- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A135
- Title:
- IR spectral of 4 Ae/Be Herbig stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/623/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the interstellar medium, carbon (nano-)grains are a major component of interstellar dust. This solid phase is more vulnerable to processing and destruction than its silicate counterpart. It exhibits a complex, size-dependent evolution that is due to interactions within different radiative and dynamical environments. Infrared signatures of these carbon nano-grains are seen in a large number of discs around Herbig HAeBe stars. We probe the composition and evolution of carbon nano-grains at the surface of (pre-)transitional proto-planetary discs around Herbig stars. We present spatially resolved infrared emission spectra obtained with the Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (NAOS) Near-Infrared Imager and Spectrograph (CONICA) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in the 3-4 microns range with a spatial resolution of 0.1-arcsec, which allowed us to trace aromatic, olefinic, and aliphatic bands that are attributed to sub-nanometer hydrocarbon grains. We applied a Gaussian fitting to analyse the observed spectral signatures. Finally, we propose an interpretation in the framework of theThe Heterogeneous dust Evolution Model of Interstellar Solids (THEMIS). We show the presence of several spatially extended spectral features that are related to aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon material in discs around Herbig stars, from 10 to 50-100au, and even in inner gaps that are devoid of large grains. The correlation and constant intensity ratios between aliphatic and aromatic CH stretching bands suggests a common nature of the carriers. Given their expected high destruction rates through UV photons, our observations suggest that they are continuously replenished at the disc surfaces.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/769/149
- Title:
- IR spectroscopy in Orion A: transitional disks
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/769/149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Transitional disks are protoplanetary disks around young stars, with inner holes or gaps which are surrounded by optically thick outer, and often inner, disks. Here we present observations of 62 new transitional disks in the Orion A star-forming region. These were identified using the Spitzer Space Telescope's Infrared Spectrograph and followed up with determinations of stellar and accretion parameters using the Infrared Telescope Facility's SpeX. We combine these new observations with our previous results on transitional disks in Taurus, Chamaeleon I, Ophiuchus, and Perseus, and with archival X-ray observations. This produces a sample of 105 transitional disks of "cluster" age 3Myr or less, by far the largest hitherto assembled. We use this sample to search for trends between the radial structure in the disks and many other system properties, in order to place constraints on the possible origins of transitional disks. We see a clear progression of host-star accretion rate and the different disk morphologies. We confirm that transitional disks with complete central clearings have median accretion rates an order of magnitude smaller than radially continuous disks of the same population. Pre-transitional disks--those objects with gaps that separate inner and outer disks--have median accretion rates intermediate between the two. Our results from the search for statistically significant trends, especially related to dM/dt, strongly support that in both cases the gaps are far more likely to be due to the gravitational influence of Jovian planets or brown dwarfs orbiting within the gaps, than to any of the photoevaporative, turbulent, or grain-growth processes that can lead to disk dissipation. We also find that the fraction of Class II YSOs which are transitional disks is large, 0.1-0.2, especially in the youngest associations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/146
- Title:
- IRS spectra with features of crystalline silicates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/146
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The crystalline silicate features are mainly reflected in infrared bands. The Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) collected numerous spectra of various objects and provided a big database to investigate crystalline silicates in a wide range of astronomical environments. We apply the manifold ranking algorithm to perform a systematic search for the spectra with crystalline silicate features in the Spitzer IRS Enhanced Products available. In total, 868 spectra of 790 sources are found to show the features of crystalline silicates. These objects are cross-matched with the SIMBAD database as well as with the Large Sky Area Multi-object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST)/DR2 (Luo et al. 2016, Cat. V/149). The average spectrum of young stellar objects shows a variety of features dominated either by forsterite or enstatite or neither, while the average spectrum of evolved objects consistently present dominant features of forsterite in AGB, OH/IR, post-AGB, and planetary nebulae. They are identified optically as early-type stars, evolved stars, galaxies and so on. In addition, the strength of spectral features in typical silicate complexes is calculated. The results are available through CDS for the astronomical community to further study crystalline silicates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/99
- Title:
- IR variability among YSOs in the Serpens South cluster
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a time-variability study of young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Serpens South cluster performed at 3.6 and 4.5 {mu}m with the Spitzer Space Telescope; this study is part of the Young Stellar Object VARiability project. We have collected light curves for more than 1500 sources, including 85 cluster members, over 38 days. This includes 44 class I sources, 19 sources with flat spectral energy distributions (SEDs), 17 class II sources, and five diskless YSO candidates. We find a high variability fraction among embedded cluster members of ~70%, whereas young stars without a detectable disk display no variability. We detect periodic variability for 32 sources with periods primarily in the range of 0.2-14 days and a subset of fast rotators thought to be field binaries. The timescale for brightness changes are shortest for stars with the most photospheric SEDs and longest for those with flat or rising SEDs. While most variable YSOs become redder when fainter, as would be expected from variable extinction, about 10% get bluer as they get fainter. One source, SSTYSV J183006.13-020108.0, exhibits "cyclical" color changes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/372/173
- Title:
- ISOCAM observations of the rho Ophiuchi cloud
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/372/173
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- File table1 contains the list of the 212 ISOCAM sources recognized as members of the rho Ophiuchi embedded cluster. It lists their J2000 coordinates, flux densities at 6.7 and 14.3 micron and associated rms uncertainties, as well as the corresponding near-infrared identifications and the adopted IR classes (Class I, II or III).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/458/789
- Title:
- ISOCAM survey of Serpens/G3-G6
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/458/789
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from an ISOCAM survey in the two broadband filters LW2 (5-8.5um) and LW3 (12-18um) of a 19'x16' field called Serp_NH3 centred on the optical group Serpens/G3-G6. A total of 186 sources were detected in the 6.7um band and/or the 14.3um band to a limiting sensitivity of ~2mJy. These have been cross-correlated with the 2MASS catalogue and are all listed in table1. Deep follow-up photometry in the Ks band obtained with Arnica at the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) is listed in table2. Deep L' band photometry of selected sources using SIRCA at the NOT is listed in table3. Continuum emission at 1.3mm and 3.6cm was observed with IRAM and VLA, respectively, and deep imaging in the 2.12um S(1) line of H2 was obtained with NOTCam at the NOT. We find strong evidence for a stellar population of 31 Class II sources (listed in table5), 5 flat-spectrum sources, 5 Class I sources (listed in table4), and two Class 0 sources. Our method does not sample the Class III sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/421/623
- Title:
- ISOCAM survey of YSOs in Serpens Cloud Core
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/421/623
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from an ISOCAM survey in the two broad band filters LW2 (5-8.5{mu}m) and LW3 (12-18{mu}m) of a 0.13 square degree coverage of the Serpens Main Cloud Core. A total of 392 sources were detected in the 6.7{mu}m band and 139 in the 14.3{mu}m band to a limiting sensitivity of ~2mJy. We identified 53 Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) with mid-IR excess from the single colour index [14.3/6.7], and 8 additional YSOs from the H-K/K-m_6.7_ diagram. Only 32 of these 61 sources were previously known to be YSO candidates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/817/167
- Title:
- JCMT Gould Belt Survey: dense cores in Orion B
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/817/167
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a first look at the SCUBA-2 observations of three sub-regions of the Orion B molecular cloud: LDN 1622, NGC 2023/2024, and NGC 2068/2071, from the JCMT Gould Belt Legacy Survey. We identify 29, 564, and 322 dense cores in L1622, NGC 2023/2024, and NGC 2068/2071 respectively, using the SCUBA-2 850{mu}m map, and present their basic properties, including their peak fluxes, total fluxes, and sizes, and an estimate of the corresponding 450{mu}m peak fluxes and total fluxes, using the FellWalker source extraction algorithm. Assuming a constant temperature of 20K, the starless dense cores have a mass function similar to that found in previous dense core analyses, with a Salpeter-like slope at the high-mass end. The majority of cores appear stable to gravitational collapse when considering only thermal pressure; indeed, most of the cores which have masses above the thermal Jeans mass are already associated with at least one protostar. At higher cloud column densities, above 1-2x10^23^/cm2, most of the mass is found within dense cores, while at lower cloud column densities, below 1x10^23^/cm2, this fraction drops to 10% or lower. Overall, the fraction of dense cores associated with a protostar is quite small (<8%), but becomes larger for the densest and most centrally concentrated cores. NGC 2023/2024 and NGC 2068/2071 appear to be on the path to forming a significant number of stars in the future, while L1622 has little additional mass in dense cores to form many new stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/1551
- Title:
- JCMT Gould Belt Survey: Serpens MWC 297
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/448/1551
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present SCUBA-2 450 and 850{mu}m observations of the Serpens MWC 297 region, part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Gould Belt Survey of nearby star-forming regions. Simulations suggest that radiative feedback influences the star formation process and we investigate observational evidence for this by constructing temperature maps. Maps are derived from the ratio of SCUBA-2 fluxes and a two-component model of the JCMT beam for a fixed dust opacity spectral index of {beta}=1.8. Within 40-arcsec of the B1.5Ve Herbig star MWC 297, the submillimetre fluxes are contaminated by free-free emission with a spectral index of 1.03+/-0.02, consistent with an ultracompact HII region and polar winds/jets. Contamination accounts for 73+/-5 per cent and 82+/-4 per cent of peak flux at 450{mu}m and 850 {mu}m, respectively. The residual thermal disc of the star is almost undetectable at these wavelengths. Young stellar objects (YSOs) are confirmed where SCUBA-2 850{mu}m clumps identified by the fellwalker algorithm coincide with Spitzer Gould Belt Survey detections. We identify 23 objects and use T_bol_ to classify nine YSOs with masses 0.09 to 5.1M_{sun}_. We find two Class 0, one Class 0/I, three Class I and three Class II sources. The mean temperature is 15+/-2K for the nine YSOs and 32+/-4K for the 14 starless clumps. We observe a starless clump with an abnormally high mean temperature of 46+/-2K and conclude that it is radiatively heated by the star MWC 297. Jeans stability provides evidence that radiative heating by the star MWC 297 may be suppressing clump collapse.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/460/4150
- Title:
- JCMT Gould Belt Survey: W40 complex
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/460/4150
- Date:
- 14 Jan 2022 11:14:19
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present SCUBA-2 450{mu}m and 850{mu}m observations of the W40 complex in the Serpens-Aquila region as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Gould Belt Survey (GBS) of nearby star-forming regions. We investigate radiative heating by constructing temperature maps from the ratio of SCUBA-2 fluxes using a fixed dust opacity spectral index, {beta}=1.8, and a beam convolution kernel to achieve a common 14.8-arcsec resolution. We identify 82 clumps ranging between 10 and 36K with a mean temperature of 20+/-3K. Clump temperature is strongly correlated with proximity to the external OB association and there is no evidence that the embedded protostars significantly heat the dust. We identify 31 clumps that have cores with densities greater than 10^5^cm^-3^. 13 of these cores contain embedded Class 0/I protostars. Many cores are associated with bright-rimmed clouds seen in Herschel 70{mu}m images. From JCMT HARP observations of the ^12^CO 3-2 line, we find contamination of the 850{mu}m band of up to 20 per cent. We investigate the free-free contribution to SCUBA-2 bands from large-scale and ultracompact HII regions using archival VLA data and find the contribution is limited to individual stars, accounting for 9 per cent of flux per beam at 450{mu}m or 12 per cent at 850{mu}m in these cases. We conclude that radiative heating has potentially influenced the formation of stars in the Dust Arc sub-region, favouring Jeans stable clouds in the warm east and fragmentation in the cool west.
