- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/428/149
- Title:
- Hipparcos parallaxes of O stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/428/149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We compare the absolute visual magnitude of the majority of bright O stars in the sky as predicted from their spectral type with the absolute magnitude calculated from their apparent magnitude and the Hipparcos parallax. We find that many stars appear to be much fainter than expected, up to five magnitudes. We find no evidence for a correlation between magnitude differences and the stellar rotational velocity as suggested for OB stars by Lamers et al. (1997A&A...325L..25L), whose small sample of stars is partly included in ours.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/842/42
- Title:
- Improved reddenings for 59 Galactic Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/842/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new photometric method by which improved high-precision reddenings and true distance moduli can be determined to individual Galactic Cepheids once distance measurements are available. We illustrate that the relative positioning of stars in the Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation (Leavitt law) is preserved as a function of wavelength. This information then provides a powerful constraint for determining reddenings to individual Cepheids, as well as their distances. As a first step, we apply this method to the 59 Cepheids in the compilation of Fouque et al. Updated reddenings, distance moduli (or parallaxes), and absolute magnitudes in seven (optical through near-infrared) bands are given. From these intrinsic quantities, multiwavelength PL and color-color relations are derived. We find that the V-band period-luminosity-color relation has an rms scatter of only 0.06mag, so that individual Cepheid distances can be measured to 3%, compared with dispersions of 6 to 13% for the one-parameter K through B PL relations, respectively. This method will be especially useful in conjunction with the new accurate parallax sample upcoming from Gaia.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/659/1138
- Title:
- Intermediate-redshift spiral galaxies Vmax
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/659/1138
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Combining resolved optical spectroscopy with panoramic HST imaging, we study the dynamical properties of spiral galaxies as a function of position across two intermediate-redshift clusters, and we compare the cluster population to field galaxies in the same redshift range. By modeling the observed rotation curves, we derive maximal rotation velocities for 40 cluster spirals and 37 field spirals, yielding one of the largest matched samples of cluster and field spirals at intermediate redshift. We construct the Tully-Fisher (TF) relation in both V and Ks bands, and find that the cluster Tully-Fisher relation exhibits significantly higher scatter than the field relation, in both V and Ks bands.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/A131
- Title:
- Ionized Gas Kinematics in MaNGA AGN
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/A131
- Date:
- 17 Mar 2022 00:05:59
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) in general seems to play an important role in the evolution of galaxies, although the impact of AGN winds on their host galaxies is still pending on detailed analysis. We analyse the kinematics of a sample of 170 AGN host galaxies as compared to those of a matched control sample of nonactive galaxies from the MaNGA survey in order to characterise and estimate the extents of the Narrow Line Region (NLR) and of the kinematically disturbed region (KDR) by the AGN. We define the observed NLR radius (r_NLR,o_) as the farthest distance from the nucleus within which both [OIII]/H{beta} and [NII]/H{alpha} ratios fall in the AGN region of the BPT diagram and the H equivalent width is required to be larger than 3.0{AA}. The extent of the KDR (rKDR,o) is defined as the distance from the nucleus within which the AGN hosts galaxies shows a more disturbed gas kinematics than the control galaxies. The AGN [OIII]5007 luminosity ranges from 10^39^ to 10^41^erg/s, and the kinematics derived from the [OIII] line profiles reveal that, on average, the most luminous AGN (L[OIII]>3.8x10^40^erg/s) possess higher residual difference between the gaseous and stellar velocities and velocities dispersion than their control galaxies in all the radial bins. Spatially resolved NLR's and KDR's were found in 55 and 46 AGN host galaxies, with corrected radii 0.2<r_KDR,c_<2.3kpc and 0.4<r_NLR,c_<10.1kpc, with a relation between the two given by logr_KDR,c_=(0.53+/-0.12)logr_NLR,c_+(1.07+/-0.22), respectively. On average, the extension of the KDR corresponds to about 30 per cent of that of the NLR. Assuming that the KDR is due to an AGN outflow, we have estimated ionised gas mass outflow rates that range between 10^-5^ and ~1M_{sun}_/yr, and kinetic powers that range from 10^34^ to 10^40^erg/s. Comparing the power of the AGN ionised outflows with the AGN luminosities, they are always below the 0.05 LAGN model threshold for having a an important feedback effect on their respective host galaxies. The mass outflow rates (and power) of our AGN sample correlate with their luminosities, populating the lowest AGN luminosity range of the correlations previously found for more powerful sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/871/174
- Title:
- Kepler rapid rotators and Ks-band excesses
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/871/174
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Tens of thousands of rotation periods have been measured in the Kepler fields, including a substantial fraction of rapid rotators. We use Gaia parallaxes to distinguish photometric binaries (PBs) from single stars on the unevolved lower main sequence, and compare their distribution of rotation properties to those of single stars both with and without Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) spectroscopic characterization. We find that 59% of stars with 1.5day<P<7day lie 0.3mag above the main sequence, compared with 28% of the full rotation sample. The fraction of stars in the same period range is 1.7{+/-}0.1% of the total sample analyzed for rotation periods. Both the PB fraction and the fraction of rapid rotators are consistent with a population of non-eclipsing short-period binaries inferred from Kepler eclipsing binary data after correcting for inclination. This suggests that the rapid rotators are dominated by tidally synchronized binaries rather than single stars obeying traditional angular momentum evolution. We caution against interpreting rapid rotation in the Kepler field as a signature of youth. Following up on this new sample of 217 candidate tidally synchronized binaries will help further understand tidal processes in stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/253/22
- Title:
- Ks absolute magnitudes from LAMOST for OB stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/253/22
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a data-driven method to estimate absolute magnitudes for O- and B-type stars from the LAMOST spectra, which we combine with Gaia DR2 parallaxes to infer distance and binarity. The method applies a neural network model trained on stars with precise Gaia parallax to the spectra and predicts K_s_-band absolute magnitudes M_Ks_ with a precision of 0.25mag, which corresponds to a precision of 12% in spectroscopic distance. For distant stars (e.g., >5kpc), the inclusion of constraints from spectroscopic M_Ks_ significantly improves the distance estimates compared to inferences from Gaia parallax alone. Our method accommodates for emission-line stars by first identifying them via principal component analysis reconstructions and then treating them separately for the M_Ks_ estimation. We also take into account unresolved binary/multiple stars, which we identify through deviations in the spectroscopic M_Ks_ from the geometric M_Ks_ inferred from Gaia parallax. This method of binary identification is particularly efficient for unresolved binaries with near equal-mass components and thus provides a useful supplementary way to identify unresolved binary or multiple-star systems. We present a catalog of spectroscopic M_Ks_, extinction, distance, flags for emission lines, and binary classification for 16002 OB stars from LAMOST DR5. As an illustration, we investigate the M_Ks_ of the enigmatic LB-1 system, which Liu et al. 2019Natur.575..618L had argued consists of a B star and a massive stellar-mass black hole. Our results suggest that LB-1 is a binary system that contains two luminous stars with comparable brightness, and the result is further supported by parallax from the Gaia eDR3.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A140
- Title:
- Large Quasar Astrometric Catalogue 4, LQAC-4
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From an astrometric point of view, quasars constitute the best and almost ideal reference objects in the celestial sphere, with a priori no significant proper motion. Since the third release of the Large Quasar Astrometric Catalogue (LQAC-3, Cat. J/A+A/583/A75), a large number of quasars have been discovered, in particular those coming from the DR12Q release of the SDSS (Paris et al., 2017, Cat. VII/279). Moreover, for cross-matched objects, we have taken advantage of the very accurate determinations of the quasars identified within the recent Gaia DR1 catalogue (2018, Cat. I/345). Following the same procedure as in the three previous releases of the LQAC, our aim is to compile the large majority of all the quasars recorded so far. Our goal is to record their best coordinates and substantial information concerning their physical properties such as the redshift as well as multi-bands apparent and absolute magnitudes. Emphasis is given to the results of the cross-matches with the Gaia DR1 catalogue. New quasars coming from the DR12Q release were cross-matched with the precedent LQAC-3 compilation with a 1" search radius, in order to add the objects without counterpart to the LQAC-4 compilation. A similar cross-match was done with Gaia DR1 to identify the known quasars detected by Gaia. This enables one to improve significantly the positioning of these objects, and in parallel to study the astrometric performance of the individual catalogues of the LQAC-4 compilation. Finally, a new method was used to determine absolute magnitudes. Our final catalogue, called LQAC-4, contains 443 725 objects. This is roughly 37.82% more than the number of objects recorded in the LQAC-3. Among them, 249071 were found in common with the Gaia DR1, with a 1" search radius. That corresponds to 56.13% of the whole population in the compilation. The LQAC-4 delivers to the astronomical community a nearly complete catalogue of spectroscopically confirmed quasars (including a small proportion of compact AGNs), with the aim of giving their best equatorial coordinates with respect to the ICRF2 and with exhaustive additional information. For more than 50% of the sample, these coordinates come from the very recent Gaia DR1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/868/55
- Title:
- Large-scale structure of M31 halo. II. PAndAS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/868/55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey is a survey of >400deg^2^ centered on the Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33) galaxies that has provided the most extensive panorama of an L* galaxy group to large projected galactocentric radii. Here, we collate and summarize the current status of our knowledge of the substructures in the stellar halo of M31, and discuss connections between these features. We estimate that the 13 most distinctive substructures were produced by at least 5 different accretion events, all in the last 3 or 4Gyr. We suggest that a few of the substructures farthest from M31 may be shells from a single accretion event. We calculate the luminosities of some prominent substructures for which previous estimates were not available, and we estimate the stellar mass budget of the outer halo of M31. We revisit the problem of quantifying the properties of a highly structured data set; specifically, we use the OPTICS clustering algorithm to quantify the hierarchical structure of M31's stellar halo and identify three new faint structures. M31's halo, in projection, appears to be dominated by two "mega-structures", which can be considered as the two most significant branches of a merger tree produced by breaking M31's stellar halo into increasingly smaller structures based on the stellar spatial clustering. We conclude that OPTICS is a powerful algorithm that could be used in any astronomical application involving the hierarchical clustering of points.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/244/3
- Title:
- Linear structural param. of SDSS+UKIDSS+WISE gal.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/244/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Accurate measurements of galaxy structure are prerequisites for quantitative investigation of galaxy properties or evolution. Yet galaxy inclination, through projection and varying dust effects, strongly affects many commonly used metrics of galaxy structure. Here we demonstrate that collapsing a galaxy's light distribution onto its major axis gives a "linear brightness profile" that is unaffected by projection. In analogy to widely used half-light radius and concentrations, we use two metrics to describe this light distribution: x_50_, the linear distance containing half of the galaxy's luminosity, and c_x_=x_90_/x_50_, the ratio between the 90% light distance and the 50% light distance. In order to minimize the effects of dust, we apply this technique to a diverse sample of galaxies with moderately deep and high-resolution K-band imaging from the UKIDSS Large Area Survey. Using simulated galaxy images, we find that while our measurements are primarily limited by the surface brightness in the outer parts of galaxies, most local galaxies have high enough surface brightnesses to result in reliable measurements. When applied to real data, our metrics vary from face-on to edge-on by typically ~5% in c_x_ and ~12% in x_50_, representing factors of several to 10 improvement over existing optical and some infrared catalog measures of galaxy structure. We release a sample of 23804 galaxies with inclination-independent and dust-penetrated observational proxies for stellar mass, specific star formation rate, half-light size, and concentration.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/713/970
- Title:
- Low-resolution SED templates for AGNs and galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/713/970
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a set of low-resolution empirical spectral energy distribution (SED) templates for active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and galaxies in the wavelength range from 0.03um to 30um based on the multi-wavelength photometric observations of the NOAO Deep-Wide Field Survey Bootes field and the spectroscopic observations of the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey. Our training sample is comprised of 14448 galaxies in the redshift range 0<~z<~1 and 5347 likely AGNs in the range 0<~z<~5.58. The galaxy templates correspond to the SED templates presented in 2008 by Assef et al. (Cat. J/ApJ/676/286) extended into the UV and mid-IR by the addition of FUV and NUV GALEX and MIPS 24um data for the field. We use our templates to determine photometric redshifts for galaxies and AGNs. While they are relatively accurate for galaxies ({sigma}_z_/(1+z)=0.04, with 5% outlier rejection), their accuracies for AGNs are a strong function of the luminosity ratio between the AGN and galaxy components. Somewhat surprisingly, the relative luminosities of the AGN and its host are well determined even when the photometric redshift is significantly in error. Finally, we use our templates to predict the color-color distribution of sources in the upcoming Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission and define a color criterion to select AGNs analogous to those developed for IRAC photometry. We estimate that in between 640000 and 1700000 AGNs will be identified by these criteria, but without additional information, WISE-selected quasars will have serious completeness problems for z>~3.4.
