- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/403/993
- Title:
- Revised HIP periods for long-period variables
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/403/993
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyse the K-band luminosities of a sample of galactic long-period variables using parallaxes measured by the Hipparcos mission. The parallaxes are in most cases re-computed from the Hipparcos Intermediate Astrometric Data using improved astrometric fits and chromaticity corrections. The K band magnitudes are taken from the literature and from measurements by COBE, and are corrected for interstellar and circumstellar extinction. The sample contains stars of several spectral types: M, S and C, and of several variability classes: Mira, semiregular SRa, and SRb. We find that the distribution of stars in the period-luminosity plane is independent of circumstellar chemistry, but that the different variability types have different P-L distributions. Both the Mira variables and the SRb variables have reasonably well-defined period-luminosity relationships, but with very different slopes. The SRa variables are distributed between the two classes, suggesting that they are a mixture of Miras and SRb, rather than a separate class of stars. New period-luminosity relationships are derived based on our revised Hipparcos parallaxes. The Miras show a similar period-luminosity relationship to that found for Large Magellanic Cloud Miras by Feast et al. (1989MNRAS.241..375F).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/518/859
- Title:
- Revision of MK luminosity classes
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/518/859
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Hipparcos parallaxes of cool giants are utilized in two ways in this paper. First, a plot of reduced parallaxes of stars brighter than 6.5, as a function of spectral type, for the first time separates members of the clump from stars in the main giant ridge. A slight modification of the MK luminosity standards has been made so that luminosity class IIIb defines members of the clump, and nearly all of the class III stars fall within the main giant ridge. Second, a new calibration of MK luminosity classes III and IIIb in terms of visual absolute magnitudes has been made.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AN/325/705
- Title:
- RIJHKs of low-mass stars in sigma Ori
- Short Name:
- J/AN/325/705
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an RI photometric survey covering an area of 430 arcmin^2^ around the multiple star sigma Orionis. The observations were conducted with the 0.8m IAC-80 Telescope at the Teide Observatory. The survey limiting R and I magnitudes are 22.5 and 21, and completeness magnitudes 21 and 20, respectively. We have selected 53 candidates from the I vs. R-I colour-magnitude diagram (I=14-20) that follow the previously known photometric sequence of the cluster. Adopting an age of 2-4 Myr for the cluster, we find that these objects span a mass range from 0.35M_{sun}_ to 0.015M_{sun}_. We have performed J-band photometry of 52 candidates and K_s photometry for 12 of them, with the result that 50 follow the expected infrared sequence for the cluster, thus confirming with great confidence that the majority of the candidates are bona fide members. JHK_s photometry from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS, Cat. <II/246>) is available for 50 of the candidates and are in good agreement with our data. Out of 48 candidates, which have photometric accuracies better than 0.1mag in all bands, only three appear to show near-infrared excesses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/94/749
- Title:
- RI photometry of cool dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/94/749
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The luminosity function at the end of the main sequence is determined from V, R, and I data taken by the CCD/Transit Instrument (CTI), a dedicated telescope surveying an 8.25' wide strip of sky centered at {delta}=+28{deg}, thus sampling Galactic latitudes of +90{deg} down to -35{deg}. A selection of 133 objects chosen via R-I and V-I colors has been observed spectroscopically at the 4.5m Multiple Mirror Telescope to assess contributions by giants and subdwarfs and to verify that the reddest targets are objects of extremely late spectral class. Eighteen dwarfs of type M6 or later have been discovered, with the latest being of type M8.5. Data used for the determination of the luminosity function cover 27.3{deg}^2^ down to a completeness limit of R=19.0.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/118/659
- Title:
- RI photometry of 2MASS late M and L dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/118/659
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report R and I band observations for 201 late M and L dwarfs selected on the basis of Two Micron All Sky Survey (Cat. II/246) JHKs and photographic red colors, made with a telescope of modest aperture. It is shown that deep surveys covering these red bands can provide data sets that complement JHKs, permitting a fairly good photometric classification system for L dwarfs. Due primarily to the disappearance of strong TiO opacities, R-I reaches a maximum at late M type and turns blueward for subtypes M9 to about L3. Apart from a small plateau at L0-L2, the I-Ks color remains as a monotonic measure of spectral type or temperature over this range, and likewise for M dwarfs. For late L types, both colors probably get redder again, although the accuracy of our data and number of objects do not give us robust conclusions by L6-L8. It is also interesting to look at the dispersions of the IJKs bands at a given spectral type. It is widely believed that this dispersion is caused by object-to-object variations in the amount, location, or other properties of dust or clouds. We find a moderately larger spread for the J-Ks color than for I-J.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/804/30
- Title:
- Robo-AO observed cool subdwarf companions
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/804/30
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Cool subdwarfs are the oldest members of the low-mass stellar population. Mostly present in the galactic halo, subdwarfs are characterized by their low-metallicity. Measuring their binary fraction and comparing it to solar-metallicity stars could give key insights into the star formation process early in the Milky Way's history. However, because of their low luminosity and relative rarity in the solar neighborhood, binarity surveys of cool subdwarfs have suffered from small sample sizes and incompleteness. Previous surveys have suggested that the binary fraction of red subdwarfs is much lower than for their main-sequence cousins. Using the highly efficient Robo-AO system, we present the largest high-resolution survey of subdwarfs, sensitive to angular separations ({rho}>=0.15") and contrast ratios ({Delta}_mi_<=6) invisible in past surveys. Of 344 target cool subdwarfs, 43 are in multiple systems, 19 of which are newly discovered, for a binary fraction of 12.5+/-1.9%. We also discovered seven triple star systems for a triplet fraction of 2.0+/-0.8%. Comparisons to similar surveys of solar-metallicity dwarf stars gives a ~3{sigma} disparity in luminosity between companion stars, with subdwarfs displaying a shortage of low-contrast companions. We also observe a lack of close subdwarf companions in comparison to similar-mass dwarf multiple systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/135/319
- Title:
- ROSAT data of Nearby Stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/135/319
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present X-ray data for all entries of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars (Gliese and Jahreiss, 1991, Cat. <V/70>) that have been detected as X-ray sources in the ROSAT all-sky survey. The catalogue contains 1252 entries yielding an average detection rate of 32.9 percent. In addition to count rates, source detection parameters, hardness ratios, and X-ray fluxes we also list X-ray luminosities derived from Hipparcos parallaxes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/326/1161
- Title:
- ROSAT medium-sensitivity Galactic plane survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/326/1161
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have performed a moderately deep soft X-ray (0.1-2keV) survey of the Galactic plane using pointed observations with the ROSAT Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC). The survey is more than an order of magnitude more sensitive than previous X-ray surveys near the Galactic plane. The data consist of nine fields each of ~10ks exposure, pointed at positions on or very close to the Galactic plane (|b|<0.3{deg}) in the longitude range 180{deg}<~l<~280{deg}. This region has relatively low X-ray absorbing material out to distances of several hundred pc and presents fewer source-confusion problems than at other longitudes. The total sky area surveyed was 2.5deg^2^ this yielded 93 sources, 89 of which were detected in the hard (0.4-2.0keV) band. Nine sources were detected in both soft (0.1-0.4keV) and hard bands. In the hard band, the survey coverage is 90 per cent for sources brighter than 0.002count/s (~2x10^-14^erg/cm^2^/s), but falls steeply below this value, with the weakest sources being ~0.001count/s. The median limiting flux is <~0.0013count/s (~1.3x10^14^erg/cm^2^/s). There are 64 sources with hard-band count rates >0.002count/s. We present the catalogue of X-ray sources and the number-flux relations (logN-logS). Eighteen sources have possible identifications from the SIMBAD data base. We have searched the Tycho-2 (Cat. <I/259>) and USNO-A2.0 (Cat. <I/252>) catalogues to find all possible optical counterparts brighter than 19th magnitude, and attempt to classify these on the basis of log(FX/Fopt) versus optical colour diagrams and near-infrared photometry from the 2MASS Second Incremental Data Release (Cat. <B/2mass>). Hence, we have found the majority of these sources to be consistent with being late-type main-sequence stars, as previous studies have proposed from incompletely identified surveys. Comparison of the measured number-flux relations with predictions of Galactic (stellar) and extragalactic populations supports the view that the population of young stars in the plane is denser than previously thought.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/568/L12
- Title:
- Rotational frequency splitting in Sun-like stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/568/L12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Asteroseismology offers the prospect of constraining differential rotation in Sun-like stars. Here we have identified six high signal-to-noise main-sequence Sun-like stars in the Kepler field, which all have visible signs of rotational splitting of their p-mode frequencies. For each star, we extract the rotational frequency splitting and inclination angle from separate mode sets (adjacent modes with l=2, 0, and 1) spanning the p-mode envelope. We use a Markov chain Monte Carlo method to obtain the best fit and errors associated with each parameter. We are able to make independent measurements of rotational splittings of ~8 radial orders for each star. For all six stars, the measured splittings are consistent with uniform rotation, allowing us to exclude large radial differential rotation. This work opens the possibility of constraining internal rotation of Sun-like stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/733/115
- Title:
- Rotation periods and membership in M34
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/733/115
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a 5 month photometric time-series survey for stellar rotation periods combined with a 4 year radial-velocity survey for membership and binarity in the 220Myr open cluster M34. We report surface rotation periods for 120 stars, 83 of which are kinematic and photometric late-type cluster members. A comparison to previous work serves to illustrate the importance of high-cadence long baseline photometric observations and membership information. The new M34 periods are less biased against slow rotation and cleaned for non-members. The rotation periods of the cluster members span over more than an order of magnitude from 0.5 days up to 11.5 days, and trace two distinct rotational sequences -fast (C) and moderate-to-slow (I)- in the color-period diagram. The sequences represent two different states (fast and slow) in the rotational evolution of the late-type cluster members. We use the color-period diagrams for M34 and for younger and older clusters to estimate the timescale for the transition from the C to the I sequence and find <~150Myr, ~150-300Myr, and ~300-600 Myr for G, early-mid K, and late K dwarfs, respectively. The small number of stars in the gap between C and I suggests a quick transition. We determine a gyrochronology age of 240Myr for M34.
