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81. Abundance gradients in the Galaxy
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/162/346
Title:
Abundance gradients in the Galaxy
Short Name:
J/ApJS/162/346
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Six HII regions at galactocentric distances of R=10-15kpc have been observed in the far-IR emission lines of [OIII] (52{mu}m, 88{mu}m), [NIII] (57{mu}m), and [SIII] (19{mu}m) using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. These observations have been combined with Very Large Array radio continuum observations of these sources to determine the abundances of O++, N++, and S++ relative to hydrogen. In addition, eight of the most recent sets of measurements of ionic line strengths in HII regions have been reanalyzed in order to attempt to reconcile differences in optical versus far-IR abundance determinations. We have in total 168 sets of observations of 117 HII regions in our analysis.
82. Abundance in stars of the outer galactic disk. IV.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/95
Title:
Abundance in stars of the outer galactic disk. IV.
Short Name:
J/AJ/144/95
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present radial velocities and chemical abundances for nine stars in the old, distant open clusters Be18, Be21, Be22, Be32, and PWM4. For Be18 and PWM4, these are the first chemical abundance measurements. Combining our data with literature results produces a compilation of some 68 chemical abundance measurements in 49 unique clusters. For this combined sample, we study the chemical abundances of open clusters as a function of distance, age, and metallicity. We confirm that the metallicity gradient in the outer disk is flatter than the gradient in the vicinity of the solar neighborhood. We also confirm that the open clusters in the outer disk are metal-poor with enhancements in the ratios [{alpha}/Fe] and perhaps [Eu/Fe]. All elements show negligible or small trends between [X/Fe] and distance (<0.02dex/kpc), but for some elements, there is a hint that the local (R_GC_<13kpc) and distant (R_GC_>13kpc) samples may have different trends with distance. There is no evidence for significant abundance trends versus age (<0.04dex/Gyr). We measure the linear relation between [X/Fe] and metallicity, [Fe/H], and find that the scatter about the mean trend is comparable to the measurement uncertainties. Comparison with solar neighborhood field giants shows that the open clusters share similar abundance ratios [X/Fe] at a given metallicity. While the flattening of the metallicity gradient and enhanced [{alpha}/Fe] ratios in the outer disk suggest a chemical enrichment history different from that of the solar neighborhood, we echo the sentiments expressed by Friel et al. that definitive conclusions await homogeneous analyses of larger samples of stars in larger numbers of clusters. Arguably, our understanding of the evolution of the outer disk from open clusters is currently limited by systematic abundance differences between various studies.
83. Abundance measurements in Sculptor dSph
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/705/328
Title:
Abundance measurements in Sculptor dSph
Short Name:
J/ApJ/705/328
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present measurements of Fe, Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti abundances for 388 radial velocity member stars in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph), a satellite of the Milky Way (MW). This is the largest sample of individual {alpha} element (Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti) abundance measurements in any single dSph. The measurements are made from Keck/Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrometer medium-resolution spectra (6400-9000{AA}, R~6500). Based on comparisons to published high-resolution (R>~20000) spectroscopic measurements, our measurements have uncertainties of {alpha}[Fe/H]=0.14 and {alpha}[{alpha}/Fe]=0.13. We have discovered one star with [Fe/H]=-3.80+/-0.28, which is the most metal-poor star known anywhere except the MW halo, but high-resolution spectroscopy is needed to measure this star's detailed abundances.
84. Abundance of Ba in 47 Tuc
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/656/A67
Title:
Abundance of Ba in 47 Tuc
Short Name:
J/A+A/656/A67
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
While most (if not all) Type I Galactic globular clusters (GGCs) are characterised by spreads in the abundances of light chemical elements (e.g. Li, N, O, Na, Mg, Al), it is not yet well established whether similar spreads may exist in s-process elements as well. We investigated the possible difference in Ba abundance between the primordial (1P) and polluted (2P) stars in the Galactic globular cluster (GGC) 47 Tuc (NGC 104). For this purpose, we obtained homogeneous abundances of Fe, Na, and Ba in a sample of 261 red giant branch (RGB) stars. Abundances of Na and Ba were determined using archival GIRAFFE/VLT spectra and 1D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) abundance analysis methodology. Contrary to the finding of Gratton et al. (2013A&A...549A..41G), we did not detect any significant Ba-Na correlation or 2P-1P Ba abundance difference in the sample of 261 RGB stars in 47 Tuc. This corroborates the result of D'Orazi et al. (2010ApJ...719L.213D), who found no statistically significant Ba-Na correlation in 110 RGB stars in this GGC. The average barium-to-iron ratio obtained in the sample of 261 RGB stars, <[Ba/Fe]_1DNLTE_>=-0.01+/-0.06, agrees well with those determined in Galactic field stars at this metallicity and may therefore represent the abundance of primordial proto-cluster gas that has not been altered during the subsequent chemical evolution of the cluster.
85. Abundance of five stars in NGC 6397
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/142/63
Title:
Abundance of five stars in NGC 6397
Short Name:
J/AJ/142/63
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present chemical abundances in three red giants and two turnoff (TO) stars in the metal-poor Galactic globular cluster (GC) NGC 6397 based on spectroscopy obtained with the Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle high-resolution spectrograph on the Magellan 6.5m Clay telescope. Our results are based on a line-by-line differential abundance analysis relative to the well-studied red giant Arcturus and the Galactic halo field star HIP 66815.
86. Abundance of X-shaped radio sources. I. VLA survey
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/220/7
Title:
Abundance of X-shaped radio sources. I. VLA survey
Short Name:
J/ApJS/220/7
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Cheung (2007, J/AJ/133/2097) identified a sample of 100 candidate X-shaped radio galaxies using the NRAO FIRST survey; these are small-axial-ratio extended radio sources with off-axis emission. Here, we present radio images of 52 of these sources that have been made from archival Very Large Array data with resolution of about 1". Fifty-one of the 52 were observed at 1.4GHz, 7 were observed at 1.4 and 5GHz, and 1 was observed only at 5GHz. We also present overlays of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey red images for 48 of the sources, and DSS-II overlays for the remainder. Optical counterparts have been identified for most sources, but there remain a few empty fields. Our higher resolution VLA images along with FIRST survey images of the sources in the sample reveal that extended extragalactic radio sources with small axial ratios are largely (60%) cases of double radio sources with twin lobes that have off-axis extensions, usually with inversion-symmetric structure. The available radio images indicate that at most 20% of sources might be genuine X-shaped radio sources that could have formed by a restarting of beams in a new direction following an interruption and axis flip. The remaining 20% are in neither of these categories.
87. Abundance ratio for 5 local stellar associations
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/454/1976
Title:
Abundance ratio for 5 local stellar associations
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/454/1976
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have observed high-dispersion echelle spectra of main-sequence stars in five nearby young associations - Argus, Carina-Near, Hercules-Lyra, Orion and Subgroup B4 - and derived abundances for elements ranging from Na to Eu. These are the first chemical abundance measurements for two of the five associations, while the remaining three associations are analysed more extensively in our study. Our results support the presence of chemical homogeneity among association members with a typical star-to-star abundance scatter of about 0.06dex or less over many elements. The five associations show log {epsilon}(Li) consistent with their age and share a solar chemical composition for all elements with the exception of Ba. We find that all the heavy elements (Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sm and Eu) exhibit solar ratios, i.e. [X/Fe]=~0, while Ba is overabundant by about 0.2-0.3dex. The origin of the overabundance of Ba is a puzzle. Within the formulation of the s-process, it is difficult to create a higher Ba abundance without a similar increase in the s-process contributions to other heavy elements (La-Sm). Given that Ba is represented by strong lines of Ba II and La-Sm are represented by rather weak ionized lines, the suggestion, as previously made by other studies, is that the Ba abundance may be systematically overestimated by standard methods of abundance analysis perhaps because the upper reaches of the stellar atmospheres are poorly represented by standard model atmospheres. A novel attempt to analyse the Ba I line at 5535{AA} gives a solar Ba abundance for stars with effective temperatures hotter than about 5800K but increasingly subsolar Ba abundances for cooler stars with apparent Ba deficiencies of 0.5dex at 5100K. This trend with temperature may signal a serious non-local thermodynamical equilibrium effect on the Ba I line.
88. Abundance ratio in gamma-ray burst
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/469/3125
Title:
Abundance ratio in gamma-ray burst
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/469/3125
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The distribution of the N/O element abundance ratios calculated by the detailed modelling of different galaxy spectra at z<4 is investigated. Supernova (SN) and long gamma-ray-burst (LGRB) host galaxies cover different redshift domains. N/O ratios in SN hosts increase due to secondary N production towards low z (0.01) accompanying the growing trend of active galaxies [active galactic nucleus (AGN), low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER)]. N/O ratios in LGRB hosts decrease rapidly between z>1 and z~0.1 following the N/H trend and reach the characteristic N/O ratios calculated for the H II regions in local and nearby galaxies. The few short-period gamma-ray-burst (SGRB) hosts included in the galaxy sample show N/H<=0.04 solar and O/H solar. They seem to continue the low bound N/H trend of SN hosts at z<0.3. The distribution of N/O as a function of metallicity for SN and LGRB hosts is compared with star chemical evolution models. The results show that several LGRB hosts can be explained by star multibursting models when 12+log(O/H)<8.5, while some objects follow the trend of continuous star formation models. N/O in SN hosts at log(O/H)+12<8.5 are not well explained by stellar chemical evolution models calculated for starburst galaxies. At 12+log(O/H)>8.5 many different objects are nested close to O/H solar with N/O ranging between the maximum corresponding to starburst galaxies and AGN and the minimum corresponding to HII regions and SGRB.
89. Abundances and ages of stars in the Milky Way bulge
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/900/4
Title:
Abundances and ages of stars in the Milky Way bulge
Short Name:
J/ApJ/900/4
Date:
14 Mar 2022 07:37:10
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The age and chemical characteristics of the Galactic bulge link to the formation and evolutionary history of the Galaxy. Data-driven methods and large surveys enable stellar ages and precision chemical abundances to be determined for vast regions of the Milky Way, including the bulge. Here, we use the data-driven approach of The Cannon, to infer the ages and abundances for 125367 stars in the Milky Way, using spectra from Apache Point Observatory Galaxy Evolution Experiment (apogee) DR14. We examine the ages and metallicities of 1654 bulge stars within R_GAL_<3.5kpc. We focus on fields with b<12{deg}, and out to longitudes of l<15{deg}. We see that stars in the bulge are about twice as old ({tau}=8Gyr), on average, compared to those in the solar neighborhood ({tau}=4Gyr), with a larger dispersion in [Fe/H] (~0.38 compared to 0.23dex). This age gradient comes primarily from the low-{alpha} stars. Looking along the Galactic plane, the very central field in the bulge shows by far the largest dispersion in [Fe/H] ({sigma}[Fe/H]~0.4dex) and line-of- sight velocity ({sigma}vr~90km/s), and simultaneously the smallest dispersion in age. Moving out in longitude, the stars become kinematically colder and less dispersed in [Fe/H], but show a much broader range of ages. We see a signature of the X-shape within the bulge at a latitude of b=8{deg}, but not at b=12{deg}. Future apogee and other survey data, with larger sampling, affords the opportunity to extend our approach and study in more detail, to place stronger constraints on models of the Milky Way.
90. Abundances and distributions of CS and SiS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/617/A132
Title:
Abundances and distributions of CS and SiS
Short Name:
J/A+A/617/A132
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Sulphur has long been known to form different molecules depending on the chemical composition of its environment. More recently, the sulphur-bearing molecules SO and H2S have been shown to behave differently in oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) circumstellar envelopes of different densities. By surveying a diverse sample of AGB stars for CS and SiS emission, we aim to determine in which environments these sulphur-bearing molecules most readily occur. We include sources with a range of mass-loss rates and carbon-rich, oxygen-rich, and mixed S-type chemistries. Where these molecules are detected, we aim to determine their CS and SiS abundances. We surveyed 20 AGB stars of different chemical types using the APEX telescope, and combined this with an IRAM 30m and APEX survey of CS and SiS emission towards over 30 S-type stars. For those stars with detections, we performed radiative transfer modelling to determine abundances and abundance distributions. We detect CS towards all the surveyed carbon stars, some S-type stars, and the highest mass-loss rate oxygen-rich stars, (dM/dt>=5x10^-6^M_[sun}_/yr). SiS is detected towards the highest mass-loss rate sources of all chemical types (dM/dt>=8x10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr). We find CS peak fractional abundances ranging from ~4x10^-7^ to ~2x10^-5^ for the carbon stars, from ~3x10^-8^ to ~1x10^-7^ for the oxygen-rich stars, and from ~1x10^-7^ to ~8x10^-6^ for the S-type stars. We find SiS peak fractional abundances ranging from ~9x10^-6^ to ~2x10^-5^ for the carbon stars, from ~5x10^-7^ to ~2x10^-6^ for the oxygen-rich stars, and from ~2x10^-7^ to ~2x10^-^6 for the S-type stars. Overall, we find that wind density plays an important role in determining the chemical composition of AGB circumstellar envelopes. It is seen that for oxygen-rich AGB stars both CS and SiS are detected only in the highest density circumstellar envelopes and their abundances are generally lower than for carbon-rich AGB stars by around an order of magnitude. For carbon-rich and S-type stars SiS was also only detected in the highest density circumstellar envelopes, while CS was detected consistently in all surveyed carbon stars and sporadically among the S-type stars.

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