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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/454/855
- Title:
- Geneva photometry of W Cru
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/454/855
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Light curves of the long-period Algols are known for their complex (asymmetry in the eclipse, light variations outside the eclipse, changes from cycle-to-cycle), but their interpretation is not possible in the standard model of binary stars. We determined that complex structures present in these active Algol systems could be studied with the eclipse-mapping method that was successfully applied to the new 7-color photometric observations in the Geneva system of W Cru, belonging to the isolated group of these active Algols. Several cycles of this long-period (198.5-days) eclipsing binary were covered by observations. We used a modified Rutten's approach to the eclipse-mapping. The optimization of the system's parameters and the recovery of the disk intensity distribution are performed using a genetic algorithm (GA). The finding of a primary (hot) component is hidden in thick accretion disk confirms previous solutions. The mass of the primary component, M_1_=8.2M_{sun}_, indicates that it is a mid-B type star. The mass-losing component fills its critical lobe, which, for the system's parameters, means it is a G-type supergiant with a mass M_2_=1.6M_{sun}_. The disk is very extended geometrically, and its outer radius is about 80% of the primary's critical lobe. A reconstructed image reveals the rather clumpy and nonuniform brightness distribution of an accretion disk rim in this system that is seen almost edge-on. This clumpiness accounts for light curve distortions and asymmetries, as well as for secular changes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/449/305
- Title:
- Geneva photometry time series of HD 203664
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/449/305
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We made a seismic study of the young massive beta Cephei star HD 203664 with the goal of constraining its interior structure. Our study is based on a time series of 328 new Geneva 7-colour photometric data of the star spread over 496.8 days. The data confirm the frequency of the dominant mode of the star, which we refined to f_1_=6.02885c/d. The mode has a large amplitude of 37mmag in V and is unambiguously identified as a dipole mode (l=2) from its amplitude ratios and non-adiabatic computations. Besides f_1_, we discovered two additional new frequencies in the star with amplitudes above 4{sigma}: f_2_=6.82902c/d and f_3_=4.81543c/d, or one of their daily aliases. The amplitudes of these two modes are only between 3 and 4mmag, which explains why they were not detected before. Their amplitude ratios are too uncertain for mode identification. We show that the observed oscillation spectrum of HD 203664 is compatible with standard stellar models but that we have insufficient information for asteroseismic inferences. Among the large-amplitude beta Cephei stars, HD 203664 stands out as the only one rotating at a significant fraction of its critical rotation velocity (~40%).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/102
- Title:
- Geneva stellar evolution tracks and isochrones
- Short Name:
- VI/102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This database was created from an updated version of the empirically and semi-empirically calibrated BaSeL library of synthetic stellar spectra of Lejeune et al. (1997, Cat. <J/A+AS/125/229>, 1998, Cat. <J/A+AS/130/65>) and Westera et al. (1999, ASP Conference Series 192, 203-206) to calculate synthetic photometry in the (UBV)_J_(RI)_C_ JHKLL'M, HST-WFPC2, Geneva, and Washington systems for the entire set of non-rotating Geneva stellar evolution models covering masses from 0.4-0.8 to 120-150M_{sun}_ and metallicities Z=0.0004 (1/50Z_{sun}_) to 0.1 (5Z_{sun}_). The results are provided in a database which includes all individual stellar tracks and the corresponding isochrones covering ages from 10^3^yr to 16-20Gyr in time steps of {Delta}logt=0.05dex. The database also includes a new grid of stellar tracks of very metal-poor stars (Z=0.0004) from 0.8-150M_{sun}_ calculated with the Geneva stellar evolution code. The complete stellar grids are tabulated in the files table1.dat (summary), evol.dat (evolutionary models), and in the files ubv.dat, hst.dat, gen.dat and cmt.dat (synthetic colors in the different photometric systems). These grids are also available as mod* files in subdirectories evol, ubv, hst, gen and cmt. The isochrones for the different photometric systems are summarized in the file table2.dat; the parameters of the isochrones are tabulated in the file iso.dat, the detailed isochrones being available as files iso* in the subdirectories ubv, hst, gen and cmt.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/901/123
- Title:
- Ghostly damped Ly{alpha} systems in SDSS DR14
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/901/123
- Date:
- 18 Feb 2022 09:18:37
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of 59 new ghostly absorbers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 14. These absorbers, with z_abs_~z_QSO_, reveal no Ly{alpha} absorption, and they are mainly identified through the detection of strong metal absorption lines in the spectra. The number of such previously known systems is 30. The new systems are found with the aid of machine-learning algorithms. The spectra of 41 (out of total of 89) absorbers also cover the Ly{beta} spectral region. By fitting the damping wings of the Ly{beta} absorption in the stacked spectrum of 21 (out of 41) absorbers with relatively stronger Ly{beta} absorption, we measured an HI column density of log N(HI)=21.50. This column density is 0.5dex higher than that of the previous work. We also found that the metal absorption lines in the stacked spectrum of the 21 ghostly absorbers with stronger Ly{beta} absorption have similar properties as those in the stacked spectrum of the remaining systems. This circumstantial evidence strongly suggests that the majority of our ghostly absorbers are indeed DLAs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/888/85
- Title:
- Ghostly strong Lya absorbers in SDSS DR12
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/888/85
- Date:
- 25 Oct 2021 10:15:53
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have searched the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 12 for ghostly strong Ly{alpha} (DLA) systems. These systems, located at the redshift of the quasars, show strong absorption from low-ionization atomic species but reveal no HI Ly{alpha} absorption. Our search has, for the first time, resulted in a sample of 30 homogeneously selected ghostly absorbers with z_QSO_>2.0. Thirteen of the ghostly absorbers exhibit absorption from other HI Lyman series lines. The lack of Ly{alpha} absorption in these absorbers is consistent with them being dense and compact with projected sizes smaller than the broad-line region of the background quasar. Although uncertain, the estimated median HI column density of these absorbers is logN(HI)~21.0. We compare the properties of ghostly absorbers with those of eclipsing DLAs that are high-column-density absorbers, located within 1500km/s of the quasar emission redshift and showing strong Ly{alpha} emission in their DLA trough. We discover an apparent sequence in the observed properties of these DLAs, with ghostly absorbers showing wider HI kinematics, stronger absorptions from high-ionization species, CII and SiII excited states, and a higher level of dust extinction. Since we estimate that all these absorbers have similar metallicities, logZ/Z_{sun}_~-1.0, we conclude that ghostly absorbers are part of the same population as eclipsing DLAs, except that they are denser and located closer to the central active galactic nuclei.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/740/59
- Title:
- 1.4GHz and X-ray sources in 12 clusters of galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/740/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using Chandra imaging spectroscopy and Very Large Array (VLA) L-band radio maps, we have identified radio sources at P_1.4GHz_>=5x10^23^W/Hz and X-ray point sources (XPSs) at L_0.3-8keV_>=5x10^42^erg/s in L>L* galaxies in 12 high-redshift (0.4<z<1.2) clusters of galaxies. The radio galaxies and XPSs in this cluster sample, chosen to be consistent with Coma Cluster progenitors at these redshifts, are compared to those found at low-z analyzed in Hart et al. (Paper I, 2009ApJ...705..854H). Within a projected radius of 1Mpc of the cluster cores, we find 17 cluster radio galaxies (11 with secure redshifts, including one luminous FR II radio source at z=0.826, and six more with host galaxy colors similar to cluster ellipticals). Within this same projected radius, we identify seven spectroscopically confirmed cluster XPSs, all with cluster red-sequence (CRS) host galaxy colors. Consistent with the results from Martini et al. (2009ApJ...701...66M), we estimate a minimum X-ray active fraction of 1.4%+/-0.8% for cluster red-sequence galaxies in high-z clusters, corresponding to an approximate 10-fold increase from 0.15%+/-0.15% at low-z. Although complete redshift information is lacking for several XPSs in z>0.4 cluster fields, the increased numbers and luminosities of the CRS radio galaxies and XPSs suggest a substantial (9-10-fold) increase in the heat injected into high-redshift clusters by AGNs compared to the present epoch.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/65/485
- Title:
- 1.49GHz Atlas of Spiral Galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/65/485
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The VLA has been used in its most compact D- and C/D-configurations to make low-resolution ({theta}~0.9FWHM) 1.49GHz maps of the spiral galaxies north of DE=-45{deg} and brighter than B_T_=+12, the completeness limit of the Revised Shapley-Ames Catalog (Cat. VII/51). Most of these maps are confusion-limited at {sigma}>=0.1mJy per beam, and at least 94% of the galaxies were detected with S>=1mJy. The maps have sufficient sensitivity to low-brightness emission that accurate radio "photometry" is possible. An atlas of contour maps, a table of total flux densities plus other radio source parameters, and references to published radio maps are given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/831/168
- Title:
- 6GHz JVLA observations of low-z SDSS quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/831/168
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss 6GHz JVLA observations covering a volume-limited sample of 178 low-redshift (0.2<z<0.3) optically selected quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). Our 176 radio detections fall into two clear categories: (1) about 20% are radio-loud QSOs (RLQs) with spectral luminosities of L_6_>~10^23.2^W/Hz that are primarily generated in the active galactic nucleus (AGN) responsible for the excess optical luminosity that defines a bona fide QSO; and (2) the remaining 80% that are radio-quiet QSOs (RQQs) that have 10^21^<~L_6_<~10^23.2^W/Hz and radio sizes <~10kpc, and we suggest that the bulk of their radio emission is powered by star formation in their host galaxies. "Radio-silent" QSOs (L_6_<~10^21^W/Hz) are rare, so most RQQ host galaxies form stars faster than the Milky Way; they are not "red and dead" ellipticals. Earlier radio observations did not have the luminosity sensitivity of L_6_<~10^21^W/Hz that is needed to distinguish between such RLQs and RQQs. Strong, generally double-sided radio emission spanning >>10kpc was found to be associated with 13 of the 18 RLQ cores with peak flux densities of S_p_>5mJy/beam (log(L)>~24). The radio luminosity function of optically selected QSOs and the extended radio emission associated with RLQs are both inconsistent with simple "unified" models that invoke relativistic beaming from randomly oriented QSOs to explain the difference between RLQs and RQQs. Some intrinsic property of the AGNs or their host galaxies must also determine whether or not a QSO appears radio-loud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/419/71
- Title:
- 1.4GHz obs. and optical ident. in A3558
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/419/71
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Very Large Array (VLA) 1.4GHz (21cm) observations of the region between the centres of A3558 and A3562, in the major cluster merger complex of the Shapley Concentration. Our final catalogue includes a total of 174 radio sources above the flux density limit of 0.25 mJy/b. By cross-correlation with optical and spectroscopic catalogues we found 33 optical counterparts belonging to the Shapley Concentration.
