K. A. Toshchenko, P. V. Baklanov, K. M. Belotsky, S. I. Blinnikov
{"title":"Microlensing by a Cluster of Primordial Black Holes","authors":"K. A. Toshchenko, P. V. Baklanov, K. M. Belotsky, S. I. Blinnikov","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700562","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700562","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Numerous programs to search for microlensing events have constrained the possibility of the existence of dark matter (DM) in the form of compact objects in the halo of our Galaxy. These constraints on the DM fraction have been obtained under the assumption of single, widely spaced objects. We investigate the microlensing by primordial black holes (PBHs) gathered into clusters. In this case, during the microlensing by PBHs the influence of both neighboring PBHs and the combined gravitational potential from the entire cluster should be taken into account, making the shape of the light curve for a microlensing event much more complicated. Events with such complex light curves are not detected in the observational MACHO, EROS, OGLE, POINT-AGAPE, and HSC experiments. It has been shown that the fraction of DM in the form of PBHs (up to <span>(93%)</span> for the models under study) is not recorded in these observational experiments. However, a significant fraction of PBHs that may be considered as single lenses remains for all models; therefore, PBH clustering does not allow the constraint from microlensing on the fraction of PBHs in DM to be completely lifted.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 8","pages":"461 - 469"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147606472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constraints on Features in the Cosmological Power Spectrum from Observations of the Epoch of Reionization","authors":"O. R. Skorikov, S. V. Pilipenko, M. V. Tkachev","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725080018","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725080018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cosmological models with a power spectrum of perturbations featuring an enhanced amplitude on dwarf galaxy scales (with a ‘‘bump’’ or a ‘‘tilt’’) are considered. Early formation of a large number of galaxies in such models, compared to the standard spectrum, can shift the epoch of reionization to higher redshifts compared to observations. It is shown that for moderate bump amplitude <span>(mathcal{A}<1.5{-}2)</span>, the considered models are not ruled out by observations of reionization at <span>(zapprox 8)</span> due to existing uncertainties in the fraction of ultraviolet photons escaping galaxies, <span>(f_{textrm{esc}})</span>, and inhomogeneity of the neutral hydrogen distribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 8","pages":"470 - 475"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147606902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Estimate of the Zero-Point Shift of the Gaia DR3 Parallaxes Obtained from a Comparison with VLBI Measurements of Masers and Radio Stars","authors":"V. V. Bobylev","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700616","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700616","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The most complete sample of radio stars and masers with trigonometric parallaxes measured by the VLBI method, common with the Gaia EDR3 and Gaia DR3 catalogs, has been compiled using literature data. The sample contains 151 stars. An analysis of the differences in parallaxes and proper motions of Gaia–VLBI stars has been performed. A new estimate of the systematic shift of the Gaia parallax zero point relative to the inertial coordinate system has been obtained: <span>(Deltapi={-}0.038pm 0.011)</span> mas. The obtained estimates of the relative rotation rates confirm the absence of a significant rotation of the Gaia DR3 system relative to the extragalactic coordinate system, which in this case is represented by VLBI measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 8","pages":"516 - 524"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147606903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. M. Khamitov, I. F. Bikmaev, M. R. Gilfanov, R. A. Sunyaev, P. S. Medvedev, M. A. Gorbachev, A. S. Sklyanov, P. D. Efremova, S. S. Panarin
{"title":"Observations of the Hyades Open Cluster during the SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey","authors":"I. M. Khamitov, I. F. Bikmaev, M. R. Gilfanov, R. A. Sunyaev, P. S. Medvedev, M. A. Gorbachev, A. S. Sklyanov, P. D. Efremova, S. S. Panarin","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700549","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700549","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using data from the all-sky X-ray survey with the eROSITA telescope onboard the SRG orbital observatory and the optical catalog of Hyades cluster members constructed from Gaia data, we have investigated the X-ray emission from cluster stars. Of the 395 cluster members located in the eastern Galactic part of the sky, eROSITA detects X-ray emission from 290 stars, 171 of which have been found for the first time in X-rays. At the Hyades distance (<span>({sim}47)</span> pc) the median eROSITA sensitivity in this sky region corresponds to a 0.3–2.3 keV luminosity <span>(L_{X}sim 2.6times 10^{27})</span> erg s<span>({}^{-1})</span>, allowing 100<span>(%)</span> of the stars with spectral types from F0 to K5 to be detected within the Hyades tidal radius. We have also investigated objects in the Hyades tidal tail, where X-ray emission was recorded from 114 of the 281 known tidal tail members, 59 of which have been found in X-rays for the first time. For six sources a strong (more than a factor of 10) X-ray variability on a time scale of six months has been recorded. All of them are late-M stars with binarity. The <span>(R_{X}=log(L_{X}/L_{textrm{bol}}))</span> distribution of Hyades stars is distinctly bimodal. The left peak at <span>(R_{X}sim{-}4.7)</span> is formed predominantly by FGK stars, while the right peak at <span>(R_{X}sim{-}3.2)</span> consists mostly of M stars. The dependence of <span>(R_{X})</span> on the Rossby number <span>(Ro)</span> is different for M and FGK stars. For M stars at small Rossby numbers <span>(R_{X}sim{-}3)</span> and depends weakly on <span>(Ro)</span>, while at <span>(Rogtrsim 0.2)</span> a rapid decrease in <span>(R_{X})</span> is observed. At the same time, most of the F, G, and K stars lie in a fairly compact region with <span>(Rosim 0.3{-}0.8)</span> and <span>(R_{X}sim{-}4.7)</span>.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 7","pages":"412 - 435"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of the X-ray Spectra for Active Galactic Nuclei from the SRG/ART-XC All-Sky Survey Based on Swift/XRT Archival Data","authors":"A. D. Sokolov, S. Yu. Sazonov, G. S. Uskov","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700550","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700550","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present the results of our analysis of the X-ray spectra for 101 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the catalog of sources detected by the Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope onboard the SRG orbital observatory during the first five all-sky surveys (ARTSS1–5). This study has been performed to create a statistically complete AGN population database based on this catalog. The Swift/XRT archival data in the 1–10 keV energy band have been used. We have fitted the spectra by a power-law model with absorption and, for six sources, also considered a model with an additional component of the radiation reflected from a dusty torus. For all of the objects we have estimated the slope of the power-law continuum, the intrinsic absorption column density, and the absorption-corrected X-ray flux for the first time. Most of the investigated AGNs are characterized by weak intrinsic absorption; the absorption column density is <span>(N_{textrm{H}}>10^{22})</span> cm<span>({}^{-2})</span> only in 15 objects.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 7","pages":"397 - 411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. V. Antipin, A. A. Belinski, L. N. Berdinkov, A. M. Zubareva, N. A. Maslennikova, K. A. Postnov, I. A. Strakhov
{"title":"Double White Dwarf ZTF J0538(boldsymbol{+})1953 As the Brightest Verification Binary for Space Laser Interferometers","authors":"S. V. Antipin, A. A. Belinski, L. N. Berdinkov, A. M. Zubareva, N. A. Maslennikova, K. A. Postnov, I. A. Strakhov","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700525","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700525","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A decrease in the orbital period of the ultracompact binary white dwarf ZTF J0538<span>(+)</span>1953, which is one of the Galactic verification binaries in the millihertz frequency range for planned space laser interferometers, has been measured. Based on photometric observations carried out at the 2.5-m telescope of the Caucasian Mountain Observatory of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University (CMO SAI MSU), an <i>O-C</i> diagram is constructed. It can be described by quadratic elements of the brightness variations, which is in agreement to a decrease rate of the orbital period of the system of <span>(dP/dt={-}(1.16pm 0.22)times 10^{-11})</span> s/s. The decrease rate of the orbital period in the quadrupole approximation for the emission of gravitational waves by a binary system corresponds to its chirp mass <span>(mathcal{M}=0.434pm 0.05;M_{odot})</span>, which turned out to be <span>({sim}30%)</span> higher than the value obtained earlier from spectroscopic mass determination. The chirp mass of ZTF J0538<span>(+)</span>1953 inferred from the measured orbital decay rate makes this system the brightest Galactic verification binary for LISA and TianQin space interferometers with a signal-to-noise ratio of <span>({approx}119)</span> and <span>({approx}30)</span> over 5 and 2.5 years of observations, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 7","pages":"436 - 442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. M. Bayazitov, L. I. Mashonkina, Yu. V. Pakhomov, I. A. Yakunin
{"title":"HD 188101: A Spotted B Star with Abundance Anomalies","authors":"R. M. Bayazitov, L. I. Mashonkina, Yu. V. Pakhomov, I. A. Yakunin","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700537","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700537","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on spectroscopic and photometric observations, we have determined the fundamental parameters of the poorly studied star HD 188101 with a weak magnetic field. Its effective temperature <span>(T_{textrm{eff}}=14,200pm 990)</span> K and surface gravity <span>(log g=3.70pm 0.16)</span> are typical for main-sequence B9 stars. The He, C, O, Mg, Si, Ti, and Sr abundances have been determined by taking into account the departures from local thermodynamic equilibrium. Overabundances of Si, Ti, and Sr relative to their solar abundances have been revealed. The He abundance is lower than the solar one, but the difference is within the error limits. In addition to the photometric variability known from Kepler data, we have found changes in absorption for He I, Mg II, Si II, Si III, Ti II, and Fe II lines, with different He I and Mg II lines giving different abundances for the same phase of observations. The star HD 188101 is shown to belong to the group of chemically peculiar He-weak SiTiSr stars.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 7","pages":"443 - 460"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytical Approaches for a Rapid Prediction of the Gravitational Waveforms from Relativistic Binary Systems","authors":"A. V. Mishakina, S. I. Blinnikov","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700495","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700495","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A fast method of obtaining fully analytical approximations for the gravitational waveforms from the merger of neutron stars and black holes is proposed. The approximation formula obtained is compared with numerical calculations; its accuracy and limits of applicability have been revealed.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 6","pages":"349 - 360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shells and Bubbles around Compact Clusters of Massive Stars: 3D MHD Simulations","authors":"D. V. Badmaev, A. M. Bykov, M. E. Kalyashova","doi":"10.1134/S106377372570046X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S106377372570046X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present the results of our three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (3D MHD) simulations of the plasma flow structure in the vicinity of a compact young massive star cluster at the cluster evolution phase governed by Wolf–Rayet stars. This phase takes place for a cluster with an age of a few million years close to the onset of supernova explosions; the well-known objects Westerlund 1 and 2 are the prototype. The collisions of powerful winds from massive stars in the cluster core calculated as the interactions of individual outflows from stars are accompanied by their partial thermalization and produce a collective cluster wind. We consider the MHD expansion dynamics of the bubble blown by the cluster wind as a function of the density of the surrounding interstellar medium with a uniform magnetic field. We show that when expanding in a cold neutral medium, the collective wind of the cluster is able to change the topology of its parent cloud in the time of the Wolf–Rayet phase, sweeping up more than <span>(10^{4};M_{odot})</span> of gas in <span>({sim}2times 10^{5})</span> yr and producing thin dense extended shells with amplified magnetic fields. In a cold neutral medium with a density <span>({sim}20)</span> cm<span>({}^{-3})</span> and a magnetic field <span>({sim}3.5)</span>\u0000 <span>(mu)</span>G a thin shell with a characteristic cellular structure of the density and magnetic field distributions is formed around the cluster wind bubble. The cellular magnetic field structure manifests itself in the parts of the shell that expand in a direction transverse to the orientation of the external magnetic field. The magnetic fields in the shell are amplified to strengths <span>({gtrsim}50)</span>\u0000 <span>(mu)</span>G. The cellular structure formation is associated with the development of instabilities. The bubble expansion in a warm neutral interstellar medium is also accompanied by the formation of a shell with an amplified magnetic field.</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 6","pages":"361 - 374"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Yu. Minaev, D. S. Svinkin, A. S. Pozanenko, D. D. Frederiks
{"title":"GRB 241105A—The Most Distant Short Gamma-Ray Burst?","authors":"P. Yu. Minaev, D. S. Svinkin, A. S. Pozanenko, D. D. Frederiks","doi":"10.1134/S1063773725700483","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063773725700483","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper is devoted to a detailed study of the prompt gamma-ray emission from GRB 241105A based on data from the GBM/Fermi, SPI-ACS/INTEGRAL, Konus–Wind, and BAT/Swift instruments and its X-ray and optical afterglow light curves obtained by various observatories. A bright short main episode followed by a longer and less intense emission can be distinguished in the prompt emission light curve, which is a characteristic feature of short (Type I) bursts with extended emission. A spectral analysis has shown that the main burst episode has a hard energy spectrum typical for short bursts. The extended emission spectrum can be described by a power law with a photon index <span>(gamma={-}1.6pm 0.2)</span> in the energy range up to a few MeV, making it the hardest extended emission among the observed short bursts. In addition, on the <span>(E_{p,i}{-}E_{textrm{iso}})</span> and <span>(T_{90,i}{-}EH)</span> planes the main episode of GRB 241105A occupies a position typical for short GRBs. At the same time, the X-ray and optical afterglow light curves of GRB 241105A are brightest among the short GRBs (with measured redshifts), which may suggest that the burst belongs to the events connected with the core collapse of massive stars (Type II GRBs). If, however, the hypothesis about the connection of GRB 241105A with the class of short GRBs caused by the mergers of compact objects is valid, then it will be the most distant of the short bursts (the redshift of GRB 241105A is <span>(z=2.681)</span>).</p>","PeriodicalId":55443,"journal":{"name":"Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics","volume":"51 6","pages":"327 - 348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}