- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/593/A68
- Title:
- PTF12os and iPTF13bvn spectra and light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/593/A68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate two stripped-envelope supernovae (SNe) discovered in the nearby galaxy NGC 5806 by the (i)PTF. We classify PTF12os as a Type IIb SN based on our spectral sequence; iPTF13bvn has previously been classified as Type Ib. Our main objective is to constrain the explosion parameters of iPTF12os and iPTF13bvn, and to put constraints on the SN progenitors, using our comprehensive photometric and spectroscopic datasets.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/232/23
- Title:
- 27 pulsating DA WDs follow-up observations
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/232/23
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present photometry and spectroscopy for 27 pulsating hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarfs (DAVs; a.k.a. ZZ Ceti stars) observed by the Kepler space telescope up to K2 Campaign 8, an extensive compilation of observations with unprecedented duration (>75 days) and duty cycle (>90%). The space-based photometry reveals pulsation properties previously inaccessible to ground- based observations. We observe a sharp dichotomy in oscillation mode line widths at roughly 800s, such that white dwarf pulsations with periods exceeding 800s have substantially broader mode line widths, more reminiscent of a damped harmonic oscillator than a heat-driven pulsator. Extended Kepler coverage also permits extensive mode identification: we identify the spherical degree of 87 out of 201 unique radial orders, providing direct constraints of the rotation period for 20 of these 27 DAVs, more than doubling the number of white dwarfs with rotation periods determined via asteroseismology. We also obtain spectroscopy from 4m-class telescopes for all DAVs with Kepler photometry. Using these homogeneously analyzed spectra, we estimate the overall mass of all 27 DAVs, which allows us to measure white dwarf rotation as a function of mass, constraining the endpoints of angular momentum in low- and intermediate-mass stars. We find that 0.51-0.73M{sun} white dwarfs, which evolved from 1.7-3.0M{sun} ZAMS progenitors, have a mean rotation period of 35hr with a standard deviation of 28hr, with notable exceptions for higher-mass white dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/149
- Title:
- Pulsational changes in classical cepheid X Cygni
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/162/149
- Date:
- 21 Mar 2022 00:19:54
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using an extensive archive for visual observations from the AAVSO, along with published times of maximum light, we determined a new model for the period of X Cygni. The best model is two linear fits for data before and after 1917 (JD2421512). Before that time the period is 16.38438{+/-}0.00036days. After we find a period of 16.386470{+/-}0.000028days. An examination of the O-C values for data after 1917 shows no clear evidence of a constant period change or of sinusoidal variations. The period looks to be constant. From an examination of H-alpha index measurements we find a drop in the value between data before 2013 October and data after 2014 July. This drop is not related to temperature and is likely related to mass loss in the star. Finally, we find that radial-velocity measurements match well with previously published values and show no seasonal variation over the 11yr of data. This again seems to limit the possibility of a companion.
2044. Pulsations of HD 181231
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/506/143
- Title:
- Pulsations of HD 181231
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/506/143
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- HD181231 is a B5IVe star, which has been observed with the CoRoT satellite during ~5 consecutive months and simultaneously from the ground in spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry. By analysing these data, we aim to detect and characterize as many pulsation frequencies as possible, to search for the presence of beating effects possibly at the origin of the Be phenomenon. Our results will also provide a basis for seismic modelling. The fundamental parameters of the star are determined from spectral fitting and from the study of the circumstellar emission. The CoRoT photometric data and ground-based spectroscopy are analysed using several Fourier techniques: Clean-ng, Pasper, and Tisaft, as well as a time-frequency technique. A search for a magnetic field is performed by applying the LSD technique to the spectropolarimetric data.
2045. QJ0643-5041 UVES spectra
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/562/A88
- Title:
- QJ0643-5041 UVES spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/562/A88
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Molecular hydrogen in the interstellar medium (ISM) of high-redshift galaxies can be detected directly from its UV absorptions imprinted in the spectrum of background quasars. Associated absorptions from HI and metals allow for the study of the chemical enrichment of the gas, while the analysis of excited species and molecules make it possible to infer the physical state of the ISM gas. In addition, given the numerous H_2_ lines usually detected, these absorption systems are unique tools to constrain the cosmological variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio, {mu}. We intend to study the chemical and physical state of the gas in the H_2_-bearing cloud at z_abs_=2.658601 towards the quasar QJ0643-5041 (z_em_=3.09) and to derive a useful constraint on the variation of {mu}. We use high signal-to-noise ratio, high-resolution VLT-UVES data of QJ0643-5041 amounting to a total of more than 23 hours exposure time and fit the HI, metals, and H_2_ absorption features with multiple-component Voigt profiles. We study the relative populations of H_2_ rotational levels and the fine-structure excitation of neutral carbon to determine the physical conditions in the H_2_-bearing cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/L2
- Title:
- 5 QPE X-ray sources spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/L2
- Date:
- 04 Mar 2022 06:38:31
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We perform a systematic study of the five known QPE host galaxies with the aim of providing new insights into their nature. We analyse new and archival medium resolution optical spectroscopy of the QPE hosts. We measure emission (and absorption) line fluxes, their ratios and equivalent widths (EWs), to locate the QPE hosts on diagnostic diagrams. We also measure the velocity dispersion of the stellar absorption lines to estimate their black hole masses. All QPE host galaxies show emission lines in their optical spectra. Based on their ratios and EWs, we find evidence for the presence of an active galactic nucleus in all sources, including those previously reported as passive. We measure velocity dispersions between 36 and 90km/s, implying the presence of low mass (10^5-6.7^ solar masses) black holes, consistent with literature findings. Finally, we find a significant over-representation (2/5 sources, or a factor of 13^+13^_-10_ quiescent Balmer strong (post-starburst) galaxies among QPE hosts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/776/136
- Title:
- QPQ VI. HI absorption of z~2 quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/776/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- With close pairs of quasars at different redshifts, a background quasar sightline can be used to study a foreground quasar's environment in absorption. We use a sample of 650 projected quasar pairs to study the HI Ly{alpha} absorption transverse to luminous, z~2 quasars at proper separations of 30kpc<R_{perp}_<1Mpc. In contrast to measurements along the line-of-sight, regions transverse to quasars exhibit enhanced HI Ly{alpha} absorption and a larger variance than the ambient intergalactic medium, with increasing absorption and variance toward smaller scales. Analysis of composite spectra reveals excess absorption characterized by a Ly{alpha} equivalent width profile W=2.3{AA} (R_{perp}_/100kpc)^-0.46^. We also observe a high (=~60%) covering factor of strong, optically thick HI absorbers (HI column N_HI_>10^17.3^/cm2) at separations R_{perp}_<200kpc, which decreases to ~20% at R_{perp}_=~1Mpc, but still represents a significant excess over the cosmic average. This excess of optically thick absorption can be described by a quasar-absorber cross-correlation function {xi}_QA_(r)=(r/r_0_)^{gamma}^ with a large correlation length r_0_=12.5_-1.4_^+2.7^h^-1^Mpc (comoving) and {gamma}=1.68_-0.30_^+0.14^. The HI absorption measured around quasars exceeds that of any previously studied population, consistent with quasars being hosted by massive dark matter halos M_halo_{approx}10^12.5^M_{sun}_ at z~2.5. The environments of these massive halos are highly biased toward producing optically thick gas, and may even dominate the cosmic abundance of Lyman limit systems and hence the intergalactic opacity to ionizing photons at z~2.5. The anisotropic absorption around quasars implies the transverse direction is much less likely to be illuminated by ionizing radiation than the line-of-sight.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/595/A96
- Title:
- QSO B0218+357 molecular absorption lines
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/595/A96
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Isotopic ratios of heavy elements are a key signature of the nucleosynthesis processes in stellar interiors. The contribution of successive generations of stars to the metal enrichment of the Universe is imprinted on the evolution of isotopic ratios over time. We investigate the isotopic ratios of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur through millimeter molecular absorption lines arising in the z=0.68 absorber toward the blazar B 0218+357. We find that these ratios differ from those observed in the Galactic interstellar medium, but are remarkably close to those in the only other source at intermediate redshift for which isotopic ratios have been measured to date, the z=0.89 absorber in front of PKS 1830-211. The isotopic ratios in these two absorbers should reflect enrichment mostly from massive stars, and they are indeed close to the values observed toward local starburst galaxies. Our measurements set constraints on nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/606/A13
- Title:
- QSO eHAQ0111+0641 spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/606/A13
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is important to understand the selection effects behind the quasar samples to fully exploit the potential of quasars as probes of cosmic chemical evolution and the internal gas dynamics of galaxies; in particular, it is vital to understand whether the selection criteria exclude foreground galaxies with certain properties, most importantly a high dust content. Here we present spectroscopic follow-up from the 10.4m GTC telescope of a dust-reddened quasar, eHAQ0111+0641, from the extended High AV Quasar (HAQ) survey. We find that the z=3.21 quasar has a foreground damped Lyman-{alpha} absorber (DLA) at z=2.027 along the line of sight. The DLA has very strong metal lines due to a moderately high metallicity with an inferred lower limit of 25% of the solar metallicity, but a very large gas column density along the line of sight in its host galaxy. This discovery is further evidence that there is a dust bias affecting the census of metals, caused by the combined effect of dust obscuration and reddening, in existing samples of z>2 DLAs. The case of eHAQ0111+0641 illustrates that dust bias is not only caused by dust obscuration, but also dust reddening.
2050. QSO J1721+8842 spectra
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/657/A113
- Title:
- QSO J1721+8842 spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/657/A113
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-redshift binary quasars provide key insights into mergers and quasar activity, and are useful tools for probing the spatial kinematics and chemistry of galaxies along the line-of-sight. However, only three sub-10-kpc binaries have been confirmed above z=1. Gravitational lensing would provide a way to easily resolve such binaries, study them in higher resolution, and provide more sightlines, though the required alignment with a massive foreground galaxy is rare. Through image deconvolution of StanCam Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) monitoring data, we reveal two further point sources in the known, z~2.38, quadruply lensed quasar (quad), J1721+8842. An ALFOSC/NOT long-slit spectrum shows that the brighter of these two sources is a quasar with z=2.369+/-0.007 based on the CIII] line, while the CIII] redshift of the quad is z=2.364+/-0.003. Lens modelling using point source positions rules out a single source model, favouring an isothermal lens mass profile with two quasar sources separated by ~6.0kpc (0.73") in projection. Given the resolving ability from lensing and current lensed quasar statistics, this discovery suggests a large population of undiscovered, unlensed sub-10-kpc binaries. We also analyse spectra of two images of the quad, showing narrow Ly{alpha} emission within the trough of a proximate damped Lyman-{alpha} absorber (PDLA). An apparent mismatch between the continuum and narrow line flux ratios provides a new potential tool for simultaneously studying microlensing and the quasar host galaxy. Signs of the PDLA are also seen in the second source, however a deeper spectrum is still required to confirm this. Thanks to the multiple lines-of-sight from lensing and two quasar sources, this system offers simultaneous sub-parsec and kpc-scale probes of a PDLA.
