Astrophysical: Techniques

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    Misaligned spin-orbit in the XO-3 planetary system?
    The transiting extrasolar planet XO-3b is remarkable, with a high mass and eccentric orbit. These unusual characteristics make it interesting to test whether...
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    MOBSTER: Identifying Candidate Magnetic O Stars through Rotational Modulation of TESS Photometry
    O-type stars display rotational modulation of their photometric brightness due to surface features induced by fossil magnetic fields, and possibly through...
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    Model Selection for Spectropolarimetric Inversions
    Inferring magnetic and thermodynamic information from spectropolarimetric observations relies on the assumption of a parameterized model atmosphere whose...
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    Model-based identification of solar coronal mass ejections using deep neural networks
    Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are a major driver of space weather and thus can have important negative technological and social impacts. To assess their...
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    Models of a mean granular cell
    From inversion of a time series of slit spectra, observed in a quiet region of the solar photosphere, averaged models of a granular cell have been obtained...
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    Moderately misaligned orbit of the warm sub-Saturn HD 332231 b
    Measurements of exoplanetary orbital obliquity angles for different classes of planets are an essential tool in testing various planet formation theories...
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    Molar extinction coefficient of fullerenes and related hydrogenated derivatives ``fulleranes''
    Fullerenes, the carbon molecules with 60 and 70 atoms, were recently detected in a series of planetary nebulae, in protoplanetary nebulae and in other...
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    More fundamental than the fundamental metallicity relation. The effect of the stellar metallicity on the gas-phase mass-metallicity and gravitational potential-metallicity relations
    Context One of the most fundamental scaling relations in galaxies is observed between metallicity and stellar mass - the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) -...
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    Morphology and spectral properties of the DART impact ejecta with VLT/MUSE
    Context. On September 26, 2022, the NASA DART mission impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, the smaller component of the Didymos binary asteroid system. This...