- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/650/A182
- Title:
- Homogeneous study of Herbig Ae/Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/650/A182
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Herbig Ae/Be stars (HAeBes) have so far been studied based on relatively small samples that are scattered throughout the sky. Their fundamental stellar and circumstellar parameters and statistical properties were derived with heterogeneous approaches before Gaia. Our main goal is to contribute to the study of HAeBes from the largest sample of such sources to date, for which stellar and circumstellar properties have been determined homogeneously from the analysis of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and Gaia EDR3 parallaxes and photometry. Multiwavelength photometry was compiled for 209 bona fide HAeBes for which Gaia EDR3 distances were estimated. Using the Virtual Observatory SED Analyser (VOSA), photospheric models were fit to the optical SEDs to derive stellar parameters, and the excesses at infrared (IR) and longer wavelengths were characterized to derive several circumstellar properties. A statistical analysis was carried out to show the potential use of such a large dataset. The stellar temperature, luminosity, radius, mass, and age were derived for each star based on optical photometry. In addition, their IR SEDs were classified according to two different schemes, and their mass accretion rates, disk masses, and the sizes of the inner dust holes were also estimated uniformly. The initial mass function fits the stellar mass distribution of the sample within 2<M_star_/M_{sun}_<12. In this aspect, the sample is therefore representative of the HAeBe regime and can be used for statistical purposes when it is taken into account that the boundaries are not well probed. Our statistical study does not reveal any connection between the SED shape from the Meeus et al., 2001A&A...365..476M classification and the presence of transitional disks, which are identified here based on the SEDs that show an IR excess starting at the K band or longer wavelengths. In contrast, only ~28% of the HAeBes have transitional disks, and the related dust disk holes are more frequent in HBes than in HAes (~34% vs 15%). The relatively small inner disk holes and old stellar ages estimated for most transitional HAes indicate that photoevaporation cannot be the main mechanism driving disk dissipation in these sources. In contrast, the inner disk holes and ages of most transitional HBes are consistent with the photoevaporation scenario, although these results alone do not unambiguously discard other disk dissipation mechanisms. The complete dataset is available online through a Virtual Observatory- compliant archive, representing the most recent reference for statistical studies on the HAeBe regime. VOSA is a complementary tool for the future characterization of newly identified HAeBes.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/425/355
- Title:
- Hot stars in LMC UKST H{alpha} survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/425/355
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new, accurate positions, spectral classifications, radial and rotational velocities, H{alpha} fluxes, equivalent widths and B, V, I, R magnitudes for 579 hot emission-line stars (classes B0-F9) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) which include 469 new discoveries. Candidate emission-line stars were discovered using a deep, high-resolution H{alpha} map of the central 25 degree^2^ of the LMC obtained by median stacking a dozen 2h H{alpha} exposures taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST). Spectroscopic follow-up observations on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, the UKST, the Very Large Telescope, the South African Astronomical Observatory 1.9m and the 2.3-m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory have established the identity of these faint sources down to magnitude R_equiv_~23 for H{alpha} (4.5x10^-17^ergs/cm^2^/s/{AA}).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/619/A148
- Title:
- Hot stars observed by XMM-Newton. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/619/A148
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We perform a survey of Oe and Be stars in the X-ray range. To this aim, we cross-correlated XMM-Newton and Chandra catalogs of X-ray sources with a list of Be stars, finding 84 matches in total. Of these, 51 objects had enough counts for a spectral analysis. This paper provides the derived X-ray properties (X-ray luminosities, and whenever possible, hardness ratios, plasma temperatures, and variability assessment) of this largest ever sample of Oe and Be stars. The targets display a wide range in luminosity and hardness. In particular, the significant presence of very bright and hard sources is atypical for X-ray surveys of OB stars. Several types of sources are identified. A subset of stars display the typical characteristics of O-stars, magnetic OB stars, or pre-main-sequence (PMS) objects: their Be nature does not seem to play an important role. However, another subset comprises gamma Cas analogs, which are responsible for the luminous and hard detections. Our sample contains seven known gamma Cas analogs, but we also identify eight new gamma Cas analogs and one gamma Cas candidate. This nearly doubles the sample of such stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/555/A64
- Title:
- Identifying gaps in flaring Herbig Ae/Be disks
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/555/A64
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The evolution of protoplanetary disks towards mature planetary systems is expected to include the formation of 'gaps' in the disk possibly due to planet formation. We studied the disks of four key intermediate mass (Herbig Ae/Be) stars in order to understand the influence of gaps to their observational appearance. We investigate mid-infrared images and perform radiative transfer modeling to examine the radial distribution of dust and PAHs. Our solutions constrain the sizes of the gaps. For one particular object, HD 97048, this is the first detection of a disk gap. The large gaps deplete the entire population of silicate particles with temperatures suitable for prominent mid-infrared feature emission, while small carbonaceous grains and PAHs can still show prominent emission at mid-infrared wavelengths. The absence of silicate emission features is due to the presence of large gaps in the critical temperature regime. Our results suggest that many, if not all Herbig disks with weak or no silicate features in the spectrum are disks with large gaps and can be characterized as (pre-)transitional. We conclude that the evolution of Herbig stars follows two different paths. Competition between the timescales of inner versus outer disk evolution determine whether young protoplanetary disks evolve into transitional disks (due to planet formation in the inner disk) or into flat disks (due to the grain growth and dust settling in the outer disk).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/165
- Title:
- IGAPS. merged IPHAS and UVEX of northern Galactic plane
- Short Name:
- V/165
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The INT Galactic Plane Survey (IGAPS) is the merger of the optical photometric surveys, IPHAS and UVEX, based on data from the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) obtained between 2003 and 2018. Here, we present the IGAPS point source catalogue. It contains 295.4 million rows providing photometry in the filters, i, r, narrow-band H{alpha}, g, and URGO. The IGAPS footprint fills the Galactic coordinate range, |b|<5{deg} and 30{deg}<l<215{deg}. A uniform calibration, referred to as the Pan-STARRS system, is applied to g, r, and i, while the H{alpha} calibration is linked to r and then is reconciled via field overlaps. The astrometry in all five bands has been recalculated in the reference frame of Gaia Data Release 2. Down to i~20mag (Vega system), most stars are also detected in g, r, and H{alpha}. As exposures in the r band were obtained in both the IPHAS and UVEX surveys, typically a few years apart, the catalogue includes two distinct r measures, r_I_ and r_U_. The r 10{sigma} limiting magnitude is approximately 21, with median seeing of 1.1arcsec. Between approximately 13^th^ and 19^th^ mag in all bands, the photometry is internally reproducible to within 0.02 magnitudes. Stars brighter than r=19.5mag are tested for narrow-band H{alpha} excess signalling line emission, and for variation exceeding |r_I_-r_U_|=0.2mag. We find and flag 8292 candidate emission line stars and over 53000 variables (both at >5{sigma} confidence).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/548/A16
- Title:
- Improved astrometry bor BE74 stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/548/A16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Accurate astrometry is required to reliably cross-match 20th-century catalogues against 21st-century surveys. The present work aims to provide such astrometry for the 625 entries of the Bohannan & Epps (BE74; 1974A&AS...18...47B) catalogue of H{alpha} emission-line stars. BE74 targets have been individually identified in digital images and, in most cases, unambiguously matched to entries in the UCAC4 (I/322) astrometric catalogue.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/581/258
- Title:
- Infrared photometry in the Arches Cluster
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/581/258
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present and use new spectra and narrowband images, along with previously published broadband images, of stars in the Arches cluster to extract photometry, astrometry, equivalent width, and velocity information. The data are interpreted with a wind/atmosphere code to determine stellar temperatures, luminosities, mass-loss rates, and abundances. We have doubled the number of known emission-line stars, and we have also made the first spectroscopic identification of the main sequence for any population in the Galactic center.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/654/527
- Title:
- Interferometric observations of northern Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/654/527
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first K'-band, long-baseline interferometric observations of the northern Be stars {gamma} Cas, {phi} Per, {zeta} Tau, and {kappa} Dra. The measurements were made with multiple telescope pairs of the CHARA Array interferometer and in every case the observations indicate that the circumstellar disks of the targets are resolved. We fit the interferometric visibilities with predictions from a simple disk model that assumes an isothermal gas in Keplerian rotation. We derive fits of the four model parameters (disk base density, radial density exponent, disk normal inclination, and position angle) for each of the targets.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/321
- Title:
- IPHAS DR2 Source Catalogue
- Short Name:
- II/321
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The INT/WFC Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) is a 1860 deg^2^ imaging survey of the Northern Milky Way at red visible wavelengths. It covers Galactic latitudes |b|<5{deg} and longitudes l=30 to 215{deg} in the broad-band r, i and narrow-band H-alpha filters using the Wide Field Camera (WFC) on the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma. IPHAS Data Release 2 (DR2) is the first quality-controlled and globally calibrated source catalogue derived from the survey, providing single-epoch photometry for 219 million unique sources across 92% of the footprint. The observations were carried out between 2003 and 2012 at a median seeing of 1.1 arcsec (sampled at 0.33 arcsec/pixel) and to a mean 5-sigma depth of 21.2 (r), 20.0 (i) and 20.3 (H-alpha). The photometric calibration is in the Vega magnitude system and carries an external precision of 0.03mag (root-mean-square error). The catalogue includes all the sources which have been detected at a signal-to-noise ratio of 5 or better in at least one band. Many applications will require a combination of quality criteria to be applied to avoid faint stars or confused sources. The choice of quality criteria tensions completeness against reliability, and hence depends on the requirements of a project. To aid users, the data release paper (arXiv:1406.4862) recommends two sets of quality criteria, named "a10" and "a10point", which should satisfy most projects. As a minimum, the "a10" criteria select objects which have been detected at the minimum level of 10-sigma in all bands, without being saturated. Additional constraints are provided by the "a10point" criteria, which require objects to be point sources free of blending, unaffected by nearby bright stars, as well as being unsaturated >10-sigma detections in all bands. Sources in both categories are flagged in the catalogue using the boolean columns a10 and a10point. Imaging and auxiliary data are available from the project website (www.iphas.org).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A110
- Title:
- IR nebulae around bright massive stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/618/A110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Recent studies show that more than 70% of massive stars do not evolve as effectively single stars, but as members of interacting binary systems. The evolution of these stars is thus strongly altered compared to similar but isolated objects. We investigate the occurrence of parsec-scale mid-infrared nebulae around early-type stars. If they exist over a wide range of stellar properties, one possible overarching explanation is non-conservative mass transfer in binary interactions, or stellar mergers. For ~3850 stars (all OBA stars in the Bright Star Catalogue (BSC, Cat. V/50), Be stars, BeXRBs, and Be+sdO systems), we visually inspect WISE 22um images. Based on nebular shape and relative position, we distinguish five categories: offset bow shocks structurally aligned with the stellar space velocity, unaligned offset bow shocks, and centered, unresolved, and not classified nebulae. In the BSC, we find that 28%, 13%, and 0.4% of all O, B, and A stars, respectively, possess associated infrared (IR) nebulae. Additionally, 34/234 Be stars, 4/72 BeXRBs, and 3/17 Be+sdO systems are associated with IR nebulae. Aligned or unaligned bow shocks result from high relative velocities between star and interstellar medium (ISM) that are dominated by the star or the ISM, respectively. About 13% of the centered nebulae could be bow shocks seen head- or tail-on. For the rest, the data disfavor explanations as remains of parental disks, supernova remnants of a previous companion, and dust production in stellar winds. The existence of centered nebulae also at high Galactic latitudes strongly limits the global risk of coincidental alignments with condensations in the ISM. Mass loss during binary evolution seems a viable mechanism for the formation of at least some of these nebulae. In total, about 29% of the IR nebulae (2% of all OBA stars in the BSC) may find their explanation in the context of binary evolution.
