- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/300/303
- Title:
- UV-selected galaxy redshift survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/300/303
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The table contains the first results of a spectroscopic survey of galaxies constructed from a flux-limited sample of stars, galaxies and QSOs imaged at 2000{AA} with the FOCA balloon-borne imaging camera (see Milliard et al., 1992A&A...257...24M) The galaxies were selected in the rest frame ultraviolet (UV), in Selected Area 57. Accurate positions for the UV sources have been obtained by matching with optical counterparts using APM scans of the Palomar Sky Survey limited at B=20.5. The results presented here are derived from optical spectroscopy conducted with the WIYN telescope and the WHT for 142 faint sources. The redshift distribution for this UV- selected sample extends over 0<z<0.5, and a high fraction of the sources show intense nebular emission lines and UV-optical colours bluer than normal Hubble sequence galaxies. Updated results for these galaxies were published later (see Sullivan et al. 2000, Cat. <J/MNRAS/312/442>)
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/312/442
- Title:
- UV-selected galaxy redshift survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/312/442
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present further spectroscopic observations for a sample of galaxies selected in the vacuum ultraviolet (UV) at 2000{AA} from the FOCA balloon-borne imaging camera of Milliard et al. (1992A&A...257...24M). This work represents an extension of the initial study by Treyer et al. (Cat. <J/MNRAS/300/303>). Our enlarged catalogue contains 433 sources (~3 times as many as in our earlier study) across two FOCA fields. 273 of these are galaxies, nearly all with redshifts z~0-0.4. Nebular emission-line measurements are available for 216 galaxies, allowing us to address issues of excitation, reddening and metallicity. The UV and H{alpha} luminosity functions strengthen our earlier assertions that the local volume-averaged star formation rate is higher than indicated from earlier surveys. Moreover, internally within our sample, we do not find a steep rise in the UV luminosity density with redshift over 0<z<0.4. Our data are more consistent with a modest evolutionary trend, as suggested by recent redshift survey results. Investigating the emission-line properties, we find no evidence for a significant number of AGN in our sample; most UV-selected sources to z~0.4 are intense star-forming galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A141
- Title:
- UV selected sources in the GOODS-S field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Dust attenuation in galaxies is poorly known, especially at high redshift. And yet the amount of dust attenuation is a key parameter to deduce accurate star formation rates from ultraviolet (UV) rest-frame measurements. The wavelength dependence of the dust attenuation is also of fundamental importance to interpret the observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and to derive photometric redshifts or physical properties of galaxies. We want to study dust attenuation at UV wavelengths at high redshift, where the UV is redshifted to the observed visible light wavelength range. In particular, we search for a UV bump and related implications for dust attenuation determinations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/139/1338
- Title:
- UV-selected stars in Tau and Upper Sco
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/139/1338
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out a Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Cycle 1 guest investigator program covering 56deg^2^ near the Taurus T association and 12deg^2^ along the northern edge of the Upper Scorpius OB association. We combined photometry in the GALEX far-ultraviolet and near-ultraviolet bands with data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey to identify candidate young (<~100Myr old) stars as those with an ultraviolet excess relative to older main-sequence stars. Follow-up spectroscopy of a partial sample of these candidates suggests five new members of Taurus, with 8-20 expected from additional observations, and five new members of Upper Scorpius, with three to six expected from additional observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/770/137
- Title:
- UV star clusters in 4 elliptical galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/770/137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Small amounts of star formation in elliptical galaxies are suggested by several results: surprisingly young ages from optical line indices, cooling X-ray gas, and mid-infrared dust emission. Such star formation has previously been difficult to directly detect, but using ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 imaging, we have identified individual young stars and star clusters in four nearby ellipticals. Ongoing star formation is detected in all galaxies, including three ellipticals that have previously exhibited potential signposts of star-forming conditions (NGC 4636, NGC 4697, and NGC 4374), as well as the typical "red and dead" NGC 3379. The current star formation in our closest targets, where we are most complete, is between 2.0 and 9.8x10^-5^M_{sun}_/yr. The star formation history was roughly constant from 0.5 to 1.5 Gyr (at (3-5)x10^-4^M_{sun}_/yr), but decreased by a factor of several in the past 0.3Gyr. Most star clusters have a mass between 10^2^ and 10^4^M_{sun}_. The specific star formation rates of ~10^-16^/yr (at the present day) or ~10^-14^/yr (when averaging over the past Gyr) imply that a fraction 10^-8^ of the stellar mass is younger than 100Myr and 10^-5^ is younger than 1Gyr, quantifying the level of frosting of recent star formation over the otherwise passive stellar population. There is no obvious correlation between either the presence or spatial distribution of postulated star formation indicators and the star formation we detect.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/731/28
- Title:
- UV star-forming association in spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/731/28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate recent star formation in the extended ultraviolet (XUV) disks of five nearby galaxies (NGC 0628, NGC 2090, NGC 2841, NGC 3621, and NGC 5055) using a long wavelength baseline comprised of ultraviolet and mid-infrared imaging from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera. We identify 229 unresolved stellar complexes across targeted portions of their XUV disks and utilize spectral energy distribution fitting to measure their stellar ages and masses through comparison with Starburst99 population synthesis models of instantaneous burst populations. We find that the median age of outer-disk associations in our sample is ~100Myr with a large dispersion that spans the entire range of our models (1Myr to 1Gyr). This relatively evolved state for most associations addresses the observed dearth of H{alpha} emission in some outer disks, as H{alpha} can only be observed in star-forming regions younger than ~10Myr. The large age dispersion is robust against variations in extinction (in the range E(B-V)=0-0.3mag) and variations in the upper end of the stellar initial mass function (IMF). In particular, we demonstrate that the age dispersion is insensitive to steepening of the IMF, up to extreme slopes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/703/614
- Title:
- UV star-forming regions in M31
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/703/614
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a comprehensive study of star-forming (SF) regions in the nearest large spiral galaxy M31. We use Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) far-UV (1344-1786{AA}, FUV) and near-UV (1771-2831{AA}, NUV) imaging to detect young massive stars and trace the recent star formation across the galaxy. The FUV and NUV flux measurements of the SF regions, combined with ground-based data for estimating the reddening by interstellar dust from the massive stars they contain, are used to derive their ages and masses. The GALEX imaging, combining deep sensitivity and coverage of the entire galaxy, provides a complete picture of the recent star formation in M31 and its variation with environment throughout the galaxy. The FUV and NUV measurements are sensitive to detect stellar populations younger than a few hundred Myr. We detected 894 SF regions, with size >=1600pc^2^ above an average FUV flux limit of ~26ABmag/arcsecond^2^, over the whole 26kpc (radius) galaxy disk. We derive the star formation history of M31 within this time span. The star formation rate (SFR) from the youngest UV sources (age <=10Myr) is comparable to that derived from H{alpha}, as expected.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/602/A97
- Title:
- UV structure of 11 galaxies with Swift-UVOT
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/602/A97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- GALEX detected a significant fraction of early-type galaxies, in particular S0s, showing Far-UV bright structures, sometimes involving an entire galaxy out to its outskirts. These features suggest the presence of either recent, ongoing and/or prolonged star formation episodes, shedding new light on the evolution of these systems. We aim at understanding the evolutionary path[s] of these early-type galaxies and the mechanisms at the origin of their UV-bright structures. We investigate with a multi{lambda} approach the link between the inner and the outer galaxy regions of a set of eleven early-type galaxies selected because of their nearly passive stage of evolution in the nuclear region. This paper, second of a series, focuses on the information coming from the comparison between UV features detected by Swift-UVOT, tracing recent star formation, and the galaxy optical structure mapping older stellar populations. We performed a surface photometric study of these early-type galaxies, observed with Swift-UVOT UV filters, W2 2030{AA} {lambda_0}, M2 2231{AA} {lambda_0}, W1 2634{AA} {lambda_0}, and UBV bands. BVRI photometry from other sources in the literature is also used. Our integrated magnitude measurements have been analyzed and compared with corresponding values in the literature. We characterize the overall galaxy structure best fitting the UV and optical luminosity profiles using a single Sersic law. NGC 1366, NGC 1426, NGC 3818, NGC 3962 and NGC 7192 show featureless luminosity profiles. Excluding NGC~1366 which has a clear edge-on disk (n~1-2), and NGC 3818, the remaining three have Sersic's indices n~3-4 in optical and a lower index in the UV. Bright ring/arm-like structures are revealed by UV images and luminosity profiles of NGC 1415, NGC 1533, NGC 1543, NGC 2685, NGC 2974 and IC 2006. The ring/arm-like structures are different from galaxy to galaxy. Sersic indices of UV profiles for those galaxies are in the range n=1.5-3 both in S0s and in galaxies classified as "bona fide" ellipticals, such as NGC 2974 and IC 2006. We notice that in our sample optical Sersic indices are usually larger than in the UV ones. (M2-V) color profiles are bluer in ring/arm-like structures with respect to the galaxy body. The lower values of Sersic's indices in the UV bands with respect to optical ones, suggesting the presence of a disk, point out that the role of the dissipation cannot be neglected in recent evolutionary phases of these early-type galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/648/987
- Title:
- UV through far-IR analysis of M81
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/648/987
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The recent star formation (SF) in the early-type spiral galaxy M81 is characterized using imaging observations from the far-ultraviolet to the far-infrared. We compare these data with models of the stellar, gas, and dust emission for subgalactic regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/199/22
- Title:
- UV to far-IR photometry of galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/199/22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we present a sample of cluster galaxies devoted to study the environmental influence on the star formation activity. This sample of galaxies inhabits in clusters showing a rich variety in their characteristics and have been observed by the SDSS-DR6 down to M_B_~-18, and by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer AIS throughout sky regions corresponding to several megaparsecs. We assign the broadband and emission-line fluxes from ultraviolet to far-infrared to each galaxy performing an accurate spectral energy distribution for spectral fitting analysis. The clusters follow the general X-ray luminosity versus velocity dispersion trend of L_X_{propto}{sigma}^4.4^_c_.