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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/35
- Title:
- Infrared spectroscopy of symbiotic stars. XI.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Employing new infrared radial velocities, we have computed spectroscopic orbits of the cool giants in four southern S-type symbiotic systems. The orbits for two of the systems, Hen 3-461 and Hen 3-828, have been determined for the first time, while orbits of the other two, SY Mus and AR Pav, have previously been determined. For the latter two systems, we compare our results with those in the literature. The low mass of the secondary of SY Mus suggests that it has gone through a common envelope phase. Hen 3-461 has an orbital period of 2271 days, one of the longest currently known for S-type symbiotic systems. That period is very different from the orbital period proposed previously from its photometric variations. The other three binaries have periods between 600 and 700 day, values that are typical for S-type symbiotic orbits. Basic properties of the M giant components and the distance to each system are determined.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/201
- Title:
- Infrared transmission spectrum for Kepler-79d
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/160/201
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Extremely low-density planets ("super-puffs") are a small but intriguing subset of the transiting planet population. With masses in the super-Earth range (1-10M{Earth}) and radii akin to those of giant planets (>4R{Earth}), their large envelopes may have been accreted beyond the water snow line and many appear to be susceptible to catastrophic mass loss. Both the presence of water and the importance of mass loss can be explored using transmission spectroscopy. Here, we present new Hubble space telescope WFC3 spectroscopy and updated Kepler transit depth measurements for the super-puff Kepler-79d. We do not detect any molecular absorption features in the 1.1-1.7{mu}m WFC3 bandpass, and the combined Kepler and WFC3 data are consistent with a flat-line model, indicating the presence of aerosols in the atmosphere. We compare the shape of Kepler-79d transmission spectrum to predictions from a microphysical haze model that incorporates an outward particle flux due to ongoing mass loss. We find that photochemical hazes offer an attractive explanation for the observed properties of super-puffs like Kepler-79d, as they simultaneously render the near-infrared spectrum featureless and reduce the inferred envelope mass-loss rate by moving the measured radius (optical depth unity surface during transit) to lower pressures. We revisit the broader question of mass-loss rates for super-puffs and find that the age estimates and mass-loss rates for the majority of super-puffs can be reconciled if hazes move the photosphere from the typically assumed pressure of ~10mbar to ~10{mu}bar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/715/277
- Title:
- Insights into the Cepheid distance scale
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/715/277
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed investigation of the Cepheid distance scale by using both theory and observations. Through the use of pulsation models for fundamental mode Cepheids, we found that the slope of the period-luminosity (P-L) relation covering the entire period range (0.40<=logP<=2.0) becomes steeper when moving from optical to near-infrared (NIR) bands, and that the metallicity dependence of the slope decreases from the B- to the K band. The sign of the metallicity dependence for the slopes of the P-LV and P-LI relation is at odds with some recent empirical estimates. We determined new homogeneous estimates of V- and I-band slopes for 87 independent Cepheid data sets belonging to 48 external galaxies with nebular oxygen abundance 7.5<=12+log(O/H)<=8.9. We investigated the dependence of the period-Wesenheit (P-W) relations on the metal content and we found that the slopes of optical and NIR P-W relations in external galaxies are similar to the slopes of Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids. They also agree with the theoretical predictions suggesting that the slopes of the P-W relations are independent of the metal content.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/548/A79
- Title:
- INTEGRAL-OMC optically variable sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/548/A79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) onboard the High-energy INTEGRAL satellite provides photometry in the V Johnson band. OMC is able to detect optical sources brighter than around V~18, from a previously selected list of potential targets of interest. The first catalogue of variable sources observed by OMC has been developed with observations from October 2002 to February 2010. For each object in the catalogue, the median of the visual magnitude, the magnitude at maximum and minimum brightness in the light curve during the window of observations and the period, when found, are provided.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/393/965
- Title:
- Intrinsic frequencies of slowly pulsating B stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/393/965
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of detailed frequency analyses of a sample of thirteen confirmed slowly pulsating B stars. Our analysis is based on a combination of elaborate photometric and spectroscopic data-sets. The original sample consists of a mixture of five confirmed slowly pulsating B stars and twelve candidate slowly pulsating B stars discovered thanks to the photometric measurements of the HIPPARCOS satellite. HD 55522 and HD 131120 turn out to be chemically peculiar stars. HD 169978 and HD 69144 are two ellipsoidal variables for which no intrinsic variability is found. At least nine of the thirteen studied slowly pulsating B stars are multi-periodic. We here present the observed amplitudes, phases and their corresponding standard errors of the variations with the accepted intrinsic frequencies in the first three normalised velocity moments of the SiII 413.0nm line profiles, in the seven filters of the Geneva photometric system, and in the Hp filter of the HIPPARCOS photometric system. They are determined by fitting the data with a superposition of sinusoidal models with reference epoch HJD=2450000. For the higher order moments, the appropriate interaction terms are also taken into account (see Mathias et al., 1994A&A...283..813M). We use the same notations as in Aerts (1996A&A...314..115A) and Aerts (2000, Cat. <J/A+A/361/245>) for the amplitudes of respectively the velocity moments and the variations in the Geneva data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/649/A84
- Title:
- IR band features around HD100546
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/649/A84
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Carbonaceous nanograins are present at the surface of protoplanetary disks around Herbig Ae/Be stars, where most of the ultraviolet energy from the central star is dissipated. Efficiently coupled to the gas, they are unavoidable to understand the physics and chemistry of these disks. Furthermore, nanograins are able to trace the outer flaring parts of the disk and possibly the gaps from which the larger grains are missing. However, their evolution through the disks, from internal to external regions, is only poorly understood so far. Our aim is to examine the spatial distribution and evolution of the nanodust emission in the emblematic (pre-)transitional protoplanetary disk HD 100546. This disk shows many structures (annular gaps, rings, and spirals) and reveals very rich carbon nanodust spectroscopic signatures (aromatic, aliphatic) in a wide spatial range of the disk (~20-200au). We analysed adaptive optics spectroscopic observations in the 3-4um range (angular resolution of ~0.1") and imaging and spectroscopic observations in the 8-12um range (angular resolution of ~0.3"). The hyperspectral cube was decomposed into a sum of spatially coherent dust components using a Gaussian decomposition algorithm. We compared the data to model predictions using the heterogeneous dust evolution model for interstellar solids (THEMIS), which is integrated in the radiative transfer code POLARIS by calculating the thermal and stochastic heating of micro- and nanometre-sized dust grains for a given disk structure. We find that the aromatic features at 3.3, 8.6, and 11.3um, and the aliphatic features between 3.4 and 3.5um are spatially extended; each band shows a specific morphology dependent on the local physical conditions. The aliphatic-to-aromatic band ratio, 3.4/3.3, increases with the distance from the star from ~0.2 (at 0.2" or 20au) to ~0.45 (at 1" or 100au), suggesting UV processing. In the 8-12um observed spectra, several features characteristic of aromatic particles and crystalline silicates are detected. Their relative contribution changes with the distance to the star. The model predicts that the features and adjacent continuum are due to different combinations of grain sub-populations, in most cases with a high dependence on the intensity of the UV field. The model reproduces the spatial emission profiles of the bands well, except for the inner 20-40au, where the observed emission of the 3.3 and 3.4um bands is, unlike the predictions, flat and no longer increases with the UV field. With our approach that combines observational data in the near- to mid-IR and disk modelling, we deliver constraints on the spatial distribution of nano-dust particles as a function of the disk structure and radiation field.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/574/A56
- Title:
- IRC +10216 17.8GHz-26.3GHz spectrum
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/574/A56
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IRC +10216 is the prototypical carbon star exhibiting an extended molecular circumstellar envelope. Its spectral properties are therefore the template for an entire class of objects. The main goal is to systematically study the 1.3cm spectral line characteristics of IRC +10216. We carried out a spectral line survey with the Effelsberg-100m telescope toward IRC +10216. It covers the frequency range between 17.8GHz and 26.3GHz (K-band). In the circumstellar shell of IRC +10216, we find 78 spectral lines, among which 12 remain unidentified. The identified lines are assigned to 18 different molecules and radicals. A total of 23 lines from species known to exist in this envelope are detected for the first time outside the Solar System and there are additional 20 lines firstly detected in IRC +10216. The potential orgin of U lines is also discussed. Assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE), we determine rotational temperatures and column densities of 17 detected molecules. Molecular abundances relative to H_2_ are also estimated. A non-LTE analysis of NH_3_ shows that the bulk of its emission arises from the inner envelope with a kinetic temperature of 70+/-20K. Evidence for NH_3_ emitting gas with higher kinetic temperature is also obtained, and potential abundance differences between various ^13^C-bearing isotopologues of HC_5_N are evaluated. Overall, the isotopic ^12^C/^13^C ratio is estimated to be 49+/-9. Finally, a comparison of detected molecules in the 1.3cm range with the dark cloud TMC-1 indicates that silicate bearing molecules are more predominant in IRC +10216.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/606/A74
- Title:
- IRC +10216 13.3GHz-18.5GHz spectrum
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/606/A74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A spectral line survey of IRC +10216 between 13.3 and 18.5GHz was carried out using the Shanghai Tian Ma 65 m Radio Telescope (TMRT-65m) with a sensitivity of <7mK. Thirty-five spectral lines of 12 different molecules and radicals were detected in total. Except for SiS, the detected molecules are all carbon-chain molecules, including HC_3_N, HC_5_N, HC_7_N, HC_9_N, C_6_H, C_6_H^-^, C_8_H, SiC_2_, SiC_4_, c-C_3_H_2_, and l-C_5_H. The presence of rich carbon-bearing molecules is consistent with the identity of IRC +10216 as a carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star. The excitation temperatures and column densities of the observed species are derived by assuming a local thermodynamic equilibrium and homogeneous conditions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/187
- Title:
- Iris photometry near southern Cepheids. V. AQ Pup
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/187
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A photometric UBV survey is presented for 610 stars in a region surrounding the Cepheid AQ Puppis and centered southwest of the variable, based upon photoelectric measures for 14 stars and calibrated iris photometry of photographic plates of the field for 596 stars. An analysis of reddening and distance for program stars indicates that the major dust complex in this direction is ~1.8kpc distant, producing differential extinction described by a ratio of total-to-selective extinction of R=A_V_/E_B-V_=3.10+/-0.20. Zero-age main-sequence fitting for the main group of B-type stars along the line of sight yields a distance of 3.21+/-0.19kpc (V_0_-M_V_=12.53+/-0.13s.e.). The 29.97 Cepheid AQ Pup, of field reddening E_B-V_=0.47+/-0.07 (E_B-V_(B0)=0.51+/-0.07), appears to be associated with B-type stars lying within 5' of it as well as with a sparse group of stars, designated Turner 14, centered south of it at J2000.0=07:58:37, -29:25:00, with a mean reddening of E_B-V_=0.81+/-0.01. AQ Pup has an inferred luminosity as a cluster member of <M_V_>=-5.40+/-0.25 and an evolutionary age of 3x10^7^yr. Its observed rate of period increase of +300.1+/-1.2s/yr is an order of magnitude larger than what is observed for Cepheids of comparable period in the third crossing of the instability strip, and may be indicative of a high rate of mass loss or a putative fifth crossing. Another sparse cluster, designated Turner 13, surrounds the newly recognized 2.59 Cepheid V620 Pup, of space reddening E_B-V_=0.64+/-0.02 (E_B-V_(B0)=0.68+/-0.02), distance 2.88+/-0.11kpc (V_0_-M_V_=12.30+/-0.08s.e.), evolutionary age 10^8^yr, and an inferred luminosity as a likely cluster member of <M_V_>=-2.74+/-0.11. V620 Pup is tentatively identified as a first crosser, pending additional observations.
