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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 1h
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Chirp-Mass Ladder: A New Rung Emerges" by Vaibhav Tiwari (U. Birmingham, UK) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Chirp-Mass Ladder: A New Rung Emerges | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Vaibhav Tiwari. Analysis of 256 binary black-hole (BBH) events, suggesting a hierarchical merger scenario to explain the structured mass distribution, and encouraging further investigation into hie...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 1h
A Press Release in English (from the University of Bath) about our four most recent papers: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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New simulations connect the first stars to cosmic fingerprints still visible today
International MEGATRON project links space telescope observations of the infant Universe with the chemical fossil record of the Milky Way.
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 3h
A Press Release in French about our 4 most recent papers: www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 4h
Today we have published four related papers produced by the MEGATRON Project, led by Harley Katz (U. Chicago) and Martin Rey (U. Bath, UK), Corentin Cadiou (IAP Paris, France) These articles are announced in the following thread:
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Phlegethon: a fully compressible magnetohydrodynamic code for simulations in stellar astrophysics" by G. Leidi (Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studie, Germany) and 14 others. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Phlegethon: a fully compressible magnetohydrodynamic code for simulations in stellar astrophysics | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By G. Leidi, A. Holas & 13 more. PHLEGETHON is a magnetohydrodynamic code designed for multidimensional simulations in stellar astrophysics, capable of modeling a wide range of dynamical processes in ...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The impact of source and survey modelling on the connection between [O III] emitters and Ly-α forest transmission at z ~ 6" by Luke Conaboy (U. Nottingham, UK) and 5 others based in the UK, India and Germany. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The impact of source and survey modelling on the connection between [O III] emitters and Ly $\alpha$ forest transmission at z ~ 6 | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Luke Conaboy, James S. Bolton & 4 more. This study improves theoretical work on the connection between galaxies and the intergalactic medium, using an empirical model and James Webb Space Telescope...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Correction Notice issued at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "CORRECTION - TDCOSMO XXVI: Uniform Lens Modeling of Eight Doubly Imaged Quasars" by Brady et al. (originally published 7th August 2026). doi.org/10.33232/001...
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CORRECTION - TDCOSMO XXVI: Uniform Lens Modeling of Eight Doubly Imaged Quasars | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Ryan Brady, Xiang-Yu Huang & 8 more. The article "TDCOSMO XXVI: Uniform Lens Modeling of Eight Doubly Imaged Quasars" by Brady et al. contained some errors which have now been corrected
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Blog Post: astro.theoj.org/post/4233-th...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics is a Q1 Journal | Published by The Open Journal of Astrophysics
If the only reason you were not submitting papers to OJAp was that it wasn't a Q1 journal then you can start submitting them now!
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If anyone thinks it matters, as of last year (2025), the Open Journal of Astrophysics is a Q1 Journal. It is the only Diamond Open Access Journal with that status in Astronomy and Astrophysics. www.scimagojr.com/journalrank....
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Correction Notice issued at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "CORRECTION: The Abundance of Thin Dwarf Galaxies: a Challenge for Cosmological Simulations" by Jose Benavides et al. (originally published 12th May 2026) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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CORRECTION: The Abundance of Thin Dwarf Galaxies: a Challenge for Cosmological Simulations | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Jose Benavides, Laura V. Sales & 5 more. The paper " The Abundance of Thin Dwarf Galaxies: a Challenge for Cosmological Simulations" by Benavides et al. contained two errors which have now been cor...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Profile Analysis of the Multiwavelength 2.1-year Oscillations of PG 1553+113" by Pablo Penil (Clemson U. USA) and 7 others based in the USA, Germany and Spain. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Profile Analysis of the Multiwavelength 2.1-year Oscillations of PG 1553+113 | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Pablo Penil, N. Torres−Albà & 6 more. The study examines the oscillation profiles of blazar PG~1553+113, finding that its 2.1-year periodicity is not strictly sinusoidal and varies across energy ba...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Fisher Forecasting for the DESC with Augur" by Paul Rogozenski (Carnegie Mellon U., USA) and 16 0thers on behalf of the The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Fisher Forecasting for the DESC with $\texttt{Augur}$ | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Paul Rogozenski, Sankarshana Srinivasan & 16 more. This paper introduces the Augur tool, designed to provide Fisher forecasts for cosmological inference for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Sur...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Simons Observatory: Development of a Pipeline to Detect Rapid Transients in Time-Ordered Data" by Justin Clancy (U. Melbourne, Australia) and 16 others from around the world. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Simons Observatory: Development of a Pipeline to Detect Rapid Transients in Time-Ordered Data | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Justin Clancy, Carlo Baccigalupi & 15 more. The study introduces a method for detecting fast, dynamic astrophysical transients using cosmic microwave background survey telescopes, demonstrating its...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Kinematics of the Weak Cool-Core Cluster A3571 Observed with XRISM: Low Cooling Rate Balanced by Low Heating Rate?" by Hannah McCall (U. Chicago, USA) and 12 others based around the world. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Kinematics of the Weak Cool-Core Cluster A3571 Observed with XRISM: Low Cooling Rate Balanced by Low Heating Rate? | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Hannah McCall, Irina Zhuravleva & 11 more. This study examines gas kinematics in the relaxed, AGN-feedback-free galaxy cluster A3571 using XRISM observations. Findings suggest sloshing motions may ...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "RUBIES: The Evolution of the Ionization Parameter from 0 < z < 9" by Nikko Cleri (Penn State U., USA) and 12 others based in the USA, Switzerland and Germany doi.org/10.33232/001...
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RUBIES: The Evolution of the Ionization Parameter from 0 < z < 9 | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Nikko Cleri, Zach J. Lewis & 11 more. An examination of the time evolution of the ionization parameter in galaxies, finding that it increases with redshift and specific star formation rate, and dec...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Payne Zero Project I: Stellar Spectra from Physical Models in Seconds" by Yuan-Sen Ting (Ohio State U., USA) and Elliot M. Kim (Cornell U., USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Payne Zero Project I: Stellar Spectra from Physical Models in Seconds | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Yuan-Sen Ting, Elliot M. Kim. The study introduces \paynezero, a tool that reorganizes stellar spectra calculations for GPU-native synthesis, significantly speeding up the process and enabling dire...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Cosmological Simulation Code OpenGadget3 - Implementation of Self-Interacting Dark Matter" by Moritz S. Fischer (Donastia International Physics Center, Spain) and 9 others from Germany, Italy, USA, Sweden & Denmark. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Cosmological Simulation Code OpenGadget3 - Implementation of Self-Interacting Dark Matter | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Moritz S. Fischer, Marc Wiertel & 8 more. This paper discusses the use of OpenGadget3, a tool for simulating self-interacting dark matter (SIDM), and highlights its capabilities, performance, and a...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Weak-lensing Shear-Selected Galaxy Clusters from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program: III. A precision cosmological sample enabled by optical confirmation" by I-Non Chiu (National Cheng Kung U., Taiwan) et al. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Weak-lensing Shear-Selected Galaxy Clusters from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program: III. A precision cosmological sample enabled by optical confirmation | Published in The Open Journal of...
By I-Non Chiu, Kai-Feng Chen & 10 more. The study develops fCAMIRA, a tool for optical cluster confirmation, applied to 129 weak-lensing galaxy clusters. It demonstrates excellent photometric-redshift...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "XID+PRIMA, II: Stepping Through Hyperspectral Imaging to Deblend PRIMAger Beyond the Extragalactic Confusion Limit" by James M. S. Donnellan (U. Sussex, UK) and 12 others based in the UK, France, USA, The Netherlands doi.org/10.33232/001...
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XID+PRIMA, II: Stepping Through Hyperspectral Imaging to Deblend PRIMAger Beyond the Extragalactic Confusion Limit | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By James M. S. Donnellan, Borja Pautasso & 11 more. The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) uses a new Bayesian modelling approach to map large areas with unprecedented sensitivity. Ov...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Curious Case of Centaurus A II: On the Subject of the Quenched satellites" by Sachi Weerasooriya (Carnegie Obs., USA) and 8 others based in the USA and Canada doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Curious Case of Centaurus A II: On the Subject of the Quenched satellites | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Sachi Weerasooriya, Mia Sauda Bovill & 7 more. Thi study investigates the lack of luminous satellite galaxies in Centaurus A's inner regions, suggesting that AGN-driven thermal feedback could suppr...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "A Unified Halo Mass Function Across Dark Matter Models from High-Resolution Multi-Scale Simulations" by Andrew Benson (Carnegie Institute for Science), Ethan O. Nadler (UCSD), and Xiaolong Du & Vera Gluscevic (UCLA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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A Unified Halo Mass Function Across Dark Matter Models from High-Resolution Multi-Scale Simulations | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Andrew Benson, Ethan O. Nadler & 2 more. The study measures the dark matter halo mass function using simulations, calibrates fitting functions and models for systematics, and robustly describes the...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Exploration of groups and outliers in Gaia RVS stellar spectra with metric learning" by Yarden Eilat Bloch (Tel-Aviv U., Israel) and 6 others based in France, UK and Austria. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Exploration of groups and outliers in Gaia RVS stellar spectra with metric learning | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Yarden Eilat Bloch, Dovi Poznanski & 5 more. The study presents a new dataset and interactive portal that applies advanced techniques to analyze and visualize nearly a million spectra from the Gaia...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Power of DESI for Photometric Redshift Calibration: A Case Study with KiDS-1000" by Diana Blanco (UC Santa Cruz, USA) and 66 others distributed internationally. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Power of DESI for Photometric Redshift Calibration: A Case Study with KiDS-1000 | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Diana Blanco, Alexie Leauthaud & 65 more. This study explores using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) to calibrate photometric redshift distributions for gravitational lensing, which could improve understanding of dark energy and cosmic structure.
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So, with three papers published this morning, we have now published over 200 papers in Vol. 9 (2026) and exceeded last year's total with over three months to spare.
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The quenching time and timescale distribution of z~2 quiescent galaxies from precise colour distribution analysis" by V. Wild (U. St Andrews, UK), Ho-Hin Leung & A. Carnal (U. Edinburgh, UK) and M. Skarbinski (JHU, USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The quenching time and timescale distribution of z~2 quiescent galaxies from precise colour distribution analysis | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Vivienne Wild, Ho-Hin Leung & 2 more. The study uses simulation-based inference to analyze galaxy formation and quenching times, revealing that galaxies must quench rapidly post-Big Bang to achieve...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "No Gravitational Anomaly in Wide Binaries from Forward Modeling of 3D Orbits" by Serat M. Saad and Yuan-Sen Ting (Ohio State U., USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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No Gravitational Anomaly in Wide Binaries from Forward Modeling of 3D Orbits | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Serat M. Saad, Yuan-Sen Ting. The study reanalyzes a dataset on gravitational anomalies, finding results consistent with Newtonian gravity, contrary to previous findings that suggested Modified New...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Carousel Lens I: A Spectroscopic Survey of the Carousel Lens Field" by Jackson H. O'Donnell (U.C. Santa Cruz) and 20 others from around the world. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Carousel Lens I: A Spectroscopic Survey of the Carousel Lens Field | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Jackson H. O'Donnell, Demetrius Y. Williams & 19 more. A spectroscopic survey of the Carousel lens galaxy cluster, identifying 12 lensed sources and 57 unlensed field galaxies. The findings could h...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "A Dusty Quenching-Candidate AGN host at z=5.7: massive: quiescent galaxies may quench already during the dust-obscured phase" by Francesco D'Eugenio (U. Cambridge, UK) and 14 others from UK, Italy, China and Netherlands. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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A Dusty Quenching-Candidate AGN host at $z = 5.7$: massive quiescent galaxies may quench already during the dust-obscured phase | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Francesco D'Eugenio, Matilde Brazzini & 13 more. RUBIES-EGS-9809, a dust-reddened galaxy with a dominant point-source component, suggests that AGN feedback may influence its host., indicating that ...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Dependences of radio pulsar parameters on the kick velocity" by Anton D. Lazarev and Sergei B. Popov (Moscow State U., Russia). doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Dependences of radio pulsar parameters on the kick velocity | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Anton D. Lazarev, Sergei B. Popov. This study analyzes the velocity kick of neutron stars, finding that 23% belong to the low-velocity mode. Differences in magnetic field distribution emerge, but n...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Third Option: Color Phase Curves to Characterize the Atmospheres of Temperate Rocky Exoplanets" by Drake Deming (U. Maryland, USA) and 8 others based in the USA, Germany and The Netherlands. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Third Option: Color Phase Curves to Characterize the Atmospheres of Temperate Rocky Exoplanets | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Drake Deming, Andrew Lincowski & 7 more. The study proposes using color phase curves to detect and characterize the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets, including non-transiting ones, by observing thei...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Not all cores are equal: Phase-space origins of dynamical friction, stalling and buoyancy" by Shashank Dattathri (Yale U., USA) and 6 others based in the USA and China. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Not all cores are equal: Phase-space origins of dynamical friction, stalling and buoyancy | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Shashank Dattathri, Frank C. van den Bosch & 5 more. How the distribution function of a galaxy, not just its central density gradient, influences the efficiency and direction of dynamical friction,...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
CORRECTION issued at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "CORRECTION - DESI Data Release 1: Stellar Catalogue" by Koposov et al. (2026) (DOI:10.33232/001c.155260) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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CORRECTION - DESI Data Release 1: Stellar Catalogue | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Sergey Koposov, Ting S. Li & 66 more. The paper "DESI Data Release 1: Stellar Catalogue" by Koposov et al. contained a Figure that was incorrect. This has now been corrected.
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "How similar are narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies and high-z type 1 AGN?" by Marco Berton (ESO, Chile), Emilia Järvelä (Texas Tech. U., USA), Alessia Tortosa (INAF, Italy) and Chiara Mazzucchelli (U. Diego Portales, Chile) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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How similar are narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies and high-z type 1 AGN? | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Marco Berton, Emilia Järvelä & 2 more. The study reviews the properties of local narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies and compares them with high-redshift active galactic nuclei, aiding understanding of ...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The neighboring stars of N6946-BH1 and the observational characteristics of failed supernovae" by Raquel Forés-Toribio and C. S. Kochanek (Ohio State University, USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The neighboring stars of N6946-BH1 and the observational characteristics of failed supernovae | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Raquel Forés-Toribio, C. S. Kochanek. The study re-analyzes images of potential failed supernova N6946-BH1, finding four unrelated near-infrared neighbors. It also compares the luminosity of failed...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "SCAT Data Release 1: 1812 optical spectra of 1331 transients" by Michael A Tucker (Ohio State University, USA) and 21 others from around the world. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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SCAT Data Release 1: 1812 optical spectra of 1331 transients | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Michael A Tucker, Mark E. Huber & 20 more. The first data release of the Spectroscopic Classification of Astronomical Transients survey includes 1812 spectra of 1331 transients, offering valuable i...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Modeling Carbon-Based Planets with MAGRATHEA" by Robert L Royer (U. Nevada, USA), David R Rice (U. Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Jason H Steffen (U. Nevada, USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Modeling Carbon-Based Planets with MAGRATHEA | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Robert L Royer, David R Rice & 1 more. A modification of the planetary interior solver MAGRATHEA to include Carbon-based mantles to enable it to understand more fully the range of possible planet s...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Impact of Non-Gaussian Line Spread Functions on Stellar Kinematic Recovery: Consequences for Dynamical Models" by David A. Simon (Oxford U, UK) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The Impact of Non-Gaussian Line Spread Functions on Stellar Kinematic Recovery: Consequences for Dynamical Models | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By David A. Simon. The study explores the impact of non-Gaussian line spread function (LSF) profiles on stellar kinematics recovery. A method was developed to reduce bias in dispersion, with a Python ...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Impact and interplay of ΛCDM analysis choices for LSST cosmic shear" by Naomi Clare Robertson and 11 others for the FLAMINGO Team and the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Impact and interplay of $Λ$CDM analysis choices for LSST cosmic shear | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Naomi Clare Robertson, C. Heymans & 12 more. The study forecasts cosmological parameter constraints for a cosmic shear analysis of the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), emph...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Assessing Self-Absorbed Molecular Lines as Tracers of Gravitational Collapse" by Lillian Y. Cai (Priinceton U., USA) and Felix D. Priestley & Sarah E. Ragan (Cardiff U., UK) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Assessing Self-Absorbed Molecular Lines as Tracers of Gravitational Collapse | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Lillian Y. Cai, Felix D. Priestley & 1 more. This study reveals that traditional observational techniques likely underestimate true infall velocities and mass accretion rates in collapsing prestell...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Visualizing Disequilibrium: Tracing Two-Point Correlations to Specific Spatial Structures in the Milky Way" by Austin Hinkel and Josephine Vanzant (Thomas More U. USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Visualizing Disequilibrium: Tracing Two-Point Correlations to Specific Spatial Structures in the Milky Way | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Austin Hinkel, Josephine Vanzant. This paper presents an algorithm that enhances the Two-Point Correlation Function, enabling detailed visualization of spatial clustering and complex structures in ...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New Blog Post astro.theoj.org/post/4143-ou...
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Our First "Full House"! | Published by The Open Journal of Astrophysics
This week is the first week in which we have published a full house of at least one paper in each of the six sections of astro-ph.
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The major cluster merger in Abell 2034 as seen by XRISM: Strong turbulence and spectral anomalies?" by Annie Heinrich (U. Chicago) and 7 others based in the USA and Europe. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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The major cluster merger in Abell 2034 as seen by XRISM: Strong turbulence and spectral anomalies? | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Annie Heinrich, Irina Zhuravleva & 6 more. This study presents XRISM observations of the merging cluster Abell 2034, revealing the broadest emission lines yet seen in a galaxy cluster, indicating p...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We've published 7 papers so far this week, in five different sections of astro-ph. We just need one paper in the missing section ("High-Energy Astrophysical Phenomena") in the next three days to complete our first "Full House" of a week with at least one paper in all six sections!
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Precision Spectroscopy for 1.7 Million Galaxies from SDSS-IV: Improved Spectral Measurements and Catalogs for eBOSS" by Owen Matthews Acuña (U. Wisconsin Madison, USA) & 8 others based at various instititions in the USA. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Precision Spectroscopy for 1.7 Million Galaxies from SDSS-IV: Improved Spectral Measurements and Catalogs for eBOSS | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Owen Matthews Acuña, Christy A. Tremonti & 7 more. An extensive spectroscopic catalog and other data products for the EBOSS galaxy sample, opening the door to a new generation of studies in galaxy...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "An astrometric search for planets in debris disk systems" by Elisabeth M Penderghast & Benjamin C Bromley (U. Utah, USA), Scott J Kenyon (Smithsonian Astrophys. Obs., USA) and Joan R Najita (NSF NOIRLab, USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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An astrometric search for planets in debris disk systems | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Elisabeth M Penderghast, Benjamin C Bromley & 2 more. This study uses Gaia astrometric data and machine learning to identify stars with debris disks that may host undiscovered planets, providing po...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Differentiable Halo Mass Prediction and the Cosmology-Dependence of Halo Mass Functions" by Jim Buisman, Florian List and Oliver Hahn (U. Vienna, Austria) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Differentiable Halo Mass Prediction and the Cosmology-Dependence of Halo Mass Functions | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Jim Buisman, Florian List & 1 more. This study presents a novel approach using a differentiable neural network model for predicting dark matter haloes abundance and their cosmology dependence, achi...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "BLG723.31.34651 as an eclipsing Roche lobe-filling sdOB+WD binary" by Alekzander Kosakowski, Charles E. Derbyshire, Sydney Jetton and Brad N. Barlow (University of North Carolina, USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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BLG723.31.34651 as an eclipsing Roche lobe-filling sdOB+WD binary | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Alekzander Kosakowski, Charles E. Derbyshire & 2 more. The study provides an observational analysis of BLG723.31.34651, a Roche lobe-filling hot subdwarf, revealing periodic photometric variability...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Our Two-Million-Dollar Journal | Published by The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Using the dollar cost of an MNRAS APC as a basis, we have now saved the global astrophysics community over $2M (for an outlay of around $15K).
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Differentiable Forward Modeling for Efficient and Accurate Shear Inference" by Ismael Mendoza and 7 others on behalf of the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration. doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Differentiable Forward Modeling for Efficient and Accurate Shear Inference | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Ismael Mendoza, Axel Guinot & 7 more. This study presents a modern implementation of the Bayesian shear inference framework for measuring cosmic shear signal in dark energy optical surveys, requiri...
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The Open Journal of Astrophysics @ojastro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Second Order Closures for the Radiative Transfer Equation: Some Are Unstable" by Nickolay Y. Gnedin and Harley Katz (U.Chicago, USA) doi.org/10.33232/001...
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Second Order Closures for the Radiative Transfer Equation: Some Are Unstable | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Nickolay Y. Gnedin, Harley Katz. This study explores higher-order closure relations in cosmic reionization simulations, finding that direct generalizations of M1 and OTVET are physically unstable, ...
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