- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/15.1392
- Title:
- LAMOST globular clusters in M 31 and M 33
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/15.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of 908 objects observed with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) in fields in the vicinity of M31 and M33, targeted as globular clusters (GCs) and candidates. The targets include known GCs and candidates selected from the literature, as well as new candidates selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Analysis shows that 356 of them are likely GCs with various confidence levels, while the remaining ones turn out to be background galaxies and quasars, stars and HII regions in M31 or foreground Galactic stars. The 356 likely GCs include 298 bona fide GCs and 26 candidates known in the literature. Three candidates, selected from the Revised Bologna Catalog of M31 GCs and candidates (RBC) and one possible cluster from Johnson et al.(2012, Cat. J/ApJ/752/95), are confirmed to be bona fide clusters. We search for new GCs in the halo of the M31 among the new candidates selected from the SDSS photometry. Based on radial velocities yielded by LAMOST spectra and visual examination of the SDSS images, we find 28 objects, 5 bona fide and 23 likely GCs. Among the five bona fide GCs, three have been recently discovered independently by others, and the remaining 25 are our new identifications, including two bona fide ones. The newly identified objects fall at projected distances ranging from 13 to 265kpc from M31. Of the two newly discovered bona fide GCs, one is located near M33, probably a GC belonging to M33. The other bona fide GC falls on the Giant Stream with a projected distance of 78kpc from M31. Of the 23 newly identified likely GCs, one has a projected distance of about 265kpc from M31 and could be an intergalactic cluster.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/15.1424
- Title:
- LAMOST luminous infrared galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/15.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of 64 luminous infrared galaxies, based on new observations of 20 square degrees from the LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area at the Southern Galactic Cap and the WISE 22um catalog from the AllWISE Data Release. Half of them are classified as late-type spirals and the others are classified as peculiar/compact galaxies. The peculiar/compact galaxies tend to exhibit higher luminosities and lower stellar masses. We also separate AGNs from HII galaxies in a simple way by examining LAMOST spectra. Those cases show that host AGNs are easily distinguished from others in the mid-infrared color-color diagrams.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/17.41
- Title:
- LAMOST metal-poor galaxies sample
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/17.4
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a sample of 48 metal-poor galaxies at z<0.14 selected from 92 510 galaxies in the LAMOST survey. These galaxies are identified by their detection of the auroral emission line [OIII]{lambda}4363 above the 3{sigma} level, which allows a direct measurement of electron temperature and oxygen abundance. The emission line fluxes are corrected for internal dust extinction using the Balmer decrement method. With electron temperature derived from [OIII]{lambda}{lambda}4959,5007/[OIII]{lambda}4363 and electron density from [SII]{lambda}6731/[SII]{lambda}6717, we obtain the oxygen abundances in our sample which range from 12+log(O/H)=7.63(0.09Z_{sun}_) to 8.46 (0.6Z_{sun}_). We find an extremely metal-poor galaxy with 12+log(O/H)=7.63+/-0.01. With multiband photometric data from FUV to NIR and H{alpha} measurements, we also determine the stellar masses and star formation rates, based on the spectral energy distribution fitting and H{alpha} luminosity, respectively. We find that our galaxies have low and intermediate stellar masses with 6.39<=log(M/M_{sun}_)<=9.27, and high star formation rates (SFRs) with -2.18<=log(SFR/M_{sun}_yr^-1^)<=1.95. We also find that the metallicities of our galaxies are consistent with the local T_e_-based mass-metallicity relation, while the scatter is about 0.28dex. Additionally, assuming the coefficient of {alpha}=0.66, we find most of our galaxies follow the local mass-metallicity-SFR relation, but a scatter of about 0.24dex exists, suggesting the mass-metallicity relation is weakly dependent on SFR for those metal-poor galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/15.1438
- Title:
- LAMOST new QSOs in M31 and M33 vicinity
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/15.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work, we report new quasars discovered in fields in the vicinity of the Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33) galaxies with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST, also called the Guo Shou Jing Telescope) during the 2013 observational season, the second year of the regular survey. In total, 1330 new quasars are discovered in an area of ~133{deg}^2^ around M31 and M33. With i magnitudes ranging from 14.79 to 20.0 and redshifts from 0.08 to 4.85, the 1330 new quasars represent a significant increase in the number of identified quasars in fields in the vicinity of M31 and M33. Up to now, there have been a total of 1870 quasars discovered by LAMOST in this area. The much enlarged sample of known quasars in this area can potentially be utilized to construct a precise astrometric reference frame for the measurement of minute proper motions of M31, M33 and their associated substructures, which are vital for understanding the formation and evolution of M31, M33 and the Local Group of galaxies. Moreover, in the sample, there are a total of 45, 98 and 225 quasars with i magnitudes brighter than 17.0, 17.5 and 18.0 respectively. In the aforementioned brightness bins, 15, 35 and 84 quasars are reported here for the first time, and 6, 21 and 81 are reported in our previous work. In addition, 0, 1 and 6 are from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and 24, 41 and 54 are from the NED database. These bright quasars provide an invaluable sample to study the kinematics and chemistry of the interstellar/intergalactic medium of the Local Group.
1995. LAMOST-SDSS galaxy pairs
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/16.C7
- Title:
- LAMOST-SDSS galaxy pairs
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/16.C
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A small fraction (<10%) of the SDSS main galaxy (MG) sample has not been targeted with spectroscopy due to the effect of fiber collisions. These galaxies have been compiled into the input catalog of the LAMOST ExtraGAlactic Surveys and named the complementary galaxy sample. In this paper, we introduce this project and status of the spectroscopies associated with the complementary galaxies in the first two years of the LAMOST spectral survey (till Sep. of 2014). Moreover, we present a sample of 1102 galaxy pairs identified from the LAMOST complementary galaxies and SDSS MGs, which are defined as two members that have a projected distance smaller than 100h_70_^-1^kpc and a recessional velocity difference smaller than 500km/s. Compared with galaxy pairs that are only selected from SDSS, the LAMOST- SDSS pairs have the advantages of not being biased toward large separations and therefore act as a useful supplement in statistical studies of galaxy interaction and galaxy merging.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/181
- Title:
- LAMOST/SP_Ace DR1 catalog
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/181
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new analysis of the LAMOST DR1 survey spectral database performed with the code SP_Ace, which provides the derived stellar parameters Teff, logg, [Fe/H], and [alpha/H] for 1,097,231 stellar objects. We tested the reliability of our results by comparing them to reference results from high spectral resolution surveys. The expected errors can be summarized as ~120K in Teff, ~0.2 in logg, ~0.15dex in [Fe/H], and ~0.1dex in [alpha/Fe] for spectra with S/N>40, with some differences between dwarf and giant stars. SP_Ace provides error estimations consistent with the discrepancies observed between derived and reference parameters. Some systematic errors are identified and discussed. The resulting catalog is publicly available at the LAMOST and CDS websites.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/45
- Title:
- LAMOST survey of star clusters in M31. II.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We select from Paper I a sample of 306 massive star clusters observed with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) in the vicinity fields of M31 and M33, and determine their metallicities, ages, and masses. Metallicities and ages are estimated by fitting the observed integrated spectra with stellar synthesis population (SSP) models with a pixel-to-pixel spectral fitting technique. Ages for most young clusters are also derived by fitting the multi-band photometric measurements with model spectral energy distributions (SEDs). The estimated cluster ages span a wide range, from several million years to the age of the universe. The numbers of clusters younger and older than 1Gyr are, respectively, 46 and 260. With ages and metallicities determined, cluster masses are then estimated by comparing the multi-band photometric measurements with SSP model SEDs. The derived masses range from ~10^3^ to ~10^7^M_{Sun}_, peaking at ~10^4.3^ and ~10^5.7^M_{Sun}_ for young (<1Gyr) and old (>1Gyr) clusters, respectively. Our estimated metallicities, ages, and masses are in good agreement with available literature values. Old clusters richer than [Fe/H]~-0.7dex have a wide range of ages. Those poorer than [Fe/H]~-0.7dex seem to be composed of two groups, as previously found for Galactic globular clusters-one of the oldest ages with all values of metallicity down to ~-2dex and another with metallicity increasing with decreasing age. The old clusters in the inner disk of M31 (0-30kpc) show a clear metallicity gradient measured at -0.038+/-0.023dex/kpc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/71
- Title:
- Large-scale environment of radio galaxies. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/247/71
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In our previous analysis we investigated the large-scale environment of two samples of radio galaxies (RGs) in the local universe (i.e., with redshifts z_src_<=0.15), classified as FR I and FR II on the basis of their radio morphology. The analysis was carried out using (i) extremely homogeneous catalogs and (ii) a new method, known as cosmological overdensity, to investigate their large-scale environments. We concluded that, independently of the shape of their radio extended structure, RGs inhabit galaxy-rich large-scale environments with similar characteristics and richness. In the present work, we first highlight additional advantages of our procedure, which does not suffer cosmological biases and/or artifacts, and then we carry out an additional statistical test to strengthen our previous results. We also investigate properties of RG environments using those of the cosmological neighbors. We find that large-scale environments of both FR Is and FR IIs are remarkably similar and independent of the properties of central RG. Finally, we highlight the importance of comparing radio sources in the same redshift bins to obtain a complete overview of their large-scale environments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/642/A166
- Title:
- Large scale mechanical heating in NGC4945
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/642/A166
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Understanding the dominant heating mechanism in the nuclei of galaxies is crucial to understand star formation in starbursts (SB), active galactic nuclei (AGN) phenomena and the relationship between the star formation and AGN activity in galaxies. The analysis of the carbon monoxide (^12^CO) rotational ladder versus the infrared continuum emission (hereafter, ^12^CO/IR) in galaxies with different type of activity have shown important differences between them. We aim at carrying out a comprehensive study of the nearby composite AGN-SB galaxy, NGC 4945, using spectroscopic and photometric data from the Herschel satellite. In particular, we want to characterize the thermal structure in this galaxy by a multi-transitions analysis of the spatial distribution of the ^12^CO emission at different spatial scales. We also want to establish the dominant heating mechanism at work in the inner region of this object at smaller spatial scales (<~200pc). We present far-infrared (FIR) and sub-millimeter (sub-mm) ^12^CO line maps and single spectra (from J_up_=3 to 20) using the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI), the Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS), and the Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) onboard Herschel, and the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX). We combined the ^12^CO/IR flux ratios and the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) analysis of the ^12^CO images to derive the thermal structure of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) for spatial scales raging from <~200pc to 2kpc. In addition, we also present single spectra of low (^12^CO, ^13^CO and [CI]) and high density (HCN, HNC, HCO^+^, CS and CH) molecular gas tracers obtained with APEX and HIFI applying LTE and non-LTE analyses. Furthermore, the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of the continuum emission from the far-IR to sub-mm wavelengths is also presented. From the non-LTE analysis of the low and high density tracers we derive in NGC 4945 gas volume densities (10^3^-10^6^cm^-3^) similar to those found in other galaxies with different type of activity. From the ^12^CO analysis we found clear trend in the distribution of the derived temperatures and the ^12^CO/IR ratios. It is remarkable that at intermediate scales (360pc-1kpc, or 19"-57") we see large temperatures in the direction of the X-ray outflow while at smaller scales (<~200pc-360pc, or 9"-19"), the highest temperature, derived from the high-J lines, is not found toward the nucleus, but toward the galaxy plane. The thermal structure derived from the ^12^CO multi-transition analysis suggests that mechanical heating, like shocks or turbulence, dominates the heating of the ISM in the nucleus of NGC4945 located beyond 100 pc (&500) from the center of the galaxy. This result is further supported by the Kazandjian et al. (2015, Cat. J/AJ/133/504) models, which are able to reproduce the emission observed at high-J (PACS) ^12^CO transitions when mechanical heating mechanisms are included. Shocks and/or turbulence are likely produced by the barred potential and the outflow, observed in X-rays.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/868/55
- Title:
- Large-scale structure of M31 halo. II. PAndAS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/868/55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey is a survey of >400deg^2^ centered on the Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33) galaxies that has provided the most extensive panorama of an L* galaxy group to large projected galactocentric radii. Here, we collate and summarize the current status of our knowledge of the substructures in the stellar halo of M31, and discuss connections between these features. We estimate that the 13 most distinctive substructures were produced by at least 5 different accretion events, all in the last 3 or 4Gyr. We suggest that a few of the substructures farthest from M31 may be shells from a single accretion event. We calculate the luminosities of some prominent substructures for which previous estimates were not available, and we estimate the stellar mass budget of the outer halo of M31. We revisit the problem of quantifying the properties of a highly structured data set; specifically, we use the OPTICS clustering algorithm to quantify the hierarchical structure of M31's stellar halo and identify three new faint structures. M31's halo, in projection, appears to be dominated by two "mega-structures", which can be considered as the two most significant branches of a merger tree produced by breaking M31's stellar halo into increasingly smaller structures based on the stellar spatial clustering. We conclude that OPTICS is a powerful algorithm that could be used in any astronomical application involving the hierarchical clustering of points.
