- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/881/135
- Title:
- Hot subdwarf stars from Gaia DR2 and LAMOST DR5. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/881/135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Three hundred and eighty eight hot subdwarf stars have been identified by using the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram built from the second data release of the Gaia mission. By analyzing their observed Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) spectra, we characterized 186 sdB, 73 He-sdOB, 65 sdOB, 45 sdO, 12 He-sdO, and 7 He-sdB stars. The atmospheric parameters of these stars (e.g., Teff, logg, log(nHe/nH)) are obtained by fitting the hydrogen (H) and helium (He) line profiles with synthetic spectra calculated from non-local thermodynamic equilibrium model atmospheres. Among these stars, we have 135 new identified hot subdwarfs which have not been cataloged before. Although 253 stars appear in the catalog by Geier+ (2017, J/A+A/600/A50), only 91 of them have atmospheric parameters. Together with the 294 hot subdwarf stars found by Lei+ (Paper I, 2018, J/ApJ/868/70), we identified 682 hot subdwarf stars in total by using the Gaia HR-diagram and LAMOST spectra. These results demonstrate the efficiency of our method to combine large surveys to search for hot subdwarf stars. We found a distinct gap in our He-sdOB stars based on their He abundance, which is also presented in extreme horizontal branch (EHB) stars of the globular cluster {omega} Cen. The number fraction of the sample size for the two subgroups is very different between the two counterparts. However, the distinct gap between the H-sdB stars and He-sdOB stars in {omega} Cen is not visible in our sample. More interestingly, the He-sdB population with the highest He abundance in our sample is completely missing in {omega} Cen. The discrepancy between our field hot subdwarf stars and the EHB stars in {omega} Cen indicate different origins for the two counterparts.
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/896/79
- Title:
- HST survey of ONC in H20 1.4um abs. band. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/896/79
- Date:
- 11 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In order to obtain a complete census of the stellar and substellar population, down to a few M_Jup_ in the ~1Myr old Orion Nebula Cluster, we used the infrared channel of the Wide Field Camera 3 of the Hubble Space Telescope with the F139M and F130N filters. These bandpasses correspond to the 1.4{mu}m H2O absorption feature and an adjacent line-free continuum region. Out of 4504 detected sources, 3352 (about 75%) appear fainter than m130=14 (Vega mag) in the F130N filter, a brightness corresponding to the hydrogen- burning limit mass (M~0.072M_{sun}_) at ~1Myr. Of these, however, only 742 sources have a negative F130M-F139N color index, indicative of the presence of H2O vapor in absorption, and can therefore be classified as bona fide M and L dwarfs, with effective temperatures T<~2850K at an assumed 1Myr cluster age. On our color-magnitude diagram (CMD), this population of sources with H2O absorption appears clearly distinct from the larger background population of highly reddened stars and galaxies with positive F130M-F139N color index and can be traced down to the sensitivity limit of our survey, m130~21.5, corresponding to a 1Myr old ~3M_Jup_ planetary-mass object under about 2mag of visual extinction. Theoretical models of the BT-Settl family predicting substellar isochrones of 1, 2, and 3 Myr down to ~1M_Jup_ fail to reproduce the observed H2O color index at M<~20M_Jup_. We perform a Bayesian analysis to determine extinction, mass, and effective temperature of each substellar member of our sample, together with its membership probability.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/556/A121
- Title:
- Identification of metal-poor stars with ANN
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/556/A121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Identification of metal-poor stars among field stars is extremely useful for studying the structure and evolution of the Galaxy and of external galaxies. We search for metal-poor stars using the artificial neural network (ANN) and extend its usage to determine absolute magnitudes. We have constructed a library of 167 medium-resolution stellar spectra (R~1200) covering the stellar temperature range of 4200 to 8000K, logg range of 0.5 to 5.0, and [Fe/H] range of -3.0 to dex. This empirical spectral library was used to train ANNs, yielding an accuracy of 0.3dex in [Fe/H], 200K in temperature, and 0.3dex in logg. We found that the independent calibrations of near-solar metallicity stars and metal-poor stars decreases the errors in Teff and logg by nearly a factor of two.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/8
- Title:
- Impact of stellar multiplicity on planetary systems I.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The dynamical influence of binary companions is expected to profoundly influence planetary systems. However, the difficulty of identifying planets in binary systems has left the magnitude of this effect uncertain; despite numerous theoretical hurdles to their formation and survival, at least some binary systems clearly host planets. We present high-resolution imaging of 382 Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) obtained using adaptive-optics imaging and nonredundant aperture-mask interferometry on the Keck II telescope. Among the full sample of 506 candidate binary companions to KOIs, we super-resolve some binary systems to projected separations of <5au, showing that planets might form in these dynamically active environments. However, the full distribution of projected separations for our planet-host sample more broadly reveals a deep paucity of binary companions at solar-system scales. For a field binary population, we should have found 58 binary companions with projected separation {rho}<50au and mass ratio q>0.4; we instead only found 23 companions (a 4.6{sigma} deficit), many of which must be wider pairs that are only close in projection. When the binary population is parametrized with a semimajor axis cutoff a_cut_ and a suppression factor inside that cutoff S_bin_, we find with correlated uncertainties that inside a_cut_=47_-23_^+59^au, the planet occurrence rate in binary systems is only S_bin_=0.34_-0.15_^+0.14^ times that of wider binaries or single stars. Our results demonstrate that a fifth of all solar-type stars in the Milky Way are disallowed from hosting planetary systems due to the influence of a binary companion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/152/251
- Title:
- Indo-US library of coude feed stellar spectra
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/152/251
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained spectra for 1273 stars using the 0.9m coude feed telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. This telescope feeds the coude spectrograph of the 2.1m telescope. The spectra have been obtained with the No.5 camera of the coude spectrograph and a Loral 3Kx1K CCD. Two gratings have been used to provide spectral coverage from 3460 to 9464{AA}, at a resolution of ~1{AA} FWHM and at an original dispersion of 0.44{AA}/pix. For 885 stars we have complete spectra over the entire 3460 to 9464{AA} wavelength region (neglecting small gaps of less than 50{AA}), and partial spectral coverage for the remaining stars. The 1273 stars have been selected to provide broad coverage of the atmospheric parameters T_eff_, logg, and [Fe/H], as well as spectral type. The goal of the project is to provide a comprehensive library of stellar spectra for use in the automated classification of stellar and galaxy spectra and in galaxy population synthesis. In this paper we discuss the characteristics of the spectral library, viz., details of the observations, data reduction procedures, and selection of stars. We also present a few illustrations of the quality and information available in the spectra. The first version of the complete spectral library is now publicly available from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) via ftp and http, at http://www.noao.edu/cflib .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/794/125
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. I. APOGEE stellar parameters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/794/125
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Over two years, 8859 high-resolution H-band spectra of 3493 young (1-10Myr) stars were gathered by the multi-object spectrograph of the APOGEE project as part of the IN-SYNC ancillary program of the SDSS-III survey. Here we present the forward modeling approach used to derive effective temperatures, surface gravities, radial velocities, rotational velocities, and H-band veiling from these near-infrared spectra. We discuss in detail the statistical and systematic uncertainties in these stellar parameters. In addition, we present accurate extinctions by measuring the E(J-H) of these young stars with respect to the single-star photometric locus in the Pleiades. Finally, we identify an intrinsic stellar radius spread of about 25% for late-type stars in IC 348 using three (nearly) independent measures of stellar radius, namely, the extinction-corrected J-band magnitude, the surface gravity, and the Rsini from the rotational velocities and literature rotation periods. We exclude that this spread is caused by uncertainties in the stellar parameters by showing that the three estimators of stellar radius are correlated, so that brighter stars tend to have lower surface gravities and larger Rsini than fainter stars at the same effective temperature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/799/136
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. II. Candidate young stars in NGC 1333
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/799/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The initial velocity dispersion of newborn stars is a major unconstrained aspect of star formation theory. Using near-infrared spectra obtained with the APOGEE spectrograph, we show that the velocity dispersion of young (1-2Myr) stars in NGC 1333 is 0.92+/-0.12km/s after correcting for measurement uncertainties and the effect of binaries. This velocity dispersion is consistent with the virial velocity of the region and the diffuse gas velocity dispersion, but significantly larger than the velocity dispersion of the dense, star-forming cores, which have a subvirial velocity dispersion of 0.5km/s. Since the NGC 1333 cluster is dynamically young and deeply embedded, this measurement provides a strong constraint on the initial velocity dispersion of newly formed stars. We propose that the difference in velocity dispersion between stars and dense cores may be due to the influence of a 70{mu}G magnetic field acting on the dense cores or be the signature of a cluster with initial substructure undergoing global collapse.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/818/59
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. IV. YSOs in Orion A
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/818/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey APOGEE INfrared Spectroscopy of Young Nebulous Clusters program (IN-SYNC) survey of the Orion A molecular cloud. This survey obtained high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of about 2700 young pre-main-sequence stars on a ~6{deg} field of view. We have measured accurate stellar parameters (T_eff_, logg, vsini) and extinctions and placed the sources in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram (HRD). We have also extracted radial velocities for the kinematic characterization of the population. We compare our measurements with literature results to assess the performance and accuracy of the survey. Source extinction shows evidence for dust grains that are larger than those in the diffuse interstellar medium: we estimate an average R_V_=5.5 in the region. Importantly, we find a clear correlation between HRD inferred ages and spectroscopic surface-gravity-inferred ages and between extinction and disk presence; this strongly suggests a real spread of ages larger than a few Myr. Focusing on the young population around NGC 1980/{iota} Ori, which has previously been suggested to be a separate, foreground, older cluster, we confirm its older (~5Myr) age and low A_V_, but considering that its radial velocity distribution is indistinguishable from Orion A's population, we suggest that NGC 1980 is part of Orion A's star formation activity. Based on their stellar parameters and kinematic properties, we identify 383 new candidate members of Orion A, most of which are diskless sources in areas of the region poorly studied by previous works.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/869/72
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. VIII. YSOs in NGC 1333, IC 348 and Orion A
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/869/72
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we address two issues related to primordial disk evolution in three clusters (NGC1333, IC348, and OrionA) observed by the INfrared Spectra of Young Nebulous Clusters (IN-SYNC) project. First, in each cluster, averaged over the spread of age, we investigate how disk lifetime is dependent on stellar mass. The general relation in IC348 and OrionA is that primordial disks around intermediate-mass stars (2-5M_{sun}_) evolve faster than those around loss-mass stars (0.1-1M_{sun}_), which is consistent with previous results. However, considering only low-mass stars, we do not find a significant dependence of disk frequency on stellar mass. These results can help to better constrain theories on gas giant planet formation timescales. Second, in the OrionA molecular cloud, in the mass range of 0.35-0.7M_{sun}_, we provide the most robust evidence to date for disk evolution within a single cluster exhibiting modest age spread. By using surface gravity as an age indicator and employing 4.5{mu}m excess as a primordial disk diagnostic, we observe a trend of decreasing disk frequency for older stars. The detection of intra-cluster disk evolution in NGC1333 and IC348 is tentative, since the slight decrease of disk frequency for older stars is a less than 1{sigma} effect.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/873/91
- Title:
- Interferometric obs. of B-type stars with CHARA
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/873/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present interferometric observations of 25 spectral type-B stars that were made with the Precision Astronomical Visible Observations and the CLassic Interferometry with Multiple Baselines beam combiners at the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Array (CHARA). The observations provide the angular sizes of these stars with an average error of 6%. The stars range in size from 1.09mas for {beta} Tau down to 0.20mas for 32 Ori. We collected ultraviolet to infrared spectrophotometry and derived temperatures, angular diameters, and reddening estimates that best fit the spectra, as well as solutions with the angular size fixed by the interferometric measurements. There is generally good agreement between the observed and spectral fit angular diameters, indicating that the fluxes predicted from model atmospheres are reliable. On the other hand, the temperatures derived from angular diameters and fluxes tend to be larger (by ~4%) than those from published results based on analysis of the line spectrum. This discrepancy may in part be attributed to unexplored atmospheric parameters or the existence of unknown companions. The physical radii of the stars are calculated from the angular diameters and Gaia DR2 parallaxes, and the target stars are placed in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for comparison with evolutionary tracks.
