061 [pdf, other]

Title: A new catalog of homogenised absorption line indices for Milky Way globular clusters from high-resolution integrated spectroscopy

Hak-Sub Kim, Jaeil Cho, Ray M. Sharples, Alexandre Vazdekis, Michael A. Beasley, Suk-Jin Yoon

Comments: 21 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJS

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[936] arXiv:1610.08065 [pdf, other]

Title: Molecular gas properties of a lensed star-forming galaxy at z~3.6: a case study

M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, M. Zamojski, W. Rujopakarn, J. Richard, P. Sklias, D. Schaerer, F. Combes, H. Ebeling, T. D. Rawle, E. Egami, F. Boone, B. Clément, J.-P. Kneib, K. Nyland, G. Walth

Comments: 18 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables. Revised version accepted for publication in A&A

Journal-ref: A&A 605, A81 (2017)

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[937] arXiv:1610.08071 [pdf, other]

Title: BONNSAI: correlated stellar observables in Bayesian methods

F.R.N. Schneider, N. Castro, L. Fossati, N. Langer, A. de Koter

Comments: 15 pages, 10 figures; accepted for publication in A&A

Journal-ref: A&A 598, A60 (2017)

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

[938] arXiv:1610.08092 [pdf, other]

Title: Observations of the X-ray pulsar LMC X-4 with NuSTAR: limit on the magnetic field and tomography of the system in the fluorescent iron line

A.E.Shtykovsky, A.A.Lutovinov, V.A.Arefiev, S.V.Molkov, S.S.Tsygankov

Comments: 16 pages, 8 figures, 2 Tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[939] arXiv:1610.08102 [pdf, other]

Title: The outburst of the X-ray nova GRS 1739-278 in September, 2016

I.A. Mereminskiy (1), E.V. Filippova (1), R.A. Krivonos (1), S.A. Grebenev (1), R.A. Burenin (1), R.A. Sunyaev (1 and 2) ((1) Space Research Institute RAS, (2) Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)

Comments: Accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters, 2017, 43, 3

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[940] arXiv:1610.08125 [pdf, other]

Title: Revised Geometric Estimates of the North Galactic Pole and the Sun's Height Above the Galactic Midplane

Md Tanveer Karim, Eric Mamajek

Comments: Accepted for publication in the MNRAS. 13 pages, 7 figures

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[941] arXiv:1610.08130 [pdf, other]

Title: The highly ionized, high velocity gas in NGC 6231

Derck Massa

Comments: 9 pages, 6 figures

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[942] arXiv:1610.08139 [pdf, other]

Title: Neutron stars in the light of SKA: Data, statistics, and science

Mihir Arjunwadkar, Akanksha Kashikar, Manjari Bagchi

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Applications (stat.AP)

[943] arXiv:1610.08149 [pdf, other]

Title: Undercover EUV Solar Jets Observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

N.-H. Chen, D. E. Innes

Comments: Accepted for publication in ApJ, 6 fiugres

Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)

[944] arXiv:1610.08174 [pdf, other]

Title: From Nearby Low Luminosity AGN to High Redshift Radio Galaxies: Science Interests with SKA

P. Kharb (NCRA-TIFR, IIA), D. V. Lal (NCRA), V. Singh (PRL), J. Bagchi (IUCAA), C. H. Ishwara Chandra (NCRA), A. Hota (CBS), C. Konar (Amity Univ), Y. Wadadekar (NCRA), P. Shastri (IIA), M. Das (IIA), K. Baliyan (PRL), B. B. Nath (RRI), M. Pandey-Pommier (Univ Lyon)

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)

[945] arXiv:1610.08175 [pdf, other]

Title: Neutron Star Physics in the Square Kilometer Array Era : An Indian Perspective

Sushan Konar, Manjari Bagchi, Debades Bandyopadhyay, Sarmistha Banik, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Sudip Bhattacharyya, R. T. Gangadhara, A. Gopakumar, Yashwant Gupta, B. C. Joshi, Yogesh Maan, Chandreyee Maitra, Dipanjan Mukherjee, Archana Pai, Biswajit Paul, Alak K. Ray, Firoza K. Sutaria

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Journal-ref: J. Astrophys. Astr. 37 36 (2016)

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[946] arXiv:1610.08176 [pdf, other]

Title: Probing statistical isotropy of cosmological radio sources using SKA

Shamik Ghosh, Pankaj Jain, Gopal Kashyap, Rahul Kothari, Sharvari Nadkarni-Ghosh, Prabhakar Tiwari

Comments: 19 pages, To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Journal-ref: Astrophys Astron (2016) 37: 25

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[947] arXiv:1610.08177 [pdf, other]

Title: Probing individual sources during reionization and cosmic dawn using SKA HI 21-cm observations

Kanan K. Datta (Presidency Univ., Kolkata), Raghunath Ghara (NCRA-TIFR, Pune), Suman Majumdar (Imperial College, London), T. Roy Choudhury (NCRA-TIFR, Pune), Somnath Bharadwaj (IIT Kharagpur), Himadri Roy (Presidency Univ., Kolkata), Abhirup Datta (IIT Indore)

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[948] arXiv:1610.08178 [pdf, other]

Title: Explosive and radio-selected Transients: Transient Astronomy with SKA and its Precursors

Poonam Chandra, G. C. Anupama, K. G. Arun, Shabnam Iyyani, Kuntal Misra, D. Narasimha, Alak Ray, L. Resmi, Subhashis Roy, Firoza Sutaria

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective". Minor revisions made

Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

[949] arXiv:1610.08179 [pdf, other]

Title: Modelling the 21 cm Signal From the Epoch of Reionization and Cosmic Dawn

T. Roy Choudhury, Kanan Datta, Suman Majumdar, Raghunath Ghara, Aseem Paranjape, Rajesh Mondal, Somnath Bharadwaj, Saumyadip Samui

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)

[950] arXiv:1610.08180 [pdf, other]

Title: Line of sight anisotropies in the Cosmic Dawn and EoR 21-cm power spectrum

Suman Majumdar, Kanan K. Datta, Raghunath Ghara, Rajesh Mondal, T. Roy Choudhury, Somnath Bharadwaj, Sk. Saiyad Ali, Abhirup Datta

Comments: To appear in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JOAA) special issue on "Science with the SKA: an Indian perspective"

Journal-ref: Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, (December, 2016), Volume 37, Issue 4, article id.32, 21 pp

Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)