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Eruptivity in Solar Flares: The Challenges of Magnetic Flux Ropes. Two new schemes for identifying field lines involved in eruptions, the r-scheme and q-scheme, are proposed to analyze the eruptive and confined nature of solar flares, as extensions to the original rm scheme proposed in Lin et al. Motivated by three solar flares originating from NOAA Active Region 12192 that are misclassified by rm, we introduce refinements to the r-scheme employing the "magnetic twist flux" to approximate the force balance acting on a magnetic flux rope (MFR); in the q-scheme, the reconnected field is represented by those field lines that anchor in the flare ribbons. Based on data obtained by the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, the coronal magnetic field for 51 flares larger than M5.0 class, from 29 distinct active regions, is constructed using a nonlinear force-free field extrapolation model. Statistical analysis based on linear discriminant function analysis is then performed, revealing that despite both schemes providing moderately successful classifications for the 51 flares, the coronal mass ejection-eruptivity classification for the three target events can only be improved with the q-scheme. We find that the highly twisted field lines and the flare-ribbon field lines have equal average force-free constant α, but all of the flare-ribbon-related field lines are shorter than 150 Mm in length. The findings lead us to conclude that it is challenging to distinguish the MFR from the ambient magnetic field using any quantity based on common magnetic nonpotentiality measures.

Keywords: Solar physics, Solar coronal mass ejections, Solar active regions, Solar magnetic fields
A Duality in the Origin of Bulges and Spheroidal Galaxies. Studying the resolved stellar populations of the different structural components that build massive galaxies directly unveils their assembly history. We aim at characterizing the stellar population properties of a representative sample of bulges and pure spheroids in massive galaxies (M⋆ &gt; 1010 M⊙) in the GOODS-N field. We take advantage of the spectral and spatial information provided by SHARDS and Hubble Space Telescope data to perform the multi-image spectrophotometric decoupling of the galaxy light. We derive the spectral energy distribution separately for bulges and disks in the redshift range 0.14 &lt; z ≤ 1 with spectral resolution R ∼ 50. Analyzing these spectral energy distributions, we find evidence of a bimodal distribution of bulge formation redshifts. We find that 33% of them present old mass-weighted ages, implying a median formation redshift ${z}_{\mathrm{form}}={6.2}_{-1.7}^{+1.5}$ . They are relics of the early universe embedded in disk galaxies. A second wave, dominant in number, accounts for bulges formed at median redshift ${z}_{\mathrm{form}}={1.3}_{-0.6}^{+0.6}$ . The oldest (first-wave) bulges are more compact than the youngest. Virtually all pure spheroids (i.e., those without any disk) are coetaneous with the second-wave bulges, presenting a median redshift of formation ${z}_{\mathrm{form}}={1.1}_{-0.3}^{+0.3}$ . The two waves of bulge formation are distinguishable not only in terms of stellar ages but also in star formation mode. All first-wave bulges formed fast at z ∼ 6, with typical timescales around 200 Myr. A significant fraction of the second-wave bulges assembled more slowly, with star formation timescales as long as 1 Gyr. The results of this work suggest that the centers of massive disk-like galaxies actually harbor the oldest spheroids formed in the universe.

Keywords: Galaxy formation, Galaxy properties, Galaxy structure, Galaxy bulges, Galaxy spheroids, Galaxy stellar content, Galaxy disks, Galaxy ages, Galaxy evolution, Galaxy quenching
How Flat Can a Planetary System Get? I. The Case of TRAPPIST-1. The seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 in a compact near-resonant chain offer a unique case to study in planet formation theory. We demonstrate in this paper that the remarkable flatness of the system, exceeding that of any other known planetary system, is an important constraint on the mass of the gaseous disk in which it formed and attained its current configuration. We use three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the gas and planets to study specific formation models. In particular, we report simulations motivated by the model proposed by Ormel et al.—in this model, the dispersal of the gas disk pushes the planets from an initial resonant chain into their present configuration. We find that a disk with the mass used in this model is consistent with the flatness of the TRAPPIST-1 system, but a more massive disk is not, with the transition occurring between 15 and 50 times the mass of the Ormel et al. disk. This upper limit on mass rules out certain models of the formation of the system, namely in situ formation and disk migration on long timescales.

Keywords: Exoplanet formation, Planetary-disk interactions, Protoplanetary disks
Flux Ropes, Turbulence, and Collisionless Perpendicular Shock Waves: High Plasma Beta Case. With the onset of solar maximum and the expected increased prevalence of interplanetary shock waves, Parker Solar Probe is likely to observe numerous shocks in the next few years. An outstanding question that has received surprisingly little attention has been how turbulence interacts with collisionless shock waves. Turbulence in the supersonic solar wind is described frequently as a superposition of a majority 2D and a minority slab component. We formulate a collisional perpendicular shock-turbulence transmission problem in a way that enables investigation of the interaction and transmission of quasi-perpendicular fluctuations such as magnetic flux ropes/islands and vortices as well as entropy and acoustic modes in the large plasma beta regime. We focus on the transmission of an upstream spectrum of these modes, finding that the downstream spectral amplitude is typically increased significantly (a factor of 10 or more), and that the upstream spectral index of the inertial range, and indeed the general spectral shape, is unchanged for the downstream magnetic variance, kinetic energy, and density variance. A comparison of the theoretically predicted downstream magnetic variance, kinetic energy, and density variance spectra with those observed at 1, 5, and 84 au by Wind, Ulysses, and Voyager 2 shows excellent agreement. The overall theoretically predicted characteristics of the transmission of turbulence across shocks observed in the solar wind appear to be largely consistent with recent observational studies by Pitňa et al. and Borovsky.

Keywords: Interplanetary turbulence, Interplanetary shocks
Thermal Desorption of Astrophysically Relevant Ice Mixtures of Acetaldehyde and Acetonitrile from Olivine Dust. Millimeter and centimeter observations are discovering an increasing number of interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) in a large variety of star-forming sites, from the earliest stages of star formation to protoplanetary disks and in comets. In this context it is pivotal to understand how the solid-phase interactions between iCOMs and grain surfaces influence the thermal desorption process and, therefore, the presence of molecular species in the gas phase. In the laboratory, it is possible to simulate the thermal desorption process, deriving important parameters such as the desorption temperatures and energies. We report new laboratory results on temperature-programmed desorption from olivine dust of astrophysical relevant ice mixtures of water, acetonitrile, and acetaldehyde. We found that in the presence of grains, only a fraction of acetaldehyde and acetonitrile desorb at about 100 K and 120 K, respectively, while 40% of the molecules are retained by fluffy grains of the order of 100 μm up to temperatures of 190-210 K. In contrast with the typical assumption that all molecules are desorbed in regions with temperatures higher than 100 K, this result implies that about 40% of the molecules can survive on the grains enabling the delivery of volatiles toward regions with temperatures as high as 200 K and shifting inwards the position of the snow lines in protoplanetary disks. These studies offer a necessary support to interpret observational data and may help our understanding of iCOM formation, providing an estimate of the fraction of molecules released at various temperatures. * Released on.

Keywords: Interstellar molecules, Laboratory astrophysics, Experimental techniques, Interstellar dust processes
Impact of the Disk Thickness on X-Ray Reflection Spectroscopy Measurements. In a previous paper, we presented an extension of our reflection model relxill_nk to include the finite thickness of the accretion disk following the prescription in Taylor &amp; Reynolds. In this paper, we apply our model to fit the 2013 simultaneous observations by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and XMM-Newton of the supermassive black hole in MCG-06-30-15 and the 2019 NuSTAR observation of the Galactic black hole in EXO 1846-031. The high-quality data of these spectra had previously led to precise black hole spin measurements and very stringent constraints on possible deviations from the Kerr metric. We find that the disk thickness does not change previous spin results found with a model employing an infinitesimally thin disk, which confirms the robustness of spin measurements in high radiative efficiency disks, where the impact of disk thickness is minimal. Similar analysis on lower accretion rate systems will be an important test for measuring the effect of disk thickness on black hole spin measurements.

Keywords: X-ray astronomy, Accretion, Astrophysical black holes, Kerr black holes
Stellar Winds Drive Strong Variations in Exoplanet Evaporative Outflow Patterns and Transit Absorption Signatures. Stellar wind and photon radiation interactions with a planet can cause atmospheric depletion, which may have a potentially catastrophic impact on a planet's habitability. While photon interactions with planetary atmospheres and outflows have been researched to some degree, studies of stellar wind interactions are in their infancy. Here, we use three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to model the effect of the stellar wind on the magnetosphere and outflow of a hypothetical planet, modeled to have an H-rich evaporating envelope with a prescribed mass-loss rate, orbiting in the habitable zone close to a low-mass M dwarf. We take the TRAPPIST-1 system as a prototype, with our simulated planet situated at the orbit of TRAPPIST-1e. We show that the atmospheric outflow is accelerated and advected upon interaction with the wind, resulting in a diverse range of planetary magnetosphere morphologies and plasma distributions as local stellar wind conditions change along the orbit. We consider the implications of the wind-outflow interaction on potential hydrogen Lyα observations of the planetary atmosphere during transits. The Lyα observational signatures depend strongly on the local wind conditions at the time of the observation and can be subject to considerable variation on timescales as short as an hour. Our results indicate that observed variations in exoplanet transit signatures could be explained by wind-outflow interaction.

Keywords: Extrasolar rocky planets, M dwarf stars, Geomagnetic fields, Stellar winds, Exoplanet atmospheres, Magnetohydrodynamical simulations
The ALMA Survey of 70 μm Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). III. A Young Molecular Outflow Driven by a Decelerating Jet. We present a spatio-kinematical analysis of the CO (J = 2 → 1) line emission, observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of the outflow associated with the most massive core, ALMA1, in the 70 μm dark clump G010.991-00.082. The position-velocity (PV) diagram of the molecular outflow exhibits a peculiar S-shaped morphology that has not been seen in any other star-forming region. We propose a spatio-kinematical model for the bipolar molecular outflow that consists of a decelerating high-velocity component surrounded by a slower component whose velocity increases with distance from the central source. The physical interpretation of the model is in terms of a jet that decelerates as it entrains material from the ambient medium, which has been predicted by calculations and numerical simulations of molecular outflows in the past. One side of the outflow is shorter and shows a stronger deceleration, suggesting that the medium through which the jet moves is significantly inhomogeneous. The age of the outflow is estimated to be τ ≈ 1300 yr, after correction for a mean inclination of the system of ≈57°.

Keywords: Submillimeter astronomy, Radio astronomy
Rotational Disruption of Porous Dust Aggregates due to Gas Flow in Protoplanetary Disks. We introduce a possible disruption mechanism of dust grains in planet formation by their spinning motion. This mechanism has been discussed as rotational disruption for the interstellar dust grains. We theoretically calculate whether porous dust aggregates can be disrupted by their spinning motion and whether it prohibits dust growth in protoplanetary disks. We assume radiative torque and gas-flow torque as driving sources of the spinning motion, assume that dust aggregates reach a steady-state rigid rotation, and compare the obtained tensile stress due to the centrifugal force with their tensile strength. We model the irregularly shaped dust aggregates by introducing a parameter, γft, that mimics the conversion efficiency from force to torque. As a result, we find that porous dust aggregates are rotationally disrupted by their spinning motion induced by gas flow when their mass is larger than ∼108 g and their volume filling factor is smaller than ∼0.01 in our fiducial model, while relatively compact dust aggregates with volume filling factor more than 0.01 do not face this problem. If we assume the dust porosity evolution, we find that dust aggregates whose Stokes number is ∼0.1 can be rotationally disrupted in their growth and compression process. Our results suggest that the growth of dust aggregates may be halted due to rotational disruption or that other compression mechanisms are needed to avoid it. We also note that dust aggregates are not rotationally disrupted when γft ≤ 0.02 in our fiducial model and the modeling of irregularly shaped dust aggregates is essential in future work.

Keywords: Theoretical models, Analytical mathematics, Protoplanetary disks, Planetesimals, Planet formation
A Tale of Two Grains: Impact of Grain Size on Ring Formation via Nonideal Magnetohydrodynamic Processes. Substructures in protoplanetary disks (PPDs), whose ubiquity was unveiled by recent Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations, are widely discussed regarding their possible origins. We carry out global 2D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations in axisymmetry, coupled with self-consistent ray-tracing radiative transfer, thermochemistry, and nonideal MHD diffusivities. The abundance profiles of grains are also calculated based on the global dust evolution calculation, including sintering effects. We found that dust size plays a crucial role in the ring formation around the snow lines of PPDs through the accretion process. Disk ionization structures and thus tensorial conductivities depend on the size of grains. When grains are significantly larger than polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the nonideal MHD conductivities change dramatically across each snow line of major volatiles, leading to a sudden change in the accretion process across the snow lines and the subsequent formation of gaseous rings/gaps there. Specific layout of magnetic fields can suppress wind launching in certain regions by canceling out different stress components. On the other hand, the variations of conductivities are a lot less with only PAH-sized grains in disks and then these disks retain smoother radial density profiles across snow lines.

Keywords: Stellar accretion disks, Magnetohydrodynamics, Protoplanetary disks, Planet formation
Beyond Simple AGN Unification with Chandra-observed 3CRR Sources at 0.5 &lt; z &lt; 1. Low-frequency radio selection finds radio-bright galaxies regardless of the amount of obscuration by gas and dust. We report Chandra observations of a complete 178 MHz-selected, and so orientation-unbiased, sample of 44 0.5 &lt; z &lt; 1 3CRR sources. The sample is comprised of quasars and narrow-line radio galaxies (NLRGs) with similar radio luminosities, and the radio structure serves as both an age and an orientation indicator. Consistent with unification, intrinsic obscuration (measured by NH, X-ray hardness ratio, and X-ray luminosity) generally increases with inclination. However, the sample includes a population not seen in high-z 3CRR sources: NLRGs viewed at intermediate inclination angles with NH &lt; 1022 cm-2. Multiwavelength analysis suggests that these objects have lower L/LEdd than typical NLRGs at similar orientation. Thus, both orientation and L/LEdd are important, and a "radiation-regulated unification" provides a better explanation of the sample's observed properties. In comparison with the 3CRR sample at 1 &lt; z &lt; 2, our lower-redshift sample shows a higher fraction of Compton-thin NLRGs (45% versus 29%) but a similar Compton-thick fraction (20%), implying a larger covering factor of Compton-thin material at intermediate viewing angles and thus a more "puffed-up" torus atmosphere. We posit that this is due to a range of L/LEdd extending to lower values in this sample. In contrast, at high redshifts, the narrower range and high L/LEdd values allowed orientation (and so simple unification) to dominate the sample's observed properties.

Keywords: Radio loud quasars, X-ray quasars, Active galactic nuclei, Quasars
A Theoretical Investigation of the Magnetic-field-induced Transition in Fe X, of Importance for Measuring Magnetic Field Strengths in the Solar Corona. The use of the magnetic-field-induced transition (MIT) $3{{\rm{p}}}^{4}3{\rm{d}}{}^{4}{D}_{7/2}\to 3{{\rm{p}}}^{5}\,{}^{2}{P}_{3/2}^{{\rm{o}}}$ in Fe X for the measurement of the magnetic field strength in the solar corona has been discussed and demonstrated in a number of recent studies. This diagnostic technique depends on, among other conditions, the accuracy of the atomic data for Fe X. In the present work, we carry out a large-scale calculation for the atomic properties needed for the determination of the MIT rate using the multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock method. Four computational schemes are employed to study the convergence of the atomic properties of interest. Comparison with other experimental and theoretical sources are performed and recommended values are suggested for important properties, e.g., the magnetic induced transition probabilities as a function of magnetic field strengths. The present calculations affect magnetic field measurements by decreasing the magnetic field strengths by 10%-15%, leading to differences in magnetic energy up to 30%. We recommend that the current data should be employed in magnetic field measurements in the future.

Keywords: Solar magnetic fields
Electronic Spectroscopy of Anthracene Cations and Protonated Anthracene in the Search for Carriers of Diffuse Interstellar Bands. The helium-tagging technique was employed to record absorption spectra of cold anthracene cations and protonated anthracene. The evaluation of the spectra of the chromophore with a different number of attached He atoms allows getting the precise band positions of the molecular ions in the gas phase. The positions of the two most intense bands of anthracene, suitable for astrophysical detection, were found to be λmax = 3478.9 ± 1.8 Å and λmax = 7068.9 ± 5.7 Å. A considerable shift of the red band position compared to a previous measurement was attributed to a temperature effect. No coincidence of the absorption bands in astrophysical observational spectra was found. This allows estimating the upper limit for the abundance of anthracene cations per H nuclei &lt;10-9 along the HD 183143 line of sight. We discuss possible reasons for such a low abundance of this molecular ion.

Keywords: Interstellar molecules, Diffuse interstellar bands, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Molecular spectroscopy, Astrochemistry
A New Identity Card for the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6440 from Resolved Star Counts. We present a new identity card for the cluster NGC 6440 in the Galactic Bulge. We have used a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope images, wide-field ground-based observations performed with the ESO-FORS2, and the public survey catalog Pan-STARRS to determine the gravitational center, projected density profile, and structural parameters of this globular from resolved star counts. The new determination of the cluster center differs by ∼2″ (corresponding to 0.08 pc) from the previous estimate, which was based on the surface brightness peak. The star density profile, extending out to 700″ from the center and suitably decontaminated from the Galactic field contribution, is best fit by a King model with a significantly higher concentration (c = 1.86 ± 0.06) and smaller core radius (rc = 6.4 arcsec ± 0.3 arcsec) with respect to the literature values. By taking advantage of high-quality optical and near-IR color-magnitude diagrams, we also estimated the cluster age, distance, and reddening. The luminosity of the red giant branch bump was also determined. This study indicates that the extinction coefficient in the bulge in the direction of the cluster has a value (RV = 2.7) that is significantly lower than that traditionally used for the Galaxy (RV = 3.1). The corresponding best-fit values of the age, distance, and color excess of NGC 6440 are 13 Gyr, 8.3 kpc, and E(B - V) ∼ 1.27. These new determinations also allowed us to update the values of the central (trc = 2.5 107 yr) and half-mass (trh = 109 yr) relaxation times, suggesting that NGC 6440 is in a dynamically evolved stage. * Based on observations collected with the NASA/ESA HST (Prop. 11685, 12517, 13410, and 15403), obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555. Also based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Cerro Paranal (Chile), under proposal 077.D-0775(Bale).

Keywords: Globular star clusters, Interstellar absorption, Interstellar dust extinction, Star clusters
Investigating the Relative Gas and Small Dust Grain Surface Heights in Protoplanetary Disks. Dust evolution in protoplanetary disks from small dust grains to pebbles is key to the planet formation process. The gas in protoplanetary disks should influence the vertical distribution of small dust grains (∼1 μm) in the disk. Utilizing archival near-infrared polarized light and millimeter observations, we can measure the scale height and flare parameter β of the small dust grain scattering surface and 12CO gas emission surface for three protoplanetary disks: IM Lup, HD 163296, and HD 97048 (CU Cha). For two systems, IM Lup and HD 163296, the 12CO gas and small dust grains at small radii from the star have similar heights, but at larger radii (&gt;100 au), the dust grain scattering surface height is lower than the 12CO gas emission surface height. In the case of HD 97048, the small dust grain scattering surface has similar heights to the 12CO gas emission surface at all radii. We ran a protoplanetary disk radiative transfer model of a generic protoplanetary disk with TORUS and showed that there is no difference between the observed scattering surface and 12CO emission surface. We also performed analytical modeling of the system and found that gas-to-dust ratios larger than 100 could explain the observed difference in IM Lup and HD 163296. This is the first direct comparison of observations of gas and small dust grain height distribution in protoplanetary disks. Future observations of gas emission and near-infrared scattered-light instruments are needed to look for similar trends in other protoplanetary disks.

Keywords: Direct imaging, Protoplanetary disks