- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/491/5524
- Title:
- Discovering Large-Scale Structure in ORELSE Survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/491/5524
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large-Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey is an ongoing imaging and spectroscopic campaign initially designed to study the effects of environment on galaxy evolution in high-redshift (z~1) large-scale structures. We use its rich data in combination with a powerful new technique, Voronoi tessellation Monte-Carlo (VMC) mapping, to search for serendipitous galaxy overdensities at 0.55<z<1.37 within 15 ORELSE fields, a combined spectroscopic footprint of ~1.4 square degrees. Through extensive tests with both observational data and our own mock galaxy catalogs, we optimize the method's many free parameters to maximize its efficacy for general overdensity searches. Our overdensity search yielded 402 new overdensity candidates with precisely measured redshifts and an unprecedented sensitivity down to low total overdensity masses M_tot_>5*10^13^M_{sun}_). Using the mock catalogs, we estimated the purity and completeness of our overdensity catalog as a function of redshift, total mass, and spectroscopic redshift fraction, finding impressive levels of both 0.92/0.83 and 0.60/0.49 for purity/completeness at z=0.8 and z=1.2, respectively, for all overdensity masses at spectroscopic fractions of ~20%. With VMC mapping, we are able to measure precise systemic redshifts, provide an estimate of the total gravitating mass, and maintain high levels of purity and completeness at z~1 even with only moderate levels of spectroscopy. Other methods (e.g., red-sequence overdensities and hot medium reliant detections) begin to fail at similar redshifts, which attests to VMC mapping's potential to be a powerful tool for current and future wide-field galaxy evolution surveys at z~1 and beyond.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/686/1280
- Title:
- Discovery of hot subdwarf companion to FY CMa
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/686/1280
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The rapid rotation of Be stars may be caused in some cases by past mass and angular momentum accretion in an interacting binary in which the mass donor is currently viewed as a small, hot subdwarf stripped of its outer envelope. Here we report on the spectroscopic detection of such a subdwarf in the Be binary system FY Canis Majoris from the analysis of data acquired by the IUE spacecraft and KPNO Coude Feed Telescope over the course of 16 and 21yr, respectively. We present a double-lined spectroscopic orbit for the binary based on radial velocities from the IUE spectra and use the orbital solutions with a Doppler tomography algorithm to reconstruct the components' UV spectra. The subdwarf is hot (T_eff_=45+/-5kK) and has a mass of about 1.3M_{sun}_ and a radius of about 0.6R_{sun}_. It contributes about 4% as much flux as the Be star does in the FUV. We also present observations of the H{alpha} and HeI{lambda}6678 emission features that are formed in the circumstellar disk of the Be star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A85
- Title:
- Disentangled spectra of R145
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/598/A85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first SB2 orbital solution and disentanglement of the massive Wolf-Rayet binary R145 (P=159d) located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The primary was claimed to have a stellar mass greater than 300M_{sun}_, making it a candidate for the most massive star known. While the primary is a known late type, H-rich Wolf-Rayet star (WN6h), the secondary could not be so far unambiguously detected. Using moderate resolution spectra, we are able to derive accurate radial velocities for both components. By performing simultaneous orbital and polarimetric analyses, we derive the complete set of orbital parameters, including the inclination. The spectra are disentangled and spectroscopically analyzed, and an analysis of the wind-wind collision zone is conducted.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/74
- Title:
- Disk-resolved photometric properties of Pluto
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A multiwavelength regionally dependent photometric analysis of Pluto's anti-Charon-facing hemisphere using images collected by New Horizons' Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) reveals large variations in the absolute value and spectral slope of the single-scattering albedo. Four regions of interest are analyzed: the dark equatorial belt, Pluto's north pole, nitrogen-rich regions, and the mid-latitude terrains. Regions dominated by volatile ices such as Lowell Regio and Sputnik Planitia present single-scattering albedos of ~0.98 at 492nm, almost neutral across MVIC's visible wavelength range (400-910nm), indicating limited contributions from tholin materials. Pluto's dark equatorial regions, informally named Cthulhu and Krun Maculae, have single-scattering albedos of ~0.16 at 492nm and are the reddest regions. Applying the Hapke radiative transfer model to combined MVIC and Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) spectra (400-2500nm) of Cthulhu Macula and Lowell Regio successfully reproduces the spectral properties of these two regions of dramatically disparate coloration, composition, and morphology. Since this model uses only a single coloring agent, very similar to the Titan like tholin of Khare+ (1984Icar...60..127K), to account for all of Pluto's colors, this result supports the Grundy+ (2016Sci...351.9189G) conclusion that Pluto's coloration is the result of photochemical products mostly produced in the atmosphere. Although cosmic rays and extreme ultraviolet photons reach Pluto's surface where they can drive chemical processing, observations of diverse surface colors do not require different chemical products produced in different environments. We report a correction scaling factor in the LEISA radiometric calibration of 0.74{+/-}0.05.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/680/70
- Title:
- Distant spheroids in the GOODS fields
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/680/70
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the first results of a new study aimed at understanding the diversity and evolutionary history of distant galactic bulges in the context of now well-established trends for pure spheroidal galaxies. To this end, bulges have been isolated for a sample of 137 spiral galaxies within the redshift range 0.1<z<1.2 in the GOODS fields. Using proven photometric techniques, we determine the characteristic parameters (size, surface brightness, profile shape) of both the disk and bulge components in our sample. In agreement with earlier work that utilized aperture colors, distant bulges show a broader range of optical colors than would be the case for passively evolving populations. To quantify the amount of recent star formation necessary to explain this result, we used DEIMOS to secure stellar velocity dispersions for a sizeable fraction of our sample. This has enabled us to compare the fundamental plane of our distant bulges with that for spheroidal galaxies in a similar redshift range.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/899/166
- Title:
- Disturbance storm time index of 1903 sun outburst
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/899/166
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 09:07:00
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents the results of the spectrum analysis of the B-type magnetic chemically peculiar star HR465. HR465 shows unusual abundance patterns that vary with a period of 21.5yr. Our observations are recorded at ph=0.45, 0.68, and 0.85 of the spectroscopic period, where ph=0 represents the phase of maximum flux in the photometric y-band. Synthetic spectra, computed using an LTE atmosphere model, are fit to high-resolution ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope (ph=0.45) spectra obtained as part of the Advanced Spectral Library Project: Hot Stars program. The ultraviolet data are supplemented by high-resolution optical spectra (ph=0.68 and 0.85) recorded at the Nordic Optical Telescope with the SOFIN spectrograph. The optical data are used as a complement to the high line-density ultraviolet spectrum to derive accurate abundances for elements without spectral lines in the ultraviolet and to improve the abundance phase coverage for many atoms/ions. This analysis presents abundance results for more than 70 atoms/ions and confirms parts of the abundance characteristics previously reported where elements with high mass numbers show significant abundance enhancements compared with solar values while some of the lighter elements show abundance deficiencies. In addition, our measured abundances are consistent with the periodic variability for chromium and rare-earth elements. Our results are compared with earlier investigations of this peculiar object to constrain stellar abundance and diffusion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/779/L6
- Title:
- 3D kinematic observations of stars in Galactic Centre
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/779/L6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present three-dimensional (3D) kinematic observations of stars within the central 0.5pc of the Milky Way (MW) nuclear star cluster (NSC) using adaptive optics imaging and spectroscopy from the Keck telescopes. Recent observations have shown that the cluster has a shallower surface density profile than expected for a dynamically relaxed cusp, leading to important implications for its formation and evolution. However, the true 3D profile of the cluster is unknown due to the difficulty in de-projecting the stellar number counts. Here, we use spherical Jeans modeling of individual proper motions and radial velocities to constrain, for the first time, the de-projected spatial density profile, cluster velocity anisotropy, black hole mass (M_BH_), and distance to the Galactic center (R_0_) simultaneously. We find that the inner stellar density profile of the late-type stars, {rho}(r){prop.to}r^-{gamma}^, have a power law slope {gamma}=0.05_-0.60^+0.29^, much more shallow than the frequently assumed Bahcall-Wolf slope of {gamma}=7/4. The measured slope will significantly affect dynamical predictions involving the cluster, such as the dynamical friction time scale. The cluster core must be larger than 0.5 pc, which disfavors some scenarios for its origin. Our measurement of M_BH_=5.76_-1.26_^+1.76^x10^6^M_{sun}_ and R_0_=8.92_-0.55_^+0.58^kpc is consistent with that derived from stellar orbits within 1" of Sgr A*. When combined with the orbit of S0-2, the uncertainty on R_0_ is reduced by 30% (8.46_-0.38_^+0.42^kpc). We suggest that the MW NSC can be used in the future in combination with stellar orbits to significantly improve constraints on R_0_.
588. DLAs in SDSS-DR7
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/505/1087
- Title:
- DLAs in SDSS-DR7
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/505/1087
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of the evolution of the cosmological mass density of neutral gas using a fully automatic search for Damped Lyman-alpha systems in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II Data Release 7.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/559/A85
- Title:
- 1D Lya forest power spectrum
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/559/A85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have developed two independent methods to measure the one-dimensional power spectrum of the transmitted flux in the Lyman-{alpha} forest. The first method is based on a Fourier transform, and the second on a maximum likelihood estimator. The two methods are independent and have different systematic uncertainties. The determination of the noise level in the data spectra was subject to a novel treatment, because of its significant impact on the derived power spectrum. We applied the two methods to 13,821 quasar spectra from SDSS-III/BOSS DR9 (Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, BOSS, 2013AJ....145...10D) selected from a larger sample of over 60,000 spectra on the basis of their high quality, large signal-to-noise ratio, and good spectral resolution. The power spectra measured using either approach are in good agreement over all twelve redshift bins from <z>=2.2 to <z>=4.4, and scales from 0.001(km/s)^-1^ to 0.02(km/s)^-1^. We determine the methodological and instrumental systematic uncertainties of our measurements.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/615/A139
- Title:
- 3D non-LTE Balmer line formation
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/615/A139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Hydrogen Balmer lines are commonly used as spectroscopic effective temperature diagnostics of late-type stars. However, reliable inferences require accurate model spectra, and the absolute accuracy of classical methods that are based on one-dimensional (1D) hydrostatic model atmospheres and local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) is still unclear. To investigate this, we carry out 3D non-LTE calculations for the Balmer lines, performed, for the first time, over an extensive grid of 3D hydrodynamic STAGGER model atmospheres. For H{alpha}, H{beta}, and H{gamma} we find significant 1D non-LTE versus 3D non-LTE differences (3D effects): the outer wings tend to be stronger in 3D models, particularly for H{gamma}, while the inner wings can be weaker in 3D models, particularly for H{alpha}. For H{alpha}, we also find significant 3D LTE versus 3D non-LTE differences (non-LTE effects): in warmer stars (Teff~~6500K) the inner wings tend to be weaker in non-LTE models, while at lower effective temperatures (Teff~~4500K) the inner wings can be stronger in non-LTE models; the non-LTE effects are more severe at lower metallicities. We test our 3D non-LTE models against observations of well-studied benchmark stars. For the Sun, we infer concordant effective temperatures from H{alpha}, H{beta}, and H{gamma}; however the value is too low by around 50K which could signal residual modelling shortcomings. For other benchmark stars, our 3D non-LTE models generally reproduce the effective temperatures to within 1{sigma} uncertainties. For H{alpha}, the absolute 3D effects and non-LTE effects can separately reach around 100K, in terms of inferred effective temperatures. For metal-poor turn-off stars, 1D LTE models of H{alpha} can underestimate effective temperatures by around 150K. Our 3D non-LTE model spectra are publicly available, and can be used for more reliable spectroscopic effective temperature determinations.
