Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

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    Determination of the Magnetic Field Vector via the Hanle and Zeeman Effects in the He I λ10830 Multiplet: Evidence for Nearly Vertical Magnetic Fields in a Polar Crown Prominence
    The magnetic field is the key physical quantity responsible for the formation, stability, and evolution of solar prominences (ribbons of cool dense gas embedded...
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    Diagonal Ridge Pattern of Different Age Populations Found in Gaia-DR2 with LAMOST Main-sequence Turnoff and OB-type Stars
    We revisit the diagonal ridge feature (diagonal distributions in the R, v φ plane) found in Gaia and present a timing analysis for it between Galactocentric...
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    Dichroic Masers Due to Radiation Anisotropy and the Influence of the Hanle Effect on the Circumstellar SiO Polarization
    The theory of the generation and transfer of polarized radiation, mainly developed for interpreting solar spectropolarimetric observations, allows us to...
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    Differential O and Si Abundances in M33 Early B Supergiants
    We present non-LTE analyses of four M33 early B supergiant stars and five Galactic counterparts. This is the first time that B supergiants beyond the Magellanic...
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    Direct Confirmation of Two Pattern Speeds in the Double-barred Galaxy NGC 2950
    We present the surface photometry and stellar kinematics of NGC 2950, which is a nearby and undisturbed SB0 galaxy hosting two nested stellar bars. We use the...
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    Direct Imaging of Fine Structure in the Chromosphere of a Sunspot Umbra
    High-resolution imaging observations from the Hinode spacecraft in the Ca II H line are employed to study the dynamics of the chromosphere above a sunspot. We...
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    Discovery and Evolution of the New Black Hole Candidate Swift J1539.2-6227 during its 2008 Outburst
    We report on the discovery by the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer of the black hole (BH) candidate Swift J1539.2-6227 and the subsequent course of an outburst...
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    Discovery and Implications of a New Large-Scale Stellar Bar in NGC 5248
    For decades, the grand-design SAB spiral galaxy NGC 5248 has been postulated to host a short bar of semimajor axis 22" (1.6 kpc). From dynamical and...
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    Discovery of a Gamma-Ray Black Widow Pulsar by GPU-accelerated Einstein@Home
    We report the discovery of 1.97 ms period gamma-ray pulsations from the 75 minute orbital-period binary pulsar now named PSR J1653-0158. The associated Fermi...