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Redshift evolution of the dark-energy sector. L...

Redshift evolution of the dark-energy sector. Left: the dark-energy density ρDE(z)/ρDE0....

Xiaolei Li et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Redshift evolution of the dark-energy sector fo...

Redshift evolution of the dark-energy sector for MEDE, CPL, and ΛCDM. Left: dark-energy ...

Xiaolei Li et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Constraints on the cosmological parameters of t...

Constraints on the cosmological parameters of the MEDE model. The panels show the one-di...

Xiaolei Li et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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χ2 distributions from MCMC chains for ΛCDM (blu...

χ2 distributions from MCMC chains for ΛCDM (blue), CPL dynamical dark energy (green), an...

Xiaolei Li et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Comparison of the literature measurements of th...

Comparison of the literature measurements of the M31 transverse velocity. The black inve...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Sensitivity of the predicted MW–M31 merger prob...

Sensitivity of the predicted MW–M31 merger probability to the adopted M31 PM for the two...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Predicted orbital evolution of the Local Group ...

Predicted orbital evolution of the Local Group (LG) galaxies. Panels (a) and (b) show 10...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Panels (a)–(d): time evolution of the 3D separa...

Panels (a)–(d): time evolution of the 3D separation between the MW and M31 for two-, thr...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Distribution of merger and pericenter outcomes ...

Distribution of merger and pericenter outcomes in the fiducial four-body simulations. Le...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Dependence of the satellite-induced reflex moti...

Dependence of the satellite-induced reflex motion effect on the adopted M31 PM. The colo...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Comparison between the N-body simulations and t...

Comparison between the N-body simulations and the semianalytic model in the four-body co...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Sensitivity of the predicted MW–M31 merger rate...

Sensitivity of the predicted MW–M31 merger rate to the choice of M33 PM, shown in the he...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Effect of the LMC-induced reflex motion on the ...

Effect of the LMC-induced reflex motion on the MW–M31 orbital tracks for two representat...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Effect of the M33-induced reflex motion on the ...

Effect of the M33-induced reflex motion on the MW–M31 orbital tracks for two representat...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Sensitivity of the predicted MW–M31 merger prob...

Sensitivity of the predicted MW–M31 merger probability to the halo masses of the MW and ...

Hao Wu et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Column density profiles for prograde (left) and...

Column density profiles for prograde (left) and retrograde (right) circumbinary disks on...

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Series of snapshots showing the disk structural...

Series of snapshots showing the disk structural changes on short timescales as the binar...

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Series of snapshots showing the precession of t...

Series of snapshots showing the precession of the density enhancement at the apocenter o...

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Same as Figure 2 except for the retrograde, rat...

Same as Figure 2 except for the retrograde, rather than prograde, case.

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Same as Figure 3 except for the retrograde, rat...

Same as Figure 3 except for the retrograde, rather than prograde, case.

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Same as Figure 1 except viewed in polar coordin...

Same as Figure 1 except viewed in polar coordinates, R, ϕ, and showing a smaller range o...

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Left: the fitting results of ...

Left: the fitting results of ﹩{\dot{M}}_{{\rm{acc}}}﹩ of DX Cha across the 93 epochs sho...

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Left: ab vs. Tb for prograde (blue), retrograde...

Left: ab vs. Tb for prograde (blue), retrograde (orange dashed), and retrograde with the...

Cheng Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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The trajectory of two typically accelerated PUI...

The trajectory of two typically accelerated PUIs. The top and bottom panels correspond t...

Masaru Nakanotani et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Snapshots at ΩciT = 500 showing the phase-space...

Snapshots at ΩciT = 500 showing the phase-space density of the solar wind and PUI compon...

Masaru Nakanotani et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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