CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides) (2016)
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Van Loon. (2016). CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2871 - 2876. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw352

We present observations of CK Vul obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared spectrum reveals a warm dust continuum with nebular, molecular hydrogen and HCN lines superimposed, together with the ‘Unidentified Infrared’ features. The nebu... Read More about CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides).

Detection of a second high-velocity component in the highly ionized wind from PG 1211+143 (2016)
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(2016). Detection of a second high-velocity component in the highly ionized wind from PG 1211+143. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2951 -2957. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw165

An extended XMM–Newton observation of the luminous narrow line Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143 in 2014 has revealed a more complex highly ionized, high-velocity outflow.
The detection of previously unresolved spectral structure in Fe K absorption finds a... Read More about Detection of a second high-velocity component in the highly ionized wind from PG 1211+143.

Exploring the crowded central region of ten Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs Variable star searches and new discoveries (2016)
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Figuera Jaimes, R., Bramich, D., Skottfelt, J., Kains, N., Jørgensen, U., Horne, K., …MiNDSTEp Consortium, T. (2016). Exploring the crowded central region of ten Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs Variable star searches and new discoveries. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 588, Article A128. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527641

Aims. We aim to obtain time-series photometry of the very crowded central regions of Galactic globular clusters; to obtain better angular resolution thanhas been previously achieved with conventional CCDs on ground-based telescopes; and to complete,... Read More about Exploring the crowded central region of ten Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs Variable star searches and new discoveries.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Dynamical analysis of the L1688 region in Ophiuchus (2016)
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Jeffries, R., & Wright, N. J. (2016). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Dynamical analysis of the L1688 region in Ophiuchus. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527253

The Gaia ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey (GES) is providing the astronomical community with high-precision measurements of many stellar parameters including radial velocities (RVs) of stars belonging to several young clusters and star-forming regions... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Dynamical analysis of the L1688 region in Ophiuchus.

Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. Viii. Identification Of False Positive Eclipsing Binaries And Re-extraction Of New Light Curves (2016)
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Abdul-Masih, M., Prša, A., Conroy, K., Bloemen, S., Boyajian, T., Doyle, L. R., …Southworth, J. (2016). Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. Viii. Identification Of False Positive Eclipsing Binaries And Re-extraction Of New Light Curves. Astronomical Journal, 151(4), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/4/101

The Kepler mission has provided unprecedented, nearly continuous photometric data of ~200,000 objects in the ~105 deg2 field of view (FOV) from the beginning of science operations in May of 2009 until the loss of the second reaction wheel in May of 2... Read More about Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. Viii. Identification Of False Positive Eclipsing Binaries And Re-extraction Of New Light Curves.

Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry (vol 555, pg A36, 2013) (2016)
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Kains, N., Bramich, D. M., Arellano Ferro, A., Figuera Jaimes, R., Jørgensen, U. G., Giridhar, S., …consortium, T. M. (2016). Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry (vol 555, pg A36, 2013). Astronomy & Astrophysics, 588, Article C2. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321819e

Aims. We present the analysis of 26 nights of V and I time-series observations from 2011 and 2012 of the globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099). We used our data to search for variable stars in this cluster and refine the periods of known variables; we the... Read More about Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry (vol 555, pg A36, 2013).

New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. Spectroscopic confirmation of near-infrared selected candidates (2016)
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Van Loon. (2016). New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. Spectroscopic confirmation of near-infrared selected candidates. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527398

Context. Quasi-stellar objects (quasars) located behind nearby galaxies provide an excellent absolute reference system for astrometric studies, but they are difficult to identify because of fore- and background contamination. Deep wide-field, high an... Read More about New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds. Spectroscopic confirmation of near-infrared selected candidates.

X-ray timing analysis of the quasar PG 1211+143 (2016)
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(2016). X-ray timing analysis of the quasar PG 1211+143. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 38 -50. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2896

We report on a timing analysis of a new ~630?ks XMM–Newton observation of the quasar, PG 1211+143. We find a well-defined X-ray power spectrum with a well-detected bend at ~7 × 10-5?Hz, consistent with the established tbend–MBH correlation for lumino... Read More about X-ray timing analysis of the quasar PG 1211+143.

Buckling of a spherical shell under external pressure and inward concentrated load: asymptotic solution (2016)
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Evkin, A., Kolesnikov, M., & Prikazchikov, D. A. (2016). Buckling of a spherical shell under external pressure and inward concentrated load: asymptotic solution. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 22(6), 1425-1437. https://doi.org/10.1177/1081286516635872

An asymptotic solution is suggested for a thin isotropic spherical shell subject to uniform external pressure and concentrated load. The pressure is the main load and a concentrated lateral load is considered as a perturbation that decreases buckling... Read More about Buckling of a spherical shell under external pressure and inward concentrated load: asymptotic solution.

Spitzer Observations Of Ogle-2015-blg-1212 Reveal A New Path Toward Breaking Strong Microlens Degeneracies (2016)
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Bozza, V., Shvartzvald, Y., Udalski, A., Calchi Novati, S., Bond, I., Han, C., …Kaspi, S. (2016). Spitzer Observations Of Ogle-2015-blg-1212 Reveal A New Path Toward Breaking Strong Microlens Degeneracies. Astrophysical Journal, 820(1), Article 79. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/820/1/79

Spitzer microlensing parallax observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 decisively break a degeneracy between planetary and binary solutions that is somewhat ambiguous when only ground-based data are considered. Only eight viable models survive out of an in... Read More about Spitzer Observations Of Ogle-2015-blg-1212 Reveal A New Path Toward Breaking Strong Microlens Degeneracies.

An optical transmission spectrum of the giant planet WASP-36 b (2016)
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Mancini, L., Kemmer, J., Southworth, J., Bott, K., Mollière, P., Ciceri, S., …Th. Henning. (2016). An optical transmission spectrum of the giant planet WASP-36 b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(2), 1393 -1402. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw659

We present broad-band photometry of five transits in the planetary system WASP-36, totalling 17 high-precision light curves. Four of the transits were simultaneously observed in four passbands (g', r', i', z'), using the telescope-defocusing techniqu... Read More about An optical transmission spectrum of the giant planet WASP-36 b.

Impact of the first-forbidden ß decay on the production of A ~ 195 r-process peak (2016)
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(2016). Impact of the first-forbidden ß decay on the production of A ~ 195 r-process peak. Physics Letters B, 273-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.025

We investigated the effects of first-forbidden transitions in ß decays on the production of the r-process peak. The theoretical calculated ß-decay rates with ß-delayed neutron emission were examined using several astrophysical conditions. As the FF... Read More about Impact of the first-forbidden ß decay on the production of A ~ 195 r-process peak.

Multi-parametric analysis of strongly inhomogeneous periodic waveguides with internal cutoff frequencies (2016)
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Kaplunov. (2016). Multi-parametric analysis of strongly inhomogeneous periodic waveguides with internal cutoff frequencies. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 3381-3392. https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.3900

In this paper, we consider periodic waveguides in the shape of a inhomogeneous string or beam partially supported by a uniform elastic Winkler foundation. A multi-parametric analysis is developed to take into account the presence of internal cutoff f... Read More about Multi-parametric analysis of strongly inhomogeneous periodic waveguides with internal cutoff frequencies.

Spitzer Parallax Of Ogle-2015-blg-0966: A Cold Neptune In The Galactic Disk (2016)
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Street, R., Udalski, A., Calchi Novati, S., Hundertmark, M., Zhu, W., Gould, A., …Shin, I. (2016). Spitzer Parallax Of Ogle-2015-blg-0966: A Cold Neptune In The Galactic Disk. Astrophysical Journal, 819(2), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/819/2/93

We report the detection of a cold Neptune mplanet = 21 ± 2 M? orbiting a 0.38 M? M dwarf lying 2.5–3.3 kpc toward the Galactic center as part of a campaign combining ground-based and Spitzer observations to measure the Galactic distribution of planet... Read More about Spitzer Parallax Of Ogle-2015-blg-0966: A Cold Neptune In The Galactic Disk.

Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. Vii. The Catalog Of Eclipsing Binaries Found In The Entire Kepler Data Set (2016)
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Kirk, B., Conroy, K., Prša, A., Abdul-Masih, M., Kochoska, A., Matijevič, G., …Borucki, W. (2016). Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. Vii. The Catalog Of Eclipsing Binaries Found In The Entire Kepler Data Set. Astronomical Journal, 151(3), Article 68. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/68

The Kepler mission has provided unprecedented, nearly continuous photometric data of ~200,000 objects in the ~105 deg2 field of view (FOV) from the beginning of science operations in May of 2009 until the loss of the second reaction wheel in May of 2... Read More about Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. Vii. The Catalog Of Eclipsing Binaries Found In The Entire Kepler Data Set.

KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY STARS. VII. THE CATALOG OF ECLIPSING BINARIES FOUND IN THE ENTIRE KEPLER DATA SET (2016)
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Kirk, B., Conroy, K., Prsa, A., Abdul-Masih, M., Kochoska, A., Matijevic, G., …Borucki, W. (2016). KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY STARS. VII. THE CATALOG OF ECLIPSING BINARIES FOUND IN THE ENTIRE KEPLER DATA SET. Astronomical Journal, 151(3), Article ARTN 68. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/68

The primary Kepler Mission provided nearly continuous monitoring of ∼200,000 objects with unprecedented photometric precision. We present the final catalog of eclipsing binary systems within the 105 deg2 Kepler field of view. This release incorporate... Read More about KEPLER ECLIPSING BINARY STARS. VII. THE CATALOG OF ECLIPSING BINARIES FOUND IN THE ENTIRE KEPLER DATA SET.

Dynamical evolution of star forming regions - II. Basic kinematics (2016)
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Parker, R. J., & Wright, N. J. (2016). Dynamical evolution of star forming regions - II. Basic kinematics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3430-3447. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw087

We follow the dynamical evolution of young star-forming regions with a wide range of initial conditions and examine how the radial velocity dispersion, $\sigma$, evolves over time. We compare this velocity dispersion to the theoretically expected val... Read More about Dynamical evolution of star forming regions - II. Basic kinematics.

SuperWASP discovery and SALT confirmation of a semi-detached eclipsing binary that contains a delta Scuti star (2016)
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Smalley. (2016). SuperWASP discovery and SALT confirmation of a semi-detached eclipsing binary that contains a delta Scuti star. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526881

Aims. We searched the SuperWASP archive for objects that display multiply periodic photometric variations.

Methods. Specifically we sought evidence for eclipsing binary stars that display a further non-harmonically related signal in their power sp... Read More about SuperWASP discovery and SALT confirmation of a semi-detached eclipsing binary that contains a delta Scuti star.

Short term X-ray spectral variability of the quasar PDS 456 observed in a low flux state (2016)
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(2016). Short term X-ray spectral variability of the quasar PDS 456 observed in a low flux state. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1311-1329. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw354

We present an analysis of the 2013 Suzaku campaign on the nearby luminous quasar PDS 456, covering a total duration of ~1 Ms and a net exposure of 455 ks. During these observations, the X-ray flux was suppressed by a factor of >10 in the soft X-ray b... Read More about Short term X-ray spectral variability of the quasar PDS 456 observed in a low flux state.

Erratum: A detailed census of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 6333 (M9) from CCD differential photometry (2016)
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Arellano Ferro, A., Bramich, D., Figuera Jaimes, R., Giridhar, S., Kains, N., Kuppuswamy, K., …consortium, T. M. (2016). Erratum: A detailed census of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 6333 (M9) from CCD differential photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(2), 1188 - 1189. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw311

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