- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/447/221
- Title:
- Dust continuum emission from IRAS sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/447/221
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In an ongoing effort to identify and study high-mass protostellar candidates we have observed in various tracers a sample of 235 sources selected from the IRAS Point Source Catalog (Cat. <II/125>), mostly with delta<-30{deg}, with the SEST antenna at millimeter wavelengths. The sample contains 142 Low sources and 93 High, which are believed to be in different evolutionary stages. Both sub-samples have been studied in detail by comparing their physical properties and morphologies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/616/A78
- Title:
- Dust extinction map of the Nessie filament
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/616/A78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An increasing number of hundred-parsec scale, high line-mass filaments have been detected in the Galaxy. Their evolutionary path, including fragmentation towards star formation, is virtually unknown. We characterize the fragmentation within the Nessie filament, covering size-scales between 0.1-100pc. We also connect the small-scale fragments to the star-forming potential of the cloud. We combine near-infrared data from the VVV survey with mid-infrared GLIMPSE data to derive a high-resolution dust extinction map and apply a wavelet decomposition technique on it to analyze the fragmentation characteristics of the cloud, which are compared with predictions from fragmentation models. We compare the detected objects to those identified in 10 times coarser resolution from ATLASGAL data. We present a high-resolution extinction map of Nessie. We estimate the mean line-mass of Nessie to be 627M_{sun}_/pc and the distance to be 3.5kpc. We find that Nessie shows fragmentation at multiple size scales. The nearest-neighbour separations of the fragments at all scales are within a factor of 2 of the Jeans' length at that scale. However, the relationship between the mean densities of the fragments and their separations is significantly shallower than expected for Jeans' fragmentation. The relationship is similar to the one predicted for a filament that exhibits a Larson-like scaling between size-scale and velocity dispersion; such a scaling may result from turbulent support. Based on the number of YSOs in Nessie, we estimate that the star formation rate is 371M_{sun}_/Myr; similar values result if using the number of dense cores, or the amount of dense gas, as the proxy of star formation. The star formation efficiency is 0.017. These numbers indicate that Nessie's star-forming content is comparable to the Solar neighborhood giant molecular clouds like Orion A.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/866/L1
- Title:
- Dust models & IR spectroscopy obs. of AGB stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/866/L1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Many emission features remain unidentified in the infrared spectra of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. In particular, features at ~11, 20, 28, and 32{mu}m have been noted in mid-infrared spectra of oxygen-rich AGB stars. Here, I present models of dust excess emission in 36 spectra of 24 AGB stars from the Short Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory and the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The models include opacities of grains composed of mixtures of various polymorphs of alumina obtained by preparing bayerite and boehmite at high temperatures, and these dust components provide satisfactory fits to the 11, 20, 28, and 32{mu}m features. Though not a direct conclusion from this study, the presence of grains of the various polymorphs of aluminas in circumstellar dust shells around AGB stars suggests that corundum may have a role in giving rise to the 13{mu}m feature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A118
- Title:
- Dust opacity variations in L1544
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/623/A118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The study of dust emission at millimeter wavelengths is important to shed light on the dust properties and physical structure of pre-stellar cores, the initial conditions in the process of star and planet formation. Using two new continuum facilities, AzTEC at the Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano and MUSTANG-2 at the Green Bank Observatory, we aim to detect changes in the optical properties of dust grains as a function of radius for the well-known pre-stellar core L1544. We determined the emission profiles at 1.1 and 3.3mm and examine whether they can be reproduced in terms of the current best physical models for L1544. We also made use of various tools to determine the radial distributions of the density, temperature, and dust opacity in a self-consistent manner. We find that our observations cannot be reproduced without invoking opacity variations. New temperature and density profiles, as well as opacity variations across the core, have been derived with the new data. The opacity changes are consistent with the expected variations between uncoagulated bare grains, toward the outer regions of the core, and grains with thick ice mantles, toward the core center. A simple analytical grain growth model predicts the presence of grains of 3-4um within the central 2000 au for the new density profile.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A5
- Title:
- DustPedia metallicities and HI masses
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/623/A5
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Observations of evolution in the dust-to-metal ratio allow to constrain the dominant dust processing mechanisms. In this work, we present a study of the dust-to-metal and dust-to-gas ratios in a subsample of ~500 DustPedia galaxies. Using literature and MUSE emission line fluxes, we derive gas-phase metallicities (oxygen abundances) for over 10000 individual regions and determine characteristic metallicities for each galaxy. We study how the relative dust, gas and metal contents of galaxies evolve by using metallicity and gas fraction as proxies for evolutionary state. The global oxygen abundance and nitrogen-to-oxygen ratio are found to increase monotonically as galaxies evolve. Additionally, unevolved galaxies (gas fraction >60%, metallicity 12+log(O/H)<8.2) have dust-to-metal ratios that are about a factor of 2.1 lower (factor of 6 lower for galaxies with gas fraction >80%) than the typical dust-to-metal ratio (Md/MZ~0.214) for more evolved sources. However, for high gas fractions, the scatter is larger due to larger observational uncertainties as well as a potential dependence of the dust grain growth timescale and supernova dust yield on local conditions and star formation histories. We find chemical evolution models with a strong contribution from dust grain growth describe these observations reasonably well. The dust-to-metal ratio is also found to be lower for low stellar masses and high specific star formation rates (with the exception of some sources undergoing a starburst). Finally, the metallicity gradient correlates weakly with the HI-to-stellar mass ratio, the effective radius and the dust-to-stellar mass ratio, but not with stellar mass.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/582/A121
- Title:
- Dust properties in galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/582/A121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work, we aim to provide a consistent analysis of the dust properties from metal-poor to metal-rich environments by linking them to fundamental galactic parameters. We consider two samples of galaxies: the Dwarf Galaxy Survey (DGS) and the Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: a Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel (KINGFISH), totalling 109 galaxies, spanning almost 2dex in metallicity. We collect infrared (IR) to submillimetre (submm) data for both samples and present the complete data set for the DGS sample. We model the observed spectral energy distributions (SED) with a physically-motivated dust model to access the dust properties: dust mass, total-IR luminosity, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) mass fraction, dust temperature distribution, and dust-to-stellar mass ratio. Using a different SED model (modified black body), different dust composition (amorphous carbon in lieu of graphite), or a different wavelength coverage at submm wavelengths results in differences in the dust mass estimate of a factor two to three, showing that this parameter is subject to non-negligible systematic modelling uncertainties. We find half as much dust with the amorphous carbon dust composition. For eight galaxies in our sample, we find a rather small excess at 500{mu}m (<=1.5{sigma}). We find that the dust SED of low-metallicity galaxies is broader and peaks at shorter wavelengths compared to more metal-rich systems, a sign of a clumpier medium in dwarf galaxies. The PAH mass fraction and dust temperature distribution are found to be driven mostly by the specific star formation rate, sSFR, with secondary effects from metallicity. The correlations between metallicity and dust mass or total-IR luminosity are direct consequences of the stellar mass-metallicity relation. The dust-to-stellar mass ratios of metal-rich sources follow the well-studied trend of decreasing ratio for decreasing sSFR. The relation is more complex for low-metallicity galaxies with high sSFR, and depends on the chemical evolutionary stage of the source (i.e. gas-to-dust mass ratio). Dust growth processes in the ISM play a key role in the dust mass build-up with respect to the stellar content at high sSFR and low metallicity. We conclude that the evolution of the dust properties from metal-poor to metal-rich galaxies derives from a complex interplay between star formation activity, stellar mass, and metallicity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/604/A135
- Title:
- Dynamics of ionized and neutral gas in M8
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/604/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a spectroscopic study of the dynamics of the ionized and neutral gas throughout the Lagoon nebula (M8), using VLT/FLAMES data from the Gaia-ESO Survey. We explore the connections between the nebular gas and the stellar population of the associated star cluster NGC6530. We characterize through spectral fitting emission lines of H{alpha}, [NII] and [SII] doublets, [OIII], and absorption lines of sodium D doublet, using data from the FLAMES/Giraffe and UVES spectrographs, on more than 1000 sightlines towards the entire face of the Lagoon nebula. Gas temperatures are derived from line-width comparisons, densities from the [SII] doublet ratio, and ionization parameter from H{alpha}/[NII] ratio. Although doubly-peaked emission profiles are rarely found, line asymmetries often imply multiple velocity components along the same line of sight. This is especially true for the sodium absorption, and for the [OIII] lines. Spatial maps for density and ionization are derived, and compared to other known properties of the nebula and of its massive stars 9 Sgr, Herschel 36 and HD 165052 which are confirmed to provide most of the ionizing flux. The detailed velocity fields across the nebula show several expanding shells, related to the cluster NGC6530, the O stars 9 Sgr and Herschel 36, and the massive protostar M8East-IR. The origins of kinematical expansion and ionization of the NGC6530 shell appear to be different. We are able to put constrains on the line-of-sight (relative or absolute) distances between some of these objects and the molecular cloud. The large obscuring band running through the middle of the nebula is being compressed by both sides, which might explain its enhanced density. We also find an unexplained large-scale velocity gradient across the entire nebula. At larger distances, the transition from ionized to neutral gas is studied using the sodium lines.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A186
- Title:
- Dynamic spectra of 10 pulsars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/618/A186
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Pulsars scintillate. Dynamic spectra show brightness variation of pulsars in the time and frequency domain. Secondary spectra demonstrate the distribution of fluctuation power in the dynamic spectra. Dynamic spectra strongly depend on observational frequencies, but were often observed at frequencies lower than 1.5GHz. Scintillation observations at higher frequencies help to constrain the turbulence feature of the interstellar medium over a wide frequency range and can detect the scintillations of more distant pulsars. Ten pulsars were observed at 2250MHz (S-band) with the Jiamusi 66m telescope to study their scintillations. Their dynamic spectra were first obtained, from which the decorrelation bandwidths and time scales of diffractive scintillation were then derived by autocorrelation. Secondary spectra were calculated by forming the Fourier power spectra of the dynamic spectra. Most of the newly obtained dynamic spectra are at the highest frequency or have the longest time span of any published data for these pulsars. For PSRs B0540+23, B2324+60 and B2351+61, these were the first dynamic spectra ever reported. The frequency-dependence of scintillation parameters indicates that the intervening medium can rarely be ideally turbulent with a Kolmogorov spectrum. The thin screen model worked well at S-band for the scintillation of PSR B1933+16. Parabolic arcs were detected in the secondary spectra of three pulsars, PSRs B0355+54, B0540+23 and B2154+40, all of which were asymmetrically distributed. The inverted arclets of PSR B0355+54 were seen to evolve along the main parabola within a continuous observing session of 12 hours, from which the angular velocity of the pulsar was estimated that was consistent with the measurement by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/715/310
- Title:
- Early stages of star formation in IRDCs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/715/310
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Identified as extinction features against the bright Galactic mid-infrared background, infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are thought to harbor the very earliest stages of star and cluster formation. In order to better characterize the properties of their embedded cores, we have obtained new 24um, 60-100um, and submillimeter continuum data toward a sample of 38 IRDCs. The 24um Spitzer images reveal that while the IRDCs remain dark, many of the cores are associated with bright 24um emission sources, which suggests that they contain one or more embedded protostars. Combining the 24um, 60-100um, and submillimeter continuum data, we have constructed broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 157 of the cores within these IRDCs and, using simple graybody fits to the SEDs, have estimated their dust temperatures, emissivities, opacities, bolometric luminosities, masses, and densities. Based on their Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera 3-8um colors and the presence of 24um point-source emission, we have separated cores that harbor active, high-mass star formation from cores that are quiescent. The active "protostellar" cores typically have warmer dust temperatures and higher bolometric luminosities than the more quiescent, perhaps "pre-protostellar," cores. Because the mass distributions of the populations are similar, however, we speculate that the active and quiescent cores may represent different evolutionary stages of the same underlying population of cores. Although we cannot rule out low-mass star formation in the quiescent cores, the most massive of them are excellent candidates for the "high-mass starless core" phase, the very earliest in the formation of a high-mass star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/585/A41
- Title:
- EBHIS spectra and HI column density maps
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/585/A41
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Effelsberg-Bonn HI Survey (EBHIS) is a new 21-cm survey performed with the 100-m telescope at Effelsberg. It covers the whole northern sky out to a redshift of z~0.07 and comprises HI line emission from the Milky Way and the Local Volume. We aim to substitute the northern-hemisphere part of the Leiden/Argentine/Bonn Milky Way HI survey (LAB) with this first EBHIS data release, which presents the HI gas in the Milky Way regime. The use of a seven-beam L-band array made it feasible to perform this all-sky survey with a 100-m class telescope in a reasonable amount of observing time. State-of-the-art fast-Fourier-transform spectrometers provide the necessary data read-out speed, dynamic range, and spectral resolution to apply software radio-frequency interference mitigation. EBHIS is corrected for stray radiation and employs frequency-dependent flux-density calibration and sophisticated baseline-removal techniques to ensure the highest possible data quality. Detailed analyses of the resulting data products show that EBHIS is not only outperforming LAB in terms of sensitivity and angular resolution, but also matches the intensity-scale of LAB extremely well, allowing EBHIS to be used as a drop-in replacement for LAB. Data products are made available to the public in a variety of forms. Most important, we provide a properly gridded Milky Way HI column density map in HEALPix representation. To maximize the usefulness of EBHIS data, we estimate uncertainties in the HI column density and brightness temperature distributions, accounting for systematic effects.
