- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/902/6
- Title:
- UV to visible-light observations of SN 2018fif
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/902/6
- Date:
- 25 Feb 2022 11:02:29
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-cadence transient surveys are able to capture supernovae closer to their first light than ever before. Applying analytical models to such early emission, we can constrain the progenitor stars' properties. In this paper, we present observations of SN 2018fif (ZTF18abokyfk). The supernova was discovered close to first light and monitored by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Early spectroscopic observations suggest that the progenitor of SN 2018fif was surrounded by relatively small amounts of circumstellar material compared to all previous cases. This particularity, coupled with the high-cadence multiple-band coverage, makes it a good candidate to investigate using shock-cooling models. We employ the SOPRANOS code, an implementation of the model by Sapir & Waxman and its extension to early times by Morag et al. Compared with previous implementations, SOPRANOS has the advantage of including a careful account of the limited temporal validity domain of the shock-cooling model as well as allowing usage of the entirety of the early UV data. We find that the progenitor of SN 2018fif was a large red supergiant with a radius of R=744.0_-128.0_^+183.0^R_{sun}_ and an ejected mass of M_ej_=9.3_-5.8_^+0.4^M_{sun}_. Our model also gives information on the explosion epoch, the progenitor's inner structure, the shock velocity, and the extinction. The distribution of radii is double- peaked, with smaller radii corresponding to lower values of the extinction, earlier recombination times, and a better match to the early UV data. If these correlations persist in future objects, denser spectroscopic monitoring constraining the time of recombination, as well as accurate UV observations (e.g., with ULTRASAT), will help break the extinction/radius degeneracy and independently determine both.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/111/1128
- Title:
- UV-UBV photometry in NGC 595
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/111/1128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of a larger effort to study the resolved and composite properties of the giant H II regions in Messier 33, we have analyzed multiband HST/WFPC-2 images of NGC 595 in terms of the ionizing cluster's resolved stellar population. Photometric reductions of the PC images yield 100 stars in the UV image, 272 stars on the U image, 345 stars on the B image, and 561 stars on the V image. A total of 267 stars are common to the U, B, and V images while 86 stars are detected on all 4 images. Although some clustering is evident, the degree of central concentration is less than that seen in 30 Doradus. The resulting U-B vs B-V diagram of the resolved stars is used to determine the reddening of each star. The average reddening derived from this diagram is E(B-V)=0.36+/-0.28mag. The dereddened color-M_V diagram is best fit by a model cluster having an age of 4.5+/-1.0Myr, and hence initial masses no greater than 51M_{sun}_. A total of 13 supergiant stars and 10 candidate WR stars [Drissen et al. (1993AJ....105.1400D), and references therein] are identified with M_V=-5 to -8mag. The remainder are main-sequence O-type (98) and early B-type (>145) stars with M_V=-1 to -6mag. The ratio of WR to O stars is WR/O=0.11+/-0.01, roughly the same as found in the core of 30 Doradus. The resulting luminosity function has a slope of alpha=-0.71. The derived IMF has a slope of Gamma=-1.32+/-0.02 before subtracting a background component, and Gamma=-1.00+/-0.05 after subtracting a background based on photometry of the surrounding WF images. Integration of the derived IMF down to a lower mass limit of 4M_{sun}_ yields a total mass of 7350M_{sun}_, while integration down to 0.1_{Msun}_ yields a total mass of 18000M_{sun}_. The total estimated ionizing luminosity is 5.0x10^50photon/s, roughly half that which is inferred from the Halpha luminosity in this region. This shortfall of ionizing photons can be reconciled by allowing for a spread in the stellar ages, and/or increasing the modeled EUV luminosity of the stars at the inferred cluster age.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/380/1098
- Title:
- UV-upturn of elliptical galaxies model
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/380/1098
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A long-standing problem in the study of elliptical galaxies is the far-ultraviolet (FUV) excess in their spectra (also known as UV-upturn, UV rising-branch, UV rising flux, or UVX). While it is now clear that this UV excess is caused by an old population of hot helium-burning stars without large hydrogen-rich envelopes. We have developed an evolutionary population synthesis (EPS) model for the FUV excess of elliptical galaxies based on the binary model of Han et al. (2002MNRAS.336..449H and 2003MNRAS.341..669H) for the formation of hot subdwarfs in our Galaxy. We give the colour evolution of a simple stellar population (SSP) (including binaries) of 10^10^M_{sun}_ for our standard simulation set. We have also compiled a file for the SED evolution, in which the SEDs without binary interactions are also supplied.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/581/A66
- Title:
- UV variability and accretion in NGC 2264
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/581/A66
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Photometric variability is a distinctive feature of young stellar objects; exploring variability signatures at different wavelengths provides insight into the physical processes at work in these sources. We explore the variability signatures at ultraviolet (UV) and optical wavelengths for several hundred accreting and non-accreting members of the star-forming region NGC 2264 (~3Myr).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/238/25
- Title:
- UV variability with GALEX gPhoton archive. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/238/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In order to develop and test a methodology to search for UV variability over the entire Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) database down to the shortest timescales, we analyzed time-domain photometry of ~5000 light curves of ~300 bright (mFUV, mNUV<=14) and blue (mFUV-mNUV<0) GALEX sources. Using the gPhoton database tool, we discovered and characterized instrumentally induced variabilities in time-resolved GALEX photometry that may severely impact automated searches for short-period variations. The most notable artifact is a quasi-sinusoidal variation mimicking light curves typical of pulsators, seen occasionally in either one or both detectors, with amplitudes of up to 0.3mag and periods corresponding to the periodicity of the spiral dithering pattern used during the observation (P~120s). Therefore, the artifact may arise from small-scale response variations. Other artifacts include visit-long "sagging" or "hump" in flux, occurring when the dithering pattern is not a spiral, or a one-time change in flux level during the exposure. These instrumentally caused variations were not reported before, and are not due to known (and flagged) artifacts such as hotspots, which can be easily eliminated. To characterize the frequency and causality of such artifacts, we apply Fourier transform analysis to both light curves and dithering patterns, and examine whether artificial brightness variations correlate with visit or instrumental parameters. Artifacts do not correlate with source position on the detector. We suggest methods to identify artifact variations and to correct them when possible.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/287/591
- Title:
- UV Variations in spectrum of Abell 35 c.star
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/287/591
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/140/1137
- Title:
- UV, VIH photometry of NGC 1311
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/140/1137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have extracted point-spread-function-fitted stellar photometry from near-ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared images, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, of the nearby (D~5.5Mpc) SBm galaxy NGC 1311. The ultraviolet and optical data reveal a population of hot main-sequence (MS) stars with ages of 2-10Myr. We also find populations of blue supergiants with ages between 10 and 40Myr and red supergiants with ages between 10 and 100Myr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/124/3061
- Title:
- uz,vz,bz,yz photometry in Coma cluster
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/124/3061
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have observed three fields of the Coma Cluster of galaxies with a narrowband (modified Stroemgren) filter system. Observed galaxies include 31 in the vicinity of NGC 4889, 48 near NGC 4874, and 60 near NGC 4839, complete to M_5500_=-18 in all three subclusters. Spectrophotometric classification finds all three subclusters of Coma to be dominated by red, E-type (elliptical/S0) galaxies with a mean blue fraction, f_B_, of 0.10.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/899/128
- Title:
- Validated & new members of NGC 7000/IC 5070 Complex
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/899/128
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 07:05:45
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We examine the clustering and kinematics of young stellar objects (YSOs) in the North America/Pelican Nebulae, as revealed by Gaia astrometry, in relation to the structure and motions of the molecular gas, as indicated in molecular-line maps. The Gaia parallaxes and proper motions allow us to significantly refine previously published lists of YSOs, demonstrating that many of the objects previously thought to form a distributed population turn out to be nonmembers. The members are subdivided into at least six spatio-kinematic groups, each of which is associated with its own molecular cloud component or components. Three of the groups are expanding, with velocity gradients of 0.3-0.5km/s/pc, up to maximum velocities of ~8km/s away from the groups' centers. The two known O-type stars associated with the region, 2MASS J20555125+4352246 and HD 199579, are rapidly escaping one of these groups, following the same position-velocity relation as the low-mass stars. We calculate that a combination of gas expulsion and tidal forces from the clumpy distribution of molecular gas could impart the observed velocity gradients within the groups. However, on a global scale, the relative motions of the groups do not appear either divergent or convergent. The velocity dispersion of the whole system is consistent with the kinetic energy gained due to gravitational collapse of the complex. Most of the stellar population has ages similar to the freefall timescales for the natal clouds. Thus, we suggest the nearly freefall collapse of a turbulent molecular cloud as the most likely scenario for star formation in this complex.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/78
- Title:
- 44 validated planets from K2 Campaign 10
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 44 validated planets from the 10th observing campaign of the NASA K2 mission, as well as high-resolution spectroscopy and speckle imaging follow-up observations. These 44 planets come from an initial set of 72 vetted candidates, which we subjected to a validation process incorporating pixel-level analyses, light curve analyses, observational constraints, and statistical false positive probabilities. Our validated planet sample has median values of R_p_=2.2 R_{Earth}_, P_orb_=6.9 days, T_eq_=890 K, and J=11.2 mag. Of particular interest are four ultra-short period planets (P_orb_~<1 day), 16 planets smaller than 2 R_{Earth}_, and two planets with large predicted amplitude atmospheric transmission features orbiting infrared-bright stars. We also present 27 planet candidates, most of which are likely to be real and worthy of further observations. Our validated planet sample includes 24 new discoveries and has enhanced the number of currently known super-Earths (R_p_~1-2 R_{Earth}_), sub-Neptunes (R_p_~2-4 R_{Earth}_), and sub-Saturns (R_p_~4-8 R_{Earth}_) orbiting bright stars (J=8-10 mag) by ~4%, ~17%, and ~11%, respectively.
