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1231. Improved cosmological constraints from SNe
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/686/749
Title:
Improved cosmological constraints from SNe
Short Name:
J/ApJ/686/749
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a new compilation of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), a new data set of low-redshift nearby-Hubble-flow SNe, and new analysis procedures to work with these heterogeneous compilations. This "Union" compilation of 414 SNe Ia, which reduces to 307 SNe after selection cuts, includes the recent large samples of SNe Ia from the Supernova Legacy Survey and ESSENCE Survey, the older data sets, as well as the recently extended data set of distant supernovae observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A single, consistent, and blind analysis procedure is used for all the various SN Ia subsamples, and a new procedure is implemented that consistently weights the heterogeneous data sets and rejects outliers. We present the latest results from this Union compilation and discuss the cosmological constraints from this new compilation and its combination with other cosmological measurements (CMB and BAO).
1232. Improved & expanded membership catalog for NGC752
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/862/33
Title:
Improved & expanded membership catalog for NGC752
Short Name:
J/ApJ/862/33
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The nearby open cluster NGC 752 presents a rare opportunity to study stellar properties at ages >1Gyr. However, constructing a membership catalog for it is challenging; most surveys have been limited to identifying its giants and dwarf members earlier than mid-K. We supplement past membership catalogs with candidates selected with updated photometric and proper-motion criteria, generating a list of 258 members, a >50% increase over previous catalogs. Using a Bayesian framework to fit MESA Isochrones & Stellar Tracks evolutionary models to literature photometry and the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution data available for 59 cluster members, we infer the age of and distance to NGC 752: 1.34+/-0.06Gyr and 438_-6_^+8^pc. We also report the results of our optical monitoring of the cluster using the Palomar Transient Factory. We obtain rotation periods for 12 K and M cluster members, the first periods measured for such low-mass stars with a well-constrained age >1Gyr. We compare these new periods to data from the younger clusters Praesepe and NGC 6811, and to a theoretical model for angular momentum loss, to examine stellar spin-down for low-mass stars over their first 1.3Gyr. While on average NGC 752 stars are rotating more slowly than their younger counterparts, the difference is not significant. Finally, we use our spectroscopic observations to measure H{alpha} for cluster stars, finding that members earlier than ~M2 are magnetically inactive, as expected at this age. Forthcoming Gaia data should solidify and extend the membership of NGC 752 to lower masses, thereby increasing its importance for studies of low-mass stars.
1233. Improved multi-band photometry from SERVS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/230/9
Title:
Improved multi-band photometry from SERVS
Short Name:
J/ApJS/230/9
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We apply The Tractor image modeling code to improve upon existing multi-band photometry for the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS). SERVS consists of post-cryogenic Spitzer observations at 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m over five well-studied deep fields spanning 18deg^2^. In concert with data from ground-based near-infrared (NIR) and optical surveys, SERVS aims to provide a census of the properties of massive galaxies out to z~5. To accomplish this, we are using The Tractor to perform "forced photometry." This technique employs prior measurements of source positions and surface brightness profiles from a high-resolution fiducial band from the VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations survey to model and fit the fluxes at lower-resolution bands. We discuss our implementation of The Tractor over a square-degree test region within the XMM Large Scale Structure field with deep imaging in 12 NIR/optical bands. Our new multi-band source catalogs offer a number of advantages over traditional position-matched catalogs, including (G1) consistent source cross-identification between bands, (2) de-blending of sources that are clearly resolved in the fiducial band but blended in the lower resolution SERVS data, (3) a higher source detection fraction in each band, (4) a larger number of candidate galaxies in the redshift range 5<z<6, and (5) a statistically significant improvement in the photometric redshift accuracy as evidenced by the significant decrease in the fraction of outliers compared to spectroscopic redshifts. Thus, forced photometry using The Tractor offers a means of improving the accuracy of multi-band extragalactic surveys designed for galaxy evolution studies. We will extend our application of this technique to the full SERVS footprint in the future.
1234. Improved properties for cool stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/119/1448
Title:
Improved properties for cool stars
Short Name:
J/AJ/119/1448
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present new grids of colors and bolometric corrections for F-K stars having 4000 K {<=} Teff {<=} 6500 K, 0.0 {<=} log(g) {<=} 4.5, and -3.0 {<=} [Fe/H] {<=} 0.0. Colors are tabulated for Johnson U-V and B-V, Cousins V-R and V-I, Johnson-Glass V-K, J-K, and H-K, and CIT/CTIO V-K, J-K, H-K, and CO. We have developed these color-temperature relations by convolving synthetic spectra with the best-determined, photometric filter transmission profiles. The synthetic spectra have been computed with the SSG spectral synthesis code (Bell & Gustafsson 1978; Gustafsson & Bell 1979) using MARCS stellar atmosphere models (Gustafsson et al. 1975; Bell et al. 1976) as input. Both of these codes have been improved substantially, especially at low temperatures, through the incorporation of new opacity data. The resulting synthetic colors have been put onto the observational systems by applying color calibrations derived from models and photometry of field stars that have effective temperatures determined by the infrared flux method. These color calibrations have zero points that change most of the original synthetic colors by less than 0.02 mag, and the corresponding slopes generally alter the colors by less than 5%.
1235. Improved reddenings for 59 Galactic Cepheids
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/842/42
Title:
Improved reddenings for 59 Galactic Cepheids
Short Name:
J/ApJ/842/42
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a new photometric method by which improved high-precision reddenings and true distance moduli can be determined to individual Galactic Cepheids once distance measurements are available. We illustrate that the relative positioning of stars in the Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation (Leavitt law) is preserved as a function of wavelength. This information then provides a powerful constraint for determining reddenings to individual Cepheids, as well as their distances. As a first step, we apply this method to the 59 Cepheids in the compilation of Fouque et al. Updated reddenings, distance moduli (or parallaxes), and absolute magnitudes in seven (optical through near-infrared) bands are given. From these intrinsic quantities, multiwavelength PL and color-color relations are derived. We find that the V-band period-luminosity-color relation has an rms scatter of only 0.06mag, so that individual Cepheid distances can be measured to 3%, compared with dispersions of 6 to 13% for the one-parameter K through B PL relations, respectively. This method will be especially useful in conjunction with the new accurate parallax sample upcoming from Gaia.
1236. Infrared Luminosities of Local Galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/31/332
Title:
Infrared Luminosities of Local Galaxies
Short Name:
J/PAZh/31/332
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Based on data from 2MASS (<II/246>) we analyzed the infrared properties of 451 Local-Volume galaxies at distances D<=10Mpc.
1237. Infrared massive stellar content of M83
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A100
Title:
Infrared massive stellar content of M83
Short Name:
J/A+A/578/A100
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalog of point sources in the field of M83. Sources were first cataloged that were found in both Spitzer IRAC 3.6-micron and 4.5-micron images. These were then supplemented with 5.8 and 8.0-micron photometry. Ground-based near-IR photometry in J and Ks-bands were extracted from imaging from the FourStar camera on the Baade Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. Optical photometry was extracted from Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 observations of seven fields covering much of the bright disk region of M83.
1238. Infrared photometry of binaries in Orion OB1
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/268
Title:
Infrared photometry of binaries in Orion OB1
Short Name:
J/AJ/160/268
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Statistics of low-mass pre-main-sequence binaries in the Orion OB1 association with separations ranging from 0.6" to 20" (220 to 7400au at 370pc) are studied using images from the VISTA Orion mini survey and astrometry from Gaia. The input sample based on the CVSO catalog contains 1137 stars of K and M spectral types (masses between 0.3 and 0.9M{odot}), 1021 of which are considered to be association members. There are 135 physical binary companions to these stars with mass ratios above ~0.13. The average companion fraction is 0.09{+/-}0.01 over 1.2 decades in separation, slightly less than, but still consistent with, the field. We found a difference between the Ori OB1a and OB1b groups, the latter being richer in binaries by a factor of 1.6{+/-}0.3. No overall dependence of the wide- binary frequency on the observed underlying stellar density is found, although in the Ori OB1a off-cloud population, these binaries seem to avoid dense clusters. The multiplicity rates in Ori OB1 and in sparse regions like Taurus differ significantly, hinting that binaries in the field may originate from a mixture of diverse populations.
1239. Infrared photometry of DA white dwarfs from LAMOST
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/34
Title:
Infrared photometry of DA white dwarfs from LAMOST
Short Name:
J/AJ/146/34
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A total of ~640000 objects from the LAMOST pilot survey have been publicly released. In this work, we present a catalog of DA white dwarfs (DAWDs) from the entire pilot survey. We outline a new algorithm for the selection of white dwarfs (WDs) by fitting Sersic profiles to the Balmer H{beta}, H{gamma}, and H{delta} lines of the spectra, and calculating the equivalent width of the CaII K line. Two thousand nine hundred sixty-four candidates are selected by constraining the fitting parameters and the equivalent width of the CaII K line. All the spectra of candidates are visually inspected. We identify 230 DAWDs (59 of which are already included in the Villanova and SDSS WD catalogs), 20 of which are DAWDs with non-degenerate companions. In addition, 128 candidates are classified as DAWDs/subdwarfs, which means the classifications are ambiguous. The result is consistent with the expected DAWD number estimated based on the LEGUE target selection algorithm.
1240. Infrared photometry of late-type dwarfs in Kepler Field
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/253
Title:
Infrared photometry of late-type dwarfs in Kepler Field
Short Name:
J/AJ/160/253
Date:
08 Dec 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
While it is well-established that giant-planet occurrence rises rapidly with host star metallicity, it is not yet clear if small-planet occurrence around late-type dwarf stars depends on host star metallicity. Using the Kepler Data Release 25 planet candidate list and its completeness data products, we explore planet occurrence as a function of metallicity in the Kepler field's late-type dwarf stellar population. We find that planet occurrence increases with metallicity for all planet radii Rp down to at least Rp~2R{Earth}, and that in the range 2R{Earth}<~Rp<~5R{Earth}, planet occurrence scales linearly with metallicity Z. Extrapolating our results, we predict that short-period planets with Rp<~2R{Earth} should be rare around early-M dwarf stars with [M/H]<~-0.5 or late-M dwarf stars with [M/H]<~+0.0. This dependence of planet occurrence on metallicity observed in the Kepler field emphasizes the need to control for metallicity in estimates of planet occurrence for late-type dwarf stars like those targeted by Kepler's K2 extension and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. We confirm the theoretical expectation that the small-planet occurrence-host star metallicity relation is stronger for low-mass stars than for solar-type stars. We establish that the expected solid mass in planets around late-type dwarfs in the Kepler field is comparable to the total amount of planet-making solids in their protoplanetary disks. We argue that this high efficiency of planet formation favors planetesimal accretion over pebble accretion as the origin of the small planets observed by Kepler around late-type dwarf stars.