- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/35
- Title:
- Abundances of the eclipsing binary ZZ Boo
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigated ZZ Boo using a high-resolution (R=80000) spectrum obtained at the BOES echelle spectrograph attached to a 1.8m telescope at the Bohuynsan observatory in Korea. The atmospheric parameters of the components were found using the published photometrical observations and the abundance analysis of iron lines: the flux ratio of the components F_A_/F_B_=1.12+/-0.15, the effective temperatures of the components T_eff_=6860+/-20K and 6930+/-20K, the surface gravities log g=3.72+/-0.10 and 3.84+/-0.10, the metallicities [Fe/H]=-0.10+/-0.08 and -0.03+/-0.10, and the projected rotation velocities vsin i=11.9+/-0.4km/s and 19.3+/-0.8km/s for the primary and secondary components, respectively. The pointed errors are the formal errors of the methods used; the systematic errors of the temperatures, gravities, metallicities, and projected rotational velocities can be as high as 250-300K, 0.3dex, 0.15dex, and 4km/s, respectively. The abundances of 24 and 22 chemical elements were determined in the atmospheres of the components. The abundance pattern of the primary component shows the solar or slightly undersolar abundances of all elements. CNO abundances are close to solar values. The abundance pattern of this component resembles those of {lambda} Boo type stars. The abundances of light elements, except oxygen, in the atmosphere of the secondary component are practically solar. The abundances of barium and two detected lanthanides are close to the solar values; the overabundance of oxygen is 0.9dex. The abundances of two components are evidently different. The comparison of relative abundances with the condensation temperatures and second ionization potentials of the elements confirms the difference in abundance patterns and allows discussion of the different accretion scenarios for two components of this binary system.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/830/93
- Title:
- Abundances of the Ret II brightest red giant members
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/830/93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present chemical abundances derived from high-resolution Magellan/Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle spectra of the nine brightest known red giant members of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Reticulum II (Ret II). These stars span the full metallicity range of Ret II (-3.5<[Fe/H]< -2). Seven of the nine stars have extremely high levels of r-process material ([Eu/Fe]~1.7), in contrast to the extremely low neutron-capture element abundances found in every other ultra-faint dwarf galaxy studied to date. The other two stars are the most metal-poor stars in the system ([Fe/H]< -3), and they have neutron-capture element abundance limits similar to those in other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies. We confirm that the relative abundances of Sr, Y, and Zr in these stars are similar to those found in r-process halo stars, but they are ~0.5dex lower than the solar r-process pattern. If the universal r-process pattern extends to those elements, the stars in Ret II display the least contaminated known r-process pattern. The abundances of lighter elements up to the iron peak are otherwise similar to abundances of stars in the halo and in other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies. However, the scatter in abundance ratios is large enough to suggest that inhomogeneous metal mixing is required to explain the chemical evolution of this galaxy. The presence of low amounts of neutron-capture elements in other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies may imply the existence of additional r-process sites besides the source of r-process elements in Ret II. Galaxies like Ret II may be the original birth sites of r-process enhanced stars now found in the halo.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/819/103
- Title:
- Abundances of two very metal-poor stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/819/103
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From high resolution (R~=45000), high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N>400) spectra gathered with the Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph (IGRINS) in the H and K photometric bands, we have derived elemental abundances of two bright, well-known metal-poor halo stars: the red giant HD 122563 and the subgiant HD 140283. Since these stars have metallicities approaching [Fe/H]=-3, their absorption features are generally very weak. Neutral-species lines of Mg, Si, S and Ca are detectable, as well as those of the light odd-Z elements Na and Al. The derived IR-based abundances agree with those obtained from optical-wavelength spectra. For Mg and Si the abundances from the infrared transitions are improvements to those derived from shorter wavelength data. Many useful OH and CO lines can be detected in the IGRINS HD 122563 spectrum, from which derived O and C abundances are consistent to those obtained from the traditional [OI] and CH features. IGRINS high resolutions H- and K-band spectroscopy offers promising ways to determine more reliable abundances for additional metal-poor stars whose optical features are either not detectable, or too weak, or are based on lines with analytical difficulties.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/561/A2
- Title:
- 36 accreting YSOs emission lines
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/561/A2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present VLT/X-shooter observations of a sample of 36 accreting low-mass stellar and substellar objects (YSOs) in the Lupus star-forming region, spanning a range in mass from ~0.03 to ~1.2M_{sun}_, but mostly with 0.1M_{sun}_<M*<0.5M_{sun}_. Our aim is twofold: firstly, to analyse the relationship between excess-continuum and line emission accretion diagnostics, and, secondly, to investigate the accretion properties in terms of the physical properties of the central object. The accretion luminosity (L_acc_), and in turn the accretion rate (dM/dt_acc_), was derived by modelling the excess emission from the UV to the near-infrared as the continuum emission of a slab of hydrogen. We computed the flux and luminosity (L_line_) of many emission lines of H, He, and CaII, observed simultaneously in the range from ~330nm to 2500nm.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/243/21
- Title:
- A complete sample of broad-line AGN from SDSS-DR7
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/243/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A new, complete sample of 14584 broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at z<0.35 is presented, which are uncovered homogeneously from the complete database of galaxies and quasars observed spectroscopically in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Seventh Data Release. The stellar continuum is properly removed for each spectrum with significant host absorption line features, and careful analyses of the emission line spectra, particularly in the H{alpha} and H{beta} wavebands, are carried out. The broad Balmer emission line, particularly H{alpha}, is used to indicate the presence of an AGN. The broad H{alpha} lines have luminosities in a range of 10^38.5^-10^44.3^erg/s, and line widths (FWHMs) of 500-34000km/s. The virial black hole masses, estimated from the broad-line measurements, span a range of 10^5.1^-10^10.3^M_{sun}_, and the Eddington ratios vary from -3.3 to 1.3 in logarithmic scale. Other quantities such as multiwavelength photometric properties and flags denoting peculiar line profiles are also included in this catalog. We describe the construction of this catalog and briefly discuss its properties. The catalog is publicly available online. This homogeneously selected AGN catalog, along with the accurately measured spectral parameters, provides the most updated, largest AGN sample data, which will enable further comprehensive investigations of the properties of the AGN population in the low-redshift universe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/552/A135
- Title:
- Activity of the Seyfert galaxy neighbours
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/552/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a follow-up study of a series of papers concerning the role of close interactions as a possible triggering mechanism of AGN activity. We have already studied the close (<100kpc/h) and the large-scale (<1Mpc/h) environment of a local sample of Sy1, Sy2, and bright IRAS galaxies (BIRG) and of their respective control samples. The results led us to the conclusion that a close encounter appears capable of activating a sequence where an absorption line galaxy (ALG) galaxy first becomes a starburst, then a Sy2, and finally a Sy1. Here we investigate the activity of neighbouring galaxies of different types of AGN, since both galaxies of an interacting pair should be affected. To this end we present the optical spectroscopy and X-ray imaging of 30 neighbouring galaxies around two local (z<0.034) samples of 10 Sy1 and 13 Sy2 galaxies. Although this is a pilot study of a small sample, various interesting trends have been discovered that imply physical mechanisms that may lead to different Seyfert types. Based on the optical spectroscopy we find that more than 70% of all neighbouring galaxies exhibit star forming and/or nuclear activity (namely recent star formation and/or AGN), while an additional X-ray analysis showed that this percentage might be significantly higher. Furthermore, we find a statistically significant correlation, at a 99.9% level, between the value of the neighbour's [OIII]/H{beta} ratio and the activity type of the central active galaxy, i.e. the neighbours of Sy2 galaxies are systematically more ionized than the neighbours of Sy1s. This result, in combination with trends found using the Equivalent Width of the H{alpha} emission line and the stellar population synthesis code STARLIGHT, indicate differences in the stellar mass, metallicity, and star formation history between the samples. Our results point towards a link between close galaxy interactions and activity and also provide more clues regarding the possible evolutionary sequence inferred by our previous studies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Ap/62.147
- Title:
- Activity types of ROSAT/SDSS galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/other/Ap/62.14
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this study we carry out detailed spectral classification of 173 AGN candidates from the Joint HRC/BHRC sample, which is a combination of HRC (Hamburg-ROSAT Catalogue) and BHRC (Byurakan-Hamburg-ROSAT Catalogue). These objects were revealed as optical counterparts for ROSAT X-ray sources, however spectra for 173 of them are given in SDSS without definite spectral classification. We studied these 173 objects using the SDSS spectra and revealed the detailed activity types for them. Three diagnostic diagrams and direct examination of the spectra were used to have more confident classification. We also made identification of these sources in other wavelength ranges and calculated some of their parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RMxAA/47.361
- Title:
- AGN activity in isolated SDSS galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/other/RMxAA/47
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss the nature and origin of the nuclear activity observed in a sample of 292 SDSS narrow-emission-line galaxies, considered to have formed and evolved in isolation. All these galaxies are spiral like and show some kind of nuclear activity. The fraction of Narrow Line AGNs (NLAGNs) and Transition type Objects (TOs; a NLAGN with circumnuclear star formation) is relatively high, amounting to 64% of the galaxies. There is a definite trend for the NLAGNs to appear in early-type spirals, while the star forming galaxies and TOs are found in later-type spirals. We verify that the probability for a galaxy to show an AGN characteristic increases with the bulge mass of the galaxy (Torres-Papaqui et al. 2011), and find evidence that this trend is really a by-product of the morphology, suggesting that the AGN phenomenon is intimately connected with the formation process of the galaxies. Consistent with this interpretation, we establish a strong connection between the astration rate -- the efficiency with which the gas is transformed into stars - the AGN phenomenon, and the gravitational binding energy of the galaxies: the higher the binding energy, the higher the astration rate and the higher the probability to find an AGN. The NLAGNs in our sample are consistent with scaled-down or powered-down versions of quasars and Broad Line AGNs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/607/A48
- Title:
- AGN data and absorption-line measurements
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/607/A48
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Milky Way is surrounded by large amounts of diffuse gaseous matter that connects the stellar body of our Galaxy with its large-scale Local Group (LG) environment. To characterize the absorption properties of this circumgalactic medium (CGM) and its relation to the LG we present the so-far largest survey of metal absorption in Galactic high-velocity clouds (HVCs) using archival ultraviolet (UV) spectra of extragalactic background sources. The UV data are obtained with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and are supplemented by 21cm radio observations of neutral hydrogen. Along 270 sightlines we measure metal absorption in the lines of SiII, SiIII, CII, and CIV and associated HI 21cm emission in HVCs in the velocity range |v_LSR_|=100-500km/s. With this unprecedented large HVC sample we were able to improve the statistics on HVC covering fractions, ionization conditions, small-scale structure, CGM mass, and inflow rate. For the first time, we determine robustly the angular two point correlation function of the high-velocity absorbers, systematically analyze antipodal sightlines on the celestial sphere, and compare the HVC absorption characteristics with that of Damped Lyman alpha absorbers (DLAs) and constrained cosmological simulations of the LG (CLUES project). The overall sky-covering fraction of high-velocity absorption is 77+/-6 percent for the most sensitive ion in our survey, SiIII, and for column densities log N(SiIII)>12.1. This value is 4-5 times higher than the covering fraction of 21 cm neutral hydrogen emission at log N(HI)>18.7 along the same lines of sight, demonstrating that the Milky Way's CGM is multi-phase and predominantly ionized. The measured equivalent-width ratios of SiII, SiIII, CII, and CIV are inhomogeneously distributed on large and small angular scales, suggesting a complex spatial distribution of multi-phase gas that surrounds the neutral 21cm HVCs. We estimate that the total mass and accretion rate of the neutral and ionized CGM traced by HVCs is M_HVC_>3.0x10^9^M_{sun}_ and dM_HVC_/dt>6.1M_{sun}_/yr, where the Magellanic Stream (MS) contributes with more than 90 percent to this mass/mass-flow. If seen from an external vantage point, the Milky Way disk plus CGM would appear as a DLA that would exhibit for most viewing angles an extraordinary large velocity spread of dv=400-800km/s, a result of the complex kinematics of the Milky Way CGM that is dominated by the presence of the MS. We detect a velocity dipole of high-velocity absorption at low/high galactic latitudes that we associate with LG gas that streams to the LG barycenter. This scenario is supported by the gas kinematics predicted from the LG simulations. Our study confirms previous results, indicating that the Milky Way CGM contains sufficient gaseous material to feed the Milky Way disk over the next Gyr at a rate of a few solar masses per year, if the CGM gas can actually reach the MW disk. We demonstrate that the CGM is composed of discrete gaseous structures that exhibit a large-scale kinematics together with small-scale variations in physical conditions. The MS clearly dominates both the cross section and mass flow of high-velocity gas in the Milky Way's CGM. The possible presence of high-velocity LG gas underlines the important role of the local cosmological environment in the large-scale gas-circulation processes in and around the Milky Way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/590/A68
- Title:
- AGN data and absorption-line measurements
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/590/A68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Doubly ionized silicon (SiIII) is a powerful tracer of diffuse ionized gas inside and outside of galaxies.It can be observed in the local Universe in ultraviolet (UV) absorption against bright extragalactic background sources. We here present an extensive study of intervening SiIII-selected absorbers and study the properties of the warm circumgalactic medium (CGM) around low-redshift (z<0.1) galaxies. We analyzed the UV absorption spectra of 303 extragalactic background sources, as obtained with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on-board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We developed a geometrical model for the absorption-cross section of the CGM around the local galaxy population and compared the observed SiIII absorption statistics with predictions provided by the model. We also compared redshifts and positions of the absorbers with those of ~64,000 galaxies using archival galaxy-survey data to investigate the relation between intervening SiIII absorbers and the CGM. Along a total redshift path of {Delta}z~24, we identify 69 intervening SiIII systems that all show associated absorption from other low and high ions (e.g., HI, SiII, SiIV, CII, CIV). We derive a bias-corrected number density of dN/dz(SiIII)=2.5+/-0.4 for absorbers with column densities log N(SiIII)>12.2, which is ~3 times the number density of strong MgII systems at z=0. This number density matches the expected cross section of a SiIII absorbing CGM around the local galaxy population with a mean covering fraction of <f_c_>=0.69. For the majority (~60 percent) of the absorbers, we identify possible host galaxies within 300km/s of the absorbers and derive impact parameters {rho}<200kpc, demonstrating that the spatial distributions of SiIII absorbers and galaxies are highly correlated. Our study indicates that the majority of SiIII-selected absorbers in our sample trace the CGM of nearby galaxies within their virial radii at a typical covering fraction of ~70 percent. We estimate that diffuse gas in the CGM around galaxies, as traced by SiIII contains substantially more (more than twice as much) baryonic mass than their neutral interstellar medium.