- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/794/58
- Title:
- Metal-poor stars in the thick disk of the Galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/794/58
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A new set of very high signal-to-noise (S/N>100/1), medium-resolution (R~3000) optical spectra have been obtained for 302 of the candidate "weak-metal" stars selected by Bidelman & MacConnell (1973AJ.....78..687B, Cat. III/46). We use these data to calibrate the recently developed generalization of the Sloan Extension for Galactic Exploration and Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE) Stellar Parameter Pipeline, and obtain estimates of the atmospheric parameters (T_eff_, log g, and [Fe/H]) for these non-Sloan Digital Sky Survey/SEGUE data; we also obtain estimates of [C/Fe]. The new abundance measurements are shown to be consistent with available high-resolution spectroscopic determinations, and represent a substantial improvement over the accuracies obtained from the previous photometric estimates reported in Paper I of this series (Norris et al. 1985ApJS...58..463N). The apparent offset in the photometric abundances of the giants in this sample noted by several authors is confirmed by our new spectroscopy; no such effect is found for the dwarfs. The presence of a metal-weak thick-disk (MWTD) population is clearly supported by these new abundance data. Some 25% of the stars with metallicities -1.8<[Fe/H]<=-0.8 exhibit orbital eccentricities e<0.4, yet are clearly separated from members of the inner-halo population with similar metallicities by their location in a Lindblad energy versus angular momentum diagram. A comparison is made with recent results for a similar-size sample of Radial Velocity Experiment stars from Ruchti et al. (2010ApJ...721L..92R ; 2011ApJ...737....9R). We conclude, based on both of these samples, that the MWTD is real, and must be accounted for in discussions of the formation and evolution of the disk system of the Milky Way.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/882/27
- Title:
- Metal-poor stars with APF obs. II. MW halo stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/882/27
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work, we study the chemical compositions and kinematic properties of six metal-poor stars with [Fe/H]{<}-2.5 in the Galactic halo. From high-resolution (R~110000) spectroscopic observations obtained with the Lick/Automated Planet Finder, we determined individual abundances for up to 23 elements, to quantitatively evaluate our sample. We identify two carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars (J1630+0953 and J2216+0246) without enhancement in neutron-capture elements (CEMP-no stars), while the rest of our sample stars are carbon-intermediate. By comparing the light-element abundances of the CEMP stars with predicted yields from nonrotating zero-metallicity massive-star models, we find that the possible progenitors of J1630+0953 and J2216+0246 could be in the 13-25M_{sun}_ mass range, with explosion energies (0.3-1.8)x10^51^erg. In addition, the detectable abundance ratios of light and heavy elements suggest that our sample stars are likely formed from a well-mixed gas cloud, which is consistent with previous studies. We also present a kinematic analysis, which suggests that most of our program stars likely belong to the inner-halo population, with orbits passing as close as ~2.9kpc from the Galactic center. We discuss the implications of these results on the critical constraints on the origin and evolution of CEMP stars, as well as the nature of the Population III progenitors of the lowest-metallicity stars in our Galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/764/L19
- Title:
- Methanol emission from the Galactic Center
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/764/L19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of a widespread population of collisionally excited methanol J=4_-1_ to 3_0_E sources at 36.2GHz from the inner 66'x18' (160x43pc) of the Galactic center. This spectral feature was imaged with a spectral resolution of 16.6km/s taken from 41 channels of a Very Large Array continuum survey of the Galactic center region. The revelation of 356 methanol sources, most of which are maser candidates, suggests a large abundance of methanol in the gas phase in the Galactic center region. There is also spatial and kinematic correlation between SiO (2-1) and CH_3_OH emission from four Galactic center clouds: the +50 and +20km/s clouds and G0.13-0.13 and G0.25+0.01. The enhanced abundance of methanol is accounted for in terms of induced photodesorption by cosmic rays as they travel through a molecular core, collide, dissociate, ionize, and excite Lyman Werner transitions of H_2_. A time-dependent chemical model in which cosmic rays drive the chemistry of the gas predicts CH_3_OH abundance of 10^-8^ to 10^-7^ on a chemical timescale of 5x10^4^ to 5x10^5^ years. The average methanol abundance produced by the release of methanol from grain surfaces is consistent with the available data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/462/1444
- Title:
- MHO catalogue for Cassiopeia and Auriga
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/462/1444
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analysis of 35.5deg^2^ of images in the 1-0 S(1) line of H_2_ from the UK Widefield Infrared Survey for H_2_ (UWISH2) towards Cassiopeia and Auriga. We have identified 98 Molecular Hydrogen emission-line Objects (MHOs) driven by Young Stellar Objects, 60 per cent of which are bipolar outflows and all are new discoveries. We estimate that the UWISH2-extended emission object catalogue contains fewer than 2 per cent false positives and is complete at the 95 per cent level for jets and outflows brighter than the UWISH2 detection limit. We identified reliable driving source candidates for three quarters of the detected outflows, 40 per cent of which are associated with groups and clusters of stars. The driving source candidates are 20 per cent protostars, the remainder are Classical T-Tauri Stars. We also identified 15 new star cluster candidates near MHOs in the survey area. We find that the typical outflow identified in the sample has the following characteristics: the position angles are randomly orientated; bipolar outflows are straight within a few degrees; the two lobes are slightly asymmetrical in length and brightness; the length and brightness of the lobes are not correlated; typical time gaps between major ejections of material are 1-3 kyr, hence FU-Ori or EX-Ori eruptions are most likely not the cause of these, but we suggest MNors as a possible source. Furthermore, we find that outflow lobe length distributions are statistically different from the widely used total length distributions. There are a larger than expected number of bright outflows indicating that the flux distribution does not follow a power law.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/421/3257
- Title:
- MHO catalogue for Serpens and Aquila
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/421/3257
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Jets and outflows from young stellar objects (YSOs) are important signposts of currently ongoing star formation. In order to study these objects, we are conducting an unbiased survey along the Galactic plane in the 1-0 S(1) emission line of molecular hydrogen at 2.122 um using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope. In this paper, we are focusing on a 33-deg^2^-sized region in Serpens and Aquila (18{deg}<l<30{deg}; -1.5{deg}<b<+1.5{deg}). We trace 131 jets and outflows from YSOs, which results in a 15-fold increase in the total number of known molecular hydrogen outflows. Compared to this, the total integrated 1-0 S(1) flux of all objects just about doubles, since the known objects occupy the bright end of the flux distribution. Our completeness limit is 3x10^-18^W/m^2^ with 70 per cent of the objects having fluxes of less than 10^-17^W/m^2^.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/249/16
- Title:
- Microlensing event in the OGLE-IV GVS survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/249/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Searches for gravitational microlensing events are traditionally concentrated on the central regions of the Galactic bulge but many microlensing events are expected to occur in the Galactic plane, far from the Galactic Center. Owing to the difficulty in conducting high-cadence observations of the Galactic plane over its vast area, which are necessary for the detection of microlensing events, their global properties were hitherto unknown. Here, we present results of the first comprehensive search for microlensing events in the Galactic plane. We searched an area of almost 3000 square degrees along the Galactic plane (|b|<7{deg}, 0{deg}<l<50{deg}, 190{deg}<l<360{deg}) observed by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) during 2013-2019 and detected 630 events. We demonstrate that the mean Einstein timescales of Galactic plane microlensing events are on average three times longer than those of Galactic bulge events, with little dependence on the Galactic longitude. We also measure the microlensing optical depth and event rate as a function of Galactic longitude and demonstrate that they exponentially decrease with the angular distance from the Galactic Center (with the characteristic angular scale length of 32{deg}). The average optical depth decreases from 0.5x10^-6^ at l=10{deg} to 1.5x10^-8^ in the Galactic anticenter. We also find that the optical depth in the longitude range 240{deg}<l<330{deg} is asymmetric about the Galactic equator, which we interpret as a signature of the Galactic warp.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/778/150
- Title:
- Microlensing events toward the Bulge from MOA-II
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/778/150
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present measurements of the microlensing optical depth and event rate toward the Galactic Bulge (GB) based on two years of the MOA-II survey. This sample contains ~1000 microlensing events, with an Einstein radius crossing time of t_E_<=200 days in 22 bulge fields covering ~42deg^2^ between -5{deg}<l<10{deg} and -7{deg}<b<-1{deg}. Our event rate and optical depth analysis uses 474 events with well-defined microlensing parameters. In the central fields with |l|<5{deg}, we find an event rate of {Gamma}=[2.39+/-1.1]e^[0.60+/-0.05](3-|b|)^x10^-5^/star/yr and an optical depth (for events with t_E_<=200days) of {tau}_200_=[2.35+/-0.18]e^[0.51+/-0.07](3-|b|)^x10^-6^ for the 427 events, using all sources brighter than I_s_<=20mag. The distribution of observed fields is centered at (l,b)=(0.{deg}38, -3.{deg}72). We find that the event rate is maximized at low latitudes and a longitude of l{approx}1{deg}. For the 111 events in 3.2deg^2^ of the central GB at |b|<=3.{deg}0 and 0.{deg}0<=l<=2.{deg}0, centered at (l,b)=(0.{deg}97, -2.{deg}26), we find {Gamma}=4.57_-0.46_^+0.51^x10^-5^/star/yr and {tau}_200_=3.64_-0.45_^+0.51^x10^-6^. We also consider a red clump giant (RCG) star sample with I_s_<17.5, and we find that the event rate for the RCG sample is slightly lower than but consistent with the all-source event rate. The main difference is the lack of long duration events in the RCG sample due to a known selection effect. Our results are consistent with previous optical depth measurements, but they are somewhat lower than previous all-source measurements, and slightly higher than previous RCG optical depth measurements. This suggests that the previously observed difference in optical depth measurements between all-source and RCG samples may largely be due to statistical fluctuations. These event rate measurements toward the central GB are necessary to predict the microlensing event rate and to optimize the survey fields in future space missions such as Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/244/29
- Title:
- Microlensing events toward the Galactic bulge
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/244/29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The number and properties of observed gravitational microlensing events depend on the distribution and kinematics of stars and other compact objects along the line of sight. In particular, precise measurements of the microlensing optical depth and event rate toward the Galactic bulge enable strict tests of competing models of the Milky Way. Previous estimates, based on samples of up to a few hundred events, gave larger values than expected from the Galactic models and were difficult to reconcile with other constraints on the Galactic structure. Here we used long-term photometric observations of the Galactic bulge by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) to select a homogeneous sample of 8000 gravitational microlensing events. We created the largest and most accurate microlensing optical depth and event rate maps of the Galactic bulge. The new maps ease the tension between the previous measurements and Galactic models. They are consistent with some earlier calculations based on bright stars and are systematically ~30% smaller than the other estimates based on "all-source" samples of microlensing events. The difference is caused by the careful estimation of the source star population. The new maps agree well with predictions based on the Besancon model of the Galaxy. Apart from testing the Milky Way models, our maps may have numerous other applications, such as the measurement of the initial mass function or constraining the dark matter content in the Milky Way center. The new maps will also inform the planning of future space-based microlensing experiments by revising the expected number of events.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/827/139
- Title:
- Microlensing optical depth & event rates from MOA-II
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/827/139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We find that significant incompleteness in stellar number counts results in a significant overestimate of the microlensing optical depth {tau} and event rate per star per year {Gamma} toward the Galactic bulge from the first two years of the MOA-II survey. We find that the completeness in red clump giant (RCG) counts f_RC_ decreases proportional to the galactic latitude b, as f_RC_=(0.63+/-0.11)-(0.052+/-0.028)xb, ranging between 1 and 0.7 at b=-6{deg}~-1.5{deg}. The previous measurements using all sources by difference image analysis (DIA) by MACHO and MOA-I suffer the same bias. On the other hand, the measurements using an RCG sample by OGLE-II, MACHO, and EROS were free from this bias because they selected only the events associated with the resolved stars. Thus, the incompleteness both in the number of events and stellar number count cancel out. We estimate {tau} and {Gamma} by correcting this incompleteness. In the central fields with |l|<5{deg}, we find {Gamma}=[18.74+/-0.91]x10^-6^exp[(0.53+/-0.05)(3-|b|)]/star/yr and {tau}_200_=[1.84+/-0.14]x10^-6^exp[(0.44+/-0.07)(3-|b|)] for the 427 events with t_E_<=200 days using all sources brighter than I_s_<=20mag. Our revised all-source {tau} measurements are about 2{sigma} smaller than the other all-source measurements and are consistent with the RCG measurements within 1{sigma}. We conclude that the long-standing problem on discrepancy between the high {tau} with all-source samples by DIA and low {tau} with RCG samples can probably be explained by the incompleteness of the stellar number count. A model fit to these measurements predicts {Gamma}=4.60+/-0.25x10^-5^/star/yr at |b|~-1.4{deg} and -2.25{deg}<l<3.75{deg} for sources with I<=20, where the future space mission, Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope, will observe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/56
- Title:
- 100-Micron Survey of the Galactic Plane
- Short Name:
- II/56
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog represents a survey of a portion of the galactic plane at a wavelength of 100 micrometers with a balloon-borne, stabilized, 12-inch infrared telescope having a sensitivity of 10(-22) W/m2/Hz. The survey covers 750 square degrees of the sky, including most of the galactic plane between galactic longitudes of 335 and 88 degrees, plus a number of other selected areas of interest. Seventy-two sources have been detected, 60 of which are identified with continuum radio sources, bright nebulae, dark nebulae, and infrared stars. The catalog includes right ascension and declination (B1950.0), galactic coordinates, 100-micrometer peak flux densities, sizes of sources, and identifications.
