- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/59
- Title:
- Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Locating planets in circumstellar habitable zones (HZs) is a priority for many exoplanet surveys. Space-based and ground-based surveys alike require robust toolsets to aid in target selection and mission planning. We present the Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets (CELESTA), a database of HZs around 37000 nearby stars. We calculated stellar parameters, including effective temperatures, masses, and radii, and we quantified the orbital distances and periods corresponding to the circumstellar HZs. We gauged the accuracy of our predictions by contrasting CELESTA's computed parameters to observational data. We ascertain a potential return on investment by computing the number of HZs probed for a given survey duration. A versatile framework for extending the functionality of CELESTA into the future enables ongoing comparisons to new observations, and recalculations when updates to HZ models, stellar temperatures, or parallax data become available. We expect to upgrade and expand CELESTA using data from the Gaia mission as the data become available.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/118
- Title:
- Catalog of eclipsing binaries parameters
- Short Name:
- V/118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalogue contains information about 44 binaries with known photometric orbit elements and unknown spectroscopic one.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/370/2013
- Title:
- Catalogue of close binaries
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/370/2013
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalogue of close eclipsing binary systems (detached and semidetached) with at least one of the components located in the delta Scuti region of the Cepheid instability strip is presented. The positions of the stars in the instability strip are determined by their accurate temperatures and luminosities. Observationally detected binaries (20 semidetached, four detached and one unclassified) with oscillating components were included in the catalogue as a separate table. The primaries of the oscillating Algols tend to be located near the blue edge of the instability strip. Using reliable luminosities and temperatures determined by recent photometric and spectroscopic studies, we have found that at least one or two components of 71 detached and 90 semidetached systems are located in the delta Scuti region of the Cepheid instability strip. In addition, 36 detached or semidetached systems discovered by the Hipparcos satellite were also given as a separate list. One of their components is seen in the delta Scuti region, according to their spectral type or BV colours. They are potential candidate binaries with the delta Scuti-type pulsating components which need further photometric and spectroscopic studies in better precision. This catalogue covers information and literature references for 25 known and 197 candidate binaries with pulsating components.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/486/2477
- Title:
- Catalogue of members of NGC 6530
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/486/2477
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The combination of precise radial velocities from multi-object spectroscopy and highly accurate proper motions from Gaia DR2 opens up the possibility for detailed 3D kinematic studies of young star-forming regions and clusters. Here, we perform such an analysis by combining Gaia-ESO Survey spectroscopy with Gaia astrometry for ~900 members of the Lagoon Nebula cluster, NGC 6530. We measure the 3D velocity dispersion of the region to be 5.35^+0.39^_-0.34_km/s, which is large enough to suggest the region is gravitationally unbound. The velocity ellipsoid is anisotropic, implying that the region is not sufficiently dynamically evolved to achieve isotropy, though the central part of NGC 6530 does exhibit velocity isotropy that suggests sufficient mixing has occurred in this denser part. We find strong evidence that the stellar population is expanding, though this is preferentially occurring in the declination direction and there is very little evidence for expansion in the right ascension direction. This argues against a simple radial expansion pattern, as predicted by models of residual gas expulsion. We discuss these findings in the context of cluster formation, evolution, and disruption theories.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/581/A22
- Title:
- 67 CEMP-s stars model analysis
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/581/A22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Many of the carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars that we observe in the Galactic halo are found in binary systems and show enhanced abundances of elements produced by the slow neutron-capture process (s-elements). The origin of the peculiar chemical abundances of these CEMP-s stars is believed to be accretion in the past of enriched material from a primary star in the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase of its evolution. We investigate the mechanism of mass transfer and the process of nucleosynthesis in low-metallicity AGB stars by modelling the binary systems in which the observed CEMP-s stars were formed. For this purpose we compare a sample of 67 CEMP-s stars with a grid of binary stars generated by our binary evolution and nucleosynthesis model. We classify our sample CEMP-s stars in three groups based on the observed abundance of europium. In CEMP-s/r stars the europium-to-iron ratio is more than ten times higher than in the Sun, whereas it is lower than this threshold in CEMP-s/nr stars. No measurement of europium is currently available for CEMP-s/ur stars. On average our models reproduce the abundances observed in CEMP-s/nr stars well, whereas in CEMP-s/r stars and CEMP-s/ur stars the abundances of the light-s elements (strontium, yttrium, zirconium) are systematically overpredicted by our models, and in CEMP-s/r stars the abundances of the heavy-s elements (barium, lanthanum) are underestimated. In all stars our modelled abundances of sodium overestimate the observations. This discrepancy is reduced only in models that underestimate the abundances of most of the s-elements. Furthermore, the abundance of lead is underpredicted in most of our model stars, independent of the metallicity. These results point to the limitations of our AGB nucleosynthesis model, particularly in the predictions of the element-to-element ratios. In our models CEMP-s stars are typically formed in wide systems with periods above 10000-days, while most of the observed CEMP-s stars are found in relatively close orbits with periods below 5000-days. This evidence suggests that either the sample of CEMP-s binary stars with known orbital parameters is biased towards short periods or that our wind mass-transfer model requires more efficient accretion in close orbits.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/219/19
- Title:
- Census of nearby white dwarfs from SUPERBLINK
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/219/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed description of the physical properties of our current census of white dwarfs within 40pc of the Sun, based on an exhaustive spectroscopic survey of northern hemisphere candidates from the SUPERBLINK proper motion database. Our method for selecting white dwarf candidates is based on a combination of theoretical color-magnitude relations and reduced proper motion diagrams. We reported in an earlier publication the discovery of nearly 200 new white dwarfs, and we present here the discovery of an additional 133 new white dwarfs, among which we identify 96 DA, 3 DB, 24 DC, 3 DQ, and 7 DZ stars. We further identify 178 white dwarfs that lie within 40pc of the Sun, representing a 40% increase of the current census, which now includes 492 objects. We estimate the completeness of our survey at between 66% and 78%, allowing for uncertainties in the distance estimates. We also perform a homogeneous model atmosphere analysis of this 40pc sample and find a large fraction of massive white dwarfs, indicating that we are successfully recovering the more massive, and less luminous objects often missed in other surveys. We also show that the 40pc sample is dominated by cool and old white dwarfs, which populate the faint end of the luminosity function, although trigonometric parallaxes will be needed to shape this part of the luminosity function more accurately. Finally, we identify 4 probable members of the 20pc sample, 4 suspected double degenerate binaries, and we also report the discovery of two new ZZ Ceti pulsators.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/827/L19
- Title:
- Central surface densities in SPARC disk galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/827/L19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use the Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves (SPARC) database to study the relation between the central surface density of stars {Sigma}_*_(0) and dynamical mass {Sigma}_dyn_(0) in 135 disk galaxies (S0 to dIrr). We find that {Sigma}_dyn_(0) correlates tightly with {Sigma}_*_(0) over 4dex. This central density relation can be described by a double power law. High surface brightness galaxies are consistent with a 1:1 relation, suggesting that they are self-gravitating and baryon dominated in the inner parts. Low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies systematically deviate from the 1:1 line, indicating that the dark matter contribution progressively increases but remains tightly coupled to the stellar one. The observed scatter is small (~0.2dex) and largely driven by observational uncertainties. The residuals show no correlations with other galaxy properties like stellar mass, size, or gas fraction.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/281
- Title:
- Characteristics of 335 KOI stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/281
- Date:
- 09 Dec 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We propose several descriptive measures to characterize the arrangements of planetary masses, periods, and mutual inclinations within exoplanetary systems. These measures are based on complexity theory and capture the global, system-level trends of each architecture. Our approach considers all planets in a system simultaneously, facilitating both intrasystem and intersystem analysis. We find that based on these measures, Kepler's high-multiplicity (N>=3) systems can be explained if most systems belong to a single intrinsic population, with a subset of high-multiplicity systems (~20%) hosting additional, undetected planets intermediate in period between the known planets. We confirm prior findings that planets within a system tend to be roughly the same size and approximately coplanar. We find that forward modeling has not yet reproduced the high degree of spacing similarity (in log- period) actually seen in the Kepler data. Although our classification scheme was developed using compact Kepler multis as a test sample, our methods can be immediately applied to any other population of exoplanetary systems. We apply this classification scheme to 1- quantify the similarity between systems, 2- resolve observational biases from physical trends, 3- identify which systems to search for additional planets and where to look for these planets.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/183
- Title:
- Chemical abundances in 52 M-giant stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/183
- Date:
- 18 Jan 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We measured ^35^Cl abundances in 52-M giants with metallicities in the range -0.5<[Fe/H]<0.12. Abundances and atmospheric parameters were derived using infrared spectra from CSHELL on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and from optical echelle spectra. We measured Cl abundances by fitting a H^35^Cl molecular feature at 3.6985{mu}m with synthetic spectra. We also measured the abundances of O, Ca, Ti, and Fe using atomic absorption lines. We find that the [Cl/Fe] ratio for our stars agrees with chemical evolution models of Cl, and the [Cl/Ca] ratio is broadly consistent with the solar ratio over our metallicity range. Both indicate that Cl is primarily made in core-collapse supernovae with some contributions from Type Ia supernovae. We suggest that other potential nucleosynthesis processes, such as the {nu}-process, are not significant producers of Cl. Finally, we also find our Cl abundances are consistent with HII and planetary nebular abundances at a given oxygen abundance, although there is scatter in the data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A198
- Title:
- CHIPS II. O stars in Trumpler 14 CHIPS-Tr14
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A198
- Date:
- 25 Feb 2022 07:07:49
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Most massive stars belong to multiple systems, yet the formation process leading to such high multiplicity remain insufficiently understood. To help constrain the different formation scenarios that exist, insights on the low-mass end of the companion mass function of such stars is crucial. However, this is a challenging endeavour as (sub-)solar mass companions at angular separations {rho} below 1" (corresponding to 1000-3000au in nearby young open clusters and OB associations) are difficult to detect due to the large brightness contrast with the central star. With the Carina High-contrast Imaging Project of massive Stars (CHIPS), we aim to obtain statistically significant constraints on the presence and properties of low-mass companions around massive stars at a previously unreachable observing window ({Delta}mag>=10 at {rho}<= 1"). In this second paper in the series, we focus on the Trumpler 14 cluster, which harbours some of the youngest and most massive O-type stars in the Milky Way. We obtained VLT-SPHERE observations of seven O-type objects in Trumpler 14 using the IRDIFS_EXT mode. These allow us to search for companions at separations larger than 0.15" (~360au) and down to magnitude contrast >10 mag in the near-infrared. We used angular and spectral differential imaging along with PSF fitting to detect sources and measure their flux relative to that of the central object. We detected 211 sources with near-infrared magnitude contrast in the range of 2 to 12. The closest companion, at only 0.26", is characterised as a 1.4M_{sun}_ stars with an age of 0.6Myr, in excellent agreement with previous age estimates for Tr14. The mass function peaks at about 0.4M_{sun}_ and presents a dearth of stars in the 0.5 to 0.8M_{sun}_ mass range compared to previous estimates of the initial mass function in Tr14.