Studying the accretion geometry of EXO 2030+375 at luminosities close to the propeller regime
The Be X-ray binary EXO 2030+375was in an extended low-luminosity state during most of 2016. We observed this state with NuSTARand Swift, supported by...
Sublimating components in the coma of comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)
Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) was observed at ESO at the time of its closest approach to the Earth at the beginning of December 2001 (geocentric distance: 0.32 AU)...
Substellar objects in star formation regions: A deep near infrared study in the Serpens cloud
We present near infrared (J, H and Ks) observations of a 5'× 10' sample field in the Serpens Star Formation region obtained with SOFI at the NTT. These...
Sulphur and zinc abundances in Galactic halo stars revisited
Aims:Based on a new set of sulphur abundances in very metal-poor stars and an improved analysis of previous data, we aim at resolving current discrepancies on...
Sunspot irradiance deficit, facular excess, and the energy balance of solar active regions.
Plage areas and intensities derived from CaIIK spectroheliograms are used as a proxy for the facular irradiance excess of solar active regions for the period 19...
Sunspot seismic halos generated by fast MHD wave refraction
Aims: We suggest an explanation for the high-frequency power excess surrounding active regions known as seismic halos. Methods: We use numerical simulations of...
Super-Earth of 8 M⊕ in a 2.2-day orbit around the K5V star K2-216
Context. Although thousands of exoplanets have been discovered to date, far fewer have been fully characterised, in particular super-Earths. The KESPRINT...
Super-orbital variability of LS I +61°303 at TeV energies
Context. The gamma-ray binary LS I +61°303 is a well-established source from centimeter radio up to very high energy (VHE; E> 100 GeV). The broadband emission...