- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/766/9
- Title:
- GALEX observations of exoplanet host stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/766/9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the far-UV (FUV) and near-UV (NUV) photometry from the NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), we searched for evidence of increased stellar activity due to tidal and/or magnetic star-planet interactions (SPI) in the 272 known FGK planetary hosts observed by GALEX. With the increased sensitivity of GALEX, we are able probe systems with lower activity levels and at larger distances than what has been done to date with X-ray satellites. We compared samples of stars with close-in planets (a<0.1AU) to those with far-out planets (a>0.5AU) and looked for correlations of excess activity with other system parameters. This statistical investigation found no clear correlations with a, M_p_, or M_p_/a, in contrast to some X-ray and CaII studies. However, there is tentative evidence (at a level of 1.8{sigma}) that stars with radial-velocity-(RV)-detected close-in planets are more FUV-active than stars with far-out planets, in agreement with several published X-ray and Ca II results. The case is strengthened to a level of significance to 2.3{sigma} when transit-detected close-in planets are included. This is most likely because the RV-selected sample of stars is significantly less active than the field population of comparable stars, while the transit-selected sample is similarly active. Given the factor of 2-3 scatter in fractional FUV luminosity for a given stellar effective temperature, it is necessary to conduct a time-resolved study of the planet hosts in order to better characterize their UV variability and generate a firmer statistical result.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/544/A101
- Title:
- GALEX observations of Herschel Reference Survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/544/A101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present GALEX far-ultraviolet (FUV) and near-ultraviolet (NUV) as well as SDSS g, r, i photometry and structural parameters for the Herschel Reference Survey, a magnitude-, volume-limited sample of nearby galaxies in different environments. We use this unique dataset to investigate the ultraviolet (UV) structural scaling relations of nearby galaxies and to determine how the properties of the UV disk vary with atomic hydrogen content and environment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/733/74
- Title:
- GALEX - SDSS properties of local galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/733/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of the first unbiased search for extended ultraviolet (XUV)-disk galaxies undertaken to determine the space density of such galaxies. Our sample contains 561 local (0.001<z<0.05) galaxies that lie in the intersection of available Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) deep imaging (exposure time >1.5x10^4^s) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 footprints. We explore modifications to the standard classification scheme for our sample that includes both disk- and bulge-dominated galaxies. Visual classification of each galaxy in the sample reveals an XUV-disk frequency of up to 20% for the most nearby portion of our sample. On average over the entire sample (out to z=0.05) the frequency ranges from a hard limit of 4%-14%. The GALEX imaging allows us to detect XUV disks beyond 100 Mpc. The XUV regions around XUV-disk galaxies are consistently bluer than the main bodies. We find a surprisingly high frequency of XUV emission around luminous red (NUV-r>5) and green valley (3<NUV-r<5) galaxies. The XUV-disk space density in the local universe is >(1.5-4.2)x10^-3^Mpc^-3^. Using the XUV emission as an indicator of recent gas accretion, we estimate that the cold gas accretion rate onto these galaxies is >(1.7-4.6)x10^-3^M_{sun}_/Mpc^3^/yr. The number of XUV disks in the green valley and the estimated accretion rate onto such galaxies points to the intriguing possibility that 7%-18% of galaxies in this population are transitioning away from the red sequence.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/133/1780
- Title:
- GALEX/SDSS quasar catalog
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/133/1780
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an analysis of the broadband UV and optical properties of z~<3.4 quasars matched in the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) General Data Release 1 (GR1) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 3 (DR3). Of the 6371 SDSS DR3 quasars covered by 204 GALEX GR1 tiles, 5380 (84%) have near-UV detections, while 3034 (48%) have both near-UV and far-UV detections using a matching radius of 7". Most of the DR3 sample quasars are detected in the near-UV until z~1.7, with the near-UV detection fraction dropping to ~50% by z~2.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/216/26
- Title:
- GALEX search for T Tauri in Taurus-Auriga
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/216/26
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work, we identify 63 bona fide new candidates to T Tauri stars (TTSs) in the Taurus-Auriga region, using its ultraviolet excess as our baseline. The initial data set was defined from the GALEX all sky survey (AIS). The GALEX satellite obtained images in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) and far-ultraviolet (FUV) bands where TTSs show a prominent excess compared with main-sequence or giants stars. GALEX AIS surveyed the Taurus-Auriga molecular complex, as well as a fraction of the California Nebula and the Perseus complex; bright sources and dark clouds were avoided. The properties of TTSs in the ultraviolet (GALEX), optical (UCAC4), and infrared (2MASS) have been defined using the TTSs observed with the International Ultraviolet Explorer reference sample. The candidates were identified by means of a mixed ultraviolet-optical-infrared excess set of colors; we found that the FUV-NUV versus J-K color-color diagram is ideally suited for this purpose. From an initial sample of 163313 bona fide NUV sources, a final list of 63 new candidates to TTSs in the region was produced. The search procedure has been validated by its ability to detect all known TTSs in the area surveyed: 31 TTSs. Also, we show that the weak-lined TTSs are located in a well-defined stripe in the FUV-NUV versus J-K diagram. Moreover, in this work, we provide a list of TTSs photometric standards for future GALEX-based studies of the young stellar population in star forming regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/234/18
- Title:
- GALEX/S4G surface brightness profiles. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/234/18
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new spatially resolved surface photometry in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) and near-ultraviolet (NUV) from images obtained by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and IRAC1 (3.6{mu}m) photometry from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S^4^G). We analyze the radial surface brightness profiles {mu}FUV, {mu}NUV, and {mu}[3.6], as well as the radial profiles of (FUV-NUV), (NUV-[3.6]), and (FUV-[3.6]) colors in 1931 nearby galaxies (z<0.01). The analysis of the 3.6 {mu}m surface brightness profiles also allows us to separate the bulge and disk components in a quasi-automatic way and to compare their light and color distribution with those predicted by the chemo-spectrophotometric models for the evolution of galaxy disks of Boissier & Prantzos (2000MNRAS.312..398B). The exponential disk component is best isolated by setting an inner radial cutoff and an upper surface brightness limit in stellar mass surface density. The best-fitting models to the measured scale length and central surface brightness values yield distributions of spin and circular velocity within a factor of two of those obtained via direct kinematic measurements. We find that at a surface brightness fainter than {mu}[3.6]=20.89mag arcsec^-2^, or below 3x10^8^M_{sun}_/kpc^2^ in stellar mass surface density, the average specific star formation rate (sSFR) for star-forming and quiescent galaxies remains relatively flat with radius. However, a large fraction of GALEX Green Valley galaxies show a radial decrease in sSFR. This behavior suggests that an outside-in damping mechanism, possibly related to environmental effects, could be testimony of an early evolution of galaxies from the blue sequence of star-forming galaxies toward the red sequence of quiescent galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/173/572
- Title:
- GALEX/Spitzer photometry in NGC 7331
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/173/572
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present images of NGC 7331 obtained with GALEX and Spitzer, tracing UV and IR signatures of star formation. NGC 7331's morphology at 8-850um is dominated by a central dust ring. This structure is a vigorous site of star formation (hosting one-third of the present activity) but remains inconspicuous in our GALEX UV imagery. Radial profile analysis and photometry for discrete UV- and UV+IR-selected substructures indicate a decline in UV extinction with increasing galactocentric distance, although highly attenuated star-forming regions can be found throughout the disk. UV-optical surface brightness profiles suggest a recent birthrate parameter (b_8_) that is highest in the outer part of the disk, even though the local star formation intensity peaks in the ring. Bolometric luminosity and UV attenuation are correlated in substructures on 0.4kpc scales, with a relationship similar to that established for starburst galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/766/60
- Title:
- GALEX Time Domain Survey I. UV variable sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/766/60
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the selection and classification of over a thousand ultraviolet (UV) variable sources discovered in ~40deg^2^ of GALEX Time Domain Survey (TDS) NUV images observed with a cadence of 2 days and a baseline of observations of ~3 years. The GALEX TDS fields were designed to be in spatial and temporal coordination with the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey, which provides deep optical imaging and simultaneous optical transient detections via image differencing. We characterize the GALEX photometric errors empirically as a function of mean magnitude, and select sources that vary at the 5{sigma} level in at least one epoch. We measure the statistical properties of the UV variability, including the structure function on timescales of days and years. We report classifications for the GALEX TDS sample using a combination of optical host colors and morphology, UV light curve characteristics, and matches to archival X-ray, and spectroscopy catalogs. We classify 62% of the sources as active galaxies (358 quasars and 305 active galactic nuclei), and 10% as variable stars (including 37 RR Lyrae, 53 M dwarf flare stars, and 2 cataclysmic variables). We detect a large-amplitude tail in the UV variability distribution for M-dwarf flare stars and RR Lyrae, reaching up to |{Delta}m|=4.6mag and 2.9mag, respectively. The mean amplitude of the structure function for quasars on year timescales is five times larger than observed at optical wavelengths. The remaining unclassified sources include UV-bright extragalactic transients, two of which have been spectroscopically confirmed to be a young core-collapse supernova and a flare from the tidal disruption of a star by dormant supermassive black hole. We calculate a surface density for variable sources in the UV with NUV<23mag and |{Delta}m|>0.2mag of ~8.0, 7.7, and 1.8deg^-2^ for quasars, active galactic nuclei, and RR Lyrae stars, respectively. We also calculate a surface density rate in the UV for transient sources, using the effective survey time at the cadence appropriate to each class, of ~15 and 52deg^-2^/yr for M dwarfs and extragalactic transients, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/173/185
- Title:
- GALEX ultraviolet atlas of nearby galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/173/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present images, integrated photometry, and surface-brightness and color profiles for a total of 1034 nearby galaxies recently observed by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite in its far-ultraviolet (FUV; lambda_eff_=1516{AA}) and near-ultraviolet (NUV; lambda_eff_=2267{AA}) bands. Our catalog of objects is derived primarily from the GALEX Nearby Galaxies Survey (NGS) supplemented by galaxies larger than 1' in diameter serendipitously found in these fields and in other GALEX exposures of similar of greater depth. The sample analyzed here adequately describes the distribution and full range of properties (luminosity, color, star formation rate [SFR]) of galaxies in the local universe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/825
- Title:
- GALEX ultraviolet variability catalog
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/825
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present version 1.0 of the NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) ultraviolet variability (GUVV) catalog, which contains information on 84 time-variable and transient sources gained with simultaneous near-ultraviolet (NUV) and far-ultraviolet (FUV) photometric observations. These time-variable sources were serendipitously revealed in the various 1.2{deg} diameter star fields currently being surveyed by the GALEX satellite in two ultraviolet bands (NUV 1750-2750{AA}, FUV 1350-1750{AA}) with limiting AB magnitudes of 23-25. The largest amplitude variable objects currently detected by GALEX are M dwarf flare stars, which can brighten by 5-10mag in both the NUV and FUV bands during short-duration (<500s) outbursts. Other types of large-amplitude ultraviolet variable objects include ab-type RR Lyrae stars, which can vary periodically by 2-5mag in the GALEX FUV band. This first GUVV catalog lists galactic positions and possible source identifications in order to provide the astronomical community with a list of time-variable objects that can now be repeatedly observed at other wavelengths.
