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First Detection of UV emission from a Detached Dust Shell: GALEX Observations of the Carbon AGB Star U Hya

We present the discovery of an extended ring of ultraviolet emission surrounding the AGB star U Hya in archival observations performed by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). This is the third discovery of extended UV emission from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 E. Sanchez , R. Montez , S. Ramstedt , K. G. Stassun

The far-ultraviolet emission of early-type galaxies

We have assembled a UV-flux selected sample of 82 early-type galaxies and collected additional information at other wavelengths. These data confirm a large spread of the UV-V color in the range 2 to 5. The spread in UV-V is accompanied by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. M. Deharveng , A. Boselli , J. Donas

The Space Density of Extended Ultraviolet (XUV) Disks in the Local Universe and Implications for Gas Accretion on to Galaxies

We present results of the first unbiased search for extended UV (XUV)-disk galaxies undertaken to determine the space density of such galaxies. Our sample contains 561 local (0.001 < z < 0.05) galaxies that lie in the intersection of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jenna J. Lemonias , David Schiminovich , David Thilker , Ted K. Wyder , D. Christopher Martin , Mark Seibert , Marie A. Treyer , Luciana Bianchi , Timothy M. Heckman , Barry F. Madore , R. Michael Rich

Star Formation in the Ultraviolet

With the launch of JWST and the upcoming installation of extremely large telescopes, the first galaxies in our Universe will finally be revealed. Their light will be dominated by massive stars, which peak in in the ultra-violet (UV) part of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-15 Jorick S. Vink

Ultraviolet Extinction at High Galactic Latitudes

In order to study the properties and effects of high Galactic latitude dust we present an analysis of 373,303 galaxies selected from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) All-Sky Survey and Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WISE) All-Sky Data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 J. E. G. Peek , David Schiminovich

The Evolution of the Galaxy Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Luminosity Function Over the First Two Billion Years

We present a robust measurement and analysis of the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function at z=4-8. We use deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging over the CANDELS/GOODS fields, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and the Year 1 Hubble…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-15 Steven L. Finkelstein , Russell E. Ryan , Casey Papovich , Mark Dickinson , Mimi Song , Rachel Somerville , Henry C. Ferguson , Brett Salmon , Mauro Giavalisco , Anton M. Koekemoer , Matthew L. N. Ashby , Peter Behroozi , Marco Castellano , James S. Dunlop , Sandy M. Faber , Giovanni G. Fazio , Adriano Fontana , Norman A. Grogin , Nimish Hathi , Jason Jaacks , Dale D. Kocevski , Rachael Livermore , Ross J. McLure , Emiliano Merlin , Bahram Mobasher , Jeffrey A. Newman , Marc Rafelski , Vithal Tilvi , S. P. Willner

Galactic Radio Explorer: an all-sky monitor for bright radio bursts

We present the Galactic Radio Explorer (GReX), an all-sky monitor to probe the brightest bursts in the radio sky. Building on the success of STARE2, we will search for fast radio bursts (FRBs) emitted from Galactic magnetars as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Liam Connor , Kiran A. Shila , Shrinivas R. Kulkarni , Jonas Flygare , Gregg Hallinan , Dongzi Li , Wenbin Lu , Vikram Ravi , Sander Weinreb

Euclid preparation: XIII. Forecasts for galaxy morphology with the Euclid Survey using Deep Generative Models

We present a machine learning framework to simulate realistic galaxies for the Euclid Survey. The proposed method combines a control on galaxy shape parameters offered by analytic models with realistic surface brightness distributions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-26 Euclid Collaboration , H. Bretonnière , M. Huertas-Company , A. Boucaud , F. Lanusse , E. Jullo , E. Merlin , D. Tuccillo , M. Castellano , J. Brinchmann , C. J. Conselice , H. Dole , R. Cabanac , H. M. Courtois , F. J. Castander , P. A. Duc , P. Fosalba , D. Guinet , S. Kruk , U. Kuchner , S. Serrano , E. Soubrie , A. Tramacere , L. Wang , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , R. Bender , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , L. Corcione , A. Costille , H. Degaudenzi , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , S. Dusini , S. Ferriol , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , B. Garilli , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , R. Massey , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , G. Meylan , L. Moscardini , S. M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , J. Rhodes , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. -L. Starck , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , S. Brau-Nogue , M. Brescia , S. Camera , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , C . A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , R. Farinelli , B. Gillis , S. Kermiche , R. Kohley , F. Marulli , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Moresco , B. Morin , E. Munari , G. Polenta , E. Romelli , P. Tallada-Crespí , M. Tenti , F. Torradeflot , T. Vassallo , N. Welikala , A. Zacchei , E. Zucca , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolínez , A. Biviano , S. Borgani , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , C. Colodro-Conde , J. Coupon , A. Da Silva , S. de la Torre , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , P. G. Ferreira , P. Flose-Reimberg , S. Fotopoulou , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , W. Gillard , G. Gozaliasl , I. M. Hook , B. Joachimi , V. Kansal , A. Kashlinsky , E. Keihanen , C. C. Kirkpatrick , V. Lindholm , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , R. Maoli , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , R. B. Metcalf , G. Morgante , N. Morisset , R. Nakajima , J. Nightingale , A. Nucita , L. Patrizii , D. Potter , A. Renzi , G. Riccio , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , M. Schirmer , M. Schultheis , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , L. Stanco , R. Teyssier , I. Tutusaus , J. Valiviita , M. Viel , L. Whittaker , J. H Knapen

Lenticular galaxies with UV-rings

By using the public UV imaging data obtained by the GALEX (Galaxy Ultraviolet Explorer) for nearby galaxies, we have compiled a list of lenticular galaxies possessing ultraviolet rings - starforming regions tightly confined to particular…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Marina A. Ilyina , Olga K. Sil'chenko

Discovery of an extended ultraviolet disk in the nearby galaxy NGC4625

Recent far-UV (FUV) and near-UV (NUV) observations of the nearby galaxy NGC4625 made by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) show the presence of an extended UV disk reaching 4 times the optical radius of the galaxy. The UV-to-optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Gil de Paz , B. F. Madore , S. Boissier , R. Swaters , C. C. Popescu , R. J. Tuffs , K. Sheth , R. C. Kennicutt , L. Bianchi , D. Thilker , D. C. Martin

ULTRASAT: A wide-field time-domain UV space telescope

The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) is scheduled to be launched to geostationary orbit in 2026. It will carry a telescope with an unprecedentedly large field of view (204 deg$^2$) and NUV (230-290nm) sensitivity (22.5…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-01 Y. Shvartzvald , E. Waxman , A. Gal-Yam , E. O. Ofek , S. Ben-Ami , D. Berge , M. Kowalski , R. Bühler , S. Worm , J. E. Rhoads , I. Arcavi , D. Maoz , D. Polishook , N. Stone , B. Trakhtenbrot , M. Ackermann , O. Aharonson , O. Birnholtz , D. Chelouche , D. Guetta , N. Hallakoun , A. Horesh , D. Kushnir , T. Mazeh , J. Nordin , A. Ofir , S. Ohm , D. Parsons , A. Pe'er , H. B. Perets , V. Perdelwitz , D. Poznanski , I. Sadeh , I. Sagiv , S. Shahaf , M. Soumagnac , L. Tal-Or , J. Van Santen , B. Zackay , O. Guttman , P. Rekhi , A. Townsend , A. Weinstein , I. Wold

Binary properties of subdwarfs selected in the GALEX survey

We describe our programme to identify and analyse binary stars among the bright subdwarfs selected in the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) survey. Radial velocity time-series helped us identify subdwarfs with low-mass or compact stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-05 Adela Kawka , Andrzej Pigulski , Simon O'Toole , Stephane Vennes , Peter Nemeth , Andrew Williams , Lubomir Iliev , Zbyszek Kolaczkowski , Marek Steslicki

The Wide-Field X and Gamma-Ray Telescope ECLAIRs aboard the Gamma-Ray Burst Multi-Wavelength Space Mission SVOM

The X and Gamma-ray telescope ECLAIRs is foreseen to be launched on a low Earth orbit (h=630 km, i=30 degrees) aboard the SVOM satellite (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor), a French-Chinese mission with Italian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Mandrou , S. Schanne , B. Cordier , R. Pons , D. Barret , C. Amoros , K. Lacombe , M. Fesquet , O. Limousin , P. Sizun , F. Lebrun , F. Gonzalez , M. Jouret

Cosmology with the SPHEREX All-Sky Spectral Survey

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) ( http://spherex.caltech.edu ) is a proposed all-sky spectroscopic survey satellite designed to address all three science goals in NASA's…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-27 Olivier Doré , Jamie Bock , Matthew Ashby , Peter Capak , Asantha Cooray , Roland de Putter , Tim Eifler , Nicolas Flagey , Yan Gong , Salman Habib , Katrin Heitmann , Chris Hirata , Woong-Seob Jeong , Raj Katti , Phil Korngut , Elisabeth Krause , Dae-Hee Lee , Daniel Masters , Phil Mauskopf , Gary Melnick , Bertrand Mennesson , Hien Nguyen , Karin Öberg , Anthony Pullen , Alvise Raccanelli , Roger Smith , Yong-Seon Song , Volker Tolls , Steve Unwin , Tejaswi Venumadhav , Marco Viero , Mike Werner , Mike Zemcov

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES) -- -- I. General Description and the First Data Release (DR1)

The Stellar Abundances and Galactic Evolution Survey (SAGES) of the northern sky is a specifically-designed multi-band photometric survey aiming to provide reliable stellar parameters with accuracy comparable to those from low-resolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-30 Zhou Fan , Gang Zhao , Wei Wang , Jie Zheng , Jingkun Zhao , Chun Li , Yuqin Chen , Haibo Yuan , Haining Li , Kefeng Tan , Yihan Song , Fang Zuo , Yang Huang , Ali Luo , Ali Esamdin , Lu Ma , Bin Li , Nan Song , Frank Grupp , Haibin Zhao , Shuhrat A. Ehgamberdiev , Otabek A. Burkhonov , Guojie Feng , Chunhai Bai , Xuan Zhang , Hubiao Niu , Alisher S. Khodjaev , Bakhodir M. Khafizov , Ildar M. Asfandiyarov , Asadulla M. Shaymanov , Rivkat G. Karimov , Qudratillo Yuldashev , Hao Lu , Getu Zhaori , Renquan Hong , Longfei Hu , Yujuan Liu , Zhijian Xu

Constraining $z\lesssim 2$ ultraviolet emission with the upcoming ULTRASAT satellite

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) carries a huge astrophysical and cosmological content: its frequency spectrum and redshift evolution are determined by the integrated emission of unresolved sources, these being galaxies, active…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-03 Sarah Libanore , Ely D. Kovetz

Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) with The Hubble Space Telescope. I. Survey Description

The Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) is a Cycle 21 Treasury program on the Hubble Space Telescope, aimed at the investigation of star formation and its relation with galactic environment in nearby galaxies, from the scales of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 D. Calzetti , J. C. Lee , E. Sabbi , A. Adamo , L. J. Smith , J. E. Andrews , L. Ubeda , S. N. Bright , D. Thilker , A. Aloisi , T. M. Brown , R. Chandar , C. Christian , M. Cignoni , G. C. Clayton , R. da Silva , S. E. de Mink , C. Dobbs , B. G. Elmegreen , D. M. Elmegreen , A. S. Evans , M. Fumagalli , J. S. Gallagher , D. A. Gouliermis , E. K. Grebel , A. Herrero , D. A. Hunter , K. E. Johnson , R. C. Kennicutt , H. Kim , M. R. Krumholz , D. Lennon , K. Levay , C. Martin , P. Nair , A. Nota , G. Oestlin , A. Pellerin , J. Prieto , M. W. Regan , J. E. Ryon , D. Schaerer , D. Schiminovich , M. Tosi , S. D. Van Dyk , R. Walterbos , B. C. Whitmore , A. Wofford , .

The UV Properties of SDSS Selected Quasars

We present an analysis of the broadband UV/optical properties of z<3.4 quasars matched in the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) General Data Release 1 (GR1) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3 (SDSS DR3). Of the 6371 DR3 quasars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 George B. Trammell , Daniel E. Vanden Berk , Donald P. Schneider , Gordon T. Richards , Patrick B. Hall , Scott F. Anderson , J. Brinkmann

Illuminating the Incidence of Extraplanar Dust Using Ultraviolet Reflection Nebulae with GALEX

Circumgalactic dust grains trace the circulation of mass and metals between star-forming regions and gaseous galactic halos, giving insight into feedback and tidal stripping processes. We perform a search for ultraviolet (UV) reflection…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-23 Erin Boettcher , Edmund Hodges-Kluck

An Ultraviolet-Selected Galaxy Redshift Survey - II: The Physical Nature of Star Formation in an Enlarged Sample

We present further spectroscopic observations for a sample of galaxies selected in the vacuum ultraviolet (UV) at 2000 \AA from the FOCA balloon-borne imaging camera of Milliard et al. (1992). This work represents an extension of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Sullivan , M. A. Treyer , R. S. Ellis , T. J. Bridges , B. Milliard , J. Donas