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optical-radio observations of a fast radio burst in a close galaxy pair </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hanmer%2C+K+Y">K. Y. Hanmer</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pastor-Marazuela%2C+I">I. Pastor-Marazuela</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brink%2C+J">J. Brink</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Malesani%2C+D">D. Malesani</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stappers%2C+B+W">B. W. Stappers</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P+J">P. J. Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cooper%2C+A+J">A. J. Cooper</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tejos%2C+N">N. Tejos</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Buckley%2C+D+A+H">D. A. H. Buckley</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barr%2C+E+D">E. D. Barr</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bezuidenhout%2C+M+C">M. C. Bezuidenhout</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">S. Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Caleb%2C+M">M. Caleb</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Driessen%2C+L+N">L. N. Driessen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fender%2C+R">R. Fender</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Jankowski%2C+F">F. Jankowski</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kramer%2C+M">M. Kramer</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">D. L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rajwade%2C+K+M">K. M. Rajwade</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tian%2C+J">J. Tian</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P+M">P. M. Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wijnands%2C+R">R. Wijnands</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P+A">P. A. Woudt</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2502.10153v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present the MeerKAT discovery and MeerLICHT contemporaneous optical observations of the Fast Radio Burst (FRB) 20230808F, which was found to have a dispersion measure of $\mathrm{DM}=653.2\pm0.4\mathrm{\,pc\,cm^{-3}}$. FRB 20230808F has a scattering timescale $蟿_{s}=3.1\pm0.1\,\mathrm{ms}$ at $1563.6$ MHz, a rotation measure $\mathrm{RM}=169.4\pm0.2\,\mathrm{rad\,m^{-2}}$, and a radio fluence… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2502.10153v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2502.10153v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2502.10153v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present the MeerKAT discovery and MeerLICHT contemporaneous optical observations of the Fast Radio Burst (FRB) 20230808F, which was found to have a dispersion measure of $\mathrm{DM}=653.2\pm0.4\mathrm{\,pc\,cm^{-3}}$. FRB 20230808F has a scattering timescale $蟿_{s}=3.1\pm0.1\,\mathrm{ms}$ at $1563.6$ MHz, a rotation measure $\mathrm{RM}=169.4\pm0.2\,\mathrm{rad\,m^{-2}}$, and a radio fluence $F_{\mathrm{radio}}=1.72\pm0.01\,\mathrm{Jy\,ms}$. We find no optical counterpart in the time immediately after the FRB, nor in the three months after the FRB during which we continued to monitor the field of the FRB. We set an optical upper flux limit in MeerLICHT's $q$-band of $11.7\,\mathrm{渭Jy}$ for a 60 s exposure which started $\sim3.4$ s after the burst, which corresponds to an optical fluence, $F_{\mathrm{opt}}$, of $0.039\,\mathrm{Jy\,ms}$ on a timescale of $\sim3.4$ s. We obtain an estimate for the $q-$band luminosity limit of $vL_{v}\sim 1.3\times10^{43}\,\mathrm{erg\,s^{-1}}$. We localise the burst to a close galaxy pair at a redshift of $z_{\mathrm{spec}}=0.3472\pm0.0002$. Our time delay of $\sim3.4$ s between the FRB arrival time and the start of our optical exposure is the shortest ever for an as yet non-repeating FRB, and hence the closest to simultaneous optical follow-up that exists for such an FRB. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2502.10153v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2502.10153v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 14 February, 2025; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2025. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">18 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11347">arXiv:2409.11347</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.11347">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2409.11347">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Hertzsprung gap stars in nearby galaxies and the Quest for Luminous Red Novae Progenitors </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tranin%2C+H">Hugo Tranin</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blagorodnova%2C+N">Nadejda Blagorodnova</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Karambelkar%2C+V">Viraj Karambelkar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P+J">Paul J. Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">Steven Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P+M">Paul M. Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">Dani毛lle L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=van+Roestel%2C+J">Jan van Roestel</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2409.11347v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> After the main sequence phase, stars more massive than 2.5 M$_\odot$ rapidly evolve through the Hertzsprung gap as yellow giants and supergiants (YSG), before settling into the red giant branch. Identifying YSG in nearby galaxies is crucial for pinpointing progenitors of luminous red novae (LRNe) - astrophysical transients attributed to stellar mergers. In the era of extensive transient surveys li… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2409.11347v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2409.11347v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2409.11347v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> After the main sequence phase, stars more massive than 2.5 M$_\odot$ rapidly evolve through the Hertzsprung gap as yellow giants and supergiants (YSG), before settling into the red giant branch. Identifying YSG in nearby galaxies is crucial for pinpointing progenitors of luminous red novae (LRNe) - astrophysical transients attributed to stellar mergers. In the era of extensive transient surveys like the Vera Rubin Observatory's LSST, this approach offers a new way to predict and select common envelope transients. This study investigates potential progenitors and precursors of LRNe by analysing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry of stellar populations in galaxies within 20 Mpc to identify YSG candidates. Additionally, we use ZTF and MeerLICHT/BlackGEM to identify possible precursors, preparing for future observations by the LSST. We compiled a sample of 369 galaxies with HST exposures in the F475W, F555W, F606W, and F814W filters. We identified YSG candidates using MESA stellar evolution tracks and statistical analysis of color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs). Our sample includes 154,494 YSG candidates with masses between 3 and 20 $M_\odot$ and is affected by various contaminants, such as foreground stars and extinguished main-sequence stars. After excluding foreground stars using Gaia proper motions, contamination is estimated at 1\% from foreground stars and 20\% from extinction affecting main-sequence stars. Combining our YSG candidates with time-domain catalogs yielded several interesting candidates. Notably, we identified 12 LRN precursor candidates for which followup is encouraged. We highlight the importance of monitoring future transients that match YSG candidates to avoid missing potential LRNe and other rare transients. LSST will be a game changer in the search for LRN progenitors and precursors, discovering over 300,000 new YSG and 100 precursors within 20 Mpc. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2409.11347v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2409.11347v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 November, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 17 September, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Revised version submitted to A\&A. 17 pages, 21 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19461">arXiv:2407.19461</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.19461">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2407.19461">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451663">10.1051/0004-6361/202451663 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Automated Detection of Satellite Trails in Ground-Based Observations Using U-Net and Hough Transform </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stoppa%2C+F">F. Stoppa</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P+J">P. J. Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stuik%2C+R">R. Stuik</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P">P. Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">S. Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">D. L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P+A">P. A. Woudt</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2407.19461v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The expansion of satellite constellations poses a significant challenge to optical ground-based astronomical observations, as satellite trails degrade observational data and compromise research quality. Addressing these challenges requires developing robust detection methods to enhance data processing pipelines, creating a reliable approach for detecting and analyzing satellite trails that can be… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2407.19461v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2407.19461v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2407.19461v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The expansion of satellite constellations poses a significant challenge to optical ground-based astronomical observations, as satellite trails degrade observational data and compromise research quality. Addressing these challenges requires developing robust detection methods to enhance data processing pipelines, creating a reliable approach for detecting and analyzing satellite trails that can be easily reproduced and applied by other observatories and data processing groups. Our method, called ASTA (Automated Satellite Tracking for Astronomy), combines deep learning and computer vision techniques for effective satellite trail detection. It employs a U-Net based deep learning network to initially detect trails, followed by a Probabilistic Hough Transform to refine the output. ASTA's U-Net model was trained on a dataset with manually labelled full-field MeerLICHT images prepared using the LABKIT annotation tool, ensuring high-quality and precise annotations. This annotation process was crucial for the model to learn and generalize the characteristics of satellite trails effectively. Furthermore, the user-friendly LABKIT tool facilitated quick and efficient data refinements, streamlining the overall model development process. ASTA's performance was evaluated on a test set of 20,000 image patches, both with and without satellite trails, to rigorously assess its precision and recall. Additionally, ASTA was applied to approximately 200,000 full-field MeerLICHT images, demonstrating its effectiveness in identifying and characterizing satellite trails. The software's results were validated by cross-referencing detected trails with known public satellite catalogs, confirming its reliability and showcasing its ability to uncover previously untracked objects. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2407.19461v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2407.19461v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 28 July, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> A&A 692, A199 (2024) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16350">arXiv:2404.16350</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.16350">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2404.16350">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The fast X-ray transient EP240315a: a z ~ 5 gamma-ray burst in a Lyman continuum leaking galaxy </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Levan%2C+A+J">Andrew J. Levan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Jonker%2C+P+G">Peter G. Jonker</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Saccardi%2C+A">Andrea Saccardi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Malesani%2C+D+B">Daniele Bj酶rn Malesani</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tanvir%2C+N+R">Nial R. Tanvir</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Izzo%2C+L">Luca Izzo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Heintz%2C+K+E">Kasper E. Heintz</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=S%C3%A1nchez%2C+D+M">Daniel Mata S谩nchez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quirola-V%C3%A1squez%2C+J">Jonathan Quirola-V谩squez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Torres%2C+M+A+P">Manuel A. P. Torres</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vergani%2C+S+D">Susanna D. Vergani</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Schulze%2C+S">Steve Schulze</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rossi%2C+A">Andrea Rossi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=D%27Avanzo%2C+P">Paolo D'Avanzo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gompertz%2C+B">Benjamin Gompertz</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Martin-Carrillo%2C+A">Antonio Martin-Carrillo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Postigo%2C+A+d+U">Antonio de Ugarte Postigo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Schneider%2C+B">Benjamin Schneider</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Yuan%2C+W">Weimin Yuan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ling%2C+Z">Zhixing Ling</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Zhang%2C+W">Wenjie Zhang</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Mao%2C+X">Xuan Mao</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Liu%2C+Y">Yuan Liu</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sun%2C+H">Hui Sun</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Xu%2C+D">Dong Xu</a> , et al. (51 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2404.16350v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The nature of the minute-to-hour long Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) localised by telescopes such as Chandra, Swift, and XMM-Newton remains mysterious, with numerous models suggested for the events. Here, we report multi-wavelength observations of EP240315a, a 1600 s long transient detected by the Einstein Probe, showing it to have a redshift of z=4.859. We measure a low column density of neutral hy… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2404.16350v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2404.16350v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2404.16350v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The nature of the minute-to-hour long Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) localised by telescopes such as Chandra, Swift, and XMM-Newton remains mysterious, with numerous models suggested for the events. Here, we report multi-wavelength observations of EP240315a, a 1600 s long transient detected by the Einstein Probe, showing it to have a redshift of z=4.859. We measure a low column density of neutral hydrogen, indicating that the event is embedded in a low-density environment, further supported by direct detection of leaking ionising Lyman-continuum. The observed properties are consistent with EP240315a being a long-duration gamma-ray burst, and these observations support an interpretation in which a significant fraction of the FXT population are lower-luminosity examples of similar events. Such transients are detectable at high redshifts by the Einstein Probe and, in the (near) future, out to even larger distances by SVOM, THESEUS, and Athena, providing samples of events into the epoch of reionisation. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2404.16350v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2404.16350v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 25 April, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">41 pages, 7 figures, submitted</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11985">arXiv:2301.11985</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.11985">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2301.11985">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244917">10.1051/0004-6361/202244917 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The triple-peaked afterglow of GRB 210731A from X-ray to radio frequencies </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=de+Wet%2C+S">S. de Wet</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Laskar%2C+T">T. Laskar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P+J">P. J. Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cavallaro%2C+F">F. Cavallaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Guelbenzu%2C+A+N">A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Chastain%2C+S">S. Chastain</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Izzo%2C+L">L. Izzo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Levan%2C+A">A. Levan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Malesani%2C+D+B">D. B. Malesani</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Monageng%2C+I+M">I. M. Monageng</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=van+der+Horst%2C+A+J">A. J. van der Horst</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Zheng%2C+W">W. Zheng</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">S. Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Filippenko%2C+A+V">A. V. Filippenko</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kann%2C+D+A">D. A. Kann</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Klose%2C+S">S. Klose</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">D. L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rau%2C+A">A. Rau</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P+M">P. M. Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P">P. Woudt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Zhu%2C+Z+-">Z. -P. Zhu</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2301.11985v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> GRB 210731A was a long-duration gamma-ray burst discovered by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) aboard the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory. Swift triggered the wide-field, robotic MeerLICHT optical telescope in Sutherland; it began observing the BAT error circle 286 seconds after the Swift trigger and discovered the optical afterglow of GRB 210731A in its first 60-second q-band exposure. Multi-colour… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2301.11985v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2301.11985v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2301.11985v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> GRB 210731A was a long-duration gamma-ray burst discovered by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) aboard the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory. Swift triggered the wide-field, robotic MeerLICHT optical telescope in Sutherland; it began observing the BAT error circle 286 seconds after the Swift trigger and discovered the optical afterglow of GRB 210731A in its first 60-second q-band exposure. Multi-colour observations of the afterglow with MeerLICHT revealed a light curve that showed three peaks of similar brightness within the first four hours. We present the results of our follow-up campaign and interpret our observations in the framework of the synchrotron forward shock model. We performed temporal and spectral fits to determine the spectral regime and external medium density profile, and performed detailed multi-wavelength theoretical modelling of the afterglow following the last optical peak at 0.2 days to determine the intrinsic blast wave parameters. We find a preference for a stellar wind density profile consistent with a massive star origin, while our theoretical modelling results in fairly typical shock microphysics parameters. Based on the energy released in gamma-rays and the kinetic energy in the blast wave, we determine a low radiative efficiency of ~0.02. The first peak in the optical light curve is likely the onset of the afterglow. We find that energy injection into the forward shock offers the simplest explanation for the subsequent light curve evolution, and that the blast wave kinetic energy increasing by a factor of ~1000 from the first peak to the last peak is indicative of substantial energy injection. Our highest-likelihood theoretical model overpredicts the 1.4 GHz flux by a factor of approximately three with respect to our upper limits, possibly implying a population of thermal electrons within the shocked region. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2301.11985v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2301.11985v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 27 January, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">20 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> 2023, A&A, 671, A116 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13950">arXiv:2104.13950</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.13950">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2104.13950">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Artificial Intelligence">cs.AI</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition">cs.CV</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Machine Learning">cs.LG</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09757-1">10.1007/s10686-021-09757-1 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> MeerCRAB: MeerLICHT Classification of Real and Bogus Transients using Deep Learning </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hosenie%2C+Z">Zafiirah Hosenie</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">Steven Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P">Paul Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lyon%2C+R">Robert Lyon</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Scheers%2C+B">Bart Scheers</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stappers%2C+B">Benjamin Stappers</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stoppa%2C+F">Fiorenzo Stoppa</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P">Paul Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+Wet%2C+S">Simon De Wet</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wolt%2C+M+K">Marc Klein Wolt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=K%C3%B6rding%2C+E">Elmar K枚rding</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=McBride%2C+V">Vanessa McBride</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Poole%2C+R+L">Rudolf Le Poole</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Paterson%2C+K">Kerry Paterson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">Dani毛lle L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P">Patrick Woudt</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2104.13950v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Astronomers require efficient automated detection and classification pipelines when conducting large-scale surveys of the (optical) sky for variable and transient sources. Such pipelines are fundamentally important, as they permit rapid follow-up and analysis of those detections most likely to be of scientific value. We therefore present a deep learning pipeline based on the convolutional neural n… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2104.13950v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2104.13950v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2104.13950v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Astronomers require efficient automated detection and classification pipelines when conducting large-scale surveys of the (optical) sky for variable and transient sources. Such pipelines are fundamentally important, as they permit rapid follow-up and analysis of those detections most likely to be of scientific value. We therefore present a deep learning pipeline based on the convolutional neural network architecture called $\texttt{MeerCRAB}$. It is designed to filter out the so called 'bogus' detections from true astrophysical sources in the transient detection pipeline of the MeerLICHT telescope. Optical candidates are described using a variety of 2D images and numerical features extracted from those images. The relationship between the input images and the target classes is unclear, since the ground truth is poorly defined and often the subject of debate. This makes it difficult to determine which source of information should be used to train a classification algorithm. We therefore used two methods for labelling our data (i) thresholding and (ii) latent class model approaches. We deployed variants of $\texttt{MeerCRAB}$ that employed different network architectures trained using different combinations of input images and training set choices, based on classification labels provided by volunteers. The deepest network worked best with an accuracy of 99.5$\%$ and Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) value of 0.989. The best model was integrated to the MeerLICHT transient vetting pipeline, enabling the accurate and efficient classification of detected transients that allows researchers to select the most promising candidates for their research goals. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2104.13950v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2104.13950v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 28 April, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">15 pages, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in Experimental Astronomy and appeared in the 3rd Workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences, NeurIPS 2020</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Exp Astron (2021) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.06052">arXiv:2103.06052</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.06052">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2103.06052">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab749">10.1093/mnras/stab749 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Multi-frequency observations of SGR J1935+2154 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bailes%2C+M">M. Bailes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bassa%2C+C+G">C. G. Bassa</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bernardi%2C+G">G. Bernardi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Buchner%2C+S">S. Buchner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Burgay%2C+M">M. Burgay</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Caleb%2C+M">M. Caleb</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cooper%2C+A+J">A. J. Cooper</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Desvignes%2C+G">G. Desvignes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P+J">P. J. Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Heywood%2C+I">I. Heywood</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Jankowski%2C+F">F. Jankowski</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Karuppusamy%2C+R">R. Karuppusamy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kramer%2C+M">M. Kramer</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Malenta%2C+M">M. Malenta</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Naldi%2C+G">G. Naldi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pilia%2C+M">M. Pilia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pupillo%2C+G">G. Pupillo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rajwade%2C+K+M">K. M. Rajwade</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Spitler%2C+L">L. Spitler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Surnis%2C+M">M. Surnis</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stappers%2C+B+W">B. W. Stappers</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Addis%2C+A">A. Addis</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">S. Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bezuidenhout%2C+M+C">M. C. Bezuidenhout</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bianchi%2C+G">G. Bianchi</a> , et al. (32 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2103.06052v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Magnetars are a promising candidate for the origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The detection of an extremely luminous radio burst from the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154 on 2020 April 28 added credence to this hypothesis. We report on simultaneous and non-simultaneous observing campaigns using the Arecibo, Effelsberg, LOFAR, MeerKAT, MK2 and Northern Cross radio telescopes and the MeerLICHT opt… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2103.06052v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2103.06052v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2103.06052v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Magnetars are a promising candidate for the origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The detection of an extremely luminous radio burst from the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154 on 2020 April 28 added credence to this hypothesis. We report on simultaneous and non-simultaneous observing campaigns using the Arecibo, Effelsberg, LOFAR, MeerKAT, MK2 and Northern Cross radio telescopes and the MeerLICHT optical telescope in the days and months after the April 28 event. We did not detect any significant single radio pulses down to fluence limits between 25 mJy ms and 18 Jy ms. Some observing epochs overlapped with times when X-ray bursts were detected. Radio images made on four days using the MeerKAT telescope revealed no point-like persistent or transient emission at the location of the magnetar. No transient or persistent optical emission was detected over seven days. Using the multi-colour MeerLICHT images combined with relations between DM, NH and reddening we constrain the distance to SGR J1935+2154, to be between 1.5 and 6.5 kpc. The upper limit is consistent with some other distance indicators and suggests that the April 28 burst is closer to two orders of magnitude less energetic than the least energetic FRBs. The lack of single-pulse radio detections shows that the single pulses detected over a range of fluences are either rare, or highly clustered, or both. It may also indicate that the magnetar lies somewhere between being radio-quiet and radio-loud in terms of its ability to produce radio emission efficiently. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2103.06052v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2103.06052v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 10 March, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Corresponding author B. W. Stappers</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.02399">arXiv:2103.02399</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.02399">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2103.02399">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202040231">10.1051/0004-6361/202040231 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> GW190814 follow-up with the optical telescope MeerLICHT </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=de+Wet%2C+S">S. de Wet</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P+J">P. J. Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">S. Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Poole%2C+R+L">R. Le Poole</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Klein-Wolt%2C+M">M. Klein-Wolt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=K%C3%B6rding%2C+E">E. K枚rding</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=McBride%2C+V">V. McBride</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Paterson%2C+K">K. Paterson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">D. L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P+M">P. M. Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P">P. Woudt</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2103.02399v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave observatories detected a signal on 2019 August 14 during their third observing run, named GW190814. A large number of electromagnetic facilities conducted follow-up campaigns in the search for a possible counterpart to the gravitational wave event, which was made especially promising given the early source classification of a neutron star-black hole m… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2103.02399v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2103.02399v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2103.02399v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave observatories detected a signal on 2019 August 14 during their third observing run, named GW190814. A large number of electromagnetic facilities conducted follow-up campaigns in the search for a possible counterpart to the gravitational wave event, which was made especially promising given the early source classification of a neutron star-black hole merger.We present the results of the GW follow-up campaign taken with the wide-field optical telescope MeerLICHT, located at the South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site. We use our results to constrain possible kilonova models. MeerLICHT observed more than 95% of the probability localisation each night for over a week in three optical bands (u,q,i) with our initial observations beginning almost 2 hours after the GW detection. We describe the search for new transients in MeerLICHT data and investigate how our limiting magnitudes can be used to constrain an AT2017gfo-like kilonova. A single new transient was found in our analysis of MeerLICHT data, which we exclude from being the electromagnetic counterpart to GW190814 due to the existence of a spatially unresolved source at the transient's coordinates in archival data. Using our limiting magnitudes, the confidence with which we can exclude the presence of an AT2017gfo-like kilonova at the distance of GW190814 was low ($<10^{-4}$). <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2103.02399v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2103.02399v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 3 March, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">19 pages, 6 figures, accepted by A&A</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> A&A 649, A72 (2021) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.01751">arXiv:2012.01751</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.01751">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2012.01751">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3770">10.1093/mnras/staa3770 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Anomalous gas in ESO 149-G003: A MeerKAT-16 View </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=J%C3%B3zsa%2C+G+I+G">Gyula I. G. J贸zsa</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Thorat%2C+K">Kshitij Thorat</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kamphuis%2C+P">Peter Kamphuis</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sebokolodi%2C+L">Lerato Sebokolodi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maina%2C+E+K">Eric K. Maina</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wang%2C+J">Jing Wang</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">Dani毛lle L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P">Paul Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ramaila%2C+A+J+T">Athanaseus J. T. Ramaila</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Serra%2C+P">Paolo Serra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Andati%2C+L+A+L">Lexy A. L. Andati</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=de+Blok%2C+W+J+G">W. J. G. de Blok</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hugo%2C+B+V">Benjamin V. Hugo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kleiner%2C+D">Dane Kleiner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maccagni%2C+F+M">Filippo M. Maccagni</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Makhathini%2C+S">Sphesihle Makhathini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Moln%C3%A1r%2C+D+C">D谩niel Cs. Moln谩r</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ramatsoku%2C+M">Mpati Ramatsoku</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Smirnov%2C+O+M">Oleg M. Smirnov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">Steven Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Paterson%2C+K">Kerry Paterson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P">Paul Vreeswijk</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=McBride%2C+V">Vanessa McBride</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Klein-Wolt%2C+M">Marc Klein-Wolt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P">Patrick Woudt</a> , et al. (6 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2012.01751v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> ESO 149-G003 is a close-by, isolated dwarf irregular galaxy. Previous observations with the ATCA indicated the presence of anomalous neutral hydrogen (HI) deviating from the kinematics of a regularly rotating disc. We conducted follow-up observations with the MeerKAT radio telescope during the 16-dish Early Science programme as well as with the MeerLICHT optical telescope. Our more sensitive radio… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2012.01751v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2012.01751v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2012.01751v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> ESO 149-G003 is a close-by, isolated dwarf irregular galaxy. Previous observations with the ATCA indicated the presence of anomalous neutral hydrogen (HI) deviating from the kinematics of a regularly rotating disc. We conducted follow-up observations with the MeerKAT radio telescope during the 16-dish Early Science programme as well as with the MeerLICHT optical telescope. Our more sensitive radio observations confirm the presence of anomalous gas in ESO 149-G003, and further confirm the formerly tentative detection of an extraplanar HI component in the galaxy. Employing a simple tilted-ring model, in which the kinematics is determined with only four parameters but including morphological asymmetries, we reproduce the galaxy's morphology, which shows a high degree of asymmetry. By comparing our model with the observed HI, we find that in our model we cannot account for a significant (but not dominant) fraction of the gas. From the differences between our model and the observed data cube we estimate that at least 7%-8% of the HI in the galaxy exhibits anomalous kinematics, while we estimate a minimum mass fraction of less than 1% for the morphologically confirmed extraplanar component. We investigate a number of global scaling relations and find that, besides being gas-dominated with a neutral gas-to-stellar mass ratio of 1.7, the galaxy does not show any obvious global peculiarities. Given its isolation, as confirmed by optical observations, we conclude that the galaxy is likely currently acquiring neutral gas. It is either re-accreting gas expelled from the galaxy or accreting pristine intergalactic material. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2012.01751v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2012.01751v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 6 January, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 3 December, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">16 pages, 14 figures, MNRAS, Accepted 2020 December 2, in original form 2019 September 18</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09766">arXiv:2009.09766</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.09766">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2009.09766">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038894">10.1051/0004-6361/202038894 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> MeerKAT HI commissioning observations of MHONGOOSE galaxy ESO 302-G014 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=de+Blok%2C+W+J+G">W. J. G. de Blok</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Athanassoula%2C+E">E. Athanassoula</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bosma%2C+A">A. Bosma</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Combes%2C+F">F. Combes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=English%2C+J">J. English</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Heald%2C+G+H">G. H. Heald</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kamphuis%2C+P">P. Kamphuis</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Koribalski%2C+B+S">B. S. Koribalski</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Meurer%2C+G+R">G. R. Meurer</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rom%C3%A1n%2C+J">J. Rom谩n</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sardone%2C+A">A. Sardone</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Verdes-Montenegro%2C+L">L. Verdes-Montenegro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigiel%2C+F">F. Bigiel</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brinks%2C+E">E. Brinks</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Chemin%2C+L">L. Chemin</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fraternali%2C+F">F. Fraternali</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Jarrett%2C+T">T. Jarrett</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kleiner%2C+D">D. Kleiner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maccagni%2C+F+M">F. M. Maccagni</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pisano%2C+D+J">D. J. Pisano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Serra%2C+P">P. Serra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Spekkens%2C+K">K. Spekkens</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amram%2C+P">P. Amram</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Carignan%2C+C">C. Carignan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dettmar%2C+R">R-J. Dettmar</a> , et al. (21 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2009.09766v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present the results of three commissioning HI observations obtained with the MeerKAT radio telescope. These observations make up part of the preparation for the forthcoming MHONGOOSE nearby galaxy survey, which is a MeerKAT large survey project that will study the accretion of gas in galaxies and the link between gas and star formation. We used the available HI data sets, along with ancillary d… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2009.09766v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2009.09766v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2009.09766v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present the results of three commissioning HI observations obtained with the MeerKAT radio telescope. These observations make up part of the preparation for the forthcoming MHONGOOSE nearby galaxy survey, which is a MeerKAT large survey project that will study the accretion of gas in galaxies and the link between gas and star formation. We used the available HI data sets, along with ancillary data at other wavelengths, to study the morphology of the MHONGOOSE sample galaxy, ESO 302-G014, which is a nearby gas-rich dwarf galaxy. We find that ESO 302-G014 has a lopsided, asymmetric outer disc with a low column density. In addition, we find a tail or filament of HI clouds extending away from the galaxy, as well as an isolated HI cloud some 20 kpc to the south of the galaxy. We suggest that these features indicate a minor interaction with a low-mass galaxy. Optical imaging shows a possible dwarf galaxy near the tail, but based on the current data, we cannot confirm any association with ESO 302-G014. Nonetheless, an interaction scenario with some kind of low-mass companion is still supported by the presence of a significant amount of molecular gas, which is almost equal to the stellar mass, and a number of prominent stellar clusters, which suggest recently triggered star formation. These data show that MeerKAT produces exquisite imaging data. The forthcoming full-depth survey observations of ESO 302-G014 and other sample galaxies will, therefore, offer insights into the fate of neutral gas as it moves from the intergalactic medium onto galaxies. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2009.09766v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2009.09766v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 21 September, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> A&A 643, A147 (2020) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.06036">arXiv:2001.06036</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.06036">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2001.06036">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa080">10.1093/mnras/staa080 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A spectroscopic, photometric, polarimetric and radio study of the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis: the first simultaneous SALT and MeerKAT observations </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Khangale%2C+Z+N">Zwidofhelangani N. Khangale</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Potter%2C+S+B">Stephen B. Potter</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Woudt%2C+P+A">Patrick A. Woudt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Buckley%2C+D+A+H">David A. H. Buckley</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Semena%2C+A+N">Andrey N. Semena</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kotze%2C+E+J">Enrico J. Kotze</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groenewald%2C+D+N">Dani猫l N. Groenewald</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hewitt%2C+D+M">Dante M. Hewitt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pretorius%2C+M+L">Margaretha L. Pretorius</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fender%2C+R+P">Rob P. Fender</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Groot%2C+P">Paul Groot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bloemen%2C+S">Steven Bloemen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Klein-Wolt%2C+M">Marc Klein-Wolt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=K%C3%B6rding%2C+E">Elmar K枚rding</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Poole%2C+R+L">Rudolf Le Poole</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=McBride%2C+V+A">Vanessa A. McBride</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Townsend%2C+L">Lee Townsend</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Paterson%2C+K">Kerry Paterson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pieterse%2C+D+L+A">Danielle L. A. Pieterse</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vreeswijk%2C+P+M">Paul M. Vreeswijk</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2001.06036v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present phase-resolved spectroscopy, photometry and circular spectropolarimetry of the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis. Doppler tomography of the strongest emission lines using the inside-out projection revealed the presence of three emission regions: from the irradiated face of the secondary star, the ballistic stream and the threading region, and the magnetically confined accretion stream. The to… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2001.06036v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2001.06036v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2001.06036v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present phase-resolved spectroscopy, photometry and circular spectropolarimetry of the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis. Doppler tomography of the strongest emission lines using the inside-out projection revealed the presence of three emission regions: from the irradiated face of the secondary star, the ballistic stream and the threading region, and the magnetically confined accretion stream. The total intensity spectrum shows broad emission features and a continuum that rises in the blue. The circularly polarized spectrum shows the presence of three cyclotron emission harmonics at $\sim$4500 脜, 6000 脜 and 7700 脜, corresponding to harmonic numbers 4, 3, and 2, respectively. These features are dominant before the eclipse and disappear after the eclipse. The harmonics are consistent with a magnetic field strength of $\sim$57 MG. We also present phase-resolved circular and linear photopolarimetry to complement the spectropolarimetry around the times of eclipse. MeerKAT radio observations show a faint source which has a peak flux density of 30.7 $\pm$ 5.4 $渭$Jy/beam at 1.28 GHz at the position of UZ For. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2001.06036v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2001.06036v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 16 January, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted on MNRAS</span> </p> </li> </ol> <div class="is-hidden-tablet">  <span class="help" style="display: inline-block;"><a href="https://github.com/arXiv/arxiv-search/releases">Search v0.5.6 released 2020-02-24</a>  </span> </div> </div> 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