- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/178/247
- Title:
- H{alpha} and [NII] survey in local 11 Mpc
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/178/247
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of a broader effort to characterize the population of star-forming galaxies in the local universe, we have carried out an H{alpha}+[NII] imaging survey for an essentially volume-limited sample of galaxies within 11Mpc of the Milky Way. This first paper describes the design of the survey, the observation, data processing, and calibration procedures, and the characteristics of the galaxy sample. The main product of the paper is a catalog of integrated H{alpha} fluxes, luminosities, and equivalent widths for the galaxies in the sample. We briefly discuss the completeness properties of the survey and compare the distribution of the sample and its star formation properties to other large H{alpha} imaging surveys. These data form the foundation for a series of follow-up studies of the star formation properties of the local volume, and the properties and duty cycles of star formation bursts in dwarf galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A16
- Title:
- Halpha3. Catalog and SFR in Virgo cluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present H{alpha}3 (acronym for H{alpha}-{alpha}{alpha}), an H{alpha} narrow-band imaging survey of ~400 galaxies selected from the HI Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey (ALFALFA) in the Local Supercluster, including the Virgo cluster. By using hydrogen recombination lines as a tracer of recent star formation, we aim to investigate the relationships between atomic neutral gas and newly formed stars in different environments (cluster and field), morphological types (spirals and dwarfs), and over a wide range of stellar masses (~10^7.5^-10^11.5^M_{sun}_). We image in H{alpha}+[NII] all the galaxies that contain more than 10^7^M_{sun}_ of neutral atomic hydrogen in the sky region 11h<R.A.<16h ; 4{deg}<Dec.<16{deg}; 350<cz<2000km/s using the San Pedro Martir 2m telescope. This survey provides a complete census of the star formation in HI rich galaxies of the local universe. We present the properties of the galaxy sample, together with H{alpha} fluxes and equivalent widths. We find an excellent agreement between the fluxes determined from our images in apertures of 3-arcsec diameter and the fluxes derived from the SDSS spectral database. From the H{alpha} fluxes corrected for galactic and internal extinction and for [NII] contamination we derive the global star formation rates (SFRs).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/630/206
- Title:
- H{alpha} data for 3 EDisCS galaxy clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/630/206
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present H{alpha}-derived SFRs for three z~0.75 galaxy clusters. Our 1{sigma} flux limit corresponds to a star formation rate (SFR) of 0.10-0.24h^-2^_100_M_{Sun}/yr, and our minimum reliable H{alpha}+[NII] rest-frame equivalent width is 10{AA}. We show that H narrowband imaging is an efficient method for measuring star formation in distant clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/834/85
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission in nearby M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/834/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The high-energy emission from low-mass stars is mediated by the magnetic dynamo. Although the mechanisms by which fully convective stars generate large-scale magnetic fields are not well understood, it is clear that, as for solar-type stars, stellar rotation plays a pivotal role. We present 270 new optical spectra of low-mass stars in the Solar Neighborhood. Combining our observations with those from the literature, our sample comprises 2202 measurements or non-detections of H{alpha} emission in nearby M dwarfs. This includes 466 with photometric rotation periods. Stars with masses between 0.1 and 0.6M_{sun}_ are well-represented in our sample, with fast and slow rotators of all masses. We observe a threshold in the mass-period plane that separates active and inactive M dwarfs. The threshold coincides with the fast-period edge of the slowly rotating population, at approximately the rotation period at which an era of rapid rotational evolution appears to cease. The well-defined active/inactive boundary indicates that H{alpha} activity is a useful diagnostic for stellar rotation period, e.g., for target selection for exoplanet surveys, and we present a mass-period relation for inactive M dwarfs. We also find a significant, moderate correlation between L_H{alpha}_/L_bol_ and variability amplitude: more active stars display higher levels of photometric variability. Consistent with previous work, our data show that rapid rotators maintain a saturated value of L_H{alpha}_/L_bol_. Our data also show a clear power-law decay in L_H{alpha}_/L_bol_ with Rossby number for slow rotators, with an index of -1.7+/-0.1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/3
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in IC 1274
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IC 1274 is a faintly luminous nebula lying on the near surface of the Lynds 227 (L227) molecular cloud. Its cavity-like morphology is reminiscent of a blistered star-forming region. Four luminous, early-type (B0-B5) stars are located within a spherical volume ~5' in diameter that appears to be clear of heavy obscuration. Approximately centered in the cleared region is the B0 V star HD 166033, which is thought to be largely responsible for the cavity's excavation. Over 80 H{alpha} emission sources brighter than V~21 have been identified in the region. More than half of these are concentrated in IC 1274 and are presumably members of a faint T Tauri star population. Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer imaging of a nearby suspected pulsar and time-variable {gamma}-ray source (GeV J1809-2327) detected 21 X-ray sources in the cluster vicinity, some of which are coincident with the early-type stars and H{alpha} emitters in IC 1274. Deep (V~22) optical BVRI photometry has been obtained for the cluster region. A distance of 1.82+/-0.3kpc and a mean extinction of AV~1.21+/-0.2mag follow from photometry of the early-type stars. Using pre-main-sequence evolutionary models, we derive a median age for the H{alpha} emitters and X-ray sources of ~1Myr; however, a significant dispersion is present. The displaced material was driven against what remains of the molecular cloud to the east, enabling the formation of the substantial number of T Tauri stars found there. A dispersed population of H{alpha} emitters is also found along the periphery of L227, IC 1275, and IC 4684.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/129/829
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in NGC 2264
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/129/829
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An H{alpha} emission survey of the young cluster NGC 2264 in the Mon OB1 association resulted in the detection of 490 H{alpha} emission stars in a 25'x40' field approximately centered between the O7 V multiple star S Mon and the Cone Nebula. The survey was carried out with the wide-field grism spectrograph (WFGS) on the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope on Mauna Kea. X-ray observations made with the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) on board the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton satellite observatory will be discussed in a subsequent paper. Optical (BVR_C_I_C_) photometry was obtained for selected fields to supplement similar data from the literature. Spectra covering the 6000-8000{AA} region at a resolution of R~3000 (adequate for the determination of Li I {lambda}6708 line strengths) were obtained for 150 H{alpha} and X-ray emission sources with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/1805
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in NGC 2362
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/1805
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An H{alpha} emission survey of the young cluster NGC 2362 resulted in the detection of 130 H{alpha} emission stars in an 11'x11' field approximately centered on the fourth magnitude O9 Ib multiple star {tau} CMa. The survey was carried out using the wide-field grism spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope and the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini North. Deep optical VR_C_I_C_ (to V~23.0) and near-infrared (NIR) photometry (JHK) to K~16 were obtained for several fields within the cluster. Spectra covering the 6000-8000{AA} region at a resolution of R~3000 (adequate for the determination of LiI{lambda}6708 line strengths) were also acquired for ~200 pre-main-sequence (PMS) candidates with GMOS.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/2041
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitters at z=2.23
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/2041
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a narrow-band (H_2_S1, {lambda}_c_=2.121um, {delta}{lambda}=0.021um) imaging search with Wide Field Camera/United Kingdom Infrared Telescope for H{alpha} emitters (HAEs) around several potential signposts of rare (~10^-7^-10^-8^ comoving Mpc^-3^) overdense regions at z=2.23: an overdensity of quasi-stellar objects [QSOs; 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) cluster], a powerful, high-redshift radio galaxy (HzRG) and a concentration of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) and optically faint radio galaxies (OFRGs). In total, we detect 137 narrow-band emitter candidates down to emission-line fluxes of 0.5-1x10^-16^erg/s/cm^2^, across a total area of 0.56deg^2^ (2.1x10^5^ comoving Mpc^3^ at z=2.23) in these fields.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/175/128
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitting galaxies in COSMOS-2 field
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/175/128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To derive a new H{alpha} luminosity function and to understand the clustering properties of star-forming galaxies at z~0.24, we have made a narrowband imaging survey for H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) COSMOS 2 square degree field. We used the narrowband filter NB816 ({lambda}_c_=8150{AA}, {Delta}{lambda}=120{AA}) and sampled H{alpha} emitters with EW_obs_(H{alpha}+[NII])>12{AA} in a redshift range between z=0.233 and 0.251 corresponding to a depth of 70Mpc. We obtained 980 H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in a sky area of 5540arcmin^2^, corresponding to a survey volume of 3.1x10^4^Mpc^3^.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/677/169
- Title:
- H{alpha} galaxies at z=0.84
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/677/169
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of an H{alpha} near-infrared narrowband survey searching for star-forming galaxies at redshift z=0.84. This work is an extension of our previous narrowband studies in the optical at lower redshifts. After removal of stars and redshift interlopers (using spectroscopic and photometric redshifts), we build a complete sample of 165 H{alpha} emitters in the extended Groth strip and GOODS-N fields with L(H{alpha})>10^41^ergs/s. We compute the H{alpha} luminosity function at z=0.84 after corrections for [NII] flux contamination, extinction, systematic errors, and incompleteness. Our sources present an average dust extinction of A(H{alpha})=1.5mag. Adopting H{alpha} as a surrogate for the instantaneous SFR, we measure an extinction-corrected SFR density of 0.17^+0.03^_-0.03_M_{sun}_/yr/Mpc^3^. Combining this result to our prior measurements at z=0.02, 0.24, and 0.40, we derive an H{alpha}-based evolution of the SFR density proportional to (1+z)^{beta}^ with {beta}=3.8+/-0.5. This evolution is consistent with that derived by other authors using different SFR tracers.
