- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/651/A20
- Title:
- Gaia RVS benchmark stars. I.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/651/A20
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) on board the Gaia satellite is not provided with a wavelength calibration lamp. It uses its observations of stars with known radial velocity to derive the dispersion relation. To derive an accurate radial velocity calibration, a precise knowledge of the line spread function (LSF) of the RVS is necessary. Good-quality ground-based observations in the wavelength range of the RVS are highly desired to determine the LSF. Several radial velocity standard stars are available to the Gaia community. The highest possible number of calibrators will surely allow us to improve the accuracy of the radial velocity. Because the LSF may vary across the focal plane of the RVS, a large number of high-quality spectra for the LSF calibration may allow us to better sample the properties of the focal plane. We selected a sample of stars to be observed with UVES at the Very Large Telescope, in a setting including the wavelength range of RVS, that are bright enough to allow obtaining high-quality spectra in a short time. We also selected stars that lack chemical investigation in order to increase the sample of bright, close by stars with a complete chemical inventory. We here present the chemical analysis of the first sample of 80 evolved stars. The quality of the spectra is very good, therefore we were able to derive abundances for 20 elements. The metallicity range spanned by the sample is about 1dex, from slightly metal-poor to solar metallicity. We derived the Rb abundance for all stars and investigated departures from local thermodynamical equilibrium (NLTE) in the formation of its lines. The sample of spectra is of good quality, which is useful for a Gaia radial velocity calibration. The Rb NLTE effects in this stellar parameters range are small but sometimes non-negligible, especially for spectra of this good quality.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/434/275
- Title:
- Galactic thin disk [Th/Eu] abundance ratios
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/434/275
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The objective of this work is the determination of the age of the Galactic disk using Th/Eu nucleocosmochronology. To achieve this objective, it is necessary to obtain the abundances of Th and Eu through spectral synthesis, and to perform the synthesis it is necessary to know the atmospheric parameters and chemical abundances of contaminating elements.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/551/A8
- Title:
- Galaxy clusters in XMM field within CFHT-LS D4
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/551/A8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The XMM-Newton Distant Cluster Project (XDCP) aims at the identification of a well defined sample of X-ray selected clusters of galaxies at redshifts z>0.8. As part of this project, we analyse the deep XMM-Newton exposure covering one of the CFHTLS deep fields to quantify the cluster content. We validate the optical follow-up strategy as well as the X-ray selection function. We search for extended X-ray sources in archival XMM-Newton EPIC observations. Multi-band optical imaging is performed to select high redshift cluster candidates among the extended X-ray sources. Here we present a catalogue of the extended sources in one the deepest LBQS ~250ks XMM-Newton fields targeting LBQS J2212-1759 covering ~0.2 square degrees. The cluster identification is based, among others, on deep imaging with the ESO VLT and from the CFHT legacy survey. The confirmation of cluster candidates is done by VLT/FORS2 multi-object spectroscopy. Photometric redshifts from the CFHTLS D4 are utilized to confirm the effectiveness of the X-ray cluster selection method. The survey sensitivity is computed with extensive Monte-Carlo simulations. At a flux limit of S(0.5-2.0keV)~2.5e-15erg/s/cm2 we achieve a completeness level higher than 50% in an area of ~0.13 square degrees. We detect six galaxy clusters above this limit with optical counterparts, of which 5 are new spectroscopic discoveries. Two newly discovered X-ray luminous galaxy clusters are at z>1.0, another two at z=0.41 and one at z=0.34. For the most distant X-ray selected cluster in this field at z=1.45 we find additional (active) member galaxies from both X-ray and spectroscopic data. Additionally, we find evidence of large scale structures at moderate redshifts of z=0.41 and z=0.34. The quest for distant clusters in archival XMM-Newton data has led to the detection of six clusters in a single field, making XMM-Newton an outstanding tool for cluster surveys. Three of these clusters are at z>1, which emphasises the valuable contribution of small, yet deep surveys to cosmology. Beta-models are appropriate descriptions for the cluster surface brightness to perform cluster detection simulations in order to compute the X-ray selection function. The constructed log N-log S tends to favour a scenario where no evolution in the cluster X-ray luminosity function (XLF) takes place.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/10B
- Title:
- G5 and later stars in a North Galactic Pole region
- Short Name:
- III/10B
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog is an objective-prism survey of late-type stars in a region of 396 square degrees surrounding the north galactic pole. The objective-prism spectra employed have a dispersion of 58 nm/mm at H-{gamma} and extend into the ultraviolet region. The catalog contains the magnitudes and spectral classes of 4027 stars of class G5 and later, complete to a limiting photographic magnitude of 13.0. The spectral classification of the stars is based on the Yerkes system. The catalog includes the serial numbers of the stars corresponding to the numbers on the identification charts in Upgren (1984), BD and HD numbers, B magnitudes, spectral classes, and letters designating the subregion and identification chart on which each star is located. This survey was undertaken to determine the space densities at varying distances from the galactic plane. Accurate separation of the surveyed stars of G5 and later into giants and dwarfs was achieved through the use of the UV region as well as conventional methods of classification. The resulting catalog of 4027 stars is probably complete over the region to a limiting photographic magnitude of 13.0. The region covered by the survey is the same as that discussed by Slettebak and Stock (1959) and is in the approximate range RA 11:30 to 13:00, Declination +25 to +50 (B1950.0). The catalog includes all M and Carbon stars previously published by Upgren (1960). For a discussion of the classification criteria, the combining of multiple classifications (each spectral image was classified twice), the determination of magnitudes, and additional details about the catalog, the source reference should be consulted. Corrections, accurate positions, more identifications, and remarks have been added in Nov. 2015 by B. Skiff in the file "positions.dat"; see the "History" section below for details.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/168
- Title:
- General Catalog of S Stars, second edition
- Short Name:
- III/168
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog is intended to list all Galactic S stars having known positions of at least roughly the precision of the Henry Draper catalog. An S star is a star in whose spectrum the bands of the ZrO molecule are detectable, ordinarily without needing sufficient spectral resolution to resolve the individual rotational lines of a band. In addition, stars exhibiting readily detectable LaO in the photographic infrared, where there is no significant ZrO, are known to form a subset of S stars (more extreme in abundances or low temperature), and this catalog includes stars classified only from the infrared. The majority of the stars were, however, discovered on the basis of the (0,0) band, with head near 6474Angstroem, of the red system of ZrO.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/418/103
- Title:
- 86GHz SiO maser survey in the Inner Galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/418/103
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a compilation and study of DENIS, 2MASS, ISOGAL, MSX and IRAS 1-25 microns photometry for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for 86GHz SiO maser emission (Messineo et al., 2002, Cat. <J/A+A/393/115>). The comparison of the DENIS and 2MASS J and Ks magnitudes shows that most of the SiO targets are indeed variable stars. The MSX colours and the IRAS [12]-[25] colour of our SiO targets are consistent with those of Mira type stars with dust silicate feature at 9.7 microns feature in emission, indicating only a moderate mass-loss rate.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/393/115
- Title:
- 86GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/393/115
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 86GHz (v=1, J=2-1) SiO maser line observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope of a sample of 444 late-type stars in the Inner Galaxy (-4{deg}<l<+30{deg}). These stars were selected on basis of their infrared magnitudes and colours from the ISOGAL and MSX catalogues. SiO maser emission was detected in 271 sources, and their line-of-sight velocities indicate that the stars are located in the Inner Galaxy. These new detections double the number of line-of-sight velocities available from previous SiO and OH maser observations in the area covered by our survey and are, together with other samples of e.g. OH/IR stars, useful for kinematic studies of the central parts of the Galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/435/575
- Title:
- 86GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars. III
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/435/575
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have determined extinction corrections for a sample of 441 late-type stars in the inner Galaxy, which we previously searched for SiO maser emission, using the 2MASS near-infrared photometry of the surrounding stars. From this, the near-infrared extinction law is found to be approximated by a power law A_lambda_{prop.to}lambda^-1.9+/-0.1^. Near- and mid-infrared colour-colour properties of known Mira stars are reviewed. From the distribution of the dereddened infrared colours of the SiO target stars we infer mass-loss rates between 10^-7^ and 10^-5^M_{sun}_/yr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/619/A35
- Title:
- 86GHz SiO maser survey of late-type stars. IV
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/619/A35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an 86GHz SiO (v=1, J=2->1) maser search towards late-type stars located within |b|<0.5{deg} and 20{deg}<l<50{deg}. This search is an extension at longer longitudes of the work by Messineo et al. (2002, Cat. J/A+A/393/115). We selected 135 stars from the MSX catalog using color and flux criteria and detected 92 (86 new detections). The detection rate is 68%, the same as in our previous study. The last few decades have seen the publication of several catalogues of point sources detected in infrared surveys (MSX, 2MASS, DENIS, ISOGAL, WISE, GLIMPSE, AKARI, and MIPSGAL). We searched each catalogue for data on the 444 targets of our earlier survey and for the 135 in the survey reported here. We confirm that, as anticipated, most of our targets have colors typical of oxygen-rich AGB stars. Only one target star may have left the AGB already. Ten stars have colors typical of carbon-rich stars, meaning a contamination of our sample with carbon stars of <=1.7%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/507/487
- Title:
- GJ 581 radial velocity curve
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/507/487
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The GJ 581 planetary system is already known to harbour three planets, including two super-Earth planets that straddle its habitable zone. We report the detection of an additional planet - GJ 581e - with a minimum mass of 1.9M_{earth}_. With a period of 3.15 days, it is the innermost planet of the system and has a ~5% transit probability. We also correct our previous confusion about the orbital period of GJ 581d (the outermost planet) with a one-year alias, benefitting from an extended time span and many more measurements. The revised period is 66.8 days, and positions the semi-major axis inside the habitable zone of the low mass star. The dynamical stability of the 4-planet system imposes an upper bound on the orbital plane inclination. The planets cannot be more massive than approximately 1.6 times their minimum mass.
