Recent observations of galaxy luminosity profiles and dark matter simulations find luminosity and mass distributions characterized by central cusps rather than...
Damping and Excitation Variations of the Solar Acoustic Modes Using LOWL Observations
We have used observations made with the helioseismic instrument LOWL collected over ~6 years to carry out an independent study of the variations of the p-mode...
Damping of Fast Magnetohydrodynamic Oscillations in Quiescent Filament Threads
High-resolution observations provide evidence of the existence of small-amplitude transverse oscillations in solar filament fine structures. These oscillations...
Dark Matter Mass Fraction in Lens Galaxies: New Estimates from Microlensing
We present a joint estimate of the stellar/dark matter mass fraction in lens galaxies and the average size of the accretion disk of lensed quasars based on...
We analyze two regions of the quiet Sun (35.6 × 35.6 Mm2) observed at high spatial resolution (lsim100 km) in polarized light by the IMaX spectropolarimeter on...
Debris Disks Can Contaminate Mid-infrared Exoplanet Spectra: Evidence for a Circumstellar Debris Disk around Exoplanet Host WASP-39
The signal from a transiting planet can be diluted by astrophysical contamination. In the case of circumstellar debris disks, this contamination could start in...
Deciphering Solar Coronal Heating: Energizing Small-scale Loops through Surface Convection
The solar atmosphere is filled with clusters of hot small-scale loops commonly known as coronal bright points (CBPs). These ubiquitous structures stand out in...
Deciphering the Activity and Quiescence of High-redshift Cluster Environments: ALMA Observations of Cl J1449+0856 at z = 2
We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of the 870 μm continuum and CO(4-3) line emission in the core of the galaxy cluster Cl...
Decreased Frequency of Strong Bars in S0 Galaxies: Evidence for Secular Evolution?
Using data from the Near-Infrared S0 Survey of nearby, early-type galaxies, we examine the distribution of bar strengths in S0 galaxies as compared to S0/a and...