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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume 656 (December 2021)
Solar Orbiter First Results (Cruise Phase)
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First near-relativistic solar electron events observed by EPD onboard Solar Orbiter L3
Published online: 14 December 2021
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Extreme-UV quiet Sun brightenings observed by the Solar Orbiter/EUI L4
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Quiet-time low energy ion spectra observed on Solar Orbiter during solar minimum L5
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Solar origins of a strong stealth CME detected by Solar Orbiter L6
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Transient small-scale brightenings in the quiet solar corona: A model for campfires observed with Solar Orbiter L7
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Solar Orbiter observations of the structure of reconnection outflow layers in the solar wind L8
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Evidence for local particle acceleration in the first recurrent galactic cosmic ray depression observed by Solar Orbiter - The ion event on 19 June 2020 L10
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The long period of 3He-rich solar energetic particles measured by Solar Orbiter 2020 November 17–23 L11
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Solar energetic particle heavy ion properties in the widespread event of 2020 November 29 L12
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Capturing transient plasma flows and jets in the solar corona L13
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The first coronal mass ejection observed in both visible-light and UV H I Ly-α channels of the Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter L14
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Propagating brightenings in small loop-like structures in the quiet-Sun corona: Observations from Solar Orbiter/EUI L16
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Radial evolution of the April 2020 stealth coronal mass ejection between 0.8 and 1 AU - Comparison of Forbush decreases at Solar Orbiter and near the Earth A1
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Turbulence and wave transmission at an ICME-driven shock observed by the Solar Orbiter and Wind A3
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STIX X-ray microflare observations during the Solar Orbiter commissioning phase A4
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Study of two interacting interplanetary coronal mass ejections encountered by Solar Orbiter during its first perihelion passage - Observations and modeling A5
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Multi-spacecraft observations of the structure of the sheath of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection and related energetic ion enhancement A8
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Solar wind current sheets and deHoffmann-Teller analysis - First results from Solar Orbiter’s DC electric field measurements A9
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Deriving the bulk properties of solar wind electrons observed by Solar Orbiter - A preliminary study of electron plasma thermodynamics A10
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Solar Orbiter’s first Venus flyby - MAG observations of structures and waves associated with the induced Venusian magnetosphere A11
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Solar Orbiter observations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the solar wind A12
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Multi-point analysis of coronal mass ejection flux ropes using combined data from Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, and Wind A13
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First-year ion-acoustic wave observations in the solar wind by the RPW/TDS instrument on board Solar Orbiter A14
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Cosmic-ray flux predictions and observations for and with Metis on board Solar Orbiter A15
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Statistical study of electron density turbulence and ion-cyclotron waves in the inner heliosphere: Solar Orbiter observations A16
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Observations of whistler mode waves by Solar Orbiter’s RPW Low Frequency Receiver (LFR): In-flight performance and first results A17
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Solar Orbiter’s first Venus flyby: Observations from the Radio and Plasma Wave instrument A18
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Density fluctuations associated with turbulence and waves - First observations by Solar Orbiter A19
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The first widespread solar energetic particle event observed by Solar Orbiter on 2020 November 29 A20
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First Solar Orbiter observation of the Alfvénic slow wind and identification of its solar source A21
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First year of energetic particle measurements in the inner heliosphere with Solar Orbiter’s Energetic Particle Detector A22
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Kinetic electrostatic waves and their association with current structures in the solar wind A23
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Whistler waves observed by Solar Orbiter/RPW between 0.5 AU and 1 AU A24
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Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves – Time Domain Sampler: In-flight performance and first results A26
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Solar Orbiter observations of an ion-scale flux rope confined to a bifurcated solar wind current sheet A27
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The angular-momentum flux in the solar wind observed during Solar Orbiter’s first orbit A28
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PSP/IS⊙IS observations of the 29 November 2020 solar energetic particle event A29
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First dust measurements with the Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Wave instrument A30
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Whistler instability driven by the sunward electron deficit in the solar wind - High-cadence Solar Orbiter observations A31
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First light observations of the solar wind in the outer corona with the Metis coronagraph A32
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Solar Orbiter/RPW antenna calibration in the radio domain and its application to type III burst observations A33
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Simulations of radio-wave anisotropic scattering to interpret type III radio burst data from Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe, STEREO, and Wind A34
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Stereoscopy of extreme UV quiet Sun brightenings observed by Solar Orbiter/EUI A35
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Multiscale views of an Alfvénic slow solar wind: 3D velocity distribution functions observed by the Proton-Alpha Sensor of Solar Orbiter A36
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Magnetic reconnection as a mechanism to produce multiple thermal proton populations and beams locally in the solar wind A37
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First observations from the SPICE EUV spectrometer on Solar Orbiter A38
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Solar Orbiter’s encounter with the tail of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS): Magnetic field draping and cometary pick-up ion waves A39
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Switchback-like structures observed by Solar Orbiter A40
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First observations and performance of the RPW instrument on board the Solar Orbiter mission A41
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Letters to the Editor
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The fast radio burst FRB 20201124A in a star-forming region: Constraints to the progenitor and multiwavelength counterparts L15
Published online: 09 December 2021
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C60+ diffuse interstellar band correlations and environmental variations L17
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Inference of electric currents in the solar photosphere L20
Published online: 17 December 2021
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Discovery of HCCCO and C5O in TMC-1 with the QUIJOTE line survey L21
Published online: 17 December 2021
Astrophysical processes
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Study of PVI-based diagnostics for 1D time-series in space plasma A43
Published online: 02 December 2021
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Tracking the evolution of the accretion flow in MAXI J1820+070 during its hard state with the JED-SAD model A63
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Formation of giant plasmoids at the pulsar wind termination shock: A possible origin of the inner-ring knots in the Crab Nebula A91
Published online: 06 December 2021
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Fitting strategies of accretion column models and application to the broadband spectrum of Cen X-3 A105
Published online: 08 December 2021
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Evolution patterns of the peak energy in the GRB prompt emission A134
Published online: 15 December 2021
Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)
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Deep Chandra observations of merging galaxy cluster ZwCl 2341+0000 A59
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Galaxy mock catalogs for BAO analysis A106
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Discovery of a multiphase O VI and O VII absorber in the circumgalactic/intergalactic transition region A107
Published online: 09 December 2021
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A fully data-driven algorithm for accurate shear estimation A135
Published online: 15 December 2021
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The Cosmic Large-Scale Structure in X-rays (CLASSIX) Cluster Survey - IV. Superclusters in the local Universe at z ≤ 0.03 A144
Published online: 15 December 2021
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CLASH-VLT: Abell S1063 - Cluster assembly history and spectroscopic catalogue A147
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Statistical strong lensing - II. Cosmology and galaxy structure with time-delay lenses A153
Published online: 16 December 2021
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A 3.5 Mpc long radio relic in the galaxy cluster ClG 0217+70 A154
Published online: 16 December 2021
Extragalactic astronomy
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AGN feeding and feedback in Fornax A - Kinematical analysis of the multi-phase ISM A45
Published online: 02 December 2021
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ALCHEMI, an ALMA Comprehensive High-resolution Extragalactic Molecular Inventory - Survey presentation and first results from the ACA array A46
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Contribution of flares from tidal disruptions of stars to high-redshift AGN A47
Published online: 02 December 2021
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The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Deep Fields - A new analysis of low-frequency radio luminosity as a star-formation tracer in the Lockman Hole region A48
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Gas and stellar dynamics in Stephan’s Quintet - Mapping the kinematics in a closely interacting compact galaxy group A83
Published online: 09 December 2021
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First black hole mass estimation for the quadruple lensed system WGD2038-4008 A108
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Redshift identification of X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei in the J1030 field: searching for large-scale structures and high-redshift sources A117
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Can nebular He II emission be explained by ultra-luminous X-ray sources? A127
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Timing argument take on the Milky Way and Andromeda past encounter A129
Published online: 15 December 2021
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Stellar structures, molecular gas, and star formation across the PHANGS sample of nearby galaxies A133
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Outflows from GRB hosts are ubiquitous: Kinematics of z < 0.3 GRB-SN hosts resolved with FLAMES A136
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Low frequency radio properties of the z > 5 quasar population A137
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The extension of the fundamental metallicity relation beyond the BPT star-forming sequence: Evidence for both gas accretion and starvation A140
Published online: 15 December 2021
Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations
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Decoding the morphological evolution of open clusters A49
Published online: 02 December 2021
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The bi-modal 7Li distribution of the Milky Way’s thin-disk dwarf stars - The role of Galactic-scale events and stellar evolution A64
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Estimating [α/Fe] from Gaia low-resolution BP/RP spectra using the ExtraTrees algorithm A93
Published online: 08 December 2021
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A cusp-core-like challenge for modified Newtonian dynamics A123
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Stellar Population Astrophysics (SPA) with the TNG - Stock 2, a little-studied open cluster with an eMSTO A149
Published online: 16 December 2021
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Young giants of intermediate mass - Evidence of rotation and mixing A155
Published online: 16 December 2021
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The Milky Way bar and bulge revealed by APOGEE and Gaia EDR3 A156
Published online: 16 December 2021
Interstellar and circumstellar matter
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Condensation of cometary silicate dust using an induction thermal plasma system - I. Enstatite and CI chondritic composition A42
Published online: 02 December 2021
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Dynamical effects of the radiative stellar feedback on the H I-to-H2 transition A65
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Collapse of turbulent massive cores with ambipolar diffusion and hybrid radiative transfer - II. Outflows A85
Published online: 07 December 2021
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The C60:C60+ ratio in diffuse and translucent interstellar clouds A100
Published online: 08 December 2021
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High resolution LAsMA 12CO and 13CO observation of the G305 giant molecular cloud complex - II. Effect of feedback on clump properties A101
Published online: 07 December 2021
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The cosmic-ray ionisation rate in the pre-stellar core L1544 A109
Published online: 10 December 2021
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One star, two star, red star, blue star: an updated planetary nebula central star distance catalogue from Gaia EDR3 A110
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Why take the square root? An assessment of interstellar magnetic field strength estimation methods A118
Published online: 09 December 2021
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PENELLOPE - II. CVSO 104: A pre-main sequence close binary with an optical companion in Ori OB1 A138
Published online: 15 December 2021
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Multiple accelerated particle populations in the Cygnus Loop with Fermi-LAT A139
Published online: 15 December 2021
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Signatures of UV radiation in low-mass protostars - I. Origin of HCN and CN emission in the Serpens Main region A146
Published online: 16 December 2021
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Constraining the properties of the potential embedded planets in the disk around HD 100546 A150
Published online: 16 December 2021
Stellar structure and evolution
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Beyond the dips of V807 Tau, a spectropolarimetric study of a dipper’s magnetosphere A50
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Different to the core: The pre-supernova structures of massive single and binary-stripped stars A58
Published online: 02 December 2021
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Nebular phase properties of supernova Ibc from He-star explosions A61
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Semi-regular red giants as distance indicators - I. The period–luminosity relations of semi-regular variables revisited A66
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Mass limits of the extremely fast-spinning white dwarf CTCV J2056–3014 A77
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Metallicity-dependent nucleosynthetic yields of Type Ia supernovae originating from double detonations of sub-MCh white dwarfs A94
Published online: 08 December 2021
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Coupling between turbulence and solar-like oscillations: A combined Lagrangian PDF/SPH approach - I. The stochastic wave equation A95
Published online: 08 December 2021
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Inspecting the Cepheid parallax of pulsation using Gaia EDR3 parallaxes - Projection factor and period-luminosity and period-radius relations A102
Published online: 08 December 2021
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A detailed understanding of the rotation-activity relationship using the 300 Myr old open cluster NGC 3532 A103
Published online: 08 December 2021
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Rossby numbers and stiffness values inferred from gravity-mode asteroseismology of rotating F- and B-type dwarfs - Consequences for mixing, transport, magnetism, and convective penetration A121
Published online: 10 December 2021
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The traditional approximation of rotation for rapidly rotating stars and planets - II. Deformation and differential rotation A122
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Asteroseismogyrometry of low-mass red giants - I. The SOLA inversion method A151
Published online: 16 December 2021
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Constraining stellar rotation and planetary atmospheric evolution of a dozen systems hosting sub-Neptunes and super-Earths A157
Published online: 16 December 2021
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Towards a systematic treatment of observational uncertainties in forward asteroseismic modelling of gravity-mode pulsators A158
Published online: 16 December 2021
Stellar atmospheres
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Abundance of barium in the atmospheres of red giants in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 104 (47 Tuc) A67
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Corona and XUV emission modelling of the Sun and Sun-like stars A111
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Simulations of the line-driven instability in magnetic hot star winds A131
Published online: 13 December 2021
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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - Stellar atmospheric parameters of target stars with STEPARSYN A162
Published online: 16 December 2021
The Sun and the Heliosphere
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Investigating coronal wave energy estimates using synthetic non-thermal line widths A56
Published online: 02 December 2021
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The Sun at millimeter wavelengths - III. Impact of the spatial resolution on solar ALMA observations A68
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Investigation of the subsurface structure of a sunspot based on the spatial distribution of oscillation centers inferred from umbral flashes A86
Published online: 07 December 2021
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Investigating the origin of magnetic perturbations associated with the FIP Effect A87
Published online: 07 December 2021
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Characterization of magneto-convection in sunspots - The Gough-Tayler stability criterion in MURaM sunspot simulations A92
Published online: 07 December 2021
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Reconstructing solar irradiance from historical Ca II K observations - I. Method and its validation A104
Published online: 08 December 2021
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Magnetic reconnection and the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the solar corona A112
Published online: 09 December 2021
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The solar carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen abundances from a 3D LTE analysis of molecular lines A113
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Forward modelling of heating within a coronal arcade A120
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Modelling of asymmetric nanojets in coronal loops A141
Published online: 15 December 2021
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The first adiabatic exponent in a partially ionized prominence plasma: Effect on the period of slow waves A159
Published online: 16 December 2021
Planets and planetary systems
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The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS) - I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems A69
Published online: 06 December 2021
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The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS) - II. Planetary population of solar-like stars and overview of statistical results A70
Published online: 06 December 2021
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The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS) - III. Warm super-Earths and cold Jupiters: a weak occurrence correlation, but with a strong architecture-composition link A71
Published online: 06 December 2021
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The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS) - V. Predetermination of planet types in global core accretion models A73
Published online: 06 December 2021
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The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS) VI. Introducing KOBE: Kepler Observes Bern Exoplanets - Theoretical perspectives on the architecture of planetary systems: Peas in a pod A74
Published online: 06 December 2021
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The 12CO/13CO isotopologue ratio of a young, isolated brown dwarf - Possibly distinct formation pathways of super-Jupiters and brown dwarfs A76
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Revisiting TrES-5 b: departure from a linear ephemeris instead of short-period transit timing variation A88
Published online: 07 December 2021
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Implementation of disequilibrium chemistry to spectral retrieval code ARCiS and application to 16 exoplanet transmission spectra - Indication of disequilibrium chemistry for HD 209458b and WASP-39b A90
Published online: 07 December 2021
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The influence of gravity on granular impacts - I. A DEM code performance comparison A97
Published online: 08 December 2021
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Search for pairs and groups in the 2006 Geminid meteor shower A98
Published online: 07 December 2021
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Evidence for stellar contamination in the transmission spectra of HAT-P-12b A114
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Kepler-223 resonance holds information about turbulence during the gas-disk phase A115
Published online: 09 December 2021
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Detection of OH in the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76b A119
Published online: 08 December 2021
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TOI-1201 b: A mini-Neptune transiting a bright and moderately young M dwarf A124
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Photometry and model of near-Earth asteroid 2021 DW1 from one apparition A126
Published online: 10 December 2021
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Exploring deep and hot adiabats as a potential solution to the radius inflation problem in brown dwarfs - Long-timescale models of the deep atmospheres of KELT-1b, Kepler-13Ab, and SDSS1411B A128
Published online: 15 December 2021
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Probing the atmosphere of WASP-69 b with low- and high-resolution transmission spectroscopy A142
Published online: 15 December 2021
Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
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Gas-phase laboratory formation of large, astronomically relevant PAH-organic molecule clusters A80
Published online: 03 December 2021
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Isotope effect on the sublimation curves and binding energies of 12CO and 13CO interstellar ice analogues A82
Published online: 06 December 2021
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Mechanisms for gas-phase molecular formation of neutral formaldehyde (H2CO) in cold astrophysical regions A148
Published online: 15 December 2021
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Dielectronic recombination strengths and plasma rate coefficients of multiply charged ions A163
Published online: 17 December 2021
Astronomical instrumentation
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Wavelength calibration and resolving power of the JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer A57
Published online: 02 December 2021
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Accurate sky signal reconstruction for ground-based spectroscopy with kinetic inductance detectors A116
Published online: 09 December 2021
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SRG X-ray orbital observatory - Its telescopes and first scientific results A132
Published online: 15 December 2021
Catalogs and data
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SWEET-Cat 2.0: The Cat just got SWEETer - Higher quality spectra and precise parallaxes from Gaia eDR3 A53
Published online: 02 December 2021
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A case study of ACV variables discovered in the Zwicky Transient Facility survey A125
Published online: 10 December 2021
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A high-spectral-resolution catalog of emission lines in the visible spectrum of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) A160
Published online: 16 December 2021
Numerical methods and codes
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Auto-RSM: An automated parameter-selection algorithm for the RSM map exoplanet detection algorithm A54
Published online: 06 December 2021
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Identification of point sources in gamma rays using U-shaped convolutional neural networks and a data challenge A62
Published online: 03 December 2021
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A new method to perform data-model comparison in Fermi-LAT analysis A81
Published online: 06 December 2021
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Ray-tracing in relativistic jet simulations: A polarimetric study of magnetic field morphology and electron scaling relations A143
Published online: 15 December 2021