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Scientific Publications

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

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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
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
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
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; published April 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag682, 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
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
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
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; published March 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/stag597, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy 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
X-ray reverberation black hole mass and distance estimates of Cygnus X-1
O’Neill, P., ... Mitchell, J., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 4, staf2232; published February 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/staf2232, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
The THESAN-ZOOM project: star formation efficiencies in high-redshift galaxies
Shen, X., ... Puchwein, E., ..., 2026
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 4, staf2119; published February 2026
doi:10.1093/mnras/staf2119, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Magnetic activity on the young Sun: A case study of EK Draconis
Görgei, A., ... Järvinen, S. P., Strassmeier, K. G., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A54; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556949, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets, Stellar Activity
The impact of radial migration on disk galaxy star formation histories: I. Biases in spatially resolved estimates
Minchev, I., ... Ratcliffe, B., ... Walcher, J., Khoperskov, S., Bernaldez, J. P., Marques, L., Sysoliatina, K., Chiappini, C., Steinmetz, M., de Jong, R. S., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A31; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556988, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Galaxies and Quasars, Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics
Unveiling the white dwarf in the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii
Schwope, A. D., Marsh, T. R., Parsons, S. G., Vogel, J., Dhillon, V. S., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A41; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557306, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
Zooming in on cluster radio relics: I. How density fluctuations explain the Mach number discrepancy, microgauss magnetic fields, and spectral index variations
Whittingham, J., Pfrommer, C., Werhahn, M., Jlassi, L., Girichidis, P., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A39; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453002, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Properties of Magnetic Switchbacks in the Near-Sun Solar Wind
Badman, S. T., ... Rouillard, A. P., ..., 2026
Space Science Reviews, 222, 1, 14; published January 2026
doi:10.1007/s11214-026-01267-w, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Resolving interchange reconnection dynamics in a fan-spine-like topology observed by Solar Orbiter
Duan, Y., ... Sun, Z., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, A1; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557158, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
AGN STORM 2. XI. Spectroscopic Reverberation Mapping of the Hot Dust in Mrk 817
Landt, H., ... Mitchell, J. A. J., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 997, 1, 22; published January 2026
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae17cd, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
DeForest, C. E., ... Rouillard, A. P., ..., 2026
Solar Physics, 301, 1, 16; published January 2026
doi:10.1007/s11207-026-02608-2, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Solar Physics
Tighter constraints on the atmosphere of GJ 436 b from combined high-resolution CARMENES and CRIRES+ observations
Peláez-Torres, A., ... Lesjak, F., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A256; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557570, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
GravSphere2: A higher order Jeans method for mass modeling spherical stellar systems
Bañares-Hernández, A., Read, J. I., Júlio, M. P., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A212; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557195, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
A predictive framework for realistic star-planet radio emission in compact systems
Chebly, J. J., Louis, C. K., Strugarek, A., Alvarado Gómez, J. D., Zarka, P., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A149; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557706, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets
X-ray, optical, and radio follow-up of five thermally emitting isolated neutron star candidates
Kurpas, J., Pires, A. M., Schwope, A. D., ... Krumpe, M., Sheth, S., Traulsen, I., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A148; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556815, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: X-ray Astronomy
A weak Lyα halo for an extremely bright little red dot: Indications of enshrouded supermassive black hole growth
Torralba, A., ... Urrutia, T., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A147; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555596, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Galaxies and Quasars, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy (now: Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation), Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation
Center-to-limb variations of the He I 10 830 Å triplet
Pietrow, A. G. M., ... Verma, M., Denker, C., ... Kamlah, R., Poppenhäger, K., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A116; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557267, NASA ADS
Probing neutral outflows in z ∼ 2 galaxies using JWST observations of Ca II H and K absorption lines
Liboni, C., ... Weinberger, R., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A125; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555845, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
Hubble-constant and -mass determination of Centaurus A and M83 from tip-of-red-giant-branch distances
Faucher, A., Benisty, D., Mota, D. F., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A112; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556283, NASA ADS
Participating AIP research groups: Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure
Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters: II. Kinematic structure of young and intermediate-age clusters
Niederhofer, F., Cullinane, L., ... Kacharov, N., ... Cioni, M.-R. L., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A94; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557397, NASA ADS