- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/446/773
- Title:
- GLMP sample of galactic OH/IR stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/446/773
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical and near-infrared finding charts taken from the DSS and 2MASS surveys of 94 IRAS sources selected from the GLMP catalogue, and accurate astrometry (~0.2") for most of them. Selection criteria were very red IRAS colours representative for OH/IR stars with optically thick circumstellar shells and the presence of variability according to the IRAS variability index (VAR>50). The main photometric properties of the stars in this `GLMP sample' are presented, discussed and compared with the correspondent properties of the `Arecibo sample' of OH/IR stars studied nearlier. We find that 37% of the sample (N=34) has no counterpart in the 2MASS, implying extremely high optical depths of their shells. Most of the sources identified in the 2MASS are faint (K>~8) and are of very red colour in the near-infrared, as expected. The brightest 2MASS counterpart (K=5.3mag) was found for IRAS18299-1705. Its blue colour H-K=1.3 suggests that IRAS18299-1705 is a post-AGB star. Few GLMP sources have faint but relatively blue counterparts. They might be misidentified field stars or stars that recently experienced a drop of their mass loss rates. The `GLMP sample' in general is made of oxygen-rich AGB stars, which are highly obscured by their circumstellar shells. They belong to the same population as the reddest OH/IR stars in the `Arecibo sample'.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/696/785
- Title:
- Global SFR density over 0.7<z<1.9
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/696/785
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We determine the global star formation rate (SFR) density at 0.7<z<1.9 using emission-line-selected galaxies identified in Hubble Space Telescope-Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrograph (HST-NICMOS) grism spectroscopy observations. Observing in a pure parallel mode throughout HST Cycles 12 and 13, our survey covers ~104arcmin^2^ from which we select 80 galaxies with likely redshifted H{alpha} emission lines. In several cases, a somewhat weaker [OIII] doublet emission is also detected.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/835/184
- Title:
- Globular cluster candidates in NGC4258
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/835/184
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We aim to explore the relationship between globular cluster total number, N_GC_, and central black hole mass, M_*_, in spiral galaxies, and compare it with that recently reported for ellipticals. We present results for the Sbc galaxy NGC 4258, from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope data. Thanks to water masers with Keplerian rotation in a circumnuclear disk, NGC 4258 has the most precisely measured extragalactic distance and supermassive black hole mass to date. The globular cluster (GC) candidate selection is based on the (u*-i') versus (i'-Ks) diagram, which is a superb tool to distinguish GCs from foreground stars, background galaxies, and young stellar clusters, and hence can provide the best number counts of GCs from photometry alone, virtually free of contamination, even if the Galaxy is not completely edge-on. The mean optical and optical-near-infrared colors of the clusters are consistent with those of the Milky Way and M 31, after extinction is taken into account. We directly identify 39 GC candidates; after completeness correction, GC luminosity function extrapolation, and correction for spatial coverage, we calculate a total N_GC_=144+/-31_-36_^+38^ (random and systematic uncertainties, respectively). We have thus increased to six the sample of spiral galaxies with measurements of both M_*_ and N_GC_. NGC 4258 has a specific frequency S_N_=0.4+/-0.1 (random uncertainty), and is consistent within 2{sigma} with the N_GC_ versus M_*_ correlation followed by elliptical galaxies. The Milky Way continues to be the only spiral that deviates significantly from the relation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/799/159
- Title:
- Globular cluster populations in S4G galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/799/159
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using 3.6{mu}m images of 97 early-type galaxies, we develop and verify methodology to measure globular cluster populations from the S^4^G survey images. We find that (1) the ratio, T_N_, of the number of clusters, N_CL_, to parent galaxy stellar mass, M_*_, rises weakly with M_*_ for early-type galaxies with M_*_>10^10^M_{sun}_ when we calculate galaxy masses using a universal stellar initial mass function (IMF) but that the dependence of T_N_ on M_*_ is removed entirely once we correct for the recently uncovered systematic variation of IMF with M_*_; and (2) for M_*_<10^10^M_{sun}_, there is no trend between N_CL_ and M_*_, the scatter in T_N_is significantly larger (approaching two orders of magnitude), and there is evidence to support a previous, independent suggestion of two families of galaxies. The behavior of N_CL_ in the lower-mass systems is more difficult to measure because these systems are inherently cluster-poor, but our results may add to previous evidence that large variations in cluster formation and destruction efficiencies are to be found among low-mass galaxies. The average fraction of stellar mass in clusters is ~0.0014 for M_*_>10^10^M_{sun}_ and can be as large as ~0.02 for less massive galaxies. These are the first results from the S^4^G sample of galaxies and will be enhanced by the sample of early-type galaxies now being added to S^4^G and complemented by the study of later-type galaxies within S^4^G.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/818/99
- Title:
- Globular cluster populations in S4G galaxies. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/818/99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m images of 73 late-type, edge-on galaxies from the S^4^G survey, we compare the richness of the globular cluster populations of these galaxies to those of early-type galaxies that we measured previously. In general, the galaxies presented here fill in the distribution for galaxies with lower stellar mass, M_*_, specifically log(M_{star}_/M_{sun})<10, overlap the results for early-type galaxies of similar masses, and, by doing so, strengthen the case for a dependence of the number of globular clusters per 10^9^M_{sun}_ of galaxy stellar mass, T_N_, on M_*_. For 8.5<log(M_{star}_/M_{sun})<10.5 we find the relationship can be satisfactorily described as T_N_=(M_{star}_/10^6.7^)^-0.56^ when M_*_ is expressed in solar masses. The functional form of the relationship is only weakly constrained, and extrapolation outside this range is not advised. Our late-type galaxies, in contrast to our early types, do not show the tendency for low-mass galaxies to split into two T_N_ families. Using these results and a galaxy stellar mass function from the literature, we calculate that, in a volume-limited, local universe sample, clusters are most likely to be found around fairly massive galaxies (M_*_~10^10.8^M_{sun}_) and present a fitting function for the volume number density of clusters as a function of parent-galaxy stellar mass. We find no correlation between T_N_ and large-scale environment, but we do find a tendency for galaxies of fixed M_*_ to have larger T_N_ if they have converted a larger proportion of their baryons into stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/1994
- Title:
- GM 2-4 H_2_ emission-line objects
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/418/1994
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a multi-wavelength study of the region towards the GM 2-4 nebula and the nearby source IRAS 05373+2340. Our near-infrared H_2_ 1-0 S(1) line observations reveal various shock-excited features which are part of several bipolar outflows. We identify candidates for the driving sources of the outflows from a comparison of the multi-waveband archival data sets and spectral energy distribution (SED) modelling. The SED spectral slope ({alpha}^IRAC^) for all the protostars in the field was then compared with the visual extinction map. This comparison suggests that star formation progresses from north-east to south-west across this region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/229/25
- Title:
- GOALS sample PACS and SPIRE fluxes
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/229/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Far-infrared images and photometry are presented for 201 Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies [LIRGs: log(L_IR_/L_{sun}_)=11.00-11.99, ULIRGs: log(L_IR_/L_{sun}_)=12.00-12.99], in the Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey (GOALS), based on observations with the Herschel Space Observatory Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) instruments. The image atlas displays each GOALS target in the three PACS bands (70, 100, and 160{mu}m) and the three SPIRE bands (250, 350, and 500{mu}m), optimized to reveal structures at both high and low surface brightness levels, with images scaled to simplify comparison of structures in the same physical areas of ~100x100kpc^2^. Flux densities of companion galaxies in merging systems are provided where possible, depending on their angular separation and the spatial resolution in each passband, along with integrated system fluxes (sum of components). This data set constitutes the imaging and photometric component of the GOALS Herschel OT1 observing program, and is complementary to atlases presented for the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory. Collectively, these data will enable a wide range of detailed studies of active galactic nucleus and starburst activity within the most luminous infrared galaxies in the local universe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/715/572
- Title:
- GOALS UV and FIR properties
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/715/572
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) consists of a complete sample of 202 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) selected from the IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample (RBGS; Sanders et al. 2003, Cat. J/AJ/126/1607). The galaxies span the full range of interaction stages, from isolated galaxies to interacting pairs to late stage mergers. We present a comparison of the UV and infrared properties of 135 galaxies in GOALS observed by GALEX and Spitzer. For interacting galaxies with separations greater than the resolution of GALEX and Spitzer (~2"-6"), we assess the UV and IR properties of each galaxy individually. The contribution of the FUV to the measured star formation rate (SFR) ranges from 0.2% to 17.9%, with a median of 2.8% and a mean of 4.0+/-0.4%. The specific star formation rate (SSFR) of the GOALS sample is extremely high, with a median value (3.9x10^-10^/yr) that is comparable to the highest SSFRs seen in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey sample. We examine the position of each galaxy on the IR excess-UV slope (IRX-{beta}) diagram as a function of galaxy properties, including IR luminosity and interaction stage.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/865/73
- Title:
- GOBELINS. V. Kinematics of Perseus
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/865/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We derive the distance and structure of the Perseus molecular cloud by combining trigonometric parallaxes from Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations, taken as part of the GOBELINS survey and Gaia Data Release 2. Based on our VLBA astrometry, we obtain a distance of 321+/-10pc for IC 348. This is fully consistent with the mean distance of 320+/-26 measured by Gaia. The VLBA observations toward NGC 1333 are insufficient to claim a successful distance measurement to this cluster. Gaia parallaxes, on the other hand, yield a mean distance of 293+/-22pc. Hence, the distance along the line of sight between the eastern and western edges of the cloud is ~30pc, which is significantly smaller than previously inferred. We use Gaia proper motions and published radial velocities to derive the spatial velocities of a selected sample of stars. The average velocity vectors with respect to the LSR are (u,v,w)=(-6.1+/-1.6, 6.8+/-1.1, -0.9+/-1.2) and (-6.4+/-1.0, 2.1+/-1.4, -2.4+/-1.0)km/s for IC 348 and NGC 1333, respectively. Finally, our analysis of the kinematics of the stars has shown that there is no clear evidence of expansion, contraction, or rotational motions within the clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/371/1891
- Title:
- GOODS ELAIS-N1 24um flux densities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/371/1891
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We address the question of how to deal with confusion-limited surveys in the mid-infrared (MIR) domain by using information from shorter-wavelength observations over the same sky regions. Such information, once applied to apparently extended MIR sources, which are indeed 'blends' of two or more different sources, allow us to disentangle the single counterparts and to split the measured flux density into different components. We present the application of this method to the 24-{mu}m Spitzer archival data in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey ELAIS-N1 (GOODS EN1) test field, where apparently extended, 'blended' sources constitute about 20 per cent of a reliable sample of 983 sources detected above the 5{sigma} threshold down to 40uJy. As a shorter-wavelength data set, we have considered the public Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) images and catalogues of the same field. We show that the 24-{mu}m sample is almost unbiased down to ~40uJy and the careful application of the deblending procedure does not require any statistical completeness correction (at least at the flux level considered). This is probed by direct comparison of our results with results in the literature that analysed the same data set through extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The extrapolation of the source counts down to fainter fluxes suggests that our 24-{mu}m sample is able to resolve ~62 per cent of the cosmic background down to a flux level of 38uJy.