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17481. WMAP 7-Year Internal Templates and Needlets New Source Catalog
ID:
ivo://nasa.heasarc/wmapitnpts
Title:
WMAP 7-Year Internal Templates and Needlets New Source Catalog
Short Name:
WMAPITNPTS
Date:
01 Nov 2024
Publisher:
NASA/GSFC HEASARC
Description:
The authors have developed a new needlet-based method to detect point sources in cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps and have applied it to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 7-year data. They use both the individual frequency channels as well as internal templates, the latter being the difference between pairs of frequency channels and hence having the advantage that the CMB component is eliminated. Using the area of the sky outside the Kq85 galactic mask, they detect a total of 2102 point sources at the 5-sigma level in either the frequency maps or the internal templates. Of these, 1116 are detected either at 5 sigma directly in the frequency channels or at 5 sigma in the internal templates and >= 3 sigma at the corresponding position in the frequency channels. Of the 1116 sources, 603 are detections that have not been reported so far in WMAP data. The authors have made a catalog of these sources available with position and flux estimated in the WMAP channels where they are seen. In total, they identified 1029 of the 1116 sources with counterparts at 5 GHz and 69 at other frequencies. This table was created by the HEASARC in July 2012 based on an electronic version of Table 6 from the reference paper which was obtained from the ApJ web site. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
17482. WMAP 3 Year Temperature Analysis
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/170/288
Title:
WMAP 3 Year Temperature Analysis
Short Name:
J/ApJS/170/288
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present new full-sky temperature maps in five frequency bands from 23 to 94GHz, based on data from the first 3 years of the WMAP sky survey. The new maps are consistent with the first-year maps and are more sensitive. We employ two forms of multifrequency analysis to separate astrophysical foreground signals from the CMB, each of which improves on our first-year analyses. First, we form an improved "Internal Linear Combination" (ILC) map, based solely on WMAP data, by adding a bias-correction step and by quantifying residual uncertainties in the resulting map. Second, we fit and subtract new spatial templates that trace Galactic emission; in particular, we now use low-frequency WMAP data to trace synchrotron emission instead of the 408MHz sky survey. The WMAP point source catalog is updated to include 115 new sources whose detection is made possible by the improved sky map sensitivity. We derive the angular power spectrum of the temperature anisotropy using a hybrid approach that combines a maximum likelihood estimate at low l (large angular scales) with a quadratic cross-power estimate for l>30. The resulting multifrequency spectra are analyzed for residual point source contamination. At 94GHz the unmasked sources contribute 128+/-27^{micron}^K^2^ to l(l+1)C_l_/2{pi} at l=1000. After subtracting this contribution, our best estimate of the CMB power spectrum is derived by averaging cross-power spectra from 153 statistically independent channel pairs. A simple six-parameter {LAMBDA}CDM model continues to fit CMB data and other measures of large-scale structure remarkably well. The new polarization data produce a better measurement of the optical depth to reionization, {tau}=0.089+/-0.03. This new and tighter constraint on {tau} help break a degeneracy with the scalar spectral index, which is now found to be ns=0.960+/-0.016.
17483. WMAP 3-yr sources at 16 and 33GHz
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/400/984
Title:
WMAP 3-yr sources at 16 and 33GHz
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/400/984
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present follow-up observations of 97 point sources from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 3-yr data, contained within the New Extragalactic WMAP Point Source catalogue between -4{deg}<=DE<=60{deg}; the sources form a flux-density-limited sample complete to 1.1Jy (~5{sigma}) at 33GHz. Our observations were made at 16GHz using the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager and at 33GHz with the Very Small Array (VSA).
17484. WMAP 3-yr sources at 16 and 33GHz. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/400/995
Title:
WMAP 3-yr sources at 16 and 33GHz. II.
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/400/995
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) at 16GHz and the Very Small Array (VSA) at 33GHz to make follow-up observations of sources in the New Extragalactic WMAP Point Source catalogue, we have investigated the flux density variability in a complete sample of 97 sources over time-scales of a few months to ~1.5yr.
17485. W43-MM1 ALMA ^12^CO(2-1) datacube
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/636/A38
Title:
W43-MM1 ALMA ^12^CO(2-1) datacube
Short Name:
J/A+A/636/A38
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The accretion history of protostars remains widely mysterious even though it represents one of the best ways to understand the protostellar collapse that leads to the formation of stars. Molecular outflows, which are easier to detect than the direct accretion onto the prostellar embryo, are here used to characterize the protostellar accretion phase in W43-MM1. The W43-MM1 protocluster hosts a sufficient number of protostars to statistically investigate molecular outflows in a single, homogeneous region. We used the CO(2-1) and SiO(5-4) line datacubes, taken as part of an ALMA mosaic with a 2000 AU resolution, to search for protostellar outflows, evaluate the influence that the environment has on these outflows' characteristics and put constraints on outflow variability in W43-MM1. We discovered a rich cluster of 46 outflow lobes, driven by 27 protostars with masses of 1-100M_{sun}_. The complex environment inside which these outflow lobes develop has a definite influence on their length, limiting the validity of using outflow's dynamical timescales as a proxy of the ejection timescale in clouds with high dynamics and varying conditions. We performed a detailed study of Position-Velocity (PV) diagrams of outflows that revealed clear events of episodic ejection. The time variability of W43-MM1 outflows is a general trend and is more generally observed than in nearby, low- to intermediate-mass star-forming regions. The typical timescale found between two ejecta, ~500yr, is consistent with that found in nearby protostars. If ejection episodicity reflects variability in the accretion process, either protostellar accretion is more variable or episodicity is easier to detect in high-mass star-forming regions than in nearby clouds. The timescale found between accretion events could be resulting from instabilities, associated with bursts of inflowing gas arising from the close dynamical environment of highmass star-forming cores.
17486. W51 North ALMA 1.3 and 3mm images
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/657/A30
Title:
W51 North ALMA 1.3 and 3mm images
Short Name:
J/A+A/657/A30
Date:
21 Mar 2022 09:31:18
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The fragmentation process in massive star-forming regions is one of the contemporary problems in astrophysics, and several physical processes have been proposed to control the fragmentation including turbulence, magnetic field, rotation, stellar feedback, and gravity. However, the fragmentation process has been poorly studied at small spatial scales well below 1000AU. W51 IRS2 is a well known massive star-forming region whose fragmentation properties have not been well investigated yet. We aim to use ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array) high angular resolution data to identify the fragments in W51 IRS2 and to study the fragmentation properties on a spatial scale of 0.04" (200AU). We used ALMA data of W51 IRS2 from three projects, which give an angular resolution of 0.028" (144AU) at millimeter wavelengths. The continuum images reveal significant substructure in an east-west ridge, where both W51 North and W51d2 are embedded. A spectral index map has been generated from the 3 and 1.3mm high-resolution continuum images.We identified compact fragments by using uv-range constrained 1.3mm continuum data. A Mean Surface Density of Companions (MSDC) analysis has been performed to study the separations between fragments. A total number of 33 continuum sources are identified and 29 out of them are defined as fragments in the surveyed region.The MSDC analysis reveals two breaks corresponding to spatial sales of 1845AU and 7346AU, indicative of a two-level clustering phenomenon, along with a linear regime below 1845AU, mostly associated with W51 North, whose slope is consistent with the slope for the clustering regime of other cluster-like regions in the Galaxy. The typical masses and separations of the fragments as well as the relation between density and number of fragments can be explained through a thermal Jeans process operating at high temperatures of 200-400K, consistent with previous measurements of the temperature in the region, and produced by the nearby massive stars. Therefore, although W51 IRS2 seems to be undergoing a thermally inhibited fragmentation phase, this does not seem to prevent the formation of a protocluster associated with W51 North.
17487. W51 OB stars NIR spectroscopy
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/624/A63
Title:
W51 OB stars NIR spectroscopy
Short Name:
J/A+A/624/A63
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The interplay between the formation of stars, stellar feedback and cloud properties strongly influences the star formation history of giant molecular clouds. The formation of massive stars leads to a variety of stellar clusters, ranging from low stellar density OB associations to dense, gravitationally bound starburst clusters. We aimed at identifying the massive stellar content and reconstructing the star formation history of the W51 giant molecular cloud. We performed near-infrared imaging and K-band spectroscopy of the massive stars in W51. We analysed the stellar populations using colour-magnitude and colour-colour diagrams and compared the properties of the spectroscopically identified stars with stellar evolution models. We derive the ages of the different sub-clusters in W51 and, based on our spectroscopy derive an age for W51 of 3Myrs or less. The age of the P Cygni star LS1 and the presence of two still forming proto- clusters suggests that the star formation history of W51 is more complex than a single burst. We did not find evidence for triggered star formation and we concluded that the star formation in W51 is multi seeded. We finally concluded that W51 is a OB association where different sub-clusters form over a time span of at least 3-5Myrs.
17488. WOCS. LXV. Abundances in NGC 6819
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/121
Title:
WOCS. LXV. Abundances in NGC 6819
Short Name:
J/AJ/149/121
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
High-dispersion spectra of 333 stars in the open cluster NGC 6819, obtained using the HYDRA spectrograph on the WIYN 3.5m telescope, have been analyzed to determine the abundances of iron and other metals from lines in the 400{AA} region surrounding the Li6708{AA} line. Our spectra, with signal-to-noise per pixel ranging from 60 to 300, span the luminosity range from the tip of the red giant branch to a point two magnitudes below the top of the cluster turnoff. We derive radial and rotational velocities for all stars, as well as [Fe/H] based on 17 iron lines, [Ca/H], [Si/H], and [Ni/H] in the 247 most probable, single members of the cluster. Input T_eff_ estimates for model atmosphere analysis are provided by (B-V) colors merged from several sources, with individual reddening corrections applied to each star relative to a cluster mean of E(B-V)=0.16. Extensive use is made of ROBOSPECT, an automatic equivalent width measurement program; its effectiveness on large spectroscopic samples is discussed. From the sample of likely single members, [Fe/H]=-0.03+/-0.06, where the error describes the median absolute deviation about the sample median value, leading to internal precision for the cluster below 0.01dex. The final uncertainty in the cluster abundance is therefore dominated by external systematics due to the temperature scale, surface gravity, and microturbulent velocity, leading to [Fe/H]=-0.02+/-0.02 for a sub-sample restricted to main sequence and turnoff stars. This result is consistent with our recent intermediate-band photometric determination of a slightly subsolar abundance for this cluster. [Ca/Fe], [Si/Fe], and [Ni/Fe] are determined to be solar within the uncertainties. NGC 6819 has an abundance distribution typical of solar metallicity thin disk stars in the solar neighborhood.
17489. WOCS. LXVI. Radial velocity survey in M35
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/150/10
Title:
WOCS. LXVI. Radial velocity survey in M35
Short Name:
J/AJ/150/10
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The young (150Myr) open cluster M35 (NGC 2168) has been one of the core clusters of the WIYN Open Cluster Study since 1997. Over these 17years we have obtained approximately 8000 radial-velocity (RV) measurements of stars in the M35 field, which we provide here. Our target sample consists of 1355 photometrically selected stars in the field of M35 within the main sequence and binary sequence of the cluster and within 13<=V<=16.5 and (B-V)>=0.6. Using our RV measurements we cleanly separate likely cluster members from field stars. We calculate RV membership probabilities for over 1200 stars in our sample. 418 are probable cluster members, of which 64 are velocity-variable (binary) systems. Here we present 52 orbital solutions for binary members of M35. This sample defines the hard binary population of M35 that dynamically powers the cluster. We also present XMM-Newton X-ray detections within the cluster. We use our large binary sample to search for interacting binaries among the X-ray sources, investigate M35's period-eccentricity distribution, and determine binary frequency. We find a circularization period of 9.9+/-1.2days and a binary frequency of 24%+/-3% for main-sequence binaries with P<10^4^days. Determining these properties in a young cluster like M35 is key to defining the initial conditions used in models of cluster dynamical evolution.
17490. WOCS. LXXII. A uvbyCaHb study of NGC 2506
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/192
Title:
WOCS. LXXII. A uvbyCaHb study of NGC 2506
Short Name:
J/AJ/152/192
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Precision uvbyCaH{beta} photometry of the metal-deficient, old open cluster NGC2506 is presented. The survey covers an area of 20'*20' and extends to V~18 for b-y and H{beta} and to V~17.0 for c_1_ and hk. For V brighter than 16.0, photometric scatter among the indices leads to the recovery of six known variables within the cluster core and five new variables in the outer 5' of the survey field. Proper motions, radial velocities, and precise multicolor indices are used to isolate a highly probable sample of cluster members from the very rich color-magnitude diagram. From 257 highly probable members at the cluster turnoff, we derive a reddening estimate of E(b-y)=0.042+/-0.001 (E(B-V)=0.058+/-0.001), where the errors refer to the internal standard errors of the mean. [Fe/H] is derived from the A/F dwarf members using both m_1_ and hk, leading to [Fe/H]=-0.296+/-0.011 (sem) and -0.317+/-0.004 (sem), respectively. The weighted average, heavily dominated by hk, is [Fe/H]=-0.316+/-0.033. Based on red giant members, we place an upper limit of +/-0.010 on the variation in the reddening across the face of the cluster. We also identify two dozen potential red giant cluster members outside the cluster core. Victoria-Regina isochrones on the Stromgren system produce an excellent match to the cluster for an apparent modulus of (m-M)=12.75+/-0.1 and an age of 1.85+/-0.05Gyr.

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