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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/592/A21
- Title:
- Are infrared dark clouds really quiescent?
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/592/A21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The dense, cold regions where high-mass stars form are poorly characterised, yet they represent an ideal opportunity to learn more about the initial conditions of high-mass star formation (HMSF), since high-mass starless cores (HMSCs) lack the violent feedback seen at later evolutionary stages. We present continuum maps obtained from the Submillimeter Array (SMA) interferometry at 1.1mm for four infrared dark clouds (IRDCs, G28.34S, IRDC 18530, IRDC 18306, and IRDC 18308). We also present 1mm/3mm line surveys using IRAM 30m single-dish observations. Our results are: (1) At a spatial resolution of 10^4^AU, the 1.1mm SMA observations resolve each source into several fragments. The mass of each fragment is on average >10M_{sun}_, which exceeds the predicted thermal Jeans mass of the whole clump by a factor of up to 60, indicating that thermal pressure does not dominate the fragmentation process. Our measured velocity dispersions in the 30m lines imply that non-thermal motions provides the extra support against gravity in the fragments. (2) Both non-detection of high-J transitions and the hyperfine multiplet fit of N_2_H^+^(1-0), C_2_H(1-0), HCN(1-0), and H^13^CN(1-0) indicate that our sources are cold and young. However, obvious detection of SiO and the asymmetric line profile of HCO^+^(1-0) in G28.34S indicate a potential protostellar object and probable infall motion. (3) With a large number of N-bearing species, the existence of carbon rings and molecular ions, and the anti-correlated spatial distributions between N_2_H^+^/NH_2_D and CO, our large-scale high-mass clumps exhibit similar chemical features as small-scale low-mass prestellar objects. This study of a small sample of IRDCs illustrates that thermal Jeans instability alone cannot explain the fragmentation of the clump into cold (~15K), dense (>10^5^cm^-3^) cores and that these IRDCs are not completely quiescent.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VIII/9
- Title:
- Argentina High-Latitude H I Survey
- Short Name:
- VIII/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This survey consists of H I 21-cm spectra covering the southern sky with absolute galactic latitude |b|>10 degrees and a declination dec<-25 degrees. The observations were made with the 30m telescope of the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia during 1973 to 1977 and were described in Colomb et al. (1977A&AS...29...89C). The data were obtained by keeping the telescope fixed on the meridian at the desired declination and letting the sky drift through the field. The individual spectra were obtained with a 56-channel filterbank and covering the velocity range from about -40 to +40km/s. The velocity resolution is 2km/s, and the beamwidth is 30arcmin.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/428/3660
- Title:
- ARGOS line list {lambda}8395-8830{AA}
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/428/3660
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe the motivation, field locations and stellar selection for the Abundances and Radial velocity Galactic Origins Survey (ARGOS) spectroscopic survey of 28000 stars in the bulge and inner disc of the Milky Way galaxy across latitudes of b=-5{deg} to -10{deg}. The primary goal of this survey is to constrain the formation processes of the bulge and establish whether it is predominantly a merger or instability remnant. From the spectra (R=11000), we have measured radial velocities and determined stellar parameters, including metallicities and [{alpha}/Fe] ratios. Distances were estimated from the derived stellar parameters and about 14000 stars are red giants within 3.5kpc of the Galactic Centre. In this paper, we present the observations and analysis methods. Subsequent papers (III and IV) will discuss the stellar metallicity distribution and kinematics of the Galactic bulge and inner disc, and the implications for the formation of the bulge.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/552/A49
- Title:
- ARGUS images of 6 Galactic globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/552/A49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from ground based VLT/FLAMES spectroscopy in combination with HST data for six Galactic globular clusters. The aim of this work is to probe whether these massive clusters host an intermediate-mass black hole at their center using analytical Jeans models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/643/A91
- Title:
- ArH+ and p-H2O+ spectra towards 7 molecular clouds
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/643/A91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- One of the surprises of the Herschel mission was the detection of ArH+, toward the Crab Nebula in emission and in absorption toward strong Galactic background sources. Although, these detections were limited to the first quadrant of the Galaxy, the existing data suggests that ArH+ ubiquitously and exclusively probes the diffuse atomic regions of the interstellar medium. In this study we extend the coverage of ArH+ to other parts of the Galaxy with new observations of its J=1-0 transition along seven Galactic sight lines toward bright sub-millimetre continuum sources. We aim to benchmark its efficiency as a tracer of purely atomic gas by evaluating its correlation (or lack of correlation as suggested by chemical models) with other well known atomic gas tracers like OH+ and H_2_O+ and the molecular gas tracer CH. The observations of the J=1-0 line of ArH+ near 617.5GHz were made feasible with the new, sensitive SEPIA660 receiver on the APEX 12m telescope. Further, the two sidebands of this receiver allowed us to observe the N_KaKc_=1_1,0_-1_0,1_ transitions of para-H_2_O+ at 607.227GHz simultaneously with the ArH+ line. We model the optically thin absorption spectra of the different species and subsequently derived their column densities. By analysing the steady state chemistry of OH+ and o-H_2_O+ we derive on average a cosmic-ray ionisation rate of 2.3+/-0.3x10^-16^s^-1^, toward the sightlines studied in this work. Using the derived values of the cosmic-ray ionisation rates and the observed ArH+ abundances we constrain the molecular fraction of the gas traced by ArH+ to lie below 2x10^-2^ with a median value of 8.8x10^-4^. Combined, our observations of ArH+, OH+, H_2_O+ and CH probe different regimes of the interstellar medium, from diffuse atomic to diffuse and translucent molecular clouds. Over Galactic scales, we see that the distribution of N(ArH+) is associated with that of N(H), particularly in the inner Galaxy (within 7 kpc of the Galactic center) with potentially even contributions from the warm neutral medium phase of atomic gas at larger galactocentric distances. We derive an average ortho-to-para ratio for H_2_O+ of 2.1+/-1.0, which corresponds to a nuclear spin temperature of 41K, consistent with the typical gas temperatures of diffuse clouds.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/631/A86
- Title:
- ArH+ by collision with He
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/631/A86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The study of noble gas compounds has gained renewed interest thanks to the recent detection of ArH^+^ in the interstellar medium (ISM). The analysis of physical-chemical conditions in the regions of the ISM where ArH^+^ is observed requires accurate collisional data of ArH^+^ with He, H_2_, electrons, and H. The main goals of this work are to compute the first three-dimensional potential energy surface (PES) to study the interaction of ArH^+^ with He, analyze the influence of the isotopic effects in the rate coefficients, and evaluate the rovibrational relaxation rates. Two ab initio grids of energy were computed at the coupled cluster with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations (CCSD(T)) level of theory using the augmented correlation consistent polarized quadruple, and quintuple zeta basis sets (aug-cc-pVQZ, and aug-cc-pV5Z) and a grid at the complete basis set limit was determined. The analytical representation of the PES was performed using the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). The dynamics of the system was studied using the close coupling method. The differences in the rate coefficients for the isotopes ^36^ArH^+^, ^38^ArH^+^, and ^40^ArH^+^ in collision with He are negligible. However, the rotational rates for the collision of ArD+ with He cannot be estimated from those for ArH^+^+He. Comparison with previous rates for the 36ArH++He collision showed discrepancies for |{Delta}j|>2, and in the case of high initial rotational states of 36ArH+ differences were found even for |{Delta}j|=1. The rates for transitions between different vibrational states were also examined. Finally, new sets of rotational rates for ^36^ArH^+^+He and ^36^ArD^+^+He are reported.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/425/2116
- Title:
- Arizona CDFS Environment Survey, ACES
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/425/2116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the Arizona CDFS Environment Survey (ACES), a recently completed spectroscopic redshift survey of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDFS) conducted using the Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph on the Magellan-Baade telescope. In total, the survey targeted 7277 unique sources down to a limiting magnitude of R_AB_=24.1, yielding 5080 secure redshifts across the ~30'x30' extended CDFS region. The ACES data set delivers a significant increase to both the spatial coverage and the sampling density of the spectroscopic observations in the field. Combined with previously published spectroscopic redshifts, ACES now creates a highly complete survey of the galaxy population at R<23, enabling the local galaxy density (or environment) on relatively small scales (~1Mpc) to be measured at z<1 in one of the most heavily studied and data-rich fields in the sky. Here, we describe the motivation, design and implementation of the survey and present a preliminary redshift and environment catalogue. In addition, we utilize the ACES spectroscopic redshift catalogue to assess the quality of photometric redshifts from both the COMBO-17 and Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile imaging surveys of the CDFS.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/129/2798
- Title:
- AR Mon photometry and radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/129/2798
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New differential UBV photoelectric photometry and echelle spectroscopy for the eclipsing binary AR Mon are presented. A total of 46 radial velocities for each component are obtained using the TODCOR procedure. We solve the new and previously published multicolor light curves simultaneously with the new radial velocities using the latest version of the Wilson-Devinney program. We confirm that AR Mon is a semidetached binary consisting of two evolved giant stars and is a member of the rare class of "cool Algols".
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/715/506
- Title:
- Aromatic inventory of the local volume
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/715/506
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using infrared photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope, we perform the first inventory of aromatic feature emission (also commonly referred to as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission) for a statistically complete sample of star-forming galaxies in the local volume. The photometric methodology involved is calibrated and demonstrated to recover the aromatic fraction of the Infrared Array Camera 8um flux with a standard deviation of 6% for a training set of 40 SINGS galaxies (ranging from stellar to dust dominated; Kennicutt et al. 2003PASP..115..928K) with both suitable mid-infrared Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph spectra and equivalent photometry. A potential factor of 2 improvement could be realized with suitable 5.5um and 10um photometry, such as what may be provided in the future by the James Webb Space Telescope. The resulting technique is then applied to mid-infrared photometry for the 258 galaxies from the Local Volume Legacy (LVL; Dale et al. 2009, Cat. J/ApJ/703/517) survey, a large sample dominated in number by low-luminosity dwarf galaxies for which obtaining comparable mid-infrared spectroscopy is not feasible. Using oxygen abundances compiled from the literature for 129 of the 258 LVL galaxies, we find a correlation between metallicity and the aromatic-to-total infrared emission ratio but not the aromatic-to-total 8um dust emission ratio. A possible explanation is that metallicity plays a role in the abundance of aromatic molecules relative to the total dust content, but other factors, such as star formation and/or the local radiation field, affect the excitation of those molecules.
