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1671. MONOS II. SB1 Orbital review and analysis
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/655/A4
Title:
MONOS II. SB1 Orbital review and analysis
Short Name:
J/A+A/655/A4
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Massive stars are a key element to understand the chemical and dynamical evolution of galaxies. Stellar evolution is conditioned by many factors: rotation, mass loss, and interaction with other objects are the most important ones for massive stars. During the first evolutionary stages of stars with initial masses (i.e. M_ZAMS_) in the M_ZAMS_~18-70M_{sum}_ range they are of spectral type O. Given that stars in this mass range spend roughly 90% of their lifetime as O-type stars, establishing the multiplicity frequency and binary properties of O-type stars is crucial for many fields of modern astrophysics. The aim of the MONOS project is to collect information to study Northern Galactic O-type spectroscopic binaries. In this second paper, we tackle the study of the 35 single line spectroscopic binary (SB1) systems identified in the previous paper of the series Maiz Apellaniz et al., (2019, Cat. J/A+A/626/A20) analyze our data, and review the literature on the orbits of the systems. We have measured ~4500 radial velocities for a selection of diagnostic lines for the ~700 spectra of the studied systems in our database, for which we have used two different methods: Gaussian fit for several lines per object and cross-correlation with synthetic spectra computed with the FASTWIND stellar atmospheric code. We have also explored the photometric data delivered by the TESS mission to analyze the light-curve (LC) of the systems extracting 31 of them. We have explored the possible periods with the Lomb-Scargle method and, whenever possible, calculated the orbital solutions using the SBOP&GBART codes. For those systems in which an improved solution was possible we have merged our RVs with those in the literature and calculated a combined solution. As a result of this work, of the 35 SB1 systems identified in MONOS I, we have confirmed 21 systems as SB1 with good orbits, discarded the binary nature of 6 stars (9 Sge, HD 192281, HDE 229232 AB, 68 Cyg, HD 108 and {alpha} Cam), and left 6 stars as inconclusive due to lack of data. The remaining two stars are 15 Mon Aa which has been classified as SB2 and Cyg OB2-22 C for which we find evidence that it is most likely a triple system where the O star is orbiting an eclipsing SB1. We have also recalculated 20 new orbital solutions, including the first spectroscopic orbital solution for V747 Cep. For Cyg OB2-22 C we have obtained new ephemerides but no new orbit.
1672. MONOS. I. Spectral classifications
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/626/A20
Title:
MONOS. I. Spectral classifications
Short Name:
J/A+A/626/A20
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Multiplicity in massive stars is a key element to understand the chemical and dynamical evolution of galaxies. Among massive stars, those of O type play a crucial role due to their high masses and short lifetimes. MONOS (Multiplicity Of Northern O-type Spectroscopic systems) is a project designed to collect information and study O-type spectroscopic binaries with {delta}>20{deg}. In this first paper we describe the sample and provide spectral classifications and additional information for objects with previous spectroscopic and/or eclipsing binary orbits. In future papers we will test the validity of previous solutions and calculate new spectroscopic orbits. The spectra in this paper have two sources: the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS), a project that is obtaining blue-violet R~2500 spectroscopy of thousands of massive stars, and LiLiMaRlin, a library of libraries of high-resolution spectroscopy of massive stars obtained from four different surveys (CAFE-BEANS, OWN, IACOB, and NoMaDS) and additional data from our own observing programs and public archives. We also use lucky images obtained with AstraLux. We present homogeneous spectral classifications for 92 O-type spectroscopic multiple systems and ten optical companions, many of them original.We discuss the visual multiplicity of each system with the support of AstraLux images and additional sources. For eleven O-type objects and for six B-type objects we present their first GOSSS spectral classifications. For two known eclipsing binaries we detect double absorption lines (SB2) or a single moving line (SB1) for the first time, to which we add a third system already reported by us recently. For two previous SB1 systems we detect their SB2 nature for the first time and give their first separate spectral classifications, something we also do for a third object just recently identified as a SB2. We also detect nine new astrometric companions and provide updated information on several others. We emphasize the results for two stars: for {sigma} Ori AaAbB we provide spectral classifications for the three components with a single observation for the first time thanks to a lucky spectroscopy observation obtained close to the Aa,Ab periastron and for {theta}^1^ Ori CaCb we add it to the class of Galactic Of?p stars, raising the number of its members to six. Our sample of O-type spectroscopic binaries contains more triple- or higher-order systems than double systems.
1673. Most luminous dusty galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/698/1682
Title:
Most luminous dusty galaxies
Short Name:
J/ApJ/698/1682
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A summary of mid-infrared continuum luminosities arising from dust is given for very luminous galaxies, L_IR_>10^12^L_{sun}_, with 0.005<z<3.2 containing active galactic nuclei (AGNs), including 115 obscured AGNs and 60 unobscured (type 1) AGNs. All sources have been observed with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph. Obscured AGNs are defined as having optical depth {tau}>0.7 in the 9.7um silicate absorption feature (i.e., half of the continuum is absorbed) and having equivalent width of the 6.2um polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon feature <0.1um (to avoid sources with a significant starburst component). Unobscured AGNs are defined as those that show silicate in emission. Luminosity {nu}L_{nu}_(8um) for the most luminous obscured AGNs is found to scale as (1+z)^2.6^ to z=2.8. For unobscured AGNs, the scaling with redshift is similar, but luminosities {nu}L_{nu}_(8um) are approximately three times greater for the most luminous sources. Using both obscured and unobscured AGNs having total infrared fluxes from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, empirical relations are found between {nu}L_{nu}_(8um) and L_IR_.
1674. Most luminous SPIRITS IR transients follow-up obs.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/886/40
Title:
Most luminous SPIRITS IR transients follow-up obs.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/886/40
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a systematic study of the most luminous (MIR [Vega magnitudes] brighter than -14) infrared (IR) transients discovered by the SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey (SPIRITS) between 2014 and 2018 in nearby galaxies (D<35Mpc). The sample consists of nine events that span peak IR luminosities of M_[4.5],peak_ between -14 and -18.2, show IR colors between 0.2<([3.6]-[4.5])<3.0, and fade on timescales between 55d<t_fade_<480d. The two reddest events (A_V_>12) show multiple, luminous IR outbursts over several years and have directly detected, massive progenitors in archival imaging. With analyses of extensive, multiwavelength follow-up, we suggest the following possible classifications: five obscured core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), two erupting massive stars, one luminous red nova, and one intermediate-luminosity red transient. We define a control sample of all optically discovered transients recovered in SPIRITS galaxies and satisfying the same selection criteria. The control sample consists of eight CCSNe and one Type Iax SN. We find that 7 of the 13 CCSNe in the SPIRITS sample have lower bounds on their extinction of 2<A_V_<8. We estimate a nominal fraction of CCSNe in nearby galaxies that are missed by optical surveys as high as 38.5_-21.9_^+26.0^% (90% confidence). This study suggests that a significant fraction of CCSNe may be heavily obscured by dust and therefore undercounted in the census of nearby CCSNe from optical searches.
1675. Mount Wilson index for main sequence F-K stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/483/903
Title:
Mount Wilson index for main sequence F-K stars
Short Name:
J/A+A/483/903
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The largest dataset of stellar activity measurements available at present is the one obtained at the Mount Wilson Observatory, where high-precision CaII H+K fluxes have been measured from 1966 for about 2200 stars. Since the MgII H and K lines at {lambda}2800{AA} are formed in a similar way to the CaII H+K emission lines, they are also good indicators of chromospheric structure. The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) provides a large database of UV spectra in the band 1150-3350{AA} from 1978 to 1995, which can also be used to study stellar activity. The main purpose of this study is to use the IUE spectra in the analysis of magnetic activity of main sequence F-K stars. Combining IUE observations of MgII and optical spectroscopy of CaII, the registry of activity of stars can be extended in time.
1676. M31 outer halo UBVRI photometry and metallicity
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/124/234
Title:
M31 outer halo UBVRI photometry and metallicity
Short Name:
J/AJ/124/234
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present first results from a spectroscopic survey designed to examine the metallicity and kinematics of individual red giant branch stars in the outer halo of the Andromeda spiral galaxy (M31). This study is based on multislit spectroscopy with the Keck II 10m telescope and Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph of the Ca II near-infrared triplet in 99 M31 halo candidates in a field at R=19kpc on the southeast minor axis with brightnesses from 20<I<22.
1677. Mrk 6 H{alpha}, H{beta} and H{gamma} spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/426/416
Title:
Mrk 6 H{alpha}, H{beta} and H{gamma} spectra
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/426/416
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of optical spectral and photometric observations of the nucleus of Markarian 6 made with the 2.6-m Shajn telescope at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. The continuum and emission Balmer-line intensities varied by more than a factor of two during 1992-2008. The lag between the continuum and H{beta} emission-line flux variations is 21.1+/-1.9days. For the H{alpha} line the lag is about 27-days, but its uncertainty is much larger.
1678. Mrk421 in March 2010
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A22
Title:
Mrk421 in March 2010
Short Name:
J/A+A/578/A22
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A flare from the TeV blazar Mrk 421, occurring in March 2010, was observed for 13 consecutive days from radio to very high energy (VHE; E>100GeV) gamma-rays with MAGIC, VERITAS, Whipple, FermiLAT, MAXI, RXTE, Swift, GASP-WEBT, and several optical and radio telescopes. We model the day-scale SEDs with one-zone and two-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models, investigate the physical parameters, and evaluate whether the observed broadband SED variability can be associated to variations in the relativistic particle population. Flux variability was remarkable in the X-ray and VHE bands while it was minor or not significant in the other bands. The one-zone SSC model can describe reasonably well the SED of each day for the 13 consecutive days. This flaring activity is also very well described by a two-zone SSC model, where one zone is responsible for the quiescent emission while the other smaller zone, which is spatially separated from the first one, contributes to the daily-variable emission occurring in X-rays and VHE gamma-rays. Both the one-zone SSC and the two-zone SSC models can describe the daily SEDs via the variation of only four or five model parameters, under the hypothesis that the variability is associated mostly to the underlying particle population. This shows that the particle acceleration and cooling mechanism producing the radiating particles could be the main one responsible for the broadband SED variations during the flaring episodes in blazars. The two-zone SSC model provides a better agreement to the observed SED at the narrow peaks of the low- and high-energy bumps during the highest activity, although the reported one-zone SSC model could be further improved by the variation of the parameters related to the emitting region itself ({delta}, B and R), in addition to the parameters related to the particle population.
1679. Mrk 996 optical spectroscopy
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/561/A64
Title:
Mrk 996 optical spectroscopy
Short Name:
J/A+A/561/A64
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present an integral field spectroscopic study with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) of the unusual blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy Mrk 996. We show through velocity and dispersion maps, emission-line intensity and ratio maps, and by a new technique of electron density limit imaging that the ionization properties of different regions in Mrk 996 are correlated with their kinematic properties.
1680. Mrk 926 spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/657/A122
Title:
Mrk 926 spectra
Short Name:
J/A+A/657/A122
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Mrk926 is known to be a highly-variable AGN. Furthermore, it is known to show very broad-line profiles. We intended to study the continuum and line profile variations of this object with high temporal resolution in order to determine its broad-line region (BLR) structure, and to derive its black hole (BH) mass. We carried out a high-cadence spectroscopic variability campaign of Mrk926 with the 10m HET telescope, aided by photometric V-band data taken with the C18 telescope at the Wise Observatory, over a period of about five months. We extracted spectroscopic continuum and line light curves, and computed cross-correlation functions (CCFs) as well as velocity-resolved CCFs with respect to the combined spectroscopic and photometric V-band light curve. The continuum luminosity of Mrk926 showed a drastic decrease during our campaign. The luminosity dropped to less than 50% of its original luminosity within 2.5 months only. Furthermore, the spectra of Mrk926 show complex and very broad Balmer line profiles including outer Balmer satellites ranging from +/-5000 to +/-13000km/s. The integrated H{alpha}, H{beta} and HeI_5876_ line light curves are delayed relative to the continuum light curve. The Ha and Hb lines show two velocity-delay structures in the central part of their line profile (within +/-5000km/s) at ~10 and ~57 light-days, and at ~5 and ~48 light-days, respectively. These structures might be interpreted as the upper and lower half of an ellipse in the velocity-delay plane, that might be the signature of a line-emitting ring, inclined by ~50{deg} to the line of sight, orbiting the black hole at radii R of 33.5 and 26.5 light-days. We determined continuum luminosities log({lambda}*L_({lambda})_/erg/s) of 43.68 to 44.13 which are in good agreement with the established R_(BLR)-L_(AGN) relation. Adopting delays of 33.5 and 26.5 days for Ha and Hb, respectively, we derive a black hole mass of 1.1+/-0.2*10^8^M_{sun}_ which indicates a low Eddington ratio decreasing from 8 to 3 percent during our campaign. The Balmer satellite components show a higher correlation coefficient with respect to the continuum than the central line profile, and their response to the continuum variations is of the order of only 3-5 days. We attribute this to the central line segment and the Balmer satellites having different, spatially distinct regions of origin.

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