Long-period magnetic activity in the K dwarf GJ 1137 and a new super-Earth on a 9-day orbit

Based on 13 years of HARPS observations, this study reinterprets a long-period signal in the K-dwarf GJ 1137 as evidence of a 5,870-day magnetic activity cycle rather than a Jovian planet, while confirming the system's multiple-planet nature by identifying a new 9.6-day Super-Earth with a minimum mass of 5.12 Earth masses.

Denitza Stoeva, Atanas K. Stefanov, Stefan Y. Stefanov + 12 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Euclid: A blue galaxy population and a brightest cluster galaxy in the making in a z1.74z\sim1.74 MaDCoWS2 galaxy cluster candidate

This study presents a Euclid follow-up of a z1.74z\sim1.74 galaxy cluster candidate, revealing an overdense population of blue galaxies and a merging proto-Brightest Cluster Galaxy that illustrates a common multi-object merger formation process, suggesting Euclid will discover approximately 400 such assembling systems by the end of its mission.

A. Trudeau, A. H. Gonzalez, S. A. Stanford + 152 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

MWA tied-array processing V: Super-resolved localisation via amplitude-only maximum likelihood direction finding

This paper demonstrates a method for achieving "super-resolved" localisation of radio transients and pulsars using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) by applying amplitude-only maximum likelihood direction finding to tied-array beam data, thereby significantly improving source precision beyond the instrument's native spatial resolution to aid follow-up efforts for the Southern-sky pulsar survey.

Bradley W. Meyers, Arash Bahramian2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Fusion of JWST data - Demonstrating practical feasibility

This paper presents the first successful application of data fusion to astronomical observations, combining JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy and NIRCam imaging to generate high-resolution hyperspectral cubes of the d203-506 protoplanetary disk and Titan, thereby demonstrating the transformative potential of extracting physical properties with unprecedented spatial detail.

Landry Marquis, Claire Guilloteau, Thomas Oberlin + 2 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Stochastic Particle Acceleration during Pressure-Anisotropy-Driven Magnetogenesis in the Pre-Structure Universe

This paper demonstrates that stochastic particle acceleration driven by pressure-anisotropy-induced magnetogenesis in the pre-structure Universe is inefficient for generating a significant cosmic ray population, as adiabatic cooling dominates until the onset of structure formation, limiting proton energies to at most O(102)GeV\mathcal{O}(10^2)\,\mathrm{GeV}.

Ji-Hoon Ha2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Reassessing the SIGW Interpretation of PTA Signal: The Role of Third-Order Gravitational Waves and Implications for the PBH Overproduction

This paper proposes that including third-order gravitational waves within the scalar-induced gravitational wave framework can enhance the spectral amplitude of the PTA signal, thereby alleviating the theoretical tension of primordial black hole overproduction while maintaining consistency with cosmological constraints and supermassive black hole binary backgrounds.

Zhi-Chao Zhao, Sai Wang, Qing-Hua Zhu + 1 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Probing the properties of active regions in the solar interface region using full-disk spectroheliograms

This study utilizes full-disk IRIS spectroheliograms to compare active regions at different evolutionary stages, revealing that while C II and Si IV lines show no clear variability, Mg II opacity distributions in regions with high FIP bias suggest variable plasma densities that warrant further combined observational and modeling investigation to understand plasma fractionation mechanisms.

Éabha Power, David M. Long, Teodora Mihailescu + 1 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Comparing First Ionisation Potential bias diagnostics in the solar atmosphere

This study evaluates three different Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) line pair diagnostics for measuring the First Ionisation Potential (FIP) bias in the solar atmosphere, demonstrating that while signal-to-noise cutoffs influence the distribution's high-value tail, the median FIP bias remains stable, thereby highlighting the need for a nuanced approach rather than a one-size-fits-all methodology.

Kristena D. Spruksta, David M. Long, Andy S. H. To2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

EMU/GAMA: A statistical perspective on active galactic nuclei diagnostics

This study employs unsupervised machine learning clustering on multiwavelength data from the GAMA, EMU, and WISE surveys to quantify the fractional contributions of star formation and active galactic nuclei to galaxy energy budgets, ultimately establishing a novel, highly reliable three-dimensional IR-radio diagnostic scheme that moves beyond binary classifications to characterize galaxies as composites of multiple emission processes.

J. Prathap, A. M. Hopkins, R. Carvajal + 19 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph