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461. CO and HI in interacting galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/126/3
Title:
CO and HI in interacting galaxies
Short Name:
J/A+AS/126/3
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using SEST, the Parkes antenna and the Australia Telescope Compact Array, we have made a survey of the ^12^CO(1-0) and HI emission of an optically-selected sample of =~60 southern interacting and merging galaxies. In this paper we present the data and determine global masses of neutral gas (in molecular and atomic form) for the observed galaxies. We have detected HI in 26 systems and found that these galaxies have less than 15% of their gas in molecular form.
462. C^18^O(1-0) and N_2_H^+^(1-0) in L1495/B213
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/554/A55
Title:
C^18^O(1-0) and N_2_H^+^(1-0) in L1495/B213
Short Name:
J/A+A/554/A55
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Core condensation is a critical step in the star-formation process, but it is still poorly characterized observationally. We have studied the 10pc-long L1495/B213 complex in Taurus to investigate how dense cores have condensed out of the lower density cloud material. We observed L1495/B213 in C^18^O(1-0), N_2_H^+^(1-0), and SO(J_N_=3_2_-2_1_) with the 14m FCRAO telescope, and complemented the data with dust continuum observations using APEX (870um) and IRAM 30m (1200um).
463. CO and OH abundances of 23 K-M giants
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/489/1271
Title:
CO and OH abundances of 23 K-M giants
Short Name:
J/A+A/489/1271
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Based on the high resolution infrared spectra observed with the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) at the 4m telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), ro-vibrational lines of ^12^C^16^O, ^13^C^16^O, ^12^C^17^O, and ^16^OH were measured. Some details of the observed spectra including the resolution, S/N ratio, and data of observation are given in table2. The spectroscopic and equivalent width data are given in table3 for 23 red giant stars. The resulting data are used to investigate the nature of the infrared spectra of K-M giant stars. It is found that only the weak lines (log(W/nu)<-4.75) carry the information on the photosphere and hence can be used to extract the nature of the photosphere such as the stellar abundances. The intermediate-strength (-4.75<log(W/nu)<-4.40) as well as the strong (log(W/nu)>-4.4) lines are badly disturbed by the lines of non-photospheric origin. In other words, most lines dominating the infrared spectra, except for the weak lines, are actually hybrid of at least two different kinds of lines originating in the photosphere and in an extra molecular layers outside of photosphere. The nature of the extra layers is not known well, but it may be related to the molecular envelope producing H_2_O lines, not only in late M but also in early M giants as well. Also, the intermediate-strength lines include those with LEP as high as 2eV and hence the extra molecular layer should be quite warm. For the reason outlined above, we determine C, O, and their isotopic abundances using only the weak lines, but we listed the measured data not only of the weak lines but also of the stronger lines as well in table3, with the hope that these data can be of some use to clarify the nature of the warm extra molecular layers.
464. Cobalt emission in nebular phase spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/454/3816
Title:
Cobalt emission in nebular phase spectra
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/454/3816
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are powered by the radioactive decay of ^56^Ni to ^56^Co at early times, and the decay of ^56^Co to ^56^Fe from ~60 d after explosion. We examine the evolution of the [CoIII] {lambda}5893 emission complex during the nebular phase for SNe Ia with multiple nebular spectra and show that the line flux follows the square of the mass of ^56^Co as a function of time. This result indicates both efficient local energy deposition from positrons produced in ^56^Co decay and long-term stability of the ionization state of the nebula. We compile SN Ia nebular spectra from the literature and present 21 new late-phase spectra of 7 SNe Ia, including SN 2014J. From these we measure the flux in the [CoIII] {lambda}5893 line and remove its well-behaved time dependence to infer the initial mass of ^56^Ni (M_Ni_) produced in the explosion. We then examine ^56^Ni yields for different SN Ia ejected masses (M_ej_ - calculated using the relation between light-curve width and ejected mass) and find that the ^56^Ni masses of SNe Ia fall into two regimes: for narrow light curves (low stretch s~0.7-0.9), M_Ni_ is clustered near M_Ni_~0.4M_{sun}_ and shows a shallow increase as M_ej_ increases from ~1 to 1.4M_{sun}_; at high stretch, M_ej_ clusters at the Chandrasekhar mass (1.4M_{sun}_) while M_Ni_ spans a broad range from 0.6 to 1.2M_{sun}_. This could constitute evidence for two distinct SN Ia explosion mechanisms.
465. CO, [CI] and [NII] lines from Herschel spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/829/93
Title:
CO, [CI] and [NII] lines from Herschel spectra
Short Name:
J/ApJ/829/93
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalog of all CO (J=4-3 through J=13-12), [CI], and [NII] lines available from extragalactic spectra from the Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) archive combined with observations of the low-J CO lines from the literature and from the Arizona Radio Observatory. This work examines the relationships between L_FIR_, L'_CO_, and L_CO_/L_CO,1-0_. We also present a new method for estimating probability distribution functions from marginal signal-to-noise ratio Herschel FTS spectra, which takes into account the instrumental "ringing" and the resulting highly correlated nature of the spectra. The slopes of log(L_FIR_) versus log(L'_CO_) are linear for all mid- to high-J CO lines and slightly sublinear if restricted to (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies ((U)LIRGs). The mid- to high-J CO luminosity relative to CO J=1-0 increases with increasing L_FIR_, indicating higher excitement of the molecular gas, although these ratios do not exceed ~180. For a given bin in L_FIR_, the luminosities relative to CO J=1-0 remain relatively flat from J=6-5 through J=13-12, across three orders of magnitude of L_FIR_. A single component theoretical photodissociation region (PDR) model cannot match these flat SLED shapes, although combinations of PDR models with mechanical heating added qualitatively match the shapes, indicating the need for further comprehensive modeling of the excitation processes of warm molecular gas in nearby galaxies.
466. CO+[CI] emission in distant galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/641/A155
Title:
CO+[CI] emission in distant galaxies
Short Name:
J/A+A/641/A155
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the detection of multiple carbon monoxide CO line transitions with ALMA in a few tens of infrared-selected galaxies on and above the main sequence at z=1.1-1.7. We reliably detected the emission of CO(5-4), CO(2-1), and CO(7-6)+[CI](2-1) in 50, 33, and 13 galaxies, respectively, and we complemented this information with available CO(4-3) and [CI](1-0) fluxes for part of the sample, and by modeling of the optical-to-millimeter spectral energy distribution. We retrieve a quasi-linear relation between LIR and CO(5-4) or CO(7-6) for main-sequence galaxies and starbursts, corroborating the hypothesis that these transitions can be used as star formation rate (SFR) tracers. We find the CO excitation to steadily increase as a function of the star formation efficiency (SFE), the mean intensity of the radiation field warming the dust (<U>), the surface density of SFR (SigmaSFR), and, less distinctly, with the distance from the main sequence. This adds to the tentative evidence for higher excitation of the CO+[CI] spectral line energy distribution (SLED) of starburst galaxies relative to that for main-sequence objects, where the dust opacities play a minor role in shaping the high-J CO transitions in our sample. However, the distinction between the average SLED of upper main-sequence and starburst galaxies is blurred, driven by a wide variety of intrinsic shapes. Large velocity gradient radiative transfer modeling demonstrates the existence of a highly excited component that elevates the CO SLED of high-redshift main-sequence and starbursting galaxies above the typical values observed in the disk of the Milky Way. This excited component is dense and it encloses ~50% of the total molecular gas mass in main-sequence objects. We interpret the observed trends involving the CO excitation as to be mainly determined by a combination of large SFRs and compact sizes, as a large SigmaSFR is naturally connected with enhanced dense molecular gas fractions and higher dust and gas temperatures, due to increasing ultraviolet radiation fields, cosmic ray rates, as well as dust and gas coupling. We release the full data compilation and the ancillary information to the community.
467. COCONUTS. I. Spectra of a WD and T4 comoving syst.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/891/171
Title:
COCONUTS. I. Spectra of a WD and T4 comoving syst.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/891/171
Date:
17 Jan 2022 13:06:37
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the first discovery from the COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS) program, a large-scale survey for wide-orbit planetary and substellar companions. We have discovered a comoving system COCONUTS-1, composed of a hydrogen-dominated white dwarf (PSOJ058.9855+45.4184; d=31.5pc) and a T4 companion (PSOJ058.9869+45.4296) at a 40.6" (1280au) projected separation. We derive physical properties for COCONUTS-1B from (1) its near-infrared spectrum using cloudless Sonora atmospheric models, and (2) its luminosity and the white dwarf's age (7.3_-1.6_^+2.8^Gyr) using Sonora evolutionary models. The two methods give consistent temperatures and radii, but atmospheric models infer a lower surface gravity and therefore an unphysically young age. Assuming evolutionary model parameters (T_eff_=1255_-8_^+6^K, logg=5.44_-0.03_^+0.02^dex, R=0.789_-0.005_^+0.011^R_Jup_), we find that cloudless model atmospheres have brighter Y- and J-band fluxes than the data, suggesting that condensate clouds have not fully dispersed around 1300K. The W2 flux (4.6{mu}m) of COCONUTS-1B is fainter than models, suggesting non-equilibrium mixing of CO. To investigate the gravity dependence of the L/T transition, we compile all 60 known L6-T6 benchmarks and derive a homogeneous set of temperatures, surface gravities, and masses. As is well known, young, low-gravity late-L dwarfs have significantly fainter, redder near-infrared photometry and ~200-300K cooler temperatures than old, high-gravity objects. Our sample now reveals such gravity dependence becomes weaker for T dwarfs, with young objects having comparable near-infrared photometry and ~100K cooler temperatures compared to old objects. Finally, we find that young objects have a larger amplitude J-band brightening than old objects, and also brighten at H band as they cross the L/T transition.
468. CO datacube abd spectra of UGC 10214
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A154
Title:
CO datacube abd spectra of UGC 10214
Short Name:
J/A+A/623/A154
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Minor mergers play a crucial role in galaxy evolution. UGC 10214 (the Tadpole galaxy) is a prime example of this process in which a dwarf galaxy has interacted with a large spiral galaxy ~250 Myr ago and produced a perturbed disc and a giant tidal tail. We used a multi-wavelength dataset that partly consists of new observations (H{alpha}, HI, and CO) and partly of archival data to study the present and past star formation rate (SFR) and its relation to the gas and stellar mass at a spatial resolution down to 4 kpc. UGC 10214 is a high-mass (stellar mass M_*_=1.28x10^11^ M_{sun}_) galaxy with a low gas fraction (M_gas_/M_*_=0.24), a high molecular gas fraction (M_H2_/M_HI_=0.4), and a modest SFR (2-5 M_{sun}_/yr). The global SFR compared to its stellar mass places UGC 10214 on the galaxy main sequence (MS). The comparison of the molecular gas mass and current SFR gives a molecular gas depletion time of about ~2 Gyr (based on H{alpha}), comparable to those of normal spiral galaxies. Both from a comparison of the H{alpha} emission, tracing the current SFR, and far-ultraviolet (FUV) emission, tracing the recent SFR during the past tens of Myr, and also from spectral energy distribution fitting with CIGALE, we find that the SFR has increased by a factor of about 2-3 during the recent past. This increase is particularly noticeable in the centre of the galaxy where a pronounced peak of the H{alpha} emission is visible. A pixel-to-pixel comparison of the SFR, molecular gas mass, and stellar mass shows that the central region has had a depressed FUV-traced SFR compared to the molecular gas and the stellar mass, whereas the H{alpha}-traced SFR shows a normal level. The atomic and molecular gas distribution is asymmetric, but the position-velocity diagram along the major axis shows a pattern of regular rotation. We conclude that the minor merger has most likely caused variations in the SFR in the past that resulted in a moderate increase of the SFR, but it has not perturbed the gas significantly so that the molecular depletion time remains normal.
469. Code to compute spectral line profile indicators
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/616/A155
Title:
Code to compute spectral line profile indicators
Short Name:
J/A+A/616/A155
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Stellar activity is the ultimate source of radial-velocity (hereinafter RV) noise in the search for Earth-mass planets orbiting late-type main-sequence stars. We analyse the performance of four different indicators and the chromospheric index logR'_HK_ in detecting RV variations induced by stellar activity in 15 slowly rotating vsini<=5km/s), weakly active (logR'_HK_<=-4.95) solar-like stars observed with the high-resolution spectrograph High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern hemisphere (HARPS-N). We consider indicators of the asymmetry of the cross-correlation function (CCF) between the stellar spectrum and the binary weighted line mask used to compute the RV, that is the bisector inverse span (BIS), {Delta}V, and a new indicator V_asy(mod)_ together with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the CCF. We present methods to evaluate the uncertainties of the CCF indicators and apply a kernel regression (KR) between the RV, the time, and each of the indicators to study their capability of reproducing the RV variations induced by stellar activity. The considered indicators together with the KR prove to be useful to detect activity-induced RV variations in ~47+/-18 percent of the stars over a two-year time span when a significance (two-sided p-value) threshold of one percent is adopted. In those cases, KR reduces the standard deviation of the RV time series by a factor of approximately two. The BIS, the FWHM, and the newly introduced V_asy(mod)_ are the best indicators, being useful in 27+/-13, 13+/-9, and 13+/-9 percent of the cases, respectively. The relatively limited performances of the activity indicators are related to the very low activity level and vsini of the considered stars. For the application of our approach to sun-like stars, a spectral resolution allowing {lambda}/{Delta}{lambda}>=10^5^ and highly stabilized spectrographs are recommended.
470. CO-H2 and complex organic molecules in TMC-1C
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/594/A117
Title:
CO-H2 and complex organic molecules in TMC-1C
Short Name:
J/A+A/594/A117
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Almost 200 different species have been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM) during the last decades, revealing not only simple species but complex molecules with more than 6 atoms. Other exotic compounds, like the weakly-bound dimer (H_2_)_2_, have also been detected in astronomical sources like Jupiter. We aim at detecting for the first time the CO-H_2_ van der Waals complex in the ISM, which if detected can be a sensitive indicator for low temperatures. We use the IRAM30m telescope, located in Pico Veleta (Spain), to search for the CO-H_2_ complex in a cold, dense core in TMC-1C (with a temperature of 10K). All the brightest CO-H_2_ transitions in the 3mm (80-110GHz) band have been observed with a spectral resolution of 0.5-0.7km/s, reaching a rms noise level of 2mK. The simultaneous observation of a broad frequency band, 16GHz, has allowed us to conduct a serendipitous spectral line survey. No lines belonging to the CO-H_2_ complex have been detected. We have set up a new, more stringent upper limit for its abundance to be [CO-H_2_]/[CO]=5x10^-6^, while we expect the abundance of the complex to be in the range 10^-8^-10^-3^. The spectral line survey has allowed us to detect 75 lines associated with 41 different species (including isotopologues). We detect a number of complex organic species, e.g. methyl cyanide (CH_3_CN), methanol (CH_3_OH), propyne (CH_3_CCH) and ketene (CH_2_CO), associated with cold gas (excitation temperatures about 7K), confirming the presence of these complex species not only in warm objects but also in cold regimes.

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