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Origins space telescope: from first light to life

Experimental Astronomy Springer 51:3 (2021) 595-624

Authors:

MC Wiedner, S Aalto, L Armus, E Bergin, J Birkby, CM Bradford, D Burgarella, P Caselli, V Charmandaris, A Cooray, E De Beck, JM Desert, M Gerin, J Goicoechea, M Griffin, P Hartogh, F Helmich, M Hogerheijde, L Hunt, A Karska, Q Kral, D Leisawitz, G Melnick, M Meixner, M Matsuura, D Rigopoulou

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Abstract The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) is one of four science and technology definition studies selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in preparation of the 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal survey in the US. Origins will trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life. It is designed to answer three major science questions: How do galaxies form stars, make metals, and grow their central supermassive black holes from reionization? How do the conditions for habitability develop during the process of planet formation? Do planets orbiting M-dwarf stars support life? Origins operates at mid- to far-infrared wavelengths from ~ 2.8 μm to 588 μm, and is more than 1000 times more sensitive than prior far-IR missions due to its cold (~ 4.5 K) aperture and state-of-the-art instruments.

Kiloparsec-scale AGN outflows and feedback in merger-free galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 507:3 (2021) 3985-3997

Authors:

RJ Smethurst, BD Simmons, A Coil, CJ Lintott, W Keel, KL Masters, E Glikman, GCK Leung, J Shanahan, IL Garland

No strong dependence of Lyman continuum leakage on physical properties of star-forming galaxies at $\mathbf{3.1 \lesssim z \lesssim 3.5}$

ArXiv 2109.03662 (2021)

Authors:

A Saxena, L Pentericci, RS Ellis, L Guaita, A Calabrò, D Schaerer, E Vanzella, R Amorín, M Bolzonella, M Castellano, F Fontanot, NP Hathi, P Hibon, M Llerena, F Mannucci, A Saldana-Lopez, M Talia, G Zamorani

The ALPINE-ALMA [C ii] Survey: kinematic diversity and rotation in massive star-forming galaxies at z ~ 4.4–5.9

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 507:3 (2021) 3540-3563

Authors:

GC Jones, D Vergani, M Romano, M Ginolfi, Y Fudamoto, M Béthermin, S Fujimoto, BC Lemaux, L Morselli, P Capak, P Cassata, A Faisst, O Le Fèvre, D Schaerer, JD Silverman, Lin Yan, M Boquien, A Cimatti, M Dessauges-Zavadsky, E Ibar, R Maiolino, F Rizzo, M Talia, G Zamorani

Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS): following the water trail from the interstellar medium to oceans

Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 11820 (2021) 118200o-118200o-52

Authors:

Christopher K Walker, Gordon Chin, Susanne Aalto, Carrie M Anderson, Jonathan W Arenberg, Cara Battersby, Edwin Bergin, Jenny Bergner, Nicolas Biver, Gordon L Bjoraker, John Carr, Thibault Cavalié, Elvire De Beck, Michael A DiSanti, Paul Hartogh, Leslie K Hunt, Daewook Kim, Yuzuru Takashima, Craig Kulesa, David Leisawitz, Joan Najita, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Kamber Schwarz, Yancy Shirly, Antony A Stark, Xander Tielens, Serena Viti, David Wilner, Edward Wollack, Erick Young