- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/744/121
- Title:
- Far-UV spectroscopy of T Tau stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/744/121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a far-ultraviolet (FUV) spectral atlas consisting of spectra of 91 pre-main-sequence stars. Most stars in this sample were observed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A few archival spectra from the International Ultraviolet Explorer and the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph on HST are included for completeness. We find strong correlations among the OI{lambda}1304 triplet, the SiIV {lambda}{lambda}1394/1403 doublet, the CIV{lambda}1549 doublet, and the HeII {lambda}1640 line luminosities. For classical T Tauri stars (CTTSs), we also find strong correlations between these lines and the accretion luminosity, suggesting that these lines form in processes related to accretion. These FUV line fluxes and X-ray luminosity correlate loosely with large scatters. The FUV emission also correlates well with H{alpha}, H{beta}, and CaII K line luminosities. These correlations between FUV and optical diagnostics can be used to obtain rough estimates of FUV line fluxes from optical observations. Molecular hydrogen (H_2_) emission is generally present in the spectra of actively accreting CTTSs but not the weak-lined T Tauri stars that are not accreting. The presence of H_2_ emission in the spectrum of HD 98800N suggests that the disk should be classified as actively accreting rather than a debris disk.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/817/53
- Title:
- Fe-group elemental abundance analysis in HD84937
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/817/53
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have derived new, very accurate abundances of the Fe-group elements Sc through Zn (Z=21-30) in the bright main-sequence turnoff star HD84937 based on high-resolution spectra covering the visible and ultraviolet spectral regions. New or recent laboratory transition data for 14 species of seven elements have been used. Abundances from more than 600 lines of non-Fe species have been combined with about 550 Fe lines in HD84937 to yield abundance ratios of high precision. The abundances have been determined from both neutral and ionized transitions, which generally are in agreement with each other. We find no substantial departures from the standard LTE Saha ionization balance in this [Fe/H]=-2.32 star. Noteworthy among the abundances are [Co/Fe]=+0.14 and [Cu/Fe]=-0.83, in agreement with past studies of abundance trends in this and other low-metallicity stars, and <[Sc,Ti,V/Fe]>=+0.31 which has not been noted previously. A detailed examination of scandium, titanium, and vanadium abundances in large-sample spectroscopic surveys reveals that they are positively correlated in stars with [Fe/H]<-2; HD84937 lies at the high end of this correlation. These trends constrain the synthesis mechanisms of Fe-group elements. We also examine the Galactic chemical evolution abundance trends of the Fe-group elements, including a new nucleosynthesis model with jet-like explosion effects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/895/78
- Title:
- [Fe/H] and [{alpha}/Fe] in M31 dwarf galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/895/78
- Date:
- 15 Mar 2022 06:34:41
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present chemical abundances of red giant branch (RGB) stars in the dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite system of Andromeda (M31), using spectral synthesis of medium-resolution (R~6000) spectra obtained with the KeckII telescope and Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrometer spectrograph via the Spectroscopic and Photometric Landscape of Andromeda's Stellar Halo survey. We coadd stars according to their similarity in photometric metallicity or effective temperature to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) high enough to measure average [Fe/H] and [{alpha}/Fe] abundances. We validate our method using high S/N spectra of RGB stars in Milky Way globular clusters, as well as deep observations for a subset of the M31 dSphs in our sample. For this set of validation coadds, we compare the weighted average abundance of the individual stars with the abundance determined from the coadd. We present individual and coadded measurements of [Fe/H] and [{alpha}/Fe] for stars in 10 M31 dSphs, including the first [{alpha}/Fe] measurements for And IX, XIV, XV, and XVIII. These fainter, less massive dSphs show declining [{alpha}/Fe] relative to [Fe/H], implying an extended star formation history (SFH). In addition, these dSphs also follow the same mass-metallicity relation found in other Local Group satellites. The conclusions we infer from coadded spectra agree with those from previous measurements in brighter M31 dSphs with individual abundance measurements, as well as conclusions from photometric studies. These abundances greatly increase the number of spectroscopic measurements of the chemical composition of M31's less massive dwarf satellites, which are crucial to understanding their SFH and interaction with the M31 system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/833/225
- Title:
- -2.6<=[Fe/H]<=0.2 F and G dwarfs. II. Abundances
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/833/225
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- For the first time, we present an extensive study of stars with individual non-LTE (NLTE) abundances for 17 chemical elements from Li to Eu in a sample of stars uniformly distributed over the -2.62<=[Fe/H]<=+0.24 metallicity range that is suitable for the Galactic chemical evolution research. The star sample has been kinematically selected to trace the Galactic thin and thick disks and halo. We find new results and improve earlier ones as follows: (i) the element-to-iron ratios for Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti form a metal-poor (MP) plateau at a similar height of 0.3 dex, and the knee occurs at common [Fe/H]~-0.8. The knee at the same metallicity is observed for [O/Fe], and the MP plateau is formed at [O/Fe]=0.61. (ii) The upward trend of [C/O] with decreasing metallicity exists at [Fe/H]<-1.2, supporting the earlier finding of Akerman et al. (iii) An underabundance of Na relative to Mg in the [Fe/H]<-1 stars is nearly constant, with the mean [Na/Mg]~-0.5. (iv) The K/Sc, Ca/Sc, and Ti/Sc ratios form well-defined trends, suggesting a common site of the K-Ti production. (v) Sr follows the Fe abundance down to [Fe/H]~-2.5, while Zr is enhanced in MP stars. (vi) The comparisons of our results with some widely used Galactic evolution models are given. The use of the NLTE element abundances gives increased credit to the interpretation of the data in the context of the chemical evolution of the Galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/687/78
- Title:
- FeII emission in quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/687/78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Broad FeII emission is a prominent feature of the optical and ultraviolet spectra of quasars. We report on a systematical investigation of optical FeII emission in a large sample of 4037 z<0.8 quasars selected from the SDSS-DR5 quasar catalog (Cat. VII/252). We have developed and tested a detailed line-fitting technique, taking into account the complex continuum and narrow and broad emission-line spectra. Our primary goal is to quantify the velocity broadening and velocity shift of the FeII spectrum in order to constrain the location of the FeII-emitting region and its relation to the broad-line region. We find that the majority of quasars show FeII emission that is redshifted, typically by ~400km/s, but up to 2000km/s, with respect to the systemic velocity of the narrow-line region or of the conventional broad-line region as traced by the H{beta} line. Moreover, the line width of FeII is significantly narrower than that of the broad component of H{beta}. We show that the magnitude of the FeII redshift correlates inversely with the Eddington ratio, and that there is a tendency for sources with redshifted FeII emission to show red asymmetry in the H{beta} line. These characteristics strongly suggest that FeII originates from a location different from, and most likely exterior to, the region that produces most of H{beta}. The FeII-emitting zone traces a portion of the broad-line region of intermediate velocities whose dynamics may be dominated by infall.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/736/86
- Title:
- FeII emission in SDSS type 1 AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/736/86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We used a large, homogeneous sample of 4178 z<=0.8 Seyfert 1 galaxies and QSOs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the strength of FeII emission and its correlation with other emission lines and physical parameters of active galactic nuclei. We find that the strongest correlations of almost all the emission-line intensity ratios and equivalent widths (EWs) are with the Eddington ratio (L/L_Edd_), rather than with the continuum luminosity at 5100{AA} (L_5100_) or black hole mass (M_BH_); the only exception is the EW of ultraviolet FeII emission, which does not correlate at all with broad-line width, L_5100_, M_BH_, or L/L_Edd_. By contrast, the intensity ratios of both the ultraviolet and optical FeII emission to MgII{lambda}2800 correlate quite strongly with L/L_Edd_. Interestingly, among all the emission lines in the near-UV and optical studied in this paper (including MgII{lambda}2800, H{beta}, and [OIII]{lambda}5007), the EW of narrow optical FeII emission has the strongest correlation with L/L_Edd_. We hypothesize that the variation of the emission-line strength in active galaxies is regulated by L/L_Edd_ because it governs the global distribution of the hydrogen column density of the clouds gravitationally bound in the line-emitting region, as well as its overall gas supply. The systematic dependence on L/L_Edd_ must be corrected when using the FeII/MgII intensity ratio as a measure of the Fe/Mg abundance ratio to study the history of chemical evolution in QSO environments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/381/507
- Title:
- Fe II emission lines of RR Tel
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/381/507
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Files table1.dat and table2.dat contain the permitted and forbidden Fe II emission lines respectively which have been selected from the optical spectrum of RR Tel between 3180 and 9455{AA}. The spectrum was observed by Crawford et al. (1999, Cat. <J/A+AS/139/135>) whose corrected line fluxes and velocity widths we took for further analysis in this work. In the tables there are also values characteristic for the corresponding multiplets and lines such as multiplet numbers, term designations, level excitation potentials and quantum numbers J. The log functions of gf's, line fluxes and wavelengths are relevant for the SAC curves.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/875/129
- Title:
- FeI lines in NIR spectra of Arcturus & mu Leo
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/875/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- For a detailed analysis of stellar chemical abundances, high-resolution spectra in the optical have mainly been used, while the development of near-infrared (NIR) spectrograph has opened new wavelength windows. Red giants have a large number of resolved absorption lines in both the optical and NIR wavelengths, but the characteristics of the lines in different wave passbands are not necessarily the same. We present a selection of FeI lines in the z', Y, and J bands (0.91-1.33{mu}m). On the basis of two different lists of lines in this range, the Vienna Atomic Line Database (VALD) and the catalog published by Melendez & Barbuy in 1999 (MB99; Cat. J/ApJS/124/527), we selected sufficiently strong lines that are not severely blended and compiled lists with 107 FeI lines in total (97 and 75 lines from VALD and MB99, respectively). Combining our lists with high-resolution ({lambda}/{Delta}{lambda}=28000) and high signal-to-noise (>500) spectra taken with an NIR spectrograph, WINERED, we present measurements of the iron abundances of two prototype red giants: Arcturus and {mu} Leo. A bootstrap method for determining the microturbulence and abundance together with their errors is demonstrated. The standard deviations of log{epsilon}_Fe_ values from individual FeI lines are significantly smaller when we use the lines from MB99 instead of those from VALD. With the MB99 list, we obtained {xi}=1.20+/-0.11km/s and log{epsilon}_Fe_=7.01+/-0.05dex for Arcturus, and {xi}=1.54+/-0.17km/s and log{epsilon}_Fe_=7.73+/-0.07dex for {mu} Leo. These final values show better agreements with previous values in the literature than the corresponding values we obtained with VALD.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/441/3127
- Title:
- FeI oscillator strengths for Gaia-ESO
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/441/3127
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey (GES) is conducting a large-scale study of multi-element chemical abundances of some 100000 stars in the Milky Way with the ultimate aim of quantifying the formation history and evolution of young, mature and ancient Galactic populations. However, in preparing for the analysis of GES spectra, it has been noted that atomic oscillator strengths of important FeI lines required to correctly model stellar line intensities are missing from the atomic data base. Here, we present new experimental oscillator strengths derived from branching fractions and level lifetimes, for 142 transitions of FeI between 3526 and 10864{AA}, of which at least 38 are urgently needed by GES. We also assess the impact of these new data on solar spectral synthesis and demonstrate that for 36 lines that appear unblended in the Sun, Fe abundance measurements yield a small line-by-line scatter (0.08dex) with a mean abundance of 7.44dex in good agreement with recent publications.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/215/23
- Title:
- FeI radiative lifetime and branching fractions
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/215/23
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New radiative lifetimes, measured to +/-5% accuracy, are reported for 31 even-parity levels of Fe I ranging from 45061cm^-1^ to 56842cm^-1^. These lifetimes have been measured using single-step and two-step time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence on a slow atomic beam of iron atoms. Branching fractions have been attempted for all of these levels, and completed for 20 levels. This set of levels represents an extension of the collaborative work reported in Ruffoni et al. (2013ApJ...779...17R; 2014, J/MNRAS/441/3127). The radiative lifetimes combined with the branching fractions yields new oscillator strengths for 203 lines of Fe I. Utilizing a 1D-LTE model of the solar photosphere, spectral syntheses for a subset of these lines which are unblended in the solar spectrum yields a mean iron abundance of <log[{epsilon}(Fe)]>=7.45+/-0.06.