- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/154
- Title:
- LMC NIR survey. IV. Type II Cepheid variables
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/154
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present time-series observations of Population II Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud at near-infrared (JHK_s_) wavelengths. Our sample consists of 81 variables with accurate periods and optical (VI) magnitudes from the OGLE survey, covering various subtypes of pulsators (BL Herculis, W Virginis, and RV Tauri). We generate light-curve templates using high-quality I-band data in the LMC from OGLE and K_s_-band data in the Galactic bulge from VISTA Variables in Via Lactea survey (2010NewA...15..433M) and use them to obtain robust mean magnitudes. We derive period-luminosity (P-L) relations in the near-infrared and Period-Wesenheit (P-W) relations by combining optical and near-infrared data. Our P-L and P-W relations are consistent with published work when excluding long-period RV Tauris. We find that Pop II Cepheids and RR Lyraes follow the same P-L relations in the LMC. Therefore, we use trigonometric parallax from the Gaia DR1 (Cat. I/337) for VY Pyx and the Hubble Space Telescope parallaxes for k Pav and 5 RR Lyrae variables to obtain an absolute calibration of the Galactic K_s_-band P-L relation, resulting in a distance modulus to the LMC of {mu}_LMC_=18.54+/-0.08 mag. We update the mean magnitudes of Pop II Cepheids in Galactic globular clusters using our light-curve templates and obtain distance estimates to those systems, anchored to a precise late-type eclipsing binary distance to the LMC. We find that the distances to these globular clusters based on Pop II Cepheids are consistent (within 2{sigma}) with estimates based on the M_V_-[Fe/H] relation for horizontal branch stars.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/88
- Title:
- LMC NIR Synoptic Survey. II. Wesenheit relations
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/88
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new near-infrared (NIR) Cepheid period-Wesenheit (P-W) relations in the LMC using time-series observations from the Large Magellanic Cloud NIR Synoptic Survey. We also derive optical+NIR P-W relations using V and I magnitudes from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. We employ our new JHK_s_ data to determine an independent distance to the LMC of {mu}_LMC_=18.47+/-0.07 (statistical) mag, using an absolute calibration of the Galactic relations based on several distance determination methods and accounting for the intrinsic scatter of each technique. We also derive new NIR period-luminosity and Wesenheit relations for Cepheids in M31 using observations from the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury survey. We use the absolute calibrations of the Galactic and LMC W_J,H_ relations to determine the distance modulus of M31, {mu}_M31_=24.46+/-0.20 mag. We apply a simultaneous fit to Cepheids in several Local Group galaxies covering a range of metallicities (7.7<12+log[O/H]<8.6 dex) to determine a global slope of -3.244+/-0.016 mag/dex for the W_J,H_ relation and obtain robust distance estimates. Our distances are in good agreement with recent TRGB based distance estimates and we do not find any evidence for a metallicity dependence in the NIR P-W relations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/149
- Title:
- LMC NIR synoptic survey. V. NIR photometry of Miras
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study the near-infrared properties of 690 Mira candidates in the central region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, based on time-series observations at JHK_s_. We use densely sampled I-band observations from the OGLE project to generate template light curves in the near-infrared and derive robust mean magnitudes at those wavelengths. We obtain near-infrared Period-Luminosity relations for oxygen-rich Miras with a scatter as low as 0.12 mag at K_s_. We study the Period-Luminosity-Color relations and the color excesses of carbon-rich Miras, which show evidence for a substantially different reddening law.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/531/A157
- Title:
- LMC planetary nebulae (VMC Survey II)
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/531/A157
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) survey is assembling a deep, multi-epoch atlas of YJKs photometry across the Magellanic Clouds. Prior to the VMC survey only the brightest Magellanic Cloud PNe (MCPNe) were accessible at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. It is now possible for the first time to assemble the NIR properties of MCPNe and to identify contaminating non-PNe mimics which are best revealed at NIR wavelengths (e.g. HII regions and symbiotic stars). To maintain the unique scientific niche that MCPNe occupy these contaminants must be removed. Here we conduct a VMC-led, multi-wavelength study of 102 objects previously classified as PNe that are located within the first six VMC tiles observed. We present images, photometry, lightcurves, diagnostic colour - colour diagrams and spectral energy distributions used to analyse the entire sample. At least five PNe have newly resolved nebula morphologies, a task previously only possible with the HST.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/438/2642
- Title:
- LMC PNe multiwavelength photometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/438/2642
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper examines, compares and plots optical, near- and mid-infrared (MIR) photometric data for 605 planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). With the aid of multiwavelength surveys such as the Spitzer legacy programme Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution, the Two Micron All Sky Survey and the Magellanic Cloud Photometric Survey, plots have been constructed to expose the relative contributions from molecular hydrogen, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, forbidden emission lines, warm dust continuum and stellar emission at various bands. Besides identifying trends, these plots have helped to reveal PN mimics including six previously known PNe in the outer LMC which are re-classified as other object types. Together with continuing follow-up optical observations, the data have enabled a substantial reduction in the number of PNe previously tagged as 'likely' and 'possible'. The total number of LMC PNe is adjusted to 715 but with a greater degree of confidence in regard to classification. In each colour-colour plot, the more highly evolved LMC PNe are highlighted for comparison with younger, brighter PNe. The faintest and most evolved PNe typically cluster in areas of colour-colour space occupied by ordinary stars. Possible reasons for the wide disparity in infrared colour-colour ratios, such as evolution and dust composition, are presented for evaluation. A correlation is found between the optical luminosity of PNe, emission-line ratios and the MIR dust luminosity at various bands. Luminosity functions using the four Infrared Array Camera and Multiband Imaging Photometer of Spitzer (MIPS) [24] bands are directly compared, revealing an increasing accumulation of PNe within the brightest two magnitudes at longer wavelengths. A correlation is also found between the MIPS [24] band and the [OIII] 5007 and H{beta} fluxes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/4810
- Title:
- LMC-SAGE AGB star candidates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/137/4810
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present empirical relations describing excess emission from evolved stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) survey which includes the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0um and Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) 24, 70, and 160um bands. We combine the SAGE data with the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS; J, H, and Ks) and the optical Magellanic Cloud Photometric Survey (MCPS; U, B, V, and I) point source catalogs in order to create complete spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star candidates in the LMC. AGB star outflows are among the main producers of dust in a galaxy, and this mass loss results in an excess in the fluxes observed in the 8 and 24um bands. The aim of this work is to investigate the mass loss return by AGB stars to the interstellar medium of the LMC by studying the dependence of the infrared excess flux on the total luminosity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/136/18
- Title:
- LMC SAGE. New candidate YSOs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/136/18
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present ~1000 new candidate Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud selected from Spitzer Space Telescope data, as part of the Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) Legacy program. The YSOs, detected by their excess infrared (IR) emission, represent early stages of evolution, still surrounded by disks and/or infalling envelopes. Previously, fewer than 20 such YSOs were known. The candidate YSOs were selected from the SAGE Point Source Catalog from regions of color-magnitude space least confused with other IR-bright populations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/3139
- Title:
- LMC SAGE. New variable evolved stars and YSOs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/137/3139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present initial results and source lists of variable sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) for which we detect thermal infrared variability from the Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) survey, which had two epochs of photometry separated by 3 months. The SAGE survey mapped a 7{deg}x7{deg} region of the LMC using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and the MIPS instruments on board Spitzer. Variable sources are identified using a combination of the IRAC 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0um bands and the MIPS 24um bands. An error-weighted flux difference between the two epochs is used to assess the variability. Of the ~3 million sources detected at both epochs, we find ~2000 variable sources for which we provide electronic catalogs. Most of the variable sources can be classified as asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. A large fraction (>66%) of the extreme AGB stars are variable and only smaller fractions of carbon-rich (6.1%) and oxygen-rich (2.0%) stars are detected as variable sources. We also detect a population of variable young stellar object candidates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/811/145
- Title:
- LMC & SMC evolved stars detected with Herschel
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/811/145
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using observations from the Herschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE) survey of the Magellanic Clouds (MC), we have found 35 evolved stars and stellar end products that are bright in the far-infrared. These 28 (LMC) and 7 (SMC) sources were selected from the 529 evolved star candidates in the HERITAGE far-infrared point source catalogs. Our source identification method is based on spectral confirmation, spectral energy distribution characteristics, careful examination of the multiwavelength images and includes constraints on the luminosity, resulting in a thoroughly vetted list of evolved stars. These sources span a wide range in luminosity and hence initial mass. We found 13 low- to intermediate-mass evolved stars, including asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, post-AGB stars, planetary nebulae, and a symbiotic star. We also identify 10 high mass stars, including 4 of the 15 known B[e] stars in the MC, 3 extreme red supergiants that are highly enshrouded by dust, a Luminous Blue Variable, a Wolf-Rayet star, and two supernova remnants. Further, we report the detection of 9 probable evolved objects which were previously undescribed in the literature. These sources are likely to be among the dustiest evolved objects in the MC. The Herschel emission may either be due to dust produced by the evolved star or it may arise from swept-up interstellar medium material.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/397/933
- Title:
- LMC type II Cepheids JHKs magnitudes
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/397/933
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- JHKs magnitudes corrected to mean intensity are estimated for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) type II Cepheids in the OGLE-III survey the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE). Period-luminosity (PL) relations are derived in JHKs as well as in a reddening-free VI parameter. Within the uncertainties, the BL Her stars (P<4d) and the W Vir stars (P=4 to 20d) are colinear in these PL relations. The slopes of the infrared relations agree with those found previously for type II Cepheids in globular clusters within the uncertainties.
