- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/770/16
- Title:
- Spectroscopic members of Segue 2 galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/770/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Segue 2, discovered by Belokurov et al. (2009, Cat. J/MNRAS/397/1748), is a galaxy with a luminosity of only 900L_{sun}_. We present Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopy of 25 members of Segue 2 - a threefold increase in spectroscopic sample size. The velocity dispersion is too small to be measured with our data. The upper limit with 90% (95%) confidence is {sigma}_v_<2.2(2.6)km/s, the most stringent limit for any galaxy. The corresponding limit on the mass within the three-dimensional half-light radius (46pc) is M_1/2_<1.5(2.1)x10^5^M_{sun}_. Segue 2 is the least massive galaxy known. We identify Segue 2 as a galaxy rather than a star cluster based on the wide dispersion in [Fe/H] (from -2.85 to -1.33) among the member stars. The stars' [{alpha}/Fe] ratios decline with increasing [Fe/H], indicating that Segue 2 retained Type Ia supernova ejecta despite its presently small mass and that star formation lasted for at least 100 Myr. The mean metallicity, <[Fe/H]>=-2.22+/-0.13 (about the same as the Ursa Minor galaxy, 330 times more luminous than Segue 2), is higher than expected from the luminosity-metallicity relation defined by more luminous dwarf galaxy satellites of the Milky Way. Segue 2 may be the barest remnant of a tidally stripped, Ursa Minor-sized galaxy. If so, it is the best example of an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy that came to be ultra-faint through tidal stripping. Alternatively, Segue 2 could have been born in a very low mass dark matter subhalo (v_max_<10km/s), below the atomic hydrogen cooling limit.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/902/42
- Title:
- Spectroscopic monitoring of blazar S5 0716+714
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/902/42
- Date:
- 10 Mar 2022 15:02:00
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we report new results of spectroscopic observations of {gamma}-ray blazar S5 0716+714 from 2019 September to 2020 March with the 2.4m optical telescope at Lijiang Observatory of Yunnan Observatories. The median cadence of observations is ~1 day. During the second observation period (Epoch2), the observational data reveal an extremely bright state and a bluer-when-brighter (BWB) chromatism. The BWB trend of Epoch2 differs significantly from that of the first observation period (Epoch1). A significantly brightness-dependent BWB chromatism emerges in the total data of Epoch1 and Epoch2. The BWB trend becomes weaker toward the brighter states, and likely becomes saturated at the highest state. Based on a log-parabolic function, a power law of synchrotron peak flux and frequency {nu}p, and a power law of the curvature of synchrotron spectrum and its {nu}p, simulation well reproduces the brightness-dependent BWB trend of S5 0716+714. The BWB trend is seemingly controlled by the shift of {nu}p with respect to the observational window, and effectively may be dominated by the variations of electron average energy and magnetic field in the emitting region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/405/839
- Title:
- Spectroscopic observations of globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/405/839
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of medium-resolution spectroscopy of 28 globular clusters (GCs) in six nearby galaxies of different luminosities and morphological types, situated in M33 (15 objects), M31 (three), IC10 (four), UGCA86 (four), Holmberg IX (one) and DDO71 (one) obtained at the Special Astrophysical Observatory 6-m telescope. Measurements of Lick absorption line indices and comparison with Simple Stellar Population models enabled us to obtain their spectroscopic ages, metallicities and {alpha}-element to Fe abundance ratios.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/71/572
- Title:
- Spectroscopic observations of V380 Ori
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/71/572
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of spectral observations of the Ae/Be star V380 Ori in the optical and near-IR ranges for 1976 to 1991, are presented. The spectra were obtained on various telescopes and spectrographs including the Main Stellar Spectrograph of the BTA six-meter telescope. For 270 bright emission lines, the intensities, equivalent widths, half-widths, radial velocities, and variability amplitudes are given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/841/7
- Title:
- Spectroscopic obs & members of ZwCl 2341+0000
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/841/7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- ZwCl 2341.1+0000, a merging galaxy cluster with disturbed X-ray morphology and widely separated (~3Mpc) double radio relics, was thought to be an extremely massive (10-30x10^14^M_{sun}_) and complex system, with little known about its merger history. We present JVLA 2-4GHz observations of the cluster, along with new spectroscopy from our Keck/DEIMOS survey, and apply Gaussian Mixture Modeling to the three-dimensional distribution of 227 confirmed cluster galaxies. After adopting the Bayesian Information Criterion to avoid overfitting, which we discover can bias high the total dynamical mass estimates, we find that a three-substructure model with a total dynamical mass estimate of 9.39+/-0.81x10^14^M_{sun}_ is favored. We also present deep Subaru imaging and perform the first weak lensing analysis on this system, obtaining a weak lensing mass estimate of 5.57+/-2.47x10^14^M_{sun}_. This is a more robust estimate because it does not depend on the dynamical state of the system, which is disturbed due to the merger. Our results indicate that ZwCl2341.1+0000 is a multiple merger system comprised of at least three substructures, with the main merger that produced the radio relics occurring near the plane of the sky, and a younger merger in the north occurring closer to the line of sight. Dynamical modeling of the main merger reproduces observed quantities (relic positions and polarizations, subcluster separation and radial velocity difference), if the merger axis angle of ~10_-6_^+34^ degrees and the collision speed at pericenter is ~1900_-200_^+300^km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/842/97
- Title:
- Spectroscopic obs. of 413 HII regions in M33
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/842/97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The spectra of 413 star-forming (or H II) regions in M33 (NGC 598) were observed using the multifiber spectrograph of Hectospec at the 6.5m Multiple Mirror Telescope. Using this homogeneous spectra sample, we measured the intensities of emission lines and some physical parameters, such as electron temperatures, electron densities, and metallicities. Oxygen abundances were derived via the direct method (when available) and two empirical strong-line methods, namely, O3N2 and N2. At the high-metallicity end, oxygen abundances derived from the O3N2 calibration were higher than those derived from the N2 index, indicating an inconsistency between O3N2 and N2 calibrations. We present a detailed analysis of the spatial distribution of gas-phase oxygen abundances in M33 and confirm the existence of the axisymmetric global metallicity distribution that is widely assumed in the literature. Local variations were also observed and subsequently associated with spiral structures to provide evidence of radial migration driven by arms. Our O/H gradient fitted out to 1.1 R_25_ resulted in slopes of -0.17+/-0.03, -0.19+/-0.01, and -0.16+/-0.17dex R_25_^-1^, utilizing abundances from O3N2, N2 diagnostics, and a direct method, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/881/104
- Title:
- Spectroscopic obs. of RR Lyrae in NGC5139
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/881/104
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed spectroscopic analysis of RR Lyrae (RRL) variables in the globular cluster NGC5139 ({omega} Cen). We collected optical (4580-5330{AA}), high-resolution (R~34000), high signal-to-noise ratio (~200) spectra for 113 RRLs with the multifiber spectrograph M2FS at the Magellan/Clay Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. We also analyzed high- resolution (R~26000) spectra for 122 RRLs collected with FLAMES/GIRAFFE at the Very Large Telescope, available in the ESO archive. The current sample doubles the literature abundances of cluster and field RRLs in the Milky Way based on high-resolution spectra. Equivalent-width measurements were used to estimate atmospheric parameters, iron, and abundance ratios for {alpha} (Mg, Ca, Ti), iron peak (Sc, Cr, Ni, Zn), and s-process (Y) elements. We confirm that {omega}Cen is a complex cluster, characterized by a large spread in the iron content: -2.58<~[Fe/H]<~-0.85. We estimated the average cluster abundance as <[Fe/H]>=-1.80{+/-}0.03, with {sigma}=0.33dex. Our findings also suggest that two different RRL populations coexist in the cluster. The former is more metal-poor ([Fe/H]<~-1.5), with almost solar abundance of Y. The latter is less numerous, more metal-rich, and yttrium enhanced ([Y/Fe]>~0.4). This peculiar bimodal enrichment only shows up in the s-process element, and it is not observed among lighter elements, whose [X/Fe] ratios are typical for Galactic globular clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/412/1741
- Title:
- Spectroscopic obs. of 3 spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/412/1741
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The correlation between the breaks in the metallicity distribution and the corotation radius of spiral galaxies has been already advocated in the past and is predicted by a chemodynamical model of our Galaxy that effectively introduces the role of spiral arms in the star formation rate. In this work, we present photometric and spectroscopic observations made with the Gemini Telescope for three of the best candidates of spiral galaxies to have the corotation inside the optical disc: IC 0167, NGC 1042 and NGC 6907. We observed the most intense and well-distributed HII regions of these galaxies, deriving reliable galactocentric distances and oxygen abundances by applying different statistical methods. From these results, we confirm the presence of variations in the gradients of metallicity of these galaxies that are possibly correlated with the corotation resonance.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/649/A147
- Title:
- Spectroscopic parameters for 313 M dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/649/A147
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The scientific community's interest on the stellar parameters of M dwarfs has been increasing over the last few years, with potential applications ranging from galactic characterization to exoplanet detection. The main motivation for this work is to develop an alternative and objective method to derive stellar parameters for M dwarfs using the H-band spectra provided by the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE). Synthetic spectra generated with iSpec, Turbospectrum, MARCS models atmospheres and a custom made line list including over 1000000 water lines, are compared to APOGEE observations, and parameters are determined through {chi}^2^ minimization. Spectroscopic parameters (Teff, [M/H], logg, v_mic_) are presented for a sample of 313 M dwarfs, obtained from their APOGEE H-band spectra. The generated synthetic spectra reproduce observed spectra to a high accuracy level. The impact of the spectra normalization on the results are analyzed as well. Our output parameters are compared with the ones obtained with APOGEE Stellar Parameter and Chemical Abundances Pipeline (ASPCAP) for the same stellar spectrum, and we find that the values agree within the expected uncertainties. Comparisons with other previous near-infrared and optical literature are also available, with median differences within our estimated uncertainties found in most cases. Possible reasons for these differences are explored. The full H-band line list, the line selection for the synthesis, and the synthesized spectra are available for download, as are the calculated stellar parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/613/A65
- Title:
- Spectroscopic parameters of O-type stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/613/A65
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The IACOB and OWN surveys are two ambitious complementary observational projects which have made available a large multi-epoch spectroscopic database of optical high resolution spectra of Galactic massive O-type stars. As a first step in the study of the full sample of (more than 350) O stars surveyed by the IACOB and OWN projects, we have performed the quantitative spectroscopic analysis of a subsample of 128 stars included in the modern grid of O-type standards for spectral classification. The sample comprises stars with spectral types in the range O3-O9.7 and covers all luminosity classes. We use the semi-automatized iacob-broad and iacob-gbat/fastwind tools to determine the complete set of spectroscopic parameters that can be obtained from the optical spectrum of O-type stars. A quality flag is assigned to the outcome of the iacob- gbat/fastwind analysis for each star, based on a visual evaluation of how the synthetic spectrum of the best fitting fastwind model reproduces the observed spectrum. We also benefit from the multi-epoch character of the IACOB and OWN surveys to perform a spectroscopic variability study of the complete sample, providing two different flags for each star accounting for spectroscopic binarity as well as variability of the main wind diagnostic lines.
