- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/214/23
- Title:
- IR spectra and photometry of z<0.5 quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/214/23
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As a step toward a comprehensive overview of the infrared (IR) diagnostics of the central engines and host galaxies of quasars at low redshift, we present Spitzer Space Telescope spectroscopic (5-40{mu}m) and photometric (24, 70, and 160{mu}m) measurements of all Palomar-Green (PG) quasars at z<0.5 and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) quasars at z<0.3. We supplement these data with Herschel measurements at 160{mu}m. The sample is composed of 87 optically selected PG quasars and 52 near-IR-selected 2MASS quasars. Here we present the data, measure the prominent spectral features, and separate emission due to star formation from that emitted by the dusty circumnuclear torus. We find that the mid-IR (5-30{mu}m) spectral shape for the torus is largely independent of quasar IR luminosity with scatter in the spectral energy distribution (SED) shape of <~0.2dex. Except for the silicate features, no large difference is observed between PG (unobscured --silicate emission) and 2MASS (obscured --silicate absorption) quasars. Only mild silicate features are observed in both cases. When in emission, the peak wavelength of the silicate feature tends to be longer than 9.7{mu}m, possibly indicating effects on grain properties near the active galactic nucleus. The IR color is shown to correlate with the equivalent width of the aromatic features, indicating that the slope of the quasar mid- to far-IR SED is to first order driven by the fraction of radiation from star formation in the IR bands.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/730/19
- Title:
- IR spectra and SEDs for starbursts and AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/730/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present spectroscopic results for all galaxies observed with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) that also have total infrared fluxes f_IR_ measured with the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), also using AKARI photometry when available. Infrared luminosities and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from 8um to 160um are compared to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission from starburst galaxies or mid-infrared dust continuum from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at rest-frame wavelengths ~8um. A total of 301 spectra are analyzed for which IRS and IRAS include the same unresolved source, as measured by the ratio f_{nu}_(IRAS 25um)/f_{nu}_(IRS 25um). Sources have 0.004<z<0.34 and 42.5<logL_IR_<46.8(erg/s) and cover the full range of starburst galaxy and AGN classifications.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A135
- Title:
- IR spectral of 4 Ae/Be Herbig stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/623/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the interstellar medium, carbon (nano-)grains are a major component of interstellar dust. This solid phase is more vulnerable to processing and destruction than its silicate counterpart. It exhibits a complex, size-dependent evolution that is due to interactions within different radiative and dynamical environments. Infrared signatures of these carbon nano-grains are seen in a large number of discs around Herbig HAeBe stars. We probe the composition and evolution of carbon nano-grains at the surface of (pre-)transitional proto-planetary discs around Herbig stars. We present spatially resolved infrared emission spectra obtained with the Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (NAOS) Near-Infrared Imager and Spectrograph (CONICA) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in the 3-4 microns range with a spatial resolution of 0.1-arcsec, which allowed us to trace aromatic, olefinic, and aliphatic bands that are attributed to sub-nanometer hydrocarbon grains. We applied a Gaussian fitting to analyse the observed spectral signatures. Finally, we propose an interpretation in the framework of theThe Heterogeneous dust Evolution Model of Interstellar Solids (THEMIS). We show the presence of several spatially extended spectral features that are related to aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon material in discs around Herbig stars, from 10 to 50-100au, and even in inner gaps that are devoid of large grains. The correlation and constant intensity ratios between aliphatic and aromatic CH stretching bands suggests a common nature of the carriers. Given their expected high destruction rates through UV photons, our observations suggest that they are continuously replenished at the disc surfaces.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/63
- Title:
- IR spectra of 5 brown dwarfs with Gemini North IRS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/160/63
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Cold brown dwarfs are excellent analogs of widely separated, gas giant exoplanets, and provide insight into the potential atmospheric chemistry and physics we may encounter in objects to be discovered by future direct imaging surveys. We present a low-resolution, R~300, M-band spectroscopic sequence of seven brown dwarfs with effective temperatures between 750 and 250K along with Jupiter. These spectra reveal disequilibrium abundances of carbon monoxide (CO) produced by atmospheric quenching. We use the eddy diffusion coefficient (Kzz) to estimate the strength of vertical mixing in each object. The Kzz values of cooler gaseous objects are close to their theoretical maximum, and warmer objects show weaker mixing, likely due to less efficient convective mixing in primarily radiative layers. The CO-derived Kzz values imply that disequilibrium phosphine (PH3) should be easily observable in all of the brown dwarfs, but none as yet show any evidence for PH3 absorption. We find that ammonia is relatively insensitive to atmospheric quenching at these effective temperatures. We are able to improve the fit to WISE 0855's M-band spectrum by including both CO and water clouds in the atmospheric model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/732/116
- Title:
- IR spectra of {gamma}-ray bright blazars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/732/116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A possible source of {gamma}-ray photons observed from the jets of blazars is inverse Compton scattering by relativistic electrons of infrared seed photons from a hot, dusty torus in the nucleus. We use observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope to search for signatures of such dust in the infrared spectra of four {gamma}-ray bright blazars, the quasars 4C 21.35, CTA102, and PKS 1510-089, and the BL Lacertae object ON231. The spectral energy distribution (SED) of 4C 21.35 contains a prominent infrared excess indicative of dust emission. After subtracting a non-thermal component with a power-law spectrum, we fit a dust model to the residual SED. The model consists of a blackbody with temperature ~1200K, plus a much weaker optically thin component at ~660K. The total luminosity of the thermal dust emission is 7.9+/-0.2x10^45^erg/s. If the dust lies in an equatorial torus, the density of infrared photons from the torus is sufficient to explain the {gamma}-ray flux from 4C 21.35 as long as the scattering occurs within a few parsecs of the central engine. We also report a tentative detection of dust in the quasar CTA102, in which the luminosity of the infrared excess is 7+/-2x10^45^erg/s. However, in CTA102 the far-infrared spectra are too noisy to detect the 10um silicate feature. Upper limits to the luminosity from thermal emission from dust in PKS 1510-089, and ON231, are 2.3x10^45^, and 6.6x10^43^erg/s, respectively. These upper limits do not rule out the possibility of inverse Compton upscattering of infrared photons to {gamma}-ray energies in these two sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/405/531
- Title:
- IR spectra of ISOGAL sources in Galactic Bulge
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/405/531
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work we present near-IR spectra (HK-band) of a sample of 107 sources with mid-IR excesses at 7 and 15{mu}m detected during the ISOGAL survey. Making use of the DENIS interstellar extinction map from Schultheis et al. (1999, Cat. <J/A+A/349/L69>) we derive luminosities and find that the Mbol vs. ^12^CO and Mbol vs. H_2_O diagrams are powerful tools for identifying supergiants, AGB stars, giants and young stellar objects. The majority of our sample are AGB stars (~80%) while we find four good supergiant candidates, nine young stellar objects and 12 RGB candidates. We have used the most recent K_0_-[15] relation by Jeong et al. (2002, in Mass-losing Pulsating tars and their Circumstellar Matter, ed. Y. Nakasa, M. Honma, & M. Sekiin) based on recent theoretical modeling of dust formation of AGB stars to determine mass-loss rates. The mass-loss rates of the supergiants are comparable with those in the solar neighbourhood while the long-period Variables cover a mass-loss range from -5<log(dM/dt)<-7. The red giant candidates lie at the lower end of the mass-loss rate range between -6.5<log(dM/dt)<-9. We used the equivalent width of the CO bandhead at 2.3 mum, the NaI doublet and the CaI triplet to estimate metallicities using the relation by Ramirez et al. (2000ApJ...537..205R). The metallicity distribution of the ISOGAL objects shows a mean [Fe/H]~-0.25dex with a dispersion of +/-0.40dex which is in agreement with the values of Ramirez et al. (2000ApJ...537..205R) for Galactic Bulge fields between b=-4{deg} and b=-1.3{deg}. A comparison with the solar neighbourhood sample of Lancon & Wood (2000, Cat. <J/A+AS/146/217>) shows that our sample is ~0.5dex more metal-rich on average.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/146/437
- Title:
- IR spectra of oxygen-rich evolved stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/146/437
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have analyzed the 8-13.5{mu}m UKIRT CGS3 spectra of 142 M-type stars including 80 oxygen-rich AGB stars and 62 red supergiants, with a view to understanding the differences and similarities between the dust features of these stars. We have classified the spectra into groups according to the observed appearance of the infrared features.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/110/275
- Title:
- IR spectra of standard stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/110/275
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present five new absolutely calibrated continuous stellar spectra from 1.2 to 35 um, constructed as far as possible from actual observed spectral fragments taken from the ground, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), and the IRAS Low Resolution Spectrometer (LRS). These stars -- Beta Peg, Alpha Boo, Beta And, Beta Gem, and Alpha Hya -- augment our already created complete absolutely calibrated spectrum for Alpha Tau. All these spectra have a common calibration pedigree. The wavelength coverage is ideal for calibration of many existing and proposed ground-based, airborne, and satellite sensors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/769/149
- Title:
- IR spectroscopy in Orion A: transitional disks
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/769/149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Transitional disks are protoplanetary disks around young stars, with inner holes or gaps which are surrounded by optically thick outer, and often inner, disks. Here we present observations of 62 new transitional disks in the Orion A star-forming region. These were identified using the Spitzer Space Telescope's Infrared Spectrograph and followed up with determinations of stellar and accretion parameters using the Infrared Telescope Facility's SpeX. We combine these new observations with our previous results on transitional disks in Taurus, Chamaeleon I, Ophiuchus, and Perseus, and with archival X-ray observations. This produces a sample of 105 transitional disks of "cluster" age 3Myr or less, by far the largest hitherto assembled. We use this sample to search for trends between the radial structure in the disks and many other system properties, in order to place constraints on the possible origins of transitional disks. We see a clear progression of host-star accretion rate and the different disk morphologies. We confirm that transitional disks with complete central clearings have median accretion rates an order of magnitude smaller than radially continuous disks of the same population. Pre-transitional disks--those objects with gaps that separate inner and outer disks--have median accretion rates intermediate between the two. Our results from the search for statistically significant trends, especially related to dM/dt, strongly support that in both cases the gaps are far more likely to be due to the gravitational influence of Jovian planets or brown dwarfs orbiting within the gaps, than to any of the photoevaporative, turbulent, or grain-growth processes that can lead to disk dissipation. We also find that the fraction of Class II YSOs which are transitional disks is large, 0.1-0.2, especially in the youngest associations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/226/11
- Title:
- IR spectroscopy of AGN & starbursts
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/226/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A sample of 379 extragalactic sources is presented that has mid-infrared, high-resolution spectroscopy from the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) and also spectroscopy of the [CII]158{mu}m line from the Herschel Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS). The emission line profiles of [NeII]12.81{mu}m, [NeIII]15.55{mu}m, and [CII]158{mu}m are presented, and intrinsic line widths are determined (full width half maximum of Gaussian profiles after instrumental correction). All line profiles, together with overlays comparing the positions of PACS and IRS observations, are made available in the Cornell Atlas of Spitzer IRS Sources (CASSIS). Sources are classified from active galactic nucleus (AGN) to starburst based on equivalent widths of the 6.2{mu}m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon feature. It is found that intrinsic line widths do not change among classifications for [CII], with median widths of 207km/s for AGNs, 248km/s for composites, and 233km/s for starbursts. The [NeII] line widths also do not change with classification, but [NeIII] lines are progressively broader from starburst to AGN. A few objects with unusually broad lines or unusual redshift differences in any feature are identified.
