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20372. UV variability of Fairall-9
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/121/461
- Title:
- UV variability of Fairall-9
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/121/461
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is a study of the UV variability of the galaxy Fairall-9 between 1978 and 1991. Table 1 shows the UV continuum fluxes measured in three "line-free" windows centered at 1171, 1400 and 1910 A (observed wavelengths), and corrected for E(B-V)=0.035 extinction. The IUE Fine Error Sensor (FES) counts (optical photometry) are also given in this table, corrected for the same extinction. Tables 10, 11, 12 and 13 show the variability of the components for the main UV lines (Ly{alpha}+NV, SiIV, CIV and MgII). Line profile variability has been used to isolate four gaussian line components, which are sufficient to describe all lines at all levels of brightness in a consistent way: one narrow (i.e. unresolved at the IUE resolution) and three broad components: a central (velocity same as the narrow line), a redshifted (v=3300 km/s) and a blue shifted one (v=-3600 km/s). The Ly{alpha}-NV blend is fitted together in the Ly{alpha} region (Table 10), to account the NV presence (one narrow and one red component). The results for SiIV are shown in Table 11. In CIV (Table 12) have been included a very weak component bluer than the blue component, most likely associated with NIV] 1486. Table 13 shows MgII results.
20373. UV variability of quasars
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/560/A104
- Title:
- UV variability of quasars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/560/A104
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Although the variability in the ultraviolet and optical domain is one of the major characteristics of quasars, the dominant underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. There is a broad consensus on the relationship between the strength of the variability and such quantities as time-lag, wavelength, luminosity, and redshift. However, evidence on a dependence on the fundamental parameters of the accretion process is still inconclusive. This paper is focused on the correlation between the ultraviolet quasar long-term variability and the accretion rate.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/238/25
- Title:
- UV variability with GALEX gPhoton archive. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/238/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In order to develop and test a methodology to search for UV variability over the entire Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) database down to the shortest timescales, we analyzed time-domain photometry of ~5000 light curves of ~300 bright (mFUV, mNUV<=14) and blue (mFUV-mNUV<0) GALEX sources. Using the gPhoton database tool, we discovered and characterized instrumentally induced variabilities in time-resolved GALEX photometry that may severely impact automated searches for short-period variations. The most notable artifact is a quasi-sinusoidal variation mimicking light curves typical of pulsators, seen occasionally in either one or both detectors, with amplitudes of up to 0.3mag and periods corresponding to the periodicity of the spiral dithering pattern used during the observation (P~120s). Therefore, the artifact may arise from small-scale response variations. Other artifacts include visit-long "sagging" or "hump" in flux, occurring when the dithering pattern is not a spiral, or a one-time change in flux level during the exposure. These instrumentally caused variations were not reported before, and are not due to known (and flagged) artifacts such as hotspots, which can be easily eliminated. To characterize the frequency and causality of such artifacts, we apply Fourier transform analysis to both light curves and dithering patterns, and examine whether artificial brightness variations correlate with visit or instrumental parameters. Artifacts do not correlate with source position on the detector. We suggest methods to identify artifact variations and to correct them when possible.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/287/591
- Title:
- UV Variations in spectrum of Abell 35 c.star
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/287/591
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/140/1137
- Title:
- UV, VIH photometry of NGC 1311
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/140/1137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have extracted point-spread-function-fitted stellar photometry from near-ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared images, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, of the nearby (D~5.5Mpc) SBm galaxy NGC 1311. The ultraviolet and optical data reveal a population of hot main-sequence (MS) stars with ages of 2-10Myr. We also find populations of blue supergiants with ages between 10 and 40Myr and red supergiants with ages between 10 and 100Myr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/431/2063
- Title:
- UV/X-ray activity of M dwarfs within 10pc
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/431/2063
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- M dwarfs are the most numerous stars in the Galaxy. They are characterized by strong magnetic activity. The ensuing high-energy emission is crucial for the evolution of their planets and the eventual presence of life on them. We systematically study the X-ray and ultraviolet emission of a subsample of M dwarfs from a recent proper-motion survey, selecting all M dwarfs within 10pc to obtain a nearly volume-limited sample (~90 percent completeness). Archival ROSAT, XMM-Newton and GALEX data are combined with published spectroscopic studies of H{alpha} emission and rotation to obtain a broad picture of stellar activity on M dwarfs. We make use of synthetic model spectra to determine the relative contributions of photospheric and chromospheric emission to the ultraviolet flux. We also analyse the same diagnostics for a comparison sample of young M dwarfs in the TW Hya association (~10Myr). We find that generally the emission in the GALEX bands is dominated by the chromosphere but the photospheric component is not negligible in early-M field dwarfs. The surface fluxes for the H{alpha}, near-ultraviolet, far-ultraviolet and X-ray emission are connected via a power-law dependence. We present here for the first time such flux-flux relations involving broad-band ultraviolet emission for M dwarfs. Activity indices are defined as flux ratio between the activity diagnostic and the bolometric flux of the star in analogy to the CaII R'HK index. For given spectral type, these indices display a spread of 2-3dex which is largest for M4 stars. Strikingly, at mid-M spectral types, the spread of rotation rates is also at its highest level. The mean activity index for fast rotators, likely representing the saturation level, decreases from X-rays over the FUV to the NUV band and H{alpha}, i.e. the fractional radiation output increases with atmospheric height. The comparison to the ultraviolet and X-ray properties of TWHya members shows a drop of nearly three orders of magnitude for the luminosity in these bands between ~10Myr and few Gyr age. A few young field dwarfs (<1Gyr) in the 10-pc sample bridge the gap indicating that the drop in magnetic activity with age is a continuous process. The slope of the age decay is steeper for the X-ray than for the UV luminosity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/454/2586
- Title:
- UWISH2 extended H2 emission line sources
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/454/2586
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the extended source catalogue for the UKIRT Wide Field Infrared Survey for H2 (UWISH2). The survey is unbiased along the inner Galactic Plane from l~357{deg} to l~65{deg} and |b|<=1.5{deg} and covers 209deg^2^. A further 42.0 and 35.5deg^2^ of high dust column density regions have been targeted in Cygnus and Auriga. We have identified 33200 individual extended H_2_ features. They have been classified to be associated with about 700 groups of jets and outflows, 284 individual (candidate) planetary nebulae, 30 supernova remnants and about 1300 photodissociation regions. We find a clear decline of star formation activity (traced by H_2_ emission from jets and photodissociation regions) with increasing distance from the Galactic Centre. About 60 percent of the detected candidate planetary nebulae have no known counterpart and 25 percent of all supernova remnants have detectable H_2_ emission associated with them.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/NewA/55.13
- Title:
- UY UMa and EF Boo compiled time of minima
- Short Name:
- J/other/NewA/55.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The orbital period variations of two W UMa-type contact binaries, UY UMa and EF Boo, are analyzed by using all available times of light minimum. It is detected that the general trends of their (O-C) curves show an upward parabolic variation, which reveals their continuous period increases at the rates of dP/dt=2.545x10^-7^days/yr and dP/dt=2.623x10^-7^days/yr respectively. Meanwhile, UY UMa also shows a cyclic period variation with a small amplitude of A=0.0026-days superposed on the long-term increase. Due to their contact configurations, the secular period increases are interpreted as a result of mass transfer from the less massive component to the more massive one. The cyclic period variation of UY UMa may be interpreted in terms of either the magnetic activity or the light time effect.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/124/3061
- Title:
- uz,vz,bz,yz photometry in Coma cluster
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/124/3061
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have observed three fields of the Coma Cluster of galaxies with a narrowband (modified Stroemgren) filter system. Observed galaxies include 31 in the vicinity of NGC 4889, 48 near NGC 4874, and 60 near NGC 4839, complete to M_5500_=-18 in all three subclusters. Spectrophotometric classification finds all three subclusters of Coma to be dominated by red, E-type (elliptical/S0) galaxies with a mean blue fraction, f_B_, of 0.10.