- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/476/5253
- Title:
- Light curves for 5 LMEBs in WFCAM Transit Survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/476/5253
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the light curves of the 5 low-mass eclipsing binaries (LMEBs) from the WFCAM Transit Survey (WTS) reported in the paper. These light curves, along with additional spectroscopic data, were simultaneously adjusted to obtain orbital parameters and fundamental properties of the components of each binary system. The obtained results revealed components with inflated radii when compared to evolutionary models.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/258/43
- Title:
- Light curves of AGBs in Galactic open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/258/43
- Date:
- 15 Feb 2022 09:28:18
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Benefiting from the GAIA second and early third releases of photometric and astrometric data we examine the population of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars that appear in the fields of intermediate-age and young open star clusters. We identify 49 AGB star candidates, brighter than the tip of the red giant branch, with a good-to-high cluster membership probability. Among them we find 19 TP-AGB stars with known spectral type: 4 M stars, 3 MS/S stars and 12 C stars. By combining observations, stellar models, and radiative transfer calculations that include the effect of circumstellar dust, we characterize each star in terms of initial mass, luminosity, mass-loss rate, core mass, period and mode of pulsation. The information collected helps us shed light on the TP-AGB evolution at solar-like metallicity, placing constraints on the third dredge-up process, the initial masses of carbon stars, stellar winds, and the initial-final mass relation (IFMR). In particular, we find that two bright carbon stars, MSB 75 and BM IV 90, members of the clusters NGC 7789 and NGC 2660 (with similar ages of about 1.2-1.6 Gyr and initial masses between 2.1 and 1.9 solar masses), have unusually high core masses, about 0.67-0.7 solar masses. These results support the findings of a recent work (Marigo et al., 2020NatAs...4.1102M) that identified a kink in the IFMR, which interrupts its monotonic trend just at the same initial masses. Finally, we investigate two competing scenarios to explain the Mc data: the role of stellar winds in single-star evolution, and binary interactions through the blue-straggler channel.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/551/A2
- Title:
- Light curves of DP CVn and DI Psc
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/551/A2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first Doppler imaging study of the two rapidly rotating, single K-giants DP CVn and DI Psc in order to study the surface spot configuration and to pinpoint their stellar evolutionary status. Optical spectroscopy and photometry are used to determine the fundamental astrophysical properties. Doppler imaging is applied to recover the surface temperature distribution for both stars, while photometric light-curve inversions are carried out for studying the long-term changes of the surface activity of DP CVn. Surface differential rotation of DP CVn is estimated from cross-correlating the available subsequent Doppler reconstructions separated by roughly one rotation period. Both stars appear to have higher than normal lithium abundance, LTE logn of 2.28 (DP CVn) and 2.20 (DI Psc), and are supposed to be located at the end of the first Li dredge-up on the RGB. Photometric observations reveal rotational modulation with a period of 14.010d (DP CVn) and 18.066d (DI Psc). Doppler reconstructions from the available mapping lines well agree in the revealed spot patterns, recovering rather low latitude spots for both stars with temperature contrasts of {DELTA}T~600-800K below the unspotted photospheric background. Spots at higher latitudes are also found but either with less contrast (DP CVn) or with smaller extent (DI Psc). A preliminary antisolar-type differential rotation with {alpha}=-0.035 is found for DP CVn from cross-correlating the subsequent Doppler images. Long-term photometric analysis supports the existence of active longitudes, as well as the differential rotation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/400/1945
- Title:
- Light curves of 261 nearby pulsating M giants
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/400/1945
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a 5.5-yr CCD photometric campaign that monitored 261 bright, southern, semiregular variables (SRVs) with relatively precise Hipparcos parallaxes. The data are supplemented with independent photoelectric observations of 34 of the brightest stars, including 11 that were not part of the CCD survey, and a previously unpublished long time- series of VZ Cam. Pulsation periods and amplitudes are established for 247 of these stars, the majority of which have not been determined before. All M giants with sufficient observations for period determination are found to be variable, with 87 per cent of the sample (at a signal-to-noise ratio of >=7.5) exhibiting multiperiodic behaviour. The period ratios of local SRVs are in excellent agreement with those in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Apparent K-band magnitudes are extracted from multiple near-infrared catalogues and analysed to determine the most reliable values. We review the effects of interstellar and circumstellar extinction and calculate absolute K-band magnitudes using revised Hipparcos parallaxes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/554/A98
- Title:
- Limb-darkening coefficients for red giants
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/554/A98
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Model stellar atmospheres are fundamental tools for understanding stellar observations from interferometry, microlensing, eclipsing binaries and planetary transits. However, the calculations also include assumptions, such as the geometry of the model. We use intensity profiles computed for both plane-parallel and spherically symmetric model atmospheres to determine fitting coefficients in the BVRIHK, CoRoT and Kepler wavebands for limb darkening using several different fitting laws, for gravity-darkening and for interferometric angular diameter corrections. Comparing predicted variables for each geometry, we find that the spherically symmetric model geometry leads to different predictions for surface gravities logg<3. In particular, the most commonly used limb-darkening laws produce poor fits to the intensity profiles of spherically symmetric model atmospheres, which indicates the need for more sophisticated laws. Angular diameter corrections for spherically symmetric models range from 0.67 to 1, compared to the much smaller range from 0.95 to 1 for plane-parallel models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/420/945
- Title:
- L1551 ISOCAM observations
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/420/945
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of a deep mid-IR ISOCAM survey of the L1551 dark molecular cloud are presented. The aim of this survey is a search for new YSO (Young Stellar Object) candidates, using two broad-band filters centred at 6.7 and 14.3{mu}m. Although two regions close to the centre of L1551 had to be avoided due to saturation problems, 96 sources were detected in total (76 sources at 6.7{mu}m and 44 sources at 14.3{mu}m). Using the 24 sources detected in both filters, 14 were found to have intrinsic mid-IR excess at 14.3{mu}m and were therefore classified as YSO candidates. Using additional observations in B, V, I, J, H and K obtained from the ground, most candidates detected at these wavelengths were confirmed to have mid-IR excess at 6.7{mu}m as well, and three additional YSO candidates were found.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/538/A36
- Title:
- Lithium abundances of bulge RGB stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/538/A36
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A small number of K-type giants on the red giant branch (RGB) is known to be very rich in lithium (Li). This fact is not accounted for by standard stellar evolution theory. The exact phase and mechanism of Li enrichment is still a matter of debate. Our goal is to probe the abundance of Li along the RGB, from its base to the tip, to confine Li-rich phases that are supposed to occur on the RGB. For this end, we obtained medium-resolution spectra with the FLAMES spectrograph at the VLT in GIRAFFE mode for a large sample of 401 low-mass RGB stars located in the Galactic bulge. The Li abundance was measured in the stars with a detectable Li 670.8 nm line by means of spectral synthesis with COMARCS model atmospheres. A new 2MASS J-K-Teff calibration from COMARCS models is presented in the Appendix. Thirty-one stars with a detectable Li line were identified, three of which are Li-rich according to the usual criterion (log{epsilon}_Li_>1.5). The stars are distributed all along the RGB, not concentrated in any particular phase of the red giant evolution (e.g. the luminosity bump or the red clump). The three Li-rich stars are clearly brighter than the luminosity bump and red clump, and do not show any signs of enhanced mass loss. We conclude that the Li enrichment mechanism cannot be restricted to a clearly defined phase of the RGB evolution of low-mass stars (M~1M_{sun}_), contrary to earlier suggestions from disk field stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/57/45
- Title:
- Lithium abundances of F-K stars
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/57/45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An extensive profile-fitting analysis was performed for the Li(+Fe) 6707-6708{AA} feature of nearby 160 F-K dwarfs/subgiants (including 27 planet-host stars) in the Galactic disk (7000K>~Teff>~5000K, -1<~[Fe/H]<~+0.4), in order to establish the photospheric lithium abundances of these stars. The non-LTE effect (though quantitatively insignificant) was taken into account based on our statistical equilibrium calculations, which were carried out on an adequate grid of models. Our results confirmed most of the interesting observational characteristics revealed by recently published studies, such as the bimodal distribution of the Li abundances for stars at Teff>~6000K, the satisfactory agreement of the upper envelope of the A(Li) vs. [Fe/H] distribution with the theoretical models, the existence of a positive correlation between A(Li) and the stellar mass, and the tendency of lower lithium abundances of planet-host stars (as compared to stars without planets) at the narrow ``transition'' region of 5900K>~Teff>~5800K. The solar Li abundance derived from this analysis is 0.92 (H=12.00), which is by 0.24dex lower than the widely referenced standard value of 1.16.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/633/A34
- Title:
- Lithium in red giant stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/633/A34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Lithium is extensively known to be a good tracer of non-standard mixing processes occurring in stellar interiors. We present the results of a new large Lithium survey in red giant stars and combine it with surveys from the literature to probe the impact of rotation-induced mixing and thermohaline double-diffusive instability along stellar evolution. We determined the surface Li abundance for a sample of 829 giant stars with accurate Gaia parallaxes for a large subsample (810 stars) complemented with accurate Hipparcos parallaxes (19 stars). The spectra of our sample of northern and southern giant stars were obtained in three ground-based observatories (Observatoire de Haute-Provence, ESO-La Silla, and the Mc Donald Observatory). We determined the atmospheric parameters (Teff, log(g) and [Fe/H]), and the Li abundance. We used Gaia parallaxes and photometry to determine the luminosity of our objects and we estimated the mass and evolution status of each sample star with a maximum-likelihood technique using stellar evolution models computed with the STAREVOL code. We compared the observed Li behaviour with predictions from stellar models, including rotation and thermohaline mixing. The same approach was used for stars from selected Li surveys from the literature. Rotation-induced mixing accounts nicely for the lithium behaviour in stars warmer than about 4200K, independently of the mass domain. For stars with masses lower than 2M_{sun}_ thermohaline mixing leads to further Li depletion below the Teff of the RGB bump (about 4000K), and on the early AGB, as observed. Depending on the definition we adopt, we find between 0.8 and 2.2% of Li-rich giants in our new sample. Gaia puts a new spin on the understanding of mixing processes in stars, and our study confirms the importance of rotation-induced processes and of thermohaline mixing. However asteroseismology is required to definitively pinpoint the actual evolution status of Li-rich giants.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/689/1295
- Title:
- Lithium test implications for brown dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/689/1295
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using a large sample of optical spectra of late-type dwarfs, we identify a subset of late-M through L field dwarfs that, because of the presence of low-gravity features in their spectra, are believed to be unusually young. From a combined sample of 303 field L dwarfs, we find observationally that 7.6+/-1.6% are younger than 100Myr. This percentage is in agreement with theoretical predictions once observing biases are taken into account. We find that these young L dwarfs tend to fall in the southern hemisphere (DEC<0{deg}) and may be previously unrecognized, low-mass members of nearby, young associations like Tucana-Horologium, TW Hydrae, {beta} Pictoris, and AB Doradus. We use a homogeneously observed sample of ~150 optical spectra to examine lithium strength as a function of L/T spectral type and further corroborate the trends noted by Kirkpatrick and coworkers. We use our low-gravity spectra to investigate lithium strength as a function of age. The data weakly suggest that for early- to mid-L dwarfs the line strength reaches a maximum for a fewx100Myr, whereas for much older (few Gyr) and much younger (<100Myr) L dwarfs the line is weaker or undetectable.
