- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/55
- Title:
- Infrared spectroscopy of NTTS 155808-2219
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The young, low-mass, triple system NTTS 155808-2219 (ScoPMS 20) was previously identified as a ~17day period single-lined spectroscopic binary (SB) with a tertiary component at 0.21arcsec. Using high-resolution infrared spectra, acquired with NIRSPEC on Keck II, both with and without adaptive optics (AO), we measured radial velocities (RVs) of all three components. Reanalysis of the single-lined visible light observations, made from 1987 to 1993, also yielded RV detections of the three stars. Combining visible light and infrared data to compute the orbital solution produces orbital parameters consistent with the single-lined solution and a mass ratio of q=0.78+/-0.01 for the SB. We discuss the consistency between our results and previously published data on this system, our RV analysis with both observed and synthetic templates, and the possibility that this system is eclipsing, providing a potential method for the determination of the stars' absolute masses. Over the ~20year baseline of our observations, we have measured the acceleration of the SB's center of mass in its orbit with the tertiary. Long-term, AO imaging of the tertiary will eventually yield dynamical data useful for component mass estimates.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/35
- Title:
- Infrared spectroscopy of symbiotic stars. XI.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Employing new infrared radial velocities, we have computed spectroscopic orbits of the cool giants in four southern S-type symbiotic systems. The orbits for two of the systems, Hen 3-461 and Hen 3-828, have been determined for the first time, while orbits of the other two, SY Mus and AR Pav, have previously been determined. For the latter two systems, we compare our results with those in the literature. The low mass of the secondary of SY Mus suggests that it has gone through a common envelope phase. Hen 3-461 has an orbital period of 2271 days, one of the longest currently known for S-type symbiotic systems. That period is very different from the orbital period proposed previously from its photometric variations. The other three binaries have periods between 600 and 700 day, values that are typical for S-type symbiotic orbits. Basic properties of the M giant components and the distance to each system are determined.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/554/A24
- Title:
- Infra-red transitions of Ca and Mg
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/554/A24
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- While solar spectra contain a lot of CaI and MgI infrared lines, no laboratory-measured spectra of these atoms have been reported for wavenumbers below 2000cm^-1^. This study reports CaI spectra in 1300-4500cm^-1^ range and MgI spectra in 1300-4500cm^-1^ range. We perform the time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study of a plasma created by the laser ablation of MgF_2_ and CaF_2_ targets in a vacuum. The oscillator strengths(f-values) are calculated using quantum defect theory (QDT) which shows good agreement with the available experimental and theoretical results. We report several CaI and MgI IR lines which have not been measured previously in laboratory. The recorded spectra allow to determine the excitation energies of some Ca I and Mg I states with high orbital momentum (l=4,5). We also provide a large list of QDT-calculated f-values for CaI and MgI in the range of 800-9000cm^-1^.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/201
- Title:
- Infrared transmission spectrum for Kepler-79d
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/160/201
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Extremely low-density planets ("super-puffs") are a small but intriguing subset of the transiting planet population. With masses in the super-Earth range (1-10M{Earth}) and radii akin to those of giant planets (>4R{Earth}), their large envelopes may have been accreted beyond the water snow line and many appear to be susceptible to catastrophic mass loss. Both the presence of water and the importance of mass loss can be explored using transmission spectroscopy. Here, we present new Hubble space telescope WFC3 spectroscopy and updated Kepler transit depth measurements for the super-puff Kepler-79d. We do not detect any molecular absorption features in the 1.1-1.7{mu}m WFC3 bandpass, and the combined Kepler and WFC3 data are consistent with a flat-line model, indicating the presence of aerosols in the atmosphere. We compare the shape of Kepler-79d transmission spectrum to predictions from a microphysical haze model that incorporates an outward particle flux due to ongoing mass loss. We find that photochemical hazes offer an attractive explanation for the observed properties of super-puffs like Kepler-79d, as they simultaneously render the near-infrared spectrum featureless and reduce the inferred envelope mass-loss rate by moving the measured radius (optical depth unity surface during transit) to lower pressures. We revisit the broader question of mass-loss rates for super-puffs and find that the age estimates and mass-loss rates for the majority of super-puffs can be reconciled if hazes move the photosphere from the typically assumed pressure of ~10mbar to ~10{mu}bar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/609/A102
- Title:
- Inner/outer HII regions: galaxy sample
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/609/A102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using integral field spectroscopy (IFS) observations we aim to perform a systematic study and comparison of two inner and outer HII regions samples. The spatial resolution of the IFS, the number of objects and the homogeneity and coherence of the observations allow a complete characterization of the main observational properties and differences of the regions. We analyzed a sample of 725 inner HII regions and a sample of 671 outer HII regions, all of them detected and extracted from the observations of a sample of 263 nearby, isolated, spiral galaxies observed by the CALIFA survey. We find that inner HII regions show smaller equivalent widths, greater extinction and luminosities, along with greater values of [NII] {lambda}6583/H{alpha} and [OII] {lambda}3727/[OIII] {lambda}5007 emission-line ratios, indicating higher metallicities and lower ionization parameters. Inner regions have also redder colors and higher photometric and ionizing masses, although Mion/Mphot is slightly higher for the outer regions. This work shows important observational differences between inner and outer HII regions in star forming galaxies not previously studied in detail. These differences indicate that inner regions have more evolved stellar populations and are in a later evolution state with respect to outer regions, which goes in line with the inside-out galaxy formation paradigm.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/794/125
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. I. APOGEE stellar parameters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/794/125
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Over two years, 8859 high-resolution H-band spectra of 3493 young (1-10Myr) stars were gathered by the multi-object spectrograph of the APOGEE project as part of the IN-SYNC ancillary program of the SDSS-III survey. Here we present the forward modeling approach used to derive effective temperatures, surface gravities, radial velocities, rotational velocities, and H-band veiling from these near-infrared spectra. We discuss in detail the statistical and systematic uncertainties in these stellar parameters. In addition, we present accurate extinctions by measuring the E(J-H) of these young stars with respect to the single-star photometric locus in the Pleiades. Finally, we identify an intrinsic stellar radius spread of about 25% for late-type stars in IC 348 using three (nearly) independent measures of stellar radius, namely, the extinction-corrected J-band magnitude, the surface gravity, and the Rsini from the rotational velocities and literature rotation periods. We exclude that this spread is caused by uncertainties in the stellar parameters by showing that the three estimators of stellar radius are correlated, so that brighter stars tend to have lower surface gravities and larger Rsini than fainter stars at the same effective temperature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/799/136
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. II. Candidate young stars in NGC 1333
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/799/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The initial velocity dispersion of newborn stars is a major unconstrained aspect of star formation theory. Using near-infrared spectra obtained with the APOGEE spectrograph, we show that the velocity dispersion of young (1-2Myr) stars in NGC 1333 is 0.92+/-0.12km/s after correcting for measurement uncertainties and the effect of binaries. This velocity dispersion is consistent with the virial velocity of the region and the diffuse gas velocity dispersion, but significantly larger than the velocity dispersion of the dense, star-forming cores, which have a subvirial velocity dispersion of 0.5km/s. Since the NGC 1333 cluster is dynamically young and deeply embedded, this measurement provides a strong constraint on the initial velocity dispersion of newly formed stars. We propose that the difference in velocity dispersion between stars and dense cores may be due to the influence of a 70{mu}G magnetic field acting on the dense cores or be the signature of a cluster with initial substructure undergoing global collapse.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/818/59
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. IV. YSOs in Orion A
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/818/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey APOGEE INfrared Spectroscopy of Young Nebulous Clusters program (IN-SYNC) survey of the Orion A molecular cloud. This survey obtained high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of about 2700 young pre-main-sequence stars on a ~6{deg} field of view. We have measured accurate stellar parameters (T_eff_, logg, vsini) and extinctions and placed the sources in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram (HRD). We have also extracted radial velocities for the kinematic characterization of the population. We compare our measurements with literature results to assess the performance and accuracy of the survey. Source extinction shows evidence for dust grains that are larger than those in the diffuse interstellar medium: we estimate an average R_V_=5.5 in the region. Importantly, we find a clear correlation between HRD inferred ages and spectroscopic surface-gravity-inferred ages and between extinction and disk presence; this strongly suggests a real spread of ages larger than a few Myr. Focusing on the young population around NGC 1980/{iota} Ori, which has previously been suggested to be a separate, foreground, older cluster, we confirm its older (~5Myr) age and low A_V_, but considering that its radial velocity distribution is indistinguishable from Orion A's population, we suggest that NGC 1980 is part of Orion A's star formation activity. Based on their stellar parameters and kinematic properties, we identify 383 new candidate members of Orion A, most of which are diskless sources in areas of the region poorly studied by previous works.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/869/72
- Title:
- IN-SYNC. VIII. YSOs in NGC 1333, IC 348 and Orion A
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/869/72
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we address two issues related to primordial disk evolution in three clusters (NGC1333, IC348, and OrionA) observed by the INfrared Spectra of Young Nebulous Clusters (IN-SYNC) project. First, in each cluster, averaged over the spread of age, we investigate how disk lifetime is dependent on stellar mass. The general relation in IC348 and OrionA is that primordial disks around intermediate-mass stars (2-5M_{sun}_) evolve faster than those around loss-mass stars (0.1-1M_{sun}_), which is consistent with previous results. However, considering only low-mass stars, we do not find a significant dependence of disk frequency on stellar mass. These results can help to better constrain theories on gas giant planet formation timescales. Second, in the OrionA molecular cloud, in the mass range of 0.35-0.7M_{sun}_, we provide the most robust evidence to date for disk evolution within a single cluster exhibiting modest age spread. By using surface gravity as an age indicator and employing 4.5{mu}m excess as a primordial disk diagnostic, we observe a trend of decreasing disk frequency for older stars. The detection of intra-cluster disk evolution in NGC1333 and IC348 is tentative, since the slight decrease of disk frequency for older stars is a less than 1{sigma} effect.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/576/A58
- Title:
- Integral Field 560-680nm observation of M81
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/576/A58
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- M81 has the nearest active nucleus with broad H{alpha} emission. A detailed study of this galaxy's centre is important for understanding the innermost structure of the AGN phenomenon. Our goal is to seek previously undetected structures using additional techniques to reanalyse a data cube obtained with the GMOS-IFU installed on the Gemini North telescope (Schnorr Muller et al., 2011MNRAS.413..149S). We analysed the data cube using techniques of noise reduction, spatial deconvolution, starlight subtraction, PCA Tomography and comparison with HST images. We identified a hot bubble with T>43500K that is associated with strong emission of [NII]{lambda}5755{AA} and large [OI]{lambda}6300/H{alpha} ratio, as well as with a bluish continuum, surrounded by a thin shell of H{alpha}+[NII] emission. We also reinterpret the outflow found by Schnorr Muller et al. (2011MNRAS.413..149S) showing that the blueshifted cone nearly coincides with the radio jet, as expected. We interpret the hot bubble as likely to be caused by post starburst events that left one or more clusters of young stars, somewhat similar to the ones found at the centre of the Milky Way, like the Arches and the IRS 16 clusters. Shocked structures from combined young stellar winds or supernova remnants are probably the cause of this hot gas and the low ionization emission.
