- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/600/L99
- Title:
- Colours of z~6 galaxies in GOODS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/600/L99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report early results on galaxies at z~6 selected from Hubble Space Telescope imaging for the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. Spectroscopy of one object with the Advanced Camera for Surveys grism and from the Keck and Very Large Telescope observatories shows a strong continuum break and asymmetric line emission, identified as Ly{alpha} at z=5.83. We find only five spatially extended candidates with signal-to-noise ratios greater than 10, two of which have spectroscopic confirmation. This is much fewer than would be expected if galaxies at z=6 had the same luminosity function as those at z=3. There are many fainter candidates, but we expect substantial contamination from foreground interlopers and spurious detections. Our best estimates favor a z=6 galaxy population with fainter luminosities, higher space density, and similar comoving ultraviolet emissivity to that at z=3, but this depends critically on counts at fluxes fainter than those reliably probed by the current data.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/702/1472
- Title:
- Column densities for HI, AlIII, SiIV, CIV, OVI
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/702/1472
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Column densities for HI, AlIII, SiIV, CIV, and OVI toward 109 stars and 30 extragalactic objects have been assembled to study the extensions of these species away from the Galactic plane into the Galactic halo. HI and AlIII mostly trace the warm neutral and warm ionized medium, respectively, while SiIV, CIV, and OVI trace a combination of warm photoionized and collisionally ionized plasmas. The much larger object sample compared to previous studies allows us to consider and correct for the effects of the sample bias that has affected earlier but smaller surveys of the gas distributions. The observations are compared to the predictions of the various models for the production of the transition temperature gas in the halo.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/894/142
- Title:
- Column densities from HST/COS SiIV AGN sight lines
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/894/142
- Date:
- 19 Jan 2022 13:10:08
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We develop a kinematical model for the Milky Way SiIV-bearing gas to determine its density distribution and kinematics. This model is constrained by a column density line-shape sample extracted from the Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph archival data, which contains 186 active galactic nucleus sight lines. We find that the SiIV ion density distribution is dominated by an extended disk along the z-direction (above or below the midplane), i.e., n(z)=n_0_exp(-(z/z_0_)^0.82^), where z_0_ is the scale height of 6.3_-1.5_^+1.6^kpc (northern hemisphere) and 3.6_-0.9_^+1.0^kpc (southern hemisphere). The density distribution of the disk in the radial direction shows a sharp edge at 15-20kpc given by, n(r_XY_)=n_0_exp(-(r_XY_/r_0_)^3.36^), where r_0_~12.5+/-0.6kpc. The difference of density distributions over r_XY_ and z directions indicates that the warm gas traced by SiIV is mainly associated with disk processes (e.g., feedback or cycling gas) rather than accretion. We estimate the mass of the warm gas (within 50kpc) is log(M(50kpc)/M_{sun}_)~8.1 (assuming Z~0.5Z_{sun}_), and a 3{sigma} upper limit of log(M(250kpc)/M_{sun}_)~9.1 (excluding the Magellanic system). Kinematically, the warm gas disk is nearly co-rotating with the stellar disk at v_rot_=215+/-3km/s, which lags the midplane rotation by about 8km/s/kpc (within 5kpc). Meanwhile, we note that the warm gas in the northern hemisphere has significant accretion with vacc of 69+/-7km/s at 10kpc (an accretion rate of -0.60_-0.13_^+0.11^M_{sun}_/yr), while in the southern hemisphere, there is no measurable accretion, with an upper limit of 0.4M_{sun}_/yr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/883/78
- Title:
- Column densities of CGM absorption lines
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/883/78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the geometric distribution of gas metallicities in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) around 47, z<0.7 galaxies from the "Multiphase Galaxy Halos" Survey. Using a combination of quasar spectra from Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/COS and from Keck/HIRES or Very Large Telescope/UVES, we measure column densities of, or determine limits on, CGM absorption lines. We then use a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach with Cloudy to estimate the metallicity of cool (T~10^4^K) CGM gas. We also use HST images to determine host-galaxy inclination and quasar-galaxy azimuthal angles. Our sample spans a HI column density range of 13.8cm^-2^<logN_HI_<19.9cm^-2^. We find (1) while the metallicity distribution appears bimodal, a Hartigan dip test cannot rule out a unimodal distribution (0.4{sigma}). (2) CGM metallicities are independent of halo mass, spanning three orders of magnitude at a fixed halo mass. (3) The CGM metallicity does not depend on the galaxy azimuthal and inclination angles regardless of HI column density, impact parameter, and galaxy color. (4) The ionization parameter does not depend on azimuthal angle. We suggest that the partial Lyman limit metallicity bimodality is not driven by a spatial azimuthal bimodality. Our results are consistent with simulations where the CGM is complex and outflowing, accreting, and recycled gas are well-homogenized at z<0.7. The presence of low-metallicity gas at all orientations suggests that cold streams of accreting filaments are not necessarily aligned with the galaxy plane at low redshifts or intergalactic transfer may dominate. Finally, our results support simulations showing that strong metal absorption can mask the presence of low-metallicity gas in integrated line-of-sight CGM metallicities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A29
- Title:
- Column density maps in 4 IRDCs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/578/A29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyse column density and temperature maps derived from Herschel dust continuum observations of a sample of prominent, massive infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) i.e. G11.11-0.12, G18.82-0.28, G28.37+0.07, and G28.53-0.25. We disentangle the velocity structure of the clouds using ^13^CO 1->0 and ^12^CO 3->2 data, showing that these IRDCs are the densest regions in massive giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and not isolated features. The probability distribution function (PDF) of column densities for all clouds have a power-law distribution over all (high) column densities, regardless of the evolutionary stage of the cloud: G11.11-0.12, G18.82-0.28, and G28.37+0.07 contain (proto)-stars, while G28.53-0.25 shows no signs of star formation. This is in contrast to the purely log-normal PDFs reported for near and/or mid-IR extinction maps. We only find a log-normal distribution for lower column densities, if we perform PDFs of the column density maps of the whole GMC in which the IRDCs are embedded. By comparing the PDF slope and the radial column density profile of three of our clouds, we attribute the power law to the effect of large-scale gravitational collapse and to local free-fall collapse of pre- and protostellar cores for the highest column densities. A significant impact on the cloud properties from radiative feedback is unlikely because the clouds are mostly devoid of star formation. Independent from the PDF analysis, we find infall signatures in the spectral profiles of ^12^CO for G28.37+0.07 and G11.11-0.12, supporting the scenario of gravitational collapse. Our results are in line with earlier interpretations that see massive IRDCs as the densest regions within GMCs, which may be the progenitors of massive stars or clusters. At least some of the IRDCs are probably the same features as ridges (high column density regions with N>10^23^cm^-2^ over small areas), which were defined for nearby IR-bright GMCs. Because IRDCs are only confined to the densest (gravity dominated) cloud regions, the PDF constructed from this kind of a clipped image does not represent the (turbulence dominated) low column density regime of the cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/126/67
- Title:
- Coma and Perseus clusters galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/126/67
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of an isophotal shape analysis of galaxies in the Coma and Perseus clusters. These data, together with those of two previous papers, provide two complete samples of galaxies with reliable Hubble types in rich clusters: 1) all galaxies brighter than m_b_=16.5 falling within one degree (=2.3Mpc) from the center of the Coma cluster (187 galaxies), 2) all galaxies brighter than m_(Zwicky)=15.7 in a region of 5 deg 3' times 5 deg 27' around the center of the Perseus cluster (139 galaxies). These two complete samples cover 5 orders of magnitude in galaxy density and span areas of 91 and 17Mpc^2^, clustercentric radii up to 2.3 and 6.4Mpc, for Perseus and Coma respectively. They will be used in subsequent papers to study the dependence of galaxy types on cluster environment and as reference samples in comparisons with distant clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/877/12
- Title:
- Coma Ber and a Neighbor Stellar Group tidal tails
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/877/12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of tidal structures around the intermediate-aged (~700-800Myr), nearby (~85pc) star cluster Coma Berenices. The spatial and kinematic grouping of stars is determined with the Gaia DR2 parallax and proper motion data, by a clustering analysis tool, StarGO, to map 5D parameters (X, Y, Z, {mu}_{alpha}*cos{delta}, {mu}_{delta}_) onto a 2D neural network. A leading and a trailing tails, each with an extension of ~50pc are revealed for the first time around this disrupting star cluster. The cluster members, totaling to ~115^+5^_-3_M_{sun}_, are clearly mass segregated, and exhibit a flat mass function with {alpha}~0.79+/-0.16, in the sense of dN/dm{prop.to}m^-{alpha}^, where N is the number of member stars and m is stellar mass, in the mass range of m=0.25-2.51M_{sun}_. Within the tidal radius of ~6.9pc, there are 77 member candidates with an average position, i.e., as the cluster center, of RA=186.8110{deg}, and DE=25.8112{deg}, and an average distance of 85.8pc. Additional 120 member candidates reside in the tidal structures, i.e., outnumbering those in the cluster core. The expansion of escaping members lead to an anisotropy in the velocity field of the tidal tails. Our analysis also serendipitously uncovers an adjacent stellar group, part of which has been cataloged in the literature. We identify 218 member candidates, 10 times more than previously known. This star group is some 65pc away from, and ~400Myr younger than, Coma Ber, but is already at the final stage of disruption.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/136/307
- Title:
- Coma Berenices astrometric catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/136/307
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalogue of stellar positions and proper motions down to the 14th photographic magnitude in the area of the open cluster in Coma Berenices is compiled from data of 12 different sources. The accuracy of the proper motion data is comparable to that of the Hipparcos Catalogue (Cat. <I/239>).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/624/L11
- Title:
- Coma Berenices neighbor moving group
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/624/L11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of a kinematically cold group of stars, located in the immediate neighborhood of the well-known star cluster Coma Berenices (Mel 111). The new group identified in tangential velocity space as measured by Gaia contains at least 177 coeval members distributed in two subgroups, and appears as a flattened structure parallel to the plane, stretching for about 50pc. More remarkably, the new group, which appears to have formed about 300Myr later than Mel 111 in a different part of the Galaxy, will share essentially the same volume with the older cluster when the centers of both groups will be at their closest in 13 Myr. This will result in the mixing of two unrelated populations with different metallicities. The phase of cohabitation for these two groups is about 20-30Myr, after which the two populations will drift apart. We estimate that temporal cohabitation of such populations is not a rare event in the disk of the Milky Way, and of the order of once per Galactic revolution. Our study also unveils the tidal tails of the Mel 111 cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/141/449
- Title:
- Coma cluster early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/141/449
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Table 1 describes the photometric properties (R-band magnitude, effective radius, surface brightness, a_4_, ellipticity) of all 35 Coma cluster galaxies, which are investigated spectroscopically in this work. Besides the galaxy numbers given by Godwin et al. (1983, Cat. <VII/42>, GMP83), we also list the NGC/IC numbers as well as Dressler's numbers given in Dressler et al. (1987ApJ...313...42D, D87). Additionally the galaxy type as well as there distance to the clusters center are given. Table 5 to Table 12 (photom.dat) give the results from surface brightness and isophotal shape analysis (local surface brightness, ellipticity, position angle and Fourier coefficients along the major axis) for 8 galaxies of the sample derived from Kron Cousins R band photometry. Table 13 to Table 47 (kinema.dat) give spatially resolved kinematic parameter (v, sigma, H_3_, H_4_) for all 35 galaxies while in Table 48 to Table 82 (indice1.dat and indice2.dat) we list the radial profiles of the measured line indices (H_beta_, Mg, Fe, NaD) of these galaxies. Table 4 contains the results from the comparison of our mean data within the circular standard aperture (see paper) with the mean values given by Joergensen (1999MNRAS.306..607J, J99).
