- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/580/A121
- Title:
- CaT/[Fe/H] calibration for Galactic bulge stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/580/A121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new calibration of the calcium II triplet equivalent widths versus [Fe/H], constructed upon K giant stars in the Galactic bulge. This calibration will be used to derive iron abundances for the targets of the GIBS survey, and is in general especially well suited for solar and supersolar metallicity giants, which are typical of external massive galaxies. To obtain the calibration, about 150 bulge K giants were observed with the GIRAFFE spectrograph at the VLT with a resolution of R~20000 and at R~6000. In the first case, the spectra allowed us to directly determine the Fe abundances from several unblended Fe lines, deriving what we call here high-resolution [Fe/H] measurements. The low-resolution spectra allowed us to measure equivalent widths of the two strongest lines of the near-infrared calcium II triplet at 8542 and 8662{AA}. By comparing the two measurements, we derived a relation between calcium equivalent widths and [Fe/H] that is linear over the metallicity range probed here, -1<[Fe/H]<+0.7. By adding a small second-order correction based on literature globular cluster data, we derived the unique calibration equation [Fe/H]_CaT_=-3.150+0.432W'+0.006W'^2^, with an rms dispersion of 0.197dex, valid across the whole metallicity range -2.3<[Fe/H]<+0.7.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/426/1475
- Title:
- CaT in 903 globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/426/1475
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Although the colour distribution of globular clusters in massive galaxies is well known to be bimodal, the spectroscopic metallicity distribution has been measured in only a few galaxies. After redefining the calcium triplet index-metallicity relation, we use our relation to derive the metallicity of 903 globular clusters in 11 early-type galaxies. This is the largest sample of spectroscopic globular cluster metallicities yet assembled. We compare these metallicities with those derived from Lick indices finding good agreement. In six of the eight galaxies with sufficient numbers of high-quality spectra we find bimodality in the spectroscopic metallicity distribution. Our results imply that most massive early-type galaxies have bimodal metallicity as well as colour distributions. This bimodality suggests that most massive early-type galaxies experienced two periods of star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/106/831
- Title:
- cD clusters of galaxies. I.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/106/831
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the initial results of a spectroscopic study of a sample of cD galaxy clusters. The goal of this program is to study the dynamics of the clusters, with emphasis on determining the nature and frequency of peculiar velocity cD galaxies. In this paper we present redshifts for 611 galaxies in the fields of the rich Abell clusters A193, A399, A401, A1795, A1809, A2063, and A2124. We discuss our data reduction techniques, and compare our derived velocities with previously published values. We find a frequency of emission line galaxies of ~6% in clusters, a factor of 2-3 less than the field.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/116/1529
- Title:
- cD clusters of galaxies. III.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/116/1529
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the final observational data for a spectroscopic study of a sample of cD galaxy clusters. The goal of this program has been to study the dynamics of the clusters, with emphasis on determining the nature and frequency of peculiar-velocity cD galaxies. In this paper we present redshifts for 762 galaxies in the fields of the rich Abell clusters A779, A1691, A1749, A1767, A1837, A1927, A2067, A2079, A2089, A2199, and A2666. We also present preliminary dynamical properties for these clusters using our measured redshifts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/678/985
- Title:
- c2d Spitzer survey of interstellar ices. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/678/985
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To study the physical and chemical evolution of ices in solar-mass systems, a spectral survey is conducted of a sample of 41 low-luminosity YSOs (L~0.1-10L_{sun}_) using 3-38um Spitzer and ground-based spectra. The sample is complemented with previously published Spitzer spectra of background stars and with ISO spectra of well-studied massive YSOs (L~10^5^L_{sun}_). The long-known 6.0 and 6.85um bands are detected toward all sources, with the Class 0-type YSOs showing the deepest bands ever observed. The 6.0um band is often deeper than expected from the bending mode of pure solid H_2_O. The additional 5-7um absorption consists of five independent components, which, by comparison to laboratory studies, must be from at least eight different carriers. Much of this absorption is due to simple species likely formed by grain surface chemistry, at abundances of 1%-30% for CH_3_OH, 3%-8% for NH_3_, 1%-5% for HCOOH, ~6% for H_2_CO, and ~0.3% for HCOO- relative to solid H_2_O. The 6.85um band has one or two carriers, of which one may be less volatile than H_2_O. Its carrier(s) formed early in the molecular cloud evolution and do not survive in the diffuse ISM. If an NH_4_^+^ -containing salt is the carrier, its abundance relative to solid H_2_O is ~7%, demonstrating the efficiency of low-temperature acid-base chemistry or cosmic-ray-induced reactions. Possible origins are discussed for enigmatic, very broad absorption between 5 and 8um. Finally, the same ices are observed toward massive and low-mass YSOs, indicating that processing by internal UV radiation fields is a minor factor in their early chemical evolution.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/385/1297
- Title:
- CENSORS spectroscopic observations
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/385/1297
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources (CENSORS) is a 1.4-GHz radio survey selected from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) and complete to a flux density of 7.2mJy. It targets the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) Patch D, which is a 3x2deg^2^ field centred on 09:51:36.0-21:00:00 (J2000). This paper presents the results of spectroscopic observations of 143 of the 150 CENSORS sources. The primary motivation for these observations is to achieve sufficient spectroscopic completeness so that the sample may be used to investigate the evolution of radio sources. The observations result in secure spectroscopic redshifts for 63 per cent of the sample and likely redshifts (based on a single emission line, for example) for a further 8 per cent. Following the identification of the quasars and star-forming galaxies in the CENSORS sample, estimated redshifts are calculated for the remainder of the sample via the K-z relation for radio galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/171/1
- Title:
- Census of QSOs Narrow Absorption Lines
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/171/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use Keck HIRES spectra of 37 optically bright quasars at z=2-4 to study narrow absorption lines that are intrinsic to the quasars (intrinsic NALs, produced in gas that is physically associated with the quasar central engine). We identify 150 NAL systems, which contain 124 CIV, 12 NV, and 50 SiIV doublets, of which 18 are associated systems (within 5000km/s of the quasar redshift). We use partial coverage analysis to separate intrinsic NALs from NALs produced in cosmologically intervening structures. We find 39 candidate intrinsic systems (28 reliable determinations and 11 that are possibly intrinsic). We estimate that 10%-17% of CIV systems at blueshifts of 5000-70000km/s relative to quasars are intrinsic. At least 32% of quasars contain one or more intrinsic CIV NALs. Considering NV and SiIV doublets showing partial coverage as well, at least 50% of quasars host intrinsic NALs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/880/7
- Title:
- Census of the Local Universe survey. I. CLU-Halpha
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/880/7
- Date:
- 03 Nov 2021 07:51:08
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the Census of the Local Universe (CLU) narrowband survey to search for emission-line (H{alpha}) galaxies. CLU-H{alpha} has imaged ~3{pi} of the sky (26470deg^2^) with four narrowband filters that probe a distance out to 200Mpc. We have obtained spectroscopic follow-up for galaxy candidates in 14 preliminary fields (101.6deg^2^) to characterize the limits and completeness of the survey. In these preliminary fields, CLU can identify emission lines down to an H{alpha} flux limit of 10^-14^erg/s/cm^2^ at 90% completeness, and recovers 83% (67%) of the H{alpha} flux from cataloged galaxies in our search volume at the {Sigma}=2.5 ({Sigma}=5) color excess levels. The contamination from galaxies with no emission lines is 61% (12%) for {Sigma}=2.5 ({Sigma}=5). Also, in the regions of overlap between our preliminary fields and previous emission-line surveys, we recover the majority of the galaxies found in previous surveys and identify an additional ~300 galaxies. In total, we find 90 galaxies with no previous distance information, several of which are interesting objects: 7 blue compact dwarfs, 1 green pea, and a Seyfert galaxy; we also identify a known planetary nebula. These objects show that the CLU-H{alpha} survey can be a discovery machine for objects in our own Galaxy and extreme galaxies out to intermediate redshifts. However, the majority of the CLU-H{alpha} galaxies identified in this work show properties consistent with normal star-forming galaxies. CLU-H{alpha} galaxies with new redshifts will be added to existing galaxy catalogs to focus the search for the electromagnetic counterpart to gravitational wave events.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/423/1109
- Title:
- Center-to-limb variation of quiet Sun
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/423/1109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new observations of the center-to-limb variation of spectral lines in the quiet Sun. Our long-slit spectra are corrected for scattered light, which amounts to 4-8% of the continuum intensity, by comparison with a Fourier transform spectrum of the disk center. Different spectral lines exhibit different behaviors, depending on their sensitivity to the physical conditions in the photosphere and the range of depths they probe as a function of the observing angle, providing a rich database to test models of the solar photosphere and line formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/1236
- Title:
- Central black holes of spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/1236
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Central black hole masses for 117 spiral galaxies representing morphological stages S0/a through Sc and taken from the large spectroscopic survey of Ho et al. (Cat. <J/ApJS/112/315>) are derived using Ks-band data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey. Black hole masses are found using a calibrated black hole-Ks bulge luminosity relation, while bulge luminosities are measured by means of a two-dimensional bulge-disk decomposition routine.
