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1. Absolute parameters of 509 main-sequence stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/479/5491
Title:
Absolute parameters of 509 main-sequence stars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/479/5491
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Absolute parameters of 509 main-sequence stars selected from the components of detached eclipsing spectroscopic binaries in the solar neighbourhood are used to study mass-luminosity, mass-radius, and mass-effective temperature relations (MLR, MRR, and MTR). The MLR function is found better if expressed by a six-piece classical MLR (L{prop.to}M^{alpha}^) rather than a fifth or a sixth degree polynomial within the mass range of 0.179<=M/M_{sun}_<=31. The break points separating the mass ranges with classical MLR do not appear to us to be arbitrary. Instead, the data indicate abrupt changes along the mass axis in the mean energy generation per unit of stellar mass. Unlike the MLR function, the MRR and MTR functions cannot be determined over the full range of masses. A single-piece MRR function is calibrated from the radii of stars with M<=1.5M_{sun}_, while a second single-piece MTR function is found for stars with M>1.5M_{sun}_. The missing part of the MRR is computed from the MLR and MTR, while the missing part of the MTR is computed from the MLR and MRR. As a result, we have interrelated the MLR, MRR, and MTR, which are useful in determining the typical absolute physical parameters of main-sequence stars of given masses. These functions are also useful to estimate typical absolute physical parameters from typical T_eff_ values. Thus, we were able to estimate the typical absolute physical parameters of main-sequence stars observed in the Sejong Open cluster Survey, based on that survey's published values for Teff. Since typical absolute physical parameters of main-sequence stars cannot normally be determined in such photometric surveys, the interrelated functions are shown to be useful to compute such missing parameters from similar surveys.
2. Abundances and velocities of NGC 6397 stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/754/91
Title:
Abundances and velocities of NGC 6397 stars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/754/91
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We used three sets of high-resolution spectra acquired with the multifiber facility FLAMES at the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory to investigate the chemical and kinematical properties of a sample of 42 horizontal branch (HB) stars, 18 blue straggler stars (BSSs), and 86 main-sequence (MS) turnoff (TO) and sub-giant branch stars in the nearby globular cluster NGC 6397. We measured rotational velocities and Fe, O, and Mg abundances. All of the unevolved stars in our sample have low rotational velocites (vsin i<10km/s), while the HB stars and BSSs show a broad distribution, with values ranging from 0 to ~70km/s. For HB stars with T<10500K there is a clear temperature-oxygen anticorrelation that can be understood if the star position along the HB is mainly determined by the He content. The hottest BSSs and HB stars (with temperatures T>8200K and T>10500K, respectively) also show significant deviations in their iron abundance with respect to the cluster metallicity (as traced by the unevolved stars, [Fe/H]=-2.12). While similar chemical patterns have already been observed in other hot HB stars, this is the first evidence ever collected for BSSs. We interpret these abundance anomalies as due to the metal radiative levitation, occurring in stars with shallow or no convective envelopes.
3. Abundances in the local region. I. G and K giants
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/150/88
Title:
Abundances in the local region. I. G and K giants
Short Name:
J/AJ/150/88
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Parameters and abundances for 1133 stars of spectral types F, G, and K of luminosity class III have been derived. In terms of stellar parameters, the primary point of interest is the disagreement between gravities derived with masses determined from isochrones, and gravities determined from an ionization balance. This is not a new result per se, but the size of this sample emphasizes the severity of the problem. A variety of arguments led to the selection of the ionization-balance gravity as the working value. The derived abundances indicate that the giants in the solar region have Sun-like total abundances and abundance ratios. Stellar evolution indicators have also been investigated with the Li abundances and the [C/Fe] and C/O ratios, indicating that standard processing has been operating in these stars. The more salient result for stellar evolution is that the [C/Fe] data across the red-giant clump indicates the presence of mass-dependent mixing in accord with standard stellar evolution predictions.
4. Abundances in the local region. II. F, G, and K dwarfs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/21
Title:
Abundances in the local region. II. F, G, and K dwarfs
Short Name:
J/AJ/153/21
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Parameters and abundances have been derived for 1002 stars of spectral types F, G, and K, and luminosity classes IV and V. After culling the sample for rotational velocity and effective temperature, 867 stars remain for discussion. Twenty-eight elements are considered in the analysis. The {alpha}, iron-peak, and Period 5 transition metal abundances for these stars show a modest enhancement over solar averaging about 0.05dex. The lanthanides are more abundant, averaging about +0.2dex over solar. The question is: Are these stars enhanced, or is the Sun somewhat metal-poor relative to these stars? The consistency of the abundances derived here supports an argument for the latter view. Lithium, carbon, and oxygen abundances have been derived. The stars show the usual lithium astration as a function of mass/temperature. There are more than 100 planet-hosts in the sample, and there is no discernible difference in their lithium content, relative to the remaining stars. The carbon and oxygen abundances show the well-known trend of decreasing [x/Fe] ratio with increasing [Fe/H].
5. Abundances in the local region. III. Southern dwarfs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/111
Title:
Abundances in the local region. III. Southern dwarfs
Short Name:
J/AJ/155/111
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Stellar parameters and abundances have been derived from a sample of 907 F, G, and K dwarfs. The high-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectra utilized were acquired with the HARPS spectrograph of the European Southern Observatory. The stars in the sample with -0.2<[Fe/H]<+0.2 have abundances that strongly resemble that of the Sun, except for the lithium content and the lanthanides. Near the solar temperature, stars show two orders of magnitude range in lithium content. The average content of stars in the local region appears to be enhanced at about the +0.1 level relative to the Sun for the lanthanides. There are over 100 planet hosts in this sample, and there is no discernible difference between them and the non-hosts regarding their lithium content.
6. Abundances of stars hosting planets
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/720/1290
Title:
Abundances of stars hosting planets
Short Name:
J/ApJ/720/1290
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The metal content of planet-hosting stars is an important ingredient that may affect the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Accurate stellar abundances require the determinations of reliable physical parameters, namely, the effective temperature, surface gravity, microturbulent velocity, and metallicity. This work presents the homogeneous derivation of such parameters for a large sample of stars hosting planets (N=117), as well as a control sample of disk stars not known to harbor giant, closely orbiting planets (N=145). Stellar parameters and iron abundances are derived from an automated analysis technique developed for this work. As previously found in the literature, the results in this study indicate that the metallicity distribution of planet-hosting stars is more metal rich by ~0.15 dex when compared to the control sample stars. A segregation of the sample according to planet mass indicates that the metallicity distribution of stars hosting only Neptunian-mass planets (with no Jovian-mass planets) tends to be more metal poor in comparison with that obtained for stars hosting a closely orbiting Jovian planet. The significance of this difference in metallicity arises from a homogeneous analysis of samples of FGK dwarfs which do not include the cooler and more problematic M dwarfs.
7. Accretion history of massive stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/496/3482
Title:
Accretion history of massive stars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/496/3482
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The mass growth of protostars is a central element to the determination of fundamental stellar population properties such as the initial mass function. Constraining the accretion history of individual protostars is therefore an important aspect of star formation research. The goal of the study presented here is to determine whether high-mass (proto)stars gain their mass from a compact (<0.1pc) fixed-mass reservoir of gas, often referred to as dense cores, in which they are embedded, or whether the mass growth of high-mass stars is governed by the dynamical evolution of the parsec-scale clump that typically surrounds them. To achieve this goal, we performed a 350micron continuum mapping of 11 infrared dark clouds, along side some of their neighbouring clumps, with the ArTeMiS camera on APEX. By identifying about 200 compact ArTeMiS sources, and matching them with Herschel Hi-GAL 70micron sources, we have been able to produce mass vs. temperature diagrams. We compare the nature (i.e. starless or protostellar) and location of the ArTeMiS sources in these diagrams with modelled evolutionary tracks of both core-fed and clump-fed accretion scenarios. We argue that the latter provide a better agreement with the observed distribution of high-mass star-forming cores. However, a robust and definitive conclusion on the question of the accretion history of high-mass stars requires larger number statistics.
8. Accretion in {rho}-Ophiucus
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/579/A66
Title:
Accretion in {rho}-Ophiucus
Short Name:
J/A+A/579/A66
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present new VLT/X-Shooter optical and near-infrared spectra of a sample of 17 candidate young low-mass stars and brown dwarfs located in the {rho}-Ophiucus cluster. We derived the spectral type and extinction for all the targets, and then we determined their physical parameters. All the objects but one have M_*_<~0.6M_{sun}_, and eight have mass below or close to the hydrogen-burning limit. Using the intensity of various permitted emission lines present in their spectra, we determined the accretion luminosity and mass accretion rates ({dot}(M)_acc_) for all the objects. When compared with previous works targeting the same sample, we find that, in general, these objects are not as strongly accreting as previously reported, and we suggest that the reason is our more accurate estimate of the photospheric parameters. We also compare our findings with recent works in other slightly older star-forming regions, such as Lupus, to investigate possible differences in the accretion properties, but we find that the accretion properties for our targets have the same dependence on the stellar and substellar parameters as in the other regions. This leads us to conclude that we do not find evidence for a different dependence of {dot}(M)_acc_ with M_*_ when comparing low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. Moreover, we find a similar small (<~1dex) scatter in the {dot}(M)_acc_-M_*_ relation as in some of our recent works in other star-forming regions, and no significant differences in {dot}(M)_acc_ due to different ages or properties of the regions. The latter result suffers, however, from low statistics and sample selection biases in the current studies. The small scatter in the {dot}(M)_acc_-M_*_ correlation confirms that mass accretion rate measurements in the literature based on uncertain photospheric parameters and single accretion indicators, such as the H{alpha} width, can lead to a scatter that is unphysically large. Our studies show that only broadband spectroscopic surveys coupled with a detailed analysis of the photospheric and accretion properties allows us to properly study the evolution of disk accretion rates in star-forming regions.
9. Accretion luminosities of young stars from Pf{beta}
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/769/21
Title:
Accretion luminosities of young stars from Pf{beta}
Short Name:
J/ApJ/769/21
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
In this work, we introduce the use of HI Pfund {beta} (Pf{beta}; 4.6538{mu}m) as a tracer of mass accretion from protoplanetary disks onto young stars. Pf{beta} was serendipitously observed in NIRSPEC and CRIRES surveys of CO fundamental emission, amounting to a sample size of 120 young stars with detected Pf{beta} emission. Using a subsample of disks with previously measured accretion luminosities, we show that Pf{beta} line luminosity is well correlated with accretion luminosity over a range of at least three orders of magnitude. We use this correlation to derive accretion luminosities for all 120 targets, 65 of which are previously unreported in the literature. The conversion from accretion luminosity to accretion rate is limited by the availability of stellar mass and radius measurements; nevertheless, we also report accretion rates for 67 targets, 16 previously unmeasured. Our large sample size and our ability to probe high extinction values allow for relatively unbiased comparisons between different types of disks.
10. Accurate masses and radii of normal stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/A+ARV/18.67
Title:
Accurate masses and radii of normal stars
Short Name:
J/other/A+ARV/18
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This article presents and discusses a critical compilation of accurate, fundamental determinations of stellar masses and radii. We have identified 95 detached binary systems containing 190 stars (94 eclipsing systems, and alpha Centauri) that satisfy our criterion that the mass and radius of both stars be known within errors of +/-3% accuracy or better. All of them are non-interacting systems, and so the stars should have evolved as if they were single. This sample more than doubles that of the earlier similar review by Andersen (Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 3:91-126, 1991), extends the mass range at both ends and, for the first time, includes an extragalactic binary. In every case, we have examined the original data and recomputed the stellar parameters with a consistent set of assumptions and physical constants.

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