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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/159
- Title:
- Stellar parameters for 131 Herbig Ae/Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/159
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The present study makes use of the unprecedented capability of the Gaia mission to obtain the stellar parameters such as distance, age, and mass of HAeBe stars. The accuracy of Gaia DR2 (Cat. I/345) astrometry is demonstrated from the comparison of the Gaia DR2 distances of 131 HAeBe stars with the previously estimated values from the literature. This is one of the initial studies to estimate the age and mass of a confirmed sample of HAeBe stars using both the photometry and distance from the Gaia mission. Mass accretion rates are calculated from H{alpha} line flux measurements of 106 HAeBe stars. Since we used distances and the stellar masses derived from the Gaia DR2 data in the calculation of the mass accretion rate, our estimates are more accurate than previous studies. The mass accretion rate is found to decay exponentially with age, from which we estimated a disk dissipation timescale of 1.9+/-0.1 Myr. The mass accretion rate and stellar mass exhibit a power-law relation of the form M_acc_{prop.to}M_*_^2.8+/-0.2^. From the distinct distribution in the values of the infrared spectral index, n_2-4.6_, we suggest the possibility of difference in the disk structure between Herbig Be and Herbig Ae stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/609/A108
- Title:
- Stellar parameters of Be stars with X-shooter
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/609/A108
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The X-shooter archive of several thousand telluric star spectra was skimmed for Be and Be-shell stars to derive the stellar fundamental parameters and statistical properties, in particular for the less investigated late type Be stars, and the extension of the Be phenomenon into early A stars. An adapted version of the BCD method is used, utilizing the Balmer discontinuity parameters to determine effective temperature and surface gravity. This method is optimally suited for late B stars. The projected rotational velocity was obtained by profile fitting to the Mgii lines of the targets, and the spectra were inspected visually for the presence of peculiar features such as the infrared Ca ii triplet or the presence of a double Balmer discontinuity. The Balmer line equivalent widths were measured, but due to uncertainties in determining the photospheric contribution are useful only in a subsample of Be stars for determining the pure emission contribution. A total of 78 Be stars, mostly late type ones, were identified in the X-shooter telluric standard star archive, out of which 48 had not been reported before. The general trend of late type Be stars having more tenuous disks and being less variable than early type ones is confirmed. The relatively large number (48) of relatively bright (V>8.5) additional Be stars casts some doubt on the statistics of late type Be stars; they are more common than currently thought: The Be/B star fraction may not strongly depend on spectral subtype.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/809/129
- Title:
- The Be phenomenon. V. MWC728
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/809/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of a long-term spectroscopic monitoring of the FS CMa type object MWC 728. We found that it is a binary system with a B5Ve (Teff=14000+/-1000K) primary and a G8III type (Teff~5000K) secondary. Absorption line positions of the secondary vary, with a semi-amplitude of ~20km/s and a period of 27.5 days. The system's mass function is 2.3x10^-2^M_{sun}_, and its orbital plane is ~13{deg}-15{deg} tilted from the plane of the sky. The primary's vsini~110km/s, combined with this tilt, implies that it rotates at a nearly breakup velocity. We detected strong variations of the Balmer and HeI emission-line profiles on timescales from days to years. This points to a variable stellar wind of the primary in addition to the presence of a circum-primary gaseous disk. The strength of the absorption-line spectrum, along with the optical and near infrared (IR) continuum, suggest that the primary contributes ~60% of the V-band flux, the disk contributes ~30%, and the secondary contributes ~10%. The system parameters, along with the interstellar extinction, suggest a distance of ~1kpc, that the secondary does not fill its Roche lobe, and that the companions' mass ratio is q~0.5. Overall, the observed spectral variability and the presence of a strong IR-excess are in agreement with a model of a close binary system that has undergone a non-conservative mass-transfer.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/697/1695
- Title:
- The Chandra survey of the SMC "Bar". II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/697/1695
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the most likely optical counterparts of 113 X-ray sources detected in our Chandra survey of the central region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) based on the OGLE-II and Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey catalogs. We estimate that the foreground contamination and chance coincidence probability are minimal for the bright optical counterparts (corresponding to OB type stars; 35 in total). We propose here for the first time 13 high-mass X-ray binaries, of which four are Be/X-ray binaries (Be-XRBs), and we confirm the previous classification of 18 Be-XRBs. We estimate that the new candidate Be-XRBs have an age of ~15-85Myr, consistent with the age of Be stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/1249
- Title:
- The early spectra of eta Carinae
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/1249
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The observed behavior of {eta} Car from 1860 to 1940 has not been considered in most recent accounts, nor has it been explained in any quantitative model. We have used modern digital processing techniques to examine Harvard objective-prism spectra made from 1892 to 1941. Relatively high excitation HeI{lambda}4471 and [FeIII]4658 emission, conspicuous today, were weak and perhaps absent throughout those years. Feast et al. (2001MNRAS.322..741F) noted this qualitative fact for other pre-1920 spectra, but we quantify it and extend it to a time only three years before Gaviola (1953ApJ...118..234G)'s first observations of the high-excitation features. Evidently the supply of helium-ionizing photons ({lambda}<504{AA}) grew rapidly between 1941 and 1944. The apparent scarcity of such far-UV radiation before 1944 is difficult to explain in models that employ a hot massive secondary star, because no feasible dense wind or obscuration by dust would have hidden the photoionization caused by the proposed companion during most of its orbital period. We also discuss the qualitative near-constancy of the spectrum from 1900 to 1940, and {eta} Car's photometric and spectroscopic transition between 1940 and 1953.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/325/987
- Title:
- UBV magnitude of NGC 884 B-type pulsators
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/325/987
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of the photometric CCD search for B-type pulsators in the central region of Chi Persei (NGC 884) open cluster. In addition to the two newly-discovered Beta Cephei stars we found 11 other variables in the observed field. The photometric data for them are given in the file 'bmag' and 'vmag' for B and V-filter data, respectively. In addition, we present the new UBV magnitudes for stars in the observed field. This is Table 4 of the paper, available only in electronic form.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/125/75
- Title:
- UBV photometry of Be stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/125/75
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A summary of results of the systematic UBV photoelectric monitoring of bright northern Be stars carried out at the Hvar Observatory between 1972 and 1990 is presented. Altogether, 76 Be stars of all luminosity classes were observed and 13848 UBV measurements secured. Simultaneously, 9648 UBV measurements of 48 check stars (most of them of early spectral types) were obtained. A careful transformation of all observations into the standard Johnson system allowed detection and monitoring of even very mild long-term light and colour variations of these objects. Almost all early-type Be stars in the sample turned out to be variable. For several stars phase-locked light variations related to their binary nature were established. Sudden brightenings, on a time scale of a few days, were detected for o Cas and QR Vul.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/350/566
- Title:
- UBV photometry of OT Gem
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/350/566
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An analysis of photometric observations of the Be star OT Gem (HD 58050, HR 2817, 2000 position: 07 24 27.64 +15 31 02.0) is presented. A positive correlation between the light and colour variations and the emission strength was found.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/324/965
- Title:
- UBV photometry of V360 Lac
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/324/965
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An analysis of an extensive collection of photometric and spectroscopic observations of the little studied bright Be star V360 Lac lead to the following main conclusions: (1) V360 Lac is a binary system consisting of a B3e primary and a F9IV secondary which probably fills the Roche lobe and losses mass towards the primary. Radial-velocity curves of both components were obtained. (2) The light variations arise from superposition of variations on at least three time scales: phase-locked orbital brightness and colour changes with two minima; sinusoidal variation with a 322.24^d^ period and low-amplitude rapid changes with a possible period of 1.6738^d^. (3) A tentative solution of the B and V light curves which assumes the semi-detached configuration and presence of a disk around the primary, combined with the orbital solution, leads to preliminary basic physical elements of the system which are consistent with the radiative properties of the binary components.
