- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/31
- Title:
- Dark matter halo models for SPARC galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/247/31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present rotation curve fits to 175 late-type galaxies from the Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves database using seven dark matter (DM) halo profiles: pseudo-isothermal, Burkert, Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW), Einasto, Di Cintio+ (DC14; 2014MNRAS.441.2986D), cored-NFW, and a new semi-empirical profile named Lucky13. We marginalize over the stellar mass-to-light ratio, galaxy distance, disk inclination, halo concentration, and halo mass (and an additional shape parameter for Einasto) using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. We find that cored halo models, such as the DC14 and Burkert profiles, generally provide better fits to rotation curves than the cuspy NFW profile. The stellar mass-halo mass relation from abundance matching is recovered by all halo profiles once imposed as a Bayesian prior, whereas the halo mass-concentration relation is not reproduced in detail by any halo model.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/1526
- Title:
- Dark matter in dSph galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/418/1526
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Due to their large dynamical mass-to-light ratios, dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are promising targets for the indirect detection of dark matter (DM) in {gamma}-rays. We examine their detectability by present and future {gamma}-ray observatories. The key innovative features of our analysis are as follows: (i) we take into account the angular size of the dSphs; while nearby objects have higher {gamma}-ray flux, their larger angular extent can make them less attractive targets for background-dominated instruments; (ii) we derive DM profiles and the astrophysical J-factor (which parametrizes the expected {gamma}-ray flux, independently of the choice of DM particle model) for the classical dSphs directly from photometric and kinematic data. We assume very little about the DM profile, modelling this as a smooth split-power-law distribution, with and without subclumps; (iii) we use a Markov chain Monte Carlo technique to marginalize over unknown parameters and determine the sensitivity of our derived J-factors to both model and measurement uncertainties; and (iv) we use simulated DM profiles to demonstrate that our J-factor determinations recover the correct solution within our quoted uncertainties.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/801/74
- Title:
- Dark matter profiles in dwarf galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/801/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gamma-ray searches for dark matter annihilation and decay in dwarf galaxies rely on an understanding of the dark matter density profiles of these systems. Conversely, uncertainties in these density profiles propagate into the derived particle physics limits as systematic errors. In this paper we quantify the expected dark matter signal from 20 Milky Way dwarfs using a uniform analysis of the most recent stellar-kinematic data available. Assuming that the observed stellar populations are equilibrium tracers of spherically symmetric gravitational potentials that are dominated by dark matter, we find that current stellar-kinematic data can predict the amplitudes of annihilation signals to within a factor of a few for the ultra-faint dwarfs of greatest interest. On the other hand, the expected signal from several classical dwarfs (with high-quality observations of large numbers of member stars) can be localized to the ~20% level. These results are important for designing maximally sensitive searches in current and future experiments using space and ground-based instruments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/152
- Title:
- Dark spots on Neptune from 25 years of HST images
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/152
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We scoured the full set of blue-wavelength Hubble Space Telescope images of Neptune, finding one additional dark spot in new Hubble data beyond those discovered in 1989, 1994, 1996, and 2015. We report the complete disappearance of the SDS-2015 dark spot, using new Hubble data taken on 2018 September 9-10, as part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program. Overall, dark spots in the full Hubble data set have lifetimes of at least one to two years, and no more than six years. We modeled a set of dark spots randomly distributed in time over the latitude range on Neptune that is visible from Earth, finding that the cadence of archival Hubble images would have detected about 70% of these spots if their lifetimes are only one year, or about 85%-95% of simulated spots with lifetimes of two or more years. Based on the Hubble data set, we conclude that dark spots have average occurrence rates of one dark spot every four to six years. Many numerical models to date have simulated much shorter vortex lifetimes, so our findings provide constraints that may lead to improved understanding of Neptune's wind field, stratification, and humidity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/547/A105
- Title:
- D-burning in core accretion objects
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/547/A105
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Our aim is to study deuterium burning in objects forming according to the core accretion scenario in the hot and cold start assumption and what minimum deuterium burning mass limit is found for these objects. We also study how the burning process influences the structure and luminosity of the objects. Furthermore we want to test and verify our results by comparing them to already existing hot start simulations which did not consider, however, the formation process.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/882/106
- Title:
- DB white dwarfs with SDSS and Gaia data
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/882/106
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a comprehensive analysis of DB white dwarfs drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, based on model fits to ugriz photometry and medium-resolution spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We also take advantage of the exquisite trigonometric parallax measurements recently obtained by the Gaia mission. Using the so-called photometric and spectroscopic techniques, we measure the atmospheric and physical parameters of each object in our sample (Teff, logg, H/He, Ca/He, R, M), and compare the values obtained from both techniques in order to assess the precision and accuracy of each method. We then explore in great detail the surface gravity, stellar mass, and hydrogen abundance distributions of DB white dwarfs as a function of effective temperature. We present some clear evidence for a large population of unresolved double-degenerate binaries composed of DB+DB and even DB+DA white dwarfs. In the light of our results, we finally discuss the spectral evolution of DB white dwarfs, in particular the evolution of the DB-to-DA ratio as a function of Teff, and we revisit the question of the origin of hydrogen in DBA white dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/611/A68
- Title:
- 3D correction in 5 photometric systems
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/611/A68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The atmospheres of cool stars are temporally and spatially inhomogeneous due to the effects of convection. The influence of this inhomogeneity, referred to as granulation, on colours has never been investigated over a large range of effective temperatures and gravities. We aim to study, in a quantitative way, the impact of granulation on colours. We use the CIFIST (Cosmological Impact of the FIrst Stars) grid of CO5BOLD (COnservative COde for the COmputation of COmpressible COnvection in a BOx of L Dimensions, L=2,3) hydrodynamical models to compute emerging fluxes. These in turn are used to compute theoretical colours in the UBVRI, 2MASS, Hipparcos, Gaia and SDSS systems. Every CO5BOLD model has a corresponding one dimensional (1D) plane-parallel LHD (Lagrangian HydroDynamics) model computed for the same atmospheric parameters, which we used to define a "3D correction" that can be applied to colours computed from fluxes computed from any 1D model atmosphere code. As an example, we illustrate these corrections applied to colours computed from ATLAS models. The 3D corrections on colours are generally small, of the order of a few hundredths of a magnitude, yet they are far from negligible. We find that ignoring granulation effects can lead to underestimation of Teff by up to 200K and overestimation of gravity by up to 0.5dex, when using colours as diagnostics.We have identified a major shortcoming in how scattering is treated in the current version of the CIFIST grid, which could lead to offsets of the order 0.01mag, especially for colours involving blue and UV bands. We have investigated the Gaia and Hipparcos photometric systems and found that the (G-Hp),(BP-RP) diagram is immune to the effects of granulation. In addition, we point to the potential of the RVS photometry as a metallicity diagnostic. Our investigation shows that the effects of granulation should not be neglected if one wants to use colours as diagnostics of the stellar parameters of F,G,K stars. A limitation is that scattering is treated as true absorption in our current computations, thus our 3D corrections are likely an upper limit to the true effect. We are already computing the next generation of the CIFIST grid, using an approximate treatment of scattering.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/594/A85
- Title:
- 2D disk models from CO isotopologues line
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/594/A85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Despite intensive studies of protoplanetary disks, there is still no reliable way to determine their total (gast+dust) mass and their surface density distribution, quantities that are crucial for describing both the structure and the evolution of disks up to the formation of planets. The goal of this work is to use less abundant CO isotopologues, such as ^13^CO, C^18^O and C^17^O, whose detection is routine for ALMA, to infer the gas mass of disks. Isotope-selective ects need to be taken into account in the analysis, because they can significantly modify CO isotopologues line intensities. CO isotope-selective photodissociation has been implemented in the physical-chemical code DALI (Dust And LInes) and more than 800 disk models have been run for a range of disk and stellar parameters. Dust and gas temperature structures have been computed self-consistently, together with a chemical calculation of the main atomic and molecular species. Both disk structure and stellar parameters have been investigated by varying the parameters in the grid of models. Total fluxes have been ray-traced for different CO isotopologues and for various low J- transitions for different inclinations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/566/A120
- Title:
- 3D dust extinction in Milky Way bulge
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/566/A120
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Three dimensional interstellar extinction maps provide a powerful tool for stellar population analysis. However, until now, these 3D maps were rather limited by sensitivity and spatial resolution. We use data from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey together with the Besancon stellar population synthesis model of the Galaxy to determine interstellar extinction as a function of distance in the Galactic bulge covering -10<l<10 and -10<b<5. We adopted a recently developed method to calculate the colour excess. First we constructed the H-Ks vs. Ks and J-Ks vs. Ks colour-magnitude diagrams based on the VVV catalogues that matched 2MASS. Then, based on the temperature-colour relation for M giants and the distance-colour relations, we derived the extinction as a function of distance. The observed colours were shifted to match the intrinsic colours in the Besancon model as a function of distance iteratively. This created an extinction map with three dimensions: two spatial and one distance dimension along each line of sight towards the bulge. We present a 3D extinction map that covers the whole VVV area with a resolution of 6'x6', for J-Ks and H-Ks using distance bins of 0.5-1.0kpc. The high resolution and depth of the photometry allows us to derive extinction maps for a range of distances up to 10kpc and up to 30 magnitudes of extinction in AV (3.0mag in AKs). Integrated maps show the same dust features and consistent values as other 2D maps. We discuss the spatial distribution of dust features in the line of sight, which suggests that there is much material in front of the Galactic bar, specifically between 5-7kpc. We compare our dust extinction map with the high-resolution ^12^CO maps (NANTEN2) towards the Galactic bulge, where we find a good correlation between ^12^CO and A_V_. We determine the X factor by combining the CO map and our dust extinction map. Our derived average value X=2.5+/-0.47x10^20^/(cm^2^.K.km/s) is consistent with the canonical value of the Milky Way. The X-factor decreases with increasing extinction.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/142/1
- Title:
- DEEP Groth Strip Survey. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/142/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 F606W and F814W photometric structural parameters for 7450 galaxies in the "Groth Strip". These parameters are based on a two-dimensional bulge + disk surface brightness model and were obtained using an automated reduction and analysis pipeline described in detail here.
