- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/150
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of RGB stars in {omega} Centauri
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/150
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present [Fe/H] and [Ca/Fe] of ~600 red giant branch (RGB) members of the globular cluster Omega Centauri ({omega} Cen). We collect medium-resolution (R~2000) spectra using the Blanco 4 m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory equipped with Hydra, the fiber-fed multi-object spectrograph. We demonstrate that blending of stellar light in optical fibers severely limits the accuracy of spectroscopic parameters in the crowded central region of the cluster. When photometric temperatures are taken in the spectroscopic analysis, our kinematically selected cluster members, excluding those that are strongly affected by flux from neighboring stars, include relatively fewer stars at intermediate metallicity ([Fe/H]~-1.5) than seen in the previous high-resolution survey for brighter giants in Johnson & Pilachowski (2010, J/ApJ/722/1373). As opposed to the trend of increasing [Ca/Fe] with [Fe/H] found by those authors, our [Ca/Fe] estimates, based on Ca II H & K measurements, show essentially the same mean [Ca/Fe] for most of the metal-poor and metal-intermediate populations in this cluster, suggesting that mass- or metallicity-dependent SN II yields may not be necessary in their proposed chemical evolution scenario. Metal-rich cluster members in our sample show a large spread in [Ca/Fe], and do not exhibit a clear bimodal distribution in [Ca/Fe]. We also do not find convincing evidence for a radial metallicity gradient among RGB stars in {omega} Cen.
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1892. Spectroscopy of Segue 1
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/692/1464
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of Segue 1
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/692/1464
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopy of Segue 1, an ultra-low-luminosity (M_V_=-1.5^+0.6^_-0.8_) Milky Way satellite companion. While the combined size and luminosity of Segue 1 are consistent with either a globular cluster or a dwarf galaxy, we present spectroscopic evidence that this object is a dark matter-dominated dwarf galaxy. We identify 24 stars as members of Segue 1 with a mean heliocentric recession velocity of 206+/-1.3km/s. Although Segue 1 spatially overlaps the leading arm of the Sagittarius stream, its velocity is 100km/s different from that predicted for recent Sagittarius tidal debris at this position. Using spectral synthesis modeling, we derive a metallicity for the single red giant branch star in our sample of [Fe/H]=-3.3+/-0.2dex. We conclude that Segue 1 is the least luminous of the ultra-faint galaxies recently discovered around the Milky Way, and is thus the least-luminous known galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/563/A138
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of spectroscopic binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/563/A138
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The present knowledge of stellar properties and dynamical structure of early-type multiple stellar systems is insufficient to offer useful statistical constraints for stellar formation models. To increase the amount of observational information about the characteristics of early-type multiples, we carried out a spectroscopic monitoring to search for new spectroscopic components and to determine their orbits. We observed 30 early-type multiple systems using the 2.15m telescope and REOSC echelle spectrograph at the Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito (CASLEO) during 10 observing runs between 2008 and 2013. We measured radial velocities by cross-correlations and applied a spectral disentangling method to double-lined systems. We calculated orbital elements for the inner subsystem of each analysed multiple. In this first paper we present calculated orbits for six previously catalogued subsystems. Three subsystems had no previously published parameters, while we obtained more accurate orbits for the other three. In one case we found absolute masses and radii for the components by using available photometric data. The long-term spectroscopic monitoring of multiple systems is a useful method of investigating the companions in intermediate hierarchical levels, particularly those that could affect the dynamical evolution of a close inner binary subsystem.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/705/1481
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of stars in 6 globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/705/1481
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Intermediate resolution spectra at the CaII triplet have been obtained for 55 candidate red giants in the field of the globular cluster M22 with the VLT/FORS2 instrument. Spectra were also obtained for a number of red giants in standard globular clusters to provide a calibration of the observed line strengths with overall abundance [Fe/H]. For the 41 M22 member stars that lie within the V-V_HB_ bounds of the calibration, we find an abundance distribution that is substantially broader than that expected from the observed errors alone. We argue that this broad distribution cannot be the result of differential reddening. Instead, we conclude that, as has long been suspected, M22 is similar to {omega} Cen in having an intrinsic dispersion in heavy element abundance. The observed M22 abundance distribution rises sharply to a peak at [Fe/H]~-1.9 with a broad tail to higher abundances: the highest abundance star in our sample has [Fe/H] ~-1.45dex. If the unusual properties of {omega} Cen have their origin in a scenario in which the cluster is the remnant nucleus of a disrupted dwarf galaxy, then such a scenario likely also applies to M22.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/10
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of subsystems in four multiple stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/10
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Seven spectroscopic orbits in nearby solar-type multiple stars are presented. The primary of the chromospherically active star HIP9642 is a 4.8day double-lined pair; the outer 420 year visual orbit is updated, but remains poorly constrained. HIP12780 is a quadruple system consisting of the resolved 6.7year pair FIN 379 Aa,Ab, for which the combined orbit, masses, and orbital parallax are determined here, and the single-lined binary Ba,Bb with a period of 27.8 days. HIP28790 is a young quintuple system composed of two close binaries, Aa,Ab and Ba,Bb, with periods of 221 and 13 days, respectively, and a single distant component C. Its subsystem Ba,Bb is peculiar, having a spectroscopic mass ratio of 0.89 but a magnitude difference of ~2.2mag. HIP64478 also contains five stars: the A-component is a 29year visual pair with a previously known 4 day twin subsystem, while the B-component is a contact binary with a period of 5.8hr, seen nearly pole-on.
1896. Spectroscopy of Terzan 5
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/726/L20
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of Terzan 5
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/726/L20
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the chemical abundance analysis of 33 red giant stars belonging to the complex stellar system Terzan 5. We confirm the discovery of two stellar populations with distinct iron abundances: a relatively metal-poor component with [Fe/H]=-0.25+/-0.07rms and another component with [Fe/H]=+0.27+/-0.04rms, exceeding in metallicity any known Galactic globular cluster (GC). The two populations also show different [{alpha}/Fe] abundance ratios. The metal-poor component has an average [{alpha}/Fe]=+0.34+/-0.06rms, consistent with the canonical scenario for rapid enrichment by core collapse supernovae (SNe). The metal-rich component has [{alpha}/Fe]=+0.03+/-0.04rms, suggesting that the gas from which it formed was polluted by both type II and type Ia SNe on a longer timescale. Neither of the two populations shows evidence of the [Al/Fe] over [O/Fe] anti-correlation that is typically observed in Galactic GCs. Because these chemical abundance patterns are unique, we propose that Terzan 5 is not a true GC, but a stellar system with a much more complex history of star formation and chemical enrichment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/700/209
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of the B[e] star VES 695
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/700/209
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- FS CMa type stars are a group of Galactic objects with the B[e] phenomenon. They exhibit strong emission-line spectra and infrared excesses, which are most likely due to recently formed circumstellar dust. The group content and identification criteria were described in the first two papers of the series. In this paper we report our spectroscopic and photometric observations of the optical counterpart of IRAS 00470+6429 obtained in 2003-2008. The optical spectrum is dominated by emission lines, most of which have P Cyg type profiles. We detected significant brightness variations, which may include a regular component, and variable spectral line profiles in both shape and position. The presence of a weak LiI6708{AA} line in the spectrum suggests that the object is most likely a binary system with a B2-B3 spectral-type primary companion of a luminosity logL/L_{sun}_=3.9+/-0.3 and a late-type secondary companion. We estimate a distance toward the object to be 2.0+/-0.3kpc from the Sun.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/635/A107
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of the Eri 2 cluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/635/A107
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It has been shown that the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Eridanus 2 may host a stellar cluster in its centre. If this cluster is shown to exist, it can be used to set constraints on the mass and abundance of massive astrophysical compact halo objects (MACHOs) as a form of dark matter. Previous research has shown promising expectations in the mass range of 10-100M_{sun}_, but lacked spectroscopic measurements of the cluster. We aim to provide spectroscopic evidence regarding the nature of the putative star cluster in Eridanus 2 and to place constraints on MACHOs as a constituent of dark matter. We present spectroscopic observations of the central square arcminute of Eridanus 2 from MUSE-Faint, a survey of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large Telescope. We derived line-of-sight velocities for possible member stars of the putative cluster and for stars in the centre of Eridanus 2. We discuss the existence of the cluster and determine new constraints for MACHOs using the Fokker-Planck diffusion approximation. Out of 182 extracted spectra, we identify 26 member stars of Eridanus 2, seven of which are possible cluster members. We find intrinsic mean line-of-sight velocities of 79.7^+3.1^_3.8_km/s and 76.0^+3.2^_3.7_km/s for the cluster and the bulk of Eridanus 2, respectively, as well as intrinsic velocity dispersions of <7.6km/s (68-% upper limit) and 10.3^+3.9^_3.2_km/s, respectively. This indicates that the cluster most likely exists as a distinct dynamical population hosted by Eridanus 2 and that it does not have a surplus of dark matter over the background distribution. Among the member stars in the bulk of Eridanus 2, we find possible carbon stars, alluding to the existence of an intermediate-age population.We derived constraints on the fraction of dark matter that can consist of MACHOs with a given mass between 1-10^5^M_{sun}_. For dark matter consisting purely of MACHOs, the mass of the MACHOs must be less than 7.6M_{sun}_ and 44M_{sun}_ at a 68- and 95-% confidence level, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/691/1387
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of the Galactic bar. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/691/1387
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use Fabry-Perot absorption line imaging spectroscopy to measure radial velocities using the CaII line in 3360 stars toward three lines of sight in the Milky Way's bar: Baade's Window and offset position at (l,b)~(+/-5.0,-3.5{deg}). This sample includes 2488 bar red clump giants, 339 bar M/K-giants, and 318 disk main-sequence stars. We measure the first four moments of the stellar velocity distribution of the red clump giants, and find it to be symmetric and flat-topped. We also measure the line-of-sight average velocity and dispersion of the red clump giants as a function of distance in the bar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/195
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of the quadruple system HD 91962
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/149/195
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The young nearby solar-type star HD 91962 is a rare quadruple system where three companions revolve around the main component with periods of 170.3days, 8.85years, and 205years. The two outer orbits are nearly co-planar, and all orbits have small eccentricities. We refine the visual orbit of the outer pair and determine the combined spectro-interferometric orbit of the middle 8.8year pair and the spectroscopic orbit of the inner binary. The middle and inner orbits are likely locked in a 1:19 resonance, and the ratio of the outer and middle periods is ~23. The masses of all components are estimated (inside-out: 1.14, 0.32, 0.64, 0.64 solar mass). The dynamical parallax is 27.4+/-0.6mas. We speculate that this multiple system originated from collapse of an isolated core and that the companions migrated in a dissipative disk. Other multiple systems with similar features (co-planarity, small eccentricity, and period ratio around 20) are known.
