This document analyzes column density probability distribution functions (PDFs) derived from Herschel observations of the Orion B, Aquila, and Polaris molecular clouds to understand what physical processes influence the density structure. The PDFs of Orion B and Aquila show a lognormal distribution at low densities transitioning to a power-law tail at high densities, indicating gravitational collapse. The Orion B PDF is broader, likely due to external compression. The quiescent Polaris subregion PDF is nearly lognormal, suggesting turbulence governs its density, while a filament subregion shows excess density above a visual extinction of 1, possibly from physical processes like magnetic fields. The document concludes that turbulence, gravity, collapse, and external compression
On the possibility of through passage of asteroid bodies across the Earth’s a...Sérgio Sacani
We have studied the conditions of through passage of asteroids with diameters 200, 100, and
50 m, consisting of three types of materials – iron, stone, and water ice, across the Earth’s
atmosphere with a minimum trajectory altitude in the range 10–15 km. The conditions of this
passage with a subsequent exit into outer space with the preservation of a substantial fraction
of the initial mass have been found. The results obtained support our idea explaining one of the
long-standing problems of astronomy – the Tunguska phenomenon, which has not received
reasonable and comprehensive interpretations to date. We argue that the Tunguska event was
caused by an iron asteroid body, which passed through the Earth’s atmosphere and continued
to the near-solar orbit.
High-resolution UV/Optical/IR Imaging of Jupiter in 2016–2019Sérgio Sacani
Imaging observations of Jupiter with high spatial resolution were acquired beginning in 2016, with a cadence of 53
days to coincide with atmospheric observations of the Juno spacecraft during each perijove pass. The Wide Field
Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) collected Jupiter images from 236 to 925 nm in 14
filters. The Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) at Gemini North imaged Jovian thermal emission using a lucky-imaging
approach (co-adding the sharpest frames taken from a sequence of short exposures), using the M′ filter at 4.7 μm.
We discuss the data acquisition and processing and an archive collection that contains the processed WFC3 and
NIRI data (doi:10.17909/T94T1H). Zonal winds remain steady over time at most latitudes, but significant
evolution of the wind profile near 24°N in 2016 and near 15°S in 2017 was linked with convective superstorm
eruptions. Persistent mesoscale waves were seen throughout the 2016–2019 period. We link groups of lightning
flashes observed by the Juno team with water clouds in a large convective plume near 15°S and in cyclones near
35°N–55°N. Thermal infrared maps at the 10.8 micron wavelength obtained at the Very Large Telescope show
consistent high brightness temperature anomalies, despite a diversity of aerosol properties seen in the HST data.
Both WFC3 and NIRI imaging reveal depleted aerosols consistent with downwelling around the periphery of the
15°S storm, which was also observed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. NIRI imaging of
the Great Red Spot shows that locally reduced cloud opacity is responsible for dark features within the vortex. The
HST data maps multiple concentric polar hoods of high-latitude hazes.
A giant galaxy in the young Universe with a massive ringSérgio Sacani
In the local (redshift z ≈ 0) Universe, collisional ring galaxies make up only ~0.01% of galaxies1 and are formed by head-on galactic collisions that trigger radially propagating density waves2–4. These striking systems provide key snapshots for dissecting galactic disks and are studied extensively in the local Universe5–9. However, not much is known about distant (z > 0.1) collisional rings10–14. Here we present a detailed study of a ring galaxy at a look-back time of 10.8 Gyr (z = 2.19). Compared with our Milky Way, this galaxy has a similar stellar mass, but has a stellar half-light radius that is 1.5–2.2 times larger and is forming stars 50 times faster. The extended, dif- fuse stellar light outside the star-forming ring, combined with a radial velocity on the ring and an intruder galaxy nearby, provides evidence for this galaxy hosting a collisional ring. If the ring is secularly evolved15,16, the implied large bar in a giant disk would be inconsistent with the current understand- ing of the earliest formation of barred spirals17–21. Contrary to previous predictions10–12, this work suggests that massive col- lisional rings were as rare 11 Gyr ago as they are today. Our discovery offers a unique pathway for studying density waves in young galaxies, as well as constraining the cosmic evolution of spiral disks and galaxy groups.
Evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole in the globular cluster NGC 6624Sérgio Sacani
PSR B1820−30A is located in the globular cluster NGC 6624 and is the closest known pulsar
to the centre of any globular cluster. We present more than 25 yr of high-precision timing
observations of this millisecond pulsar and obtain four rotational frequency time derivative
measurements. Modelling these higher order derivatives as being due to orbital motion, we find
solutions that indicate the pulsar is in either a low-eccentricity (0.33 e 0.4) smaller orbit
with a low-mass companion (such as a main-sequence star, white dwarf, neutron star or stellar
mass black hole) or a high-eccentricity (e 0.9) larger orbit with a massive companion. The
cluster mass properties and the observed properties of 4U 1820−30 and the other pulsars in
the cluster argue against the low-eccentricity possibility. The high-eccentricity solution reveals
that the pulsar is most likely orbiting around an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) of mass
>7500 M located at the cluster centre. A gravitational model for the globular cluster, which
includes such a central BH, predicts an acceleration that is commensurate with that measured
for the pulsar. It further predicts that the model-dependent minimum mass of the IMBH is
∼60 000 M. Accounting for the associated contribution to the observed period derivative
indicates that the γ -ray efficiency of the pulsar should be between 0.08 and 0.2. Our results
suggest that other globular clusters may also contain central BHs and they may be revealed by
the study of new pulsars found sufficiently close to their centres.
On the possibility of through passage of asteroid bodies across the Earth’s a...Sérgio Sacani
We have studied the conditions of through passage of asteroids with diameters 200, 100, and
50 m, consisting of three types of materials – iron, stone, and water ice, across the Earth’s
atmosphere with a minimum trajectory altitude in the range 10–15 km. The conditions of this
passage with a subsequent exit into outer space with the preservation of a substantial fraction
of the initial mass have been found. The results obtained support our idea explaining one of the
long-standing problems of astronomy – the Tunguska phenomenon, which has not received
reasonable and comprehensive interpretations to date. We argue that the Tunguska event was
caused by an iron asteroid body, which passed through the Earth’s atmosphere and continued
to the near-solar orbit.
High-resolution UV/Optical/IR Imaging of Jupiter in 2016–2019Sérgio Sacani
Imaging observations of Jupiter with high spatial resolution were acquired beginning in 2016, with a cadence of 53
days to coincide with atmospheric observations of the Juno spacecraft during each perijove pass. The Wide Field
Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) collected Jupiter images from 236 to 925 nm in 14
filters. The Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) at Gemini North imaged Jovian thermal emission using a lucky-imaging
approach (co-adding the sharpest frames taken from a sequence of short exposures), using the M′ filter at 4.7 μm.
We discuss the data acquisition and processing and an archive collection that contains the processed WFC3 and
NIRI data (doi:10.17909/T94T1H). Zonal winds remain steady over time at most latitudes, but significant
evolution of the wind profile near 24°N in 2016 and near 15°S in 2017 was linked with convective superstorm
eruptions. Persistent mesoscale waves were seen throughout the 2016–2019 period. We link groups of lightning
flashes observed by the Juno team with water clouds in a large convective plume near 15°S and in cyclones near
35°N–55°N. Thermal infrared maps at the 10.8 micron wavelength obtained at the Very Large Telescope show
consistent high brightness temperature anomalies, despite a diversity of aerosol properties seen in the HST data.
Both WFC3 and NIRI imaging reveal depleted aerosols consistent with downwelling around the periphery of the
15°S storm, which was also observed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. NIRI imaging of
the Great Red Spot shows that locally reduced cloud opacity is responsible for dark features within the vortex. The
HST data maps multiple concentric polar hoods of high-latitude hazes.
A giant galaxy in the young Universe with a massive ringSérgio Sacani
In the local (redshift z ≈ 0) Universe, collisional ring galaxies make up only ~0.01% of galaxies1 and are formed by head-on galactic collisions that trigger radially propagating density waves2–4. These striking systems provide key snapshots for dissecting galactic disks and are studied extensively in the local Universe5–9. However, not much is known about distant (z > 0.1) collisional rings10–14. Here we present a detailed study of a ring galaxy at a look-back time of 10.8 Gyr (z = 2.19). Compared with our Milky Way, this galaxy has a similar stellar mass, but has a stellar half-light radius that is 1.5–2.2 times larger and is forming stars 50 times faster. The extended, dif- fuse stellar light outside the star-forming ring, combined with a radial velocity on the ring and an intruder galaxy nearby, provides evidence for this galaxy hosting a collisional ring. If the ring is secularly evolved15,16, the implied large bar in a giant disk would be inconsistent with the current understand- ing of the earliest formation of barred spirals17–21. Contrary to previous predictions10–12, this work suggests that massive col- lisional rings were as rare 11 Gyr ago as they are today. Our discovery offers a unique pathway for studying density waves in young galaxies, as well as constraining the cosmic evolution of spiral disks and galaxy groups.
Evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole in the globular cluster NGC 6624Sérgio Sacani
PSR B1820−30A is located in the globular cluster NGC 6624 and is the closest known pulsar
to the centre of any globular cluster. We present more than 25 yr of high-precision timing
observations of this millisecond pulsar and obtain four rotational frequency time derivative
measurements. Modelling these higher order derivatives as being due to orbital motion, we find
solutions that indicate the pulsar is in either a low-eccentricity (0.33 e 0.4) smaller orbit
with a low-mass companion (such as a main-sequence star, white dwarf, neutron star or stellar
mass black hole) or a high-eccentricity (e 0.9) larger orbit with a massive companion. The
cluster mass properties and the observed properties of 4U 1820−30 and the other pulsars in
the cluster argue against the low-eccentricity possibility. The high-eccentricity solution reveals
that the pulsar is most likely orbiting around an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) of mass
>7500 M located at the cluster centre. A gravitational model for the globular cluster, which
includes such a central BH, predicts an acceleration that is commensurate with that measured
for the pulsar. It further predicts that the model-dependent minimum mass of the IMBH is
∼60 000 M. Accounting for the associated contribution to the observed period derivative
indicates that the γ -ray efficiency of the pulsar should be between 0.08 and 0.2. Our results
suggest that other globular clusters may also contain central BHs and they may be revealed by
the study of new pulsars found sufficiently close to their centres.
The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields catalogues II. Photometric redshifts and rest f...Sérgio Sacani
Aims. We present the first public release of photometric redshifts, galaxy rest frame properties and associated magnification values
in the cluster and parallel pointings of the first two Frontier Fields, Abell-2744 and MACS-J0416. The released catalogues aim to
provide a reference for future investigations of extragalactic populations in these legacy fields: from lensed high-redshift galaxies to
cluster members themselves.
Methods.We exploit a multiwavelength catalogue, ranging from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to ground-based K and Spitzer IRAC,
which is specifically designed to enable detection and measurement of accurate fluxes in crowded cluster regions. The multiband
information is used to derive photometric redshifts and physical properties of sources detected either in the H-band image alone, or
from a stack of four WFC3 bands. To minimize systematics, median photometric redshifts are assembled from six dierent approaches
to photo-z estimates. Their reliability is assessed through a comparison with available spectroscopic samples. State-of-the-art lensing
models are used to derive magnification values on an object-by-object basis by taking into account sources positions and redshifts.
Results. We show that photometric redshifts reach a remarkable 3–5% accuracy. After accounting for magnification, the H-band
number counts are found to be in agreement at bright magnitudes with number counts from the CANDELS fields, while extending
the presently available samples to galaxies that, intrinsically, are as faint as H 32 33, thanks to strong gravitational lensing. The
Frontier Fields allow the galaxy stellar mass distribution to be probed, depending on magnification, at 0.5–1.5 dex lower masses with
respect to extragalactic wide fields, including sources at Mstar 107–108 M at z > 5. Similarly, they allow the detection of objects
with intrinsic star formation rates (SFRs) >1 dex lower than in the CANDELS fields reaching 0.1–1 M=yr at z 6–10.
A measurement of_the_black_hole_mass_in_ngc_1097_using_almaSérgio Sacani
Artigo descreve a maneira como os astrônomos usaram pela primeira vez o ALMA para medir a massa de um buraco negro supermassivo no interior de uma galáxias espiral barrada.
Discovery of rotational modulations in the planetary mass companion 2m1207b i...Sérgio Sacani
Rotational modulations of brown dwarfs have recently provided powerful constraints on the properties
of ultra-cool atmospheres, including longitudinal and vertical cloud structures and cloud evolution.
Furthermore, periodic light curves directly probe the rotational periods of ultra-cool objects. We
present here, for the first time, time-resolved high-precision photometric measurements of a planetarymass
companion, 2M1207b. We observed the binary system with HST/WFC3 in two bands and with
two spacecraft roll angles. Using point spread function-based photometry, we reach a nearly photonnoise
limited accuracy for both the primary and the secondary. While the primary is consistent with
a flat light curve, the secondary shows modulations that are clearly detected in the combined light
curve as well as in di↵erent subsets of the data. The amplitudes are 1.36% in the F125W and 0.78%
in the F160W filters, respectively. By fitting sine waves to the light curves, we find a consistent period
of 10.7+1.2
−0.6 hours and similar phases in both bands. The J- and H-band amplitude ratio of 2M1207b
is very similar to a field brown dwarf that has identical spectral type but di↵erent J-H color. Importantly,
our study also measures, for the first time, the rotation period for a directly imaged extra-solar
planetary-mass companion.
Galaxy dynamics and the mass density of the universeSérgio Sacani
Dynamical evidence accumulated over the
past 20 years has convinced astronomers that luminous matter
in a spiral galaxy constitutes no more than 10% of the mass of
a galaxy. An additional 90% is inferred by its gravitational
effect on luminous material. Here I review recent observations
concerning the distribution of luminous and nonluminous
matter in the Milky Way, in galaxies, and in galaxy clusters.
Observations of neutral hydrogen disks, some extending in
radius several times the optical disk, confirm that a massive
dark halo is a major component of virtually every spiral. A
recent surprise has been the discovery that stellar and gas
motions in ellipticals are enormously complex. To date, only for
a few spheroidal galaxies do the velocities extend far enough to
probe the outer mass distribution. But the diverse kinematics
of inner cores, peripheral to deducing the overall mass distribution,
offer additional evidence that ellipticals have acquired
gas-rich systems after initial formation. Dynamical results are
consistent with a low-density universe, in which the required
dark matter could be baryonic. On smallest scales of galaxies
[10 kiloparsec (kpc); H. = 50 kmsec'lmegaparsec'11 the
luminous matter constitutes only 1% of the closure density. On
scales greater than binary galaxies (i.e., .100 kpc) all systems
indicate a density -10% of the closure density, a density
consistent with the low baryon density in the universe. If
large-scale motions in the universe require a higher mass
density, these motions would constitute the first dynamical
evidence for nonbaryonic matter in a universe of higher
density.
PROBING FOR EVIDENCE OF PLUMES ON EUROPA WITH HST/STISSérgio Sacani
Roth et al. (2014a) reported evidence for plumes of water venting from a southern high latitude
region on Europa – spectroscopic detection of off-limb line emission from the dissociation
products of water. Here, we present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) direct images of Europa in
the far ultraviolet (FUV) as it transited the smooth face of Jupiter, in order to measure absorption
from gas or aerosols beyond the Europa limb. Out of ten observations we found three in which
plume activity could be implicated. Two show statistically significant features at latitudes similar
to Roth et al., and the third, at a more equatorial location. We consider potential systematic
effects that might influence the statistical analysis and create artifacts, and are unable to find any
that can definitively explain the features, although there are reasons to be cautious. If the
apparent absorption features are real, the magnitude of implied outgassing is similar to that of the
Roth et al. feature, however the apparent activity appears more frequently in our data.
DISCOVERY OF A GALAXY CLUSTER WITH A VIOLENTLY STARBURSTING CORE AT z = 2:506Sérgio Sacani
We report the discovery of a remarkable concentration of massive galaxies with extended X-ray
emission at zspec = 2:506, which contains 11 massive (M & 1011M) galaxies in the central 80kpc
region (11.6 overdensity). We have spectroscopically conrmed 17 member galaxies with 11 from CO
and the remaining ones from H. The X-ray luminosity, stellar mass content and velocity dispersion
all point to a collapsed, cluster-sized dark matter halo with mass M200c = 1013:90:2M, making it
the most distant X-ray-detected cluster known to date. Unlike other clusters discovered so far, this
structure is dominated by star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the core with only 2 out of the 11 massive
galaxies classied as quiescent. The star formation rate (SFR) in the 80kpc core reaches 3400 M
yr 1 with a gas depletion time of 200 Myr, suggesting that we caught this cluster in rapid build-up
of a dense core. The high SFR is driven by both a high abundance of SFGs and a higher starburst
fraction ( 25%, compared to 3%-5% in the eld). The presence of both a collapsed, cluster-sized
halo and a predominant population of massive SFGs suggests that this structure could represent an
important transition phase between protoclusters and mature clusters. It provides evidence that the
main phase of massive galaxy passivization will take place after galaxies accrete onto the cluster,
providing new insights into massive cluster formation at early epochs. The large integrated stellar
mass at such high redshift challenges our understanding of massive cluster formation.
A highly magnetized twin-jet base pinpoints a supermassive black holeSérgio Sacani
Supermassive black holes (SMBH) are essential for the production of jets in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). Theoretical
models based on (Blandford & Znajek 1977, MNRAS, 179, 433) extract the rotational energy from a Kerr black hole, which could
be the case for NGC1052, to launch these jets. This requires magnetic fields on the order of 103 G to 104 G. We imaged the vicinity
of the SMBH of the AGN NGC1052 with the Global Millimetre VLBI Array and found a bright and compact central feature that is
smaller than 1.9 light days (100 Schwarzschild radii) in radius. Interpreting this as a blend of the unresolved jet bases, we derive the
magnetic field at 1 Schwarzschild radius to lie between 200 G and 8:3 104 G consistent with Blandford & Znajek models.
The shadow _of_the_flying_saucer_a_very_low_temperature_for_large_dust_grainsSérgio Sacani
Os astrónomos usaram o ALMA e os telescópios do IRAM para fazer a primeira medição direta da temperatura dos grãos de poeira grandes situados nas regiões periféricas de um disco de formação planetária que se encontra em torno de uma estrela jovem. Ao observar de forma inovadora um objeto cujo nome informal é Disco Voador, os astrónomos descobriram que os grãos de poeira são muito mais frios do que o esperado: -266º Celsius. Este resultado surpreendente sugere que os modelos teóricos destes discos precisam de ser revistos.
Uma equipa internacional liderada por Stephane Guilloteau do Laboratoire d´Astrophysique de Bordeaux, França, mediu a temperatura de enormes grãos de poeira que se encontram em torno da jovem estrela 2MASS J16281370-2431391 na região de formação estelar Rho Ophiuchi, a cerca de 400 anos-luz de distância da Terra.
Esta estrela encontra-se rodeada por um disco de gás e poeira — chamado disco protoplanetário, uma vez que se encontra na fase inicial da formação de um sistema planetário. Este disco é visto de perfil quando observado a partir da Terra e a sua aparência em imagens no visível levou a que se lhe desse o nome informal de Disco Voador.
Os astrónomos utilizaram o ALMA para observar o brilho emitido pelas moléculas de monóxido de carbono no disco da 2MASS J16281370-2431391. As imagens revelaram-se extremamente nítidas e descobriu-se algo estranho — em alguns casos o sinal recebido era negativo. Normalmente um sinal negativo é fisicamente impossível, mas neste caso existe uma explicação, que leva a uma conclusão surpreendente.
Detection of an atmosphere around the super earth 55 cancri eSérgio Sacani
We report the analysis of two new spectroscopic observations of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e, in the near
infrared, obtained with the WFC3 camera onboard the HST. 55 Cancri e orbits so close to its parent
star, that temperatures much higher than 2000 K are expected on its surface. Given the brightness
of 55 Cancri, the observations were obtained in scanning mode, adopting a very long scanning length
and a very high scanning speed. We use our specialized pipeline to take into account systematics
introduced by these observational parameters when coupled with the geometrical distortions of the
instrument. We measure the transit depth per wavelength channel with an average relative uncertainty
of 22 ppm per visit and nd modulations that depart from a straight line model with a 6 condence
level. These results suggest that 55 Cancri e is surrounded by an atmosphere, which is probably
hydrogen-rich. Our fully Bayesian spectral retrieval code, T -REx, has identied HCN to be the
most likely molecular candidate able to explain the features at 1.42 and 1.54 m. While additional
spectroscopic observations in a broader wavelength range in the infrared will be needed to conrm
the HCN detection, we discuss here the implications of such result. Our chemical model, developed
with combustion specialists, indicates that relatively high mixing ratios of HCN may be caused by a
high C/O ratio. This result suggests this super-Earth is a carbon-rich environment even more exotic
than previously thought.
The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields catalogues II. Photometric redshifts and rest f...Sérgio Sacani
Aims. We present the first public release of photometric redshifts, galaxy rest frame properties and associated magnification values
in the cluster and parallel pointings of the first two Frontier Fields, Abell-2744 and MACS-J0416. The released catalogues aim to
provide a reference for future investigations of extragalactic populations in these legacy fields: from lensed high-redshift galaxies to
cluster members themselves.
Methods.We exploit a multiwavelength catalogue, ranging from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to ground-based K and Spitzer IRAC,
which is specifically designed to enable detection and measurement of accurate fluxes in crowded cluster regions. The multiband
information is used to derive photometric redshifts and physical properties of sources detected either in the H-band image alone, or
from a stack of four WFC3 bands. To minimize systematics, median photometric redshifts are assembled from six dierent approaches
to photo-z estimates. Their reliability is assessed through a comparison with available spectroscopic samples. State-of-the-art lensing
models are used to derive magnification values on an object-by-object basis by taking into account sources positions and redshifts.
Results. We show that photometric redshifts reach a remarkable 3–5% accuracy. After accounting for magnification, the H-band
number counts are found to be in agreement at bright magnitudes with number counts from the CANDELS fields, while extending
the presently available samples to galaxies that, intrinsically, are as faint as H 32 33, thanks to strong gravitational lensing. The
Frontier Fields allow the galaxy stellar mass distribution to be probed, depending on magnification, at 0.5–1.5 dex lower masses with
respect to extragalactic wide fields, including sources at Mstar 107–108 M at z > 5. Similarly, they allow the detection of objects
with intrinsic star formation rates (SFRs) >1 dex lower than in the CANDELS fields reaching 0.1–1 M=yr at z 6–10.
A measurement of_the_black_hole_mass_in_ngc_1097_using_almaSérgio Sacani
Artigo descreve a maneira como os astrônomos usaram pela primeira vez o ALMA para medir a massa de um buraco negro supermassivo no interior de uma galáxias espiral barrada.
Discovery of rotational modulations in the planetary mass companion 2m1207b i...Sérgio Sacani
Rotational modulations of brown dwarfs have recently provided powerful constraints on the properties
of ultra-cool atmospheres, including longitudinal and vertical cloud structures and cloud evolution.
Furthermore, periodic light curves directly probe the rotational periods of ultra-cool objects. We
present here, for the first time, time-resolved high-precision photometric measurements of a planetarymass
companion, 2M1207b. We observed the binary system with HST/WFC3 in two bands and with
two spacecraft roll angles. Using point spread function-based photometry, we reach a nearly photonnoise
limited accuracy for both the primary and the secondary. While the primary is consistent with
a flat light curve, the secondary shows modulations that are clearly detected in the combined light
curve as well as in di↵erent subsets of the data. The amplitudes are 1.36% in the F125W and 0.78%
in the F160W filters, respectively. By fitting sine waves to the light curves, we find a consistent period
of 10.7+1.2
−0.6 hours and similar phases in both bands. The J- and H-band amplitude ratio of 2M1207b
is very similar to a field brown dwarf that has identical spectral type but di↵erent J-H color. Importantly,
our study also measures, for the first time, the rotation period for a directly imaged extra-solar
planetary-mass companion.
Galaxy dynamics and the mass density of the universeSérgio Sacani
Dynamical evidence accumulated over the
past 20 years has convinced astronomers that luminous matter
in a spiral galaxy constitutes no more than 10% of the mass of
a galaxy. An additional 90% is inferred by its gravitational
effect on luminous material. Here I review recent observations
concerning the distribution of luminous and nonluminous
matter in the Milky Way, in galaxies, and in galaxy clusters.
Observations of neutral hydrogen disks, some extending in
radius several times the optical disk, confirm that a massive
dark halo is a major component of virtually every spiral. A
recent surprise has been the discovery that stellar and gas
motions in ellipticals are enormously complex. To date, only for
a few spheroidal galaxies do the velocities extend far enough to
probe the outer mass distribution. But the diverse kinematics
of inner cores, peripheral to deducing the overall mass distribution,
offer additional evidence that ellipticals have acquired
gas-rich systems after initial formation. Dynamical results are
consistent with a low-density universe, in which the required
dark matter could be baryonic. On smallest scales of galaxies
[10 kiloparsec (kpc); H. = 50 kmsec'lmegaparsec'11 the
luminous matter constitutes only 1% of the closure density. On
scales greater than binary galaxies (i.e., .100 kpc) all systems
indicate a density -10% of the closure density, a density
consistent with the low baryon density in the universe. If
large-scale motions in the universe require a higher mass
density, these motions would constitute the first dynamical
evidence for nonbaryonic matter in a universe of higher
density.
PROBING FOR EVIDENCE OF PLUMES ON EUROPA WITH HST/STISSérgio Sacani
Roth et al. (2014a) reported evidence for plumes of water venting from a southern high latitude
region on Europa – spectroscopic detection of off-limb line emission from the dissociation
products of water. Here, we present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) direct images of Europa in
the far ultraviolet (FUV) as it transited the smooth face of Jupiter, in order to measure absorption
from gas or aerosols beyond the Europa limb. Out of ten observations we found three in which
plume activity could be implicated. Two show statistically significant features at latitudes similar
to Roth et al., and the third, at a more equatorial location. We consider potential systematic
effects that might influence the statistical analysis and create artifacts, and are unable to find any
that can definitively explain the features, although there are reasons to be cautious. If the
apparent absorption features are real, the magnitude of implied outgassing is similar to that of the
Roth et al. feature, however the apparent activity appears more frequently in our data.
DISCOVERY OF A GALAXY CLUSTER WITH A VIOLENTLY STARBURSTING CORE AT z = 2:506Sérgio Sacani
We report the discovery of a remarkable concentration of massive galaxies with extended X-ray
emission at zspec = 2:506, which contains 11 massive (M & 1011M) galaxies in the central 80kpc
region (11.6 overdensity). We have spectroscopically conrmed 17 member galaxies with 11 from CO
and the remaining ones from H. The X-ray luminosity, stellar mass content and velocity dispersion
all point to a collapsed, cluster-sized dark matter halo with mass M200c = 1013:90:2M, making it
the most distant X-ray-detected cluster known to date. Unlike other clusters discovered so far, this
structure is dominated by star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the core with only 2 out of the 11 massive
galaxies classied as quiescent. The star formation rate (SFR) in the 80kpc core reaches 3400 M
yr 1 with a gas depletion time of 200 Myr, suggesting that we caught this cluster in rapid build-up
of a dense core. The high SFR is driven by both a high abundance of SFGs and a higher starburst
fraction ( 25%, compared to 3%-5% in the eld). The presence of both a collapsed, cluster-sized
halo and a predominant population of massive SFGs suggests that this structure could represent an
important transition phase between protoclusters and mature clusters. It provides evidence that the
main phase of massive galaxy passivization will take place after galaxies accrete onto the cluster,
providing new insights into massive cluster formation at early epochs. The large integrated stellar
mass at such high redshift challenges our understanding of massive cluster formation.
A highly magnetized twin-jet base pinpoints a supermassive black holeSérgio Sacani
Supermassive black holes (SMBH) are essential for the production of jets in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). Theoretical
models based on (Blandford & Znajek 1977, MNRAS, 179, 433) extract the rotational energy from a Kerr black hole, which could
be the case for NGC1052, to launch these jets. This requires magnetic fields on the order of 103 G to 104 G. We imaged the vicinity
of the SMBH of the AGN NGC1052 with the Global Millimetre VLBI Array and found a bright and compact central feature that is
smaller than 1.9 light days (100 Schwarzschild radii) in radius. Interpreting this as a blend of the unresolved jet bases, we derive the
magnetic field at 1 Schwarzschild radius to lie between 200 G and 8:3 104 G consistent with Blandford & Znajek models.
The shadow _of_the_flying_saucer_a_very_low_temperature_for_large_dust_grainsSérgio Sacani
Os astrónomos usaram o ALMA e os telescópios do IRAM para fazer a primeira medição direta da temperatura dos grãos de poeira grandes situados nas regiões periféricas de um disco de formação planetária que se encontra em torno de uma estrela jovem. Ao observar de forma inovadora um objeto cujo nome informal é Disco Voador, os astrónomos descobriram que os grãos de poeira são muito mais frios do que o esperado: -266º Celsius. Este resultado surpreendente sugere que os modelos teóricos destes discos precisam de ser revistos.
Uma equipa internacional liderada por Stephane Guilloteau do Laboratoire d´Astrophysique de Bordeaux, França, mediu a temperatura de enormes grãos de poeira que se encontram em torno da jovem estrela 2MASS J16281370-2431391 na região de formação estelar Rho Ophiuchi, a cerca de 400 anos-luz de distância da Terra.
Esta estrela encontra-se rodeada por um disco de gás e poeira — chamado disco protoplanetário, uma vez que se encontra na fase inicial da formação de um sistema planetário. Este disco é visto de perfil quando observado a partir da Terra e a sua aparência em imagens no visível levou a que se lhe desse o nome informal de Disco Voador.
Os astrónomos utilizaram o ALMA para observar o brilho emitido pelas moléculas de monóxido de carbono no disco da 2MASS J16281370-2431391. As imagens revelaram-se extremamente nítidas e descobriu-se algo estranho — em alguns casos o sinal recebido era negativo. Normalmente um sinal negativo é fisicamente impossível, mas neste caso existe uma explicação, que leva a uma conclusão surpreendente.
Detection of an atmosphere around the super earth 55 cancri eSérgio Sacani
We report the analysis of two new spectroscopic observations of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e, in the near
infrared, obtained with the WFC3 camera onboard the HST. 55 Cancri e orbits so close to its parent
star, that temperatures much higher than 2000 K are expected on its surface. Given the brightness
of 55 Cancri, the observations were obtained in scanning mode, adopting a very long scanning length
and a very high scanning speed. We use our specialized pipeline to take into account systematics
introduced by these observational parameters when coupled with the geometrical distortions of the
instrument. We measure the transit depth per wavelength channel with an average relative uncertainty
of 22 ppm per visit and nd modulations that depart from a straight line model with a 6 condence
level. These results suggest that 55 Cancri e is surrounded by an atmosphere, which is probably
hydrogen-rich. Our fully Bayesian spectral retrieval code, T -REx, has identied HCN to be the
most likely molecular candidate able to explain the features at 1.42 and 1.54 m. While additional
spectroscopic observations in a broader wavelength range in the infrared will be needed to conrm
the HCN detection, we discuss here the implications of such result. Our chemical model, developed
with combustion specialists, indicates that relatively high mixing ratios of HCN may be caused by a
high C/O ratio. This result suggests this super-Earth is a carbon-rich environment even more exotic
than previously thought.
Triple Spiral Arms of a Triple Protostar System Imaged in Molecular LinesSérgio Sacani
Most stars form in multiple-star systems. For a better understanding of their formation processes, it is important to
resolve the individual protostellar components and the surrounding envelope and disk material at the earliest
possible formation epoch, because the formation history can be lost in a few orbital timescales. Here we present
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observational results of a young multiple protostellar system,
IRAS 04239+2436, where three well-developed large spiral arms were detected in the shocked SO emission.
Along the most conspicuous arm, the accretion streamer was also detected in the SO2 emission. The observational
results are complemented by numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations, where those large arms only appear in
magnetically weakened clouds. Numerical simulations also suggest that the large triple spiral arms are the result of
gravitational interactions between compact triple protostars and the turbulent infalling envelope.
Hydrogen Column Density Variability in a Sample of Local Compton-Thin AGNSérgio Sacani
We present the analysis of multiepoch observations of a set of 12 variable, Compton-thin, local (z<0.1) active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected from the 100-month BAT catalog. We analyze all available X-ray data from Chandra, XMMNewton, and NuSTAR, adding up to a total of 53 individual observations. This corresponds to between 3 and 7 observations per source, probing variability timescales between a few days and ∼ 20 yr. All sources have at least one NuSTAR observation, ensuring high-energy coverage, which allows us to disentangle the line-of-sight and reflection components in the X-ray spectra. For each source, we model all available spectra simultaneously, using the physical torus models MYTorus, borus02, and UXCLUMPY. The simultaneous fitting, along with the high-energy coverage, allows us to place tight constraints on torus parameters such as the torus covering factor, inclination angle, and torus average column density. We also estimate the line-of-sight column density (NH) for each individual observation. Within the 12 sources, we detect clear line-of-sight NH variability in 5, non-variability in 5, and for 2 of them it is not possible to fully disentangle intrinsic-luminosity and NH variability. We observe large differences between the average values of line-ofsight NH (or NH of the obscurer) and the average NH of the torus (or NH of the reflector), for each source, by a factor between ∼ 2 to > 100. This behavior, which suggests a physical disconnect between the absorber and the reflector, is more extreme in sources that present NH variability. NH-variable AGN also tend to present larger obscuration and broader cloud distributions than their non-variable counterparts. We observe that large changes in obscuration only occur at long timescales, and use this to place tentative lower limits on torus cloud sizes.
Large scale mass_distribution_in_the_illustris_simulationSérgio Sacani
Observations at low redshifts thus far fail to account for all of the baryons expected in the
Universe according to cosmological constraints. A large fraction of the baryons presumably
resides in a thin and warm–hot medium between the galaxies, where they are difficult to observe
due to their low densities and high temperatures. Cosmological simulations of structure
formation can be used to verify this picture and provide quantitative predictions for the distribution
of mass in different large-scale structure components. Here we study the distribution
of baryons and dark matter at different epochs using data from the Illustris simulation. We
identify regions of different dark matter density with the primary constituents of large-scale
structure, allowing us to measure mass and volume of haloes, filaments and voids. At redshift
zero, we find that 49 per cent of the dark matter and 23 per cent of the baryons are within
haloes more massive than the resolution limit of 2 × 108 M⊙. The filaments of the cosmic
web host a further 45 per cent of the dark matter and 46 per cent of the baryons. The remaining
31 per cent of the baryons reside in voids. The majority of these baryons have been transported
there through active galactic nuclei feedback. We note that the feedback model of Illustris
is too strong for heavy haloes, therefore it is likely that we are overestimating this amount.
Categorizing the baryons according to their density and temperature, we find that 17.8 per cent
of them are in a condensed state, 21.6 per cent are present as cold, diffuse gas, and 53.9 per cent
are found in the state of a warm–hot intergalactic medium.
Exocometary gas in_th_hd_181327_debris_ringSérgio Sacani
An increasing number of observations have shown that gaseous debris discs are not an
exception. However, until now we only knew of cases around A stars. Here we present the first
detection of 12CO (2-1) disc emission around an F star, HD 181327, obtained with ALMA
observations at 1.3 mm. The continuum and CO emission are resolved into an axisymmetric
disc with ring-like morphology. Using a Markov chain Monte Carlo method coupled with
radiative transfer calculations we study the dust and CO mass distribution. We find the dust is
distributed in a ring with a radius of 86:0 0:4 AU and a radial width of 23:2 1:0 AU. At
this frequency the ring radius is smaller than in the optical, revealing grain size segregation
expected due to radiation pressure. We also report on the detection of low level continuum
emission beyond the main ring out to 200 AU. We model the CO emission in the non-LTE
regime and we find that the CO is co-located with the dust, with a total CO gas mass ranging
between 1:2 10 6 M and 2:9 10 6 M, depending on the gas kinetic temperature and
collisional partners densities. The CO densities and location suggest a secondary origin, i.e.
released from icy planetesimals in the ring. We derive a CO cometary composition that is
consistent with Solar system comets. Due to the low gas densities it is unlikely that the gas is
shaping the dust distribution.
An over massive_black_hole_in_a_typical_star_forming_galaxy_2_billion_years_a...Sérgio Sacani
Uma equipe internacional de astrofísicos, liderada por Benny Trakhtenbrot, um pesquiador no Instituto para Astronomia de Zurique ETH, descobriu um gigantesco buraco negro em uma galáxia outrora normal, usando o telescópio Keck I de 10 metros de diâmetro do Observatório W. M. Keck no Havaí. A equipe, conduzindo uma pesquisa rotineira de caça por antigos e massivos buracos negros, foi surpreendida quando encontrou um com uma massa mais de 7 bilhões de vezes a massa do Sol, figurando assim entre os buracos negros mais massivos já descobertos. E pelo fato da galáxia onde ele foi descoberto ser uma galáxia típica em tamanho, o estudo levantou algumas questões sobre as premissas prévias no desenvolvimento das galáxias. As descobertas foram publicadas na revista Science.
Os dados, coletado com o novíssimo instrumento MOSFIRE do observatório Keck, revelou um gigantesco buraco negro na galáxia chamada CID-947 que está a 11 bilhões de anos-luz de distância da Terra. A incrível sensibilidade do MOSFIRE acoplada ao maior telescópio óptico/infravermelho do mundo permitiu que os cientistas pudessem observar e caracterizar esse buraco negro como ele era quando o universo tinha somente 2 bilhões de anos de vida, ou seja, apenas 14% da sua idade atual.
Ainda mais surpreendente que a massa recorde do buraco negro, foi a massa relativamente comum da galáxia que o contém.
A maior parte das galáxias abrigam buracos negros com massas de menos de 1% da massa da galáxia. Na CID 947, a massa do buraco negro é 10% da massa total da galáxia hospedeira. Devido a essa grande disparidade, a equipe deduziu que esse buraco negro cresceu tão rapidamente que a galáxia não foi capaz de pará-lo, levantando assim uma questão sobre o pensamento prévio na co-evolução de galáxias e de seus buracos negros centrais.
DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DARK MATTER AND CENTRAL BLACK HOLE MASS IN THE DWAR...Sérgio Sacani
We measure the central kinematics for the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo I using integrated-light measurements and
previously published data. We find a steady rise in the velocity dispersion from 30000 into the center. The integratedlight kinematics provide a velocity dispersion of 11.76±0.66 km s−1
inside 7500. After applying appropriate corrections
to crowding in the central regions, we achieve consistent velocity dispersion values using velocities from individual stars.
Crowding corrections need to be applied when targeting individual stars in high density stellar environments. From
integrated light, we measure the surface brightness profile and find a shallow cusp towards the center. Axisymmetric,
orbit-based models measure the stellar mass-to-light ratio, black hole mass and parameters for a dark matter halo. At
large radii it is important to consider possible tidal effects from the Milky Way so we include a variety of assumptions
regarding the tidal radius. For every set of assumptions, models require a central black hole consistent with a mass
3.3 ± 2×106 M. The no-black-hole case for any of our assumptions is excluded at over 95% significance, with
6.4 < ∆χ
2 < 14. A black hole of this mass would have significant effect on dwarf galaxy formation and evolution.
The dark halo parameters are heavily affected by the assumptions for the tidal radii, with the circular velocity only
constrained to be above 30 km s−1
. Reasonable assumptions for the tidal radius result in stellar orbits consistent with
an isotropic distribution in the velocities. These more realistic models only show strong constraints for the mass of
the central black hole.
M82 X-2 is the first pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source discovered. The luminosity of these extreme pulsars, if
isotropic, implies an extreme mass transfer rate. An alternative is to assume a much lower mass transfer rate, but
with an apparent luminosity boosted by geometrical beaming. Only an independent measurement of the mass
transfer rate can help discriminate between these two scenarios. In this paper, we follow the orbit of the neutron star
for 7 yr, measure the decay of the orbit (P P orb orb 8 10 yr 6 1 · » - - - ), and argue that this orbital decay is driven by
extreme mass transfer of more than 150 times the mass transfer limit set by the Eddington luminosity. If this is true,
the mass available to the accretor is more than enough to justify its luminosity, with no need for beaming. This also
strongly favors models where the accretor is a highly magnetized neutron star.
The xmm newton-view_of_the_central_degrees_of_the_milk_waySérgio Sacani
Novas imagens do Observatório de Raios-X XMM-Newton da ESA revelaram alguns dos processos mais intensos que acontecem no coração da nossa Via Láctea.
As fontes brilhantes e pontuais que se destacam por toda imagem indicam os sistemas estelares binários onde uma das estrelas atingiu o final de sua vida, desenvolvendo para um objeto compacto e denso – uma estrela de nêutrons ou um buraco negro.
A região central da Via Láctea também contém jovens estrelas e aglomerados estelares e algumas dessas fontes são visíveis como pontos brancos e vermelhos brilhando na imagem, que se espalha por 1000 anos-luz.
A maior parte da ação ocorre no centro, onde nuvens difusas de gás estão sendo cavadas por ventos poderosos soprados por estrelas jovens, bem como por supernovas.
Jet reorientation in central galaxies of clusters and groups: insights from V...Sérgio Sacani
Recent observations of galaxy clusters and groups with misalignments between their central AGN jets
and X-ray cavities, or with multiple misaligned cavities, have raised concerns about the jet – bubble
connection in cooling cores, and the processes responsible for jet realignment. To investigate the
frequency and causes of such misalignments, we construct a sample of 16 cool core galaxy clusters and
groups. Using VLBA radio data we measure the parsec-scale position angle of the jets, and compare
it with the position angle of the X-ray cavities detected in Chandra data. Using the overall sample
and selected subsets, we consistently find that there is a 30% – 38% chance to find a misalignment
larger than ∆Ψ = 45◦ when observing a cluster/group with a detected jet and at least one cavity. We
determine that projection may account for an apparently large ∆Ψ only in a fraction of objects (∼35%),
and given that gas dynamical disturbances (as sloshing) are found in both aligned and misaligned
systems, we exclude environmental perturbation as the main driver of cavity – jet misalignment.
Moreover, we find that large misalignments (up to ∼ 90◦
) are favored over smaller ones (45◦ ≤ ∆Ψ ≤
70◦
), and that the change in jet direction can occur on timescales between one and a few tens of Myr.
We conclude that misalignments are more likely related to actual reorientation of the jet axis, and we
discuss several engine-based mechanisms that may cause these dramatic changes.
Evidence for the_thermal_sunyaev-zeldovich_effect_associated_with_quasar_feed...Sérgio Sacani
Using a radio-quiet subsample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic quasar
catalogue, spanning redshifts 0.5–3.5, we derive the mean millimetre and far-infrared
quasar spectral energy distributions (SEDs) via a stacking analysis of Atacama Cosmology
Telescope and Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver data. We
constrain the form of the far-infrared emission and find 3σ–4σ evidence for the thermal
Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) effect, characteristic of a hot ionized gas component with
thermal energy (6.2 ± 1.7) × 1060 erg. This amount of thermal energy is greater than
expected assuming only hot gas in virial equilibrium with the dark matter haloes of
(1 − 5) × 1012h
−1M that these systems are expected to occupy, though the highest
quasar mass estimates found in the literature could explain a large fraction of this
energy. Our measurements are consistent with quasars depositing up to (14.5±3.3) τ
−1
8
per cent of their radiative energy into their circumgalactic environment if their typical
period of quasar activity is τ8 × 108 yr. For high quasar host masses, ∼ 1013h
−1M,
this percentage will be reduced. Furthermore, the uncertainty on this percentage is
only statistical and additional systematic uncertainties enter at the 40 per cent level.
The SEDs are dust dominated in all bands and we consider various models for dust
emission. While sufficiently complex dust models can obviate the SZ effect, the SZ
interpretation remains favoured at the 3σ–4σ level for most models.
We present long-baseline Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of
the 870 m continuum emission from the nearest gas-rich protoplanetary disk, around TW Hya, that
trace millimeter-sized particles down to spatial scales as small as 1 AU (20 mas). These data reveal
a series of concentric ring-shaped substructures in the form of bright zones and narrow dark annuli
(1{6AU) with modest contrasts (5{30%). We associate these features with concentrations of solids
that have had their inward radial drift slowed or stopped, presumably at local gas pressure maxima.
No signicant non-axisymmetric structures are detected. Some of the observed features occur near
temperatures that may be associated with the condensation fronts of major volatile species, but the
relatively small brightness contrasts may also be a consequence of magnetized disk evolution (the
so-called zonal
ows). Other features, particularly a narrow dark annulus located only 1 AU from the
star, could indicate interactions between the disk and young planets. These data signal that ordered
substructures on AU scales can be common, fundamental factors in disk evolution, and that high
resolution microwave imaging can help characterize them during the epoch of planet formation.
Keywords: protoplanetary disks | planet-disk interactions | stars: individual (TW Hydrae)
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Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...Sérgio Sacani
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE SAMPLE RETURN.Sérgio Sacani
The return of a sample of near-surface atmosphere from Mars would facilitate answers to several first-order science questions surrounding the formation and evolution of the planet. One of the important aspects of terrestrial planet formation in general is the role that primary atmospheres played in influencing the chemistry and structure of the planets and their antecedents. Studies of the martian atmosphere can be used to investigate the role of a primary atmosphere in its history. Atmosphere samples would also inform our understanding of the near-surface chemistry of the planet, and ultimately the prospects for life. High-precision isotopic analyses of constituent gases are needed to address these questions, requiring that the analyses are made on returned samples rather than in situ.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Gliese 12 b: A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 pc Ideal for Atmospheric Tr...Sérgio Sacani
Recent discoveries of Earth-sized planets transiting nearby M dwarfs have made it possible to characterize the
atmospheres of terrestrial planets via follow-up spectroscopic observations. However, the number of such planets
receiving low insolation is still small, limiting our ability to understand the diversity of the atmospheric
composition and climates of temperate terrestrial planets. We report the discovery of an Earth-sized planet
transiting the nearby (12 pc) inactive M3.0 dwarf Gliese 12 (TOI-6251) with an orbital period (Porb) of 12.76 days.
The planet, Gliese 12 b, was initially identified as a candidate with an ambiguous Porb from TESS data. We
confirmed the transit signal and Porb using ground-based photometry with MuSCAT2 and MuSCAT3, and
validated the planetary nature of the signal using high-resolution images from Gemini/NIRI and Keck/NIRC2 as
well as radial velocity (RV) measurements from the InfraRed Doppler instrument on the Subaru 8.2 m telescope
and from CARMENES on the CAHA 3.5 m telescope. X-ray observations with XMM-Newton showed the host
star is inactive, with an X-ray-to-bolometric luminosity ratio of log 5.7 L L X bol » - . Joint analysis of the light
curves and RV measurements revealed that Gliese 12 b has a radius of 0.96 ± 0.05 R⊕,a3σ mass upper limit of
3.9 M⊕, and an equilibrium temperature of 315 ± 6 K assuming zero albedo. The transmission spectroscopy metric
(TSM) value of Gliese 12 b is close to the TSM values of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, adding Gliese 12 b to the small
list of potentially terrestrial, temperate planets amenable to atmospheric characterization with JWST.
Gliese 12 b, a temperate Earth-sized planet at 12 parsecs discovered with TES...Sérgio Sacani
We report on the discovery of Gliese 12 b, the nearest transiting temperate, Earth-sized planet found to date. Gliese 12 is a
bright (V = 12.6 mag, K = 7.8 mag) metal-poor M4V star only 12.162 ± 0.005 pc away from the Solar system with one of the
lowest stellar activity levels known for M-dwarfs. A planet candidate was detected by TESS based on only 3 transits in sectors
42, 43, and 57, with an ambiguity in the orbital period due to observational gaps. We performed follow-up transit observations
with CHEOPS and ground-based photometry with MINERVA-Australis, SPECULOOS, and Purple Mountain Observatory,
as well as further TESS observations in sector 70. We statistically validate Gliese 12 b as a planet with an orbital period of
12.76144 ± 0.00006 d and a radius of 1.0 ± 0.1 R⊕, resulting in an equilibrium temperature of ∼315 K. Gliese 12 b has excellent
future prospects for precise mass measurement, which may inform how planetary internal structure is affected by the stellar
compositional environment. Gliese 12 b also represents one of the best targets to study whether Earth-like planets orbiting cool
stars can retain their atmospheres, a crucial step to advance our understanding of habitability on Earth and across the galaxy.
The importance of continents, oceans and plate tectonics for the evolution of...Sérgio Sacani
Within the uncertainties of involved astronomical and biological parameters, the Drake Equation
typically predicts that there should be many exoplanets in our galaxy hosting active, communicative
civilizations (ACCs). These optimistic calculations are however not supported by evidence, which is
often referred to as the Fermi Paradox. Here, we elaborate on this long-standing enigma by showing
the importance of planetary tectonic style for biological evolution. We summarize growing evidence
that a prolonged transition from Mesoproterozoic active single lid tectonics (1.6 to 1.0 Ga) to modern
plate tectonics occurred in the Neoproterozoic Era (1.0 to 0.541 Ga), which dramatically accelerated
emergence and evolution of complex species. We further suggest that both continents and oceans
are required for ACCs because early evolution of simple life must happen in water but late evolution
of advanced life capable of creating technology must happen on land. We resolve the Fermi Paradox
(1) by adding two additional terms to the Drake Equation: foc
(the fraction of habitable exoplanets
with significant continents and oceans) and fpt
(the fraction of habitable exoplanets with significant
continents and oceans that have had plate tectonics operating for at least 0.5 Ga); and (2) by
demonstrating that the product of foc
and fpt
is very small (< 0.00003–0.002). We propose that the lack
of evidence for ACCs reflects the scarcity of long-lived plate tectonics and/or continents and oceans on
exoplanets with primitive life.
A Giant Impact Origin for the First Subduction on EarthSérgio Sacani
Hadean zircons provide a potential record of Earth's earliest subduction 4.3 billion years ago. Itremains enigmatic how subduction could be initiated so soon after the presumably Moon‐forming giant impact(MGI). Earlier studies found an increase in Earth's core‐mantle boundary (CMB) temperature due to theaccumulation of the impactor's core, and our recent work shows Earth's lower mantle remains largely solid, withsome of the impactor's mantle potentially surviving as the large low‐shear velocity provinces (LLSVPs). Here,we show that a hot post‐impact CMB drives the initiation of strong mantle plumes that can induce subductioninitiation ∼200 Myr after the MGI. 2D and 3D thermomechanical computations show that a high CMBtemperature is the primary factor triggering early subduction, with enrichment of heat‐producing elements inLLSVPs as another potential factor. The models link the earliest subduction to the MGI with implications forunderstanding the diverse tectonic regimes of rocky planets.
Climate extremes likely to drive land mammal extinction during next supercont...Sérgio Sacani
Mammals have dominated Earth for approximately 55 Myr thanks to their
adaptations and resilience to warming and cooling during the Cenozoic. All
life will eventually perish in a runaway greenhouse once absorbed solar
radiation exceeds the emission of thermal radiation in several billions of
years. However, conditions rendering the Earth naturally inhospitable to
mammals may develop sooner because of long-term processes linked to
plate tectonics (short-term perturbations are not considered here). In
~250 Myr, all continents will converge to form Earth’s next supercontinent,
Pangea Ultima. A natural consequence of the creation and decay of Pangea
Ultima will be extremes in pCO2 due to changes in volcanic rifting and
outgassing. Here we show that increased pCO2, solar energy (F⨀;
approximately +2.5% W m−2 greater than today) and continentality (larger
range in temperatures away from the ocean) lead to increasing warming
hostile to mammalian life. We assess their impact on mammalian
physiological limits (dry bulb, wet bulb and Humidex heat stress indicators)
as well as a planetary habitability index. Given mammals’ continued survival,
predicted background pCO2 levels of 410–816 ppm combined with increased
F⨀ will probably lead to a climate tipping point and their mass extinction.
The results also highlight how global landmass configuration, pCO2 and F⨀
play a critical role in planetary habitability.
Constraints on Neutrino Natal Kicks from Black-Hole Binary VFTS 243Sérgio Sacani
The recently reported observation of VFTS 243 is the first example of a massive black-hole binary
system with negligible binary interaction following black-hole formation. The black-hole mass (≈10M⊙)
and near-circular orbit (e ≈ 0.02) of VFTS 243 suggest that the progenitor star experienced complete
collapse, with energy-momentum being lost predominantly through neutrinos. VFTS 243 enables us to
constrain the natal kick and neutrino-emission asymmetry during black-hole formation. At 68% confidence
level, the natal kick velocity (mass decrement) is ≲10 km=s (≲1.0M⊙), with a full probability distribution
that peaks when ≈0.3M⊙ were ejected, presumably in neutrinos, and the black hole experienced a natal
kick of 4 km=s. The neutrino-emission asymmetry is ≲4%, with best fit values of ∼0–0.2%. Such a small
neutrino natal kick accompanying black-hole formation is in agreement with theoretical predictions.
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In this work, we assess the potential detectability of solar panels made of silicon on an Earth-like
exoplanet as a potential technosignature. Silicon-based photovoltaic cells have high reflectance in the
UV-VIS and in the near-IR, within the wavelength range of a space-based flagship mission concept
like the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). Assuming that only solar energy is used to provide
the 2022 human energy needs with a land cover of ∼ 2.4%, and projecting the future energy demand
assuming various growth-rate scenarios, we assess the detectability with an 8 m HWO-like telescope.
Assuming the most favorable viewing orientation, and focusing on the strong absorption edge in the
ultraviolet-to-visible (0.34 − 0.52 µm), we find that several 100s of hours of observation time is needed
to reach a SNR of 5 for an Earth-like planet around a Sun-like star at 10pc, even with a solar panel
coverage of ∼ 23% land coverage of a future Earth. We discuss the necessity of concepts like Kardeshev
Type I/II civilizations and Dyson spheres, which would aim to harness vast amounts of energy. Even
with much larger populations than today, the total energy use of human civilization would be orders of
magnitude below the threshold for causing direct thermal heating or reaching the scale of a Kardashev
Type I civilization. Any extraterrrestrial civilization that likewise achieves sustainable population
levels may also find a limit on its need to expand, which suggests that a galaxy-spanning civilization
as imagined in the Fermi paradox may not exist.
The solar dynamo begins near the surfaceSérgio Sacani
The magnetic dynamo cycle of the Sun features a distinct pattern: a propagating
region of sunspot emergence appears around 30° latitude and vanishes near the
equator every 11 years (ref. 1). Moreover, longitudinal flows called torsional oscillations
closely shadow sunspot migration, undoubtedly sharing a common cause2. Contrary
to theories suggesting deep origins of these phenomena, helioseismology pinpoints
low-latitude torsional oscillations to the outer 5–10% of the Sun, the near-surface
shear layer3,4. Within this zone, inwardly increasing differential rotation coupled with
a poloidal magnetic field strongly implicates the magneto-rotational instability5,6,
prominent in accretion-disk theory and observed in laboratory experiments7.
Together, these two facts prompt the general question: whether the solar dynamo is
possibly a near-surface instability. Here we report strong affirmative evidence in stark
contrast to traditional models8 focusing on the deeper tachocline. Simple analytic
estimates show that the near-surface magneto-rotational instability better explains
the spatiotemporal scales of the torsional oscillations and inferred subsurface
magnetic field amplitudes9. State-of-the-art numerical simulations corroborate these
estimates and reproduce hemispherical magnetic current helicity laws10. The dynamo
resulting from a well-understood near-surface phenomenon improves prospects
for accurate predictions of full magnetic cycles and space weather, affecting the
electromagnetic infrastructure of Earth.
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the ice giants during this phase of their evolution has not previously been identified. We perform
direct N-body orbital simulations of the four giant planets to determine the amount and origin of solid
accretion during this orbital upheaval. We find that the ice giants undergo an extreme bombardment
event, with collision rates as much as ∼3 per hour assuming km-sized planetesimals, increasing the
total planet mass by up to ∼0.35%. In all cases, the initially outermost ice giant experiences the
largest total enhancement. We determine that for some plausible planetesimal properties, the resulting
atmospheric enrichment could potentially produce sufficient latent heat to alter the planetary cooling
timescale according to existing models. Our findings suggest that substantial accretion during this
phase of planetary evolution may have been sufficient to impact the atmospheric composition and
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viewed near edge-on, shadow (i.e., solar eclipse) and lunar eclipse mutual events occur in almost every
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per day, as was the case in our younger Earth-Moon system. Leveraging previous space-based (EPOXI)
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the detectability of Moon analogs with HWO. We determine that Earth-Moon analogs are detectable
with observation of ∼2-20 mutual events for systems within 10 pc, and larger moons should remain
detectable out to 20 pc. We explore the extent to which exomoon mutual events can mimic planet
features and weather. We find that HWO wavelength coverage in the near-IR, specifically in the 1.4 µm
water band where large moons can outshine their host planet, will aid in differentiating exomoon signals
from exoplanet variability. Finally, we predict that exomoons formed through collision processes akin
to our Moon are more likely to be detected in younger systems, where shorter orbital periods and
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brines by deliquescence, like those thought to exist on present-day Mars. Here
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while inactivating representative protein enzymes. Additionally, we show
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powerful probe of the mass and spin of the central black hole. The vast majority of existing ‘continuum fitting’ models neglect
emission sourced at and within the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of the black hole. Numerical simulations, however,
find non-zero emission sourced from these regions. In this work, we extend existing techniques by including the emission
sourced from within the plunging region, utilizing new analytical models that reproduce the properties of numerical accretion
simulations. We show that in general the neglected intra-ISCO emission produces a hot-and-small quasi-blackbody component,
but can also produce a weak power-law tail for more extreme parameter regions. A similar hot-and-small blackbody component
has been added in by hand in an ad hoc manner to previous analyses of X-ray binary spectra. We show that the X-ray spectrum
of MAXI J1820+070 in a soft-state outburst is extremely well described by a full Kerr black hole disc, while conventional
models that neglect intra-ISCO emission are unable to reproduce the data. We believe this represents the first robust detection of
intra-ISCO emission in the literature, and allows additional constraints to be placed on the MAXI J1820 + 070 black hole spin
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Studying the escaping atmospheres of highly irradiated exoplanets is critical for understanding the physical
mechanisms that shape the demographics of close-in planets. A number of planetary outflows have been observed
as excess H/He absorption during/after transit. Such an outflow has been observed for WASP-69b by multiple
groups that disagree on the geometry and velocity structure of the outflow. Here, we report the detection of this
planet’s outflow using Keck/NIRSPEC for the first time. We observed the outflow 1.28 hr after egress until the
target set, demonstrating the outflow extends at least 5.8 × 105 km or 7.5 Rp This detection is significantly longer
than previous observations, which report an outflow extending ∼2.2 planet radii just 1 yr prior. The outflow is
blueshifted by −23 km s−1 in the planetary rest frame. We estimate a current mass-loss rate of 1 M⊕ Gyr−1
. Our
observations are most consistent with an outflow that is strongly sculpted by ram pressure from the stellar wind.
However, potential variability in the outflow could be due to time-varying interactions with the stellar wind or
differences in instrumental precision.
X-rays from a Central “Exhaust Vent” of the Galactic Center ChimneySérgio Sacani
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linear X-ray-emitting features located within the southern portion of the Galactic center chimney,
and oriented orthogonal to the Galactic plane, centered at coordinates l = 0.08◦
, b = −1.42◦
. The
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have been produced by a plasma outflow channel extending from the Galactic center. Our fits of the
feature’s spectra favor a complex two-component model consisting of thermal and recombining plasma
components, possibly a sign of shock compression or heating of the interstellar medium by outflowing
material. Assuming a recombining plasma scenario, we further estimate the cooling timescale of this
plasma to be on the order of a few hundred to thousands of years, leading us to speculate that a
sequence of accretion events onto the Galactic Black Hole may be a plausible quasi-continuous energy
source to sustain the observed morphology
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What determines the_density_structure_of_molecular_clouds
1. arXiv:1304.0327v1[astro-ph.GA]1Apr2013
What determines the density structure of molecular clouds ?
A case study of Orion B with Herschel1
N. Schneider1,2
, Ph. Andr´e1
, V. K¨onyves1,3
, S. Bontemps2
, F. Motte1
, C. Federrath4,5
, D.
Ward-Thompson6
and D. Arzoumanian1,3
, M. Benedettini7
, E. Bressert8
, P. Didelon1
, J. Di
Francesco9
, M. Griffin10
, M. Hennemann1
, T. Hill1
, P. Palmeirim1
, S. Pezzuto7
, N.
Peretto1
, A. Roy1
, K. L. J. Rygl7
, L. Spinoglio7
, G. White11,12
1
IRFU/SAp CEA/DSM, Laboratoire AIM CNRS - Universit´e Paris Diderot, F-91191
Gif-sur-Yvette; 2
OASU/LAB-UMR5804, CNRS, Universit´e Bordeaux 1, F-33270 Floirac;
3
IAS, CNRS/Universit´e Paris-Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay; 4
MoCA, School of Mathematical
Sciences, Monash University, Vic 3800, Australia; 5
Inst. f¨ur Theor. Astrophysik,
Universit¨at Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg; 6
Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, UCLAN,
Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE, UK; 7
IAPS-INAF, Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Roma;
8
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Epping, Australia; 9
NRCC, Herzberg Institute of
Astrophysics,University of Victoria, Canada; 10
University School of Physics and
Astronomy, Cardiff, UK; 11
Dep. of Physics & Astronomy, The Open University, Milton
Keynes MK7 6AA, UK; 12
RALSpace, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11, 0NL,UK
ABSTRACT
A key parameter to the description of all star formation processes is the
density structure of the gas. In this letter, we make use of probability distri-
bution functions (PDFs) of Herschel column density maps of Orion B, Aquila,
and Polaris, obtained with the Herschel Gould Belt survey (HGBS). We aim to
understand which physical processes influence the PDF shape, and with which
signatures. The PDFs of Orion B (Aquila) show a lognormal distribution for low
column densities until AV ∼ 3 (6), and a power-law tail for high column densities,
consistent with a ρ ∝ r−2
profile for the equivalent spherical density distribution.
The PDF of Orion B is broadened by external compression due to the nearby
OB stellar aggregates. The PDF of a quiescent subregion of the non-star-forming
Polaris cloud is nearly lognormal, indicating that supersonic turbulence governs
the density distribution. But we also observe a deviation from the lognormal
shape at AV >1 for a subregion in Polaris that includes a prominent filament.
We conclude that (i) the point where the PDF deviates from the lognormal form
does not trace a universal AV -threshold for star formation, (ii) statistical density
fluctuations, intermittency and magnetic fields can cause excess from the lognor-
mal PDF at an early cloud formation stage, (iii) core formation and/or global
2. – 2 –
collapse of filaments and a non-isothermal gas distribution lead to a power-law
tail, and (iv) external compression broadens the column density PDF, consistent
with numerical simulations.
1. Introduction
The star formation process represents a dramatic transformation of a molecular cloud
in time and space where the main governing elements are turbulence, gravity, and magnetic
fields. The spatial structure of clouds, now impressively revealed by Herschel imaging ob-
servations in the far-infrared (e.g., Andr´e et al. (2010), Motte et al. (2010), Molinari et
al. (2010)), is very inhomogeneous and dominated by filaments (Arzoumanian et al. (2011),
Schneider et al. (2012)). It is only with Herschel space observatory (Pilbratt et al. (2010))
observations that diffuse to dense gas is now traced at high angular resolution (typically
18′′
). Combining PACS (Poglitsch et al. (2010)) and SPIRE (Griffin et al. (2010)) data
provides column density maps that are superior to those obtained from extinction using
near-IR data (Lombardi et al. (2006), Kainulainen et al. (2009), Froebrich & Rowles (2010),
Schneider et al. (2011)) that have angular resolutions of ≈2′
and suffer from saturation at
visual extinctions AV above ≈25.
Here, we aim to disentangle the relative contributions of turbulence, gravity, and exter-
nal compression that influence the density structure of a molecular cloud. A useful analysis
technique is to use probability distribution functions (PDFs) of the column density, which
characterizes the fraction of gas with a column density N in the range [N, N+∆N] (e.g.,
Federrath et al. (2010)). Extinction maps (see above) have shown that molecular clouds can
have a lognormal PDF for low column densities, and either a power-law tail or more complex
shapes for higher column densities. Isothermal, hydrodynamic simulations including turbu-
lence and gravity (e.g., Klessen et al. (2000)) have shown that gravitational collapse induces
a power-law tail in the PDF at high densities. More recent studies (Kritsuk et al. (2011),
Federrath & Klessen (2013) and references therein) have investigated which parameters in-
fluence the shape of the PDF. Following these studies, fitting the slope of the high-density
tail of the PDF allows us to determine the exponent α of an equivalent spherical density
distribution ρ(r) = ρ0 (r/r0)−α
.
In this study we make use of Herschel-derived column density PDFs of the Orion B
molecular cloud, a template region for studies of low- to high-mass star formation (Lada
1
Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal
Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.
3. – 3 –
et al. (1991)). Orion B is amongst the nearest (distance ∼400 pc; Gibb (2008)) giant
molecular cloud (GMC) complexes, with a mass of around 105
M⊙, and hosts several OB-
clusters (NGC2023/24, NGC2068/71). Orion B is located within the Hα-shell ’Barnard’s
Loop’ and diverse OB stellar aggregates impact the cloud from the west with radiation and
stellar winds. To understand better what governs the density structure and its link to star
formation, we compare the Orion B PDFs to those obtained with the HGBS for a quiescent
cloud (Polaris) and a star-forming region (Aquila).
2. Observations
Orion B, Aquila, and Polaris were observed with the PACS and SPIRE instruments
onboard Herschel as part of the Herschel Gould Belt survey (HGBS, Andr´e et al. (2010)) in
parallel mode with a scanning speed of 60′′
/sec and two orthogonal coverages. The Orion B
data were obtained on 2010 Sep 29 and 2011 Mar 13. For details on Polaris see Men’shchikov
et al. (2010), Miville-Deschˆenes et al. (2010), Ward-Thompson et al. (2010), and K¨onyves
et al. (2010), Bontemps et al. (2010) for Aquila. The angular resolutions at 160 µm (PACS),
250 µm, 350 µm, and 500 µm (all SPIRE), are ∼12′′
, ∼18′′
, ∼25′′
, and ∼36′′
, respectively.
The SPIRE data were reduced with HIPE version 7.1956, including a destriper-module with
a polynomial baseline of zeroth order. Both scan directions were then combined using the
‘naive-mapper’, i.e., a simple averaging algorithm. The PACS data were reduced using
HIPE 6.0.2106. In addition to the standard data reduction steps, non-linearity correction
was applied on the 160 µm signal, which affects only the bright (> 10 Jy/pixel) regime. The
level1 data were then combined into a map with Scanamorphos v10 (Roussel (2012)).
Column density and dust temperature maps were determined from a modified blackbody
fit to the wavelengths 160 to 500 µm (see, e.g., K¨onyves et al. (2010)). We recovered
the Herschel zero-flux levels of the Orion B field for each wavelength with Planck data
(Bernard et al. (2010)). For the region covered by both PACS and SPIRE simultaneously,
we fixed the specific dust opacity per unit mass (dust+gas) approximated by the power law
κν = 0.1 (ν/1000GHz)β
cm2
/g and β=2 (cf. Hildebrand (1983)), took a mean molecular
weight per hydrogen molecule of 2.8, and left the dust temperature and column density as
free parameters. As an improvement to this procedure, we applied the technique described
in Palmeirim et al. ((2013)) that uses the flux information of the 500 µm map but with the
help of a multi-resolution decomposition, the angular resolution of the final maps is higher,
i.e., that of the 250 µm data at 18′′
. To test the robustness of the derived high-resolution
map of Orion B, we constructed ratio maps between the 18′′
-resolution column density map
– smoothed to the common-resolution of the 500 µm data (36′′
)– and the originally 36′′
-
4. – 4 –
resolution maps. This ratio map has a mean value of 1.0 and a standard deviation of 0.03.
The two column density maps agree within 15%. In addition, we investigated the effect of
increasing opacity for high column densities (Roy et al. ((2013)) on the PDF and found that
its dispersion decreases (∼10–20%) and can provoke a steeper slope of the power-law tail for
high densities.
Because the density structure of molecular clouds depends on how energy is injected
into a cloud (spiral density waves, expanding supernovae shells, H II-regions, or gravitational
contraction), we determine the hydrodynamic Mach-number M that characterizes to first or-
der the influence of turbulence. Stronger isothermal, non-magnetized supersonic turbulence
leads to a higher Mach number and thus stronger local density enhancements. In contrast,
magnetic fields smooth out density variations (Molina et al. (2012)). M can be derived
from observations of the full width at half maximum (FWHM in [km s−1
]) of a molecular
line, and the sound speed cs=0.188 Tkin/10K with the kinetic temperature Tkin.
M = (
√
3 FWHM)/(cs
√
8 ln 2) (1)
If the LTE assumption is valid, Tkin ≈Tex, with Tex = 5.53[ln(5.53/Tmb) + 1)]−1
for the
optically thick 12
CO 1→0 line. If gas and dust are well mixed, the temperature should also
correspond to the dust temperature derived from Herschel. We emphasize, however, that the
determination of the Mach-number remains rather uncertain (error ∼30–40%) and mainly
gives a tendency.
3. The column density structure of Orion B
3.1. Column density maps
The column density map of Orion B (Fig. 1) is dominated by the two active star-
forming clumps NGC2023/24 and NGC2068/71 (Buckle et al. 2010) with very high local
column densities N(H2) up to a few 1022
cm−2
and high dust temperatures of up to 35 K
(Fig. 2) due to the H II-regions. These two dense ridges are outlined by a column density
level of ∼3–4×1021
cm−2
and stand out in an extended cloud with a typical column density
of 1–2×1021
cm−2
. In contrast, the northern-eastern part of Orion B is colder and less
active. A sharp cut-off in column density at the western border of NGC2023/2024 and the
Horesehead nebula is seen in column density cuts at constant declination (Fig. 1) which was
known from CO data (Wilson et al. (2005)). From west to east, we first observe a strong
increase of column density on a few pc scale for NGC2023/2024, and a weaker but clearly
5. – 5 –
visible increase for the southern region. East of the peaks, the column density decreases to
a level of 1 to 2×1021
cm−2
which is higher than the values at the western border. Such a
profile was also seen in the Pipe nebula (Peretto et al. (2012)) where the authors proposed
a large-scale compression by the winds of the Sco OB2 association likely caused this sharp
edge. A similar process may be at work for Orion B because the western part of the cloud
is exposed to various OB aggregates (OB1b–d).
3.2. Probability distribution functions of column density
The distribution of number of pixels vs. column density for Orion B, Aquila, and Polaris
are displayed in Fig. 4. We will use the term probability distribution function (PDF) and
the notation p(η) though the pure pixel distribution is not strictly a PDF which is defined
for a lognormal distribution as
p(η)dη = (2 π σ2
η)−0.5
exp[−(η − µ)2
/(2σ2
η)] dη (2)
with η = ln(N/ N ) and ση as the dimensionless dispersion of the logarithmic field, and µ
the mean. The normalization allows a direct comparison between clouds of different column
density, and ση is a measure for the density variation in a turbulent medium. We determine
ση with a fit to the assumed lognormal low-density part of the PDF and the slope with the
index s from a power-law fit with p(η) = p0(η/η0)s
to the high-density part. The results of
the PDF fit are given together with the Mach-number determination in Table 1.
The Orion B and Aquila PDFs show a well-defined lognormal part for low column
densities and a clear power-law tail at higher column densities, starting at an extinction2
AV around 3 for Orion B and 6 for Aquila. To first order, the PDFs only differ in their
width (ση=0.45 for Orion B and 0.3 for Aquila). The PDFs of two subregions (Fig. 3) in
the Polaris cirrus cloud (Falgarone et al. (1998)) are more narrow with σ=0.22 and 0.27,
respectively. The PDF of the quiescent region is almost perfectly lognormal, however, above
AV∼1.5 we observe a slight excess which ist most likely a resolution effect but may possibly
result from a physical process (see Sec. 3.3). A clear deviation from the lognormal shape is
found for the ’saxophone’ filament. Interestingly, the excess for AV >1 has not the form of a
power-law tail. Note that all PDF features (shape, width etc.) do not depend on the angular
resolution (18′′
vs. 36′′
) or pixel number (our statistic here is high because the images are on
a 6′′
grid). To quantify better the deviation of the PDF from lognormal, we determined the
2
For better comparison to the literature values, we use the visual extinction value derived from the column
density adopting the conversion formula N(H2)/AV=0.94×1021
cm−2
mag−1
(Bohlin et al. (1978)).
6. – 6 –
Table 1: Temperature regime, Mach-number, and PDF fit results for Orion B, Aquila, and
Polaris
Tex(CO) Tdust Tex (CO) Tdust ∆v M ση α
[K] [K] [K] [K] [km/s]
Cloud (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
OrionB 5–70 5–45 20 16 ∼3 ∼8 0.45 1.99
Aquila ... 9-40 20 19 ∼2.2 ∼6 0.30 1.77
Polaris-quiet ... 12-15 10 13 ∼1 ∼3 0.22 -
Polaris-saxophone ∼10-15 11-14 12 13 ∼2 ∼7 0.27 -
(1) Observed excitation temperature range from 12
CO 1→0 data (Orion B: Buckle et al. (2010), Aquila:
Zeilik et al. (1978); Polaris: Bensch et al. (2003), Shimoikura et al. (2012)). No large-scale CO data is
availabe for Polaris and Aquila).
(2) Observed dust temperature range from Herschel data.
(3) and (4) average temperature.
(5) line width from 12
CO 1→0.
(6) sonic Mach-number from average temperature and CO-line width.
(7) dispersion of the PDF.
(8) exponent of the spherical density profile.
7. – 7 –
higher moments3
skewness S and kurtosis K. The skewness, describing the asymmetry of the
distribution, is positive for Orion B, Aquila, and Polaris-saxophone (S=1.17, 1.24, and 0.49,
error typically 0.05), implying an excess at higher column densities, and is S=0.19 (K=3.0)
for Polaris-quiet, confirming the nearly lognormal form of its PDF. The Orion B and Aquila
PDFs have much higher values for the kurtosis (K=6.8 and 7.9) that arise from pronounced
wings. The Polaris-saxophone region has also a (high) value of K=4.4, indicating an excess
at high column densities.
From theory, a purely lognormal distribution is only expected if the cloud structure is
shaped by supersonic, isothermal turbulence while deviations in the form of a power law
for high column densities are predicted for self-gravitating clouds (Klessen et al. (2000),
Ballesteros-Paredes et al. (2011)). The concept of isothermality does not fully apply to all
clouds, as can be seen in the temperature PDFs in Fig. 2. While Polaris can be considered
as a nearly isothermal gas phase, Orion B and Aquila show a more complex temperature
distribution over a larger range. Froebrich & Rowles (2010) argued that the AV-value where
the transition of the PDF must take place is always around 6, and defined this value as a
threshold for star formation. Kainulainen et al. (2011) found values between AV=2–5 and
proposed a scenario in which this AV-range marks a transition between dense clumps and
cores and a more diffuse interclump medium. The PDFs of Orion B and Aquila shown in
Fig. 4 clearly show that the transition from lognormal to power law is not universal but varies
between clouds (AV ∼3 and 6, respectively). This behaviour suggests that the AV -transition
value neither represents a universal threshold in star formation nor a phase transition (unless
the density of the clumps and the interclump medium strongly varies from cloud to cloud).
A similar result was obtained in the study of Schneider et al. (2013), presenting a large
sample of PDFs from low- to high-mass star-forming clouds. Deviations of the PDF from
lognormal are more likely a function of cloud parameters, in particular the virial parameter,
the dominant forcing mode4
, and the Mach number as shown in models (Federrath & Klessen
2013) and observations (Schneider et al. 2013).
From the slope of the power-law tail for Orion B and Aquila, the exponent of an equiv-
alent spherical density distribution ρ(r) ∝ r−α
is determined to be α=1.99 (1.77) for Orion
B (Aquila), conforming with results typically obtained for individual collapsing cores. The
high-density tail, however, cannot be explained by the core population alone because it does
not provide sufficient mass (K¨onyves et al. (2010)). Moreover, it is probably also caused by
3
S = 1
σ3
∞
−∞
dη p(η)[η − η ]3
and K = 1
σ4
∞
−∞
dη p(η)[η − η ]4
(see, e.g., Federrath et al. 2010)
4
Compressive modes on large to small scales are generated by galactic spiral shocks, expanding super-
nova shells and H II regions, gravitational contraction, and outflows. Solenoidal forcing arises from galactic
rotation and magneto-rotational instabilities.
8. – 8 –
global gravitational collapse of larger spatial areas like filaments and ridges (see, e.g., Schnei-
der et al. (2010), Hill et al. (2011), Palmeirim et al. (2013) for observational examples).
It was shown that non-isothermal flows can also cause power-law tails (Passot &Vazquez-
Semadeni 1998) so that this process may influence the shape of the PDF as well. Indeed,
in regions with significant temperature variations, α can reach values larger than free-fall
(α=2.4 for the high-mass star-forming cloud NGC6334, Russeil et al. (2013)), possibly
pointing towards a scenario in which heating/cooling processes become important.
3.3. Comparison to models
We compare our observational PDFs with those obtained from hydrodynamic simula-
tions (Federrath & Klessen 2013), including gravity, magnetic fields, and different turbulent
states (M=2–50, star formation efficiencies from 0 to 20%, and different forcing modes). In
addition, we determine the ’b-parameter’ (σ2
s = f2
σ2
η = ln (1 + b2
M2
), e.g., Federrath et al.
2010, Burkhart & Lazarian (2012)), characterizing the link between density and velocity in
a cloud. We find:
(1) The dispersion ση of the PDF for Aquila is 0.3 and for the two Polaris subregions 0.22
and 0.27, while ση=0.45 for Orion B. At the same time, the Mach number for all regions is
typically 6 to 8 (in view of the uncertainty of M, they are bascially the same), while only
the Polaris-quiet subregion has a significant lower value of 3. Numerical models indicate
that a larger width is caused by a higher Mach number and/or compressive forcing instead
of solenoidal forcing (see also Federrath et al. (2010), Tremblin et al. (2012)). Since Orion B
and Aquila have similar values of Mach number, we conclude that the Orion B cloud is likely
exposed to compressive modes – as seen also in the sharp cutoff of column density (Fig. 1)
– caused by the stellar winds from diverse OB aggregates5
. Aquila has been proposed to
be located at an encounter of several superbubbles (Frisch (1998)), but the impact on its
density structure – more or less important than close-by OB-stars – can not be inferred.
Both clouds are exposed to relatively high magnetic fields (Crutcher et al. (1999), Sugitani
et al. (2011)), so that the more narrow PDF of Aquila is presumably not caused by magnetic
fields alone.
(2) Polaris-quiet has a narrow (σ=0.22), lognormal PDF, the gas is nearly isothermal (see
temperature PDF in Fig. 2), and has a low (∼3) Mach-number. Only isothermal turbulence
simulations without self-gravity reproduce this shape of the PDF. We computed the forcing-
parameter b = 1/M × (exp ((f ση)2
) − 1)0.5
using an average of 2.5 between solenoidal and
5
Note that the Pipe cloud as a clear example of compression (Sec. 3.1) also shows a broad PDF with
ση=0.60 in extinction maps (Schneider et al. 2013.)
9. – 9 –
compressive forcing (Federrath et al. 2010) for the factor f = σs/ση (estimation of the 3D
density fluctuation σs out of the 2D column density fluctuation ση). The resulting value of
b=0.2 is lower than what was found by comparing with the purely solenoidal driven isother-
mal MHD simulations of Burkhart & Lazarian (2012)). Our data point for Polaris-quiet fits
on their model (Fig. 3) with b=1/3. In any case, these results show that the Polaris-quiet
PDF is consistent with the view that the cloud’s density distribution is mainly governed by
solenoidal forcing.
3) Power-law tails in the high-density PDF regime form under the presence of self-gravity,
but can also be provoked by purely non-isothermal turbulence (Passot & Vazquez-Semadeni
(1998)). For Orion B and Aquila, gravity most likely dominates because a large number of
pre- and protostellar dense cores and supercritical filaments are present (Andr´e et al. 2010,
K¨onyves et al., in prep.). The gas is not isothermal (Fig 2), but the temperature does not
vary by several orders of magnitude either. The excess in the PDF for the Polaris-saxophone
region is more difficult to interpret. In this gravitational and thermally subcritical filament,
only one candidate pre-stellar core (Ward-Thompson et al. (2010), Shimoikura et al. (2012))
was found. The gas can be condidered as isothermal, so that here magnetic fields may play
a role (the strength is not known), leading to a narrow PDF (e.g., Molina et al. (2012)),
or statistical density fluctuations and intermittency due to locally compressive turbulence.
These effects may also explain the slight excess in the PDF of Polaris-quiet.
SPIRE has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by Cardiff Univ. (UK) and
including: Univ. Lethbridge (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, LAM (France); IFSI, Univ.
Padua (Italy); IAC (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); Imperial College London,
RAL, UCL-MSSL, UKATC, Univ. Sussex (UK); and Caltech, JPL, NHSC, Univ. Colorado
(USA). This development has been supported by national funding agencies: CSA (Canada);
NAOC (China); CEA, CNES, CNRS (France); ASI (Italy); MCINN (Spain); SNSB (Swe-
den); STFC, UKSA (UK); and NASA (USA). We thank J.-Ph. Bernard for providing the
flux values from Planck. C. Federrath acknowledges the Australian Research Council for a
Discovery Projects Fellowship (grant No. DP110102191). Part of this work was supported
by the ANR-11-BS56-010 project “STARFICH”.
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Fig. 1.— H2-column density map at 18′′
angular resolution of Orion B obtained from Herschel
data. Known H II regions are labeled. The panel inside the image shows cuts (color-coded in
blue, green, and red) in H2-column density of the NGC2023/24 region at constant declination.
These cuts are indicated in the image.
14. – 14 –
Fig. 2.— Dust temperature map at 18′′
angular resolution of Orion B obtained from Herschel
data. The panel inside the image shows the temperature PDFs of Orion B, Aquila, and
Polaris (the whole region, not seperated by subregions).
15. – 15 –
Fig. 3.— Herschel SPIRE map at 250 µm of the Polaris and Aquila fields. The two regions
for which we show the corresponding column density PDFs for Polaris are indicated by
dashed white lines. These are the ’saxophone’, a region containing a filament with high
column density but lacking star formation and a subregion further north-east.
16. – 16 –
Fig. 4.— Probability distribution functions of column density for Orion B and Aquila (top)
and Polaris (bottom) at an angular resolution of 18′′
(a similar version of the Aquila PDF
was previously shown in Andr´e et al. (2011)). The left y-axis is the PDF as a normalized
probability p(η) while the right y-axis indicates the number of pixels per logarithmic bin.
Note that due to the large number of pixels (6′′
grid), the error-bars calculated using Poisson-
statistics are very small. The PDFs do not change using a lower sampled grid (i.e. at the
resolution of 18′′
or 36′′
). The lower x-axis gives the column density N(H2) in units of 1021
cm−2
(corresponding approximately to the AV in magnitudes using the Bohlin-factor). The
upper x-axis is the dimensionless parameter η = ln(N/ N ). The green curve indicates the
fitted lognormal PDF and the red line the power law fit to the high-density tail. The width
of the fitted lognormal PDF (ση), the powerx-law slope index s, and the exponent α of
the equivalent spherical density profile (ρ ∝ r−α
) are given in each panel. Note that the
variation of opacity with density causes a systematic error on the PDF which is larger than
the statistical error. We estimate the error on σ and α to be typically 10–20%.