- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/596/437
- Title:
- Stellar-mass black holes in the SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/596/437
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We search for nearby, isolated, accreting, "stellar-mass" (3-100M_{sun}_) black holes. Models suggest a synchrotron spectrum in visible wavelengths and some emission in X-ray wavelengths. Of 3.7 million objects in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release, Cat. <J/AJ/123/567>, about 150,000 objects have colors and properties consistent with such a spectrum, and 87 of these objects are X-ray sources from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (Cat. <IX/10> and <IX/29>). Thirty-two of these have been confirmed not to be black holes using optical spectra. We give the positions and colors of these 55 black hole candidates and quantitatively rank them on their likelihood to be black holes. We discuss uncertainties in the expected number of sources and the contribution of black holes to local dark matter.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/401/1521
- Title:
- Stellar masses of Lyman break galaxies at z~3
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/401/1521
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of a large survey of the mid-infrared (mid-IR) properties of 248 Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) with confirmed spectroscopic redshift using deep Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) observations in six cosmological fields. By combining the new mid-IR photometry with optical and near-infrared observations, we model the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) employing a revised version of the Bruzual and Charlot synthesis population code that incorporates a new treatment of the thermal-pulsating asymptotic giant branch phase (CB07). Our primary aim is to investigate the impact of the AGB phase in the stellar masses of the LBGs, and compare our new results with previous stellar mass estimates. We investigate the stellar mass of the LBG population as a whole and assess the benefits of adding longer wavelengths to estimates of stellar masses for high-redshift galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/506/928
- Title:
- Stellar mass-size relation for low M* galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/506/928
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We reliably extend the stellar mass-size relation over 0.2<=z<=2 to low stellar mass galaxies by combining the depth of Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) with the large volume covered by CANDELS. Galaxies are simultaneously modelled in multiple bands using the tools developed by the MegaMorph project, allowing robust size (i.e., half-light radius) estimates even for small, faint, and high redshift galaxies. We show that above 10^7^M_{sun}_, star-forming galaxies are well represented by a single power law on the mass-size plane over our entire redshift range. Conversely, the stellar mass - size relation is steep for quiescent galaxies with stellar masses >=10^10.3^M_{sun}_ and flattens at lower masses, regardless of whether quiescence is selected based on star-formation activity, rest-frame colours, or structural characteristics. This flattening occurs at sizes of ~1kpc at z<=1. As a result, a double power law is preferred for the stellar mass-size relation of quiescent galaxies, at least above 10^7^M_{sun}_. We find no strong redshift dependence in the slope of the relation of star-forming galaxies as well as of high mass quiescent galaxies. We also show that star-forming galaxies with stellar masses >=10^9.5^M_{sun}_ and quiescent galaxies with stellar masses>=10^10.3^M_{sun}_ have undergone significant size growth since z~2, as expected; however, low mass galaxies have not. Finally, we supplement our data with predominantly quiescent dwarf galaxies from the core of the Fornax cluster, showing that the stellar mass-size relation is continuous below 10^7^M_{sun}_, but a more complicated functional form is necessary to describe the relation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/216
- Title:
- Stellar multiplicity rate of M dwarfs within 25 pc
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/216
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of the largest, most comprehensive study ever done of the stellar multiplicity of the most common stars in the Galaxy, the red dwarfs. We have conducted an all-sky volume-limited survey for stellar companions to 1120 M dwarf primaries known to lie within 25 pc of the Sun via trigonometric parallaxes. In addition to a comprehensive literature search, stars were explored in new surveys for companions at separations of 2"-300". A reconnaissance of wide companions to separations of 300" was done via blinking archival images. I-band images were used to search our sample for companions at separations of 2"-180". Various astrometric and photometric methods were used to probe the inner 2" to reveal close companions. We report the discovery of 20 new companions and identify 56 candidate multiple systems. We find a stellar multiplicity rate of 26.8+/-1.4% and a stellar companion rate of 32.4+/-1.4% for M dwarfs. There is a broad peak in the separation distribution of the companions at 4-20 au, with a weak trend of smaller projected linear separations for lower mass primaries. A hint that M-dwarf multiplicity may be a function of tangential velocity is found, with faster moving, presumably older, stars found to be multiple somewhat less often. We calculate that stellar companions make up at least 17% of mass attributed to M dwarfs in the solar neighborhood, with roughly 11% of M-dwarf mass hidden as unresolved companions. Finally, when considering all M-dwarf primaries and companions, we find that the mass distribution for M dwarfs increases to the end of the stellar main sequence.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/425/927
- Title:
- Stellar objects in the Serpens cloud field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/425/927
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present near infrared (J, H and Ks) observations of a 5'x10' sample field in the Serpens Star Formation region obtained with SOFI at the NTT. These observations are sensitive enough to detect a 20M_Jup_ brown dwarf through an extinction of A_V_~16 and are used to build an infrared census of this field in the cluster. From photometry and mass-luminosity models, we have developed a detailed methodology to extract quantitative parameters (distance modulus, extinction, spectral type, masses) for objects observed towards and inside the Serpens molecular cloud. An extinction map of the region is derived allowing us to disentangle cloud members from background field objects. Luminosities and masses for 14 low-mass stars and substellar object candidate members of the cluster are derived.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/589/A61
- Title:
- Stellar parameters and abundances for M30
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/589/A61
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The prediction of the PLANCK-constrained primordial lithium abundance in the Universe is in discordance with the observed Li abundances in warm Population II dwarf and subgiant stars. Among the physically best motivated ideas, it has been suggested that this discrepancy can be alleviated if the stars observed today had undergone photospheric depletion of lithium. The cause of this depletion is investigated by accurately tracing the behaviour of the lithium abundances as a function of effective temperature. Globular clusters are ideal laboratories for such an abundance analysis as the relative stellar parameters of their stars can be precisely determined. We performed a homogeneous chemical abundance analysis of 144 stars in the metal-poor globular cluster M30, ranging from the cluster turnoff point to the tip of the red giant branch. Non-local thermal equilibrium (NLTE) abundances for Li, Ca, and Fe were derived where possible by fitting spectra obtained with VLT/FLAMES-GIRAFFE using the quantitative-spectroscopy package SME. Stellar parameters were derived by matching isochrones to the observed V vs V-I colour-magnitude diagram. Independent effective temperatures were obtained from automated profile fitting of the Balmer lines and by applying colour-Teff calibrations to the broadband photometry.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/567/A72
- Title:
- Stellar parameters and abundances in NGC 6752
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/567/A72
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Abundance trends in heavier elements with evolutionary phase have been shown to exist in the globular cluster NGC 6752. These trends are a result of atomic diffusion and additional (non-convective) mixing. Studying such trends can provide us with important constraints on the extent to which diffusion modifies the internal structure and surface abundances of solar-type, metal-poor stars. Taking advantage of a larger data sample, we investigate the reality and the size of these abundance trends and address questions and potential biases associated with the various stellar populations that make up NGC 6752. We perform an abundance analysis by combining photometric and spectroscopic data of 194 stars located between the turnoff point and the base of the red giant branch. Stellar parameters are derived from uvby Stromgren photometry. Using the quantitative-spectroscopy package SME, stellar surface abundances for light elements such as Li, Na, Mg, Al, and Si as well as heavier elements such as Ca, Ti, and Fe are derived in an automated way by fitting synthetic spectra to individual lines in the stellar spectra, obtained with the VLT/FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectrograph. Based on uvby Stromgren photometry, we are able to separate three stellar populations in NGC 6752 along the evolutionary sequence from the base of the red giant branch down to the turnoff point. We find weak systematic abundance trends with evolutionary phase for Ca, Ti, and Fe which are best explained by stellar-structure models including atomic diffusion with efficient additional mixing. We derive a new value for the initial lithium abundance of NGC 6752 after correcting for the effect of atomic diffusion and additional mixing which falls slightly below the predicted standard BBN value. We find three stellar populations by combining photometric and spectroscopic data of 194 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752. Abundance trends for groups of elements, differently affected by atomic diffusion and additional mixing, are identified. Although the statistical significance of the individual trends is weak, they all support the notion that atomic diffusion is operational along the evolutionary sequence of NGC 6752.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/411/435
- Title:
- Stellar parameters and extinction
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/411/435
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Astrometric surveys provide the opportunity to measure the absolute magnitudes of large numbers of stars, but only if the individual line-of-sight extinctions are known. Unfortunately, extinction is highly degenerate with stellar effective temperature when estimated from broad band optical/infrared photometry. To address this problem, I introduce a Bayesian method for estimating the intrinsic parameters of a star and its line-of-sight extinction.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/427/1153
- Title:
- Stellar parameters of giants in {omega} Cen
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/427/1153
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have determined stellar parameters and abundances for 221 giant branch stars in the globular cluster omega Centauri. A combination of photometry and lower-resolution spectroscopy was used to determine temperature, gravity, metallicity, [C/Fe], [N/Fe] and [Ba/Fe]. These abundances agree well with those found by previous researchers and expand the analysed sample of the cluster. k-means clustering analysis was used to group the stars into four homogeneous groups based upon these abundances. These stars show the expected anticorrelation in [C/Fe] to [N/Fe]. We investigated the distribution of CN-weak/strong stars on the colour-magnitude diagram. Asymptotic giant branch stars, which were selected from their position on the colour-magnitude diagram, were almost all CN-weak. This is in contrast to the red giant branch where a large minority were CN-strong. The results were also compared with cluster formation and evolution models. Overall, this study shows that statistically significant elemental and evolutionary conclusions can be obtained from lower resolution spectroscopy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/517/A3
- Title:
- Stellar parameters of Kepler early-type targets
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/517/A3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar pulsation offers a unique opportunity to constrain the intrinsic parameters of stars and to unveil their inner structure. Kepler satellite is collecting a huge amount of data of unprecedent photometric precision, that will allow us to test theory and obtain a very precise tomography of stellar interiors. Aiming at providing the stars' fundamental parameters (Teff, logg, vsini, and luminosity) which are needed for computing asteroseismic models and interpreting Kepler data, we report spectroscopic observations of 23 early-type Kepler asteroseismic targets and 13 other stars in the Kepler field, but not selected to be observed. The cross-correlation with template spectra was used for measuring the radial velocity with the aim of identifying non-single stars. Spectral synthesis has been performed in order to derive the stellar parameters for our target stars. State-of-art LTE atmospheric models have been computed. For all the stars of our sample, we derive the radial velocity, Teff, logg, vsini, and luminosities. Further, for 12 stars, we perform a detailed abundance analysis of 20 species; for 16, we could derive only the [Fe/H] ratio. A spectral classification has been also performed for 17 stars in the sample. We found two double-lined spectroscopic binaries, HIP96299 and HIP98551, the former of which is an already known eclipsing binary, and two single-lined spectroscopic binaries, HIP97254 and HIP97724. We also report two suspected spectroscopic binaries, HIP92637 and HIP96762, and the detection of a possible variability of the radial velocity of HIP96277. Two of our program stars turn out to be chemically peculiar, namely HIP93941, which we classify as B2 He-weak, and HIP96210, which we classify as B6Mn. Finally, we find that HIP93522, HIP93941, HIP93943, HIP96210 and HIP96762, are very slow rotators (vsini<20km/s) which makes them very interesting and promising targets for an asteroseismic modeling.
