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1411. Contact binaries in OGLE-I database
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AcA/51/259
Title:
Contact binaries in OGLE-I database
Short Name:
J/AcA/51/259
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The present catalog contains the most numerous, observationally homogeneous sample of contact binaries. It is derived from the OGLE experiment (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment), in the direction of the Galactic Bulge and the Galactic bar. The observations were made with the 1-m Swope telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, over the period 1992 to 1995. The present catalog includes the 1575 newly discovered contact binaries fainter than I=18mag as well as the 1165 brighter contact binaries previously published. It also includes a list of 506 objects with nearly sinusoidal light curves, to ease the comparison and/or distinction between contact binaries with the sinusoidal light curves and pulsating stars.
1412. Contact-binary (68346) 2001 KZ66 light curves
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/507/4914
Title:
Contact-binary (68346) 2001 KZ66 light curves
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/507/4914
Date:
19 Jan 2022 09:12:40
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The YORP effect is a small thermal-radiation torque experienced by small asteroids, and is considered to be crucial in their physical and dynamical evolution. It is important to understand this effect by providing measurements of YORP for a range of asteroid types to facilitate the development of a theoretical framework. We are conducting a long-term observational study on a selection of near-Earth asteroids to support this. We focus here on (68346) 2001 KZ66, for which we obtained both optical and radar observations spanning a decade. This allowed us to perform a comprehensive analysis of the asteroid's rotational evolution. Furthermore, radar observations from the Arecibo Observatory enabled us to generate a detailed shape model. We determined that (68346) is a retrograde rotator with its pole near the southern ecliptic pole, within a 15-degree radius of longitude 170 degrees and latitude -85-degrees. By combining our radar-derived shape model with the optical light curves we developed a refined solution to fit all available data, which required a YORP strength of (8.43+/-0.69)x10^-8^rad/day/day. (68346) has a distinct bifurcated shape comprising a large ellipsoidal component joined by a sharp neckline to a smaller non-ellipsoidal component. This object likely formed from either the gentle merging of a binary system, or from the deformation of a rubble pile due to YORP spin-up. The shape exists in a stable configuration close to its minimum in topographic variation, where regolith is unlikely to migrate from areas of higher potential.
1413. Continuum-band lags in SDSS QSOs from PS1 obs.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/836/186
Title:
Continuum-band lags in SDSS QSOs from PS1 obs.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/836/186
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We study the time lags between the continuum emission of quasars at different wavelengths, based on more than four years of multi-band (g, r, i, z) light curves in the Pan-STARRS Medium Deep Fields. As photons from different bands emerge from different radial ranges in the accretion disk, the lags constrain the sizes of the accretion disks. We select 240 quasars with redshifts of z~1 or z~0.3 that are relatively emission-line free. The light curves are sampled from day to month timescales, which makes it possible to detect lags on the scale of the light crossing time of the accretion disks. With the code JAVELIN, we detect typical lags of several days in the rest frame between the g band and the riz bands. The detected lags are ~2-3 times larger than the light crossing time estimated from the standard thin disk model, consistent with the recently measured lag in NGC 5548 and microlensing measurements of quasars. The lags in our sample are found to increase with increasing luminosity. Furthermore, the increase in lags going from g-r to g-i and then to g-z is slower than predicted in the thin disk model, particularly for high-luminosity quasars. The radial temperature profile in the disk must be different from what is assumed. We also find evidence that the lags decrease with increasing line ratios between ultraviolet Fe II lines and Mg II, which may point to changes in the accretion disk structure at higher metallicity.
1414. Cool carbon stars in the halo and Fornax dSph
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/562/A24
Title:
Cool carbon stars in the halo and Fornax dSph
Short Name:
J/A+A/562/A24
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The population of cool carbon (C) stars located far from the galactic plane is probably made of debris of small galaxies such as the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr), which are disrupted by the gravitational field of the Galaxy. We aim to know this population better through spectroscopy, 2MASS photometric colours, and variability data. When possible, we compared the halo results to C star populations in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy, Sgr, and the solar neighbourhood. We first present a few new discoveries of C stars in the halo and in Fornax. The number of spectra of halo C stars is now 125. Forty percent show H{alpha} in emission. The narrow location in the JHK diagram of the halo C stars is found to differ from that of similar C stars in the above galaxies. The light curves of the Catalina and LINEAR variability databases were exploited to derive the pulsation periods of 66 halo C stars. A few supplementary periods were obtained with the TAROT telescopes. We confirm that the period distribution of the halo strongly resembles that of Fornax, and we found that it is very different from the C stars in the solar neighbourhood. There is a larger proportion of short-period Mira/SRa variables in the halo than in Sgr, but the survey for C stars in this dwarf galaxy is not complete, and the study of their variability needs to be continued to investigate the link between Sgr and the cool halo C stars.
1415. 86 cool dwarfs observed during K2 Campaigns 1-17
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/87
Title:
86 cool dwarfs observed during K2 Campaigns 1-17
Short Name:
J/AJ/158/87
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present revised stellar properties for 172 K2 target stars that were identified as possible hosts of transiting planets during Campaigns 1-17. Using medium-resolution near-infrared spectra acquired with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility/SpeX and Palomar/TripleSpec, we found that 86 of our targets were bona fide cool dwarfs, 74 were hotter dwarfs, and 12 were giants. Combining our spectroscopic metallicities with Gaia parallaxes and archival photometry, we derived photometric stellar parameters and compared them to our spectroscopic estimates. Although our spectroscopic and photometric radius and temperature estimates are consistent, our photometric mass estimates are systematically {Delta}M_*_=0.11 M_{sun}_ (34%) higher than our spectroscopic mass estimates for the least massive stars (M_*,phot_<0.4 M_{sun}_). Adopting the photometric parameters and comparing our results to parameters reported in the Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog, our revised stellar radii are {Delta}R_*_=0.15 R_{sun}_ (40%) larger, and our revised stellar effective temperatures are roughly {Delta}T_eff_=65 K cooler. Correctly determining the properties of K2 target stars is essential for characterizing any associated planet candidates, estimating the planet search sensitivity, and calculating planet occurrence rates. Even though Gaia parallaxes have increased the power of photometric surveys, spectroscopic characterization remains essential for determining stellar metallicities and investigating correlations between stellar metallicity and planetary properties.
1416. Cool Dwarfs - Temperatures
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/106/452
Title:
Cool Dwarfs - Temperatures
Short Name:
J/PASP/106/452
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The file contains values of Cousins R-I and theta [= 5040/T(eff)] for 417 F-K stars which are on or near the main sequence.
1417. Cool DZ white dwarfs. I.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/467/4970
Title:
Cool DZ white dwarfs. I.
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/467/4970
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
White dwarfs with metal lines in their spectra act as signposts for post-main-sequence planetary systems. Searching the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 12, we have identified 231 cool (<9000K) DZ white dwarfs with strong metal absorption, extending the DZ cooling sequence to both higher metal abundances and lower temperatures, and hence longer cooling ages. Of these 231 systems, 104 are previously unknown white dwarfs. Compared with previous work, our spectral fitting uses improved model atmospheres with updated line profiles and line-lists, which we use to derive effective temperatures and abundances for up to eight elements. We also determine spectroscopic distances to our sample, identifying two halo members with tangential space velocities >300km/s. The implications of our results on remnant planetary systems are to be discussed in a separate paper.
1418. Cool evolved stars in SAGE-SMC and SAGE-LMC
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/142/103
Title:
Cool evolved stars in SAGE-SMC and SAGE-LMC
Short Name:
J/AJ/142/103
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We investigate the infrared (IR) properties of cool, evolved stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), including the red giant branch (RGB) stars and the dust-producing red supergiant (RSG) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars using observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy program entitled "Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally Stripped, Low Metallicity SMC", or SAGE-SMC. The survey includes, for the first time, full spatial coverage of the SMC bar, wing, and tail regions at IR wavelengths (3.6-160um). We identify evolved stars using a combination of near-IR and mid-IR photometry and point out a new feature in the mid-IR color-magnitude diagram that may be due to particularly dusty O-rich AGB stars. We find that the RSG and AGB stars each contribute ~20% of the global SMC flux (extended + point-source) at 3.6um, which emphasizes the importance of both stellar types to the integrated flux of distant metal-poor galaxies.
1419. Cool stars and brown dwarfs in Lupus clouds
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/500/1045
Title:
Cool stars and brown dwarfs in Lupus clouds
Short Name:
J/A+A/500/1045
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Most studies of the stellar and substellar populations of star-forming regions rely on using the signatures of accretion, outflows, disks, or activity characterizing the early stages of stellar evolution. However, these signatures rapidly decay with time. We present the results of a wide-area study of the stellar population of clouds in the Lupus star-forming region. When combined with 2MASS photometry, our data allow us to fit the spectral energy distributions of over 150000 sources and identify possible new members based on their photospheric fluxes, independent of any display of the signposts of youth.
1420. Cool stars at the Galactic Center
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/597/323
Title:
Cool stars at the Galactic Center
Short Name:
J/ApJ/597/323
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present {lambda}/{Delta}{lambda}=550-1200 near-infrared H and K spectra for a magnitude-limited sample of 79 asymptotic giant branch and cool supergiant stars in the central ~5pc (diameter) of the Galaxy. We use a set of similar spectra obtained for solar neighborhood stars with known Teff and Mbol that is in the same range as the Galactic center (GC) sample to derive Teff and Mbol for the GC sample. We then construct the H-R diagram for the GC sample. Using an automated maximum likelihood routine, we derive a coarse star formation history of the GC.