- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/583/A86
- Title:
- DB white dwarfs in SDSS DR10 and DR12
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/583/A86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- White dwarfs with helium-dominated atmospheres (spectral types DO, DB) comprise approximately 20% of all white dwarfs. There are fewer studies than of their hydrogen-rich counterparts (DA) and thus several questions remain open. Among these are the total masses and the origin of the hydrogen traces observed in a large number and the nature of the deficit of DBs in the range from 30000-45000K. We use the largest-ever sample (by a factor of 10) provided by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to study these questions. The photometric and spectroscopic data of 1107 helium-rich objects from the SDSS are analyzed using theoretical model atmospheres. Along with the effective temperature and surface gravity, we also determine hydrogen and calcium abundances or upper limits for all objects. The atmosphere models are extended with envelope calculations to determine the extent of the helium convection zones and thus the total amount of hydrogen and calcium present.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/882/106
- Title:
- DB white dwarfs with SDSS and Gaia data
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/882/106
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a comprehensive analysis of DB white dwarfs drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, based on model fits to ugriz photometry and medium-resolution spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We also take advantage of the exquisite trigonometric parallax measurements recently obtained by the Gaia mission. Using the so-called photometric and spectroscopic techniques, we measure the atmospheric and physical parameters of each object in our sample (Teff, logg, H/He, Ca/He, R, M), and compare the values obtained from both techniques in order to assess the precision and accuracy of each method. We then explore in great detail the surface gravity, stellar mass, and hydrogen abundance distributions of DB white dwarfs as a function of effective temperature. We present some clear evidence for a large population of unresolved double-degenerate binaries composed of DB+DB and even DB+DA white dwarfs. In the light of our results, we finally discuss the spectral evolution of DB white dwarfs, in particular the evolution of the DB-to-DA ratio as a function of Teff, and we revisit the question of the origin of hydrogen in DBA white dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/624/A44
- Title:
- 3D-corrected oxygen abundances for halo stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/624/A44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Measurable amounts of Be could have been synthesised primordially if the Universe were non-homogeneous or in the presence of late decaying relic particles. We investigate the Be abundance in the extremely metal-poor star 2MASS J1808-5104 ([Fe/H]=-3.84) with the aim of constraining inhomogeneities or the presence of late decaying particles. High resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) UV spectra were acquired at ESO with the Kueyen 8.2m telescope and the UVES spectrograph. Abundances were derived using several model atmospheres and spectral synthesis code. We measured log(Be/H)=-14.3 from a spectrum synthesis of the region of the Be line. Using a conservative approach, however we adopted an upper limit two times higher, i.e. log(Be/H)<-14.0. We measured the O abundance from UV-OH lines and find [O/H]=-3.46 after a 3D correction. Our observation reinforces the existing upper limit on primordial Be. There is no observational indication for a primordial production of 9Be. This places strong constraints on the properties of putative relic particles. This result also supports the hypothesis of a homogeneous Universe, at the time of nucleosynthesis. Surprisingly, our upper limit of the Be abundance is well below the Be measurements in stars of similar [O/H]. This may be evidence that the Be-O relation breaks down in the early Galaxy, perhaps due to the escape of spallation products from the gas clouds in which stars such as 2MASS J1808-5104 have formed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/653/A53
- Title:
- DEATHSTAR. II. The S-type
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/653/A53
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the re-calibrated and re-imaged fits-cubes of the second set of data from the DEATHSTAR project (DEtermining Accurate mass-loss rates for THermally pulsing AGB STARs, www.astro.uu.se/deathstar): the S-type stars. Fifteen S-type southern AGB stars were mapped in Bands 6 and 7 with the Atacama Compact Array (ACA). The generated beams have sizes of 4-8 and 3-6-arcseconds in Band 6 and 7, respectively. The rms noise level reached is typically 50-70 and 100-150mJy/beam in Band 6 and 7, respectively. The beam sizes and rms values for each source are listed in the paper together with the description of the reduction process, the analysis of the cubes and tentative line detections.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A133
- Title:
- DEATHSTAR. Nearby AGB stars with ALMA ACA
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/640/A133
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the re-calibrated and re-imaged fits-cubes of the first set of data from the DEATHSTAR project (DEtermining Accurate mass-loss rates for THermally pulsing AGB STARs, www.astro.uu.se/deathstar). Forty-two southern AGB stars, 21 carbon stars and 21 M-type stars, were mapped in Bands 6 and 7 with the Atacama Compact Array (ACA). Source selection, detected line emission, data calibration procedures etc. are described in detail in the paper. The beams are typically 4-8 and 3-5-arcseconds in Band 6 and 7, respectively. The rms noise level reached is typically 50-70 and 100-150mJy/beam in Band 6 and 7, respectively. More exact beam sizes and rms values for each source are listed in the paper together with tentative line detections.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/599/1006
- Title:
- DEEP Groth Strip Survey. VII.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/599/1006
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using spectroscopic data from the Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe Groth Strip Survey (DGSS), we analyze the gas-phase oxygen abundances in the warm ionized medium for 64 emission-line field galaxies in the redshift range 0.26<z<0.82. These galaxies comprise a small subset selected from among 693 objects in the DGSS. They are chosen for chemical analysis by virtue of having the strongest emission lines. Oxygen abundances relative to hydrogen are in the range 8.4<12+log(O/H)<9.0 with typical internal plus systematic measurement uncertainties of 0.17dex. The 64 DGSS galaxies collectively exhibit an increase in metallicity with B-band luminosity, i.e., an L-Z relation like that seen among local galaxies. Using the DGSS sample and local galaxy samples for comparison, we searched for a "second parameter" that might explain some of the dispersion seen in the L-Z relation. Parameters such as galaxy color, emission-line equivalent width, and effective radius were explored but found to be uncorrelated with residuals from the mean L-Z relation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/577/A81
- Title:
- Deep SDSS Optical Spectroscopy. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/577/A81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze a sample of 3942 low-resolution (R~2000) optical spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), focusing on stars with effective temperatures 5800<Teff<6300K, and distances from the Milky Way plane in excess of 5kpc, and determine their abundances of Fe, Ca, and Mg. This work follows the same methodology as in the previous paper in this series, deriving atmospheric parameters by chi^2^ minimization, but we now obtain the abundances of individual elements by fitting their associated spectral lines. Distances are calculated from absolute magnitudes obtained by a statistical comparison of our stellar parameters with stellar-evolution models. The observations reveal a decrease in the abundances of iron, calcium and magnesium at large distances from the Galactic center. The median abundances for the halo stars analyzed are fairly constant up to a Galactocentric distance r~20kpc, rapidly decrease between r~20 and r~40kpc, and flatten out to significantly lower values at larger distances, consistent with previous studies. In addition, we examine the Ca/Fe and Mg/Fe ratios as a function of Fe/H and Galactocentric distance. Our results show that the most distant parts of the halo show a steeper variation of the Ca/Fe and Mg/Fe with iron. We found that at the range -1.6<[Fe/H]<-0.4 the Ca/Fe ratio decreases with distance, in agreement with earlier results based on local stars. However, the opposite trend is apparent for Mg/Fe. Our conclusion that the outer regions of the halo are more metal-poor than the inner regions, based on in-situ observations of distant stars, is in concert with recent results based on inferences from the kinematics of more local stars, and with predictions of recent galaxy formation simulations for galaxies similar to the Milky Way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/ChA+A/36.238
- Title:
- Dense parts of outflows toward massive cores
- Short Name:
- J/other/ChA+A/36
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A set of samples of 13 massive star-forming cores were observed in SiO (2-1), CH_3_OH (2-1) and C^34^S (2-1) thermal lines. Nine of these cores were detected in all three lines. Among the nine SiO detections, three were new detections, and relatively faint. Most of the lines have wide wings, which might be interpreted as the evidence of ongoing energetic outflows in the cores.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/433/185
- Title:
- Detailed abundance analysis of 102 F and G dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/433/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From a detailed elemental abundance analysis of 102 F and G dwarf stars we present abundance trends in the Galactic thin and thick disks for 14 elements (O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe, Ni, Zn, Y, Ba, and Eu). Stellar parameters and elemental abundances (except for Y, Ba and Eu) for 66 of the 102 stars were presented in our previous studies (Bensby et al. 2003, <J/A+A/410/527>, 2004, <J/A+A/415/155>). The 36 stars that are new in this study extend and confirm our previous results and allow us to draw further conclusions regarding abundance trends. The s-process elements Y and Ba, and the r-element Eu have also been considered here for the whole sample for the first time. To make it easier to gather the elemental abundances for all 102 stars we have included the abundance data from Bensby et al. (2003, Cat. <J/A+A/410/527>) and from Bensby et al. (2004, Cat. <J/A+A/415/155>) in table9.dat
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/681/1524
- Title:
- Detailed abundances for 28 metal-poor stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/681/1524
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of an abundance analysis for a sample of stars with -4<[Fe/H]<-2. The data were obtained with the HIRES spectrograph at Keck Observatory. The set includes 28 stars, with effective temperature ranging from 4800 to 6600K. For 13 stars with [Fe/H]<-2.6, including nine with [Fe/H]<-3.0 and one with [Fe/H]=-4.0, these are the first reported detailed abundances. For the most metal-poor star in our sample, CS 30336-049, we measure an abundance pattern that is very similar to stars in the range [Fe/H]~-3.5, including a normal C+N, abundance. We also find that it has very low but measurable Sr and Ba, indicating some neutron-capture activity even at this low of a metallicity. We explore this issue further by examining other very neutron capture-deficient stars and find that, at the lowest levels, [Ba/Sr] exhibits the ratio of the main r-process. We also report on a new r-process-enhanced star, CS 31078-018. This star has [Fe/H]=-2.85, [Eu/Fe]=1.23, and [Ba/Eu]=-0.51. CS 31078-018 exhibits an "actinide boost," i.e., much higher [Th/Eu] than expected and at a similar level to CS 31082-001. Our spectra allow us to further constrain the abundance scatter at low metallicities, which we then use to fit to the zero-metallicity Type II supernova yields of Heger & Woosley (2008arXiv0803.3161H). We find that supernovae with progenitor masses between 10 and 20M_{sun}_ provide the best matches to our abundances.
