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141. High resolution NIR RVs of K2-M4 low-mass stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/822/40
Title:
High resolution NIR RVs of K2-M4 low-mass stars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/822/40
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of a precise near-infrared (NIR) radial velocity (RV) survey of 32 low-mass stars with spectral types K2-M4 using CSHELL at the NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility in the K band with an isotopologue methane gas cell to achieve wavelength calibration and a novel, iterative RV extraction method. We surveyed 14 members of young (~25-150Myr) moving groups, the young field star {epsilon} Eridani, and 18 nearby (<25pc) low-mass stars and achieved typical single-measurement precisions of 8-15m/s with a long-term stability of 15-50m/s over longer baselines. We obtain the best NIR RV constraints to date on 27 targets in our sample, 19 of which were never followed by high-precision RV surveys. Our results indicate that very active stars can display long-term RV variations as low as ~25-50m/s at ~2.3125{mu}m, thus constraining the effect of jitter at these wavelengths. We provide the first multiwavelength confirmation of GJ876bc and independently retrieve orbital parameters consistent with previous studies. We recovered RV variabilities for HD160934AB and GJ725AB that are consistent with their known binary orbits, and nine other targets are candidate RV variables with a statistical significance of 3{sigma}-5{sigma}. Our method, combined with the new iSHELL spectrograph, will yield long-term RV precisions of <~5m/s in the NIR, which will allow the detection of super-Earths near the habitable zone of mid-M dwarfs.
142. High-resolution spectra of Late-type stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/514/A97
Title:
High-resolution spectra of Late-type stars
Short Name:
J/A+A/514/A97
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
* Aims: We present a compilation of spectroscopic data from a survey of 144 chromospherically active young stars in the solar neighborhood which may be used to investigate different aspects of the formation and evolution of the solar neighborhood in terms of kinematics and stellar formation history. The data have already been used by us in several studies. With this paper, we make all these data accessible to the scientific community for future studies on different topics. * Methods: We performed spectroscopic observations with echelle spectrographs to cover the entirety of the optical spectral range simultaneously. Standard data reduction was performed with the IRAF echelle package. We applied the spectral subtraction technique to reveal chromospheric emission in the stars of the sample. The equivalent width of chromospheric emission lines was measured in the subtracted spectra and then converted to fluxes using equivalent width--flux relationships. Radial and rotational velocities were determined by the cross-correlation technique. Kinematics, equivalent widths of the lithium line 6707.8{AA} and spectral types were also determined. * Results: A catalog of spectroscopic data is compiled: radial and rotational velocities, space motion, equivalent widths of optical chromospheric activity indicators from Ca II H & K to the calcium infrared triplet and the lithium line in 6708{AA}. Fluxes in the chromospheric emission lines and R'_HK are also determined for each observation of star in the sample. We used these data to investigate the emission levels of our stars. The study of the H{alpha} emission line revealed the presence of two different populations of chromospheric emitters in the sample, clearly separated in the log(F_H{alpha}_/F_bol_)-(V-J) diagram. The dichotomy may be associated with the age of the stars.
143. Hipparcos red stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/397/997
Title:
Hipparcos red stars
Short Name:
J/A+A/397/997
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
For Hipparcos M, S, and C spectral type stars, we provide calibrated instantaneous (epoch) Cousins V-I color indices using newly derived HpV_T2_ photometry. Three new sets of ground-based Cousins VI data have been obtained for more than 170 carbon and red M giants, observed at SAAO in 1984 and 1987 (table1), at Siding Spring Observatory in 2002 (table2), and with the Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes located at Fairborn Observatory from 1996 (table3). These datasets in combination with the published sources of VI photometry served to obtain the calibration curves linking Hipparcos/Tycho Hp-V_T2_ with the Cousins V-I index. In total, 321 carbon stars and 4464 M- and S-type stars have new V-I indices. The standard error of the mean V-I is about 0.1mag or better down to Hp~9 although it deteriorates rapidly at fainter magnitudes. These V-I indices can be used to verify the published Hipparcos V-I color indices. Thus, we have identified a handful of new cases where, instead of the real target, a random field star has been observed. A considerable fraction of the DMSA/C and DMSA/V solutions for red stars appear not to be warranted. Most likely such spurious solutions may originate from usage of a heavily biased color in the astrometric processing.
144. Homegenized effective temperatures of 800 stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/BaltA/20/89
Title:
Homegenized effective temperatures of 800 stars
Short Name:
J/BaltA/20/89
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Some selected catalogs of the effective temperatures (Teff) for F, G and K stars are analyzed. By an improved technique we estimate the external errors of these catalogs from data intercomparisons. The Teff values are then averaged with the appropriate weights to produce a mean homogeneous catalog based on the selected data. This catalog, containing 800 stars, is compared with some other independent catalogs for estimating their external errors. The data may be used as a source of reliable homogeneous values of Teff, together with their errors.
145. Homogeneous sample of F6-K4 Hyades stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/547/A13
Title:
Homogeneous sample of F6-K4 Hyades stars
Short Name:
J/A+A/547/A13
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Stellar kinematic groups are kinematical coherent groups of stars that might have a common origin. These groups are dispersed throughout the Galaxy over time by the tidal effects of both Galactic rotation and disc heating, although their chemical content remains unchanged. The aim of chemical tagging is to establish that the abundances of every element in the analysis are homogeneous among the members. We study the case of the Hyades Supercluster to compile a reliable list of members (FGK stars) based on our chemical tagging analysis. For a total of 61 stars from the Hyades Supercluster, stellar atmospheric parameters (Teff, logg, {ksi}, and [Fe/H]) are determined using our code called StePar, which is based on the sensitivity to the stellar atmospherics parameters of the iron EWs measured in the spectra. We derive the chemical abundances of 20 elements and find that their [X/Fe] ratios are consistent with Galactic abundance trends reported in previous studies. The chemical tagging method is applied with a carefully developed differential abundance analysis of each candidate member of the Hyades Supercluster, using a well-known member of the Hyades cluster as a reference (vB 153). We find that only 28 stars (26 dwarfs and 2 giants) are members, i.e. that 46% of our candidates are members based on the differential abundance analysis. This result confirms that the Hyades Supercluster cannot originate solely from the Hyades cluster.
146. HST observations of low-mass stars in IC 348
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/541/977
Title:
HST observations of low-mass stars in IC 348
Short Name:
J/ApJ/541/977
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We investigate the low-mass population of the young cluster IC 348 down to the deuterium-burning limit, a fiducial boundary between brown dwarf and planetary mass objects, using a new and innovative method for the spectral classification of late-type objects. Using photometric indices, constructed from HST/NICMOS narrowband imaging, that measure the strength of the 1.9{mu}m water band, we determine the spectral type and reddening for every M-type star in the field, thereby separating cluster members from the interloper population. Due to the efficiency of our spectral classification technique, our study is complete from ~0.7 to 0.015M_{sun}_. The mass function derived for the cluster in this interval, dN/dlogM{prop.to}M^0.5^, is similar to that obtained for the Pleiades, but appears significantly more abundant in brown dwarfs than the mass function for companions to nearby Sunlike stars. This provides compelling observational evidence for different formation and evolutionary histories for substellar objects formed in isolation versus as companions. Because our determination of the IMF is complete to very low masses, we can place interesting constraints on the role of physical processes such as fragmentation in the star and planet formation process and the fraction of dark matter in the Galactic halo that resides in substellar objects.
147. IJKs photometry of late-type stars in Draco dSph
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/442/165
Title:
IJKs photometry of late-type stars in Draco dSph
Short Name:
J/A+A/442/165
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
With the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma we made IJKs observations of an area of about 40'x30' of the Local Group galaxy Draco. This allows us to describe Draco's late-type stellar population across the whole galaxy at a photometric level 2mag deeper than the 2MASS survey. We detected the red giant branch (RGB) and measured the magnitude of the tip of the RGB in the three bands. From that in the I band we obtain a distance modulus of (m-M)_0=19.49+/-0.06(stat)+/-0.15(sys), in excellent agreement with a measurement from RR Lyrae stars. The peak of the (J-Ks)_0_ histogram at different M_Ks_ suggests that Draco has a mean [Fe/H]=-1.95+/-1.26 while fiducial RGB tracks of Galactic globular clusters indicate a mean [Fe/H]=-1.33+/-0.72 where the error corresponds to the spread around the mean value. There are significant differences between the colour-magnitude diagrams of stars in the inner, medium and outer areas of the galaxy. A metal poor (Z=0.0004) intermediate-age population (about 1.6Gyr old) is clearly present and emerges in particular between 6' and 12' from the centre of the galaxy. A few additional carbon star candidates have been identified from both their location in the colour-magnitude diagram and from an indication of variability. The large scale distribution of late-type stars is smooth but irregular in shape; this points at a variation of inclination with radius.
148. IJKs photometry of late-type stars in NGC 6822
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/429/837
Title:
IJKs photometry of late-type stars in NGC 6822
Short Name:
J/A+A/429/837
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Observations in the IJKs wave bands covering the central 20'x20' of the Local Group galaxy NGC 6822 have been made with the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma. They have allowed us to characterize, for the first time in the near-infrared across the whole galaxy, its late-type stellar population (i.e. red giant and asymptotic giant branch stars) and to derive from the ratio between carbon-rich and oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch stars an indication about spatial variations in metallicity. These amount to about 1.56dex, twice of what has been previously found within each Magellanic Cloud using the same technique. We have calibrated our photometry on the DENIS (I-band) and 2MASS (J and Ks bands) data and obtained a distance modulus of (m-M)_0_=23.34(0.12) from the position of the tip of the RGB. The large scale distribution of late-type stars suggests that either the galaxy is viewed under a high inclination angle or it has a non-negligible thickness.
149. IK Tau and HIP 20188 visible polarimetric imaging
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/628/A132
Title:
IK Tau and HIP 20188 visible polarimetric imaging
Short Name:
J/A+A/628/A132
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present visible polarimetric imaging observations of the oxygen-rich AGB star IK Tau obtained with SPHERE-ZIMPOL (phase 0.27) as well as interferometric observations with AMBER. The polarimetric imaging capabilities of SPHERE-ZIMPOL have allowed us to spatially resolve clumpy dust clouds at 20-50mas from the central star, which corresponds to 2-5R* when combined with a central star's angular diameter of 20.7+/-1.53 mas measured with AMBER. The diffuse, asymmetric dust emission extends out to ~73R*. We find that the TiO emission extends to 150 mas (15R*). The AMBER data in the CO lines also suggest a molecular outer atmosphere extending to ~1.5R*. The results of our 2-D Monte Carlo radiative transfer modelling of dust clumps suggest that the polarized intensity and degree of linear polarization can be reasonably explained by small-sized (0.1{mu}m) grains of Al_2_O_3, MgSiO_3, or Mg_2_SiO_4 in an optically thin shell ({tau}_550 nm=0.5+/-0.1) with an inner boundary radius of 3.5*. IK Tau's mass-loss rate is 20 to 50 times higher than the previously studied AGB stars W Hya, R Dor, and o Cet. Nevertheless, our observations of IK Tau revealed that clumpy dust formation occurs close to the star as seen in those low mass-rate AGB stars.
150. IK Tau & IRC+10011 interferometric observations
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/624/A107
Title:
IK Tau & IRC+10011 interferometric observations
Short Name:
J/A+A/624/A107
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
AGB stars go through a process of strong mass-loss that involves pulsations of the atmosphere, which extends to a region where the conditions are adequate for dust grains to form. Radiation pressure acts on these grains which, coupled to the gas, drive a massive outflow. The details of this process are not clear, including which molecules are involved in the condensation of dust grains. To study the role of the SiO molecule in the process of dust formation and mass-loss in M-type AGB stars. Using the IRAM NOEMA interferometer we observed the ^28^SiO and ^29^SiO J=3-2, v=0 emission from the inner circumstellar envelope of the evolved stars IK Tau and IRC+10011. We computed azimuthally averaged emission profiles to compare the observations to models using a molecular excitation and ray-tracing code for SiO thermal emission. We observed circular symmetry in the emission distribution. We also found that the source diameter varies only marginally with radial velocity, which is not the expected behavior for envelopes expanding at an almost constant velocity. The adopted density, velocity, and abundance laws, together with the mass-loss rate, which best fit the observations, give us information on the chemical behavior of the SiO molecule and its role in the dust formation process. The results indicate that there is a strong coupling between the depletion of gas phase SiO and gas acceleration in the inner envelope. This could be explained by the condensation of SiO into dust grains.

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