- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/657/A62
- Title:
- OB stars spectral classification automated tool
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/657/A62
- Date:
- 17 Mar 2022 14:50:02
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As an increasing number of spectroscopic surveys become available, an automated approach to spectral classification becomes necessary. Due to the significance of the massive stars, it is of great importance to identify the phenomenological parameters of these stars (e.g., the spectral type), which can be used as proxies to their physical parameters (e.g., mass and temperature). In this work, we aim to use the random forest (RF) algorithm to develop a tool for the automated spectral classification of OB-type stars according to their sub-types. We used the regular RF algorithm, the probabilistic RF (PRF), which is an extension of RF that incorporates uncertainties, and we introduced the KDE-RF method which is a combination of the kernel-density estimation and the RF algorithm. We trained the algorithms on the equivalent width (EW) of characteristic absorption lines measured in high-quality spectra (Signal-to-Noise (S/N)>50) from large Galactic (LAMOST, GOSSS) and extragalactic surveys (2dF, VFTS) with available spectral types and luminosity classes. By following an adaptive binning approach, we grouped the labels of these data in 11 spectral classes within the O2-B9 range. We examined which of the characteristic spectral lines (features) are more important for the classification based on a number of feature selection methods, and we searched for the optimal hyperparameters of the classifiers to achieve the best performance. From the feature-screening process, we find that the full set of 17 spectral lines is needed to reach the maximum performance per spectral class. We find that the overall accuracy score is ~70%, with similar results across all approaches. We apply our model in other observational data sets providing examples of the potential application of our classifier to real science cases. We find that it performs well for both single massive stars and for the companion massive stars in Be X-ray binaries, especially for data of similar quality to the training sample. In addition, we propose a reduced ten-features scheme that can be applied to large data sets with lower S/N~20-50. The similarity in the performances of our models indicates the robustness and the reliability of the RF algorithm when it is used for the spectral classification of early-type stars. The score of ~70% is high if we consider (a) the complexity of such multiclass classification problems (i.e., 11 classes), (b) the intrinsic scatter of the EW distributions within the examined spectral classes, and (c) the diversity of the training set since we use data obtained from different surveys with different observing strategies. In addition, the approach presented in this work is applicable to products from different surveys in terms of quality (e.g., different resolution) and different formats (e.g., absolute or normalized flux), while our classifier is agnostic to the luminosity class of a star, and, as much as possible, it is metallicity independent.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/609/A7
- Title:
- Of-type stars in N206 in the LMC
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/609/A7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Massive stars severely influence their environment by their strong ionizing radiation and by the momentum and kinetic energy input provided by their stellar winds and supernovae. Quantitative analyses of massive stars are required to understand how their feedback creates and shapes large scale structures of the interstellar medium. The giant HII region N 206 in the Large Magellanic Cloud contains an OB association that powers a superbubble filled with hot X-ray emitting gas, serving as an ideal laboratory in this context. We aim to estimate stellar and wind parameters of all OB stars in N 206 by means of quantitative spectroscopic analyses. In this first paper, we focus on the nine Of-type stars located in this region. We determine their ionizing flux and wind mechanical energy. The analysis of nitrogen abundances in our sample probes rotational mixing. We obtained optical spectra with the multi-object spectrograph FLAMES at the ESO-VLT. When possible, the optical spectroscopy was complemented by UV spectra from the HST, IUE, and FUSE archives. Detailed spectral classifications are presented for our sample Of-type stars. For the quantitative spectroscopic analysis we used the Potsdam Wolf-Rayet model atmosphere code. We determined the physical parameters and nitrogen abundances of our sample stars by fitting synthetic spectra to the observations. The stellar and wind parameters of nine Of-type stars, which are largely derived from spectral analysis are used to construct wind momentum - luminosity relationship. We find that our sample follows a relation close to the theoretical prediction, assuming clumped winds. The most massive star in the N 206 association is an Of supergiant that has a very high mass-loss rate. Two objects in our sample reveal composite spectra, showing that the Of primaries have companions of late O subtype. All stars in our sample have an evolutionary age of less than 4 million yr, with the O2-type star being the youngest. All these stars show a systematic discrepancy between evolutionary and spectroscopic masses. All stars in our sample are nitrogen enriched. Nitrogen enrichment shows a clear correlation with increasing projected rotational velocities. The mechanical energy input from the Of stars alone is comparable to the energy stored in the N 206 superbubble as measured from the observed X-ray and H{alpha} emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/142/140
- Title:
- Optical spectroscopy of {rho} Oph stars. II.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/142/140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have completed an optical spectroscopic survey of an unbiased, extinction-limited sample of candidate young stars covering 1.3deg^2^ of the {rho} Ophiuchi star-forming region. While infrared, X-ray, and optical surveys of the cloud have identified many young stellar objects (YSOs), these surveys are biased toward particular stages of stellar evolution and are not optimal for studies of the disk frequency and initial mass function. We have obtained over 300 optical spectra to help identify 135 association members based on the presence of H{alpha} in emission, lithium absorption, X-ray emission, a mid-infrared excess, a common proper motion, reflection nebulosity, and/or extinction considerations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/150A
- Title:
- Perkins Revised MK Types for the Cooler Stars
- Short Name:
- III/150A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The original catalog of standard stars classified on the Revised MK system published in 1989 contains 1054 standard stars of spectral types G0 and later (G, K, M, and a few S stars) classified at the Perkins Observatory. The present version of the catalog takes into account the revisions (before 14h of RA) presented by Philip C. Keenan and Gerald H. Newsom at the Department of Astronomy of the Ohio State University (http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/MKCool) dated 2000 January; the Sun (G2V star) has been omitted from the catalog. Accurate positions were added in 2003. The revised MK system is described by Keenan (1987PASP...99..713K). The spectrograms used for the classification were taken at four different observatories; hence, extensive comparisons have been made to ensure consistency between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The list provides a consistent set of standards in most parts of the sky and over a considerable range in magnitude, for stars later than G0. The catalog is not a survey complete to any magnitude and is not intended for statistical studies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/92A
- Title:
- Photometric and Spectroscopic Databases for LSS Stars
- Short Name:
- V/92A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog contains databases of published photoelectric UBVbeta data, MK-system spectral classifications, and Stroemgren four-color uvby photometry for objects in the Stephenson-Sanduleak "Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way" catalog (LSS catalog). The catalog contains mostly OB stars and A and F supergiants. These databases have been compiled from the literature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/125
- Title:
- Photometry and Spectroscopy for Luminous Stars
- Short Name:
- V/125
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- of the paper: The birthrate of stars of masses >=10M_{sun}_ is estimated from a sample of just over 400 O3-B2 dwarfs within 1.5kpc of the Sun and the result extrapolated to estimate the Galactic supernova rate contributed by such stars. The solar-neighborhood Galactic-plane massive star birthrate is estimated at ~176stars/kpc^3^/Myr. On the basis of a model in which the Galactic stellar density distribution comprises a "disk+central hole" like that of the dust infrared emission (as proposed by Drimmel and Spergel), the Galactic supernova rate is estimated at probably not less than ~1 nor more than ~2 per century and the number of O3-B2 dwarfs within the solar circle at ~200000.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/109/1379
- Title:
- Praesepe & M 67 spectral standards
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/109/1379
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a grid of stellar classification spectra of moderate resolution (R~1500) in the range lambda lambda 5600-9000A, compiled from high signal-to-noise spectra of 275 stars, most in the open clusters Praesepe and M 67. The grid covers dwarfs from types B8 through M5, giants from G8 through M7, and subgiants from F5 through K0. We catalog atomic and molecular absorption features useful for stellar classification, and demonstrate the use of luminosity-sensitive features to distinguish between late-type dwarf and giant stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/121/2148
- Title:
- Precise spectral types for 372 A, F & G stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/121/2148
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is the first in a series of two papers that address the problem of the physical nature of luminosity classification in the late A-, F-, and early G-type stars. In this paper, we present precise spectral classifications of 372 stars on the MK system. For those stars in the set with Stroemgren uvby{beta} photometry, we derive reddenings and present a calibration of MK temperature types in terms of the intrinsic Stroemgren (b-y)_0_ index. We also examine the relationship between the luminosity class and the Stroemgren c_1_ index, which measures the Balmer jump. The second paper will address the derivation of the physical parameters of these stars, and the relationships between these physical parameters and the luminosity class. Stars classified in this paper include one new {lambda} Bootis star and 10 of the F- and G-type dwarfs with recently discovered planets.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/466/3344
- Title:
- Red-giant stars classification
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/466/3344
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Determining the ages of red-giant stars is a key problem in stellar astrophysics. One of the difficulties in this determination is to know the evolutionary state of the individual stars - i.e. have they started to burn Helium in their cores? That is the topic of this paper. Asteroseismic data provide a route to achieving this information. What we present here is a highly autonomous way of determining the evolutionary state from an analysis of the power spectrum of the light curve. The method is fast and efficient and can provide results for a large number of stars. It uses the structure of the dipole-mode oscillations, which have a mixed character in red-giant stars, to determine some measures that are used in the categorization. It does not require that all the individual components of any given mode be separately characterized. Some 6604 red-giant stars have been classified. Of these, 3566 are determined to be on the red-giant branch, 2077 are red-clump and 439 are secondary-clump stars. We do not specifically identify the low-metallicity, horizontal-branch stars. The difference between red-clump and secondary-clump stars is dependent on the manner in which Helium burning is first initiated. We discuss that the way the boundary between these classifications is set may lead to mis-categorization in a small number of stars. The remaining 522 stars were not classified either because they lacked sufficient power in the dipole modes (so-called depressed dipole modes) or because of conflicting values in the parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/475/2003
- Title:
- Red supergiant population in Perseus arm
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/475/2003
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new catalogue of cool supergiants in a section of the Perseus arm, most of which had not been previously identified. To generate it, we have used a set of well-defined photometric criteria to select a large number of candidates (637) that were later observed at intermediate resolution in the infrared calcium triplet spectral range, using a long-slit spectrograph. To separate red supergiants from luminous red giants, we used a statistical method, developed in previous works and improved in the present paper. We present a method to assign probabilities of being a red supergiant to a given spectrum and use the properties of a population to generate clean samples, without contamination from lower luminosity stars. We compare our identification with a classification done using classical criteria and discuss their respective efficiencies and contaminations as identification methods. We confirm that our method is as efficient at finding supergiants as the best classical methods, but with a far lower contamination by red giants than any other method. The result is a catalogue with 197 cool supergiants, 191 of which did not appear in previous lists of red supergiants. This is the largest coherent catalogue of cool supergiants in the Galaxy.
