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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/845/85
- Title:
- Absorption velocities for 21 super-luminous SNe Ic
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/845/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Super-luminous supernovae (SLSNe) are tremendously luminous explosions whose power sources and progenitors are highly debated. Broad-lined SNe Ic (SNe Ic-bl) are the only type of SNe that are connected with long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Studying the spectral similarity and difference between the populations of hydrogen-poor SLSNe (SLSNe Ic) and of hydrogen-poor stripped-envelope core-collapse SNe, in particular SNe Ic and SNe Ic-bl, can provide crucial observations to test predictions of theories based on various power source models and progenitor models. In this paper, we collected all of the published optical spectra of 32 SLSNe Ic, 21 SNe Ic-bl, as well as 17 SNe Ic, quantified their spectral features, constructed average spectra, and compared them in a systematic way using new tools we have developed. We find that SLSNe Ic and SNe Ic-bl, including those connected with GRBs, have comparable widths for their spectral features and average absorption velocities at all phases. Thus, our findings strengthen the connection between SLSNe Ic and GRBs. In particular, SLSNe Ic have average FeII{lambda}5169 absorption velocities of -15000+/-2600km/s at 10 days after peak, which are higher than those of SNe Ic by ~7000km/s on average. SLSNe Ic also have significantly broader FeII{lambda}5169 lines than SNe Ic. Moreover, we find that such high absorption and width velocities of SLSNe Ic may be hard to explain with the interaction model, and none of the 13 SLSNe Ic with measured absorption velocities spanning over 10 days has a convincing flat velocity evolution, which is inconsistent with the magnetar model in one dimension. Lastly, we compare SN 2011kl, the first SN connected with an ultra-long GRB, with the mean spectrum of SLSNe Ic and of SNe Ic-bl.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/847/127
- Title:
- Abundance analyses of V652 Her and HD 144941
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/847/127
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Optical high-resolution spectra of V652 Her and HD 144941, the two extreme helium stars with exceptionally low C/He ratios, have been subjected to a non-LTE abundance analysis using the tools TLUSTY and SYNSPEC. Defining atmospheric parameters were obtained from a grid of non-LTE atmospheres and a variety of spectroscopic indicators including HeI and HeII line profiles, and the ionization equilibrium of ion pairs such as CII/CIII and NII/NIII. The various indicators provide a consistent set of atmospheric parameters: Teff=25000+/-300K, logg=3.10+/-0.12(cgs), and {xi}=13+/-2km/s are provided for V652 Her, and Teff=22000+/-600K, logg=3.45+/-0.15(cgs), and {xi}=10km/s are provided for HD 144941. In contrast to the non-LTE analyses, the LTE analyses-LTE atmospheres and an LTE line analysis-with the available indicators do not provide a consistent set of atmospheric parameters. The principal non-LTE effect on the elemental abundances is on the neon abundance. It is generally considered that these extreme helium stars with their very low C/He ratio result from the merger of two helium white dwarfs. Indeed, the derived composition of V652 Her is in excellent agreement with predictions by Zhang & Jeffery (2012MNRAS.419..452Z), who model the slow merger of helium white dwarfs; a slow merger results in the merged star having the composition of the accreted white dwarf. In the case of HD 144941, which appears to have evolved from metal-poor stars, a slow merger is incompatible with the observed composition but variations of the merger rate may account for the observed composition. More detailed theoretical studies of the merger of a pair of helium white dwarfs are to be encouraged.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/111/17
- Title:
- Abundance analysis of stars in NGC 6522
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/111/17
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The CASPEC echelle spectrograph at the ESO 3.6 m telescope was used to obtain high resolution spectra of Arp 1145 and Arp 2240, two stars of the Baade Window, near the globular cluster NGC 6522. From a detailed analysis using equivalent widths and spectrum synthesis we derive the stellar parameters (T_eff_, log g and [M/H])=(4750,1.2,-0.9) and (5000,2.15,+0.2), respectively for Arp 1145 and Arp 2240.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/162/346
- Title:
- Abundance gradients in the Galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/162/346
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Six HII regions at galactocentric distances of R=10-15kpc have been observed in the far-IR emission lines of [OIII] (52{mu}m, 88{mu}m), [NIII] (57{mu}m), and [SIII] (19{mu}m) using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. These observations have been combined with Very Large Array radio continuum observations of these sources to determine the abundances of O++, N++, and S++ relative to hydrogen. In addition, eight of the most recent sets of measurements of ionic line strengths in HII regions have been reanalyzed in order to attempt to reconcile differences in optical versus far-IR abundance determinations. We have in total 168 sets of observations of 117 HII regions in our analysis.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/454/1976
- Title:
- Abundance ratio for 5 local stellar associations
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/454/1976
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have observed high-dispersion echelle spectra of main-sequence stars in five nearby young associations - Argus, Carina-Near, Hercules-Lyra, Orion and Subgroup B4 - and derived abundances for elements ranging from Na to Eu. These are the first chemical abundance measurements for two of the five associations, while the remaining three associations are analysed more extensively in our study. Our results support the presence of chemical homogeneity among association members with a typical star-to-star abundance scatter of about 0.06dex or less over many elements. The five associations show log {epsilon}(Li) consistent with their age and share a solar chemical composition for all elements with the exception of Ba. We find that all the heavy elements (Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sm and Eu) exhibit solar ratios, i.e. [X/Fe]=~0, while Ba is overabundant by about 0.2-0.3dex. The origin of the overabundance of Ba is a puzzle. Within the formulation of the s-process, it is difficult to create a higher Ba abundance without a similar increase in the s-process contributions to other heavy elements (La-Sm). Given that Ba is represented by strong lines of Ba II and La-Sm are represented by rather weak ionized lines, the suggestion, as previously made by other studies, is that the Ba abundance may be systematically overestimated by standard methods of abundance analysis perhaps because the upper reaches of the stellar atmospheres are poorly represented by standard model atmospheres. A novel attempt to analyse the Ba I line at 5535{AA} gives a solar Ba abundance for stars with effective temperatures hotter than about 5800K but increasingly subsolar Ba abundances for cooler stars with apparent Ba deficiencies of 0.5dex at 5100K. This trend with temperature may signal a serious non-local thermodynamical equilibrium effect on the Ba I line.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/617/A132
- Title:
- Abundances and distributions of CS and SiS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/617/A132
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Sulphur has long been known to form different molecules depending on the chemical composition of its environment. More recently, the sulphur-bearing molecules SO and H2S have been shown to behave differently in oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) circumstellar envelopes of different densities. By surveying a diverse sample of AGB stars for CS and SiS emission, we aim to determine in which environments these sulphur-bearing molecules most readily occur. We include sources with a range of mass-loss rates and carbon-rich, oxygen-rich, and mixed S-type chemistries. Where these molecules are detected, we aim to determine their CS and SiS abundances. We surveyed 20 AGB stars of different chemical types using the APEX telescope, and combined this with an IRAM 30m and APEX survey of CS and SiS emission towards over 30 S-type stars. For those stars with detections, we performed radiative transfer modelling to determine abundances and abundance distributions. We detect CS towards all the surveyed carbon stars, some S-type stars, and the highest mass-loss rate oxygen-rich stars, (dM/dt>=5x10^-6^M_[sun}_/yr). SiS is detected towards the highest mass-loss rate sources of all chemical types (dM/dt>=8x10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr). We find CS peak fractional abundances ranging from ~4x10^-7^ to ~2x10^-5^ for the carbon stars, from ~3x10^-8^ to ~1x10^-7^ for the oxygen-rich stars, and from ~1x10^-7^ to ~8x10^-6^ for the S-type stars. We find SiS peak fractional abundances ranging from ~9x10^-6^ to ~2x10^-5^ for the carbon stars, from ~5x10^-7^ to ~2x10^-6^ for the oxygen-rich stars, and from ~2x10^-7^ to ~2x10^-^6 for the S-type stars. Overall, we find that wind density plays an important role in determining the chemical composition of AGB circumstellar envelopes. It is seen that for oxygen-rich AGB stars both CS and SiS are detected only in the highest density circumstellar envelopes and their abundances are generally lower than for carbon-rich AGB stars by around an order of magnitude. For carbon-rich and S-type stars SiS was also only detected in the highest density circumstellar envelopes, while CS was detected consistently in all surveyed carbon stars and sporadically among the S-type stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/569/A55
- Title:
- Abundances and vsini for 348 red giants
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/569/A55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Li and alpha-elements abundances, as well as rotational velocities for 348 stars. Li has been detected in 92 stars, of which 82 are giants. Those data ware used to investigate various channels of Li enrichment in giants.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/287/927
- Title:
- Abundances for lines of n-capture in 19 stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/287/927
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/245/34
- Title:
- Abundances for 6 million stars from LAMOST DR5
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/245/34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the determination of stellar parameters and individual elemental abundances for 6 million stars from ~8 million low-resolution (R~1800) spectra from LAMOST DR5. This is based on a modeling approach that we dub the data-driven Payne (DD-Payne), which inherits essential ingredients from both the Payne and the Cannon. It is a data-driven model that incorporates constraints from theoretical spectral models to ensure the derived abundance estimates are physically sensible. Stars in LAMOST DR5 that are in common with either GALAH DR2 or APOGEE DR14 are used to train a model that delivers stellar parameters (Teff, log g, Vmic) and abundances for 16 elements (C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Ba) over a metallicity range of -4dex<[Fe/H]<0.6dex when applied to the LAMOST spectra. Cross-validation and repeat observations suggest that, for S/N_pixel_>=50, the typical internal abundance precision is 0.03-0.1dex for the majority of these elements, with 0.2-0.3dex for Cu and Ba, and the internal precision of Teff and logg is better than 30K and 0.07dex, respectively. Abundance systematics at the ~0.1dex level are present in these estimates but are inherited from the high-resolution surveys' training labels. For some elements, GALAH provides more robust training labels, for others, APOGEE. We provide flags to guide the quality of the label determination and identify binary/multiple stars in LAMOST DR5.