Exoplanets as sub-GeV dark matter detectors

RK Leane, J Smirnov - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We present exoplanets as new targets to discover dark matter (DM). Throughout the Milky
Way, DM can scatter, become captured, deposit annihilation energy, and increase the heat …

Modelling the Galactic interstellar extinction distribution in three dimensions

DJ Marshall, AC Robin, C Reylé, M Schultheis… - Astronomy & …, 2006 - aanda.org
Aims. The Two Micron All Sky Survey, along with the Stellar Population Synthesis Model of
the Galaxy, developed in Besançon, is used to calculate the extinction distribution along …

Interstellar extinction law toward the galactic center III: J, H, KS bands in the 2MASS and the MKO systems, and 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0 μm in the Spitzer/IRAC system

S Nishiyama, M Tamura, H Hatano, D Kato… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We have determined interstellar extinction law toward the Galactic center (GC) at the
wavelength from 1.2 to 8.0 μm, using point sources detected in the IRSF/SIRIUS near …

LIFTING THE DUSTY VEIL WITH NEAR-AND MID-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY. I. DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATIONS OF THE RAYLEIGH–JEANS COLOR EXCESS …

SR Majewski, G Zasowski… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Milky Way (MW) remains a primary laboratory for understanding the
structure and evolution of spiral galaxies, but typically we are denied clear views of MW …

Discrete sources as the origin of the Galactic X-ray ridge emission

M Revnivtsev, S Sazonov, E Churazov, W Forman… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
An unresolved X-ray glow (at energies above a few kiloelectronvolts) was discovered about
25 years ago and found to be coincident with the Galactic disk—the Galactic ridge X-ray …

The effective temperature scale of FGK stars. I. Determination of temperatures and angular diameters with the infrared flux method

I Ramírez, J Meléndez - The Astrophysical Journal, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
The infrared flux method (IRFM) has been applied to a sample of 135 dwarf and 36 giant
stars covering the following regions of the atmospheric parameter space:(1) the metal-rich …

The interstellar extinction law toward the Galactic center. II. V, J, H, and Ks bands

S Nishiyama, T Nagata, M Tamura… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We have determined the ratios of total to selective extinction directly from observations in the
optical V band and near-infrared J band toward the Galactic center. The OGLE (Optical …

Interstellar extinction

GA Gontcharov - Astrophysics, 2016 - Springer
This review describes our current understanding of interstellar extinction. This differ
substantially from the ideas of the 20th century. With infrared surveys of hundreds of millions …

Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS-I. The method and minor axis maps

OA Gonzalez, M Rejkuba, M Zoccali, E Valenti… - Astronomy & …, 2011 - aanda.org
Context. The Milky Way bulge is the nearest galactic bulge and the best laboratory for
studies of stellar populations in spheroids based on individual stellar abundances and …

Tracing the Galactic anticenter stellar stream with 2MASS M giants

HJ Rocha-Pinto, SR Majewski… - The Astrophysical …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
The recently discovered, ringlike structure just outside the Galactic disk in Monoceros is
detected and traced among 2MASS M giant stars. We have developed a method to recover …