- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/834/185
- Title:
- IR-bright MSX sources in the SMC with Spitzer/IRS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/834/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have used the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope to observe stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) selected from the Point Source Catalog of the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX). We concentrate on the dust properties of the oxygen-rich evolved stars. The dust composition has smaller contributions from alumina compared to the Galaxy. This difference may arise from the lower metallicity in the SMC, but it could be a selection effect, as the SMC sample includes more stars that are brighter and thus more massive. The distribution of the SMC stars along the silicate sequence looks more like the Galactic sample of red supergiants than asymptotic giant branch stars (AGBs). While many of the SMC stars are definitively on the AGB, several also show evidence of hot bottom burning. Three of the supergiants show PAH emission at 11.3{mu}m. Two other sources show mixed chemistry, with both carbon-rich and oxygen-rich spectral features. One, MSX SMC 134, may be the first confirmed silicate/carbon star in the SMC. The other, MSX SMC 049, is a candidate post-AGB star. MSX SMC 145, previously considered a candidate OH/IR star, is actually an AGB star with a background galaxy at z=0.16 along the same line of sight. We consider the overall characteristics of all the MSX sources, the most infrared-bright objects in the SMC, in light of the higher sensitivity and resolution of Spitzer, and compare them with the object types expected from the original selection criteria. This population represents what will be seen in more distant galaxies by the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Color-color diagrams generated from the IRS spectra and the mid-infrared filters on JWST show how one can separate evolved stars from young stellar objects (YSOs) and distinguish among different classes of YSOs.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/761/16
- Title:
- IR colors of the Sun from Line-Depth Ratios
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/761/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Solar infrared colors provide powerful constraints on the stellar effective temperature scale, but they must be measured with both accuracy and precision in order to do so. We fulfill this requirement by using line-depth ratios to derive in a model-independent way the infrared colors of the Sun, and we use the latter to test the zero point of the Casagrande et al. (Cat. J/A+A/512/A54) effective temperature scale, confirming its accuracy. Solar colors in the widely used Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) JHK_s_ and WISE W1-4 systems are provided: (V-J)_{sun}_=1.198, (V-H)_{sun}_=1.484, (V-K_s_)_{sun}_=1.560, (J-H)_{sun}_=0.286, (J-K_s_)_{sun}_=0.362, (H-K_s_)_{sun}_=0.076, (V-W1)_{sun}_=1.608, (V-W2)_{sun}_=1.563, (V-W3)_{sun}_=1.552, and (V-W4)_{sun}_=1.604. A cross-check of the effective temperatures derived implementing 2MASS or WISE magnitudes in the infrared flux method confirms that the absolute calibration of the two systems agrees within the errors, possibly suggesting a 1% offset between the two, thus validating extant near- and mid-infrared absolute calibrations. While 2MASS magnitudes are usually well suited to derive T_eff_, we find that a number of bright, solar-like stars exhibit anomalous WISE colors. In most cases, this effect is spurious and can be attributed to lower-quality measurements, although for a couple of objects (3%+/-2% of the total sample) it might be real, and may hint at the presence of warm/hot debris disks.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/448/181
- Title:
- IR colours of AGB and post-AGB stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/448/181
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- With the advent of space missions, like SPITZER and ASTRO-F, with sensitive detectors in the near- and mid-infrared covering a reasonable field-of-view and having a good spatial resolution it will be possible to detect individual AGB stars in Local Group galaxies. The filters used by these missions are non-standard and different from mission to mission. In this paper the colours of mass-losing AGB and post-AGB stars are calculated in the broad-band filters of the SPITZER and ASTRO-F missions, as well as Bessell V,I and 2MASS J,H,K to connect these results to existing ground-based data. The models are calculated for carbon- and oxygen-rich chemistry and cover different effective temperatures and dust compositions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/394/1875
- Title:
- IR colours of MASH planetary nebulae
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/394/1875
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have analysed the near-infrared (NIR) and far-infrared (FIR) colours of MASH I and MASH II (the Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg surveys, Cat. <V/127>) planetary nebulae (PNe), using data deriving from the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey and Infrared Astronomical Satellite. We were able to identify ~5 per cent of the sources in the NIR, and a slightly larger fraction (~12 per cent) in the FIR. It is concluded that whilst the NIR colours of these nebulae are consistent with those of less evolved (and higher surface brightness) PNe, their FIR colours are markedly different. This disparity is likely to arise as a result of an evolution in dust temperatures, in their line emission characteristics, and in the relative contributions of the 8.6 and 11.3um polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission features. A rump of~9 per cent of the detected sources have values log[F(25um)/F(60um)] which are lower than can be explained in terms of normal nebular evolution, however. If these are comparable in nature to the undetected PNe, then this would argue that ~1 in 10 of MASH I and II nebulae may represent galactic H ii regions, Stromgren spheres, symbiotic nebulae or other unrelated categories of source.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/756/28
- Title:
- IR counterparts to submm H-ATLAS galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/756/28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use Spitzer-IRAC data to identify near-infrared counterparts to submillimeter galaxies detected with Herschel-SPIRE at 250{mu}m in the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey. Using a likelihood ratio analysis we identify 146 reliable IRAC counterparts to 123 SPIRE sources out of the 159 in the survey area. We find that, compared to the field population, the SPIRE counterparts occupy a distinct region of the 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m color-magnitude space, and we use this property to identify 23 further counterparts to 13 SPIRE sources. The IRAC identification rate of 86% is significantly higher than those that have been demonstrated with wide-field ground-based optical and near-IR imaging of Herschel fields. We estimate a false identification rate of 3.6%, corresponding to 4-5 sources. Among the 73 counterparts that are undetected in Sloan Digital Sky Survey, 57 have both 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m coverage. Of these, 43 have [3.6]-[4.5]>0, indicating that they are likely to be at z>~1.4. Thus, ~40% of identified SPIRE galaxies are likely to be high-redshift (z>~1.4) sources. We discuss the statistical properties of the IRAC-identified SPIRE galaxy sample including far-IR luminosities, dust temperatures, star formation rates, and stellar masses. The majority of our detected galaxies have 10^10^-10^11^L_{sun}_ total IR luminosities and are not intense starbursting galaxies as those found at z~2, but they have a factor of 2-3 above average specific star formation rates compared to near-IR selected galaxy samples.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/836/199
- Title:
- IRDC G028.23-00.19 NIR polarimetry analysis
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/836/199
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The importance of the magnetic (B) field in the formation of infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) and massive stars is an ongoing topic of investigation. We studied the plane-of-sky B field for one IRDC, G028.23-00.19, to understand the interaction between the field and the cloud. We used near-IR background starlight polarimetry to probe the B field and performed several observational tests to assess the field importance. The polarimetric data, taken with the Mimir instrument, consisted of H-band and K-band observations, totaling 17160 stellar measurements. We traced the plane-of-sky B-field morphology with respect to the sky-projected cloud elongation. We also found the relationship between the estimated B-field strength and gas volume density, and we computed estimates of the normalized mass-to-magnetic flux ratio. The B-field orientation with respect to the cloud did not show a preferred alignment, but it did exhibit a large-scale pattern. The plane-of-sky B-field strengths ranged from 10 to 165{mu}G, and the B-field strength dependence on density followed a power law with an index consistent with 2/3. The mass-to-magnetic flux ratio also increased as a function of density. The relative orientations and relationship between the B field and density imply that the B field was not dynamically important in the formation of the IRDC. The increase in mass-to-flux ratio as a function of density, though, indicates a dynamically important B field. Therefore, it is unclear whether the B field influenced the formation of G28.23. However, it is likely that the presence of the IRDC changed the local B-field morphology.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/437/391
- Title:
- IR excess in Sun-like stars observed by WISE
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/437/391
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for infrared-excess (IR-excess) candidates in a comprehensive (29000 stars) magnitude-limited sample of dwarf stars, spanning the spectral range F2-K0, and brighter than V=15mag. We searched the sample within the WISE all sky survey data base for objects within 1 arcsec of the coordinates provided by the SIMBAD data base, and found over 9000 sources detected in all WISE bands. The sample excludes objects that are flagged as extended sources and those images that are affected by various optical artefacts. For each detected object, we compared the observed W4/W2 (22{mu}m/4.6{mu}m) flux ratio with the expected photospheric value and identified 197 excess candidates at 3{sigma}. For the vast majority of candidates, the results of this analysis represent the first reported evidence of an IR excess. Through the comparison with a simple blackbody emission model, we derive estimates of the dust temperature, as well as of the dust fractional luminosities. For more than 80 percent of the sample, this temperature is higher than 120K, suggesting the presence of warm circumstellar dust. Complementary observations at longer wavelengths (far-IR and submillimetre) are required for better characterizing and explaining the origin of this emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/658/1264
- Title:
- IR-excess sources in GLIMPSE and MSX
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/658/1264
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have identified 230 Tycho-2 Spectral Catalog stars that exhibit 8um mid-IR extraphotospheric excesses in the MSX and Spitzer GLIMPSE surveys. Of these, 183 are either OB stars earlier than B8 in which the excess plausibly arises from a thermal bremsstrahlung component or evolved stars in which the excess may be explained by an atmospheric dust component. The remaining 47 stars have spectral classifications B8 or later and appear to be main-sequence or late pre-main-sequence objects harboring circumstellar disks. Six of the 47 stars exhibit multiple signatures characteristic of pre-main-sequence circumstellar disks, including emission lines, near-IR K-band excesses, and X-ray emission. Approximately one-third of the remaining 41 sources have emission lines suggesting relative youth. We modeled the excesses in 26 stars having two or more measurements in excess of the expected photospheres as single-component blackbodies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/225/15
- Title:
- IR excess stars from Tycho-2 and AllWISE
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/225/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The conclusion of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission presents an opportune time to summarize the history of using excess emission in the infrared as a tracer of circumstellar material and exploit all available data for future missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope. We have compiled a catalog of infrared excess stars from peer-reviewed articles and perform an extensive search for new infrared excess stars by cross-correlating the Tycho-2 and all-sky WISE (AllWISE) catalogs. We define a significance of excess in four spectral type divisions and select stars showing greater than either 3{sigma} or 5{sigma} significance of excess in the mid- and far-infrared. Through procedures including spectral energy distribution fitting and various image analyses, each potential excess source was rigorously vetted to eliminate false positives. The infrared excess stars from the literature and the new stars found through the Tycho-2 and AllWISE cross-correlation produced nearly 500 "Prime" infrared excess stars, of which 74 are new sources of excess, and >1200 are "Reserved" stars, of which 950 are new sources of excess. The main catalog of infrared excess stars are nearby, bright, and either demonstrate excess in more than one passband or have infrared spectroscopy confirming the infrared excess. This study identifies stars that display a spectral energy distribution suggestive of a secondary or post-protoplanetary generation of dust, and they are ideal targets for future optical and infrared imaging observations. The final catalogs of stars summarize the past work using infrared excess to detect dust disks, and with the most extensive compilation of infrared excess stars (~1750) to date, we investigate various relationships among stellar and disk parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/11
- Title:
- IR imaging, nuclear SEDs, Spitzer spectra of 22 AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present high-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) imaging, nuclear spectral energy distributions (SEDs), and archival Spitzer spectra for 22 low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs; L_bol_<~10^42^erg/s). Infrared (IR) observations may advance our understanding of the accretion flows in LLAGNs, the fate of the obscuring torus at low accretion rates, and, perhaps, the star formation histories of these objects. However, while comprehensively studied in higher-luminosity Seyferts and quasars, the nuclear IR properties of LLAGNs have not yet been well determined. We separate the present LLAGN sample into three categories depending on their Eddington ratio and radio emission, finding different IR characteristics for each class. (1) At the low-luminosity, low-Eddington-ratio (log L_bol_/L_Edd_< -4.6) end of the sample, we identify "host-dominated" galaxies with strong polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bands that may indicate active (circum-)nuclear star formation. (2) Some very radio-loud objects are also present at these low Eddington ratios. The IR emission in these nuclei is dominated by synchrotron radiation, and some are likely to be unobscured type 2 AGNs that genuinely lack a broad-line region. (3) At higher Eddington ratios, strong, compact nuclear sources are visible in the MIR images. The nuclear SEDs of these galaxies are diverse; some resemble typical Seyfert nuclei, while others lack a well-defined MIR "dust bump." Strong silicate emission is present in many of these objects. We speculate that this, together with high ratios of silicate strength to hydrogen column density, could suggest optically thin dust and low dust-to-gas ratios, in accordance with model predictions that LLAGNs do not host a Seyfert-like obscuring torus. We anticipate that detailed modeling of the new data and SEDs in terms of accretion disk, jet, radiatively inefficient accretion flow, and torus components will provide further insights into the nuclear structures and processes of LLAGNs.
