- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/838/54
- Title:
- Accurate astrometry & RVs of 4 multiple systems
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/838/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This work extends the still modest number of multiple stars with known relative orbit orientation. Accurate astrometry and radial velocities are used jointly to compute or update outer and inner orbits in three nearby triple systems, HIP 101955 (orbital periods 38.68 and 2.51yr), HIP 103987 (19.20 and 1.035yr), HIP 111805 (30.13 and 1.50yr), and in one quadruple system, HIP 2643 (periods 70.3, 4.85, and 0.276yr), all composed of solar-type stars. The masses are estimated from the absolute magnitudes and checked using the orbits. The ratios of outer to inner periods (from 14 to 20) and the eccentricities of the outer orbits are moderate. These systems are dynamically stable, but not very far from the stability limit. In three systems, all orbits are approximately coplanar and have small eccentricity, while in HIP101955 the inner orbit with e=0.6 is highly inclined.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/458/3272
- Title:
- Accurate SB2 radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/458/3272
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In anticipation of the Gaia astrometric mission, a large sample of spectroscopic binaries has been observed since 2010 with the Spectrographe pour l'Observation des PHenomenes des Interieurs Stellaires et des Exoplanetes spectrograph at the Haute-Provence Observatory. Our aim is to derive the orbital elements of double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2s) with an accuracy sufficient to finally obtain the masses of the components with relative errors as small as 1 per cent when the astrometric measurements of Gaia are taken into account. In this paper, we present the results from five years of observations of 10 SB2 systems with periods ranging from 37 to 881d. Using the todmor algorithm, we computed radial velocities from the spectra, and then derived the orbital elements of these binary systems. The minimum masses of the components are then obtained with an accuracy better than 1.2 per cent for the 10 binaries. Combining the radial velocities with existing interferometric measurements, we derived the masses of the primary and secondary components of HIP 87895 with an accuracy of 0.98 and 1.2 per cent, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/496/1355
- Title:
- Accurate SB2 radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/496/1355
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2s) are one of the main sources of stellar masses, as additional observations are only needed to give the inclinations of the orbital planes in order to obtain the individual masses of the components. For this reason, we are observing a selection of SB2s using the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Haute-Provence observatory in order to precisely determine their orbital elements. Our objective is to finally obtain masses with an accuracy of the order of one percent by combining our radial velocity (RV) measurements and the astrometric measurements that will come from the Gaia satellite. We present here the RVs and the re-determined orbits of 10 SB2s. In order to verify the masses we will derive from Gaia, we obtained interferometric measurements of the ESO VLTI for one of these SB2s. Adding the interferometric or speckle measurements already published by us or by others for 4 other stars, we finally obtain the masses of the components of 5 binary stars, with masses ranging from 0.51 to 2.2 solar masses, including main-sequence dwarfs and some more evolved stars whose location in the HR diagram has been estimated.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/474/731
- Title:
- Accurate SB2 radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/474/731
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The orbital motion of non-contact double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2s), with periods of a few tens of days to several years, holds unique, accurate information on individual stellar masses, which only long-term monitoring can unlock. The combination of radial velocity measurements from high-resolution spectrographs and astrometric measurements from high-precision interferometers allows the derivation of SB2 component masses down to the percent precision. Since 2010, we have observed a large sample of SB2s with the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence, aiming at the derivation of orbital elements with sufficient accuracy to obtain masses of components with relative errors as low as 1 per cent when the astrometric measurements of the Gaia satellite are taken into account. In this paper, we present the results from 6 yr of observations of 14 SB2 systems with periods ranging from 33 to 4185 days. Using the TODMOR algorithm, we computed radial velocities from the spectra and then derived the orbital elements of these binary systems. The minimum masses of the 28 stellar components are then obtained with an average sample accuracy of 1.0+/-0.2 per cent. Combining the radial velocities with existing interferometric measurements, we derived the masses of the primary and secondary components of HIP 61100, HIP 95995 and HIP 101382 with relative errors for components (A,B) of, respectively, (2.0, 1.7) per cent, (3.7, 3.7) per cent and (0.2, 0.1) per cent. Using the CESAM2K stellar evolution code, we constrained the initial He abundance, age and metallicity for HIP 61100 and HIP 95995.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/296/599
- Title:
- A3558 complex redshifts
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/296/599
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Shapley Concentration is the richest supercluster of clusters in the nearby Universe, and its core is a remarkable complex formed by the ACO clusters A3558, A3562 and A3556, and by the two minor groups SC 1327-312 and SC 1329-314. This structure has been studied in various wavelength bands, revealing that it is probably dynamically very active. In this paper we present 174 new galaxy redshifts in this cluster complex, which are added to the sample of 540 already existing velocities. The spectroscopic observations were performed at the 3.6m ESO telescope at La Silla, equiped with the OPTOPUS multifibre spectrograph, on the nights 1993 February of 21-24.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/566/A118
- Title:
- A comprehensive view of Virgo stellar stream
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/566/A118
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To explore the complex halo substructure that has been reported in the direction of the Virgo constellation, radial velocities and metallicities have been measured for 82 RR Lyrae stars (RRLS) that were identified by the QUEST survey. These stars are distributed over 90 sq. deg. of the sky, and lie from 4 to 23kpc from the Sun. Using an algorithm for finding groups in phase space and modeling the smooth halo component in the region, we identified the 5 most significant RRLS groups, some of which were previously known or suspected. We have examined the SEKBO and the Catalina catalog of RRLS (with available spectroscopic measurements), as well as the bright QUEST RRLS sample, the catalog of Red Giant stars from the Spaghetti survey, and three recent catalogs of blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars, for stars that may be related to the QUEST RRLS groups.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/234
- Title:
- ACRONYM. III. Candidate young low-mass stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/234
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Young, low-mass stars in the solar neighborhood are vital for completing the mass function for nearby, young coeval groups, establishing a more complete census for evolutionary studies, and providing targets for direct-imaging exoplanet and/or disk studies. We present properties derived from high-resolution optical spectra for 336 candidate young nearby, low-mass stars. These include measurements of radial velocities and age diagnostics such as H{alpha} and Li {lambda}6707 equivalent widths. Combining our radial velocities with astrometry from Gaia DR2 (Cat. I/345), we provide full 3D kinematics for the entire sample. We combine the measured spectroscopic youth information with additional age diagnostics (e.g., X-ray and UV fluxes, color-magnitude diagram positions) and kinematics to evaluate potential membership in nearby, young moving groups and associations. We identify 77 objects in our sample as bona fide members of 10 different moving groups, 14 of which are completely new members or have had their group membership reassigned. We also reject 44 previously proposed candidate moving group members. Furthermore, we have newly identified or confirmed the youth of numerous additional stars that do not belong to any currently known group and find 69 comoving systems using Gaia DR2 astrometry. We also find evidence that the Carina association is younger than previously thought, with an age similar to the {beta} Pictoris moving group (~22 Myr).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/69
- Title:
- ACRONYM II. The {beta} Pictoris Moving Group
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/69
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We confirm 66 low-mass stellar and brown dwarf systems (K7-M9) plus 19 visual or spectroscopic companions of the {beta} Pictoris moving group (BPMG). Of these, 41 are new discoveries, increasing the known low-mass members by 45%. We also add four objects to the 14 known with masses predicted to be less than 0.07 M_{sun}_. Our efficient photometric + kinematic selection process identified 104 low-mass candidates, which we observed with ground-based spectroscopy. We collected infrared observations of the latest spectral types (>M5) to search for low-gravity objects. These and all <M5 candidates were observed with high-resolution optical spectrographs to measure the radial velocities and youth indicators, such as lithium absorption and H{alpha} emission, needed to confirm BPMG membership, achieving a 63% confirmation rate. We also compiled the most complete census of BPMG membership, with which we tested the efficiency and false-membership assignments using our selection and confirmation criteria. Using the new census, we assess a group age of 22+/-6 Myr, consistent with past estimates. With the now-densely sampled lithium depletion boundary, we resolve the broadening of the boundary by either an age spread or astrophysical influences on lithium-burning rates. We find that 69% of the now-known members with AFGKM primaries are M stars, nearing the expected value of 75%. However, the new initial mass function for the BPMG shows a deficit of 0.2-0.3 M_{sun}_ stars by a factor of ~2. We expect that the AFGK census of the BPMG is also incomplete, probably due to biases of searches toward the nearest stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/153/223
- Title:
- ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/153/223
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Virgo Cluster is the dominant mass concentration in the Local Supercluster and the largest collection of elliptical and lenticular galaxies in the nearby universe. In this paper, we present an introduction to the ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys) Virgo Cluster Survey: a program to image, in the F475W and F850LP bandpasses (~Sloan g and z), 100 early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/655/144
- Title:
- ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/655/144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey consists of HST-ACS Advance Camera for Surveys) imaging for 100 early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, observed in the F475W (~SDSS g) and F850LP (~SDSS z) filters. We derive distances for 84 of these galaxies using the method of surface brightness fluctuations (SBFs), present the SBF distance catalog, and use this database to examine the three-dimensional distribution of early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. The SBF distance moduli have a mean (random) measurement error of 0.07mag (0.5Mpc), or roughly 3 times better than previous SBF measurements for Virgo Cluster galaxies. Five galaxies lie at a distance of d~23Mpc and are members of the W' cloud. The remaining 79 galaxies have a narrow distribution around our adopted distance of <d>=16.5+/-0.1 (random mean error) +/-1.1Mpc (systematic). The rms distance scatter of this sample is {sigma}(d)=0.6+/-0.1Mpc, with little or no dependence on morphological type or luminosity class (i.e., 0.7+/-0.1 and 0.5+/-0.1Mpc for the giants and dwarfs, respectively). The back-to-front depth of the cluster measured from our sample of early-type galaxies is 2.4+/-0.4Mpc (i.e., +/-2{sigma} of the intrinsic distance distribution). The M87 (cluster A) and M49 (cluster B) subclusters are found to lie at distances of 16.7+/-0.2 and 16.4+/-0.2Mpc, respectively. There may be a third subcluster associated with M86. A weak correlation between velocity and line-of-sight distance may be a faint echo of the cluster velocity distribution not having yet completely virialized. In three dimensions, Virgo's early-type galaxies appear to define a slightly triaxial distribution, with axis ratios of (1:0.7:0.5). The principal axis of the best-fit ellipsoid is inclined ~20{deg}-40{deg} from the line of sight, while the galaxies belonging to the W' cloud lie on an axis inclined by ~10{deg}-15{deg}.
