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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JAD/17.2
- Title:
- CY Aqr differential light curves
- Short Name:
- J/other/JAD/17.2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 24 new times of maximum of the SX Phoenicis star CY Aquarii. These times lead to a slightly more precise local linear ephemeris for 2003-2010.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JAD/18.2
- Title:
- CY Aqr multiband photometry: 2011 season
- Short Name:
- J/other/JAD/18.2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Based on more than a dozen partial nights of filterless CCD photometry combined with Stromgren uvby photomultiplier photometry, we derive 29 new times of maximum light of the SX Phoenicis star CY Aquarii. These times support a linear ephemeris for 2003-2011. In addition, we present uvby light curves for this star. Our dataset displays the smallest residual spread compared to any other substantial dataset published during the last decade.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/107/1868
- Title:
- Cyclic period variability in SW Cyg
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/107/1868
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Timings of primary eclipse up through 1992 are collected, plus a few overlooked in earlier studies. Analysis shows that, after decreasing until ~1919 and increasing since then, the period has now started decreasing again, with the inflection point of the O-C curve being ~1972. The shortest period was 4.5727 days, the longest 4.5732 days, with a full cycle length of 96 yr. Explanation by the time-delay effect, due to orbital motion around a third body, would require an unseen black hole companion of >=10M_{sun}_. A magnetic cycle operating in the K-type subgiant, an active dynamo star because of its convection and rapid rotation, is the best explanation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/395/129
- Title:
- Cyclotron lines in Vela X-1
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/395/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Fitting parameters for the phase resolved spectra of the 2000 and 1998 observation are given. The model in use is the Negative Positive EXponential (NPEX) model (with Gamma_2_ always fixed to -2, Mihara, 1995, Ph.D. Thesis, Riken, Tokyo) modified by photoelectric absorption, an additive iron line at ~6.4keV, and none, one, or two cyclotron resonant scattering features (CRSF)s at ~25 and ~50keV. The phase bins for the 2000 observation are: - rise, center, and fall of the main pulse - rise part 1, rise part 2, center, and fall of the secondary pulse - the two inter pulse phases The phase bins for the 1998 observation are: - rise and fall of the main pulse - rise and fall of the secondary pulse - the two inter pulse phases
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/608/A103
- Title:
- 43 Cyg decorrelated 156-day light curve
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/608/A103
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Photometric time series of the gamma Doradus star 43 Cyg obtained with the BRITE-Constellation nano-satellites allow us to study its pulsational properties in detail and to constrain its interior structure. We aim to find a g-mode period spacing pattern that allows us to determine the near-core rotation rate of 43 Cyg and redetermine the star's fundamental atmospheric parameters and chemical composition. We conducted a frequency analysis using the 156-days long data set obtained with the BRITE-Toronto satellite and employed a suite of MESA/GYRE models to derive the mode identification, asymptotic period spacing and near-core rotation rate. We also used high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectroscopic data obtained at the 1.2m Mercator telescope with the HERMES spectrograph to redetermine the fundamental atmospheric parameters and chemical composition of 43 Cyg using the software Spectroscopy Made Easy (SME). We detected 43 intrinsic pulsation frequencies and identified 18 of them to be part of a period spacing pattern consisting of prograde dipole modes with an asymptotic period spacing of 2970(+700,-570)s. The near-core rotation rate was determined to be 0.56(+0.12,-0.14)c/d. The atmosphere of 43 Cyg shows solar chemical composition at an effective temperature of 7150+/-150K, a logg of 4.2+/-0.6dex and a projected rotational velocity, vsini, of 44+/-4km/s. The morphology of the observed period spacing patterns shows indications of the presence of a significant chemical gradient in the stellar interior.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A70
- Title:
- 28 Cygni BRITE and SMEI satellite photometry
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/610/A70
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The BRITE Constellation of nanosatellites obtained mmag photometry of 28 Cygni for 11 months in 2014-2016. Observations with the Solar Mass Ejection Imager in 2003-2010 and 118 H{alpha} line profiles were added. For decades, 28 Cyg has exhibited four large-amplitude frequencies: two closely spaced frequencies of spectroscopically confirmed g modes near 1.5c/d, one slightly lower exophotospheric (Stefl) frequency, and at 0.05c/d the difference frequency between the two g modes. This top-level framework is indistinguishable from eta Cen (Paper I), which is also very similar in spectral type, rotation rate, and viewing angle. The Stefl frequency is the only one that does not seem to be affected by the difference frequency. The amplitude of the latter undergoes large variations; around maximum the amount of near-circumstellar matter is increased, and the amplitude of the Stefl frequency grows by some factor. During such brightenings dozens of transient spikes appear in the frequency spectrum, concentrated in three groups. Only eleven frequencies were common to all years of BRITE observations. Be stars seem to be controlled by several coupled clocks, most of which are not very regular on timescales of weeks to months but function for decades. The combination of g modes to the low difference frequency and/or the atmospheric response to it appears significantly nonlinear. Like in eta Cen, the difference-frequency variability seems the main responsible for the modulation of the star-to-disc mass transfer in 28 Cyg. A hierarchical set of difference frequencies may reach the longest timescales known of the Be phenomenon.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A128
- Title:
- Cygnus OB2 association NIR light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/640/A128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a J, H, and K photometric variability survey of the central 0.78 square degrees of the young OB association Cygnus OB2. We used data observed with the Wide-Field CAMera at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in 2007 (spanning 217 days) to investigate the light curves of 5083 low mass candidate members in the association and explore the occurrence and main characteristics of their near-infrared variability. We identified 2529 stars (~50% of the sample) with significant variability with time-scales ranging from days to months. We classified the variable stars into the following three groups according to their light curve morphology: periodic variability (1697 stars), occultation variability (124 stars), and other types of variability (726 stars). We verified that the disk-bearing stars in our sample are significantly more variable in the near-infrared than diskless stars, with a steep increase in the disk-fraction among stars with higher variability amplitude. We investigated the trajectories described by variable stars in the color-space and measured slopes for 335 stars describing linear trajectories. Based on the trajectories in the color-space, we inferred that the sample analyzed is composed of a mix of young stars presenting variability due to hot and cold spots, extinction by circumstellar material, and changes in the disk emission in the near-infrared. We contemplated using the use of near- infrared variability to identify disk-bearing stars and verified that 53.4% of the known disk-bearing stars in our sample could have been identified as such based solely on their variability. We present 18 newly identified disk- bearing stars and 14 eclipsing binary candidates among CygOB2 lower-mass members.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/465/3879
- Title:
- Cygnus OB1 association stars radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/465/3879
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The main objective of this study is the characterization of the velocity field in the Cygnus OB1 association using the radial velocity data currently available in the literature. This association is part of a larger star-forming complex located in the direction of the Cygnus region, but whose main subsystems may be distributed at different distances from the sun. We have collected radial velocity data for more than 300 stars in the area of 5x5 square degrees centred on the Cygnus OB1 association. We present the results of a kinematic clustering analysis in the subspace of the phase space formed by angular coordinates and radial velocity using two independent methodologies. We have found evidence of structure in the phase space with the detection of two main groups, corresponding to different radial velocity and distance values, belonging to the association, and associated with two main shells defined by the Halpha emission. A third grouping well separated from the other two in velocity appears to occupy the whole region associated with what has been called "common shell".
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/460/2593
- Title:
- Cygnus OB2 DANCe: Proper motion study
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/460/2593
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a high-precision proper motion study of 873 X-ray and spectroscopically selected stars in the massive OB association Cygnus OB2 as part of the DANCe project. These were calculated from images spanning a 15-year baseline and have typical precisions <1mas/yr. We calculate the velocity dispersion in the two axes to be 13.0^+0.8^_-0.7_ and 9.1^+0.5^_-0.5_km/s, using a 2-component, 2-dimensional model that takes into account the uncertainties on the measurements. This gives a 3-dimensional velocity dispersion of 17.8+/-0.6km/s implying a virial mass significantly larger than the observed stellar mass, confirming that the association is gravitationally unbound. The association appears to be dynamically unevolved, as evidenced by considerable kinematic substructure, non-isotropic velocity dispersions and a lack of energy equipartition. The proper motions show no evidence for a global expansion pattern, with approximately the same amount of kinetic energy in expansion as there is in contraction, which argues against the association being an expanded star cluster disrupted by process such as residual gas expulsion or tidal heating. The kinematic substructures, which appear to be close to virial equilibrium and have typical masses of 40-400M_{sun}_, also do not appear to have been affected by the expulsion of the residual gas. We conclude that Cyg OB2 was most likely born highly substructured and globally unbound, with the individual subgroups born in (or close to) virial equilibrium, and that the OB association has not experienced significant dynamical evolution since then.