- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/764/114
- Title:
- BVRI photometry of stars in Orion A
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/764/114
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We extend our previous study of the stellar population of L1641, the lower-density star-forming region of the Orion A cloud south of the dense Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC), with the goal of testing whether there is a statistically significant deficiency of high-mass stars in low-density regions. Previously, we compared the observed ratio of low-mass stars to high-mass stars with theoretical models of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) to infer a deficiency of the highest-mass stars in L1641. We expand our population study to identify the intermediate-mass (late B to G) L1641 members in an attempt to make a more direct comparison with the mass function of the nearby ONC. The spectral-type distribution and the K-band luminosity function of L1641 are similar to those of the ONC, but problems of incompleteness and contamination prevent us from making a detailed test for differences. We limit our analysis to statistical tests of the ratio of high-mass to low-mass stars, which indicate a probability of only 3% that the ONC and the southern region of L1641 were drawn from the same population, supporting the hypothesis that the upper-mass end of the IMF is dependent on environmental density.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/44/383
- Title:
- Byurakan-IRAS galaxies (BIG) with SDSS spectra
- Short Name:
- J/PAZh/44/383
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The sample of Byurakan-IRAS galaxies (BIG) has been created based on optical identifications of IRAS Point Source Catalog (PSC) at high galactic latitudes. As a result, 1178 galaxies have been identified. 172 of them have been observed spectroscopically with Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO, Armenia) 2.6m, Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO, Russia) 6m and Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP, France) 1.93m telescopes. Later on, spectra were obtained for more 83 BIG objects in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We have extracted and studied these spectra, classified them and measured spectral features. Diagnostic diagrams have been built to distinguish starbursts (SB), LINERs and Seyfert galaxies. Cross-correlations were made for these objects with multiwavelength (MW) catalogues and their physical properties were studied. Among these 83 objects, 55 HII, 8 Seyfert galaxies, 2 LINERs, 4 other AGN, 6 composite spectrum objects, and 8 other emission-line galaxies have been revealed. Three of these objects are Ultra-Luminous InfraRed Galaxies (ULIRG).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/134/1298
- Title:
- CaII equivalent widths in 29 Galactic clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/134/1298
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From observations of almost 500 red giant branch stars in 29 Galactic open and globular clusters, we have investigated the behavior of the infrared Ca II triplet (8498, 8542, and 8662{AA}) in the age range 13Gyr<=age<=0.25Gyr and the metallicity range -2.2<=[Fe/H]<=+0.47. These are the widest ranges of ages and metallicities in which the behavior of the Ca II triplet lines has been investigated in a homogeneous way. We report the first empirical study of the variation of the Ca II triplet lines' strength, for given metallicities, with respect to luminosity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/136/1039
- Title:
- CaII index of SMC red giant branch stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/136/1039
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present stellar metallicities derived from Ca II triplet spectroscopy in over 350 red giant branch stars in 13 fields distributed in different positions in the Small Magellanic Cloud, ranging from ~1{deg} to ~4{deg} from its center. In the innermost fields, the average metallicity is [Fe/H]~-1. This value decreases when we move away toward outermost regions. This is the first detection of a spectroscopic metallicity gradient in this galaxy. We show that the metallicity gradient is related to an age gradient, in the sense that more metal-rich stars, which are also younger, are concentrated in the central regions of the galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/327/918
- Title:
- CaII in extragalactic red giants
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/327/918
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectroscopic abundance determinations for stars spanning a Hubble time in age are necessary in order to determine unambiguously the evolutionary histories of galaxies. Using FORS1 in multi-object spectroscopy mode on ANTU (UT1) at the ESO VLT on Paranal, we have obtained near-infrared spectra from which we have measured the equivalent widths of the two strongest Ca II triplet lines to determine metal abundances for a sample of red giant branch stars, selected from ESO NTT optical (I, V-I) photometry of three nearby Local Group galaxies: the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal, the Fornax dwarf spheroidal and the dwarf irregular NGC 6822. The summed equivalent width of the two strongest lines in the Ca II triplet absorption-line feature, centred at 8500{AA}, can be readily converted into an [Fe/H] abundance using the previously established calibrations by Armandroff & Da Costa (1991AJ....101.1329A) and Rutledge, Hesser & Stetson (1997, Cat. <J/PASP/109/883>). We have measured metallicities for 37 stars in Sculptor, 32 stars in Fornax and 23 stars in NGC 6822, yielding more precise estimates of the metallicity distribution functions for these galaxies than it is possible to obtain photometrically. In the case of NGC 6822, this is the first direct measurement of the abundances of the intermediate-age and old stellar populations. We find metallicity spreads in each galaxy which are broadly consistent with the photometric width of the red giant branch, although the abundances of individual stars do not always appear to correspond to their colour. This is almost certainly predominantly due to a highly variable star formation rate with time in these galaxies, which results in a non-uniform, non-globular-cluster-like evolution of the Ca/Fe ratio.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/1630
- Title:
- CaII spectroscopy in Magellanic Cloud clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/132/1630
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the FORS2 instrument on the Very Large Telescope, we have obtained near-infrared spectra for more than 200 stars in 28 populous LMC clusters. This cluster sample spans a large range of ages (~113Gyr) and metallicities (-0.3>~[Fe/H]>~-2.0) and has good areal coverage of the LMC disk. The strong absorption lines of the Ca II triplet are used to derive cluster radial velocities and abundances. We determine mean cluster velocities to typically 1.6km/s and mean metallicities to 0.04dex (random error). For eight of these clusters, we report the first spectroscopically determined metallicities based on individual cluster stars, and six of these eight have no published radial velocity measurements. Combining our data with archival Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 photometry, we find that the newly measured cluster, NGC 1718, is one of the most metal-poor ([Fe/H]~-0.80) intermediate-age (~2Gyr) inner disk clusters in the LMC. Similar to what was found by previous authors, this cluster sample has radial velocities consistent with that of a single rotating disk system, with no indication that the newly reported clusters exhibit halo kinematics. In addition, our findings confirm previous results that show that the LMC lacks the metallicity gradient typically seen in non-barred spiral galaxies, suggesting that the bar is driving the mixing of stellar populations in the LMC.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/138/517
- Title:
- CaII spectroscopy of SMC red giants
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/138/517
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained near-infrared spectra covering the CaII triplet lines for a large number of stars associated with 16 Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) clusters using the VLT + FORS2. These data compose the largest available sample of SMC clusters with spectroscopically derived abundances and velocities. Our clusters span a wide range of ages and provide good areal coverage of the galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/455/199
- Title:
- CaII triplet in red giant spectra
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/455/199
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Measurements are presented and analysed of the strength of the CaII triplet lines in red giants in Galactic globular and open clusters, and in a sample of red giants in the LMC disc that have significantly different [Ca/Fe] abundance ratios to the Galactic objects. The Galactic objects are used to generate a calibration between CaII triplet line strength and [Fe/H], which is then used to estimate [Fe/H]CaT for the LMC stars. The values are then compared with the [Fe/H]spec determinations from high-dispersion spectroscopy. After allowance for a small systematic offset, the two abundance determinations are in excellent agreement. Further, as found in earlier studies, the difference is only a very weak function of the [Ca/Fe] ratio. For example, changing [Ca/Fe] from +0.3 to -0.2 causes the CaII-based abundance to underestimate [Fe/H]spec by only ~0.15dex, assuming a Galactic calibration. Consequently, the CaII triplet approach to metallicity determinations can be used without significant bias to study stellar systems that have substantially different chemical evolution histories.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/411/1013
- Title:
- CaII triplet in Sextans dSph galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/411/1013
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use Very Large Telescope (VLT)/Fibre Large Array Multi Element Spectrograph (FLAMES) intermediate-resolution (R~6500) spectra of individual red giant branch stars in the near-infrared Ca ii triplet (CaT) region to investigate the wide-area metallicity properties and internal kinematics of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph). Our final sample consists of 174 probable members of Sextans with accurate line-of-sight velocities (+/-2km/s) and CaT [Fe/H] measurements (+/-0.2dex).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/836
- Title:
- Calcium triplet index in LMC stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/836
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Infrared CaII triplet (CaT) spectroscopy has been used to derive stellar metallicities for individual stars in four Large Magellanic Cloud fields situated at galactocentric distances of 3{deg}, 5{deg}, 6{deg}, and 8{deg} to the north of the bar. The combination of spectroscopy with deep CCD photometry has allowed us to break the RGB age-metallicity degeneracy and compute the ages for the objects observed spectroscopically. The obtained age-metallicity relationships (AMRs) for our four fields are statistically indistinguishable. We conclude that the lower mean metallicity in the outermost field is a consequence of it having a lower fraction of intermediate-age stars, which are more metal-rich than the older stars. The disk AMR is similar to that for clusters. However, the lack of objects with ages between 3 and 10Gyr is not observed in the field population. Finally, we used data from the literature to derive consistently the AMR of the bar. Simple chemical evolution models have been used to reproduce the observed AMRs with the purpose of investigating which mechanism has participated in the evolution of the disk and bar.