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151. The First CEMP star in the Sculptor dSph
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/574/A129
Title:
The First CEMP star in the Sculptor dSph
Short Name:
J/A+A/574/A129
Date:
04 Feb 2022 11:54:02
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
he origin of carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars and their possible connection with the chemical elements produced by the first stellar generation is still highly debated. In contrast to the Galactic halo, not many CEMP stars have been found in the dwarf spheroidal galaxies around the Milky Way. Here we present detailed abundances from ESO VLT/UVES high-resolution spectroscopy for ET0097, the first CEMP star found in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal, which is one of the best studied dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. This star has [Fe/H]=-2.03+/-0.10, [C/Fe]=0.51+/-0.10 and [N/Fe]=1.18+/-0.20, which is the first nitrogen measurement in this galaxy. The traditional definition of CEMP stars is [C/Fe]>=0.70, but taking into account that this luminous red giant branch star has undergone mixing, it was intrinsically less nitrogen enhanced and more carbon-rich when it was formed, and so it falls under the definition of CEMP stars, as proposed by Aoki et al. (2007ApJ...655..492A, Cat. J/ApJ/655/492) to account for this effect.
152. The PL relation of galactic carbon LPVs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/332/L53
Title:
The PL relation of galactic carbon LPVs
Short Name:
J/A+A/332/L53
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The estimated true parallaxes of 115 carbon LPVs and their unbiased y-values (see Sect. 4) for a study of the period-luminosity relation. The tables contains the entry in the cited Stephenson's catalogue (1989, Cat. <III/156>), the log of the period in days, the absolute magnitude in the K-band, the y-quantity as defined in Sect. 4, the difference between the estimated true parallax and the observed one, the estimated true parallax, the square root of the weight (times 100) of every used y-value for Sample 1 PL-relation (Sect. 4) and the classification into three samples (see Subsec. 3.1).
153. TX Psc ALMA CO(2-1) images
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/621/A50
Title:
TX Psc ALMA CO(2-1) images
Short Name:
J/A+A/621/A50
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We observed the carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star TX Piscium (TX Psc) with ALMA in CO(2-1) emission to investigate the circumstellar envelope (CSE) and mass-loss history of this object. Previous observations with Herschel in the far infrared have shown a ring-like structure in dust emission (2011A&A...532A.135J). Our molecular gas observations of the CO(2-1) emission line cover this structure with significantly higher spatial resolution to investigate its origin.
154. V and Rc light curves of medium-bright PPNe
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/21
Title:
V and Rc light curves of medium-bright PPNe
Short Name:
J/AJ/159/21
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present 10 years of new photometric monitoring of the light variability of five evolved stars with strong mid-infrared emission from surrounding dust. Three are known carbon-rich proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe) with F-G spectral types; the nature of the other two was previously unknown. For the three PPNe, we determine or refine the pulsation periods of IRAS04296+3429 (71 days), 06530-0213 (80 days), and 23304+6147 (84 days). A secondary period was found for each, with a period ratio P_2_/P_1_ of 0.9. The light variations are small, 0.1-0.2mag. These are similar to values found in other PPNe. The other two are found to be giant stars. IRAS09296+1159 pulsates with a period of only 47 days but reaches pulsational light variations of 0.5mag. Supplemental spectroscopy reveals the spectrum of a CH carbon star. IRAS08359-1644 is a G1III star that does not display pulsational variability; rather, it shows nonperiodic decreases of brightness of up to 0.5mag over this 10 year interval. These drops in brightness are reminiscent of the light curves of R Corona Borealis variables, but with much smaller decreases in brightness and are likely due to transient dust obscuration. Its spectral energy distribution is very similar to that of the unusual oxygen-rich giant star HDE233517, which possesses mid-infrared hydrocarbon emission features. These two non-PPNe turn out to be members of the rare group of giant stars with large mid-infrared excesses due to dust, objects which presumably have interesting evolutionary histories.
155. Variability in C-rich proto-PNe.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/709/1042
Title:
Variability in C-rich proto-PNe.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/709/1042
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have carried out long-term (14 years) V and R photometric monitoring of 12 carbon-rich proto-planetary nebulae. The light and color curves display variability in all of them. The light curves are complex and suggest multiple periods, changing periods, and/or changing amplitudes, which are attributed to pulsation. A dominant period has been determined for each and found to be in the range of ~150 days for the coolest (G8) to 35-40 days for the warmest (F3). A clear, linear inverse relationship has been found in the sample between the pulsation period and the effective temperature and also an inverse relationship between the amplitude of light variation and the effective temperature. These are consistent with the expectation for a pulsating post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) star evolving toward higher temperature at constant luminosity. The published spectral energy distributions and mid-infrared images show these objects to have cool (200K), detached dust shells and published models imply that intensive mass loss ended 400-2000 years ago.
156. Variability in proto-PNe. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/766/116
Title:
Variability in proto-PNe. II.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/766/116
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have carried out a detailed observational study of the light, color, and velocity variations of two bright, carbon-rich proto-planetary nebulae, IRAS 22223+4327 and 22272+5435. The light curves are based upon our observations from 1994 to 2011, together with published data by Arkhipova and collaborators. They each display four significant periods, with primary periods for IRAS 22223+4327 and 22272+5435 being 90 and 132 days, respectively. For each of them, the ratio of secondary to primary period is 0.95, a value much different from that found in Cepheids, but which may be characteristic of post-asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. Fewer significant periods are found in the smaller radial velocity data sets, but they agree with those of the light curves. The color curves generally mimic the light curves, with the objects reddest when faintest. A comparison in seasons when there exist contemporaneous light, color, and velocity curves reveals that the light and color curves are in phase, while the radial velocity curves are ~0.25 P out of phase with the light curves. Thus they differ from what is seen in Cepheids, in which the radial velocity curve is 0.50 P out of phase with the light curve. Comparison of the observed periods and amplitudes with those of post-AGB pulsation models shows poor agreement, especially for the periods, which are much longer than predicted. These observational data, particularly the contemporaneous light, color, and velocity curves, provide an excellent benchmark for new pulsation models of cool stars in the post-AGB, proto-planetary nebula phase.
157. Very cold C-rich circumstellar envelopes
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/267/515
Title:
Very cold C-rich circumstellar envelopes
Short Name:
J/A+A/267/515
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The paper develops a method for identification of very cold C-rich circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) in IR regions colder than region VII (i.e., larger value of IRAS flux ratio S25/S12), by reviewing the different criteria and by identifying C-rich CSEs in a sample of 228 bright IRAS sources. By using the results of OH surveys and catalogs together with the results of additional HCN/CO millimeter observations performed on critical classes of objects, a C/O classification is proposed for 94 percent of the sources with a good probability. It is shown that the low-resolution spectra by themselves are a reasonable and easy way to identify C-rich late AGB CSEs. For post-AGB object with cold CSEs, HCN and OH observations or visible/near IR spectroscopy are necessary.
158. WISE model grids for O- and C-rich AGB
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/564/A84
Title:
WISE model grids for O- and C-rich AGB
Short Name:
J/A+A/564/A84
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Since asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are bright and extended infrared objects, most Galactic AGB stars saturate the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) detectors and therefore the WISE magnitudes that are restored by applying point-spread-function fitting need to be verified. Statistical properties of circumstellar envelopes around AGB stars are discussed on the basis of a WISE AGB catalog verified in this way. We cross-matched an AGB star sample with the WISE All-Sky Source Catalog and the Two Mircon All Sky Survey catalog. Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) spectra of a subsample of WISE AGB stars were also exploited. The dust radiation transfer code DUSTY was used to help predict the magnitudes in the W1 and W2 bands, the two WISE bands most affected by saturation, for calibration purpose, and to provide physical parameters of the AGB sample stars for analysis.
159. Yields for Z=1e-5 intermediate-mass stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/645/A10
Title:
Yields for Z=1e-5 intermediate-mass stars
Short Name:
J/A+A/645/A10
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Observed abundances of extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars in the Halo hold clues for the understanding of the ancient universe. Interpreting these clues requires theoretical stellar models at the low-Z regime. We provide the nucleosynthetic yields of intermediate-mass Z=10^-5^ stars between 3 and 7.5M_{sun}_, and quantify the effects of the uncertain wind rates. We expect these yields can be eventually used to assess the contribution to the chemical inventory of the early universe, and to help interpret abundances of selected C-enhanced EMP stars. By comparing our models and other existing in the literature, we explore evolutionary and nucleosynthetic trends with wind prescriptions and with initial metallicity. We compare our results to observations of CEMP-s stars belonging to the Halo. The yields of intermediate-mass EMP stars reflect the effects of very deep second dredge-up (for the most massive models), superimposed with the combined signatures of hot-bottom burning and third dredge-up. We confirm the reported trend that models with initial metallicity Zini<=0.001 give positive yields of ^12^C, ^15^N, ^16^O, and ^26^Mg. The ^20^Ne, ^21^Ne, and ^24^Mg yields, which were reported to be negative at Zini=0.0001, become positive for Z=10^-5^. The results using two different prescriptions for mass-loss rates differ widely in terms of the duration of the thermally-pulsing (Super) AGB phase, overall efficiency of the third dredge-up episode, and nucleosynthetic yields. The most efficient of the standard wind rates frequently used in the literature seems to favour agreement between our yield results and observational data. Regardless of the wind prescription, all our models become N-enhanced EMP stars.

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