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Structure of GN20. (a) JWST/NIRCam false-color ...

Structure of GN20. (a) JWST/NIRCam false-color image of the gas-rich starburst galaxy GN...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Stellar bar identification. The ellipticity and...

Stellar bar identification. The ellipticity and PA of the stellar light isophotes at res...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Predicted timescales of stellar bar formation. ...

Predicted timescales of stellar bar formation. Theoretical simulations of bar formation ...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Stellar bar identification at multiple waveleng...

Stellar bar identification at multiple wavelengths. Isophotal analysis of the stellar ba...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Stellar bar identification in Fourier space. Tw...

Stellar bar identification in Fourier space. Two dominant modes are identified (Am/A0 > ...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Spectral energy distribution model of GN20. The...

Spectral energy distribution model of GN20. The best-fit SED model from MAGPHYS with the...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Morphology of GN20-like simulated barred galaxi...

Morphology of GN20-like simulated barred galaxies. Multiple projections of stellar bars ...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Stellar bar length evolution in cosmological si...

Stellar bar length evolution in cosmological simulations. Bar radius as a function of si...

Leindert A. Boogaard et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Projected density profiles of rotating BEC-ULDM...

Projected density profiles of rotating BEC-ULDM halos for particle masses m = 2.92 × 10−...

Rongzi Zhou et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Lensing signatures of BEC-ULDM halos. The left ...

Lensing signatures of BEC-ULDM halos. The left three columns show halos with ULDM partic...

Rongzi Zhou et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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The effect of observational resolution on vorte...

The effect of observational resolution on vortex detection. Lensed images for the Ω = 2....

Rongzi Zhou et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Predicted per-epoch centroid positions for J105...

Predicted per-epoch centroid positions for J1058+0133 (left) and J1824+5651 (right), ill...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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The complete figure set (24 images) is availabl...

The complete figure set (24 images) is available in the online journal. Image-plane flar...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Distribution of Gaia proper motion directions r...

Distribution of Gaia proper motion directions relative to the jet direction. The double-...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Schematic of how optical flares drive systemati...

Schematic of how optical flares drive systematic Gaia position shifts. At peak brightnes...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Estimated optical flare position along the jet,...

Estimated optical flare position along the jet, relative to the VLBI position, for all A...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Distribution of VLBI-to-Gaia positional offset ...

Distribution of VLBI-to-Gaia positional offset directions relative to the parsec-scale j...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Two example blazars illustrating how flux varia...

Two example blazars illustrating how flux variability drives centroid motion. Top: J1058...

A. V. Plavin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Radial Intensity gradients. The radial intensit...

Radial Intensity gradients. The radial intensity gradients as measured by the summed HDR...

Matthew J Penn et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Ludendorff coronal flattening parameter for DEB...

Ludendorff coronal flattening parameter for DEB sites. The DEB summed HDR images from al...

Matthew J Penn et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Radial component of plasma velocity. The radial...

Radial component of plasma velocity. The radial component of plasma velocity shown here ...

Matthew J Penn et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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DEB summed HDR image from site 1. HDR shown aft...

DEB summed HDR image from site 1. HDR shown after filtering to reduce the radial intensi...

Matthew J Penn et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Left panel: spatially resolved spectral-index m...

Left panel: spatially resolved spectral-index map within a 200 μas field of view, derive...

Shan-Shan Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Spectral-index radial profiles derived from the...

Spectral-index radial profiles derived from the GMVA 2018 and EHT 2018 images for differ...

Shan-Shan Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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Radial spectral-index profiles derived from the...

Radial spectral-index profiles derived from the 86 and 230 GHz images. The black curve s...

Shan-Shan Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1006 1

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