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1501. M3 and M13 CCD BV photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/122/3219
Title:
M3 and M13 CCD BV photometry
Short Name:
J/AJ/122/3219
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present high-precision V, B-V color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for the classic second-parameter globular clusters M3 and M13 from wide-field, deep CCD photometry. The data for the two clusters were obtained during the same photometric nights with the same instrument, allowing us to determine accurate relative ages. Based on a differential comparison of the CMDs using the {Delta}(B-V) method, an age difference of 1.7+/-0.7Gyr is obtained between these two clusters. We compare this result with our updated horizontal-branch (HB) population models, which confirm that the observed age difference can produce the difference in HB morphology between the clusters. This provides further evidence that age is the dominant second parameter that influences HB morphology.
1502. M31 and M33 UBVRI photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/2478
Title:
M31 and M33 UBVRI photometry
Short Name:
J/AJ/131/2478
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present UBVRI photometry obtained from Mosaic images of M31 and M33 using the Kitt Peak National Observatory 4m telescope. We describe our data reduction and automated photometry techniques in some detail, as we will shortly perform a similar analysis of other Local Group galaxies. The present study covered 2.2deg^2^ along the major axis of M31 and 0.8deg^2^ on M33, chosen so as to include all of the regions currently active in forming massive stars. We calibrated our data using photometry from the Lowell 1.1m telescope, and this external method resulted in millimagnitude differences in the photometry of overlapping fields, providing some assurance that our photometry is reliable. The final catalog contains 371781 and 146622 stars in M31 and M33, respectively, where every star has a counterpart in (at least) the B, V, and R passbands. Our survey goes deep enough to achieve 1%-2% photometry at 21mag (corresponding to stars more massive than 20M_{sun}_) and achieves <10% errors at ~U ~B ~V ~R ~I 23mag.
1503. MaNGA catalog, DR15
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/86
Title:
MaNGA catalog, DR15
Short Name:
J/AJ/154/86
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We describe the sample design for the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey and present the final properties of the main samples along with important considerations for using these samples for science. Our target selection criteria were developed while simultaneously optimizing the size distribution of the MaNGA integral field units (IFUs), the IFU allocation strategy, and the target density to produce a survey defined in terms of maximizing signal-to-noise ratio, spatial resolution, and sample size. Our selection strategy makes use of redshift limits that only depend on i-band absolute magnitude (M_i_), or, for a small subset of our sample, M i and color (NUV-i). Such a strategy ensures that all galaxies span the same range in angular size irrespective of luminosity and are therefore covered evenly by the adopted range of IFU sizes. We define three samples: the Primary and Secondary samples are selected to have a flat number density with respect to M_i_ and are targeted to have spectroscopic coverage to 1.5 and 2.5 effective radii (Re), respectively. The Color-Enhanced supplement increases the number of galaxies in the low-density regions of color-magnitude space by extending the redshift limits of the Primary sample in the appropriate color bins. The samples cover the stellar mass range 5x10^8^<=M*<=3x10^11^M_{sun}/h^2^ and are sampled at median physical resolutions of 1.37 and 2.5kpc for the Primary and Secondary samples, respectively. We provide weights that will statistically correct for our luminosity and color-dependent selection function and IFU allocation strategy, thus correcting the observed sample to a volume-limited sample.
1504. Manganese abundances in GC & dSph galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/891/85
Title:
Manganese abundances in GC & dSph galaxies
Short Name:
J/ApJ/891/85
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Manganese abundances are sensitive probes of the progenitors of TypeIa supernovae (SNe Ia). In this work, we present a catalog of manganese abundances in dwarf spheroidal satellites of the Milky Way, measured using medium-resolution spectroscopy. Using a simple chemical evolution model, we infer the manganese yield of SNe Ia in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) and compare to theoretical yields. The sub-solar yield from SNIa ([Mn/Fe]_Ia_=-0.30_-0.03_^+0.03^ at [Fe/H]=-1.5dex, with negligible dependence on metallicity) implies that sub-Chandrasekhar-mass (sub-MCh) white dwarf progenitors are the dominant channel of SNe Ia at early times in this galaxy, although some fraction (>~20%) of M_Ch_ Type Ia or Type Iax SNe are still needed to produce the observed yield. First-order corrections for deviations from local thermodynamic equilibrium increase the inferred [Mn/Fe]_Ia_ by as much as ~0.3dex. However, our results also suggest that the nucleosynthetic source of SNe Ia may depend on environment. In particular, we find that dSphs with extended star formation histories (Leo I, Fornax dSphs) appear to have higher [Mn/Fe] at a given metallicity than galaxies with early bursts of star formation (Sculptor dSph), suggesting that M_Ch_ progenitors may become the dominant channel of SNe Ia at later times in a galaxy's chemical evolution.
1505. MaNGA; parameters of 668 galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/903/52
Title:
MaNGA; parameters of 668 galaxies
Short Name:
J/ApJ/903/52
Date:
15 Mar 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The search for new global scaling relations linking the physical properties of galaxies has a fundamental interest. Furthermore, their recovery from spatially resolved relations has been in the spotlight of integral field spectroscopy (IFS). In this study, we investigate the existence of global and local relations between stellar age (Age*) and gas-phase metallicity (Zg). To this aim, we analyze IFS data for a sample of 736 star-forming disk galaxies from the MaNGA survey. We report a positive correlation between the global Zg and D(4000) (an indicator of stellar age), with a slope that decreases with increasing galaxy mass. Locally, a similar trend is found when analyzing the Zg and D(4000) of the star-forming regions, as well as the residuals resulting from removing the radial gradients of both parameters. The local laws have systematically smaller slopes than the global one. We ascribe this difference to random errors that cause the true slope of the Age*-Zg relation to be systematically underestimated when performing a least-squares fitting. The explored relation is intimately linked with the already known relation between gas metallicity and star formation rate at fixed mass, both presenting a common physical origin.
1506. MaNGA star-forming galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/508/1084
Title:
MaNGA star-forming galaxies
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/508/1084
Date:
19 Jan 2022 00:58:55
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We investigate radiation hardness within a representative sample of 67 nearby (0.02<~z<~0.06) star-forming (SF) galaxies using the integral field spectroscopic data from the MaNGA survey. The softness parameter {eta}=(O^+^/O^2+^)/(S^+^/S^2+^) is sensitive to the spectral energy distribution of the ionizing radiation. We study {eta} via the observable quantity {eta}'(=([OII]/[OIII])/([SII][SIII])). We analyze the relation between radiation hardness (traced by {eta} and {eta}') and diagnostics sensitive to gas-phase metallicity, electron temperature, density, ionization parameter, effective temperature, and age of ionizing populations. It is evident that low metallicity is accompanied by low log{eta}', i.e. hard radiation field. No direct relation is found between radiation hardness and other nebular parameters though such relations cannot be ruled out. We provide empirical relations between log{eta} and strong emission line ratios N2, O3N2, and Ar3O3, which will allow future studies of radiation hardness in SF galaxies where weak auroral lines are undetected. We compare the variation of [OIII]/[OII] and [SIII]/[SII] for MaNGA data with SF galaxies and HII regions within spiral galaxies from literature and find that the similarity and differences between different data set are mainly due to the metallicity. We find that predictions from photoionization models considering young and evolved stellar populations as ionizing sources in good agreement with the MaNGA data. This comparison also suggests that hard radiation fields from hot and old low-mass stars within or around SF regions might significantly contribute to the observed {eta} values.
1507. Mapping accretion variability in NGC 2264
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/570/A82
Title:
Mapping accretion variability in NGC 2264
Short Name:
J/A+A/570/A82
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Our study aims at characterizing the accretion properties of several hundred members of the star-forming region NGC 2264 (3Myr). We performed a deep u,g,r,i mapping of the cluster with CFHT/MegaCam, and monitored the simultaneous u+r variability of its members over a baseline of two weeks. Stellar parameters are determined homogeneously for about 750 monitored young objects, 40% of which are accreting T Tauri stars. Accretion properties and accretion variability are investigated and characterized from UV excess measurements. Non-accreting members of the cluster define the reference UV emission level over which flux excess is detected and measured.
1508. MASH Catalogues of Planetary Nebulae
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/127A
Title:
MASH Catalogues of Planetary Nebulae
Short Name:
V/127A
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg H{alpha} Planetary Nebula Catalogue (MASH) contains 903 new true, likely and possible Galactic Planetary Nebulae (PNe) discovered from the AAO/UKST H{alpha} survey of the southern Galactic plane. The combination of depth, resolution, uniformity, and areal coverage of the H {alpha}survey has opened up an hitherto unexplored region of parameter space permitting the detection of this significant new PN sample. This catalogue includes also the spectra of the PNe as FITS files (in the "sp" subdirectory), and a gallery of images created as a combination of the H{alpha} and short red images of the survey. The second part, MASH-II (table mash2.dat) consists of over 300 true, likely and possible new Galactic PNe found after re-examination of the entire AAO/UKST H{alpha} survey of the Southern Galactic Plane in digital form. Over 240 of these new candidates were confirmed as bona fide PNe on the basis of spectroscopic observations. The spectra of this supplement will be available in the future.
1509. MASIV survey III. Optical identifications
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/767/14
Title:
MASIV survey III. Optical identifications
Short Name:
J/ApJ/767/14
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Intraday variability (IDV) of the radio emission from active galactic nuclei is now known to be predominantly due to interstellar scintillation (ISS). The MASIV (The Micro-Arcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability) survey of 443 flat spectrum sources revealed that the IDV is related to the radio flux density and redshift. A study of the physical properties of these sources has been severely handicapped by the absence of reliable redshift measurements for many of these objects. This paper presents 79 new redshifts and a critical evaluation of 233 redshifts obtained from the literature. We classify spectroscopic identifications based on emission line properties, finding that 78% of the sources have broad emission lines and are mainly FSRQs. About 16% are weak lined objects, chiefly BL Lacs, and the remaining 6% are narrow line objects. The gross properties (redshift, spectroscopic class) of the MASIV sample are similar to those of other blazar surveys. However, the extreme compactness implied by ISS favors FSRQs and BL Lacs in the MASIV sample as these are the most compact object classes. We confirm that the level of IDV depends on the 5GHz flux density for all optical spectral types. We find that BL Lac objects tend to be more variable than broad line quasars. The level of ISS decreases substantially above a redshift of about two. The decrease is found to be generally consistent with ISS expected for beamed emission from a jet that is limited to a fixed maximum brightness temperature in the source rest frame.
1510. Mass accretion rates of PMS stars. VI. LH95 in LMC
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/875/51
Title:
Mass accretion rates of PMS stars. VI. LH95 in LMC
Short Name:
J/ApJ/875/51
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on the accretion properties of low-mass stars in the LH 95 association within the Large Magellanic Cloud. Using noncontemporaneous wideband optical and narrowband H{alpha} photometry obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, we identify 245 low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS) candidates showing H{alpha} excess emission above the 4{sigma} level. We derive their physical parameters, including effective temperatures, luminosities, masses (M_*_), ages, accretion luminosities, and mass accretion rates (dM/dt_acc_). We identify two different stellar populations: younger than ~8Myr with median dM/dt_acc_~5.4x10^-8^M_{sun}_/yr (and M_*_~0.15-1.8M_{sun}_) and older than ~8Myr with median dM/dt_acc_~4.8x10^-9^M_{sun}_/yr (and M_*_~0.6-1.2M_{sun}_). We find that the younger PMS candidates are assembled in groups around Be stars, while older PMS candidates are uniformly distributed within the region without evidence of clustering. We find that dM/dt_acc_ in LH 95 decreases with time more slowly than what is observed in Galactic star-forming regions (SFRs). This agrees with the recent interpretation, according to which higher metallicity limits the accretion process in both rate and duration due to higher radiation pressure. The dM/dt_acc_-M_*_ relationship shows different behavior at different ages, becoming progressively steeper at older ages, indicating that the effects of mass and age on dM/dt_acc_ cannot be treated independently. With the aim to identify reliable correlations between mass, age, and dM/dt_acc_, we used a multivariate linear regression fit between these parameters for our PMS candidates. The comparison between our results and those obtained in other SFRs of our Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds confirms the importance of the metallicity for the study of the dM/dt_acc_ evolution in clusters with different environmental conditions.