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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/650/A76
- Title:
- HI content in Coma cluster substructure
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/650/A76
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Galaxy clusters are some of largest structures in the universe. These very dense environments tend to be home to higher numbers of evolved galaxies than found in lower-density environments. It is well known that dense environments can influence the evolution of galaxies through the removal of the neutral gas (HI) reservoirs that fuel star formation. It is unclear which environment has a stronger effect: the local environment (i.e. the substructure within the cluster), or the cluster itself. Using the new HI data from the Westerbork Coma Survey, we explore the average HI content of galaxies across the cluster comparing galaxies that reside in substructure to those that do not. We applied the Dressler-Shectman test to our newly compiled redshift catalogue of the Coma cluster to search for substructure. With so few of the Coma galaxies directly detected in HI, we used the HI stacking technique to probe the average HI content below what can be directly detected. Using the Dressler-Shectman test, we find 15 substructures within the footprint of the Westerbork Coma Survey. We compare the average HI content for galaxies within substructure to those not in substructure. Using the HI stacking technique, we find that those Coma galaxies not detected in HI are more than 10-50 times more HI deficient than expected, which supports the scenario of an extremely efficient and rapid quenching mechanism. By studying the galaxies that are not directly detected in HI, we also find Coma to be more HI deficient than previously thought.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/434/887
- Title:
- HI data of blue compact dwarf galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/434/887
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present HI-observations of 56 blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies of which 44 have been detected in the 21-cm line from neutral hydrogen with the 100-m radiotelescope at Effelsberg. Optical data (e.g., from NED) and HI data from other observers and telescopes are used to estimate the likelihood of confusion from other galaxies within the Effelsberg beam. The selected 29 BCD galaxies without any sign of confusion are used to infer several characteristic properties of the BCD galaxy population. In some respects, they resemble normal galaxies: e.g., the relations between global parameters like linear diameter A0 versus blue luminosity LB and the M_HI_/LB ratio vs. LB. At least five of these BCDGs emit milli-Jansky level radio continuum emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/435/459
- Title:
- HI data of edge-on spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/435/459
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Neutral hydrogen observations with the 100-m Effelsberg radio telescope are presented for 268 spiral galaxies from the Revised Flat Galaxy Catalog (<VII/219>). Fluxes, radial velocities and line widths are given for 121 detected galaxies, as well as search parameters for 147 undetected objects. Most of the detected galaxies are late type (Sbc -- Sdm) spirals with a mean M_25_/L_B ratio of 2.5 in solar units. (M_25_ is the total mass within the 25mag/arcsec^2^ isophote) and a mean hydrogen mass fraction M_HI_/M_25_=0.13. Correlations between global parameters are discussed briefly. A comparison with a sample of nearby galaxies (within 10Mpc) demonstrates the validity of the same linear relation between the optical luminosity (L_B_) and the linear diameter (A_25_) down to the smallest galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/472/1760
- Title:
- Hierarchical formation of Westerlund 1
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/472/1760
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We examine the level of substructure and mass segregation in the massive, young cluster Westerlund 1. We find that it is relatively smooth, with little or no mass segregation, but with the massive stars in regions of significantly higher than average surface density. While an expanding or bouncing-back scenario for the evolution of Westerlund 1 cannot be ruled out, we argue that the most natural model to explain these observations is one in which Westerlund 1 formed with no primordial mass segregation and at a similar or larger size than we now observe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/772/45
- Title:
- Hi-GAL obs.: star formation in the third quadrant
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/772/45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first Herschel PACS and SPIRE photometric observations in a portion of the outer Galaxy (216.5{deg}<~l<~225.5{deg} and -2{deg}<~b<~0{deg}) as a part of the Hi-GAL survey. The maps between 70 and 500{mu}m, the derived column density and temperature maps, and the compact source catalog are presented. NANTEN CO(1-0) line observations are used to derive cloud kinematics and distances so that we can estimate distance-dependent physical parameters of the compact sources (cores and clumps) having a reliable spectral energy distribution that we separate into 255 proto-stellar and 688 starless sources. Both typologies are found in association with all the distance components observed in the field, up to ~5.8kpc, testifying to the presence of star formation beyond the Perseus arm at these longitudes. Selecting the starless gravitationally bound sources, we identify 590 pre-stellar candidates. Several sources of both proto- and pre-stellar nature are found to exceed the minimum requirement for being compatible with massive star formation based on the mass-radius relation. For the pre-stellar sources belonging to the Local arm (d<~1.5kpc) we study the mass function whose high-mass end shows a power law N(logM){propto}M^-1.0+/-0.2^. Finally, we use a luminosity versus mass diagram to infer the evolutionary status of the sources, finding that most of the proto-stellar sources are in the early accretion phase (with some cases compatible with a Class I stage), while for pre-stellar sources, in general, accretion has not yet started.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/184/172
- Title:
- High- and intermediate-mass YSOs in the LMC
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/184/172
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Archival Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and MIPS observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have been used to search for young stellar objects (YSOs). We have carried out independent aperture photometry of these data and merged the results from different passbands to produce a photometric catalog. To verify our methodology we have also analyzed the data from the SAGE and SWIRE Legacy programs; our photometric measurements are in general agreement with the photometry released by these programs. Using our mid-infrared photometric catalogs and two simple selection criteria, [4.5]-[8.0]>2.0 to exclude normal and evolved stars and [8.0]>14-([4.5]-[8.0]) to exclude background galaxies, we have identified a sample of 2910 sources in the LMC that could potentially be YSOs. We then used the Spitzer observations complemented by optical and near-infrared data to carefully assess the nature of each source. From the examination of the initial sample, we suggest that 1172 sources are most likely YSOs. Spitzer IRS observations of 269 of the brightest YSOs from our sample have confirmed that >~95% are indeed YSOs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/210
- Title:
- 2015 high-cadence Spitzer microlensing events
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/210
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze an ensemble of microlensing events from the 2015 Spitzer microlensing campaign, all of which were densely monitored by ground-based high-cadence survey teams. The simultaneous observations from Spitzer and the ground yield measurements of the microlensing parallax vector {pi}_E_, from which compact constraints on the microlens properties are derived, including ~<25% uncertainties on the lens mass and distance. With the current sample, we demonstrate that the majority of microlenses are indeed in the mass range of M dwarfs. The planet sensitivities of all 41 events in the sample are calculated, from which we provide constraints on the planet distribution function. In particular, assuming a planet distribution function that is uniform in log q, where q is the planet-to-star mass ratio, we find a 95% upper limit on the fraction of stars that host typical microlensing planets of 49%, which is consistent with previous studies. Based on this planet-free sample, we develop the methodology to statistically study the Galactic distribution of planets using microlensing parallax measurements. Under the assumption that the planet distributions are the same in the bulge as in the disk, we predict that ~1/3 of all planet detections from the microlensing campaigns with Spitzer should be in the bulge. This prediction will be tested with a much larger sample, and deviations from it can be used to constrain the abundance of planets in the bulge relative to the disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/439/2078
- Title:
- High-frequency A-type pulsators
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/439/2078
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a survey using the WASP archive to search for high-frequency pulsations in F-, A- and B-type stars. Over 1.5 million targets have been searched for pulsations with amplitudes greater than 0.5 millimagnitude. We identify over 350 stars which pulsate with periods less than 30min. Spectroscopic follow-up of selected targets has enabled us to confirm 10 new rapidly oscillating Ap stars, 13 pulsating Am stars and the fastest known {delta} Scuti star. We also observe stars which show pulsations in both the high-frequency domain and the low-frequency {delta} Scuti range. This work shows the power of the WASP photometric survey to find variable stars with amplitudes well below the nominal photometric precision per observation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/381/1219
- Title:
- High mass-loss AGB stars in the Galactic Bulge
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/381/1219
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study of MSX point sources in the Galactic bulge (|l|<3deg, 1deg<|b|<5deg), observed in the A, C, D and E bands (8-21um), with a total area 48 square degrees and more than 7000 detected sources in the MSX D band (15 micron). We discuss the nature of the MSX sources [mostly asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars], their luminosities, the interstellar extinction, the mass-loss rate distribution and the total mass-loss rate in the bulge. The mid-infrared data of MSX point sources have been combined with the near-infrared (J, H and Ks) data of Two Micron All Sky Survey. The cross-identification was restricted to Ks-band detected sources with Ks<=11mag. However, for those bright MSX D-band sources ([D]<4.0mag), which do not satisfy this criterion, we have set no Ks-band magnitude cut-off. The bolometric magnitudes and the corresponding luminosities of the MSX sources were derived by fitting blackbody curves. The relation between dM/dt and (Ks-[15])0 was used to derive the mass-loss rate of each MSX source in the bulge fields. Except for very few post-AGB stars, planetary nebulae and OH/IR stars, a large fraction of the detected sources at 15 micron (MSX D band) are AGB stars well above the red giant branch tip. A number of them show an excess in ([A]-[D])0 and (Ks-[D])0 colours, characteristic of mass-loss. These colours, especially (Ks-[D])0, enable estimation of the mass-loss rates (dM/dt) of the sources in the bulge fields which range from 10^-7^ to 10^-4^M_{sun}_/yr. Taking into consideration the completeness of the mass-loss rate bins, we find that the contribution to the integrated mass-loss is probably dominated by mass-loss rates larger than 3x10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr and is about 1.96x10^-4^M_{sun}_/yr/deg^2^ in the `intermediate' and `outer' bulge fields of sources with mass-loss rates, dM/dt>3x10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr. The corresponding integrated mass-loss rate per unit stellar mass is 0.48x10^-11^/yr. Apart from this, the various mid- and near-infrared colour-colour and colour-magnitude diagrams are discussed in the paper to study the nature of the stellar population in the MSX bulge fields.
