- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/242/4
- Title:
- Two new catalogs of blazar candidates
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/242/4
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present two catalogs of radio-loud candidate blazars whose Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mid-infrared colors are selected to be consistent with the colors of confirmed {gamma}-ray-emitting blazars. The first catalog is the improved and expanded release of the WISE Blazar-like Radio-Loud Sources (WIBRaLS) catalog presented by D'Abrusco et al. It includes sources detected in all four WISE filters, spatially cross-matched with radio sources in one of three radio surveys and radio-loud based on their q_22_ spectral parameter. WIBRaLS2 includes 9541 sources classified as BL Lacs, flat-spectrum radio quasars, or mixed candidates based on their WISE colors. The second catalog, called KDEBLLACS, based on a new selection technique, contains 5579 candidate BL Lacs extracted from the population of WISE sources detected in the first three WISE passbands ([3.4], [4.6], and [12]) only, whose mid-infrared colors are similar to those of confirmed, {gamma}-ray BL Lacs. Members of KDBLLACS are also required to have a radio counterpart and be radio-loud based on the parameter q_12_, defined similarly to the q_22_ used for the WIBRaLS2. We describe the properties of these catalogs and compare them with the largest samples of confirmed and candidate blazars in the literature. We cross-match the two new catalogs with the most recent catalogs of {gamma}-ray sources detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope. Since spectroscopic observations of candidate blazars from the first WIBRaLS catalog within the uncertainty regions of {gamma}-ray unassociated sources confirmed that ~90% of these candidates are blazars, we anticipate that these new catalogs will again play an important role in the identification of the {gamma}-ray sky.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/727/125
- Title:
- Two secondary eclipses of WASP-12b with Spitzer
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/727/125
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We observed two secondary eclipses of the exoplanet WASP-12b using the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The close proximity of WASP-12b to its G-type star results in extreme tidal forces capable of inducing apsidal precession with a period as short as a few decades. This precession would be measurable if the orbit had a significant eccentricity, leading to an estimate of the tidal Love number and an assessment of the degree of central concentration in the planetary interior. An initial ground-based secondary-eclipse phase reported by Lopez-Morales et al. (0.510+/-0.002; 2010ApJ...716L..36L) implied eccentricity at the 4.5{sigma} level. The spectroscopic orbit of Hebb et al. (2009ApJ...693.1920H) has eccentricity 0.049+/-0.015, a 3{sigma} result, implying an eclipse phase of 0.509+/-0.007. However, there is a well-documented tendency of spectroscopic data to overestimate small eccentricities. Our eclipse phases are 0.5010+/-0.0006 (3.6 and 5.8um) and 0.5006+/-0.0007 (4.5 and 8.0um). An unlikely orbital precession scenario invoking an alignment of the orbit during the Spitzer observations could have explained this apparent discrepancy, but the final eclipse phase of Lopez-Morales et al. (0.510^+0.007^_-0.006_) is consistent with a circular orbit at better than 2{sigma}. An orbit fit to all the available transit, eclipse, and radial-velocity data indicates precession at <1{sigma}; a non-precessing solution fits better. We also comment on analysis and reporting for Spitzer exoplanet data in light of recent re-analyses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/3826
- Title:
- Two transits of the giant planet WASP-4b
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/137/3826
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present photometry of two transits of the giant planet WASP-4b with a photometric precision of 400-800 parts per million and a time sampling of 25-40s. The two midtransit times are determined to within 6s. Together with previously published times, the data are consistent with a constant orbital period, giving no compelling evidence for period variations that would be produced by a satellite or additional planets. Analysis of the new photometry, in combination with stellar-evolutionary modeling, gives a planetary mass and radius of 1.237+/-0.064M_Jup_ and 1.365+/-0.021R_Jup_, respectively. The planet is 15% larger than expected based on previously published models of solar-composition giant planets. With data of the quality presented here, the detection of transits of a "super-Earth" of radius 1.75R_{earth}_ would have been possible.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/753/156
- Title:
- T/Y brown dwarfs with WISE photometry
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/753/156
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery of another seven Y dwarfs from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Using these objects, as well as the first six WISE Y dwarf discoveries from Cushing et al. (2011ApJ...743...50C), we further explore the transition between spectral types T and Y. We find that the T/Y boundary roughly coincides with the spot where the J-H colors of brown dwarfs, as predicted by models, turn back to the red. Moreover, we use preliminary trigonometric parallax measurements to show that the T/Y boundary may also correspond to the point at which the absolute H (1.6{mu}m) and W2 (4.6{mu}m) magnitudes plummet. We use these discoveries and their preliminary distances to place them in the larger context of the solar neighborhood. We present a table that updates the entire stellar and substellar constituency within 8pc of the Sun, and we show that the current census has hydrogen-burning stars outnumbering brown dwarfs by roughly a factor of six. This factor will decrease with time as more brown dwarfs are identified within this volume, but unless there is a vast reservoir of cold brown dwarfs invisible to WISE, the final space density of brown dwarfs is still expected to fall well below that of stars. We also use these new Y dwarf discoveries, along with newly discovered T dwarfs from WISE, to investigate the field substellar mass function. We find that the overall space density of late-T and early-Y dwarfs matches that from simulations describing the mass function as a power law with slope -0.5<{alpha}<0.0; however, a power law may provide a poor fit to the observed object counts as a function of spectral type because there are tantalizing hints that the number of brown dwarfs continues to rise from late-T to early-Y. More detailed monitoring and characterization of these Y dwarfs, along with dedicated searches aimed at identifying more examples, are certainly required.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/515/A81
- Title:
- TYC 2627-638-1 BV(RI)c differential photometry
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/515/A81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present BV(RI)c and JHKs photometry and low- and high-resolution spectroscopy of the 11th mag G-type star TYC 2627-638-1. Our investigation reveals that the target is separated into two young, early-G-type main-sequence (or late pre-main-sequence) stars, which are most probably bound and form a wide binary system. A substellar body orbits the brighter component as implied by radial velocity variations. The brighter component possibly also has a faint, later type stellar companion. Both components of the wide binary have clear emission cores in the CaII H&K lines and filled-in Halpha absorption, indicating that both stars are chromospherically active. Our photometric time series reveals clear but only a few hundredths of a magnitude amplitude rotational modulation, which is most likely due to cool starspots. Two distinct periods, near 3.5 and 3.7-days, are found in the brightness variations. Photometry obtained separately of the two components of the wide binary show that these periodicities belong to the brighter star. The fainter component shows a much slower light variation of about 0.3mag. amplitude. In addition, long-term changes in the brightness of both stars are seen. The spectral energy distribution shows a strong near-infrared excess in the fainter component of the wide binary.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/197A
- Title:
- Tycho Input Catalogue, Revised version
- Short Name:
- I/197A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A Tycho Input Catalogue of three million stars brighter than V=12.1 has been prepared, for the needs of the Tycho mission (Hipparcos satellite). This catalogue results from the cross-matching of a subset of the Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog with the Hipparcos INCA database. References to these major catalogues, and details about the cross-matching procedures are to be found in the paper published in Astron. Astrophys. 258, 217-222 (May 1992). Among the 3,154,204 stars of the Tycho Input Catalogue, only a bit more than 1 million will appear in the final Tycho catalogue. A preliminary selection was done in the Recognition process, that was based on the first year of the satellite scientific mission (Halbwachs et al., =1994A&A...281L..25H). 1,049,971 stars were thus selected, and are flagged in this version of the Tycho Input Catalogue. The main file contains 3 154 204 records of 80 characters (total size: 256 Mbytes). It is split into four files tic1 to tic4 for easier manipulations. An annex file contains the following additional data for a subset of the stars: (a) the cross-identification with the Hipparcos Input Catalogue (117 778 records, flag 26) (b) the cross-matching with the INCA database (217 625 records, flag 20). The annex file contains 217 625 records (64 char., 14 Mbytes).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/363/1111
- Title:
- Tycho-2 stars with IR excess
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/363/1111
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stars of all evolutionary phases have been found to have excess infrared emission due to the presence of circumstellar material. To identify such stars, we have positionally correlated the infrared Mid-Course Space Experiment (MSX) Point Source Catalogue (<V/114>) and the Tycho-2 optical catalogue (<I/259>). Near-mid-infrared colour criteria have been developed to select infrared excess stars. The search yielded 1938 excess stars; over half (979) have never previously been detected by IRAS. The excess stars were found to be young objects such as Herbig Ae/Be and Be stars, and evolved objects such as OH/IR (infrared) and carbon stars. A number of B-type excess stars were also discovered whose infrared colours could not be readily explained by known catalogued objects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/534/A110
- Title:
- Type-2 AGN from XMM-COSMOS bolometric output
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/534/A110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Study of the multi-wavelength properties of a sample of 255 spectroscopically identified X-ray selected Type-2 AGN from the XMM-COSMOS survey. For each source, X-ray ID, spectroscopic redshift, logarithm of the 2-10keV luminosity, logarithm of the bolometric luminosity, bolometric correction, logarithm of the stellar mass, star formation rate, absolute magnitude M_U_, absolute magnitude M_V_, absolute magnitude M_J_ (Johnson-Kron-Cousin system), morphological class.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/841/102
- Title:
- Type 2 AGN host galaxies in Chandra-COSMOS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/841/102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the star formation properties of a large sample of ~2300 X-ray-selected Type 2 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) host galaxies out to z~3 in the Chandra COSMOS Legacy Survey in order to understand the connection between the star formation and nuclear activity. Making use of the existing multi-wavelength photometric data available in the COSMOS field, we perform a multi-component modeling from far-infrared to near-ultraviolet using a nuclear dust torus model, a stellar population model and a starburst model of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs). Through detailed analyses of SEDs, we derive the stellar masses and the star formation rates (SFRs) of Type 2 AGN host galaxies. The stellar mass of our sample is in the range of 9<logM_stellar_/M_{sun}_<12 with uncertainties of ~0.19dex. We find that Type 2 AGN host galaxies have, on average, similar SFRs compared to the normal star-forming galaxies with similar M_stellar_ and redshift ranges, suggesting no significant evidence for enhancement or quenching of star formation. This could be interpreted in a scenario, where the relative massive galaxies have already experienced substantial growth at higher redshift (z>3), and grow slowly through secular fueling processes hosting moderate-luminosity AGNs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/796/L18
- Title:
- Type Ia supernova 2011de UVOT photometry
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/796/L18
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present and discuss the ultraviolet (UV)/optical photometric light curves and absolute magnitudes of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2011de from the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope. We find it to be the UV brightest SN Ia yet observed - more than a factor of 10 brighter than normal SNe Ia in the mid-ultraviolet. We find that the UV/optical brightness and broad light curve evolution can be modeled with additional flux from the shock of the ejecta hitting a relatively large red giant companion separated by 6x10^13^ cm. However, the post-maximum behavior of other UV-bright SNe Ia can also be modeled in a similar manner, including objects with UV spectroscopy or pre-maximum photometry which is inconsistent with this model. This suggests that similar UV luminosities can be intrinsic or caused by other forms of shock interaction. The high velocities reported for SN 2011de make it distinct from the UV-bright "super-Chandrasekhar" SNe Ia and the NUV-blue group of normal SNe Ia. SN 2011de is an extreme example of the UV variations in SNe Ia.
