Renzo’s rule revisited: a statistical study of galaxies’ baryon–dark matter coupling

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press 544:4 (2025) staf2004

Authors:

Enoch Ko, Tariq Yasin, Harry Desmond, Richard Stiskalek, Matt J Jarvis

Abstract:

We present a systematic statistical analysis of an informal astrophysical phenomenon known as Renzo’s rule (or Sancisi’s law), which states that ‘for any feature in a galaxy’s luminosity profile, there is a corresponding feature in the rotation curve, and vice versa’. This is often posed as a challenge for the standard Λ cold dark matter (CDM) model while supporting alternative theories such as modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). Indeed, we identify clear features in the dwarf spiral NGC 1560 – a prime example for Renzo’s rule – and find correlation statistics which support Renzo’s rule with a slight preference for MOND over CDM halo fits. However, a broader analysis on galaxies in the Spitzer Photometry & Accurate Rotation Curves (SPARC) data base reveals an excess of features in rotation curves that lack clear baryonic counterparts, with correlation statistics deviating up to on average from that predicted by both MOND and CDM haloes, challenging the validity of Renzo’s rule. Thus we do not find clear evidence for Renzo’s rule in present galaxy data overall. We additionally perform mock tests, which show that a definitive test of Renzo’s rule is primarily limited by the lack of clearly resolved baryonic features in current galaxy data.

Enabling Early Transient Discovery in LSST via Difference Imaging with DECam

The Astrophysical Journal Letters American Astronomical Society 994:1 (2025) L8

Authors:

Yize Dong, Kaylee de Soto, V Ashley Villar, Anya Nugent, Alex Gagliano, K Azalee Bostroem, Anastasia Alexov, Éric Aubourg, Farrukh Azfar, Alexandre Boucaud, Andrew Bradshaw, Johann Cohen-Tanugi, Sylvie Dagoret-Campagne, Philip Daly, Felipe Daruich, Peter E Doherty, Holger Drass, Orion Eiger, Leanne P Guy, Patrick A Hascall, Željko Ivezić, Fabrice Jammes, M James Jee, Tim Jenness

Abstract:

We present SLIDE, a pipeline that enables transient discovery in data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), using archival images from the Dark Energy Camera as templates for difference imaging. We apply this pipeline to the recently released Data Preview 1 (DP1; the first public release of Rubin commissioning data) and search for transients in the resulting difference images. The image subtraction, photometry extraction, and transient detection are all performed on the Rubin Science Platform. We demonstrate that SLIDE effectively extracts clean photometry by circumventing poor or missing LSST templates. We identified 29 previously unreported transients, 12 of which would not have been detected based on the DP1 DiaObject catalog. SLIDE will be especially useful for transient analysis in the early years of LSST, when template coverage will be largely incomplete or when templates may be contaminated by transients present at the time of acquisition. We present multiband light curves for a sample of known transients, along with new transient candidates identified through our search. Finally, we discuss the prospects of applying this pipeline during the main LSST survey. Our pipeline is broadly applicable and will support studies of all transients with slowly evolving phases.

NGTS-EB-8: A Double-lined Eclipsing M+M Binary Discovered by Citizen Scientists

The Astronomical Journal IOP Publishing 170:6 (2025) 316

Authors:

Sean M O’Brien, Megan E Schwamb, Christopher A Watson, Louise D Nielsen, Edward M Bryant, Sarah L Casewell, Matthew R Burleigh, Lucy Fortson, Samuel Gill, Chris J Lintott, Katlyn L Hobbs, Ioannis Apergis, Daniel Bayliss, Jorge Fernández Fernández, Maximilian N Günther, Faith Hawthorn, James S Jenkins, Alicia Kendall, James McCormac, Ernst JW de Mooij, Toby Rodel, Suman Saha, Laura Trouille, Richard G West

Abstract:

We report the identification and characterization of a new binary system composed of two near-equal mass M-dwarfs. The binary NGTS-EB-8 was identified as a planet candidate in data from the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) by citizen scientists participating in the Planet Hunters NGTS project. High-resolution spectroscopic observations reveal the system to be a double-lined binary. By modeling the photometric and radial velocity observations, we determine an orbital period of 4.2 days and the masses and radii of both stars to be MA=0.250−0.004+0.005 M⊙, MB=0.208−0.004+0.005 M⊙, and RA=0.255−0.005+0.004 R⊙, RB=0.233−0.005+0.006 R⊙, respectively. We detect Balmer line emission from at least one of the stars but no significant flare activity. We note that both components lie in the fully convective regime of low-mass stars (≲0.35 M⊙); therefore, they can be a valuable test for stellar evolutionary models. We demonstrate that the photometric observations, speckle imaging, and initial radial velocity measurements were unable to identify the true nature of this system and highlight that high-resolution spectroscopic observations are crucial in determining whether systems such as this are in fact binaries.

The Radio Flare and Multiwavelength Afterglow of the Short GRB 231117A: Energy Injection from a Violent Shell Collision

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 994:1 (2025) 5

Authors:

GE Anderson, GP Lamb, BP Gompertz, L Rhodes, A Martin-Carrillo, AJ van der Horst, A Rowlinson, ME Bell, T-W Chen, HM Fausey, M Ferro, PJ Hancock, SR Oates, S Schulze, RLC Starling, S Yang, K Ackley, JP Anderson, A Andersson, JF Agüí Fernández, R Brivio, E Burns, KC Chambers, T de Boer, R Fender, JH Gillanders

Abstract:

We present the early radio detection and multiwavelength modeling of the short gamma-ray burst (GRB) 231117A at redshift z = 0.257. The Australia Telescope Compact Array automatically triggered a 9 hr observation of GRB 231117A at 5.5 and 9 GHz following its detection by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory just 1.3 hr post-burst. Splitting this observation into 1 hr time bins, the early radio afterglow exhibited flaring, scintillating and plateau phases. The scintillation allowed us to place the earliest upper limit (<10 hr) on the size of a GRB blast wave to date, constraining it to <1 × 1016 cm. Multiwavelength modeling of the full afterglow required a period of significant energy injection between ∼0.02 and 1 day. The energy injection was modeled as a violent collision of two shells: a reverse shock passing through the injection shell explains the early radio plateau, while an X-ray flare is consistent with a shock passing through the leading impulsive shell. Beyond 1 day, the blast wave evolves as a classic decelerating forward shock with an electron distribution index of p = 1.66 ± 0.01. Our model also indicates a jet break at ∼2 days, and a half-opening angle of θj=16.°6±1.°1 . Following the period of injection, the total energy is ζ ∼ 18 times the initial impulsive energy, with a final collimation-corrected energy of EKf ∼ 5.7 × 1049 erg. The minimum Lorentz factors this model requires are consistent with constraints from the early radio measurements of Γ > 35 to Γ > 5 between ∼0.1 and 1 day. These results demonstrate the importance of rapid and sensitive radio follow-up of GRBs for exploring their central engines and outflow behaviour.

A continuous calibration of the ATLAS flavour-tagging classifiers via optimal transportation maps

European Physical Journal C 85:11 (2025) 1272

Authors:

G Aad, E Aakvaag, B Abbott, S Abdelhameed, K Abeling, NJ Abicht, SH Abidi, M Aboelela, A Aboulhorma, H Abramowicz, H Abreu, Y Abulaiti, BS Acharya, A Ackermann, C Adam Bourdarios, L Adamczyk, SV Addepalli, MJ Addison, J Adelman, A Adiguzel, T Adye, AA Affolder, Y Afik, MN Agaras, A Aggarwal, C Agheorghiesei, F Ahmadov, S Ahuja, X Ai, G Aielli, A Aikot, M Ait Tamlihat, B Aitbenchikh, M Akbiyik, TPA Åkesson, AV Akimov, D Akiyama, NN Akolkar, S Aktas, K Al Khoury, GL Alberghi, J Albert, P Albicocco, GL Albouy, S Alderweireldt, ZL Alegria, M Aleksa, IN Aleksandrov, C Alexa, T Alexopoulos, F Alfonsi, M Algren, M Alhroob, B Ali, HMJ Ali, S Ali, SW Alibocus, M Aliev, G Alimonti, W Alkakhi, C Allaire, BMM Allbrooke, JS Allen, JF Allen, CA Allendes Flores, PP Allport, A Aloisio, F Alonso, C Alpigiani, ZMK Alsolami, M Alvarez Estevez, A Alvarez Fernandez, M Alves Cardoso, MG Alviggi, M Aly, Y Amaral Coutinho, A Ambler, C Amelung, M Amerl, CG Ames, D Amidei, B Amini, K Amirie, SP Amor Dos Santos, KR Amos, D Amperiadou, S An, V Ananiev, C Anastopoulos, T Andeen, JK Anders, AC Anderson, SY Andrean, A Andreazza, S Angelidakis, A Angerami, AV Anisenkov, A Annovi, C Antel, E Antipov, M Antonelli, F Anulli, M Aoki, T Aoki, MA Aparo, L Aperio Bella, C Appelt, A Apyan, SJ Arbiol Val, C Arcangeletti, ATH Arce, J-F Arguin, S Argyropoulos, J-H Arling, O Arnaez, H Arnold, G Artoni, H Asada, K Asai, S Asai, NA Asbah, RA Ashby Pickering, K Assamagan, R Astalos, KSV Astrand, S Atashi, RJ Atkin, H Atmani, PA Atmasiddha, K Augsten, AD Auriol, VA Austrup, G Avolio, K Axiotis, G Azuelos, D Babal, H Bachacou, K Bachas, A Bachiu, E Bachmann, A Badea, TM Baer, P Bagnaia, M Bahmani, D Bahner, K Bai, JT Baines, L Baines, OK Baker, E Bakos, D Bakshi Gupta, LE Balabram Filho, V Balakrishnan, R Balasubramanian, EM Baldin, P Balek, E Ballabene, F Balli, LM Baltes, WK Balunas, J Balz, I Bamwidhi, E Banas, M Bandieramonte, A Bandyopadhyay, S Bansal, L Barak, M Barakat, EL Barberio, D Barberis, M Barbero, MZ Barel, T Barillari, M-S Barisits, T Barklow, P Baron, DA Baron Moreno, A Baroncelli, AJ Barr, JD Barr, F Barreiro, J Barreiro Guimarães da Costa, MG Barros Teixeira, S Barsov, F Bartels, R Bartoldus, AE Barton, P Bartos, A Basan, M Baselga, A Bassalat, MJ Basso, S Bataju, R Bate, RL Bates, S Batlamous, B Batool, M Battaglia, D Battulga, M Bauce, M Bauer, P Bauer, LT Bazzano Hurrell, JB Beacham, T Beau, JY Beaucamp, PH Beauchemin, P Bechtle, HP Beck, K Becker, AJ Beddall, VA Bednyakov, CP Bee, LJ Beemster, TA Beermann, M Begalli, M Begel, A Behera, JK Behr, JF Beirer, F Beisiegel, M Belfkir, G Bella, L Bellagamba, A Bellerive, P Bellos, K Beloborodov, D Benchekroun, F Bendebba, Y Benhammou, KC Benkendorfer, L Beresford, M Beretta, E Bergeaas Kuutmann, N Berger, B Bergmann, J Beringer, G Bernardi, C Bernius, FU Bernlochner, F Bernon, A Berrocal Guardia, T Berry, P Berta, A Berthold, S Bethke, A Betti, AJ Bevan, NK Bhalla, S Bhatta, DS Bhattacharya, P Bhattarai, ZM Bhatti, KD Bhide, VS Bhopatkar, RM Bianchi, G Bianco, O Biebel, M Biglietti, CS Billingsley, Y Bimgdi, M Bindi, A Bingham, A Bingul, C Bini, GA Bird, M Birman, M Biros, S Biryukov, T Bisanz, E Bisceglie, JP Biswal, D Biswas, I Bloch, A Blue, U Blumenschein, J Blumenthal, VS Bobrovnikov, M Boehler, B Boehm, D Bogavac, AG Bogdanchikov, LS Boggia, C Bohm, V Boisvert, P Bokan, T Bold, M Bomben, M Bona, M Boonekamp, AG Borbély, IS Bordulev, G Borissov, D Bortoletto, D Boscherini, M Bosman, K Bouaouda, N Bouchhar, L Boudet, J Boudreau, EV Bouhova-Thacker, D Boumediene, R Bouquet, A Boveia, J Boyd, D Boye, IR Boyko, L Bozianu, J Bracinik, N Brahimi, G Brandt, O Brandt, B Brau, JE Brau, R Brener, L Brenner, R Brenner, S Bressler, G Brianti, D Britton, D Britzger, I Brock, R Brock, G Brooijmans, AJ Brooks, EM Brooks, E Brost, LM Brown, LE Bruce, TL Bruckler, PA Bruckman de Renstrom, B Brüers, A Bruni, G Bruni, D Brunner, M Bruschi, N Bruscino, T Buanes, Q Buat, D Buchin, AG Buckley, O Bulekov, BA Bullard, S Burdin, 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Abstract:

A calibration of the ATLAS flavour-tagging algorithms using a new calibration procedure based on optimal transportation maps is presented. Simultaneous, continuous corrections to the b-jet, c-jet, and light-flavour jet classification probabilities from jet-tagging algorithms in simulation are derived for b-jets using tt¯→eμννbb$$t\bar{t} \rightarrow e\mu \nu \nu bb$$ data. After application of the derived calibration maps, closure between simulation and observation is achieved for jet flavour observables used in ATLAS analyses of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Run 2 proton-proton collision data. This continuous calibration opens up new possibilities for the future use of jet flavour information in LHC analyses and also serves as a guide for deriving high-dimensional corrections to simulation via transportation maps, an important development for a broad range of inference tasks.