- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/136
- Title:
- Stars of very low metal abundance. VI. Abundances
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present radial velocities, equivalent widths, model atmosphere parameters, and abundances or upper limits for 53 species of 48 elements derived from high resolution optical spectroscopy of 313 metal-poor stars. A majority of these stars were selected from the metal-poor candidates of the HK Survey of Beers, Preston, and Shectman. We derive detailed abundances for 61% of these stars for the first time. Spectra were obtained during a 10yr observing campaign using the Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle spectrograph on the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory, the Robert G. Tull Coude Spectrograph on the Harlan J. Smith Telescope at McDonald Observatory, and the High Resolution Spectrograph on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory. We perform a standard LTE abundance analysis using MARCS model atmospheres, and we apply line-by-line statistical corrections to minimize systematic abundance differences arising when different sets of lines are available for analysis. We identify several abundance correlations with effective temperature. A comparison with previous abundance analyses reveals significant differences in stellar parameters, which we investigate in detail. Our metallicities are, on average, lower by {approx}0.25dex for red giants and {approx}0.04dex for subgiants. Our sample contains 19 stars with [Fe/H]<=-3.5, 84 stars with [Fe/H]<=-3.0, and 210 stars with [Fe/H]<=-2.5. Detailed abundances are presented here or elsewhere for 91% of the 209 stars with [Fe/H]<=-2.5 as estimated from medium resolution spectroscopy by Beers, Preston, and Shectman. We will discuss the interpretation of these abundances in subsequent papers.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/120
- Title:
- Stars with CaII H and K emission
- Short Name:
- III/120
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Intensities and widths of emission cores of H and K lines from the literature are presented for over 1400 stars of spectral types F, G, K and M.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/142/275
- Title:
- Stellar activity of late-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/142/275
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from a spectroscopic CaII H&K survey of 1058 late-type stars selected from a color-limited subsample of the Hipparcos (Cat. <I/239>) catalog. Out of these 1058 stars, 371 stars were found to show significant H&K emission, most of them previously unknown; 23% with strong emission, 36% with moderate emission, and 41% with weak emission. These spectra are used to determine absolute H&K emission-line fluxes, radial velocities, and equivalent widths of the luminosity-sensitive Sr II line at 4077{AA}. Red-wavelength spectroscopic and Stroemgren y photometric follow-up observations of the 371 stars with H&K emission are used to additionally determine the absolute H{alpha}-core flux, the lithium abundance from the Li I 6708{AA} equivalent width, the rotational velocity vsini, the radial velocity, and the light variations and its periodicity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/251/29
- Title:
- Stellar bow shock nebulae spectroscopic obs.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/251/29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Arcuate mid-infrared nebulae known as stellar bow shock nebulae (SBNe) have been previously hypothesized to be supported by the strong stellar winds and/or luminosity of massive early-type stars. We present an optical spectroscopic survey of 84 stars identified from mid-infrared images as candidate SBN-supporting stars. Eighty-one of 84 sources, 96%, are O or early-B spectral types. K-band luminosities for a larger sample of 289 stars at the centers of bow shock nebulae are overwhelmingly consistent with OB stars. This affirms both that SBNe are supported by massive stars and that arcuate mid-infrared nebulae are reliable indicators of the presence of a massive star. The radial velocity dispersions of these systems and detections of double-lined systems indicate that at least 27 of the 74 systems with multiple observations (>36%) are candidate multiple-star systems. This rate is consistent with observed multiplicity rates of field OB stars detected with similar radial velocity surveys and lower than, but not inconsistent with, the multiplicity rates of OB stars in clusters and associations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/530/A31
- Title:
- Stellar parameters in 10 globular cluster fields
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/530/A31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Here we publish the extracted stellar parameters from a recent large spectroscopic survey of ten globular clusters. A brief review of the project is also presented. Stellar parameters have been extracted from individual stellar spectra using both a modified version of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) pipeline and a pipeline based on the parameter estimation method of RAVE. We publish here all parameters extracted from both pipelines. We calibrate the metallicity and convert this to [Fe/H] for each star and, furthermore, we compare the velocities and velocity dispersions of the Galactic stars in each field to the Besanc,on Galaxy model. We find that the model does not correspond well with the data, indicating that the model is probably of little use for comparisons with pencil beam survey data such as this.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/429/101
- Title:
- Stellar populations of CL 0048-2942
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/429/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed study of the cluster CL 0048-2942, located at z~0.64, based on a photometric and spectroscopic catalogue of 54 galaxies in a 5x5arcmin^2^ region centred in that cluster. Of these, 23 galaxies were found to belong to the cluster. Based on this sample, the line-of-sight velocity dispersion of the cluster is approximately 680+/-140km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RMxAA/38.129
- Title:
- Stellar Spectral Classification. II.
- Short Name:
- J/other/RMxAA/38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The method developed by Stock & Stock (1999RMxAA..35..143S) for stars of spectral types A to K to derive absolute magnitudes and intrinsic colors from the equivalent widths of absorption lines in stellar spectra is extended to B-type stars. Spectra of this type of stars for which the Hipparcos catalogue gives parallaxes with an error of less than 20% were observed with the CIDA 1-meter reflector equipped with a Richardson spectrograph with a Thompson 576x384 CCD detector. The dispersion is 1.753{AA}/pixel using a 600 lines/mm grating in the first order. In order to cover the spectral range 3850{AA} to 5750{AA} the grating had to be used in two different positions, with an overlap in the region from 4800{AA} to 4900{AA}. A total of 116 stars was observed, but not all with both grating positions. A total of 12 measurable absorption lines were identified in the spectra and their equivalent widths were measured. These were related to the absolute magnitudes derived from the Hipparcos catalogue and to the intrinsic colors (deduced from the MK spectral types) using linear and second order polynomials and two or three lines as independent variables. The best solutions were obtained with polynomials of three lines, reproducing the absolute magnitudes with an average residual of about 0.40 magnitudes and the intrinsic colors with an average residual of 0.016 magnitudes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/473/5154
- Title:
- Strong MgII absorber blazars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/473/5154
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is widely believed that the cool gas clouds traced by MgII absorption, within a velocity offset of 5000km/s relative to the background quasar are mostly associated with the quasar itself, whereas the absorbers seen at larger velocity offsets towards us are intervening absorber systems and hence their existence is completely independent of the background quasar. Recent evidence by Bergeron et al. (2011A&A...525A..61P, hereinafter BBM) has seriously questioned this paradigm, by showing that the number density of intervening MgII absorbers towards the 45 blazars in their sample is nearly two times the expectation based on the MgII absorption systems seen towards normal quasars (QSOs). Given its serious implications, it becomes important to revisit this finding, by enlarging the blazar sample and subjecting it to an independent analysis. Here, we first report the outcome of our re-analysis of the available spectroscopic data for the BBM sample itself. Our analysis of the BBM sample reproduces their claimed factor of 2 excess of dN/dz along blazar sightlines, vis-a-vis normal QSOs. We have also assembled an approximately three times larger sample of blazars, albeit with moderately sensitive optical spectra. Using this sample together with the BBM sample, our analysis shows that the dN/dz of the MgII absorbers statistically matches that known for normal QSO sightlines. Further, the analysis indicates that associated absorbers might be contributing significantly to the estimated dN/dz up to offset speeds {DELTA}v~0.2c relative to the blazar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/176/301
- Title:
- Subaru/XMM-Newton deep survey IV. (SXDS)
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/176/301
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present luminosity functions (LFs) and various properties of Ly{alpha} emitters (LAEs) at z=3.1, 3.7, and 5.7, in a 1deg^2^ sky of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) Field. We obtain a photometric sample of 858 LAE candidates based on deep Subaru Suprime-Cam imaging data and a spectroscopic sample of 84 confirmed LAEs from Subaru FOCAS and VLT VIMOS spectroscopy in a survey volume of ~10^6^Mpc^3^ with a limiting Ly{alpha} luminosity of ~3x10^42^ergs/s. We derive the LFs of the Ly{alpha} and UV continuum (~1500{AA}) for each redshift, taking into account the statistical error and the field-to-field variation. We identify six LAEs with AGN activities from our spectra combined with VLA, Spitzer, and XMM-Newton data. Among the photometrically selected LAEs at z=3.1 and 3.7, only ~1% show AGN activities, while the brightest LAEs with logL(Ly{alpha})>~43.4-43.6ergs/s appear to always host AGNs. Our LAEs are bluer in UV-continuum color than dropout galaxies, suggesting lower extinction and/or younger stellar populations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/128/426
- Title:
- Subdwarfs in the SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/128/426
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a spectroscopic analysis of nearly 8000 late-type dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using the H{alpha} emission line as an activity indicator, we investigate the fraction of active stars as a function of spectral type and find a peak near type M8, confirming previous results.
