- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/605/A57
- Title:
- SOLIS. I. OMC2-FIR4 HC_3_N and HC_5_N images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/605/A57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The interstellar delivery of carbon atoms locked into molecules might be one of the key ingredients for the emergence of life. Cyanopolyynes are carbon chains delimited at their two extremities by an atom of hydrogen and a cyano group, meaning that they could be excellent reservoirs of carbon. The simplest member, HC_3_N, is ubiquitous in the galactic interstellar medium and found also in external galaxies. Thus, understanding the growth of cyanopolyynes in regions forming stars similar to our Sun, and what affects them, is particularly relevant. In the framework of the IRAM/NOEMA Large Program SOLIS (Seeds Of Life In Space), we have obtained a map of two cyanopolyynes, HC_3_N and HC_5_N, in the protocluster OMC-2 FIR4. Because our Sun is thought to be born in a rich cluster, OMC-2 FIR4 is one of the closest and best known representatives of the environment in which the Sun may have been born. We find a HC_3_N/HC_5_N abundance ratio across the source in the range ~1-30, with the smallest values (<10) in FIR5 and in the Eastern region of FIR4. The ratios <=10 can be reproduced by chemical models only if: (1) the cosmic-ray ionisation rate z is ~4x10^-14^s^-1^; (2) the gaseous elemental ratio C/O is close to unity; and (3) oxygen and carbon are largely depleted. The large z is comparable to that measured in FIR4 by previous works and was interpreted as due to a flux of energetic (>10MeV) particles from embedded sources. We suggest that these sources could lie East of FIR4 and FIR5.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/744/6
- Title:
- SONYC census of very low-mass objects in NGC1333
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/744/6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- SONYC - Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters - is a program to investigate the frequency and properties of young substellar objects with masses down to a few times that of Jupiter. In a series of papers we have obtained follow-up spectroscopy for a large number of candidate very low mass (VLM) members of the ~1Myr old cluster NGC1333 in the Perseus star forming region. For more details on the survey, see the associated paper (Scholz et al., 2012ApJ...744....6S). Here we present a census of spectroscopically confirmed very low mass objects in NGC1333. We include all objects with spectral type of M5 or later and/or effective temperature of 3200K or cooler. In total, there are now 58 objects which fulfill these criteria. In three tables we list photometric and spectroscopic properties for our own sample as well as for objects listed in the literature. In addition, we also include three tables of the objects that have been rejected as very low mass cluster members based on our spectroscopic follow-up. Finally, we attach the two photometric candidate lists from which the spectroscopic sample was extracted, see Scholz et al. (2012ApJ...756...24S) for more details on these catalogues.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/744/134
- Title:
- SONYC new brown dwarfs in {rho} Oph
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/744/134
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- SONYC - Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters - is a survey program to investigate the frequency and properties of substellar objects with masses down to a few times that of Jupiter in nearby star-forming regions. In two papers of the SONYC series we have obtained follow-up spectroscopy for a large number of candidate very low ma ss (VLM) members of the ~1Myr old cluster rho Ophiuchi. For more details on the survey, see the associated paper (Muzic et al., 2012ApJ...744..134M). Here we publish the two catalogues of photometric candidate members from which the spectroscopic samples were extracted (see Geers et al. 2011ApJ...726...23G and Muzic et al. 2012ApJ...744..134M for more details on these catalogues). We include a table containing all the spectroscopically confirmed VLM members of the cluster observed within the SONYC campaign. We also attach and a table with all the objects that have been rejected as VLM members based on our spectroscopic follow-up. The majority of these latter objects are expected to be background contaminants, although some of them could also be embedded cluster members with spectral types earlier than M.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/23
- Title:
- Southern H II Region Discovery Survey: pilot survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/23
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Southern H II Region Discovery Survey is a survey of the third and fourth quadrants of the Galactic plane that will detect radio recombination line (RRL) and continuum emission at cm-wavelengths from several hundred H II region candidates using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The targets for this survey come from the WISE Catalog of Galactic H II Regions (Anderson et al. 2014, J/ApJS/212/1) and were identified based on mid-infrared and radio continuum emission. In this pilot project, two different configurations of the Compact Array Broad Band receiver and spectrometer system were used for short test observations. The pilot surveys detected RRL emission from 36 of 53 H II region candidates, as well as seven known H II regions that were included for calibration. These 36 recombination line detections confirm that the candidates are true H II regions and allow us to estimate their distances.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/723/993
- Title:
- Spatial extent of (U)LIRGs in the MIR. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/723/993
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an analysis of the extended mid-infrared (MIR) emission of the Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey sample based on 5-15um low-resolution spectra obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph on Spitzer. We calculate the fraction of extended emission (FEE) as a function of wavelength for the galaxies in the sample, FEE_{lambda}_, defined as the fraction of the emission which originates outside of the unresolved component of a source at a given distance. We find that the FEE_{lambda}_ varies from one galaxy to another, but we can identify three general types of FEE_{lambda}_: one where FEE_{lambda}_ is constant, one where features due to emission lines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons appear more extended than the continuum, and a third which is characteristic of sources with deep silicate absorption at 9.7um. The mean size of the LIRG cores at 13.2um is 2.6kpc. However, once the IR luminosity of the systems reaches the threshold of L_IR_~10^11.8^L_{sun}_, slightly below the regime of Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs), all sources become clearly more compact, with FEE_13.2um_<~0.2, and their cores are unresolved. Our estimated upper limit for the core size of ULIRGs is less than 1.5kpc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/741/32
- Title:
- Spatial extent of (U)LIRGs in the MIR. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/741/32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from the second part of our analysis of the extended mid-infrared (MIR) emission of the GOALS sample based on 5-14um low-resolution spectra obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph on Spitzer. We calculate the fraction of extended emission (FEE) as a function of wavelength for all galaxies in the sample, FEE_{lambda}_, defined as the fraction of the emission that originates outside of the unresolved central component of a source, and spatially separate the MIR spectrum of a galaxy into its nuclear and extended components. We find that the [NeII]12.81um emission line is as compact as the hot dust MIR continuum, while the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission is more extended. In addition, the 6.2 and 7.7um PAH emission is more compact than that of the 11.3um PAH, which is consistent with the formers being enhanced in a more ionized medium. The presence of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) or a powerful nuclear starburst increases the compactness and the luminosity surface density of the hot dust MIR continuum, but has a negligible effect on the spatial extent of the PAH emission on kpc-scales. Furthermore, it appears that both processes, AGN and/or nuclear starburst, are indistinguishable in terms of how they modify the integrated PAH-to-continuum ratio of the FEE in (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies ((U)LIRGs). Globally, the 5-14um spectra of the extended emission component are homogeneous for all galaxies in the GOALS sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/787/107
- Title:
- Spatial structure of young stellar clusters. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/787/107
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The clusters of young stars in massive star-forming regions show a wide range of sizes, morphologies, and numbers of stars. Their highly subclustered structures are revealed by the MYStIX project's sample of 31754 young stars in nearby sites of star formation (regions at distances <3.6kpc that contain at least one O-type star.) In 17 of the regions surveyed by MYStIX, we identify subclusters of young stars using finite mixture models --collections of isothermal ellipsoids that model individual subclusters. Maximum likelihood estimation is used to estimate the model parameters, and the Akaike Information Criterion is used to determine the number of subclusters. This procedure often successfully finds famous subclusters, such as the BN/KL complex behind the Orion Nebula Cluster and the KW-object complex in M17. A catalog of 142 subclusters is presented, with 1-20 subclusters per region. The subcluster core radius distribution for this sample is peaked at 0.17pc with a standard deviation of 0.43dex, and subcluster core radius is negatively correlated with gas/dust absorption of the stars --a possible age effect. Based on the morphological arrangements of subclusters, we identify four classes of spatial structure: long chains of subclusters, clumpy structures, isolated clusters with a core-halo structure, and isolated clusters well fit by a single isothermal ellipsoid.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/41
- Title:
- Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2020
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/162/41
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 06:54:42
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of speckle interferometric observations at the 4.1m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in 2020, as well as earlier unpublished data, are given, totaling 1735 measurements of 1288 resolved pairs and nonresolutions of 1177 targets. We resolved for the first time 59 new pairs or subsystems in known binaries, mostly among nearby dwarf stars. This work continues our long-term speckle program. Its main goal is to monitor orbital motion of close binaries, including members of high-order hierarchies and Hipparcos pairs in the solar neighborhood. We also report observations of 892 members of young moving groups and associations, where we resolved 103 new pairs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/570/A2
- Title:
- Spectra and radial velocities of nuclear stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/570/A2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Within the central 10pc of our Galaxy lies a dense cluster of stars. This nuclear star cluster forms a distinct component of the Galaxy, and similar nuclear star clusters are found in most nearby spiral and elliptical galaxies. Studying the structure and kinematics of nuclear star clusters reveals the history of mass accretion and growth of galaxy nuclei and central massive black holes. Because the Milky Way nuclear star cluster is at a distance of only 8 kpc, we can spatially resolve the cluster on sub-parsec scales. This makes the Milky Way nuclear star cluster a reference object for understanding the formation of all nuclear star clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/151/299
- Title:
- Spectra classification from ISO PHT-S database
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/151/299
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have classified over 1500 infrared spectra obtained with the PHT-S spectrometer aboard the Infrared Space Observatory according to the system developed for the Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) spectra by Kraemer et al. (2002ApJS..140..389K). The majority of these spectra contribute to subclasses that are either under-represented in the SWS spectral database or contain sources that are too faint, such as M dwarfs, to have been observed by either the SWS or the Infrared Astronomical Satellite Low Resolution Spectrometer. There is strong overall agreement about the chemistry of objects observed with both instruments. Discrepancies can usually be traced to the different wavelength ranges and sensitivities of the instruments. Finally, a large subset of the observations (~250 spectra) exhibit a featureless, red continuum that is consistent with emission from zodiacal dust and suggest directions for further analysis of this serendipitous measurement of the zodiacal background.