- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/463/1831
- Title:
- M67 Kepler/K2 variable stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/463/1831
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the third paper of this series we continue the exploitation of Kepler/K2 data in dense stellar fields using our PSF-based method. This work is focused on a ~720-arcmin^2^ region centred on the Solar-metallicity and Solar-age open cluster M 67. We extracted light curves for all detectable sources in the Kepler channels 13 and 14, adopting our technique based on the usage of a high-angular-resolution input catalogue and target-neighbour subtraction. We detrended light curves for systematic errors, and searched for variables and exoplanets using several tools. We found 451 variables, of which 299 are new detection. Three planetary candidates were detected by our pipeline in this field. Raw and detrended light curves, catalogues, and K2 stacked images used in this work will be released to the community.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/622/A133
- Title:
- M45, M44 and M67 flare stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/622/A133
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The presence and strength of a stellar magnetic field and activity is rooted in a star's fundamental parameters such as mass and age. Can flares serve as an accurate stellar "clock"? To explore if we can quantify an activity-age relation in the form of a flaring-age relation, we measured trends in the flaring rates and energies for stars with different masses and ages. We investigated the time- domain photometry provided by Kepler's follow-up mission K2 and searched for flares in three solar metallicity open clusters with well-known ages, M45 (0.125Gyr), M44 (0.63Gyr), and M67 (4.3Gyr). We updated and employed the automated flare finding and analysis pipeline Appaloosa, originally designed for Kepler. We introduced a synthetic flare injection and recovery subroutine to ascribe detection and energy recovery rates for flares in a broad energy range for each light curve. We collected a sample of 1761 stars, mostly late-K to mid-M dwarfs and found 751 flare candidates with energies ranging from 4x10^32^erg to 6x10^34^erg, of which 596 belong to M45, 155 to M44, and none to M67. We find that flaring activity depends both on Teff, and age. But all flare frequency distributions have similar slopes with alpha from 2.0 to 2.4, supporting a universal flare generation process. We discuss implications for the physical conditions under which flares occur, and how the sample's metallicity and multiplicity affect our results.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/118/1104
- Title:
- M48 (NGC 2548) BATC photometry and membership
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/118/1104
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) multiband photometric data in the field of open cluster M48 are used to determine its membership. By comparing observed spectral energy distributions of M48 stars with theoretical ones, membership probabilities of 750 stars with limiting magnitudes of 15.0 in the BATC c band ({lambda}_eff_=4194{AA}) are determined. We find 323 stars with membership probabilities higher than 30% that are considered to be candidate members of M48. Comparing membership probabilities of 229 stars obtained in common between the present method and proper-motion-based methods, an 80% agreement among these methods is obtained
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/606/A123
- Title:
- Molecular maps of NGC1333
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/606/A123
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Are the initial conditions for clustered star formation the same as for non-clustered star formation? To investigate the initial gas properties in young proto-clusters we carried out a comprehensive and high-sensitivity study of the internal structure, density, temperature, and kinematics of the dense gas content of the NGC1333 region in Perseus, one of the nearest and best studied embedded clusters. The analysis of the gas velocities in the Position-Position-Velocity space reveals an intricate underlying gas organization both in space and velocity. We identified a total of 14 velocity-coherent, (tran-)sonic structures within NGC1333, with similar physical and kinematic properties than those quiescent, star-forming (aka fertile) fibers previously identified in low-mass star-forming clouds. These fibers are arranged in a complex spatial network, build-up the observed total column density, and contain the dense cores and protostars in this cloud. Our results demonstrate that the presence of fibers is not restricted to low-mass clouds but can be extended to regions of increasing mass and complexity. We propose that the observational dichotomy between clustered and non-clustered star-forming regions might be naturally explained by the distinct spatial density of fertile fibers in these environments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/94/615
- Title:
- Molecular outflow sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/94/615
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A K'-band imaging survey with a ~8'x3' field of view of all regions associated with CO molecular outflow from the list of Fukui (1989) has been conducted. We present the individual images and describe individual nebulous objects and star clusters. The vast majority of all outflow sources are associated with nebulosity detectable in K', so such nebulae can be used as tracers for very young stars. We find a significant fraction (one-third) of molecular outflow sources to be associated with clusters of young stars. Most of the young embedded clusters show peaks in their K' magnitude histograms that, if interpreted as an evolutionary effect, indicate average ages of the embedded star population of <1x10^6yr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/384/675
- Title:
- Monitoring low-mass stars in NGC 2362
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/384/675
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the results of a time-series photometric survey of NGC 2362, carried out using the CTIO 4-m Blanco telescope and Mosaic-II detector as part of the Monitor project. Rotation periods were derived for 271(*) candidate cluster members over the mass range 0.1~<M/M_{sun}_<~1.2. The rotation period distributions show a clear mass-dependent morphology, qualitatively similar to that in NGC 2264, as would be expected from the age of this cluster. Using models of angular momentum evolution, we show that angular momentum losses over the ~1-5Myr age range appear to be needed in order to reproduce the evolution of the slowest rotators in the sample from the ONC to NGC 2362, as found by many previous studies. By incorporating Spitzer IRAC mid-infrared (mid-IR) measurements, we found that three to four objects showing mid-IR excesses indicative of the presence of circumstellar discs were all slow rotators, as would be expected in the disc regulation paradigm for early pre-main-sequence angular momentum evolution, but this result is not statistically significant at present, given the extremely limited sample size. (*) The abstract indicates 271 clusters, but the actual number is 272.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/82
- Title:
- Monitoring of disk-bearing stars in NGC 2264
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/82
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the Coordinated Synoptic Investigation of NGC 2264, a continuous 30 day multi-wavelength photometric monitoring campaign on more than 1000 young cluster members using 16 telescopes. The unprecedented combination of multi-wavelength, high-precision, high-cadence, and long-duration data opens a new window into the time domain behavior of young stellar objects. Here we provide an overview of the observations, focusing on results from Spitzer and CoRoT. The highlight of this work is detailed analysis of 162 classical T Tauri stars for which we can probe optical and mid-infrared flux variations to 1% amplitudes and sub-hour timescales. We present a morphological variability census and then use metrics of periodicity, stochasticity, and symmetry to statistically separate the light curves into seven distinct classes, which we suggest represent different physical processes and geometric effects. We provide distributions of the characteristic timescales and amplitudes and assess the fractional representation within each class. The largest category (>20%) are optical "dippers" with discrete fading events lasting ~1-5 days. The degree of correlation between the optical and infrared light curves is positive but weak; notably, the independently assigned optical and infrared morphology classes tend to be different for the same object. Assessment of flux variation behavior with respect to (circum)stellar properties reveals correlations of variability parameters with H{alpha} emission and with effective temperature. Overall, our results point to multiple origins of young star variability, including circumstellar obscuration events, hot spots on the star and/or disk, accretion bursts, and rapid structural changes in the inner disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/476/3160
- Title:
- Monoceros star-forming region radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/476/3160
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The principal aim of this work is to study the velocity field in the Monoceros star-forming region using the radial velocity data available in the literature, as well as astrometric data from the Gaia first release. This region is a large star-forming com- plex formed by two associations named Monoceros OB1 and OB2. We have collected radial velocity data for more than 400 stars in the area of 8x12 square degrees and distance for more than 200 objects. We apply a clustering analysis in the subspace of the phase space formed by angular coordinates and radial velocity or distance data using the Spectrum of Kinematic Grouping methodology. We found four and three spatial groupings in radial velocity and distance variables, respectively, corresponding to the Local arm, the central clusters forming the associations and the Perseus arm, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/49
- Title:
- M6 open cluster: star members properties
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present here the first abundance analysis of 44 late B-, A-, and F-type members of the young open cluster M6 (NGC 6405, age about 75 Myr). Low- and medium-resolution spectra, covering the 4500-5840 {AA} wavelength range, were obtained using the FLAMES/GIRAFFE spectrograph attached to the ESO Very Large Telescopes. We determined the atmospheric parameters using calibrations of the Geneva photometry and by adjusting the H_{beta}_ profiles to synthetic ones. The abundances of up to 20 chemical elements, from helium to mercury, were derived for 19 late B, 16 A, and 9 F stars by iteratively adjusting synthetic spectra to the observations. We also derived a mean cluster metallicity of [Fe/H]=0.07+/-0.03 dex from the iron abundances of the F-type stars. We find that for most chemical elements, the normal late B- and A-type stars exhibit larger star-to-star abundance variations than the F-type stars probably because of the faster rotation of the B and A stars. The abundances of C, O, Mg, Si, and Sc appear to be anticorrelated with that of Fe, while the opposite holds for the abundances of Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Ni, Y, and Ba as expected if radiative diffusion is efficient in the envelopes of these stars. In the course of this analysis, we discovered five new peculiar stars: one mild Am, one Am, and one Fm star (HD 318091, CD-32 13109, GSC 07380-01211, CP1), one HgMn star (HD 318126, CP3), and one He-weak P-rich (HD 318101, CP4) star. We also discovered a new spectroscopic binary, most likely a SB2. We performed a detailed modeling of HD 318101, the new He-weak P-rich CP star, using the Montreal stellar evolution code XEVOL which self-consistently treats all particle transport processes. Although the overall abundance pattern of this star is properly reproduced, we find that detailed abundances (in particular the high P excess) resisted modeling attempts even when a range of turbulence profiles and mass-loss rates were considered. Solutions are proposed which are still under investigation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/603/A85
- Title:
- M67 stars radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/603/A85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a seven-year-long radial velocity survey of a sample of 88 main-sequence and evolved stars to reveal signatures of Jupiter-mass planets in the solar-age and solar-metallicity open cluster M67. We analysed precise radial velocity (RV) measurements obtained with five different instruments. We conducted Monte Carlo simulations to estimate the occurrence rate of giant planets in our radial velocity survey. All the planets previously announced in this RV campaign with their properties are summarised: 3 hot Jupiters around the main-sequence stars YBP1194, YBP1514, and YBP401, and 1 giant planet around the evolved star S364. Two additional planet candidates around the stars YBP778 and S978 are also analysed. We discuss stars that exhibit large RV variability or trends individually. We find an occurrence of giant planets of ~18.0% in a selected period-mass range. This frequency is slightly higher but consistent within the errors with the estimate for the field stars, leading to the general conclusion that open cluster and field statistics agree. However, we find that the rate of hot Jupiters in the cluster (~5.7%) is substantially higher than in the field.
