- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/894/75
- Title:
- Ultra-diffuse & LSB dwarf galaxies in A370 from HFF
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/894/75
- Date:
- 19 Jan 2022 13:03:46
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in Abell 370 (A370; z=0.375). We find 46 UDGs in A370 from the images of the Hubble Frontier Fields. Most UDGs are low-luminosity red sequence galaxies, while a few of them are blue UDGs. We estimate the abundance of UDGs in A370, N(UDG)=644+/-104. Combining these results with those of Abell S1063 (z=0.348) and Abell 2744 (z=0.308), we derive a mean radial number density profile of UDGs in the three clusters. The number density profiles of UDGs and bright galaxies show a discrepancy in the central region of the clusters: the profile of UDGs shows a flattening as clustercentric distance decreases, while that of bright galaxies shows a continuous increase. This implies that UDGs are prone to disruption in the central region of the clusters. The relation between the abundance of UDGs and virial masses of their host systems is described by a power law with an index of nearly one: N(UDG){propto}M_200_^0.99+/-0.05^ for M_200_>10^13^M_{sun}_. We estimate approximately dynamical masses of UDGs using the fundamental manifold method and find that most UDGs have dwarf-like masses (M_200_<10^11^M_{sun}_). This implies that most UDGs have a dwarf-like origin and a small number of them could be failed L* galaxies. These results suggest that multiple origins may contribute to the formation and evolution of UDGs in massive galaxy clusters.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/739/57
- Title:
- Ultra hard X-ray AGNs in the Swift/BAT survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/739/57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have assembled the largest sample of ultra hard X-ray selected (14-195keV) active galactic nucleus (AGN) with host galaxy optical data to date, with 185 nearby (z<0.05), moderate luminosity AGNs from the Swift BAT sample. The BAT AGN host galaxies have intermediate optical colors (u-r and g-r) that are bluer than a comparison sample of inactive galaxies and optically selected AGNs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) which are chosen to have the same stellar mass. Based on morphological classifications from the RC3 and the Galaxy Zoo, the bluer colors of BAT AGNs are mainly due to a higher fraction of mergers and massive spirals than in the comparison samples. BAT AGNs in massive galaxies (logM*>10.5) have a 5-10 times higher rate of spiral morphologies than in SDSS AGNs or inactive galaxies. We also see enhanced far-infrared emission in BAT AGN suggestive of higher levels of star formation compared to the comparison samples. BAT AGNs are preferentially found in the most massive host galaxies with high concentration indexes indicative of large bulge-to-disk ratios and large supermassive black holes. The narrow-line (NL) BAT AGNs have similar intrinsic luminosities as the SDSS NL Seyferts based on measurements of [OIII]5007. There is also a correlation between the stellar mass and X-ray emission. The BAT AGNs in mergers have bluer colors and greater ultra hard X-ray emission compared to the BAT sample as a whole.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/436/457
- Title:
- Ultra-steep spectrum radio sources
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/436/457
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of radio (VLA) and optical (ESO/La Silla) imaging of a sample of 52 radio sources having an ultra-steep radio spectrum with {alpha} mostly steeper than -1.1 at decimetre wavelengths (median {alpha}=-1.22). Radio-optical overlays are presented to an astrometric accuracy of ~1". For 41 of the sources, radio spectral indices are newly determined using unpublished observations made with the 100-m Effelsberg radio telescope. For 14 of the sources identified with relatively brighter optical counterparts, spectroscopic observations were also carried out at La Silla and their redshifts are found to lie in the range 0.4 to 2.6.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/3761
- Title:
- Ultraviolet quasi-stellar objects
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/137/3761
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a sample of spectroscopically confirmed quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) with FUV-NUV color (as measured by Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) photometry, FUV band: 1344-1786{AA}, NUV band: 1771-2831{AA}) bluer than canonical QSO templates and than the majority of known QSOs. We analyze their FUV to NIR colors, luminosities, and optical spectra. The sample includes a group of 150 objects at low redshift (z<0.5), and a group of 21 objects with redshift 1.7<z<2.6.
4255. 84 UMa ubvy photometry
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/335/973
- Title:
- 84 UMa ubvy photometry
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/335/973
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new longitudinal magnetic field and Stroemgren photometric measurements of the Bp star 84 UMa. From these data we determine a new rotational period P_rot_=1.38576+/-0.00080d, which is inconsistent with previously published values. The magnetic measurements indicate the presence of a weak, dominantly dipolar magnetic field in the photosphere of 84 UMa. We employ a new value of the rotational axis inclination in conjunction with the magnetic data in order to constrain the magnetic field geometry. We derive the following dipole oblique rotator parameters: i=59^+17^_-9_{deg}, {beta}=48^+17^_-29_{deg}, and B_d_=1620^+1270^_-30_G. A precise value of the radius (which we calculate in conjunction with the inclination using the Hipparcos parallax) allows us to locate 84 UMa on the radius-effective temperature plane. Using theoretical evolutionary tracks (Schaller et al., 1992, Cat. <J/A+AS/96/269>), we obtain values for the mass, age and surface gravity. These results place 84 UMa quite close to the ZAMS, a result inconsistent with the suggestion by Hubrig & Mathys (1994AN....315..343H) that the magnetic Ap stars may be near the end of their main sequence life.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/90/2221
- Title:
- UMi dwarf galaxy BV photometry
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/90/2221
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have constructed a color-magnitude diagram of the Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal to m_V_=24.8mag from charged-coupled device (CCD) observations with the Kitt Peak 4 m telescope. The main-sequence turnoff is easily visible. Fits to evolutionary isochrones and the globular M92 indicate that Ursa Minor has an age and metal abundance very similar to that of the latter cluster. No evidence for stars younger than about 16 billion years is seen, with the possible exception of approximately 20 stars believed to be blue stragglers. Ursa Minor is therefore an extreme-age galaxy, unlike superficially similar objects such as the Carina dwarf. Indeed, Ursa Minor may be the only outer-halo spheroidal whose stellar content lives up to the classical ideals of a Population II system. A distance modulus of (m-M)_0_=19.0mag is derived from a sliding fit to the M92 ridge lines. However, this modulus is uncertain by ~0.1mag, for the horizontal branch in our color-magnitude diagram is poorly populated. The ratio of blue stragglers to anomalous Cepheids in Ursa Minor is estimated to be ~100, a number that may provide an important constraint on binary models for the origin of these stars. A surprising result of our study is the discovery of clumpiness in the distribution of stars. This finding may give more weight to the idea that dwarf spheroidal galaxies were previously dwarf irregular galaxies, although clearly, if so, Ursa Minor must have lost its gaseous content very soon after formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/561/A49
- Title:
- 867um image of SBS 0335-052 with ALMA
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/561/A49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Cycle 0 Band 7 observations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf starburst galaxy in the Local Universe, SBS 0335-052 (12+log(O/H)~7.2). With these observations, dust is detected at 870um (ALMA Band 7), but 87% of the flux in this band is due to free-free emission from the starburst.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/801/127
- Title:
- 3.6um, 4.5um, B and V light curves of NGC 6418
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/801/127
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from a 15 month campaign of high-cadence (~3 days) mid-infrared Spitzer and optical (B and V) monitoring of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 6418, with the objective of determining the characteristic size of the dusty torus in this active galactic nucleus (AGN). We find that the 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m flux variations lag behind those of the optical continuum by 37.2_-2.2_^+2.4^-days and 47.1_-3.1_^+3.1^-days, respectively. We report a cross-correlation time lag between the 4.5 and 3.6{mu}m flux of 13.9_-0.1_^+0.5^ days. The lags indicate that the dust emitting at 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m is located at a distance ~1-light-month (~0.03pc) from the source of the AGN UV-optical continuum. The reverberation radii are consistent with the inferred lower limit to the sublimation radius for pure graphite grains at 1800K, but smaller by a factor of ~2 than the corresponding lower limit for silicate grains; this is similar to what has been found for near-infrared (K-band) lags in other AGNs. The 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m reverberation radii fall above the K-band {tau}{propto}L^0.5^ size-luminosity relationship by factors <~2.8 and <~3.4, respectively, while the 4.5{mu}m reverberation radius is only 27% larger than the 3.6{mu}m radius. This is broadly consistent with clumpy torus models, in which individual optically thick clouds emit strongly over a broad wavelength range.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/798/54
- Title:
- "Under-massive" black hole candidates
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/798/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Several recent papers have reported on the occurrence of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) containing undermassive black holes relative to a linear scaling relation between black hole mass (M_bh_) and host spheroid stellar mass (M_sph,*_). However, dramatic revisions to the M_bh_-M_sph,*_ and M_bh_-L_sph_ relations, based on samples containing predominantly inactive galaxies, have recently identified a new steeper relation at M_bh_<~(2-10)x10^8^M_{sun}_, roughly corresponding to M_sph,*_<~(0.3-1)x10^11^M_{sun}_. We show that this steeper, quadratic-like M_bh_-M_sph,*_ relation defined by the Sersic galaxies, i.e., galaxies without partially depleted cores, roughly tracks the apparent offset of the AGN having 10^5^<~M_bh_/M_{sun}_<~0.5x10^8^. That is, these AGNs are not randomly offset with low black hole masses, but also follow a steeper (nonlinear) relation. As noted by Busch et al. (2014, J/A+A/561/A140), confirmation or rejection of a possible AGN offset from the steeper M_bh_-M _sph,*_ relation defined by the Sersic galaxies will benefit from improved stellar mass-to-light ratios for the spheroids hosting these AGNs. Several implications for formation theories are noted. Furthermore, reasons for possible under- and overmassive black holes, the potential existence of intermediate mass black holes (<10^5^M_{sun}_), and the new steep (black hole)-(nuclear star cluster) relation, M_bh_{propto}M_nc_^2.7+/-0.7^, are also discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/209/9
- Title:
- Unidentified gamma-ray sources. IV. X-ray
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/209/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A significant fraction (~30%) of the high-energy {gamma}-ray sources listed in the second Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) catalog are still of unknown origin, having not yet been associated with counterparts at lower energies. To investigate the nature of these enigmatic sources, we present an extensive search of X-ray sources lying in the positional uncertainty region of a selected sample of these unidentified gamma-ray sources (UGSs) that makes use of all available observations performed by the Swift X-ray Telescope before 2013 March 31, available for 205 UGSs. To detect the fainter sources, we merged all the observations covering the Fermi LAT positional uncertainty region at a 95% level of confidence of each UGS. This yields a catalog of 357 X-ray sources, finding candidate X-ray counterparts for ~70% of the selected sample. In particular, 25% of the UGSs feature a single X-ray source within their positional uncertainty region, while 45% have multiple X-ray sources. For each X-ray source, we also looked in the corresponding Swift UVOT merged images for optical and ultraviolet counterparts, also performing source photometry. We found ultraviolet-optical correspondences for ~70% of the X-ray sources. We searched several major radio, infrared, optical, and ultraviolet surveys for possible counterparts within the positional error of the sources in the X-ray catalog to obtain additional information on their nature. Applying the kernel density estimation technique to infrared colors of Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer counterparts of our X-ray sources we select six {gamma}-ray blazar candidates. In addition, comparing our results with previous analyses, we select 11 additional {gamma}-ray blazar candidates.
