Astrofísicas: Galaxias

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    Ultra-red Galaxies Signpost Candidate Protoclusters at High Redshift
    We present images obtained with LABOCA of a sample of 22 galaxies selected via their red Herschel SPIRE colors. We aim to see if these luminous, rare, and...
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    Ultra-short Period Binaries from the Catalina Surveys
    We investigate the properties of 367 ultra-short period binary candidates selected from 31,000 sources recently identified from Catalina Surveys data. Based on...
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    Un caos magnético escondido en la galaxia del Remolino
    En lo más profundo de la estructura espiral de las galaxias hay una fuerza escondida: los campos magnéticos. Pese a ser invisibles a los telescopios...
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    Un estudio revela el inesperado efecto de los agujeros negros más allá de su propia galaxia
    En el corazón de cada galaxia lo suficientemente masiva existe un agujero negro cuyo campo gravitatorio, aunque muy intenso, afecta solo a una pequeña región en...
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    Un estudio revela que la forma de la Galaxia Remolino se ha moldeado por el paso repetido de una galaxia satélite
    Una investigación internacional, en la que participa el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), revela que la galaxia satélite NGC5195 ha pasado dos veces...
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    Unbiased Large Spectroscopic Surveys of Galaxies Selected by SPICA Using Dust Bands
    The mid-infrared range contains many spectral features associated with large molecules and dust grains such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and silicates...
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    Uncertainty-aware blob detection with an application to integrated-light stellar population recoveries
    Context. Blob detection is a common problem in astronomy. One example is in stellar population modelling, where the distribution of stellar ages and...
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    Uncovering the Deeply Embedded Active Galactic Nucleus Activity in the Nuclear Regions of the Interacting Galaxy Arp 299
    We present mid-infrared (MIR) 8-13 μm spectroscopy of the nuclear regions of the interacting galaxy Arp 299 (IC 694+NGC 3690) obtained with CanariCam (CC) on...
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    Uncovering the host galaxy of the γ-ray-emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy FBQS J1644+2619
    The discovery of γ-ray emission from radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies has questioned the need for large black hole masses ( ≳ 108 M⊙) to launch...