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Broadband direct irradiance measurements taken ...

Broadband direct irradiance measurements taken in Madrid on 1914 August 22 during a part...

A. J. P. Aparicio et al, Research Notes of the AAS 10 6

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(a) Top: ionization fraction history of the Uni...

(a) Top: ionization fraction history of the Universe, shown as a function of redshift, w...

Jonathan C. Tan and Eiichiro Komatsu, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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CMB EE power spectra for various reionization m...

CMB EE power spectra for various reionization models. The green dashed line shows the ...

Jonathan C. Tan and Eiichiro Komatsu, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Peak wavelength vs. the FWHM of the absorption ...

Peak wavelength vs. the FWHM of the absorption bands at (a) 7.24 μm, (b) 7.42 μm, (c) 7....

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Integrated areas of the three bands at 7.24, 7....

Integrated areas of the three bands at 7.24, 7.4, and 7.67 μm. Values measured from obse...

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Left: local continuum traced between 6.8 and 8....

Left: local continuum traced between 6.8 and 8.8 μm (dashed red lines) and its guiding p...

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Two examples of how gas-phase lines interfere w...

Two examples of how gas-phase lines interfere with the characterization of absorption ba...

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Isolated absorption features between 6.9 and 7....

Isolated absorption features between 6.9 and 7.9 μm after subtracting the local continuu...

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Gaussian fitting of the 7.24 and 7.40 μm bands,...

Gaussian fitting of the 7.24 and 7.40 μm bands, taking B1-b as an example. The observati...

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Baseline correction of the laboratory IR spectr...

Baseline correction of the laboratory IR spectra of two ice mixtures, NH3:HCOOH = 2:1 (l...

Yuan Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Phase coverage of KPF observations and time-ser...

Phase coverage of KPF observations and time-series spectra of KELT-9 b. (a) Phase covera...

Yapeng Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Hα emission line in KELT-9 b. (a) Phase-average...

Hα emission line in KELT-9 b. (a) Phase-averaged Hα emission over ϕ = 0.30–0.45. The dou...

Yapeng Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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The left column shows the outflow temperature, ...

The left column shows the outflow temperature, pressure, velocity, and hydrogen number d...

Yapeng Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Physical origin of the double-peaked Hα emissio...

Physical origin of the double-peaked Hα emission. The hot (>4500 K) lower atmosphere sho...

Yapeng Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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NLTE outflow model spectra as a function of mas...

NLTE outflow model spectra as a function of mass-loss rate. Synthetic Hα emission profil...

Yapeng Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Phase-averaged Hα line profile in the planet’s ...

Phase-averaged Hα line profile in the planet’s rest frame. (a) ϕ = 0.05–0.25, where the ...

Yapeng Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Statistical analysis of the integrated WL flux,...

Statistical analysis of the integrated WL flux, flare radiating area, and temperature ac...

Yingjie Cai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Theoretical evolution of the flare-to-backgroun...

Theoretical evolution of the flare-to-background intensity excess as a function of chrom...

Yingjie Cai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Comparison of energy estimates from different m...

Comparison of energy estimates from different methods. (a) Specific intensity spectra fo...

Yingjie Cai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Evolution of the integrated WL flux, flare radi...

Evolution of the integrated WL flux, flare radiating area, and temperature for solar WLF...

Yingjie Cai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Impact of different energy estimation methodolo...

Impact of different energy estimation methodologies on macroscopic flare scaling laws. (...

Yingjie Cai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Parallel (dots) and perpendicular (triangles) m...

Parallel (dots) and perpendicular (triangles) mean free path as a function of normalized...

Daniela Maci et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Top: distribution function of the field-line cu...

Top: distribution function of the field-line curvature K∥ and inverse perpendicular reve...

Daniela Maci et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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1D compensated power spectra for the isotropic ...

1D compensated power spectra for the isotropic (top panel) and anisotropic field (bottom...

Daniela Maci et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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Parallel and perpendicular mean free path as a ...

Parallel and perpendicular mean free path as a function of normalized rigidity for isotr...

Daniela Maci et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 1

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