- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/451/1053
- Title:
- Fundamental parameters of Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/451/1053
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In preparation for the COROT space mission, we determined the fundamental parameters (spectral type, temperature, gravity, vsini) of the Be stars observable by COROT in its seismology fields (64 Be stars). We applied a careful and detailed modeling of the stellar spectra, taking into account the veiling caused by the envelope, as well as the gravitational darkening and stellar flattening due to rapid rotation. Evolutionary tracks for fast rotators were used to derive stellar masses and ages. The derived parameters will be used to select Be stars as secondary targets (i.e. observed for 5 consecutive months) and short-run targets of the COROT mission. Furthermore, we note that the main part of our stellar sample is falling in the second half of the main sequence life time, and that in most cases the luminosity class of Be stars is inaccurate in characterizing their evolutionary status.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/620/A128
- Title:
- Gaia DR2 study of Herbig Ae/Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/620/A128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2, Cat. I/345) to place 252 Herbig Ae/Be stars in the HR diagram and investigate their characteristics and properties. For all known Herbig Ae/Be stars with parallaxes in Gaia DR2, we collected their atmospheric parameters and photometric and extinction values from the literature. To these data we added near- and mid-infrared photometry, collected Halpha emission line properties such as equivalent widths and line profiles, and their binarity status. In addition, we developed a photometric variability indicator from Gaia's DR2 information. We provide masses, ages, luminosities, distances, photometric variabilities and infrared excesses homogeneously derived for the most complete sample of Herbig Ae/Be stars to date. We find that high mass stars have a much smaller infrared excess and have much lower optical variabilities compared to lower mass stars, with the break at around 7M_{sun}_. Halpha emission is generally correlated with infrared excess, with the correlation being stronger for infrared emission at wavelengths tracing the hot dust closest to the star. The variability indicator as developed by us shows that approximately 25% of all Herbig Ae/Be stars are strongly variable. We observe that the strongly variable objects display doubly peaked Halpha line profiles, indicating an edge-on disk. The fraction of strongly variable Herbig Ae stars is close to that found for A-type UX Ori stars. It had been suggested that this variability is in most cases due to asymmetric dusty disk structures seen edge-on. The observation here is in strong support of this hypothesis. Finally, the difference in dust properties occurs at 7M_{sun}_, while various properties traced at UV/optical wavelengths differ at a lower mass, 3M_{sun}_. The latter has been linked to different accretion mechanisms at work whereas the differing infrared properties and photometric variabilities are related to different or differently acting (dust-)disk dispersal mechanisms.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/500/4849
- Title:
- GALAH emission-line stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/500/4849
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a neural network autoencoder structure that is able to extract essential latent spectral features from observed spectra and then reconstruct a spectrum from those features. Because of the training with a set of unpeculiar spectra, the network is able to reproduce a spectrum of high signal-to-noise ratio that does not show any spectral peculiarities, even if they are present in an observed spectrum. Spectra generated in this manner were used to identify various emission features among spectra acquired by multiple surveys using the HERMES spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian telescope. Emission features were identified by a direct comparison of the observed and generated spectra. Using the described comparison procedure, we discovered 10364 candidate spectra with varying intensities (from partially filled-in to well above the continuum) of the H{alpha}/H{beta} emission component, produced by different physical mechanisms. A fraction of these spectra belong to the repeated observation that shows temporal variability in their emission profile. Among the emission spectra, we find objects that feature contributions from a nearby rarefied gas (identified through the emission of [NII] and [SII] lines) that was identified in 4004 spectra, which were not all identified as having H{alpha} emission. The positions of identified emission-line objects coincide with multiple known regions that harbour young stars. Similarly, detected nebular emission spectra coincide with visually prominent nebular clouds observable in the red all-sky photographic composites.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/550/A79
- Title:
- H{alpha} and H{beta} lines of northern Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/550/A79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Be stars are fast rotating early-type emission line stars. It is generally assumed that observed emission is generated in a rotating disk- like envelope, as supported by the observed correlation between the stellar projected rotational velocity v sin i and the width of the emission lines. Then, high resolution spectroscopic observations of Balmer lines profiles play an important role in putting constrains on Be stars modeling. We present Balmer lines spectroscopy for a sample of 48 Be stars. For most of them, H{alpha} and H{beta} have been observed more than two times, in a total period spanning almost two years between 2008 and 2009. Spectral synthesis of the H{alpha} profile has been performed following two steps: photospheric contribution has been computed by using Kurucz's code ATLAS9 and SYNTHE, and disk emission have been derived by the approach of Hummel & Vrancken (1995A&A...302..751H). For 26 out of 48 stars, a modeling of the total H{alpha} emission, i.e. photospheric absorption plus disk net emission, has been attempted. By this modeling we derived an estimation of the disk radius, as well as the inclination angle between rotational axis and line of sight and the base density at the stellar equator. We also discussed, for the stars observed more than once, the variability of H{alpha} and H{beta} for what concerns both the equivalent width and the spectral profile. We found 16 stars with variable equivalent width and 7 stars with clear sign of profile variations. For all the stars of our sample we derive all the fundamental astrophysical quantities, such as: effective temperature, gravity, and projected rotational velocity. We found 13 stars which equivalent width is variable with a confidence level greater than 80% and 7 object for which spectral profiles show change with time. According to the classification scheme commonly used in literature, we classified 16 stars as belonging to class 1, 13 to class 2, 11 are shell stars, 6 objects do not show net emission, and 2 stars display transition from class 1 and 2. For the class 1 stars, we confirm the correlation between vsini and peak separation. concerning the geometry of the disk, we derived the inclination angle between rotational axis and line of sight, the base density at the stellar equator, and the radius. The maximum concentration of stars occur for disk dimensions ranging in the interval of 6 to 8 stellar radii and for inclination angles going from 23{deg} to 35{deg}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/127/1117
- Title:
- Halpha emission-line stars in NGC2264
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/127/1117
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a deep survey of H{alpha} emission-line stars in the NGC 2264 region using wide-field objective prism films. We find 357 H{alpha} emission-line stars, of which 113 were previously detected, within an area of 3{deg}x3{deg} centered on the Cone Nebula, with a majority of stars being concentrated in a dense cluster at the center of the region. We present a large-scale CO map of NGC 2264 and find a strong correlation between the cluster of H{alpha} emission-line stars and the most massive core in the cloud complex. A more extended halo of stars poorly correlated with the gas may represent stars that have drifted away from their birth place, suggesting that star formation has taken place in NGC 2264 for several million years.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/613/L5
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitting sources around MWC758
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/613/L5
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- MWC758 is a young star surrounded by a transitional disk. The disk shows an inner cavity and spiral arms that could be caused by the presence of protoplanets. Recently, a protoplanet candidate has been detected around MWC758 through high-resolution L'-band observations. The candidate is located inside the disk cavity at a separation of 111 mas from the central star, and at an average position angle of 165.5{deg}. We aim at detecting accreting protoplanet candidates within the disk of MWC758 through spectral angular differential imaging observations in the optical regime. In particular, we explore the emission at the position of the detected planet candidate. We have performed simultaneous adaptive optics observations in the H{alpha} line and the adjacent continuum using SPHERE/ZIMPOL at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The data analysis does not reveal any H{alpha} signal around the target. The derived contrast curve in the B_Ha filter allows us to derive a 5{sigma} upper limit of 7.6mag at 111mas, the separation of the previously detected planet candidate. This contrast translates into a H{alpha} line luminosity of LH{alpha}<~5*10^-5^L_{sun}_ at 111mas. Assuming that LH{alpha} scales with Lacc as in Classical T Tauri stars as a first approximation, we can estimate an accretion luminosity of Lacc<3.7*10^-4^L_{sun}_ for the protoplanet candidate. For the predicted mass range of MWC758b, 0.5-5M_Jup_, this implies accretion rates smaller than dM/dt<3.4*(10^-8^-10^-9^)M_[sun}_/yr, for an average planet radius of 1.1 RJup. Therefore, our estimates are consistent with the predictions of accreting circumplanetary accretion models for R_in_=1R_Jup_. The ZIMPOL line luminosity is consistent with the H{alpha} upper limit predicted by these models for truncation radii <~3.2R_Jup_. The non-detection of any H{alpha}emitting source in the ZIMPOL images does not allow us to unveil the nature of the L' detected source. Either it is a protoplanet candidate or a disk asymmetry.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/187/228
- Title:
- H{alpha} profiles of Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/187/228
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a set of theoretical H{alpha} emission-line profiles of Be stars, created by systematically varying model input parameters over a wide range of accepted values. Models were generated with a non-LTE radiative transfer code that incorporates a non-isothermal disk structure and a solar-type chemical composition. The theoretical H{alpha} emission-line profiles were compared to a large set of Be star spectra with the aim of reproducing their global characteristics. We find that the observed profile shapes cannot be used to uniquely determine the inclination angle of Be star+disk systems. Drastically different profile shapes arise at a given inclination angle as a direct result of the state of the gas, and self-consistent disk physical conditions are therefore crucial for interpreting the observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/122/248
- Title:
- h and chi Per UBVI,H{alpha} photometry
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/122/248
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- UBVI and H{alpha} photometry is presented for 17319 stars in vicinity of the young double cluster h and {chi} Persei. Our photometry extends over a 37'x1{deg} field centered on the association. We construct reddening contours within the imaged field. We find that the two clusters share a common distance modulus of 11.75+/-0.05 and ages of log[age(yr)]=7.1+/-0.1. From the V-H{alpha} color, a measure of the H{alpha} emission strength, we conduct a survey for emission line objects within the association. We detect a sample of 33 Be stars, eight of which are new detections. We present a scenario of evolutionary enhancement of the Be phenomenon to account for the peak in Be fraction toward the top of the main sequence in the population of h and {chi} Persei and similar young clusters. UBVI and H{alpha} photometry was performed on five nights between 1999 August 17 and 25 at the San Diego State University Mount Laguna Observatory with the 1m telescope and a Loral 2048x2048 CCD.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/567/A28
- Title:
- HARPSpol magnetic massive stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/567/A28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) project aims at understanding the origin of the magnetic fields in massive stars as well as their impact on stellar internal structure, evolution, and circumstellar environment. One of the objectives of the MiMeS project is to provide stringent observational constraints on the magnetic fields of massive stars; however, identification of magnetic massive stars is challenging, as only a few percent of high-mass stars host strong fields detectable with the current instrumentation. Hence, one of the first objectives of the MiMeS project was to search for magnetic objects among a large sample of massive stars, and to build a sub-sample for in-depth follow-up studies required to test the models and theories of fossil field origins, magnetic wind confinement and magnetospheric properties, and magnetic star evolution. We obtained high-resolution spectropolarimetric observations of a large number of OB stars thanks to three large programs (LP) of observations that have been allocated on the high-resolution spectropolarimeters ESPaDOnS, Narval, and the polarimetric module HARPSpol of the HARPS spectrograph.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/617/A31
- Title:
- HCO+, CN, and 13CO maps of R Mon
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/617/A31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To our knowledge, R Mon is the only B0 star in which a gaseous Keplerian disk has been detected. However, there is some controversy about the spectral type of R Mon. Some authors propose that it could be a later B8e star, where disks are more common. Our goal is to re-evaluate the R Mon spectral type and characterize its protoplanetary disk. The spectral type of R Mon has been re-evaluated using the available continuum data and UVES emission lines. We used a power-law disk model to fit previous ^12^CO 1-0 and 2-1 interferometric observations and the PACS CO data to investigate the disk structure. Interferometric detections of ^13^CO J=1-0, HCO^+^ 1-0, and CN 1-0 lines using the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) are presented. The HCN 1-0 line was not detected. Our analysis confirms that R Mon is a B0 star. The disk model compatible with the ^12^CO 1-0 and 2-1 interferometric observations falls short of predicting the observed fluxes of the 14<Ju<31 PACS lines; this is consistent with the scenario in which some contribution to these lines is coming from a warm envelope and/or UV-illuminated outflow walls. More interestingly, the upper limits to the fluxes of the Ju>31 CO lines suggest the existence of a region empty of CO at R<=20au in the proto-planetary disk. The intense emission of the HCO^+^ and CN lines shows the strong influence of UV photons on gas chemistry. The observations gathered in this paper are consistent with the presence of a transition disk with a cavity of Rin>=20 au around R Mon. This size is similar to the photoevaporation radius that supports the interpretation that UV photoevaporation is main disk dispersal mechanism in massive stars
