- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/440/305
- Title:
- Fundamental parameters of fast-rotating B stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/440/305
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we develop a calculation code to account for the effects carried by fast rotation on the observed spectra of early-type stars. Stars are assumed to be in rigid rotation, and the grid of plane-parallel model atmospheres used to represent the gravitational darkening are calculated by means of a non-LTE approach. Attention is paid to the relation between the apparent and parent non-rotating counterpart stellar fundamental parameters and apparent, and true Vsini parameters as a function of the rotation rate Omega/Omega_c_, stellar mass, and inclination angle. It is shown that omitting of gravitational darkening in the analysis of chemical abundances of CNO elements can produce systematic overestimation or underestimation, depending on the lines used, rotational rate, and inclination angle.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/487/2771
- Title:
- Gaia-DR2 distance to the W3 Complex
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/487/2771
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Perseus Arm is the closest Galactic spiral arm from the Sun, offering an excellent opportunity to study in detail its stellar population. However, its distance has been controversial with discrepancies by a factor of two. Kinematic distances are in the range 3.9-4.2kpc as compared to 1.9-2.3kpc from spectrophotometric and trigonometric parallaxes, reinforcing previous claims that this arm exhibits peculiar velocities. We used the astrometric information of a sample of 31 OB stars from the star-forming W3Complex to identify another 37 W3 members and to derive its distance from their Gaia-DR2 parallaxes with improved accuracy. The Gaia-DR2 distance to the W3Complex, 2.14^+0.08^_-0.07_kpc, coincides with the previous stellar distances of ~2kpc. The Gaia-DR2 parallaxes tentatively show differential distances for different parts of the W3 Complex: W3 Main, located to the NE direction, is at 2.30^+0.19^_-0.16_kpc, the W3 Cluster (IC1795), in the central region of the complex, is at 2.17^+0.12^_-0.11_kpc, and W3(OH) is at 2.00^+0.29^_-0.23_kpc to the SW direction. The W3 Cluster is the oldest region, indicating that it triggered the formation of the other two star-forming regions located at the edges of an expanding shell around the cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/585/A141
- Title:
- Galactic center early-type stars catalog
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/585/A141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is still unclear whether the Sagittarius spiral arm is a major spiral arm in the Galaxy or whether it just outlines a region of enhanced star formation because of the local compression of gas. The best way to separate these scenarios out is to study the kinematics across the arm to determine the velocity perturbation it induces. A survey of early-type stars in the direction of the Galactic center is performed covering an area of 100 sq. deg with the aim of identifying candidates for a radial velocity study. Objective prism plates were obtained with the 4{deg} prism on the ESO Schmidt telescope using IIaO, 4415, and IIIaJ emulsions. The plates were digitized and more than 100k spectra were extracted down to a limiting magnitude of B=15m. The spectra were cross-correlated with a template with Balmer lines, which yielded a candidate list of 12675 early-type stars. Magnitudes and equivalent widths of strong lines were calculated from the spectra, which allowed us to estimate the individual extinctions and distances for 11075 stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/144/21
- Title:
- Galaxy and Magellanic Clouds OB and WR stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/144/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have generated a set of far-ultraviolet stellar libraries using spectra of OB and Wolf-Rayet stars in the Galaxy and the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud. The spectra were collected with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer and cover a wavelength range from 1003.1 to 1182.7{AA} at a resolution of 0.127{AA}. The libraries extend from the earliest O to late-O and early-B stars for the Magellanic Cloud and Galactic libraries, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/734/13
- Title:
- GALEX ultraviolet halos around bright stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/734/13
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have discovered ultraviolet (UV) halos extending as far as 5{deg} around four (of six) bright UV stars using data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite. These halos are due to scattering of the starlight from nearby thin, foreground dust clouds. We have placed limits of 0.58+/-0.12 and 0.72+/-0.06 on the phase function asymmetry factor (g) in the FUV (1521{AA}) and NUV (2320{AA}) bands, respectively. We suggest that these halos are a common feature around bright stars and may be used to explore the scattering function of interstellar grains at small angles.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/110/2739
- Title:
- H-alpha emitting regions in M33
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/110/2739
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report finding charts and accurate positions for 432 compact H{alpha} emitting regions in the Local Group Galaxy M33 (NGC 598), in an effort to isolate candidates for an SS433-like stellar system. The objects were extracted from narrowband images, centered in the rest frame H{alpha} ({lambda}6563A) and in the red continuum at 6100A. The atlas is complete down to V=~20, and includes 279 compact H II regions and 153 line emitting point-like sources. The point-like sources undoubtedly include a variety of objects: very small H II regions, early type stars with intense stellar winds, and Wolf-Rayet stars, but should also contain objects with the characteristics of SS433. This extensive survey of compact H{alpha} regions in M33 is a first step towards the identification of peculiar stellar systems like SS433 in external galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/633/A44
- Title:
- HARPS Young Nearby Stars - YNS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/633/A44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Young nearby stars are good candidates in the search for planets with both radial velocity (RV) and direct imaging techniques. This, in turn, allows for the computation of the giant planet occurrence rates at all separations. The RV search around young stars is a challenge as they are generally faster rotators than older stars of similar spectral types and they exhibit signatures of magnetic activity (spots) or pulsation in their RV time series. Specific analyses are necessary to characterize, and possibly correct for, this activity. Our aim is to search for planets around young nearby stars and to estimate the giant planet (GP) occurrence rates for periods up to 1000 days. We used the HARPS spectrograph on the 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory to observe 89 A-M young (<600Myr) stars. We used our SAFIR (Spectroscopic data via Analysis of the Fourier Interspectrum Radial velocities) software to compute the RV and other spectroscopic observables. Then, we computed the companion occurrence rates on this sample. We confirm the binary nature of HD 177171, HD 181321 and HD 186704. We report the detection of a close low mass stellar companion for HIP 36985. No planetary companion was detected. We obtain upper limits on the GP (<13M_Jup_) and BD ({in}[13;80]M_Jup_) occurrence rates based on 83 young stars for periods less than 1000 days, which are set, 2_-2_^+3^ and 1_-1_^+3^%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/148/64
- Title:
- HAZMAT. I. FUV and NUV emission in early M stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/148/64
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The spectral energy distribution, variability, and evolution of the high-energy radiation from an M dwarf planet host is crucial in understanding the planet's atmospheric evolution and habitability and in interpreting the planet's spectrum. The star's extreme-UV (EUV), far-UV (FUV), and near-UV (NUV) emission can chemically modify, ionize, and erode the atmosphere over time. This makes determining the lifetime exposure of such planets to stellar UV radiation critical for both the evolution of a planet's atmosphere and our potential to characterize it. Using the early M star members of nearby young moving groups, which sample critical ages in planet formation and evolution, we measure the evolution of the GALEX NUV and FUV flux as a function of age. The median UV flux remains at a "saturated" level for a few hundred million years, analogous to that observed for X-ray emission. By the age of the Hyades Cluster (650Myr), we measure a drop in UV flux by a factor of 2-3 followed by a steep drop from old (several Gyrs) field stars. This decline in activity beyond 300Myr follows roughly t^-1^. Despite this clear evolution, there remains a wide range, of 1-2 orders of magnitude, in observed emission levels at every age. These UV data supply the much-needed constraints to M dwarf upper-atmosphere models, which will provide empirically motivated EUV predictions and more accurate age-dependent UV spectra as inputs to planetary photochemical models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/411/2596
- Title:
- High Galactic latitude runaway stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/411/2596
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We estimate the distribution of ejection velocities for the known population of high Galactic latitude runaway stars. The initial sample is a collection of 174 early-type stars selected from the literature. The stars are first classified according to their evolutionary status in order to obtain a homogeneous sample of 96 genuine main-sequence stars. Their present velocities and flight times are then estimated using proper motion data from various astrometric catalogues (including Tycho-2, UCAC2 and USNO-B) and the ejection velocities are computed by tracing their orbits back in time, based on a Galactic potential. The potential used is constructed from a mass density model chosen to fit the most recent observational constraints.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/132/93
- Title:
- Hipparcos photometry of CP stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/132/93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Hipparcos photometry of the chemically peculiar main-sequence B, A and F stars are examined for variability. Some non-magnetic CP stars, Mercury-Manganese and metallic-line stars, which according to canonical wisdom should not be variable, may be variable and are identified for further study. Some potentially important magnetic CP stars are noted.