De re metallica: the cosmic chemical evolution of galaxies

R Maiolino, F Mannucci - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2019 - Springer
The evolution of the content of heavy elements in galaxies, the relative chemical
abundances, their spatial distribution, and how these scale with various galactic properties …

Active galactic nuclei: what's in a name?

P Padovani, DM Alexander, RJ Assef… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto
supermassive black holes in galaxies, and present unique observational signatures that …

The James Webb space telescope mission

JP Gardner, JC Mather, R Abbott, JS Abell… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We summarize the history, concept, scientific program, and technical performance of the
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST, Webb; Gardner et al. 2006). This paper points to and …

The 2023 terahertz science and technology roadmap

A Leitenstorfer, AS Moskalenko… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Terahertz (THz) radiation encompasses a wide spectral range within the electromagnetic
spectrum that extends from microwaves to the far infrared (100 GHz–∼ 30 THz). Within its …

Refining the transit-timing and photometric analysis of TRAPPIST-1: masses, radii, densities, dynamics, and ephemerides

E Agol, C Dorn, SL Grimm, M Turbet… - The planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We have collected transit times for the TRAPPIST-1 system with the Spitzer Space
Telescope over four years. We add to these ground-based, HST, and K2 transit-time …

Water in star-forming regions: physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy

EF van Dishoeck, LE Kristensen, JC Mottram… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Water is a key molecule in the physics and chemistry of star and planet formation,
but it is difficult to observe from Earth. The Herschel Space Observatory provided …

A luminous red supergiant and dusty long-period variable progenitor for SN 2023ixf

JE Jencson, J Pearson, ER Beasor… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze pre-explosion near-and mid-infrared (IR) imaging of the site of SN 2023ixf in the
nearby spiral galaxy M101 and characterize the candidate progenitor star. The star displays …

Short GRB host galaxies. I. Photometric and spectroscopic catalogs, host associations, and galactocentric offsets

W Fong, AE Nugent, Y Dong, E Berger… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive optical and near-infrared census of the fields of 90 short
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) discovered in 2005–2021, constituting all short GRBs for which …

The absolute magnitude of the sun in several filters

CNA Willmer - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a table with estimates of the absolute magnitude of the Sun and the
conversions from vegamag to the AB and ST systems for several wide-band filters used in …

The Herschel view of the dominant mode of galaxy growth from z= 4 to the present day

C Schreiber, M Pannella, D Elbaz, M Béthermin… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
We present an analysis of the deepest Herschel images in four major extragalactic fields
GOODS–North, GOODS–South, UDS, and COSMOS obtained within the GOODS–Herschel …