Large constellations of small satellites: A survey of near future challenges and missions

G Curzi, D Modenini, P Tortora - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
Constellations of satellites are being proposed in large numbers; most of them are expected
to be in orbit within the next decade. They will provide communication to unserved and …

Probing the interior physics of stars through asteroseismology

C Aerts - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Yearslong time series of high-precision brightness measurements have been assembled for
thousands of stars with telescopes operating in space. Such data have allowed astronomers …

Asteroseismology of high-mass stars: New insights of stellar interiors with space telescopes

DM Bowman - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Massive stars are important metal factories in the Universe. They have short and energetic
lives, and many of them inevitably explode as a supernova and become a neutron star or …

The first view of δ Scuti and γ Doradus stars with the TESS mission

V Antoci, MS Cunha, DM Bowman… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present the first asteroseismic results for δ Scuti and γ Doradus stars observed in
Sectors 1 and 2 of the TESS mission. We utilize the 2-min cadence TESS data for a sample …

MOBSTER–VI. The crucial influence of rotation on the radio magnetospheres of hot stars

ME Shultz, SP Owocki, A Ud-Doula… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Numerous magnetic hot stars exhibit gyrosynchrotron radio emission. The source electrons
were previously thought to be accelerated to relativistic velocities in the current sheet formed …

[HTML][HTML] Variability of OB stars from TESS southern Sectors 1–13 and high-resolution IACOB and OWN spectroscopy

S Burssens, S Simón-Díaz, DM Bowman… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The lack of high-precision long-term continuous photometric data for large samples
of stars has impeded the large-scale exploration of pulsational variability in the OB star …

Convective boundary mixing in main-sequence stars: theory and empirical constraints

EH Anders, MG Pedersen - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The convective envelopes of solar-type stars and the convective cores of intermediate-and
high-mass stars share boundaries with stable radiative zones. Through a host of processes …

[PDF][PDF] CubeSat quantum communications mission

DKL Oi, A Ling, G Vallone, P Villoresi… - EPJ Quantum …, 2017 - Springer
Quantum communication is a prime space technology application and offers near-term
possibilities for long-distance quantum key distribution (QKD) and experimental tests of …

Direct evidence for shock-powered optical emission in a nova

E Aydi, KV Sokolovsky, L Chomiuk, E Steinberg… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Classical novae are thermonuclear explosions that occur on the surfaces of white dwarf
stars in interacting binary systems. It has long been thought that the luminosity of classical …

Sensitivity of gravito-inertial modes to differential rotation in intermediate-mass main-sequence stars

T Van Reeth, JSG Mombarg, S Mathis… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. While rotation has a major impact on stellar structure and evolution, its effects are
not well understood. Thanks to high-quality and long-time base photometric observations …