- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/212/15
- Title:
- Polarized NVSS sources SEDs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/212/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An understanding of cosmic magnetism requires converting the polarization properties of extragalactic radio sources into the rest-frame in which the corresponding polarized emission or Faraday rotation is produced. Motivated by this requirement, we present a catalog of multiwavelength linear polarization and total intensity radio data for polarized sources from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey. We cross-match these sources with a number of complementary measurements --combining data from major radio polarization and total intensity surveys such as AT20G, B3-VLA, GB6, NORTH6CM, Texas, and WENSS, together with other polarization data published over the last 50 years. For 951 sources, we present spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in both fractional polarization and total intensity, each containing between 3 and 56 independent measurements from 400MHz to 100GHz. We physically model these SEDs, and where available provide the redshift of the optical counterpart. For a superset of 25649 sources we provide the total intensity spectral index, {alpha}. Objects with steep versus flat {alpha} generally have different polarization SEDs: steep-spectrum sources exhibit depolarization, while flat-spectrum sources maintain constant polarized fractions over large ranges in wavelength. This suggests the run of polarized fraction with wavelength is predominantly affected by the local source environment, rather than by unrelated foreground magnetoionic material. In addition, a significant fraction (21%) of sources exhibit "repolarization," which further suggests that polarized SEDs are affected by different emitting regions within the source, rather than by a particular depolarization law. This has implications for the physical interpretation of future broadband polarimetric surveys.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/434/3104
- Title:
- QSOs SED shapes from optical to NIR
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/434/3104
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We define a quasar-galaxy mixing diagram using the slopes of their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from 1{mu}m to 3000{AA} and from 1 to 3{mu}m in the rest frame. The mixing diagram can easily distinguish among quasar-dominated, galaxy-dominated and reddening-dominated SED shapes. By studying the position of the 413 XMM-selected type 1 AGN in the wide-field 'Cosmic Evolution Survey' in the mixing diagram, we find that a combination of the Elvis et al. (2012ApJ...759....6E, Cat. J/ApJ/759/6) mean quasar SED with various contributions from galaxy emission and some dust reddening is remarkably effective in describing the SED shape from 0.3 to 3{mu}m for large ranges of redshift, luminosity, black hole mass and Eddington ratio of type 1 AGN. In particular, the location in the mixing diagram of the highest luminosity AGN is very close (within 1{sigma}) to that of the Elvis et al. (2012ApJ...759....6E, Cat. J/ApJ/759/6) SED template. The mixing diagram can also be used to estimate the host galaxy fraction and reddening in quasar. We also show examples of some outliers which might be AGN in different evolutionary stages compared to the majority of AGN in the quasar-host galaxy co-evolution cycle.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A135
- Title:
- RX J0503.9-2854 spectral energy distribution
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/598/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the line-of-sight toward the DO-type white dwarf RX J0503.9-2854, the density of the interstellar medium (ISM) is very low, and thus the contamination of the stellar spectrum almost negligible. This allows us to identify many metal lines in a wide wavelength range from the extreme ultraviolet to the near infrared. In previous spectral analyses, many metal lines in the ultraviolet spectrum of RX J0503.9-2854 have been identified. A complete line list of observed and identified lines is presented here. We compared synthetic spectra that had been calculated from model atmospheres in non-local thermodynamical equilibrium, with observations. In total, we identified 1272 lines (279 of them were newly assigned) in the wavelength range from the extreme ultraviolet to the near infrared. 287 lines remain unidentified. A close inspection of the EUV shows that still no good fit to the observed shape of the stellar continuum flux can be achieved although He, C, N, O, Al, Si, P, S, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cr, Ni Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Kr, Zr, Mo, Sn, Xe, and Ba are included in the stellar atmosphere models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/481/345
- Title:
- SED evolution in massive young stellar objects
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/481/345
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The mechanism of formation of massive stars is still a matter of debate. It is not yet clear if it can be considered to be a scaled-up analogue of the low-mass star regime, or if there are additional agents like merging of lower-mass forming objects or accretion from initially unbound material. Most of the uncertainties come from the lack of diagnostic tools to evolutionarily classify large samples of candidate massive protostellar objects that can then be studied in more detail. We want to verify whether diagnostic tools like the SED shape and the relationship between envelope mass and bolometric luminosity can be extended to the study of high-mass star formation. The 8-1200um SED of YSOs in 42 regions of massive star formation has been reconstructed using MSX, IRAS, and submm data partly available from previous works. Apart from IRAS catalogue fluxes, the fluxes in the Mid-IR and sub-mm/mm were derived directly from the images. The SEDs were fitted to an extensive grid of envelope models with embedded ZAMS stars, available from the literature. Sources that could not be fitted with a single model were then fitted with a two-component model composed of an embedded ZAMS for the mid-IR part and a single-temperature optically thin greybody for the longer wavelength emitting component. Sources were classified as "IR" if they were fitted with an embedded ZAMS envelope, and "MM" if they could only be fitted with a greybody with a peak at high {lambda} further subclassification was based on being the most massive object in the field ("P", for primary) or not ("S", for secondary).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/786/59
- Title:
- SED fitting results of HETDEX pilot survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/786/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use broadband photometry extending from the rest-frame UV to the near-IR to fit the individual spectral energy distributions of 63 bright (L(Ly{alpha})>10^43^ erg/s) Ly{alpha} emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the redshift range 1.9<z<3.6. We find that these LAEs are quite heterogeneous, with stellar masses that span over three orders of magnitude, from 7.5<log M/M_{sun}_<10.5. Moreover, although most LAEs have small amounts of extinction, some high-mass objects have stellar reddenings as large as E(B-V)~0.4. Interestingly, in dusty objects the optical depths for Ly{alpha} and the UV continuum are always similar, indicating that Ly{alpha} photons are not undergoing many scatters before escaping their galaxy. In contrast, the ratio of optical depths in low-reddening systems can vary widely, illustrating the diverse nature of the systems. Finally, we show that in the star-formation-rate-log-mass diagram, our LAEs fall above the "main-sequence" defined by z~3 continuum selected star-forming galaxies. In this respect, they are similar to submillimeter-selected galaxies, although most LAEs have much lower mass.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/533/A107
- Title:
- SED for 7 stellar calibrators
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/533/A107
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Among late-type red giants, an interesting change occurs in the structure of the outer atmospheric layers as one moves to later spectral types in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram: a chromosphere is always present, but the coronal emission diminishes and a cool massive wind steps in. Where most studies have focussed on short-wavelength observations, this article explores the influence of the chromosphere and the wind on long-wavelength photometric measurements. The goal of this study is to assess wether a set of standard near-infrared calibration sources are fiducial calibrators in the far-infrared, beyond 50um. The observational spectral energy distributions were compared with the theoretical model predictions for a sample of nine K- and M-giants. The discrepancies found are explained using basic models for flux emission originating in a chromosphere or an ionised wind.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/551/A34
- Title:
- SED information for CrA members
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/551/A34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The CrA region and the Coronet cluster form a nearby (138pc), young (1-2Myr) star-forming region that hosts a moderate population of Class I, II, and III objects. We study the structure of the cluster and the properties of the protostars and protoplanetary disks in the region. We present Herschel PACS photometry at 100 and 160um, obtained as part of the Herschel Gould Belt Survey. The Herschel maps reveal the cluster members within the cloud with high sensitivity and high dynamic range.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/445/441
- Title:
- SED of BL Lacertae objects
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/445/441
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have collected a large amount of multifrequency data for objects in the Metsahovi Radio Observatory BL Lacertae sample and computed their spectral energy distributions (SED) in the log{nu}-log{nu}F representation. This is the first time the SEDs of BL Lacs have been studied with a sample of over 300 objects. The synchrotron components of the SEDs were fitted with a parabolic function to determine the synchrotron peak frequency, {nu}_peak_. We checked the dependence between luminosities at several frequency bands and synchrotron peak frequency to test the blazar sequence scenario, which states that the source luminosity depends on the location of the synchrotron peak. We also calculated broad band spectral indices and plotted them against each other and {nu}_peak_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/140
- Title:
- SED of 24 class I and class II FU Orionis stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- FU Orionis stars (FUors) are eruptive pre-main sequence objects thought to represent quasi-periodic or recurring stages of enhanced accretion during the low-mass star-forming process. We characterize the sample of known and candidate FUors in a homogeneous and consistent way, deriving stellar and circumstellar parameters for each object. We emphasize the analysis in those parameters that are supposed to vary during the FUor stage. We modeled the spectral energy distributions of 24 of the 26 currently known FUors, using the radiative transfer code of Whitney et al. We compare our models with those obtained by Robitaille et al. for Taurus class II and I sources in quiescence periods by calculating the cumulative distribution of the different parameters. FUors have more massive disks: we find that ~80% of the disks in FUors are more massive than any Taurus class II and I sources in the sample. Median values for the disk mass accretion rates are ~10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr versus ~10^-5^M_{sun}_/yr for standard young stellar objects (YSOs) and FUors, respectively. While the distributions of envelope mass accretion rates for class I FUors and standard class I objects are similar, FUors, on average, have higher envelope mass accretion rates than standard class II and class I sources. Most FUors (~70%) have envelope mass accretion rates above 10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr. In contrast, 60% of the classical YSO sample has an accretion rate below this value. Our results support the current scenario in which changes experimented by the circumstellar disk explain the observed properties of these stars. However, the increase in the disk mass accretion rate is smaller than theoretically predicted, although in good agreement with previous determinations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/694/992
- Title:
- SED of cluster radio galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/694/992
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To explore the high-frequency radio spectra of galaxies in clusters, we used NRAO's Very Large Array at four frequencies, 4.9-43GHz, to observe 139 galaxies in low redshift (z<0.25), X-ray detected, clusters. The clusters were selected from the survey conducted by Ledlow and Owen (1997ApJS..108...41O), who provided redshifts and 1.4GHz flux densities for all the radio sources. We find that more than half of the observed sources have steep microwave spectra as generally expected ({alpha}<-0.5, in the convention S{proto}{nu}^{alpha}^). However, 60%-70% of the unresolved or barely resolved sources have flat or inverted spectra. Most of these show an upward turn in flux at {nu}>22GHz, implying a higher flux than would be expected from an extrapolation of the lower-frequency flux measurements. Our results quantify the need for careful source subtraction in increasingly sensitive measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies (as currently being conducted by, for instance, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and South Pole Telescope groups).
