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Understanding the dynamics and kinematics of out-flowing atmospheres of hot and warm exoplanets is crucial to understanding the origins and evolutionary history of the exoplanets near the evaporation desert. Recently, ground based…

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are believed to be the source of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Particles are assumed to be accelerated in the accretion disk and the plasma jets, produced due to conservation of angular momentum, to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Isaac Saba , Julia Becker Tjus , Francis Halzen

We analyze high-resolution UV spectra of a small sample of Herbig Ae/Be stars (HAEBES) in order to explore the origin of the $T\sim10^5$ K gas in these stars. The C IV 1548,1550 \AA\ line luminosities are compared to non--simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 P. Wilson Cauley , Christopher M. Johns-Krull

UV, visible, and near-infrared spectroscopy is used to study the transitions of neutral oxygen leading to the emission of broad OI $\lambda$8446, $\lambda$11287 and $\lambda$1304 in Active Galactic Nuclei. From the strength of the former…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Rodriguez-Ardila , S. M. Viegas , M. G. Pastoriza , L. Prato , Carlos J. Donzelli

The quiet solar corona consists of myriads of loop-like features, with magnetic fields originating from network and internetwork regions on the solar surface. The continuous interaction between these different magnetic patches leads to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-13 L. P. Chitta , H. Peter , P. R. Young

Photoevaporation caused by X-rays and ultraviolet radiation from the central star has attracted attention as a key process driving the dispersal of protoplanetary discs. Although numerous models have been used to investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-07 Munehito Shoda , Riouhei Nakatani , Shinsuke Takasao

The nature of the mechanisms apparently driving X-rays from intermediate mass stars lacking strong convection zones or massive winds remains poorly understood, and the possible role of hidden, lower mass close companions is still unclear. A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Jeremy J. Drake , Jonathan Braithwaite , Vinay Kashyap , H. Moritz Guenther , Nicholas J. Wright

OH is a key molecule in H2O chemistry, a valuable tool for probing physical conditions, and an important contributor to the cooling of shock regions. OH participates in the re-distribution of energy from the protostar towards the…

Small-scale transient phenomena in the quiet Sun are believed to play an important role in coronal heating and solar wind generation. One of them named as "X-ray jet" is the subject of our study. We indent to investigate the dynamics,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. S. Madjarska

The first stars, the chemically pristine Population III, likely played an important role in heating the intergalactic medium during the epoch of cosmic dawn. The very high effective temperatures ($\sim 10^5$ K) predicted for the most…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-18 Joel Wasserman , Erik Zackrisson , Jiten Dhandha , Anastasia Fialkov , Leon Noble , Suman Majumdar

We discuss a representative selection of particle acceleration mechanisms believed to be operating in Active Galactic Nuclei. Starting from direct electrostatic field acceleration in the vicinity of the black hole up to Fermi-type particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-23 Frank M. Rieger

Stellar activity can be observed at different wavelengths in a variety of different activity indicators. We investigated the correlation between coronal and chromospheric emissions by combining X-ray data from stars detected in the eROSITA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 S. Freund , S. Czesla , B. Fuhrmeister , P. Predehl , J. Robrade , P. C. Schneider , J. H. M. M. Schmitt

The energetics, spectrum, and composition of cosmic rays with energies below about $10^{15}$ eV are fairly well explained by models involving supernova shocks. In contrast, no widely accepted theory exists for the origin of ultra-high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Aparna Venkatesan , M. Coleman Miller , Angela V. Olinto

We present the first detailed X-ray study and simultaneous optical observations of the active fast rotating star FR Cnc. The X-ray spectra are found to be explained by two-temperature plasma model with temperature of cool and hot components…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-01 Jeewan C. Pandey , Gurpreet Singh , Subhajeet Karmakar , Arti Joshi , I. S. Savanov , S. A. Naroenkov , M. A. Nalivkin

About 10% of all stars exhibit absorption lines of ultra-high excited (UHE) metals (e.g. OVIII) in their optical spectra when entering the white dwarf cooling sequence. The recent discovery of a both spectroscopic and photometric variable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 Nicole Reindl , Veronika Schaffenroth , Semih Filiz , Stephan Geier , Ingrid Pelisoli , S. O. Kepler

I report on the high resolution spectra of the remarkable X9 solar flare of 2024 Oct 03 (SOL2024-10-03T12:08) and evaluate the extent to which nonthermal electron beams that generate dense chromospheric condensations can power very bright…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Adam F. Kowalski

Spatial information from stellar X-ray coronae can be inferred by use of scaling laws from the solar corona. This requires measurement of the physical parameters temperature and density. We concentrate on the newly available density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. -U. Ness , M. Güdel , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , M. Audard , A. Telleschi

We report the discovery of the high-ionisation [Ne v] 3426A emission line in the spectra of five blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies. Adding the three previously known BCDs with [Ne v] emission, the entire sample of such galaxies now contains…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-29 Y. I. Izotov , T. X. Thuan , G. Privon

The [O II] 3727 emission line is often used as an indicator of star formation rate in extragalactic surveys, and it can be an equally effective tracer of star formation in systems containing luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Minjin Kim , Luis C. Ho , Myungshin Im

We analyze the Spitzer spectra of 140 active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected in the hard X-rays (14-195 keV) by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board Swift. This sample allows us to probe several orders of magnitude in black hole masses…