Stokes inversion techniques are very powerful methods for obtaining information on the thermodynamic and magnetic properties of solar and stellar atmospheres...
Benchmark tests of transmission spectroscopy using transiting white dwarfs
Context. Ground-based transit observations are affected by both telluric absorption and instrumental systematics, which can affect the final retrieved...
Beyond the hubble sequence - exploring galaxy morphology with unsupervised machine learning
We explore unsupervised machine learning for galaxy morphology analyses using a combination of feature extraction with a vector-quantized variational...
Binarity and multiperiodicity in high-amplitude δ Scuti stars
We have carried out a photometric and spectroscopic survey of bright high-amplitude δ Scuti (HADS) stars. The aim was to detect binarity and multiperiodicity...
Binary Companions of Evolved Stars in APOGEE DR14: Search Method and Catalog of ∼5000 Companions
Multi-epoch radial velocity measurements of stars can be used to identify stellar, substellar, and planetary-mass companions. Even a small number of observation...
Black Mirror: The impact of rotational broadening on the search for reflected light from 51 Pegasi b with high resolution spectroscopy
Context. The extreme contrast ratios between stars and their planets at optical wavelengths make it challenging to isolate the light reflected by exoplanet...
Bolometric Treatment of Irradiation Effects: General Discussion and Application to Binary Stars
A general framework for dealing with irradiation effects in the bolometric sense—specifically, reflection with heat absorption and the consequent redistribution...
Borderline hyperbolic comet C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS) was fading as it approached the Sun
We present an observational and numerical study of the borderline hyperbolic comet C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS) performed during its recent passage through the inner...
Broadband characterisation of the very intense TeV flares of the blazar 1ES 1959+650 in 2016
1ES 1959+650 is a bright TeV high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object exhibiting interesting features like "orphan" TeV flares and broad emission in the high-energy...