Astrophysical: Methods

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    Spitzer thermal phase curve of WASP-121 b
    Aims: We analyse unpublished Spitzer observations of the thermal phase-curve of WASP-121 b, a benchmark ultra-hot Jupiter. Methods: We adopted the wavelet pixel...
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    SPRIGHT: a probabilistic mass-density-radius relation for small planets
    We present SPRIGHT, a PYTHON package that implements a fast and lightweight mass-density-radius relation for small planets. The relation represents the joint...
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    Stability and formation of the resonant system HD 73526
    Context: Based on radial velocity measurements, it has been found that the two giant planets detected around the star HD 73526 are in 2:1 resonance. However, as...
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    Stability of C60 and C70 fullerenes toward corpuscular and γ radiation
    The stability of C60 and C70 fullerenes in the interstellar medium deposited on dust surface or embedded in meteorites and comets has been simulated with γ...
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    Star tracking for pointing determination of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. Application to the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
    We present a novel approach to the determination of the pointing of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) using the trajectories of the stars in...
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    STARE operations experience and its data quality control
    The STARE instrument was the first to detect the transits of an extrasolar planet in 1999. To date it has performed one of the longest running searches for...
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    StarHorse results for spectroscopic surveys and Gaia DR3: Chrono-chemical populations in the solar vicinity, the genuine thick disk, and young alpha-rich stars
    The Gaia mission has provided an invaluable wealth of astrometric data for more than a billion stars in our Galaxy. The synergy between Gaia astrometry...
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    StarHorse results for spectroscopic surveys with Gaia EDR3: Chrono-chemical populations in the solar vicinity, the genuine thick disk, and young alpha-rich stars (Corrigendum)
    The revised catalog is only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin...
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    Statistical studies of HII regions in nearby galaxies. I. Spitzer near-IR luminosities and temperatures, compared with Hα luminosities, from selected HII regions in M100
    Aims: We systematically study the relations between the Hα luminosity and the near-IR luminosity and temperature of a set of selected HII regions in the disc of...