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Scientific Publications

This list shows the most recent peer-reviewed scientific publications by AIP members, sorted by publication date (ADS).

The ADS service also provides a searchable list: All AIP Publications in ADS, Refereed AIP Publications in ADS.

High resolution spectroscopy of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan─ATLAS) from LBT/PEPSI observations
Munaretto, G., ... Ilyin, I., ..., 2026
Icarus, 455, 117124; published September 2026
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117124, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation
Structural Parameters of the Globular Cluster M15
Petkova, M. V., Petrov, G. P., Kacharov, N. M., Nedialkov, P. L., 2026
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26, 6, 065020; published June 2026
doi:10.1088/1674-4527/ae52c0, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
C IV wind properties of the SDSS-V X-ray selected quasars: strong optical-to-UV emission is key regardless of X-ray strength
Rankine, A. L., Homan, D., ... Krumpe, M., Lamer, G., ... Tubín-Arenas, D., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 4, stag734; published June 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag734, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
An FUV-optical Approach for Studying Hierarchical Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies with UVIT
Ananthu, S., ... Subramanian, S., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 2, 220; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae5bb9, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19: A Catalog of DA White Dwarf Binaries and Constraints on the Binary Population
Adamane Pallathadka, G., ... Schwope, A. D., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 2, 207; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae593f, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Plasma Dynamics of Radiative Cooling Accretion Flow in AM Herculis with XRISM
Terada, Y., ... Schwope, A. D., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 2, 196; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae5f97, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Stars Born in the Wind. II. Widespread Extra-planar Star Formation in M82's Halo
Rao, V. V., ... de Jong, R. S., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 2, 133; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae5c99, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
BlazEr1: The eROSITA blazar catalog: Blazars and blazar candidates in the first eROSITA survey
Hämmerich, S., ... Bahic, S., Tubín-Arenas, D., Krumpe, M., Homan, D., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 709, A37; published May 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557854, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Confirmation of Fe I on MASCARA-5 b's Dayside Observed With EXPRES
Sikora, J. T., ... Désert, J.-M., ..., 2026
The Astronomical Journal, 171, 5, 322; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae5a29, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Exoplanets and their Atmospheres
Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei in SDSS-V: Host-galaxy Properties and Black Hole Scaling Relations
Zeltyn, G., ... Krumpe, M., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 1, 61; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae5495, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Emission-line Variable Active Galactic Nuclei at Cosmic Noon from HETDEX
Liu, C., ... Krumpe, M., ... Powell, M. C., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 284, 1, 12; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ae5803, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy, Galaxies and Quasars
Antisolar Differential Rotation May Have Revived Magnetic Braking in the Subgiant 31 Aquilae
Metcalfe, T. S., ... Ilyin, I. V., ... Strassmeier, K. G., 2026
The Astronomical Journal, 171, 5, 287; published May 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae5484, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation, Stellar Activity
Steady-state or not? The evolution of cosmic ray electron spectra in galaxies
Werhahn, M., Pfrommer, C., Whittingham, J., Jlassi, L., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 3, stag682; published May 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag682, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
A striking excess of red quasars with steep radio spectral slopes: a dusty blow-out phase revealed through AGN-driven shocks?
Sargent, C. L., ... Meenakshi, M., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 2, stag597; published May 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag597, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
The THESAN-ZOOM project: mystery N/O more ─ uncovering the origin of peculiar chemical abundances and a not-so-fundamental metallicity relation at 3 < z < 12
McClymont, W., ... Puchwein, E., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 1, stag016; published May 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag016, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Nitrogen enrichment through stellar chemical feedback at parsec scale in NGC 5253 as seen with MUSE-NFM
Pruijt, B. G. A., ... Weilbacher, P. M., ... Soemitro, A. A., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag794, NASA ADS
Horizontal transport as a source of disequilibrium chemistry on the nightside of a hot exoplanet
Parmentier, V., ... Désert, J.-M., ..., 2026
Nature Astronomy; published April 2026
doi:10.1038/s41550-026-02845-2, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Exoplanets and their Atmospheres
STEP survey: III. STEPping stones between the clouds: the star formation history of the Magellanic Bridge
Ficara, F., ... Cioni, M. R., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 709, A10; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557076, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Sifting for a Stream: The Morphology of the 300 S Stellar Stream
Cohen, B., ... Cullinane, L. R., ..., 2026
The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, 61089; published April 2026
doi:10.33232/001c.161089, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Untangling the Sources of Abundance Dispersion in Low-metallicity Stars. II. Neutron Capture Elements
Griffith, E. J., ... Ilyin, I., Strassmeier, K. G., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1001, 2, 193; published April 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae4e24, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation, Stellar Activity
Metallicity Gradients in Modern Cosmological Simulations. II. The Role of Bursty versus Smooth Feedback at High Redshift
Garcia, A. M., ... Puchwein, E., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1001, 2, 188; published April 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae561e, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Chemical Radial Gradients for the Bulge Bar Stellar Populations from the APOGEE Survey
Sales-Silva, J. V., ... Chiappini, C., Minchev, I., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1001, 1, 79; published April 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae505e, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
From Flux Emergence to Decay—A High-resolution Study of Sunspots
Kamlah, R., 2026
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 138, 4, 047001; published April 2026
doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ae5a04, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics: Editorial preface to the Topical Collection
Bemmerer, D., ... Steffen, M., 2026
European Physical Journal A, 62, 3, 69; published April 2026
doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01842-3, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
Catalogue and statistics of > 100 MeV solar proton events during solar cycles 23─25 from SOHO/ERNE observations
Jarry, M., ... Rouillard, A. P., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A368; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557965, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Chromospheric and photospheric properties of sunspots as inferred from Stokes inversions under magnetohydrostatic and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium
Vicente Arévalo, A., ... Kontogiannis, I., Pietrow, A. G. M., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A351; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202659286, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
No country for old stars: Spectroscopic confirmation of the first intermediate-age RR Lyrae in the open cluster Trumpler 5
D’Orazi, V., ... Ilyn, I., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, L22; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202660253, NASA ADS
A modest change in magnetic braking at the fully convective boundary explains the evolution of cataclysmic variables
Barraza-Jorquera, J. A., Schreiber, M. R., Littlefair, S., Belloni, D., Schwope, A. D., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, L11; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202659326, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Cepheid Metallicity in the Leavitt Law (C─MetaLL) survey: IX. Metallicity dependence of period-Wesenheit relations based on a homogeneous spectroscopic sample
Ripepi, V., ... Storm, J., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A216; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556963, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Large-amplitude modulations and hours-timescale variability in the early X-ray light curve of a tidal disruption flare
Malyali, A., ... Homan, D., Krumpe, M., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A163; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556400, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
The Nephele ecosystem: Stars, globular clusters, and stellar streams associated with the progenitor galaxy of ω Centauri
Pagnini, G., ... Khoperskov, S., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A161; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557692, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
MUSE-ALMA Haloes: XIV. The ALMA Large Programme Data Release
Péroux, C., ... Augustin, R., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A146; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558645, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars
A method to derive self-consistent NLTE astrophysical parameters for four million high-resolution 4MOST stellar spectra in half a day with invertible neural networks
Ksoll, V. F., ... Guiglion, G., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A118; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558595, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
MUSE-DARK: I. Dark matter halo properties of intermediate-z star-forming galaxies
Ciocan, B. I., ... Krajnović, D., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A112; published April 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557396, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Ginnungagap — A massively parallel cosmological initial conditions generator
Pilipenko, S., Yepes, G., Gottlöber, S., Knollmann, S., 2026
Astronomy and Computing, 55, 101082; published April 2026
doi:10.1016/j.ascom.2026.101082, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Characterizing the Instrumental Profile of LAMOST
Liu, Q., ... He, Y., ..., 2026
The Astronomical Journal, 171, 4, 256; published April 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae4ebe, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Fine Structure and Formation Mechanism of a Sunspot Bipolar Light Bridge in NOAA AR 13663
Qiao, F., ... Sun, Z., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1000, 2, 205; published April 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae4bd9, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
Epicyclic density variations in the Indus stellar stream
Yang, Y., ... Cullinane, L. R., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 4, stag488; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag488, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Stellar Birth Radii in the LMC: Insights into Chemodynamics, Radial Migration, and Star Formation across the Disk
Lu, Y., ... Cioni, M.-R. L., ..., 2026
The Astronomical Journal, 171, 4, 230; published April 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae4a8d, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Reionization in HESTIA: studying reionization in the LG through zoom simulations
Attard, D., ... Libeskind, N., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 3, stag467; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag467, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure
Disc growth and vertical heating of lenticular galaxies in the Fornax cluster
Martig, M., ... Minchev, I., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 3, stag458; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag458, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Detectability of satellite planes in mock observations of isolated L* galaxies
Crosby, E., Pawlowski, M. S., Müller, O., Jerjen, H., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 2, stag372; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag372, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Unveiling the impact of cosmic rays on the disc sizes and outflows from dwarf scales to galaxy groups
Bieri, R., ... Pfrommer, C., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 2, stag216; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag216, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
HINORA II: Testing the existence of the Council of Giants in ΛCDM Simulations
Olex, E., Knebe, A., Libeskind, N. I., Gottlöber, S., Makarov, D. I., 2026
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 43, e053; published April 2026
doi:10.1017/pasa.2026.10188, NASA ADS
The MUSE-Faint survey: V. The binary fraction of Leo T
Vaz, D., ... Júlio, M. P., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A101; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555752, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Prior-free cosmological parameter estimation of Cosmicflows-4
Duangchan, C., Valade, A., Libeskind, N. I., Steinmetz, M., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A119; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556645, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure, Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics
Multi-spin stellar velocity maps of the most massive galaxies
Krajnović, D., ... Weilbacher, P. M., Wisotzki, L., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A15; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558624, NASA ADS
Turbulent acceleration of electrons by large-amplitude magnetohydrodynamic waves in solar flares
Mann, G., Warmuth, A., Schuller, F., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A91; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557249, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
The supersonic nature of jellyfish galaxies
Ignesti, A., ... Pfrommer, C., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 708, A65; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558622, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). XI. Circumgalactic O VI Emission Traces Clumpy Inflowing Recycled Gas
Lochhaas, C., ... Augustin, R., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 1000, 1, 104; published March 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae458f, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars
A Catalogue of Orbital Periods of Cataclysmic Variables and Candidates from TESS Observations
Dağ, M. K., ... Schwope, A. D., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; published March 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag514, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Double White Dwarf Binaries in SDSS-V DR19: The Discovery of a Rare DA+DQ White Dwarf Binary with a 31 hr Orbital Period
Adamane Pallathadka, G., ... Schwope, A., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 999, 2, 251; published March 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae3c9f, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Low-mass stars dominate the hot (0.7 keV) Galactic X-ray emission
Ponti, G., ... Schwope, A., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A320; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556925, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
The hot gas mass fraction in halos: From Milky Way-like groups to massive clusters
Popesso, P., ... Lamer, G., ... Driver, S., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A362; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453256, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Abundances in 78 metal-rich bulge spheroid stars from APOGEE
Ernandes, H., ... Chiappini, C., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A328; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558789, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Stellar angular momentum of intermediate-redshift galaxies in MUSE surveys (Corrigendum)
Muñoz López, C., Krajnović, D., ... Herrero-Alonso, Y., Urrutia, T., ... Pessa, I., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, C4; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202659136e, NASA ADS
A comprehensive catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud detected during the first eROSITA all-sky survey
Kaltenbrunner, D., ... Cioni, M. R. L., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A225; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555693, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
The spheroidal bulge of the Milky Way: Chemodynamically distinct from the inner-thick disc and bar
Nepal, S., Chiappini, C., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Khalatyan, A., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A190; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556326, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, IT Services
X-ray counterparts to stellar MeerKAT Galactic-plane compact radio sources
Egbo, O. D., ... Schwope, A. D., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A193; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556983, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
The impact of radial migration on disk galaxy star formation histories: II. Role of bar strength, disk thickness, and merger history
Bernaldez, J. P., Minchev, I., Ratcliffe, B., Marques, L., Sysoliatina, K., Walcher, J., Khoperskov, S., ... de Jong, R. S., Steinmetz, M., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A147; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557002, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Galaxies and Quasars, Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics
Cepheid Metallicity in the Leavitt Law (C- MetaLL) survey: VIII. Spectroscopic detection of rare earth dysprosium, erbium, lutetium, and thorium in classical Cepheids
Trentin, E., ... Storm, J., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A142; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557996, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Is the high-energy environment of K2-18b special?
Rukdee, S., ... Vilović, I., Poppenhäger, K., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A219; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557601, NASA ADS
Tango of Titans: Centaurus A and M 83 as a Local Group analog
Benisty, D., Libeskind, N., Makarov, D., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, L10; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558668, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure
The oldest Milky Way stars: New constraints on the age of the Universe and the Hubble constant
Tomasetti, E., Chiappini, C., Nepal, S., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A111; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557038, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
MUSE-ALMA Haloes: XII. Molecular gas in z ∼ 0.5 H I ─ selected galaxies
Bollo, V., ... Augustin, R., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A81; published March 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556531, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Searching for Rotational X-Ray Modulation on TIC 277539431
Dsouza, D., Poppenhäger, K., Ilin, E., 2026
Astronomische Nachrichten, 347, 3, e70085; published March 2026
doi:10.1002/asna.70085, NASA ADS
An objective, automated method to detect and characterize semi-resolved star clusters
Miller, A. E., ... Cioni, M.-R. L., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, 3, stag081; published March 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag081, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
eROSITA selection of new period-bounce cataclysmic variables: First follow-up confirmation using TESS and SDSS
Muñoz-Giraldo, D., ... Schwope, A., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A62; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557266, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Massive runaway star HD 254577: The pre-supernova binary companion to the progenitor of the supernova remnant IC 443
Dinçel, B., ... Sheth, S., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A50; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556086, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
The optical photometric and spectroscopic periodicities of the cataclysmic variable SRGt 062340.2-265751
Brink, J., ... Schwope, A. D., ... Cúneo, V. A., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A25; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557005, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Magnetic field detections in massive systems at different stages of interaction
Hubrig, S., ... Järvinen, S. P., ... Ilyin, I., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, A3; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558337, NASA ADS
HelioSpectrotron 5000: an interactive solar atlas
Pietrow, A. G., 2026
The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, 58273; published February 2026
doi:10.33232/001c.158273, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Asteroseismic ages for 17,000 stars in Kepler, K2 and TESS
Willett, E., ... Chiappini, C., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; published February 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag259, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
The Major Solar Energetic Particle Event on 2024 May 20: Multispacecraft Observations of a Long-lasting Energetic Particle Reservoir
Lario, D., ... Warmuth, A., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 2, 260; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2ea4, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Detailed Chemical Abundance Analysis of the Brightest Stars in the Turranburra and Willka Yaku Stellar Streams
Webber, K. B., ... Cullinane, L. R., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 1, 114; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2d59, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
On the Use of Field RR Lyrae as Galactic Probes. VIII. Early Formation of the Galactic Spheroid
Bono, G., ... Kwak, S., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 1, 86; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2c60, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Ancient Relic Moderately Metal-rich Bulge Cluster Tonantzintla 2
Ortolani, S., ... Chiappini, C., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 1, L8; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae3b3e, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Chemodynamics of Boötes I with S5: Revised Velocity Gradient, Dark Matter Density, and Galactic Chemical Evolution Constraints
Sandford, N. R., ... Cullinane, L. R., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 1, 47; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2fe5, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Surface brightness─colour relations of Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds classical Cepheids based on Gaia magnitudes
Bailleul, M. C., ... Storm, J., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A336; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557995, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Self-gravity in thin protoplanetary discs: I. The smoothing-length approximation versus the exact self-gravity Kernel
Rendon Restrepo, S., Rometsch, T., Ziegler, U., Gressel, O., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A279; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555989, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Distance to the globular cluster M 3 from the infrared surface brightness technique applied to RR Lyrae stars
Zgirski, B., ... Storm, J., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A268; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556144, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Surface image and activity-corrected orbit of the RSCVn binary HR7275: Disentangling activity tracers
Adebali, Ö., Weber, M., Strassmeier, K. G., Ilyin, I. V., Steffen, M., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A179; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557717, NASA ADS
How supermassive black holes shape central entropies in galaxy clusters
Weinberger, R., Pfrommer, C., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, L13; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202558710, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Does the solar oxygen abundance change over the solar cycle?: An investigation into activity-induced variations in the O I infrared triplet
Pietrow, A. G. M., Baratella, M., Ilyin, I. V., Steffen, M., Strassmeier, K. G., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, L11; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557598, NASA ADS
Elemental abundance pattern and temperature inversion on the dayside of HAT-P-70b observed with CARMENES and PEPSI
Guo, B., ... Strassmeier, K. G., Ilyin, I., Lesjak, F., ... Poppenhaeger, K., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A126; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557869, NASA ADS
Radio, X-ray, and extreme ultraviolet signatures of internal and external reconnection of an erupting flux rope
Kašparová, J., ... Schuller, F., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A143; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557440, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Infrared spectropolarimetry of a C-class solar flare footpoint plasma: I. Spectral features and forward modelling
Vashalomidze, Z., ... Denker, C., Verma, M., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A116; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557526, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Rediscovering the Milky Way with an orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data: IV. The disc growth and history of star formation
Ratcliffe, B., Khoperskov, S., ... Minchev, I., ... Marques, L., Bernaldez, J. P., Krajnović, D., Steinmetz, M., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A103; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557057, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Galaxies and Quasars, Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics
The binary ballet: Mapping local expansion around M 81 and M 82
Wagner, J., Benisty, D., Karachentsev, I. D., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A92; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557876, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure
Probing the kinematics of the Local Group with chemically enriched gas in the HESTIA simulations
Biaus, L., ... Richter, P., ... Libeskind, N. I., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A76; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555861, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure
An efficient spectral Poisson solver for the NIRVANA-III code: The shearing box case with vertical vacuum boundary conditions
Restrepo, S. R., Gressel, O., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A65; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557659, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence
Peak-intensity energy spectra of intense solar energetic electron events measured with Solar Orbiter in 2020─2022
Fedeli, A., ... Warmuth, A., Schuller, F., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A107; published February 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555915, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Accretion History of AGNs: A Multiwavelength Comparison of X-Ray- and Infrared-selected AGNs
Kelly, T., ... Powell, M., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 997, 2, 366; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2a32, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Heavy Seeds and the First Black Holes: Insights from the BRAHMA Simulations
Bhowmick, A. K., ... Weinberger, R., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 997, 2, 187; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2607, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Project AMIGA: The Inner Circumgalactic Medium of Andromeda from Thick Disk to Halo
Lehner, N., ... Augustin, R., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 997, 2, 183; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae1f13, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The Low-mass and Structured Stellar Halo of M83 Argues Against a Merger Origin for Its Starburst and Extended Neutral Hydrogen Disk
Bell, E. F., ... de Jong, R. S., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 997, 2, 153; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2c5e, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Revisiting the Atmosphere of HAT-P-70b with CARMENES High-resolution Transmission Spectroscopy
Gan, T., ... Lesjak, F., ..., 2026
The Astronomical Journal, 171, 2, 89; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae2add, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
The THESAN-ZOOM project: the hidden neighbours of O I absorbers during reionization
Pruto, G., ... Puchwein, E., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, 2, stag064; published February 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag064, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
PEPSI Investigation, Retrieval, and Atlas of Numerous Giant Atmospheres (PIRANGA). II. Phase-resolved Cross-correlation Transmission Spectroscopy of KELT-20b
Lenhart, C., ... Strassmeier, K. G., Ilyin, I., 2026
The Astronomical Journal, 171, 2, 81; published February 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae2252, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Activity, High-resolution Spectroscopy and Polarimetry (now: Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation), Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation
An improved model for the effect of correlated Si III absorption on the one-dimensional Lyman-α forest power spectrum
Ma, K., Bolton, J. S., Iršič, V., Gaikwad, P., Puchwein, E., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, 1, staf2262; published February 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/staf2262, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics